Zakir Naik – Brotherhood of Faith is far Superior than Brotherhood of Blood Relationship

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.