 أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين الحمد لله الذي هدان لها ذا وما كنا لنهتد لولان هدان الله الحمد لله الذي أنزل الفرقان على عبده ليكون للعالمين نذيره وصلاة والسلام على خير خلق ونور عشي أفضل الأنبياء والمرسلين حبيبنا وسيدنا وسندنا وشفعنا ومولانا أبل قاسم محمد وعلى آله التيبين والتاهدين المأسمين المضلومين أما بعد فقط قال الله سبحانه وتعالى في كتاب المجيد بقوله الحق وهو أستقص صادقين بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يا يهول الذين آمنوا لا تقدموا بين ايدي الله ورسوله واتقوا الله إن الله سميع وعالين صدق الله العلي العظيم سلوات ألا محمد وآل محمد كل محمد يبقى بالنسبة الله سبحانه وتعالى ويبدأ في بلسة نايمة لرسالنا هذه الموجودة ويجب علينا أن نحاول أن نتحاول فقط لأننا نعرف أين نحن في العالم of His Divine Mercy وإن الله هو مرسي في أنه يساعد في تسلبه عندما نحاول أن نحاول ونجمعه أو نحاول أن نفعل الأشياء في الحياة لأن الله أحب أن نساعد والله يحب التوابين والله أحب الذين يحبونه والله هو غفور الرحيم هو أفتوغيب نحن as a human society نحن نعرف this grace of God in that He has given us this opportunity to seek forgiveness from Him but by the same token we must not forget that we should also be very forgiving because Allah loves those who forgive والقاذمين الغيذ والعفين عن الناس والله يحب المحسنين they hold back the anger they forgive mankind God loves the good doers so we hope and pray that in this blessed month of forgiveness it's a month of reflection it's a month of improving ourselves it's a month where we set our goals higher goals in life that insha'Allah we achieve it within these 30 days in the 30 nights insha'Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم the holy prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم says indeed I was sent to perfect your moral traits your akhlaq, your behavior we find that there is nothing more powerful in the message of God for those of us who believe in the message of God than when we practice it we don't have to tell people the philosophy of religion nor do we need to go deep into the historical context of religion if we practice in the best of ways with the most sublime of characters people will be attracted to us in a magnetic way because they will wonder how is it that you are so refined as a person the messenger of Allah the most refined people that ever walked on this earth and they were patient they were wise they were intelligent they were witty they were quick they were very pleasant they smiled a lot they were very generous very forgiving very caring very sharing and these are the characteristics we hope that all of us will develop before we die because I believe that the more we get into that the higher the stations we will achieve in the next world particularly in paradise so tonight I'd like to touch on a few subjects as you noticed yesterday I touched on the issue of womanhood and it's all part of this balance of the equation to recognize Allah's mercy and gifts and that he has placed us on this earth for us to be tested due to his mercy but it is for us to recognize his grace and for us to put ourselves in position to continue to fulfill his creation in the sense of giving us existence how do we achieve that the Quran is rich with stories of prophets and Allah gives these examples about Yusuf for example Allah says نحن نقص عليك أحسن القصص بما أوحينا نقص عليك أحسن القرآن سنعرف سواء جميل ونقص ونقص كل سواء when he's a child he talks to his father about the dream he has you know the eleven planets the sun and the moon bowing to him and so on and so forth and you find that the whole story is rich with all kinds of nuances and one of them of course is jealousy jealousy which is one of the roots of corruption in society and Iblis who fell from grace was also removed from the grace of Allah due to jealousy and Allah says أم يحصدون الناس على ما أتام والله من فضلي are you jealous for what Allah has given and Allah gives and he has given much to Ibrahim وآل إبراهيم and he gives to prophets and imams much and he needs to guide and to lead but he has given us much but if you look in our society today there is so much internal destruction within families and within our communities simply due to jealousy so tonight's lecture is the holistic message of Ahlaq and why do we indulge in jealousy why do we indulge in backbiting in fault finding in suspicion الله says إنه بعض الظن إثم ولا تجسسوا ولا يغطب بعضكم بعضا سبشن in most cases is a sin and do not find faults and do not backbite each other لا يغطب بعضكم بعضا why do we do this why do we as a human race do this why do we do it to such levels that we enact wars because of that كرب الله is a great example إمام السلام صلاة الله محمد وحمد إمام السلام is asking the enemy on the other side why have you done this why are you doing this I'm not after the Khilafa God has already conferred that authority on me whether you accept it or not and I'm willing to leave I'll go to India I will leave why have you cornered me in my family they say we are jealous of your father the prophet loved him too much he loved you too much he held you on his shoulders he kissed you lip to lip he said حسينه مني وانا من الحسين حسين is from me and I am from حسين لحمهم لحمي ودمهم دمي their flesh is my flesh their blood is my blood anybody who makes war with them makes war with me I make war with those who make war with them you see and I make peace so what is the reason for this I believe at the core it is because of our lack of trust in Allah we feel we are a creation that is surviving in this vast jungle and we feel the only way we will succeed is if we hoard if we destroy others or we call survival of the fittest if we can preempt to move and marginalize the other person if they are weak take advantage of them put them down why do you think bullying is such a big thing especially in the young generation because they have the least amount of security in their self identity children bully each other for that reason sadly even adults do it they never give up the bullying and they never have that tranquility or security and therefore it leads them to be destructive more than constructive jealousy is a sickness the prophet said when you are jealous you are like fire burning wood you get destroyed in these months of Ramadan when we are fasting we should look deep into ourselves and say no I must never be jealous for the treasury of Allah is infinite he created all of us he has been creating he creates now and will continue to create forever and his treasury doesn't end God's is the entire universe but we doubt it that if somebody succeeds we feel there is only that much success and if he has succeeded then I must bring him down so that I don't look like a loser or rather than saying let me work to become as good if not better and pray for this person to become even better as Allah says yeah you are you are a servant to your Lord oh mankind struggle upon struggle until you meet your Lord but don't defeat people that are good defeat people that are evil so the story of Yusuf for example is an elegant story showing jealousy of the brothers which then leads them to plan a strategy by which to take the young brother and throw him in a well with the hope that he will die can you imagine somebody dropping their own brother into a well their own beloved brother the thought is repulsive just the thought is repulsive but it happened and they planned it and they lied and they strategized due to jealousy and I want us to know that these are children of prophets to be children of Adam who is a prophet but these are direct descendants of a prophet Yaqum directly the prophet is getting revelations from God and they are his children you can imagine how ignorant society can be even in the family of prophets but there is no such thing that because you are a family of the prophet that you are an angel or that you are necessarily superior here the brothers but Allah has chosen them as prophets to guide and they get the biggest trial within their own families and you find that they take this brother they throw him hoping that he will die then to be sold to slavery he hasn't died so he sold to slavery just think about that your young brother taken into the vast jungles of earth you don't know where he is going to end up what will happen to him and they don't care how ugly the world can be even within families I've seen brothers and sisters kill each other for inheritance they hate each other for inheritance I've seen people kill each other as spouses married couples shoot each other and kill kill their children think about it this one woman was going through a divorce case with her husband she was a young beautiful boy and jumps off a tall building and kills herself and her son so that the husband doesn't get the child now it was a heated divorce case of custody issues but should one go in that direction what happened to patients what happened to justice if we don't believe in the justice of Allah then we will do such things if we don't believe in the day of judgment then we will do such things if we don't believe in the grace and the infinite treasury of Allah we will be jealous we will be destructive we will kill each other the problems of the world come as a result of this this conversation about Allah is not something that we have made up it's so central as a solution to all the problems in life but on the flip side there are those who have taken belief in God who have become lethal too in the name of God they kill in the name of God they take the rights of people ISIS is a good example or the right wing Christians who do the wrong things or the extremist Jews that do things even the extremist Buddhists who do what they do in Burma in the name of God in the name of their religion all of these are false ideas this conversation is about who is Allah this 49th chapter Allah lays the rules of خلاق although the entire Quran is a book of خلاق it's the book of manners but this is much more specific Allah starts by saying يَا يُولَّثِنْ عَامَنُواْ لَا تُقَدْمُواْ بَيْنَا يَدَيْلْ لَا هِوَا رَسُولِيْ all you who believe do not go ahead of Allah and his messenger لا تُقَدْمُواْ بَيْنَا يَدَيْلْ لَا هِوَا رَسُولِيْ be God conscious do not go ahead of him meaning obey them they are your commanders in chief they are your guides they are the ones who are going to bring harmony you find even in the prophet's time the ones who troubled the prophet were the ones who acted more smart than the prophet they would instruct the prophet what should be done they would disobey him blatantly they would call him names they would call him delirious when Allah says وَنَجْمِ إِذَا هَوَا مَا ضَلَّا صَاحِبَكُمْ وَمَا غَوَا وَمَا يَنْتِقُواْ عَنِ الْحَوَا إِنْ هُوَا إِلَّا وَحْيٌ يُوْحَةَ Allah swears by the stars وَنَجْمِ إِذَا هَوَا your companion مَا ضَلَّا has not gone astray he is not lost مَا ضَلَّا صَاحِبَكُمْ nor is he you know insane by any standards you're calling him delirious no this is a clear revelation from God to you so imagine his companions were accusing him because Quran says مَا ضَلَّا صَاحِبَكُمْ وَمَا غَوَا don't forget that part مَا ضَلَّا صَاحِبَكُمْ meaning the companions were complaining of the prophet accusing him replying no he is not so people even in the prophet's time bothered him so much but Allah is telling us if you want security if you want success obey Allah in the prophet obey them follow them as one وَإِنْتُطِيُوا اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ لا يَلَتْكُمْ مِنْ عَمَالِكُمْ شَيْئًا if you obey Allah in his messenger then your deeds will be intact so Surat al-Hujirat starts with that be God conscious God is all hearing or knowing he sets the standard many of us don't understand Allah hence we indulge in jealousy in back biting in fault finding in quickness to try to marginalize people because somehow we feel we have to do this as we're swimming in this vast ocean and if I don't dunk people I'm not gonna stay afloat this is a false idea الله says لا ترفع أسواتكم فوق صوت النبي ولا تجهر له بالقول كجاهر بعضكم لبعض ان تحبت أعمالكم وانتم لا تشعرون all you who believe do not raise your voices above that of the messenger of the prophet لا ترفع أسواتكم فوق صوت النبي higher than the prophet unless your deeds become nullified and you don't see it that's amazing now you might ask today 21st century the messenger is not among us in the physical tangible sense how can I gauge my voice above his actually this verse they were those companions who raised their voices above the messenger they were arguing in front of the messenger and they were being disrespectful to the holy prophet but the message stands for us too that the next verse الله is saying that you should respect your prophet so much that even if he is not with you you must respect him this is what the ayah لا ترفع أسواتكم فوق صوت النبي what Allah is implying is you must respect him at all times even when he is not with you so it means that we should love the prophet respect him when his name is mentioned we're all ears what did he say the prophet said I want to hear it he is my number one human being that is the most central to my iman الله in the Quran says أسواتكم I'll explain it the prophet has greater right on the believers than they have on themselves and the wives their mothers meaning you cannot marry them once a woman gets married to the holy prophet she is forbidden to be remarried that's why Allah says أسواتكم it's not like our mother who inherits we inherit from them that's another subject the prophet has such authority so Allah says respect him or you believe do not raise your voices meaning do not fabricate things do not attribute wrong things to him do not make fun of him do not make jokes of the prophet do not be negligent when he is mentioned when he talks to you pay attention لا ترفع أسواتكم in its purest form means this that do not disrespect him and if you do having said الله says that your deeds may be nullified if you do not respect the holy prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم صلى الله عليه وسلم the next verse الله says أسواتكم عند رسول الله ينتهن الله قلوبهم للتقوة لهم أغفرتهم those who lower their voices in front of the prophet إن الذين يغضون أسواتهم عند رسول الله the ones who respect him the ones who are calm and humble and listen to what he has to say الله says we test them with تقوة we give them higher stations and they are the ones who will be forgiven and a great reward will be given to them this is the principle of Islam brothers and sisters when we talk about سنة and شيع as Muslims they are five great five مضاهب in Islam five major schools of thought the جعفري is the شيع school of thought we all have to come to discuss this matter at this level of Allah and رسول الله because that is the axis of the religion of Allah when we praise Ahlulbayt its credence is from Allah when we love Ahlulbayt and we talk about them it's not because we created it it's because Allah in the prophet told us how great they are it's because Allah in the prophet told us how important they are but at the end of the day if we have a dispute in that matter then let's come back to Allah in رسول الله so do إلى الله و الرسول إن كنتم تؤمنونا بالله و رسول اليوم الأخر if you believe in it God says يا يولدين أامنو in verse 59 of سرط النساء أطيع الله و أطيع الرسول و أولي لامري منكم or you believe obey Allah and obey the messenger and those vested with authority from among you إتاعة is mentioned twice for three groups means the third group has to be appointed by the first two أطيع الله و أطيع الرسول و أولي لامري منكم but Allah continues but if there's a dispute in legal matters شريع matters فقه matters if you're not sure what is حلال what is حرام how is it Allah says then and if you're not sure of who that authority is then go back to Allah in the messenger if you believe in God in the day of judgment you see Allah says if you believe in it it's Allah in the messenger it's a beautiful system that the axis is the deen of Allah is Allah in his messenger the messenger is the practical connection to God that shows us how to behave and what to believe in and he becomes the role model for us and Allah is the ultimate owner of the universe and here Allah says those who respect the messenger your deeds are intact humbleness when we say the prophet was humble that means we have to be humble for if we are rude then technically we're disrespectful to the prophet when we lie we're disrespectful to the prophet when we hurt others we're disrespectful to the prophet when we cheat we're disrespectful to the prophet when we reject the prescriptions of Allah or we fabricate stories against Allah then we're disrespectful to the messenger of Allah and Allah says your deeds may be wiped out on judgment day you will stand there and you'll be asking for the rewards and Allah says what reward you didn't believe in it إن الذين ينادونك من وراء الحجرات أكثرهم لا يعقلون they were those who you know the desert dwellers they were the nomadic people who were nomads who traveled in the desert they lacked akhlaq they lacked manners they were crude they were rough and tough you know in arabia they used to fight with each other so when they were in madina they would come to the prophet and say Muhammad come outside they would scream from outside so Allah says those who call you from outside behind the private chambers most of them don't understand they're jahil they have no manners because the religion of Islam is mannerful the prophet says indeed when you are sent to perfect your moral traits akhlaq here I notice when food is being served sometimes people are crude not here I'm saying but when food is served in places even here we should respect each other we do alhamdulillah but let's remind each other when we put the food and give them the food those who are serving respect them they are working hard to deliver and I know you do this community I've watched it a lot of very good people in our community it's a blessing to be in your circles but remind our children help out clean pick it up make noise be silent there's dirt pick it up it's Allah's house help it akhlaq sit somebody is not eating give it to them you may want I've seen people they cry for Imam Hussein and then when the food comes they take all the meat and then they pass you this is Mashallah Imam Hussein was so sacrificial I look at him and I said really right it's unfortunate but we haven't connected so Allah SWT is saying to us that akhlaq be sophisticated don't turn your face away from people don't turn your face away from people smile at them hug them this community Mashallah and I'm not patronizing honestly but such friendliness everybody smiles wants to come and hug you but let us open this also to outsiders people of other faiths people of other cultures let's welcome them let's make it a rich environment of conversations where Allah loves now Allah says by the way the next verse although they are patient God says if you were to be patient till the prophet comes out it will be better for you now notice Islam God is talking about calling from outside on the street to a person inside the house you would think the scripture of God is so detailed exactly إن هذا القرآن يحدي للتي هي أقوم this Quran guides you to that which is most upright it even teaches us how to call somebody how patient to be where to stand when you sit in a circle are you giving your back to someone are you looking at them people are sitting next to you are you disturbing them in any way are you doing something that may be bothering them that awareness is taqwa Allah says if you were to be patient you see it would be better for them God is merciful the next verse when somebody comes and gives you news a troublemaker فاسق is a troublemaker in our communities in every community they seem to have seen the world as a glass that is half empty they just can't get enough of trouble troublemakers they love trouble they are pranksters they feel making jokes out of others is a fun thing they anger spews out of the ears troublemaker or silent but very strategic they come to the Islamic centers they become members board members and then they create trouble they get on the phone they cause trouble sometimes you wonder sometimes our institution is never progressive why is it not progressing why are the atheists progressing because we got a monkey in the wrench we got troublemaker who is going to constantly create fitna did you hear that she said الله says when a troublemaker comes validate because perchance if you believe the troublemaker as true you will cause more harm and you will regret it فتبينوا أن تصيب قوما بجهالة فتصبيوا على ما فعلتم نادمين so if an evil duo comes to you with a report look carefully into it lest you harm a people in ignorance then be sorry for what you have done if somebody says by the way I heard this brother saying bad things about you say oh really let me call him I just spoke to him no no no don't call him you are sharing this one on one secret really now notice this person is maligning it's dangerous if you and I take one more step to validate the troublemaker will have been prevented and the minute you prevent a troublemaker for them to create trouble the second time is harder it's like a thief if they keep walking into houses and they keep breaking and they take the jewels and the money and they run and no one stopping them then they'll keep breaking houses research shows that even if you put a sign outside that there's an alarm or you know beware of dog even if there's no dog they will think twice because a troublemaker doesn't want resistance so Allah is telling us in Akhlaq resist when trouble comes resist don't be silent validate question its integrity but what you are doing is do two things saving yourself from embarrassment and you are also telling the troublemaker don't do more of this now as you know there was a man who was a troublemaker in the prophet's time and he goes to a city and says that these people wanted to kill me and they were starting to amass an army to go and fight but the prophet validated and found out that this man was a troublemaker he brought false news we have that in our communities too validate and you will see many troubles will go away and no the troublemakers create trouble because they lack faith in Allah the same Walid became governor and he was so drunk he used to do extra sujud and then you would look at the people you want more sujud I can do more sujud if you want that's how bad he was so what I'm saying to us is the troublemaker and the root word here فاسق the root word is فسق one of the meanings of فسق is when a silkworm breaks from its cocoon it's safe but when it breaks from its cocoon and it leaves the cocoon it comes in a state of danger it's causing danger when Allah says يا يهلذين أامان أامان in Arabic means security so Allah is not only telling us all you who believe he is telling us all you who are secure so فاسق is the opposite one who challenges security so let's be not like that وعلموا أن فيكم رسول الله لو يوتيئكم في كثير من الأمر لأنتم ولكن الله حبب إليكم الإيمان وزيّنه في قلوبكم وكرّها إليكم الكفر والفصق والعسيان أولائك هم الراشدون this is a beautiful verse that you notice when Allah is talking about bad behavior he keeps bringing me back to the Prophet and tells me let me tell you why it's important to behave don't forget Allah and your messenger are the center this is why you should behave he says no that among you is Allah's apostle should he have obeyed you with your whimsical suggestions we would have fallen into many issues and problems لو يوتيئكم في كثير من الأمر لعنتم ولكن الله حب بإليكم rather God has put love in religion to you he has endeared faith to you and made it seeming in your heart and he has made hateful to you unbelief, transgression and disobedience these it is who are the followers of the right way meaning you love religion and you don't like oppression don't like unbelief, transgression disobedience you don't like it it bothers you Allah says that's my mercy to you my gift to you it's a gift of God and he is all knowing all wise it's a gift of God for in fact it's a gift of God it's a gift of God it's a gift of God it's a gift of God when two groups of believers fight two groups it's all here I'm touching very rapidly when you get into a quarrel make peace between them but if one of them acts wrong towards the other fight until you bring the wrong back to Allah's command and if they return make peace between them with justice and act equitably surely Allah loves those who act equitably when we Muslims fight with each other make peace don't allow it and be hesitant to get into a fight even if somebody is instigating and making bad things to push to you hesitate don't get into it try to delay it hopefully they'll have a second thought now this verse actually became very powerful after the Prophet's departure it became very real one example was in the battle of Jamal in Basra when Imam Ali A.S. fights Aisha the wife of the Prophet in Basra and I think it's important to mention this Imam Ali A.S. same thing when he fought Muawiyah in Sefine one group against the other but they're all within the banner of Islam Karbala excellent example two groups claiming to be Muslims one is right, the other one is wrong وينتعي فتاني من المؤمنين قتطلو pay attention to history here Aisha had amassed an army and put herself in a cage on a camel the messenger forbade his wives from leaving their homes after his departure وقرنا في بيوت كنة remain in your homes Allah commands in the Quran but there was a violation of that but look while she's violating because of her jealousy and hatred it's not a secret you find Imam Ali was very gentle with her respectful to her and you would warn her and say please stop don't do this it's not the right thing to do they say that on the day the battle started in Basra Aisha's army delivered the largest amount of arrows to Imam Ali's army and they say the sky was black it's amazing find that Muhammad ibn Hanafiyah was with him you find Imam Ali told him take this flag and go forward he said the sky is black with arrows he says I felt a breeze after I said that I felt a breeze and I saw the flag in the front I saw my father take it from me and charge forward unafraid when the liberals come to Imam Ali and say that they are attacking us they are killing our soldiers Imam said be silent be patient but they are attacking us they are hitting us Imam said don't respond give it peace give peace a chance maybe they will think twice until finally Imam gave the command fight but how did the Imam end the war strategically it was causing too much trouble the camel it was causing the other side to get very full of fervor and emotional so the Imam sends one of his soldiers and says cut the legs of that camel let it fall not to kill the other side because he hates to kill people he hates to kill believers he cuts the legs and soon after Imam defeats Aisha's army in Basra she goes back to the tent she sends her brother Muhammad bin Abu Bakr to go and talk to her to give up her fight and to go back to Madina per the command of Allah she refuses but look at the respect he gives her he sends her brother as Mahram he sends her brother as an honor but she still rejects and rejects that Imam Hassan goes and finally she accepts that something Imam Ali will use that she won't like which was the command the Prophet gave him should this problem ever come and she knew about it I won't talk about it here and she goes back to Madina so Allah says respect them honor them even if they fight you you defeat them don't dishonor them hold them with dignity this is the akhlaq of Islam I'll end this very quickly indeed the believers are brethren therefore make peace with each other so more mercy comes to you and you will be more God conscious all you who believe let not one group laugh at another group this is bullying you are in the back pay attention to this verse I advise you to read the 11th verse of the 49th chapter memorize it talk it walk it I say this without any compunctions without any fear read it talk it this is how we eradicate problems in society this is how we eradicate jealousy this is how we eradicate destruction in society we have a president today he is the chief executive bully we want to counter this with the Quran we are not going to be bullies we are going to be gentle we are going to be sophisticated we are going to be dignified and we are going to swallow our anger and we are going to hold our respect with quietness let not one group laugh at another sometimes a group comes and says look at those people بلا نساء من نساء أسايا كنا خيرة منهم and let no women group laugh at other groups as you know one of the wives of the prophet entered the masjid and some of the other wives were laughing at her when Ms. Salema had entered and a piece of her dress was hanging out and they started to laugh so Allah says بلا نساء من نساء أسايا كنا خيرة منهم ولا تلنيزون فساكم don't find faults in each other اسم الفسوق بعد الإيمان و لا تقوموا بشكل جيد و من لم يتوفأوا لايك و من الظالمون و لو لا تستخدموا انت مرحبا يا يولذين أهامن جتني بكثيرا من الظن إن بعض الظن اثن ولا تجسس ولا يختب بعضكم بعده أيوحب أحدكم من يأكل لحم أخي ميتا فكره تمو و اتقوا الله إن الله طواب الرحيم ايو you believe و اتقوى من الظن ايوه اتقوى ربما هذا ينزلني اتقوى اتقوى انت مرحبا لأنها لدينا أتقوى لأن أحدهم و أمين اتقوى من الظن و لا يوجد شيء لكي تقوى لأن الظن يقول الله في الكثير و لا يتقوى عندك سيكون على شخص يتقوى و اتقوى من الظن لا يتقوى ما يتقوى إذا كانوا يتقوى و يتقوى في الكثير لا يتقوى اتقوى أمين و أمين إنه حسن لا يتقوى ولكن في العام إذا كانت أحدهم لا يتقوى أمين و أمين لا يتقوى لا يتقوى لا أسف لا يتقوى لأنني سأكون لدينا حالة لا أريد و لا يتقوى عندما يتقوى الله يتقوى أمين أمين أمين هل يتقوى أمين أريد أن أصدر أمين و now you're carving out a piece of his meat and sticking it in your mouth الله says it's disgusting that's what you do when you backbite and history shows there are people who backbite the prophet said I see a flesh stuck between your teeth because you backbite we must stop that by the way people who backbite are dangerous people there are people who can't stop backbiting even in their love for someone they backbite they're constantly backbiting backbiting all the time now bear in mind if they're your friends I can guarantee you they backbite you so be careful with those kind of people keep a distance or teach them to stop backbiting because it's a disease that's gonna hit you the last verses I don't have time قالت العراب و أمنه قول لم تؤمنه ولكن قولوا أسلمنا و لما يدخل الإيمان في قلوبكم إسلام is a religion that's a verb submission in Islam action is the real Islam not lip service does it dwellers say we believe قالت العراب و أمنه قول لم تؤمنه ولكن قولوا أسلمنا rather say we submit و لما يدخل الإيمان في قلوبكم قولتي الله و رسولي لا يلتكم و عملكم الشيئة now if you obey Allah and the prophet your deeds will be intact so notice in the beginning god says if you are disrespectful your deeds will be wiped out in this same Surah in the end Allah says if you obey Allah and the messenger then your deeds will be intact there are a few more verses in the end but I don't have time tonight I want to end tonight let's reflect in these nights فرمضان كيف أفضل myself to become less suspicious less vindictive more forgiving less gossiping in fact one brother came to me and said brother you say less gossiping great point should we not stop gossiping I said of course of course stop all bad behavior but let's be hopeful less to zero that's my point stop it stop all gossiping stop all fault finding but it's not easy it takes time it takes a lot of effort but let's start doing it let's make our society is healthy you will be surprised how many people will love to come to these kinds of gatherings because they know these gatherings are safe this friendship is safe these families are good you know how the deen of Allah grew in Makkah and Medina through such behavior with the prophet and his companions it was this kind of behavior that they were the very good ones that people were so attracted to they became great followers I ask Allah سبحانه وتعالى إمام صاحب الزمان عجل الله تعالى فرجك is present among us he's in غيبة I'll talk about him fully tomorrow Insha'Allah on a much more explicit understanding of his occultation but I want I ask Allah سبحانه وتعالى to grant us to follow his footsteps as our witness on this earth today and that Allah brings him back to us soon for there is much injustice in this world there is much carnage taking place the war mongers who are beating the drums in Washington right now and in UK and in Europe and in other parts of the world and in Israel they're just ready to get into a battle and war ya Allah diffuse that so that there is peace and tranquility on this earth for all of humanity وأخرى دعوني الحمد لله رب العالمين والسلام عليكم جميعا ورحمة الله وبركاته