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Download to Listen to the whole lecture really heart trembling subhanallah
And if you want to read the whole article because the below one is a summary you can visit www.khutbah.com
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When you were growing up, did you grow up under the shade of a mountain? There weren't too many mountains where I grew up, but when I was young visiting Egypt, many of the buildings did not have elevators. And some of those buildings were up to 9 or 10 floors high.
So if one wanted to make it to the top (the relatives always lived on the 8th floor, go figure), one could never take it one step at a time. One had to gather their garment, take a deep breath, close their eyes, and charge up ... two and three steps in one bound. (I know you must be breathing hard just thinking about it.)
In Surah Balad, Allah teaches us about the mountain pass that must be climbed in our lives. And this way of climbing that I've just described is very close to how Allah wants us to overcome this mountain pass - hard and strong! But wait ... what mountain pass?
Allah explains it: [(The mountain pass) is the freeing of a slave / Or feeding on a day of severe hunger / An orphan of near relationship / Or a needy person (grasping the dirt) in misery / And then being among those who believed and advised one another to Sabr (patience) and advised one another to Rahmah (compassion) / Those are the companions of the right] Surah Balad 90/11-18
When we look over the institutions that 'care' about the welfare of this American society, we seldom see Muslim run shelters for the homeless. We seldom find Muslim run soup kitchens for the hungry of our society. When a husband beats his wife, mercilessly, does she run to the Muslims or does she run to the Kuffar?
Dear brothers and sisters, caring about our society is not meant to be a public relations stunt. It is from the CORE of our Deen, a core message that is repeated all throughout the Qur'an. And it is the way and example of our Prophet - sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam - an example which he left for us to emulate.
This shall be our topic for today: taking responsibility of our society is one of the principal messages of Islam!
Aisha
Download to Listen to the whole lecture really heart trembling subhanallah
And if you want to read the whole article because the below one is a summary you can visit www.khutbah.com
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When you were growing up, did you grow up under the shade of a mountain? There weren't too many mountains where I grew up, but when I was young visiting Egypt, many of the buildings did not have elevators. And some of those buildings were up to 9 or 10 floors high.
So if one wanted to make it to the top (the relatives always lived on the 8th floor, go figure), one could never take it one step at a time. One had to gather their garment, take a deep breath, close their eyes, and charge up ... two and three steps in one bound. (I know you must be breathing hard just thinking about it.)
In Surah Balad, Allah teaches us about the mountain pass that must be climbed in our lives. And this way of climbing that I've just described is very close to how Allah wants us to overcome this mountain pass - hard and strong! But wait ... what mountain pass?
Allah explains it: [(The mountain pass) is the freeing of a slave / Or feeding on a day of severe hunger / An orphan of near relationship / Or a needy person (grasping the dirt) in misery / And then being among those who believed and advised one another to Sabr (patience) and advised one another to Rahmah (compassion) / Those are the companions of the right] Surah Balad 90/11-18
When we look over the institutions that 'care' about the welfare of this American society, we seldom see Muslim run shelters for the homeless. We seldom find Muslim run soup kitchens for the hungry of our society. When a husband beats his wife, mercilessly, does she run to the Muslims or does she run to the Kuffar?
Dear brothers and sisters, caring about our society is not meant to be a public relations stunt. It is from the CORE of our Deen, a core message that is repeated all throughout the Qur'an. And it is the way and example of our Prophet - sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam - an example which he left for us to emulate.
This shall be our topic for today: taking responsibility of our society is one of the principal messages of Islam!
Aisha