Zakir Naik – How Islam Promotes Brotherhood Practically

Zakir Naik
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The speaker discusses the importance of showing universal brotherhood in practical life, including drinking alcohol and following rules about sex. They also mention a gathering for the annual title of Hajj, where thousands of people dress up in white clothing and attend service. The speaker emphasizes the need for practical evidence of universal brotherhood to demonstrate it.
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Allah

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says

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in chapter number 5 or number 90.

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Oh you who believe in

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most certainly intoxicating and gambling. While

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Islam dedication of stones, divination of arrows,

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Abstain from this handiwork that you may prosper.

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You Allah

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saying.

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That alcohol,

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gambling,

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dedication of stones, fortune telling. All these are

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sent in handiwork. Absent from it that you

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may prosper.

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All these things,

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it disrupts the universal brotherhood.

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Alcohol,

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gambling, fortune telling, dedication of stones.

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If you stay away from all these

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evil acts,

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which are signs of the devil, it will

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increase the universal

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Allah says in Surah Isra chapter number 17

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verse number 32. Come not close to adultery,

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for it is a shameful deed.

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And evil opening other roads to evil.

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Adultery is prohibited in Islam.

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And Allah says in Surah Hujurat, chapter number

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49, verse number 11 and 12. Allah says,

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let not one group of men

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laugh at the other.

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You may never know that the latter may

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be better than the former.

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Let not one group of women

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laugh at the other. You may never know

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the latter may be better than the former.

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Do not call each other with offensive nicknames.

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Do not spy on one another.

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Do not backbite.

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Are you ready to eat the meat of

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your dead brother?

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Here, Allah says that if you backbite, if

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you speak against someone behind his back, it

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is as though you're eating the meat of

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your dead brother.

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Eating the meat of human being is haram,

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but eating dead meat is double haram. Even

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the cannibals,

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they do not eat the meat of their

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own brothers.

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So your Allah says that if you backbite,

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it is as though you are eating the

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meat of a dead brother. And Allah says

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in chapter number 104 verse number 1.

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Woe to every kind of scandal, manga and

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backbiter.

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These are guidelines given in the Quran

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to promote universal brotherhood.

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But besides talking about universal brotherhood,

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Islam

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says, you should exhibit

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universal brotherhood minimum

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5 times

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everyday

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in your practical life.

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I'm talking about the 2nd pillar of Islam

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that is salah.

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When we offer salah,

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we practically demonstrate universal brotherhood

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5 times a day. Our beloved prophet Muhammad

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said.

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It's mentioned in Sahih Bukhari,

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volume number 1. In the book of Adhan,

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chapter number 75, hadith number 692.

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Where, Hadith Anas, Middle Arab Buddhism said, that

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when we stood for salah,

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the shoulder of the companions

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tied the shoulder of the other companion. And

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a feet tied the feet of the companion.

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The beloved prophet, the prophet Muhammadu alaihi wasalam

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said. It's mentioned,

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boy number 1, in the book of salah,

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chapter number 245, hadith number 666.

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That the prophet,

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before starting salah, he said,

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that close in your gaps.

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Stand shoulder to shoulder, and do not leave

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any gap

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for the satan.

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So when we offer salah, it is compulsory

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that the Muslim, we should stand shoulder to

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shoulder

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and feet to feet.

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Irrespective whether you're rich or poor, whether a

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king or a popper. When you stand for

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salah, you stand shoulder to shoulder. Irrespective whether

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black or white, yellow or brown. When you

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stand for salah, you stand shoulder to shoulder.

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We Muslims

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have to practically demonstrate

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universal

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minimum 5 times a

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day. The other very good example of universal

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betahood is the 5th pillar of Islam that

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is Hajj.

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The Hajj is the biggest annual gathering

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in the world. And during Hajj,

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nowadays,

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about 4,000,000 people

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come from different parts of the world. From

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America,

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from Canada, from UK, from Malaysia, from Indonesia,

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from India.

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4,000,000 people.

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And the men, they are dressed up in

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2 pieces

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of unfun cloth, preferably white. You cannot differentiate

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the person standing next to you, whether he's

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a king or a popper. When you're in

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Aram, the purpose of the Aram is that

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all of them,

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they wear the

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same clothes,

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2 pieces of unsown white cloth.

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You cannot identify the person standing next to

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you, whether he's a king or a pauper.

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And you say

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the

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Here

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I come, oh my lord. Here I come

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at your service.

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More than 4,000,000 people from different parts of

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the world of different nationalities, different colors,

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they come

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only at the service of the Lord. That

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is the best

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example of universal brotherhood.

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