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This content explores the profound meaning and practice of brotherhood and sisterhood in Islam, emphasizing that true bonds are based on faith in Allah, not on superficial factors like ethnicity, wealth, or popularity. It highlights the immense spiritual rewards and strength derived from such genuine connections, both in this life and the hereafter.
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We begin first of all by making dua for
brothers and sisters in and also in
My brothers and sisters, tonight
inshallah we are going to talk about the
first topic in the theme of the
character of a believer.
And tonight inshallah we are going to
talk about the meaning of brotherhood in
faith in Islam. What does it mean?
How is it practiced?
What are the different types of brotherhood?
brotherhood?
What does it mean to love your brother
or your sister for the sake of Allah?
And on what basis?
On what basis is our brotherhood bond
based on? What is loyalty? Loyalty in what?
I begin with a story that happened a few
years back to someone who was close to
me. I used to go and visit him in prison.
prison.
And this young man had a good
upbringing. However, when he was about
you know what young people do sometimes?
They get with the wrong groups and
friends. And even if you're innocent,
the wrong groups, the wrong friends who
are not loyal to you for the sake of
Allah. And when your brotherhood is not based
based
on advising one another of what brings
you closer to Jenna and takes you away
from hellfire,
then you either take part in criminal
acts or you become collateral damage.
And a lot of those so-called friends who
claim loyalty to you, if it's not based
on the standard of dean, of faith that
unites us strongly from within,
many of them will leave you and hang you
This young man went to prison and I used
to visit him
and when I visited him, he used to tell
me the stories in prison.
He said in prison
the way you survive is different to the
outside world
the way you survive is you have to first
of all quickly find your ethnic group
the people that come from your same background.
background.
So this was a prison in Australia
and most of them are Australian in there
but when it came to survival each one
went with their own ethnic group.
each one belonging to their race.
And if you didn't belong to a race or an
ethnic group, you're in trouble.
The Lebanese with the Lebanese, the the
uh Iraqis with the Iraqis, the Turkish
with the Turks, the Albanians with the
Albanians, the Somali with the Somali,
the uh the the Anglo with the Anglo, the
Asians with the Asians. You get it?
There weren't many Somali then at that
time anyway in prison. Alhamdulillah
that's a good thing. But you know this
person ended up in there and he says to
me I stuck with my Lebanese group which
helped him a little bit. One of the
inmates got attacked by another ethnic
group because of something silly and
this young man defended him and he said
to me that my life is in danger.
I said may Allah protect you.
After about a week or two, he told me
that subhan Allah,
I began to talk to my other brothers in
Islam from the different ethnicities and
we found the bond of Dean and Islam and
he became their leader
and then a new group formed in prison
that the others never seen before.
the bond of Islamic
um the Islamic bond, the brotherhood
bond, not the brotherhood name, the
The Albanians, the Turks, the Africans,
the Arabs, the all the Muslims came
together and they were a huge group.
Nobody could mess with them. They prayed
together. They fasted together. They had
Eid together. They invited me to go
there and talk to them about Dean. And
we're talking about the most hardcore
type of people who have done heinous crimes.
crimes.
But alhamdulillah, this reformed some of
them and changed some of their
character. And that's what Islam does if
a person takes it seriously. The thing
is they hit rock bottom.
and it happened to be the criminal world
where there had to be brothers that
bonded them. However,
However,
to show you brothers and sisters that
the brotherhood when it's based on the
rope of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, even
if it's people who didn't have a good life,
life,
the dean reforms you and the brotherhood
bond is the strongest in the world.
The brotherhood under true Islam, true
dean, true faith proper, not hypocritically,
hypocritically,
not when you want to use your brother or
sister in Islam for your own benefit,
not so that you can cheat them, not so
that you can gain something from them,
Now,
subhan Allah,
what is brotherhood in Islam?
Of course, this brother, he left prison,
alhamdulillah, reformed himself and
changed his entire life. Said, "The
crime world is not for me."
What is brotherhood in Islam?
It is first mentioned in the Quran where
Allah says as a matter of fact the true
believers are brothers and sisters. They
are like they are brothers and sisters
in faith.
So reconcile and settle the affairs and
help your brothers and sisters to not
fight. So they can bond together. They
can love one another. They can support
each other. Reconcile between them
always. Don't cause fights between them
but cause reconciliation for us. Advise
one another when they're doing something
wrong by stopping them from their wrong.
and motivate them and inspire them and
support them to do the good and to
change their ways. This is true brotherhood.
Reconcile the affairs between your brethrens
brethrens
and fear Allah in the process. Meaning
do it under the fear of Allah. Do it
under the guidance of Allah. Do it under
the loyalty of Allah subhana wa ta'ala.
in the hope that you may receive mercy.
There is mercy in the true brotherhood
in its real name, in its real meaning.
And there is mercy in the hereafter as well.
well.
Allah tells us that those who used to be
brothers and sisters and love one
another for the sake of Allah under
Allah's guidance on the day of judgment,
what does the prophet peace be upon him
described them as? Listen to the
beautiful hadith in Abu Dud number 3527.
The prophet peace be upon him said to
his companions once,
"There are among the servants of Allah
that I know and Allah has shown me. I
have seen them. I know them." Meaning
Allah showed him in the future on the
They are neither prophets nor are they martyrs.
martyrs.
But on the day of judgment, the prophets
and the martyrs will envy them.
How will they envy them? Meaning they
will be impressed by what they see in
them that they would like to have a
share of that too.
Or you know when I we talked about envy
there's good envy and bad envy. They
will envy them in a good way meaning
they'll be so happy with them but
They will envy them in a good way
on the day of judgment because of the
status that they will receive. They
said, "Oh messenger of Allah, please
tell us who they are." He said, "They
are people who in this earth they used
to love one another and they had a bond
with each other as a community or as individuals
in the spirit
of Allah." What is the spirit of Allah?
meaning within the guidance of Allah in
the love of Allah they loved each other
under the spiritual guidance and
even though they did not have any
relationship of blood or lineage between
them they weren't cousins or relatives
or family
nor were they having a bond based on
money or property
which they were partnerships in for
Allah. He said sallallahu alaihi
wasallam their faces
are light.
They're not made of light. They are
light itself. They are n itself like the sun
sun
and they will be on towers of light.
They will not fear when everyone else
will fear and they will not be saddened
when everyone else is saddened. And then
the prophet peace be upon him recited
Behold
the true pious
close ones of Allah. There will be no
fear upon them and no harm upon them.
And these same brothers and sisters in
this world who are brothers and sisters
in iman and faith on the day of judgment
will intercede for each other. They'll
say my lord so and so so and so we used
to do this such and such good act
together. We used to go to the masid
together. We used to do charity
together. We used to help and assist
together. We used to support the needy
and the and the ones in need. We stood
together in the face of hardships and
challenges on truth and justice together.
together.
On the day of judgment, they'll say,
"Our Lord, save them. Protect them." If
they see that they had sins, they will
vouch for you and you will vouch for
them. Everyone else will blame each
other. My Lord, blame him, blame her.
They led me astray. They made me go on
drugs. They made me do that crime. They
made me assault this person. They made
me carry weapons around to threaten
people and cause fear in people. They
made me steal. They made me go after my lust.
lust.
They made me be like this to my parents.
They they they
here in this world who appear as loyal
to you or you loyal to them in whatever
name you want to give it, whatever group
you want to call yourself. Wall these
people will be enemies on the day of
judgment if not already in this world.
when you're in need of them, they'll
leave you to rot and throw you under the
bus very easily.
I remember an ex thug gangster
in the US
who I knew a few years back because he
became an imam himself. He said the thug
life and the gangster life is a life where
where
he or she will look like they are so
loyal to you.
So long as they're benefiting something
and then the day you get married, let's
say and he knows that you have money,
he will come into your house,
steal your money, and if he has access
to your wife, he'll even molest her. And
then if he stands up to protect her,
he'll shoot you. He said that was the
thug gangster life. They don't care
about you. A gangster and a thug will
respect an imam, a person of knowledge
and wisdom.
The moment that person of knowledge and
wisdom acts like a thug, the thug looks
and says, "Oh, you're a thug like me.
Respect is gone. They'll treat you like
one." Everything becomes lawful for them.
them.
Any young people these days look for a
so-called brotherhood or a belonging
that we have seen now on the rise.
Unfortunately, no purpose, no other
goal, just going about trying to be
something or someone. So, they attach
themselves to certain groups. They carry
with them weapons. They go around to,
for example, the shopping centers. They
create fights. They'll go and uh act all
strong and thuggish. Why? And they're
Muslim or believers. Why do that? Into
their rap songs with all the f-words and
the swords and the drug words and I
don't know what.
And you know who they'll love even more?
A person who sings them rap,
who's teaching them about drugs,
but they will love him more when he puts
the Palestinian kafir or flag on him or
her. He's the hero because they put a
Palestinian flag. Islam
and dean and brotherhood cannot be
played around with.
Yes, maybe that's a good cause, but
they're not role models.
This is called hypocrisy.
Or maybe,
you know, I want to take from the dean
what I like and what's haram, I want to
keep doing it. I wear two masks or two
hats or three hats. Doesn't work that
The shan decorated
their actions to them. They made it look good.
good.
So he took them off the right path. And
you will find them not being guided no
matter how much they go. So brothers and
sisters, brotherhood and sisterhood is
not one that is based on these worldly
materialistic things
or these criminal gangster things.
And it's not based on looks or
appearance or popularity.
The brotherhood is for what? Who is the
main player in the in our brotherhood?
When we are brothers and sisters in
Islam in faith, who is the main player?
Who is the guide for us? On what
standards is our brotherhood based on?
What is it based on? If you don't know
what it is based on, then it is not a
true Islam true faithful brotherhood. It
It is not the true brotherhood is not
the one that is based on ethnicity. The
true brotherhood is not the one based on
color. It's not based on money or power
or sex, you know, sexual temptations.
It is by Allah's rules when Allah
governs the way we are. And if I am your
brother and you are my brother and a
time of salat comes and you truly are my
loyal brother, then you will think about my
my
well-being in this world and my
well-being in the hereafter. Two of
them. And you will say to me, "Brother,
let's stop. Let's go to make do our
salat." You remind me and I remind you.
You might say, "Well, what about a
non-Muslim who reminds me of salah?
They're pretty good. There are some
non-Muslims, mashallah, who have amazing
character and they're quite loyal and
they'll remind you of your prayer.
But that's only halfway. Why? because
you're not sharing the same brotherhood
bond. But imagine when you share the
same brotherhood, the same values, the
same reminders, you're going to be
brothers and sisters in this world and
guess where else? In the hereafter as
well. That's the ultimate brotherhood
and sisterhood. In this world and in the hereafter
for a true Muslim in any situation,
Allah is the main player. In fact, the
only one. He is not the backup. He's not
like a backup player for us or like a
bench player. Only when you need him to
serve your cause and then place the idea
of Allah and his loyalty back on the bench.
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Once I was in a situation
where we had some friends around
and you know they like Islam. They'll
pray and then they'll cut their prayers,
but they're into that into that life,
And a fight broke out with another group
over a girl.
And those other people, the Muslim ones,
were also hitting on girls themselves,
on on other ladies. But when that other
group hit on the lady that's with them,
suddenly it turned into an Islamic thing.
thing. Allahbar,
Allahbar,
I fight for my dean. You're in the wrong
place. You're doing the wrong thing.
You're around that environment and
suddenly you turned it into dean. It
doesn't work that way. That's like
leaving our dean on the bench when we
need it.
Or sometimes if I say go and and I and I
and I put a tattoo on myself and I and
that tattoo is I love Allah.
I am and will always be and die as a
Muslim and I tattoo it all over me. I
put Allah's name. All of this means
nothing if my actions, my faith, my
life, my relationships are not based on
Allah subhana wa ta'ala's guidance and
parameters. Allah is not the first. No,
this has a different meaning. Now,
so brothers and sisters, we need to
evaluate and see what is brotherhood
bond really based on.
There was a battle called the battle of
Yarmmuk. In the battle of Yarmmuk, this
story appears inb
and also [Music]
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which talks about three companions.
in that battle,
the battle of I think it was Abu who was
the commander after the death of the
A lot of the Muslims were injured in
that battle
and these three were put in a tent to
serve the or to attend to the injured.
Their injuries were quite serious
and there was limited amount of water.
So the one of the companions entered to
give them water. So he approached
Albnisham, one of the former companions
of the prophet peace be upon him and he
came to give him a little bit of that
water. He said, "Water, water." As he
approached him, Alar could seek
Abah who was also a companion sitting
and he was looking at the water. He
said, "Give my brother the water before
giving it to me. I can see him looking
at the water. I refuse." So he went and
gave the water. Then saw another
companion Ayash
asking for water. He said, "Allah, I
won't drink until you give Aayash, my
brother, the water first." He goes to
give it to Aayash. He finds him dead.
By the time he got to him, he was just
dying. He came back to Alith and he
found him dead and then he went back to
and he had also passed away. All three
of them passed away went back to Allah
while think of their other brother to
give him water before themselves.
That is the brotherhood that the prophet
sallallah.aii wasallam the best teacher
in the world and all the prophets and
messengers of Allah who came to us
taught us and raised us upon.
Now, of course, this is the these were
great role models and we're not asking
for brotherhood to be based on that, but
at least this day and age, something
small we get selfish with sometimes.
Something small will throw our brother
and sister under the bus for
we will backbite them and gossip about
them and probably be even happy to hear
bad news about them.
And Allah subhana wa ta'ala praises this
Allah praises these companions says and
they used to put their own brethrens
before themselves while they themselves
were in need. Those were the majar, the
migrants and the onsar, the victors of
the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam
in early Islam. The greatest role
models. Allah chose them to be there at
brotherhood
and sisterhood comes in five types.
There is the brotherhood and sisterhood
in faith and religion.
You can also be a brother, have a
brotherhood in blood relationships.
Number three, you can be brothers and
sisters through wet nursery. In Islam,
if a baby suckles from another mother
before the age of two, four stomach
falls, they become the wet nurse brother
or sister of all the children of that
woman who breastfed them. Number four,
there is a brotherhood and sisterhood in
race, nationality and tribe. And number
five, we have a brotherhood and
sisterhood in humanity.
All of them are brotherhood and
sisterhood systems which Islam
acknowledges and praises.
But the ultimate and the highest
brotherhood and sisterhood of all of
these which encompasses them all that
without it all of it means nothing is
what? The brotherhood and sisterhood in
It is what bonds all us Muslims
together. No matter where you are in the
far east or west, north or south, you
are my brother and my sister. And I
would like to take a moment right now
just to stop for about one minute or a
few seconds. I would like you, my dear
brothers and sisters, to turn to the
person next to you, whether you know
them or not. And you have an option to
either shake their hand or give them a
hug right now. Can you do that? Let us
feel the brotherhood and sisterhood bond
Who did you hug? Ah, good.
You don't have anyone to hug.
normally when we meet we shake hands
but if a person is coming from a
distance you haven't seen him in a while
you hug but tonight I asked you to hug because
because
this is a good moment teaching moment
for us to feel what it means brotherhood
and sisterhood between us.
And the prophet sallallahu alaihi
by the one who possesses my soul. You
will never enter paradise or you will
not not never the correct word is you
will not enter paradise until you believe.
believe.
And you will not believe until you love
one another.
until you love one another for the sake
The prophet peace be upon him said,
"Would you like me to know? Would you
If you do it a lot, your love for each
Spread the greeting of
among you.
What does mean? Why is that such a
special greeting between Muslims? Why
in the earlier prophets and messengers
like Ibraimisam and the others all the
way to Mus and Jesus all of them revered
honorable prophets and messengers of
Allah. They used to say the word salam
or shalom in Hebrew and so on. But in
Islam we say further than that adding to its
its
Allah says in the Quran and if you are
greeted with a good greeting then reply
uh actually he says reply better or the
same and in Arabic when you put one
thing before the next in this sequence
it means the first recommendation is
better and more beloved to Allah than
the second recommendation. So once again
Allah says if you are greeted with a
good greeting then respond with a better
or just reply. So if a person saysalamulaykum
saysalamulaykum
orlaykum
but not less. Some people say
Add anything else.
What does assalamu alaykum mean? My
brothers and sisters, assalamu allaykum
has a meaning linguistically and it has
a meaning in action and practice. You
have to bring both of them together. Not
just word but also in practice. Let's
see what it means. Al the the and
whenever you add al to any noun in the
Arabic language it carries a higher
importance and it becomes either a name
of someone or it becomes the the
perfection of that word. So we say
may the entire perfect peace
may the entire perfect peace be upon you.
you.
There are so many angles of peace in our
life that we want in all angles and
areas. May Allah give you perfect and
complete peace
and may Allah's mercy be upon you and
his blessings upon you and his bounties.
And when you reply and his forgiveness
and pardoning, brothers and sisters,
this is not just a simple greeting like
saying hello.
When I used to teach at the school as a
teacher students used to say to me I've
got some of the former students here you
can confirm this. They say to me, "Hi
sir." Mutra Ira used to say, some of you
who know, I used to say hi.
Bye sir.
Just trying to teach them in a funny way
that we have a better greeting. You want
to say hi by that's fine. That's okay.
But let's teach them also to say with its
its
hialamikum. Assalam allayikum. Hi bykum.
Salam. By good. Alhamdulillah.
Alhamdulillah. Good. Let us learn this
beautiful word. Now, now that we know
what it means, what does it entail? My
brothers and sisters, when you say
salamlayum to someone, it's a contract
and a promise. You're stuck. You have
just made a contract and a promise. What
is that contract and promise to that
person? that not only have you asked
Allah to give them peace and tranquility
in all their affairs, but you also
promise that from you, you will also
ensure that they are at peace and safety
from you. What is what are they at peace
and safety from you in from your tongue?
You will not say anything bad to them
during your conversation.
You will not say anything bad about them
when you leave.
You will not expose the secrets that
they told you in there if it's their
personal secrets to other people
and you'll either say something good
about them or be silent. It's a
contract. And that is why when you make
a contract with someone,
Allah commands us in the Quran to reply
better or same. Meaning that now it's a
And the person who doesn't reply the
salam, the prophet peace be upon him
called him one of the mo or her one of
the most selfish people.
So brothers and sisters, that's what it
means. Now some people may sayamlaykum
not meaning it and you can't trust them.
You sayumam in your mind if you don't
trust them and they truly are
untrustworthy people and all their
actions have proved it and they've
thrown you under the bus before you can
sayum and in your mind if
if you stick to it but I'll be keeping
an eye but I will not be the initiator.
So it can change depending on who you
sayam to a person who's untrustworthy
and could do a lot of things to you and
you sayum
they can't say to you but you made a
contract you're supposed to this or that
say yes that's conditional if a person's
untrustworthy a Muslim is not asked or
commanded to lower their dignity their
property and subject themselves to vulnerability
vulnerability
but in general
means that
so the prophet peace be upon him once
entered Medina when he migrated and he
was on his camel as soon as he entered
among the first things he did was say this
o people why did the prophet peace be
upon him say oh people and not oh believers
believers
because the messenger of Allah came to
the entire world the Muslims and the
oh people everyone
spread peace among you and greet each
Pray in the darknesses of the nights
Connect your family ties or help in
doing so or maintain it as much as you can.
can. that
that
you will enter paradise also in peace.
So if you establish peace here, guess
what your reward is? Peace in the hereafter.
Allah says in the Quran, is there any
other reward for goodness except the
same in goodness?
So when you live a life here in this
world of true brotherhood, of true peace
among one another, where other Muslims
and other people, the prophet peace be
upon him said,
the true Muslim, the true submitter to Allah,
he or she is the one whom others find
from their
words, their tongue
and their hands meaning that people feel
safe around them. You're not going to
oppress or violate other people's
rights. So people who live like that in
this world, what is their reward in the
hereafter except peace and the same
treatment from Allah and from the
My brothers and sisters, being brothers
and sisters in blood is a natural bond.
your father, your mother, your brother,
your sister, your children, your spouse,
your cousins, your relatives. And Islam
tells us to maintain that bond even if
they are non-believers, Muslim and
non-Muslim. So we don't mistreat our
non-Muslim father, our non-Muslim
mother, our non-Muslim brother and
sister and non-Muslim cousin or
relative, no matter what. Even if they
swear at your religion,
we avoid that. We advise them. We walk
away. But we maintain our relationship
with them from other angles where there
is no disrespect and there is no
humiliation and violation. So long as
they're doing that, you can avoid them
but connect with them in other ways. And
this is what Allah says in the Quran.
And even if your parents who are dis who
were who were were disbelievers and they
command you and strive against you to
make partners with me, then do not obey
them, but still live with them on goodness.
uh race, nationality and tribe. Yes,
you'll be brothers and sisters in race,
nationality and tribe. And those who are
closer to you in relationship in this
world have the greater right of your
service than others. Add to that if they
are related to you and they are
believers and Muslims, their right
increases doublefold. If they are
Muslims and they are related to you and
they are your neighbors, then their
right is three times fold.
My brothers and sisters and there is the
brotherhood and sisterhood in humanity
and this is Muslims and non-Muslims we
are all naturally brothers and sisters
because our lineage is from the same
father and mother Adam and Eve and
this for this this is a general civil
relationship that we have with everyone.
It is one of community relationship
which means mercy uh compassion uh
goodness um understanding
uh rights between each other because
Allahh the prophet peace be upon him said
said
the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam
said uh all of you are from Adam and
Adam was from the soil. So what are we
all from originally? We're from the
earth. So no one claims superiority of
their lineage or their color or their
wealth or their gender above others. We
are all from the earth from the soil and
to we shall return.
My brothers and sisters, how does loving
for the sake of Allah work? We said that
the prophet peace be upon him said those
who love each other for the sake of
Allah will be on high towers of light on
the day of judgment. The prophet matters
even will envy them and be impressed by
the sight. There are three ways of
loving each other for the sake of Allah.
Sorry, there are three ways that we love
each other and one of them is for the
sake of Allah. Let me explain. The first
one is loving one another naturally
because of natural bond
such as the love that you have for your
relative, for your friend, for someone
who is there for you, the love that you
might have for your pet, for example,
the love that you might have for a good neighbor.
neighbor.
These things regardless whether they're
Muslim or non-Muslim you can love them
on a worldly basis because of the bond
that you have. The prophet Muhammad for
example sallallahu alaihi wasallam had
that natural love for who? His uncle Abu
Talib in the verse in the Quran where
Allah says
you cannot guide oh messenger of Allah
those whom you love. You love your uncle
you love your relatives. You love those
who are not believing in your message
but even while you love them oh
messenger of Allah you will not be able
to guide them if they don't choose so
and Allah is the one who guides whomever
he wills Allah guides to the path
whomever wants to be guided whoever goes
for the guidance so his uncle for
example in the sunni belief he did not
convert to Islam and others among his
family did not revert to Islam
some of them not initially some of them
never such as Abuahab and he loved some
of them from his heart. His uncle Abu
Talib was there for him in every sense
of the word and Allah says even if the
messenger sallallahu alaihi wasallam
loves someone with all his heart in a
worldly bond it will not you know that's
separate to how Allah subhana wa ta'ala
will accept them or not if they're not
believers of Allah they don't love Allah
you can love each other here but as for
Allah's relationship that's a different story
story
one man I think it was Abu Jah and the
others they came to the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wasallam and said what
happened to your love and your bond with
your uncle Abu Talib all that and that
support he ends up in hellfire your lord
does that to him and he said wah if it
wasn't for me and my you know my words
to him probably even his supplication
for him he would be in the depth of
hellfire but he is in the surface of the
fire anyway brothers and sisters that's
the thing for Allah subhana wa t'ala not
for us to have any room in talking about
it but I wanted to make a point that you
can love people naturally for because of
a natural bond they treat you well you
can trust them uh they're related to you
such as your wife or your husband and so
on even if you know your relatives were
not Muslim that's why in Islam you know
if you if a Muslim man marries a
Christian or a Jewish woman he can love
her for example number two is called
fake love what is the fake love it is
showing love because of worldly gains
you can get out of that person that's
another love people have that's a very
thin love and number three loving
because of the religious qualities you
see in that person.
So loving each other for the sake of
Allah is what therefore it is loving the
religious qualities or the uh good
qualities which Allah loves that you see
in that person. The more you see it in
that person the greater your love
increases for that person. Now that does
just doesn't happen overnight. Love the
heart is controlled by who? It's
controlled by Allah. You can't just buy
love and sell it and just decide I'm
going to love and not love. So what is
the key?
That's a sign of how much you love
Allah. That's a sign of how much you
love to worship Allah. That's a sign of
how much you love your relationship with
Allah. That's a sign of how much you
love to follow Allah's guidance. The
more you love it for yourself, when you
see in others, you start to love that
person too. Naturally,
that's your iman that creates that love
for that person. But what if that other
person, you see those good qualities in
them, but from other angles, they're
pathetic, they're terrible, they're
abusive, let's say. No, Islam tells you
you don't love them from that angle, but
you can still love them from the angle
of dean of Islam, which means that it
can be a love that is based on certain
treatments that you will allow and
certain treatments you won't allow. But
the more this person's character and
this person's act actions of worship
which Allah loves increases in that
person, you see it, the more the
believer's love grows for that person.
And that is why they'll be on towers of
light on the day of judgment because
it's not just about forging a love for
the sake of Allah. It really comes from
your heart because you yourself are a
believer who loves Allah. It is like when
when
said to the prophet sallallahu alaihi
wasallam, "Oh messenger of Allah, I love
you more than anything except myself."
He's being honest. So he said to him,
"No, until I am more beloved to you than
even yourself, Omar, because I'm the
messenger of Allah." So he thought about
that and he said, "Now I love you even
more than myself." Says, "How Omar?" He
said, "I looked at your qualities and
mine and I found that your qualities are
more beloved to Allah than me. So I
found myself loving you. I was I don't
know what I was thinking." So that's a
love that comes from iman. The more you
read the Quran, the more you understand
that the more you do your salah, the
more you fix your sins, the more you
repent, to the more you become better,
brothers and sisters, you will find
naturally that you will start getting
drawn towards those other people who are
also increased in iman and he loved
them. But we also have a general love
for all our brothers and sisters around
the world. Any Muslim in the world, the
love for them is one degree more than
anyone else.
You might share the love of humanity,
the love of uh uh bond of blood and
relationship, the love of race and
ethnicity and then if that person is
also a Muslim, the love for them is unmatched.
unmatched.
So loving because of the religious
qualities you see in a person and that
can vary. So different degrees you don't
love them all the same. Don't feel
guilty about it. And this comes in two
categories as I said. A general love for
all Muslims because of their belief and
faith in Allah and his religion. And
then there is exclusive love for a
person for the sake of Allah. These are
individuals an individual Muslim who you
see noble qualities which Allah loves.
This is not forced as I said but comes
as a result of your faith and your
conviction in yourself. When you love
Allah and his messenger, his Quran and
what Allah loves, you begin to love
those qualities you see in the person.
Hence the person possessing those
qualities you love them more.
How do you show that love for that
Muslim brother or sister? How do you
show the love? Two ways. Number one, you
You love for them what you love for
yourself. That's the first way you show
your love to your brothers and sisters.
You love for them what you love for yourself.
yourself.
and you would hate for them what you
would hate to happen to yourself. Of
course, we're talking about a normal
level-headed person.
Number two, assist and support them
however you can, such as advising them
in good or advising them to leave the
bad sincerely from your heart and with
goodness. Motivating them to do good,
complimenting them to encourage them,
greeting them with the best of greeting,
checking on them, and so on and so forth.
forth.
The prophet peace be upon him said one
of the ways explaining how we love one
support your brother or your sister
whether your brother or sister is the wrongdoer,
wrongdoer,
the oppressor,
the abuser,
the hmer
or he or she is the victim. So the
companion said, "Yeahool Allah, we
understand how to support our brothers
and sisters when they're the victims.
How do we support them when they're the
oppressors and the perpetrator as we
help them with the perpetration?" No.
Sallallahu alaihi wasallam gave a clear
simple answer. He said, "By stopping
them from doing their perpetration." By
stopping them from continuing their
oppression. From stopping them from
continuing to abuse and hurt. That's how
you love your brother and sister.
Honest love.
My brother and sister, I love you for
the sake of Allah.
because I love you for the sake of
Allah. I want this I need to advise you
about but I don't advise you in front of
everybody cuz then I'm humiliating you.
I advise you sincerely aside like I
would love first person to advise me.
I'll tell you about this beautiful story
whose name is Abdah and a situation
happened with Abu Bakr at the time of
the prophet peace be upon him. The
prophet peace be upon him gave them a land.
I think it was from the zakat or spoils
of I don't know where the point is it
was offered as a service for for
services that people did. So Abu Bakr
and Abdullah I think it was Abd who
received a portion of land each one who
took a p one half.
So they came to look at the land and Abu
Bakr claimed that his land was up to
this measure and the other companion he
said abd he said I think the prophet
peace be upon him gave me this size I
think you're wrong said no I'm sure he
said this now of course the messenger of
Allah is telling them therefore number
one it's their possession that came to
them from a messenger of Allah by the
command of Allah and so they have to
obey the messenger of and make sure
everything's right.
But as they were talking about it, it
turned into a minor quarrel and Abu Bakr
said a word which hurt the feelings
of the other companion.
whom the prophet peace be upon him loved
more than anyone else among the men.
More than anyone else among the men. The
one whom he said if I were to take the
closest companion and loved person to me
in this world they would have been Abu
Bakr but I already have been assigned a
close friend. It was
for my brothers and sisters. Abu Bakr
said a word and then when he realized
that he had said a word that hurt his
brother in Islam, just a word. His face
became pale
and he said to him, "Please
say it back to me. Say it back to me.
Say the same word. Take your revenge.
Call me the same thing I called you." He
said, "Lo, I will not call you the same
thing. Please call me and if you don't
call me the same thing I'm going to go
and complain to the Muhammad sallallahu
alaihi wasallam to the messenger of
Allah. He said I won't say it.
So he went to the prophet sallallahu
alaihi wasallam I'm going to complain.
Now the people gather around this
companion and they said to him what's
this? He goes and hurts you with his
word and now he goes and plays the
victim by saying I'm going to complain.
That's what they tried to whisper.
Obviously, they were probably hypocrites
who try to create more fitna like what
you see on comments sometimes. You know
those bots and those people who they
spam your is that called spamming and
then they go inside and they start to
create comments just to is the word rage
bait rage bait you. That's what young
people say. I like that word rage bait.
In Arabic
I've never found a correct translation
in English until this new teenage
generation today. Rage bait. Perfect.
So they came to rage bait him. And he
said, "Wallah, I will not say a word
about Abu Bakr. How are you? How dare
you? Do you know who this man is? He's
the beloved of the prophet sallallahu
alaihi wasallam. He is the one who was
in the cave. He is the one whom Allah
mentioned in the Quran. And then if I
say a word, this will anger the
messenger sallallahu alaihi wasallam and
the messenger will be angry and Allah
will be angry with me. Stay away." So he
went and found a telling the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wasallam what had
the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam
said to him is it from your side? Is it
exactly as Abu Bakr is telling me? And
the other companion said yes Allah it is
exactly as he said. And the prophet
peace be upon him said to the other companion
companion
thank you good. Please do not hurt hurt
my beloved friend Abu Bakr with any
Abu Bakr, Allah forgives you Abu Bakr.
So he kept on repeating it until
began to cry and he walked away crying
out of that beautiful dua. So my
brothers and sisters, we see the
examples of brotherhood and sisterhood
here. When the prophet sallallahu alaihi
wasallam first entered Medina, he did
something which was was unprecedented.
He made a brotherhood bond fraternity
between the muhajin the migrants and the refugees
refugees
and the residents and he made a
brotherhood bond between them. The
refugees who were coming from Mecca
and the rest of the companions and all
of them they were destitute. So the
prophet gathered I think there were
about 80 of them who were destitute at
that time in the masjid and he made a
special brotherhood bond between every
two people.
For example,
Salman Fari was the faithful brother of
Abu Da
was the faithful brother of another Abu
Bakr was with someone else and they
looked out for each other. In the
beginning they even inherited from each
other until the ayah of the Quran was
revealed to say only the heirs can only
be bloodrelated
and they looked after for each other.
One of them is when Salman al Fares was
very knowledgeable in the scriptures and
the Quran he used to go and visit Abu
Da. One day he knocked on his door and
his wife um Da answered
and she he asked where is my brother Abu
Darda how is he and she said to him wah
your brother Abu Da is in turmoil and
right now he is in the masid actually
she sorry she didn't say turmoil he says
your brother Abu Da is too busy with his
god with with Allah with his lord
and he looked at he saw obviously she
was covered but she was not dressed in a
uh you know in a in a um good state.
What do I mean by not dressed? Meaning
her her clothing was a bit worn out,
not being looked after. So he went to
the masid and saw his brother Abu Da. He
said, "Come with me from the masid. Come
home to your family." He said, "I want
to worship Allah." He said, "Leave the
worship of Allah and go to your family.
They need you. Go and look after your
wife. Go and care for her."
So he went listening to his brother cuz
the prophet him said you have to listen
to each other and goodness. Then that
day he said I'm going to come and stay
at your house. Welcome Salman. He enters
the Abu Dat was fasting. He said break
your fast.
He said I want to fast for the sake of
Allah. I said break your fast. So he
broke his fast. He was fasting one day
on one day off. Then that night came and
he wanted to stay up praying.
He said sleep. He said I want to pray.
Said sleep. Then they woke up a little
bit before and prayed together. So Abu
Dat went to the prophet sallallahu
alaihi wasallam complaining.
Allah my brother Salman is telling me to
do this this and that and I want to
worship Allah. I want to fast and I want
to pray in a night. He said what does
Salman say to you? What does he say to
"Your Lord has a right upon you. But
your wife also has a right upon you. And
your own health and well-being has a
right upon you. Your body has a right
upon you. Give each one its right in
proportion. Don't do one at the expense
of the other or neglect the other.
Subhan Allah. The prophet peace be upon
Salman has spoken the truth. Three times
he said it. Salman has spoken a truth.
Salman has spoken the truth. The point
from this story is to show you the
brotherhood bond. What it means to give
you an example
that we're there for each other. We
assist one another as much as we can. We
make dua for each other and so on.
Finally, brothers and sisters, here are
the deal breakers of brotherhood bonds.
The deal breakers.
The first one, these are the biggest
ones. Racism.
Racism is the destroyer of our
community's brotherhood and sisterhood bond.
bond.
When a person believes that where they
came from, their abilities or
characteristics like their color or
their nationality
makes them superior or inferior to
others. This is racism. And Islam
forbids this strongly
to the point that the prophet sallallahu
alaihi wasallam said the following words
Ina,
drop it. Let go of racism for it is like
a stinking carcass with no good in it.
If you're walking on the road and
there's a stinking carcass, what does
this mean? It means racial
discrimination. That just because I am a
particular color, I'm more superior to
you or you're superior to me or I feel
inferior to you. Who is the one that
created you and me? Allah. So when I
insult another color, who am I actually
insulting? I'm insulting the creation of
Allah. I'm insulting the choice of
Allah. I'm insulting the the the of Allah.
Allah.
The next deal breaker of brotherhood
bond is family feuds
over over senseless things over money,
over comparing, over cutting off for
senseless things, tit for tat attitudes.
Some people they say to their children
or to their spouse or to whoever, you're
not to talk to your uncle, you're not to
talk to your auntie, you're not to talk
to your brother or you're not to talk to
that cousin so long as I don't like them.
Your beef with them has nothing to do
with the relationship that the rest of
the family has with them unless they are
truly going to be harmed and hurt.
Some people go for 10 years. I know of
people whose children were
never knew that they had,
you know, a certain relative, an uncle
or an aunt for 10 years while they lived
among them because of parents grudges
for worldly benefit and never reconciling,
comparing
your brother, your sister, your
brother-in-law, your sister-in-law, so
and so. They treat them like this. They
got this. Why can't you do that?
Comparing constantly breaks the
brotherhood bond when told us to love
for your brother what you love for
yourself. Why don't turn around and say
alhamdulillah they have that may Allah
increase it for them and may Allah
increase it for me too. That's true
brotherhood and sisterhood. It exists
even in the family. Number three deal
breaker is sexism. What is sexism? When
a person discriminates or looks down on
another person just because they are a
female or a male
and Islam forbids this strongly to the
point that the prophet sallallah.aii
wasallam said the hadith is in Ahmed 5869
women are the peers of men.
What does peers mean in English?
Peers is the correct translation.
It means equals in worth and importance.
Equals in what? In worth and importance
and value. Even though their roles may
be different, equality here in Islam
between sexes is in their worth, their
importance and their value regardless of
their role. Also Allah says in the Quran
that men and women are equal equally
rewarded by Allah without discrimination
A husband's not superior to his wife and
a wife is not superior to a husband. Nor
is a girl better than a boy, nor is a
boy better than a girl.
And finally, other deal breakers are
when we hold grudges for so long, trust
issues for so long, peer pressure that
gives us peer pressure from people,
jealousy for so long, selfishness for so
long. So I encourage you brothers and
sisters to exercise the habit of forgiveness
forgiveness
and to try and learn how to let go of things.
things.
So for example, medical research has
shown that holding grudges for too long
causes severe stress and anxiety. It
makes it research studies have
established that holding grudges for so
long makes pain you know the pain that
you feel it makes pain feel even worse.
So if it's a 5 out of 10, it becomes an
8 out of 10.
And it's bad for your health, especially
on your heart as you get older.
Cardiovascular disease is a result of
holding grudges for so long.
Studies have shown wah this appeared in
association for psychological science.
It says that prayer prayer increases the
ability to forgive
because you know when you get angry and
hold grudges you want to be compensated.
So when you pray to Allah you remember
that Allah has in store for you
whatever goodness you put forth is for
yourselves. You will find it with Allah.
Allah is the best to receive your reward from.
from.
his rewards are far greater than anyone
can give you. So you say I'm
compensated. You know, for me
personally, I've leed this in my life
that um people who hurt me with a word
or something like that whereas they hurt
me, it's gone. It's words, it's gossip,
it's backbiting, it's whatever it is,
these people who have hurt me, I've
leared to exercise this. Just remember
that with Allah, nothing is ever lost.
Yes, I defend myself. I protect myself.
I tell the person but in myself my grudges my pain goes away by remembering
grudges my pain goes away by remembering that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will not
that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will not let an atom's worth of my hurt gone.
let an atom's worth of my hurt gone. Absolutely not. And this is what faith
Absolutely not. And this is what faith and prayer and believing in Allah and
and prayer and believing in Allah and the hereafter benefits you with.
the hereafter benefits you with. Of course, brothers and sisters,
Of course, brothers and sisters, forgiving someone is conditional on
forgiving someone is conditional on certain things in Islam and letting go
certain things in Islam and letting go is conditional. Not every forgiveness is
is conditional. Not every forgiveness is a must and not every forgiveness is
a must and not every forgiveness is encouraged in Islam. A lot of people
encouraged in Islam. A lot of people have this misconception. It's the last
have this misconception. It's the last thing I want to say. There are
thing I want to say. There are situations where your forgiveness may
situations where your forgiveness may empower or enable the other person to
empower or enable the other person to continue their evil. In this case, you
continue their evil. In this case, you let them know that I have not forgiven
let them know that I have not forgiven you or at least you can say to them,
you or at least you can say to them, I've forgiven it from my heart because I
I've forgiven it from my heart because I want to go to sleep, but I'm not going
want to go to sleep, but I'm not going to forget it.
to forget it. And then you change your relationship or
And then you change your relationship or your interaction or dealings with that
your interaction or dealings with that person if you know that that person is
person if you know that that person is increasing in evil and increasing in um
increasing in evil and increasing in um being uh violating your rights.
being uh violating your rights. Forgiveness is your right. We are
Forgiveness is your right. We are encouraged to forgive and Allah will
encouraged to forgive and Allah will forgive us.
Do you not want Allah to forgive you? Then forgive one another and pardon each
Then forgive one another and pardon each other. But in certain circumstances, if
other. But in certain circumstances, if the forgiveness will cause a greater
the forgiveness will cause a greater harm, you don't have to forgive. But I
harm, you don't have to forgive. But I advise you brothers and sisters to look
advise you brothers and sisters to look at forgiveness from a different angle.
at forgiveness from a different angle. Forgiveness is just basically letting
Forgiveness is just basically letting go. Letting go of letting that thought
go. Letting go of letting that thought and that thing that you have occupy your
and that thing that you have occupy your own mind and your own heart and your own
own mind and your own heart and your own health. go to sleep and have good sleep
health. go to sleep and have good sleep and say, "I'm not going to let this
and say, "I'm not going to let this affect my own health while the other
affect my own health while the other person goes to sleep nicely."
So brothers and sisters, you are my brothers and sisters in faith
you are my brothers and sisters in faith and iman. Subhan Allah. I remember at
and iman. Subhan Allah. I remember at school, I don't know if you allow me to
school, I don't know if you allow me to do this. When I was a teacher, I got I
do this. When I was a teacher, I got I used to get letters from students when
used to get letters from students when they used to talk about their
they used to talk about their experiences. And one of the exercise
experiences. And one of the exercise that I did in year 8 for students for a
that I did in year 8 for students for a few years is the brotherhood program.
few years is the brotherhood program. And what I did was I used to put names
And what I did was I used to put names of students in a hat. Of course, boys
of students in a hat. Of course, boys and girls separate. And whichever name
and girls separate. And whichever name they picked out, they have to open it up
they picked out, they have to open it up and that name has to be their brother or
and that name has to be their brother or sister in faith for the next one to
sister in faith for the next one to three days. They have to remind each
three days. They have to remind each other. There was a guideline and they
other. There was a guideline and they have to write a report for it and a
have to write a report for it and a letter. Alhamdulillah, we had a brother,
letter. Alhamdulillah, we had a brother, young man who who who who used to be
young man who who who who used to be somewhat of a leader and sometimes it'd
somewhat of a leader and sometimes it'd be a bit harmful to others. And another
be a bit harmful to others. And another one was bullied was always bullied.
one was bullied was always bullied. So, the subhan Allah, their names came
So, the subhan Allah, their names came up, the popular and the bullied one like
up, the popular and the bullied one like the most bullied in class and the most
the most bullied in class and the most popular
popular and they had to share time together.
and they had to share time together. They had to share their friends
They had to share their friends together, their games together,
together, their games together, everything. They have to work it out of
everything. They have to work it out of not care. Subhan Allah. After that, they
not care. Subhan Allah. After that, they became friends until they graduated. And
became friends until they graduated. And that leader, you know, wrote a letter
that leader, you know, wrote a letter and the other one wrote a letter and
and the other one wrote a letter and says, "I noticed in him actions and
says, "I noticed in him actions and behaviors I didn't see before. I used to
behaviors I didn't see before. I used to think he was like this. I used to think
think he was like this. I used to think he was like that." Oh, and subhan Allah,
he was like that." Oh, and subhan Allah, they found a way.
they found a way. The one who was the leader in the class,
The one who was the leader in the class, he passed away a few years ago. May
he passed away a few years ago. May Allah have mercy on his soul. But that
Allah have mercy on his soul. But that was a beautiful thing. Here is one
was a beautiful thing. Here is one letter from one student. And he says,
letter from one student. And he says, "To be honest with you, sir, coming from
"To be honest with you, sir, coming from a non-Muslim school to a Muslim school,
a non-Muslim school to a Muslim school, I expected that there would be warm
I expected that there would be warm brotherly treatment from my Muslim
brotherly treatment from my Muslim colleagues." This one made me sad,
colleagues." This one made me sad, especially that I suffer from a rare
especially that I suffer from a rare disease which makes me a lot which makes
disease which makes me a lot which makes me act abnormally at times and without
me act abnormally at times and without notice. It was a type of diabetes that
notice. It was a type of diabetes that he had. And uh I got bullied for it at
he had. And uh I got bullied for it at my other school, but I've gotten used to
my other school, but I've gotten used to the judgmentality over the years by
the judgmentality over the years by others. I know Islam is not to blame.
others. I know Islam is not to blame. It's young people's lack of education.
It's young people's lack of education. But the day you encouraged me to speak
But the day you encouraged me to speak about my condition to the class, I
about my condition to the class, I actually asked him to come up and speak
actually asked him to come up and speak about his condition to the class so they
about his condition to the class so they know and I thought this would be a good
know and I thought this would be a good strategy. Inshallah. I felt a merciful
strategy. Inshallah. I felt a merciful and caring nature come out that I felt I
and caring nature come out that I felt I belonged like everyone else. The student
belonged like everyone else. The student showed him empathy. I can see this
showed him empathy. I can see this unique thing about Muslim students here.
unique thing about Muslim students here. I just wish it didn't have to come to
I just wish it didn't have to come to the point of talking about my condition
the point of talking about my condition for them to treat me better. It should
for them to treat me better. It should be in them already and always. But I am
be in them already and always. But I am grateful. I was a nine student about 10
grateful. I was a nine student about 10 years a 15 years ago. I had this
years a 15 years ago. I had this student. Another one says it's always
student. Another one says it's always been short. It's always been
been short. It's always been I've always been short and teased for
I've always been short and teased for it. I made it made me think I am lesser
it. I made it made me think I am lesser than everyone else and started lacking
than everyone else and started lacking confidence. But in year 8, our religion
confidence. But in year 8, our religion teacher made us do an activity called
teacher made us do an activity called the brotherhood program. the one I'm
the brotherhood program. the one I'm talking to you about where we teamed up
talking to you about where we teamed up with random colleagues in class. Names
with random colleagues in class. Names were drawn out of a hat and so on. I
were drawn out of a hat and so on. I didn't like it at first, but by the end
didn't like it at first, but by the end of it, we found common interests we
of it, we found common interests we never saw before. He was loyal to my to
never saw before. He was loyal to my to his promises and I appreciated it. And
his promises and I appreciated it. And when others saw him that way, they
when others saw him that way, they copied him and became nice to me. It's 2
copied him and became nice to me. It's 2 years later since we both left school
years later since we both left school and we still keep in contact.
and we still keep in contact. Alhamdulillah. You know, sir, it can
Alhamdulillah. You know, sir, it can take one person to influence others in a
take one person to influence others in a good way. I'd like to advise other
good way. I'd like to advise other brothers and sisters to give people a
brothers and sisters to give people a chance. It'll really open their eyes.
chance. It'll really open their eyes. One more I'll read for you and then
One more I'll read for you and then we're we're done.
we're we're done. Uh I didn't think there will still be
Uh I didn't think there will still be good Muslims around until this amazing
good Muslims around until this amazing girl at school. She saw me wandering by
girl at school. She saw me wandering by myself at recess and lunch, sitting by
myself at recess and lunch, sitting by myself most of the time because I just
myself most of the time because I just couldn't trust anyone anymore. But she
couldn't trust anyone anymore. But she approached me with her friends and made
approached me with her friends and made me feel valued. She never talked about
me feel valued. She never talked about anyone in a bad way. And when I
anyone in a bad way. And when I accidentally talked about someone else,
accidentally talked about someone else, she would stop me and say, "You know,
she would stop me and say, "You know, when you talk about others, it can make
when you talk about others, it can make me think you will one day talk about me.
me think you will one day talk about me. But I know you're a good person.
But I know you're a good person. Sisterhood in Islam means correcting
Sisterhood in Islam means correcting each other because you genuinely want
each other because you genuinely want good for them." I once asked her why she
good for them." I once asked her why she was so nice and genuine. She replied,
was so nice and genuine. She replied, "Because of my love for Allah. Whenever
"Because of my love for Allah. Whenever I see her, I automatically think of
I see her, I automatically think of Allah. I've never met someone like that
Allah. I've never met someone like that before. Uh there's still Muslims like
before. Uh there's still Muslims like this around. Another year 8 student. So
this around. Another year 8 student. So brothers and sisters, these are some of
brothers and sisters, these are some of the examples of today of true
the examples of today of true brotherhood and sisterhood. And we don't
brotherhood and sisterhood. And we don't want the brotherhood and sisterhood of
want the brotherhood and sisterhood of gangsters and uh loyalty based on
gangsters and uh loyalty based on materialism or something that I want
materialism or something that I want from you and then I call you c because
from you and then I call you c because of it. I'm always there for you cuz or
of it. I'm always there for you cuz or I'm there for you bro or sis or
I'm there for you bro or sis or whatever. This is not a true brotherhood
whatever. This is not a true brotherhood and sisterhood unless the brother and
and sisterhood unless the brother and sisters that you're there for each other
sisters that you're there for each other is based on what Allahh loves and on
is based on what Allahh loves and on goodness and honesty. May Allah increase
goodness and honesty. May Allah increase the brotherhood and the love between us
the brotherhood and the love between us in our community. May Allah the
in our community. May Allah the brotherhood and the community is what
brotherhood and the community is what gives rise to a new triumphant community
gives rise to a new triumphant community and the entire ummah. You will see
and the entire ummah. You will see victory coming. You'll see the oppressed
victory coming. You'll see the oppressed stopping the oppressed getting out of
stopping the oppressed getting out of their oppression and the oppressor
their oppression and the oppressor thinking twice because and I finish with
thinking twice because and I finish with this said Allahh says
hold all of you together to the rope of Allah and do not divide. And another
Allah and do not divide. And another verse
Obey Allah and his messenger and do not dispute among one another and divide
dispute among one another and divide otherwise you will lose and your respect
otherwise you will lose and your respect and fear will go away from your enemies.
and fear will go away from your enemies. What sallallahu alaihi wasallam said
Allah's support is always with the community that is together. May Allah
community that is together. May Allah make us a community of togetherness.
make us a community of togetherness. Fill us with the understanding of love
Fill us with the understanding of love for the sake of Allah and grant us the
for the sake of Allah and grant us the true reward of the true fraternity of
true reward of the true fraternity of brotherhood and sisterhood where on the
brotherhood and sisterhood where on the day of judgment we find ourselves on
day of judgment we find ourselves on lanterns of N and faces of N.
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