Zakir Naik – How Islam Promotes Brotherhood Practically
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Allah
says
in chapter number 5 or number 90.
Oh you who believe in
most certainly intoxicating and gambling. While
Islam dedication of stones, divination of arrows,
Abstain from this handiwork that you may prosper.
You Allah
saying.
That alcohol,
gambling,
dedication of stones, fortune telling. All these are
sent in handiwork. Absent from it that you
may prosper.
All these things,
it disrupts the universal brotherhood.
Alcohol,
gambling, fortune telling, dedication of stones.
If you stay away from all these
evil acts,
which are signs of the devil, it will
increase the universal
Allah says in Surah Isra chapter number 17
verse number 32. Come not close to adultery,
for it is a shameful deed.
And evil opening other roads to evil.
Adultery is prohibited in Islam.
And Allah says in Surah Hujurat, chapter number
49, verse number 11 and 12. Allah says,
let not one group of men
laugh at the other.
You may never know that the latter may
be better than the former.
Let not one group of women
laugh at the other. You may never know
the latter may be better than the former.
Do not call each other with offensive nicknames.
Do not spy on one another.
Do not backbite.
Are you ready to eat the meat of
your dead brother?
Here, Allah says that if you backbite, if
you speak against someone behind his back, it
is as though you're eating the meat of
your dead brother.
Eating the meat of human being is haram,
but eating dead meat is double haram. Even
the cannibals,
they do not eat the meat of their
own brothers.
So your Allah says that if you backbite,
it is as though you are eating the
meat of a dead brother. And Allah says
in chapter number 104 verse number 1.
Woe to every kind of scandal, manga and
backbiter.
These are guidelines given in the Quran
to promote universal brotherhood.
But besides talking about universal brotherhood,
Islam
says, you should exhibit
universal brotherhood minimum
5 times
everyday
in your practical life.
I'm talking about the 2nd pillar of Islam
that is salah.
When we offer salah,
we practically demonstrate universal brotherhood
5 times a day. Our beloved prophet Muhammad
said.
It's mentioned in Sahih Bukhari,
volume number 1. In the book of Adhan,
chapter number 75, hadith number 692.
Where, Hadith Anas, Middle Arab Buddhism said, that
when we stood for salah,
the shoulder of the companions
tied the shoulder of the other companion. And
a feet tied the feet of the companion.
The beloved prophet, the prophet Muhammadu alaihi wasalam
said. It's mentioned,
boy number 1, in the book of salah,
chapter number 245, hadith number 666.
That the prophet,
before starting salah, he said,
that close in your gaps.
Stand shoulder to shoulder, and do not leave
any gap
for the satan.
So when we offer salah, it is compulsory
that the Muslim, we should stand shoulder to
shoulder
and feet to feet.
Irrespective whether you're rich or poor, whether a
king or a popper. When you stand for
salah, you stand shoulder to shoulder. Irrespective whether
black or white, yellow or brown. When you
stand for salah, you stand shoulder to shoulder.
We Muslims
have to practically demonstrate
universal
minimum 5 times a
day. The other very good example of universal
betahood is the 5th pillar of Islam that
is Hajj.
The Hajj is the biggest annual gathering
in the world. And during Hajj,
nowadays,
about 4,000,000 people
come from different parts of the world. From
America,
from Canada, from UK, from Malaysia, from Indonesia,
from India.
4,000,000 people.
And the men, they are dressed up in
2 pieces
of unfun cloth, preferably white. You cannot differentiate
the person standing next to you, whether he's
a king or a popper. When you're in
Aram, the purpose of the Aram is that
all of them,
they wear the
same clothes,
2 pieces of unsown white cloth.
You cannot identify the person standing next to
you, whether he's a king or a pauper.
And you say
the
Here
I come, oh my lord. Here I come
at your service.
More than 4,000,000 people from different parts of
the world of different nationalities, different colors,
they come
only at the service of the Lord. That
is the best
example of universal brotherhood.