 السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته اسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله والصلاة وسلام علي رسول الله وعلى آله واصحابه هجمعين أنا فرحاً بشكل جميلة لاترى كل أجل المنافق هنا ومشاء الله تبرك اللe the patience the brothers and sisters have been here since the morning برسل الله سبحانه وتعالى أعيشكم ونهجوا all those who are here who are challenged as well بردية الله عنه ، هل يمكن الله أن تكون بسيارة ورحمة علىهم كله؟ أخيين أخيين وصفة عالي ابنه أبي طالب رضي الله عنه كان يكون أخيين محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم. كان يكون أخيين محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم ، أخيينهم كانوا أخيين. وفي محصة محصة ، أخيين عالي ابنه أبي طالب رضي الله عنه whose name was Abu Talib was going through financial difficulty. وعالي رضي الله عنه who was actually 30 years younger than Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم. So the father of Ali ابنه أبي طالب رضي الله عنه who was Abu Talib he decided to speak to his relatives to look after his children. So his brother Al-Abbas decided to take Jafar ابنه أبي طالب and Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم said no problem I will look after Ali رضي الله عنه. So Ali رضي الله عنه who was actually brought up or taken care of by Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم. Their relationship was very very strong and he was in the house of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم from a very young age and this is one of the reasons why later on Abu Talib who's the father of Ali رضي الله عنه who looked after Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم. So it's a relationship that is unique. We need to understand this brothers and sisters point number one. Would we ever be ready to look after the children of others? That's a question. Would we ever be ready to look after the children of others? Would we ever be ready to look after people who are orphaned? People perhaps who are struggling from across the globe. Would we ever care to become foster parents? As Muslimeen there is a shortage of people who are prepared to look after others who are perhaps not even related to them besides sometimes through humanity or through your dean. I think it's a very very strong point we need to raise brothers and sisters I encourage you and myself to a reminder to myself. Let us learn. Let us learn to reach out to others and let us start considering becoming foster care givers. Foster parents perhaps. And insha'Allah we will be able to solve matters of the ummah. And we will be able to earn جنة الفردوس. It's not easy. I do know of some who have done this. And trust me the reward of it is very very great. So Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم was one of them. Therefore I'm telling you it's a sunnah. It's a teaching and we follow Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم's example even though he had done it prior to prophethood. علي ابن أبي طالب رضي الله عنه the day that the prophet Muhammad peace be upon him was granted prophethood and immediately after that one of the narration state that he saw خديجة بنتخويل رضي الله عنها and he saw Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم praying. At that time the prayer was not compulsory but it was there and as they were praying the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم was asked a question by Ali who was 10 years old. He was only 10 years old when the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم had nubua and prophethood. And he says what are you doing? So the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم says look I'm worshipping my maker alone. He who made me alone. I don't worship the idols. I don't worship sticks and stones. I don't worship people. I don't worship this and that. I worship my maker alone and I put my head on the ground of my maker alone and there was a beautiful explanation perhaps the wording obviously slightly different from what I've said but that was the gist of it. And according to one of the narrations it is stated that he said let me go to my father I want to ask him. So he went to his father he asked I would like to follow. I would like to follow what Muhammad is doing and his father told him it's okay. Subhanallah. So he was the first from among the boys those who had not yet attained puberty to actually accept Islam. He accepted the message of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم while he was in the home and the house of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم just by watching them do something. I ask you another question. How many of us pray at home? That's a question. How many of us pray that our children can see us pray so that they too can be inquisitive and they too can follow at a young age 4 and 5 you will see them following you even earlier than that. They will want to do exactly what you are doing if you are doing the right thing. Subhanallah. And if you are doing the wrong thing they will follow the wrong thing. It's important for us my brothers and sisters to learn a beautiful lesson from this. Let's proceed. As he grew older he was the companion of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم they loved each other so much. Like I said he grew up in the house of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم with خديجة بانتخويلة رضي الله عنها and you know that at the time of the hijrah the Khufar of Quraish had decided they want to kill Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم that's what they decided. They surrounded his house and they were waiting for him to emerge but the Prophet peace be upon him had hatched a plan, a beautiful plan. What was it? He asked علي ابن أبي الطالب رضي الله عنه Would you sleep in my bedding? And this man says immediately yes obviously I would and I will. So he made him sleep in his bedding and as he left the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم took a handful of dust and he threw it. One of the miracles was every one of those who were surrounding the house at the time began to rub their eyes as the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he read one of the verses of Surah ياسين واجعلنا من بين أيديهم سده ومن خلفهم سده فأغشيناهم فهم لا يبصرون where Allah says we have created a bar a barrier in front of them and behind them and we have covered them so they will not see. Now as much as this verse is in a different way but it is definitely the power of Allah that will blind people in two ways one is in reality you know nowadays and it's very sad I met a brother who told me I really wanted to meet you and I was looking for you et cetera et cetera and I told him brother I saw you three times today but unfortunately you were on your phone I didn't know who you were and I passed you thrice and I'm thinking to myself it's like Allah blinding us you know put your phone aside for a moment let's look at each other let's see the path let's see the road let's see who's around us perhaps a person you desperately wanted to see a friend you needed to see a relative you really wanted to see might have passed you and you didn't notice because you were busy you were busy sometimes you don't even see the car in front of us and guess what happens six points is it six points more than six points perhaps twelve sometimes perhaps a fine as well you might even be jailed in some countries may Allah سبحانه و تعالى grant us protection from these points سبحان الله say Ameen come on man masha Allah oh that's a loud Ameen perhaps you need to be a careful driver my brother I can see you I heard it may Allah make it easy so the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم emerged from that home and they didn't see him and later on they discovered it was Ali imagine he was ready to give his life he was ready to give his life but there was a danger that they might storm the home and they might murder the wrong person سبحان الله but no Allah saved him and he had given his life for Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم this was something very great something great the hijra is made mention of and he made hijra according to some of the narrations three days later when the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم sent a message for him that it's okay you can come across may Allah سبحانه و تعالى grant us goodness but there is something more interesting about Ali ابن أبي طالب رضي الله عنه as he grew older as he grew older he wanted to marry the daughter of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم two years after hijra you know what imagine someone wants to marry your daughter think about who your daughter is can she be better than the daughter of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم the answer is no can there be سبحان الله or in fact let's think about it for a moment here you have Ali ابن أبي طالب رضي الله عنه coming to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and he wants to marry the daughter there is a whole story there are a few narrations but we are getting to the point he had nothing the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said what do you have to give my daughter as a mahar what is a mahar a mahar is a gift that is given token from the groom to the bride to say do you know what this is a token the value of the marriage is no way connected to how much you are giving the more expensive you make it the more difficult perhaps you are making it for people to marry let's think about it here is the Prophet peace be upon him saying oh Ali you don't have anything what about the armor that you have he says yes I've got one armor I've got armor obviously I use it he says no problem take it to the market sell it whatever you get for it you can give as a gift to my daughter and we will accept you he had nothing سبحان الله سبحان الله how many of us would give our daughters a billion person who's responsible he has dean and character but he doesn't really have much wealth see the silence it means none of us may Allah forgive us may Allah سبحانه وتعالى forgive us I promise you we've become so demanding we look at wealth what do you have the man says well I just drive a Toyota no way the day you drive the latest Mercedes come back if not get out we don't mind getting our daughters married to those who have no respect in community absolutely no dean no character but they've got a lot of wealth people respect only their money and we don't mind getting our daughters married those are the daughters that at times or mostly they suffer because the the person they've married has nothing besides money no character no conduct perhaps an alcoholic a drug addict someone who's abusive et cetera my brothers and sisters learn from the example of the best of creation don't we say that we want to follow him we do follow him why then don't we allow our daughters to marry those whom they would like when there is dean and akhlaq when you have a person with great character and conduct what's wrong subhanallah why do we object so this young man goes with his armor to the market and you know who sees him there اثمان ابن عفان رضي الله عنه he saw Ali ابن عبي طالب selling his armor he says why are you selling your armor he says you know what I want to become your brother in law wow wow اثمان ابن عفان رضي الله عنه who was married to the daughter of رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم as well علي ابن عبي طالب رضي الله عنه who goes with his armor he's saying I want to marry the daughter of رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم now what would happen in our case a lot of the times the brothers would actually say meaning the husbands of the sisters would say I'm a rich man اثمان ابن عفان رضي الله عنه was very rich this guy is a pauper he's worth nothing they would go to the family and say please don't make a mistake this guy's got nothing look at what اثمان says اثمان says you know what I will buy that armor from you I will pay you 400 gold coins for it and one narration says 480 gold coins for it I will pay you so much for it and give me the armor you can take that and get married ما شاء الله what an honor سبحان الله سبحان الله so he got married he actually took the money according to some narrations 480 let's say 480 gold coins he paid for the armor and as عالي ابن عابي طالب excited going back wow I've made some big bucks here ما شاء الله تبارك الله and he's going back اثمان says hey come back so as he's coming back he says you know what you're going to be getting married now I'm giving you a gift what's the gift this armor سبحان الله I got the armor and I got 480 gold coins wow from who someone who is married to the sister of the one I want to marry الله أكبر we have a lot of lessons to learn from this let's look at our relationships would we be prepared to give someone money to get married to someone سبحان الله and they not really deeply related to us as such we wouldn't even give it to our own brothers your brother wants 400 of your bitcoins no way bro not at all may Allah forgive us sorry I don't mean to interfere in the ruling of bitcoins but I had to give the example by the way verge is a little bit better than bitcoin for those who know my brothers and sisters I promise you we're not prepared to let go of anything سبحان الله I see some of you are looking at me like wow he knows about it okay yes I do I'm also a human being ما شاء الله may Allah forgive us and by the way this Zimbabwean currency when it was around it was just like bitcoins سبحان الله is to print as much as they could and that was it سبحان الله suddenly one day they announced it's no longer we tasted that so علبنا عبي طالب رضي الله who was a fortunate man very very fortunate سبحان الله here he is and he ended up getting married what a blessed marriage to whom to the daughter of the best of creation he chose not based on money so that's the mistake we make today we base our choice on money wealth that's a family they've got a lot of money trust me they might have only money nothing else and sometimes Allah will take that away in no time I know of people who've made the decision based solely on money and a year down the line that family lost all their money may Allah سبحانه وتعالى grant us Deen and Achlaq who's in the correct way so this was علبنا عبي طالب رضي الله عنه whose marriage and the beautiful story around it he had such a brilliant relationship with عثمان ابن عفان رضي الله عنه he named one of his children عثمان now you might think do you know what I only know of الحسن والحسين from the daughter of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم he only had الحسن والحسين رضي الله عنهما but after only six months after the prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم passed away who was her father do you know what happened he married again he had a few wives from them the children he had he kept the names of those whom he loved the most and we are never told about this so one of the sons of علبنا عبي طالب رضي الله عنه was called ابو بكر رضي الله عنه another son he named these were his best friends no one talks about this they only say oh there was a big problem between them no way I would never name my child a name of someone whom I've had a huge issue with no it depicts the closeness of relation he named another child اثمان رضي الله عنه جميعا may Allah be pleased with all of them this is an amazing amazing thing that people don't speak about I think we need to speak about it سبحانه و تعالى سبحان الله and that goes to show the names they kept were of value such that they had people with those names who are better than what they thought they were سبحان الله من الله سبحانه و تعالى سبحانه و تعالى سديق also with ابو بكر السديق رضي الله عنه whenever they saw ابو بكر السديق رضي الله عنه they knew that we are going to find علبنا عبي طالب رضي الله عنه although he was much younger if he was 30 years younger than محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم it means he was 28 years younger than ابو بكر السديق رضي الله عنه but he used to love him so much walk with him follow him go around with him the day that ابو بكر السديق رضي الله عنه was appointed the Khalif someone told علبنا عبي طالب رضي الله عنه that ابو بكر has just been and he pledged allegiance as one of the first سبحان الله from the first batch he pledged allegiance to ابو بكر and he said I pledge allegiance to you and you are indeed خليفة المسلمين may Allah سبحانه و تعالى grant us an understanding what a great man so wise at a young age very very young age so سبحان الله the prophet says about علبنا عبي طالب رضي الله عنه he says رضي الله عنه أ remember he was one of the greatest of the companions the top 10 in fact he was fourth in rank powerful he says أوعالي the people will be divided regarding your rank into two some will take you very high above your rank and some will drop you very low bellow your rank but those who are correct will be neither of the two they will be the middle path those who know exactly what your status is and this was a miracle صلى الله عليه وسلم ، كانوا يفرقون شيء that happened later on. Some take him right all the way to Godhood. May Allah protect us. And some drop him and remove him even from the fold of Islam. أستغفر الله. But we are the middle path. We say he was the most honored. We will never utter one bad word about him. Never. We will honor him and his entire family. And we know whenever you say Ali, you must say may Allah be pleased with him. رضي الله عنه. مي الله سبحانه وتعالى be pleased with every one of us. As he was young, he learned how to read and write. So sometimes when revelation used to come through, he used to be called by Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم to write it. Please write this down because he could write. So he was known as كاتب الوحي. That was an honor given to him. Ali, ابن أبي الطالب رضي الله عنه. One of the ten who were told you are from paradise. We've been speaking about that the last two days. And mashallah, mashallah, he was one of them. May Allah make us from among those who earn paradise. You know, there is a very, very beautiful incident that occurred. That brings a lot of joy to the heart. The day of خيبر. When the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم had surrounded the place known as خيبر. And they were going into the fortress. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم at a time of war. He made an announcement in the evening. He says tomorrow I'm going to give the flag. To a person whom Allah loves. And he loves Allah. So what happened is as the people were sleeping at night. They were all whispering to each other. Who do you think that's going to be? Who do you think that's going to be? Each one hoping it's going to be him. I mean, if you heard that tomorrow we're going to make a big announcement of a person who's won a huge prize. Like later on today, we're going to be giving away huge prizes. Subhanallah. He would love that that were you. He would wait. Wait for names to be called out, right? The following morning, the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم says اينا علي ابن أبي طالبين. May Allah be pleased with him. Where is Ali? And everyone says wow. Look at him. He is a person who loves Allah and Allah loves him in return. That's confirmed by the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم. So the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم gave him the flag and told him Oh Ali, you are going into this fortress. I make you the leader of those who are going in. And I want to tell you my piece of advice. And this was at a time of war. He says Oh Ali ابن أبي طالب رضي الله عنه. والله لأن يهدي الله بك رجلاً واحداً خير لك من حمر النعم والله I promise you Oh Ali. If Allah uses you to guide one person to the straight path, it's better for you than the most valuable of material items of this world. Subhanallah. He says Oh Ali, take the name of Allah and remember this advice of mine. Now I pause for a moment for us to learn a lesson from this. My brothers my sisters how many of us when we see people who are misguided astray far away from Islam. Perhaps they hate Islam. Perhaps they are the enemies on this occasion. It was a war that was taking place. But the Prophet says be careful. You need to guide the people towards goodness. Subhanallah. What's happening to us today? Do we make an effort to guide people when we see those who don't like us? They are Islamophobes. Perhaps what do we do? Do we pray for their softening of the heart? Do we pray for example for their guidance? Do we pray for them to understand us better? Or do we spew hate in return the same way they did? I'm sure we have a lesson to learn from this beautiful. حديث. Ali ابن أبي طالب رضي الله عنه. Being told if one person is guided one one one just one. It's better for you than anything that you can have in this world. The same applies to us in our lives. My brothers and sisters make an effort. Make an effort to work on those whom you live with. Those who are around you and be very very patient. We give up on our own children sometimes. We give up on our family members on our husbands on our wives. Don't give up. Keep trying keep praying. I promise you a day will come when you will smile forever and ever. Even if that means 8 years down the line. Or more or slightly less. It's the plan of Allah when that guidance is written. It will definitely come subhan Allah. May Allah subhanahu و تعالى. Grant us goodness. So my brothers and sisters remember something. When we read these stories. It's to ask ourselves. How can we benefit from its application here today? Subhan Allah. And how can we apply it? You need to understand. That's why I'm raising this. May Allah subhanahu و تعالى. Grant us a beautiful lesson. This man علي ابن أبي طالب رضي الله عنه. We were talking about his love of أبو بكر الصديق رضي الله عنه. Do you know how deep it was? When أبو بكر الصديق رضي الله عنه passed away. Later on علي ابن أبي طالب رضي الله عنه. Decided to take care of his children. And married his widow. Subhan Allah. Her name was أسمى بنتي عميس رضي الله عنها. علي ابن أبي طالب رضي الله عنه. Married her. And was taking care of أبو بكر الصديق رضي الله عنه. Son known as محمد ابن أبي بكر. That was the love they had for one another. Subhan Allah. How many of us. For the sake of Allah. For the pleasure of Allah. Subhanahu و تعالى. Would marry a widow. Or someone who is divorced. I take a look at محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم. And I look at his life. He married those who were divorced or widowed. That's who he married. From the beginning to the end. Besides one. There was only one. Who he married. Who was neither divorced nor widowed. She was young. Subhan Allah. The rest of them were. People who were married before. Subhan Allah. Have you thought of it? How many of us young people here. Or even those who are slightly older. Would consider someone who's divorced. What's wrong? She may not have got along with someone. She can get along with others. Who knows. She might get along with you. I know of companions. Who used to say. May Allah's peace and blessings be upon them. They used to say. Look. Why don't you marry so and so. I was married to her. I didn't get along. But I have a feeling. She will get along with you. الله أكبر. Subhan Allah. I think we've lost values and morals. My brothers and sisters. We believe. That if you divorce someone. That's it. You got to spew hate. Like I say. Mud slinging. You've got to keep on making sure that nothing good happens. For that particular person. May Allah Subhanahu و تعالى. Grant us a deep understanding. These are the superheroes. These are the ones who who were told for you is paradise. Do you know why? Because they had these qualities. That's why. They had beautiful qualities. Imagine someone passes away. And he knows that's my friend. Subhan Allah. That's my friend. He had a blessed family. Let me take care of them. Let me marry the widow. Subhan Allah. May Allah Subhanahu و تعالى. Grant us ease and grant us a deep understanding. At least let's take care of one another. Let's understand. If a woman is divorced or widowed. It does not mean she's bad at all. Not at all. She might even be better than others. May Allah Subhanahu و تعالى. Help us to understand this and realize this. So this was a lesson we learned from. Ali ابن أبي الطالب رضي الله عنه. Then we take a look at some of his statements. Subhan Allah. Ali ابن أبي طالب رضي الله عنه. It's reported that one day he was at the graveyard. Not the graveyard. And at the graveyard. There were a lot of people with him. And he decided to address the graves. In a way that would be a lesson for everyone. So he asks a question to say. Oh people of the graves. The houses you were in are already housing others. The wealth that you had already belongs to someone else. The wives that you've had are already remarried to others. Now tell us. We have given you what's happening this side. Tell us what's happening on your side. Subhan Allah. Subhan Allah. And then he read the verse. Where Allah Subhanahu و تعالى says. إن خير الزاد التقوى. The best provision that you can have is piety. You want to prepare. You haven't taken your wealth. You haven't taken your family members. You have not taken your houses. But you will take your deeds. So do good deeds. My brothers and sisters. Those deeds will help you in the year after. This man was very wise. He was known for his wisdom. So much so that there are quotes of Ali. ابن عبي طالب رضي الله عنه. That people have compiled. I do know that some of them. People just add the name of Ali to give it value. I don't know if you've seen that happening. You find a statement by someone. And when you don't know who it is. You just write Ali ابن عبي طالب رضي الله عنه. That happens. That happens when people want to legitimize something. Just put someone's name next to it. You know. And this is why we need to be careful. We need to be careful about these statements. If something doesn't really make sense. Or you think perhaps I don't think this is right. Do a little bit of research. And you might find that it was not his quote. It was not from him. People do it to a lot of others whom they consider perhaps value. They've done it to me. And yet I have zero value compared to Ali ابن عبي طالب رضي الله عنه. And people say this quote. And suddenly I see my name next to it. And I say I've never said that. I've never ever said this man. But they say No. We just wanted to add value to it. Forgive us. You'll get a reward. Insha'Allah. What reward? Cheating. You're forgetting the sin that you're going to get. May Allah سبحانه و تعالى. Grant us an understanding. So there is a story that I'd like to end with. Seeing that my 28 minutes are up. Can you believe that? I can't. I think I need a discount guys. May Allah سبحانه و تعالى. Grant us 10 more percent. Insha'Allah. So. Ali ابن عبي طالب رضي الله عنه. Once lost his armor. An armor that he had. And it was so close to his heart. I'm not too sure if it was the same one that we spoke about earlier. But it was one of his armors. Right. He lost it. And sometime later he was the Ameer. He was the Ameer المؤمنين. The خليفة المسلمين. He was in charge. And he had vast kingdom. When he arrived in كوفا. He saw in the marketplace someone selling an armor. Low and behold. It was his. He looks at this Jewish man selling the armor. He says. Where did you get this from? He says. Well, I'm selling it. He says. It's mine. No, it's not yours. I bought it from so-and-so. Who bought it from so-and-so. Whatever it was. He says. No, it's mine. Let's go. I take you to the Qadi. Qadi meaning the court. The judge. Who was the judge? The judge was appointed by Ali. نبي طالب رضي الله عنه. His name was شريح. شريح was a powerful judge. He was appointed by Ali. رضي الله عنه. Ali رضي الله عنه. He is taking a Jewish man to that court. He sat in front of this judge whom he appointed. And he says. Do you know what? This Jewish man has my. Armor. So. شريح says. أمير المؤمنين. Now this was a just man. أمير المؤمنين. As much as I would like to believe you. I need to ask you for evidence. Now that's a tough one. You don't have evidence. We cannot rule in your favor. He says. I have evidence. The best of the youth. الحسن والحسين. Here they are the grandchildren of Muhammad. صلى الله عليه وسلم. They will bear witness that this armor is mine. So شريح says. I know. But. Children cannot bear witness for their fathers. You know. There is an issue here. Clash of interest. As they say. So. If the children bear witness for their father. We won't accept it. You've got to bring someone else. And he didn't have others who were ready. So شريح decided. يا أمير المؤمنين. With all due respect. With all absolute due respect. I need to tell you. That I have ruled that this. Armor belongs to the Jewish man. Guess what happened. And. I live now. I'll be talking about the other who accepted it. He acknowledged it. He thanked him. He congratulated the Jewish man. And he's now going away. Subhanallah. But the Jewish man says. Did you see that brothers? They gave me a discount. You see it's worth asking for it sometimes. When you don't open your mouth. Even if you have braces. You don't open your mouth. Subhanallah. Do you know what happens? You don't get. You've got to speak to be able to get. They gave me 10 whole minutes extra. So here we're going in شاء الله. Don't worry. I won't take up so much. Because their prizes to come just now. And I don't wish to actually spoil the show. But. The Jewish man. Subhanallah. He looks at شريح. And he looks at امير المؤمنين. Who appointed him. And he says. Wow. Subhanallah. Look at this. The Amir. Is actually being told that this is the Jewish man. And in the heart of the Jewish man. He knew. You know what this does. Belong to him actually. So he says. أشهد الله إله إلا الله. و أشهد أن محمد عبده و رسوله. He says. I bear witness there is none worthy of worship besides الله. And I'm entering the fold of Islam by bearing witness that Muhammad peace be upon him is indeed. The messenger of الله. If this is the quality that he taught. And if these are the people that he built. Then I am part of them. Subhanallah. Question I have for you and I. When the non-Muslim see us. I think a lot of the times. They run away from the deed. In a lot of cases. Why because we are not living up to what we should be. Where is the sense of justice. Where is your. Courtesy. Your humility. Your honesty. Your humbleness. Where is it gone. Oh. أمه of Muhammad peace be upon him. These are the men whom he built. What about us. Wouldn't we like to be the true ambassadors. Don't you want to be one of those who will go into paradise. Well those were the qualities of those who were told. You are from paradise. What about us. Let's develop some of these qualities. When people see you. They should want to be like you. When people see what you do. They should feel connected to you. When people see how you say things. And how you address them. They should feel respected. And they should really feel the connection. Because you are human beings after all. Subhanallah. Let's learn to respect one another. Humanity at large. We are part of one family. We are related. Every one of us here is related. And all those on earth are related. Because guess where we came from. The Prophet Noah may peace be upon him. And before that the Prophet Adam may peace be upon him. Our forefather. May Allah grant us ease and goodness. Imagine this beautiful story. The character and conduct of the people. The justice system drew them towards Islam. Today a lot of things. Even drift. The Muslims away from Islam. You have a Muslim. A sister. A brother. They are struggling with a few things. And the first thing as you meet them. Instead of السلام عليكم يقول أستغفر الله. I mean is there a reply for that? Am I supposed to reply you somehow? You know when someone greets you. You're supposed to greet back with a better greeting. So if someone says. السلام عليكم. What should we say? May peace be upon you. That we say. وعليكم السلام. May peace be upon you too. ورحمة الله. And the blessings. And the mercy of Allah. وبركاته. And the blessings of Allah. That's what we should say. But nowadays you see someone. Just because of the way they're dressed. You say أستغفر الله. Well brother or sister. If that happens to you. I can teach you a better reply. If someone looks at you and says. أستغفر الله. Say لا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله. That's all you got to do. That's it. And I promise you. They'll just look at you. And then you can tell them. Look the Quran says. When you greet me with a greeting. I got to greet with a better greeting. Insha'Allah. So you know. You sought Allah's forgiveness for you. And I said indeed. All might and power belong solely to Allah. سبحان الله. There we are. But my brothers and sisters. On a more serious note. Let's never judge people. You don't know the struggles of people. You don't know what they may be going through. One little push. One small. Good deed from you. Might actually change their life. People are struggling. People are going through so much. We're all going through so much. In the same way. We wouldn't like people judging us. We shouldn't judge them. Not at all. No one for that matter. Keep guiding. Keep being kind. And insha'Allah. You will see the doors opening. The doors of goodness. Getting back to the life of عالي بن عبي الطالب. رضي الله عنه. He was actually murdered. He was murdered in the year 40. هجري. By a man known as عبد رحمان بن ملجم. And may Allah سبحانه وتعالى protect us from fitna. The lesson I learned from it. And I'm going to close with this. Is. If people try to create. Disunity amongst you And hatred amongst you. Don't allow that to happen. Do not allow that to happen. When people spew hate. Don't let it filter into your heart. No. We should never be tasting. Roth from one another. But rather. When you see a fellow believer. You should feel so good. You should feel calm. You should feel that I have a Brother. I have a sister. And in order to feel that feeling. You should give it to others as well. The problem today across the globe. We find that we are affected negatively. More from members of our own. أما than anyone else. If you look at the fighting and the killing across the globe. A lot of it are people who read the شهادة fighting one another. A lot of it are people who read the شهادة killing one another. It's happening in our homes. Sometimes where. We don't get along with those whom we have a million things in common with. I want to ask you to take home today. Something powerful and that is. Do I spread love or hate? Question. Take that question home with you. Do I spread love or hate? That's the question. Wallahi. Your life will change. If you want to answer that with love. Your life will change. And that starts with your spouse. Your parents. Your children. Your in-laws. Your out-laws. Whoever they are. Sorry. Whoever they are. Subhanallah. Your community. Those you agree with. Those you disagree with. Those whom you disagree very strongly with. Subhanallah. May Allah Subhanahu Wa'Ta'Ala Grant us all ease.