Yousef Bakeer – Why are we here
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killer? Why should wonder Muhammad and Abu rasool Allah subhanaw
taala says in the Quran, yeah.
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He says all believers have taqwa in Allah subhanho wa Taala which
means that we should be conscious of him, we should be aware of him,
and we should protect ourselves from his punishment and his wrath.
And we shouldn't allow ourselves to die accepting in the state of
la ilaha illAllah Muhammad Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam.
I began my hotbar by asking Allah subhanho wa Taala first and
foremost, to send blessings and prayers among the Beloved Prophet
Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam Allahumma salli wa sallim
wa barik ala nabina wa Habib, Muhammad wa ala alihi wa sahbihi
wa sallam to Sleeman Kathira My Dear Brothers and Sisters in
Islam, as salaam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato.
Allah subhanaw taala says in the Quran, who were an icon fill our
western Moroccan fear, that's pleased in solitude, I am number
61. So Allah here is saying that Allah has placed all of us here on
this earth. So we shall establish the earth leave a mark.
And this is very interesting, because in the Islamic tradition,
in the Islamic tradition, we have an answer to the question that so
many people have.
Most people ask this question, why are we here?
The other man the scholars call this ls l. Cobra, the big
questions. Why are we here? What is the reason behind our creation?
What is the wisdom behind our creation?
What is the wisdom behind our existence as human beings? This is
a question that most people regardless of their faith
tradition, regardless of the nationalities, regardless of the
race, regardless of their educational status, most people
ask this question.
And Allah subhanaw taala gave us a direct answer to that question in
this day, the Allah Ma and the scholar said, it's basically two
things.
A llama Salah in this dunya with an L Huson. After our departure
from this dunya he's the ultimate said
finding Allah subhanaw taala and worshiping Him while we're alive
and leaving a legacy after our death, leaving a legacy this
concept of leaving a legacy. Let's break this down in sha Allah Tala.
In the Islamic tradition, we have something very unique, very unique
view, about death.
As as Muslims, we believe
that when we die, our bodies will be gone.
Our bodies will be gone, completely gone.
It means that all of our organs, our limbs, our face, our our, you
know, our hearts, our liver, our kidney, everything will be
completely gone. But in the Islamic tradition, our souls will
remain alive.
Our souls will remain alive. This is very unique approach, a unique
concept, a unique perspective about death that we as Muslimeen
believe in. So as Muslims, we believe that when the baby in the
womb forms, as the baby forms, when they hit 120 days, basically
four months, Allah sends this soul to that baby to give that baby a
life. And then when Allah decides to end that life, he takes back
that soul.
So the soul is still alive. The body is gone. Right? We agree on
this. Now what is the concept of legacy has to do with this? Well,
that has a lot to do with this.
It's basically
us as Muslimeen have two ages actual age we live 5060 7080 years
And then the ultimate set a long route if turabi
And that is exactly what we leave behind after our death.
So our bodies are gone. But there is something that could be alive
after our death.
And this is exactly this concept of legacy brothers and sisters
Subhanallah thinking about those who left a huge legacy behind
Emmanuel Buhari, how many years he got to live 70 years 70 years.
And then Subhanallah his legacy is still alive. He played a huge role
on preserving our deen, our, our, our Islam, the Hadith, one of the
resources of Islam, and then imam in no way how many years got to
live for three years.
And his legacy is still alive, yes, his body, his organs, his
eyes, his tongue, all of this is gone. But his actual actual legacy
is is still alive. And that has an effect on his soul that that as I
mentioned earlier, is still alive. So his soul is still alive, his
legacy is still alive, his body is gone. One element of the equation
is gone, but the rest is still alive.
I want to emphasize this because Wallahi that will give us
different different perspective of life. And in today's hotbar I want
to talk about one person
who also left a huge legacy behind. His name is Chef that
would Faysal
and share that with Faisal is someone who has very interesting
life. He actually came as an immigrant from Jamaica, and he
landed in New York
and in the early 20th century,
he decided to do something for La ilaha illAllah Muhammad Rasul
Allah, he was thinking about this concept of legacy that he wants to
leave behind. So shift that would Faisal, he built the first measure
the Bronx, the first Masjid in Bronx in New York.
And from there, he established the organization with the name of
black Sunni movements.
And black Sunni movement organization gave birth to to
Darussalam. And that Assam is very well known organization,
organization that has a huge impact on the Muslims in the US.
Thou Salam spread this culture, and this, this idea of building
massages, and organizations, humanitarian organization, Islamic
institutes, educational institutes, and massages, places
of worship, they started this so imagine that would face a was the
first one to build a masjid in Brock's in here in United States
of America.
And then, looking at his life stuff is very interesting.
This idea of leaving a legacy Wallahi is essential for us as
Muslimeen to constantly thinking about it. What can we do based on
our capacity, everyone in this room has different capacity, shift
the hood Faisal was a jazz musician.
Shift the root Faisal was a jazz musician, thinking about a jazz
musician, how this man
can leave a legacy.
a jazz musician, living with some peers of his
and Islam penetrated his heart, decided to leave a legacy started
to speak to his peers about Islam. Allah subhanaw taala has given him
the talent to actually approach people with Islam in a very
eloquent way. Massive conversion of jazz musicians to Islam. And
then Islam is spread widely from this low Masjid in Bronx,
and SubhanAllah. All of his peers and himself were sent from the
government to spread the culture of jazz music across the globe.
And they found this as an opportunity to actually spread
Islam instead.
So one of his peers was asked, America is actually using you to
spread Jazz, Jazz music culture. He said, in fact, Allah is using
me to spread his Deen.
They thought about leaving a legacy. So again,
He found it. He was the founder of Black Sunni movement. Black Sunni
movement gave a birth to the organization of Darussalam
Darussalam started spreading Islam widely. You know, from the East
Coast, Washington DC all the way down to Atlanta in the west, to
the West in in Ohio. Huge impact. And in fact, there are so many
great characters were picked up by this organization Darussalam one
of them is Wiley Akram while he Akram is well known in the 90s by
a peacemaker among the gangs community. He actually had a peace
treaty between the Bloods and the Crips in the 90s. He was respected
by every single one. He actually even left this legacy not just to
the Muslims to even the non Muslims as well. So brothers and
sisters, today we need to make a decision.
We need to make a decision today.
After leaving from this from this from this Masjid in sha Allah
Tala, what can we do? What can we do that can help us once we go and
meet Allah subhanaw taala
what can we do that can help us be remembered in our grave
Wallahi every single one of us has different has different quality,
different quality, if a jazz musician was able to leave that
massive impact on the Muslims in the US right now. We pray in a
masjid and this masjid and among a lot of other massages, a lot of
other massages in the history of America was inspired by Chef that
would Faisal.
So yes, his body is gone. His limbs are gone. His organs are
gone. But his store his his soul is still alive. And his legacy is
still alive, meaning that he's still alive right now.
Yes, he died about you know, he was 73 years old, but he's still
alive until now. So what can we do?
So we can leave this legacy in sha Allah Huhtala Akula Cody had our
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