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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