Zakir Naik – Brotherhood of Faith is far Superior than Brotherhood of Blood Relationship
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The speaker discusses the importance of respecting and respecting one's parents, family members, and others. They stress that the
the brotherhood of faith is far superior to the brotherhood of blood relationship, and that everyone should not say a words of contempt or degrade the
the words. The speaker also emphasizes the importance of praying for the Lord and not calling words of pride.
the brotherhood of faith is far superior to the brotherhood of blood relationship, and that everyone should not say a words of contempt or degrade the
the words. The speaker also emphasizes the importance of praying for the Lord and not calling words of pride.
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Allah says in the Qur'an in Surah
An-Naml, chapter number 6, verse number 108,
Revile not those, abuse not those who they
worship besides Allah.
Abuse not those who they worship besides Allah,
lest in their ignorance they will abuse Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala.
Our Qur'an does not give you permission
to abuse, revile, criticize gods who they worship
besides Allah.
Lest in their ignorance they will abuse Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala.
While doing dawah, you should never abuse or
degrade the gods who they worship, even if
it may not be the true God.
You are not supposed to abuse or revile
it, lest in their ignorance they will abuse
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
If you understand the concept of God in
religion, and if we spread this correct concept
of God in Islam, in Christianity, in Judaism,
in Hinduism, in Parsiism, in Sikhism, it's the
same.
This is the only factor that can unite
all the human beings under one banner, under
one umbrella.
If we agree that our creator, our sustainer,
our cherisher is the same one God, our
differences will be resolved.
But due to passage of time, the followers
of the religion have deviated from the true
concept.
So it's our duty to get them back
to the original concept.
And the brotherhood which the Qur'an speaks
about, the word, Arabic word is ummah.
When we call about the brotherhood, the Arabic
word used in the Qur'an is ummah.
The brotherhood that Qur'an speaks about does
not only travel horizontally throughout the world, that
all the human beings in the world are
brothers, it even goes vertically up and vertically
down.
This brotherhood includes all the believers who were
there in the past, and all the believers
who will come in the future.
So this brotherhood of faith, of iman, which
the Qur'an speaks about, the ummah, includes
all the believers in this world, all the
believers that came in the past, and all
the believers that will come in the future.
And this brotherhood of faith is far superior
even than the brotherhood of blood relationship.
Qur'an tells us, and I quoted many
verses, that you have to respect your parents.
Allah says in surah Isra, chapter number 17,
verse number 27 and 24, that we have
ordained for you that you worship only one
God, and that you be kind to your
parents.
And if one of them or both of
them reach old age, do not say uff
to them, do not say a word of
contempt, but rather low to them your wing
of humility, and address them in honour, and
pray to the Lord that cherish them as
they cherished me in childhood.
Qur'an says you have to love your
parents, respect your parents, and if they become
old, one or both of them, do not
say uff to them, because our Creator knows
that in old age, the person becomes senile,
and may say or do things which may
not be acceptable by normal human being.
But Allah says don't say uff to them,
but rather pray to Almighty God, that bless
them as they cherished me in childhood.
Allah says in surah Luqman, chapter number 31,
verse number 14, that we have enjoined on
the human beings to be kind to the
parents.
In travel upon travel did the mother bore
you, and in pain did she give you
birth.
Besides saying respecting and loving your parents, that
is brotherhood of blood relationship.
But Allah also says in surah Tawbah, chapter
number 9, verse number 24, Say whether it
be your fathers, or your sons, or your
brothers, or your spouses, or your husband and
wife, or your relatives.
Allah says, The
wealth that you have amassed, the business in
which you deal, the house in which you
live, if you love all these eight things,
your fathers, your sons, your spouses, your relatives,
your brothers, the wealth you have amassed, the
business in which you deal, the house in
which you live, all these eight things, Allah
continues, If you love all these eight things
more than Allah, more than his Rasul, and
more than doing Jihad, striving and struggling in
his way, Allah says, Until Allah brings about
a decision to you.
And Allah guides not the fasiq people.
When he says you have to love and
respect your parents, at the same time he
says that if you love your father, if
you love your son, if you love your
brother, if you love your wife, if you
love your relatives, if you love the wealth
you have amassed, if you love the house
in which you live, if you love your
business more than Allah, his Rasul, and doing
Jihad in his way, you wait.
Until Allah brings about a destruction to you.
And Allah guides not the fasiq people.
Here Allah is giving importance to Allah, his
Rasul, and striving in his way, more than
your blood relationships.
Allah says in Surah Nisa chapter number 4,
verse number 135, O you who believe, stand
out for justice as witnesses to Allah, even
if it be against yourself, against your parents,
against your relatives, whether rich or poor, Allah
protects all.
And we have several examples in the Quran.
Great, evident examples, which prove that the brotherhood
of Iman, the brotherhood of faith, is far
superior, even than the brotherhood of blood relationship.