Kindle Notes & Highlights
If there is one word that can claim to sum up the entire question of leadership, it is Responsibility.
Accepting of responsibility is ‘accountability’.
My request to those who read this book is to read it one Khutba at a time and then implement the lessons that are mentioned in it and monitor the beauty and benefit of those lessons.
If we love Allah(SWT) then we will be encouraged to obey Him as we look forward to our meeting with Him.
This means to obey and to do so with complete acceptance and joy – not as a burden, with bad grace.
Ilm without Amal – is like a horse without a rider. It may be the fastest horse in the world but without a rider it will have no direction or drive and will never win a race.
Measure the number of Sunnah you follow. Measure the number of Sunnah you break. Measure, because one day we will be measured.
This Ayah is also one of the many which show that Rasoolullah(SAS) didn’t have knowledge of Al Ghaib otherwise he wouldn’t have believed Al Walid’s story and there would have been no need for Allah(SWT) to reveal this Ayah.
he(SAS) did all you ask him(SAS) to do, or allowed you to do what you want to do, it would land you in great trouble because you don’t know the long term results of your actions.’
Allah(SWT) said to all those, that the reason they have chosen to obey Him is because He endeared the faith to them and made disobedience hateful.
If there is a single incident in the Seerah about which it can be said that this is the most significant, then it is the Hijra from Makkah to Madina.
It was to symbolize that life itself begins from the time that a person chooses to accept the Will of Allah(SWT) over his own desires and submits to the orders of Allah(SWT) knowing that in that alone lies his salvation and success.
Figuratively to make Hijra is to leave what Allah(SWT) dislikes and do what He likes. Hijra is to bring about positive changes in your life that reflect obedience to Allah(SWT) and to His Messenger(SAS).
The Qur’an is called Al-Furqan because it separates good from evil. The
I ask any Muslim anywhere to tell me the single most critical problem that we face, he or she will tell me, ‘Divisions in the Ummah.’
Allah(SWT) directs us about what we should do when faced with the conflict between two people or two groups of people. Allah(SWT) told us to be just.
Then we are directed that if one of the parties reneges on the agreement and goes back on their word, then we must side with the party that honored the agreement to ensure that justice is done. But if those that reneged return to the truth then there must not be any more enmity against them. Allah(SWT) directly ordered us to reconciliate and make peace between our brothers.
are prepared to die for Rasoolullah(SAS) but we are not prepared to live for him.
If there is a name for Suratul Hujuraat that suits it, it would be – Suratul Ummah. It is the Sura which has priceless instructions about building a community and keeping it together while honoring all kinds of diversity.
Something which destroys all the good work of bringing hearts together as surely as the hidden work of termites in the massive beams of a roof will suddenly bring it down on the heads of the occupants of that house. This is such a major danger that Allah(SWT) explained it with a graphic example. Hujuraat 49: 11. O you who believe! Let not a group mock another group, it may be that the latter are better than the former; nor let (some) women mock other women, it may be that the latter are better than the former, nor defame one another, nor insult one another by nicknames. How bad is it, to
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Mocking is the result of arrogance. You only mock those you look down on and consider inferior to yourself. This
who has in his heart the weight of a mustard seed of pride shall not enter Jannah.
Pride is disdaining the truth (out of self-conceit) and contempt for the people.
is to mention about a man what he does not want to hear." He said, "Ya Rasoolullah(SAS)! Even if it is true?" Rasoolullah(SAS), said, "If you utter something false, then it is slander."
For any community to be formed and grow together and form bonds of belonging it is essential that people respect one another. Love is the result of respect. Gheeba destroys respect.
What is not Gheeba? To give information about a criminal is not Gheeba To give information about someone that you are asked about, who someone else wants to marry or do business with, is not Gheeba To speak and warn people about someone who is corrupting society or Islam is not Gheeba All of these must be done in the interest of the people and for their safety and wellbeing.
A Qattaat is someone who spreads Nameema. It was said that the one who spreads Nameema is the person who is with a group who are speaking, then he spreads gossip about them, and that the Qattaat is the one who listens to them without them realizing, then he spreads gossip about them.
“The one who tells malicious gossip to you will tell malicious gossip about you.
‘The way (of blame) is only against those who oppress men and rebel in the earth without justification; for such there will be a painful torment’
My brothers and sisters, let us save ourselves from deeds which will wipe out the good that we do and make us among those who deserve the punishment of Allah(SWT).
Allah(SWT) told us that He created us from one pair and divided us among different races and tribes so that we may recognize His Power and Majesty of creation and draw closer to one another as each of us is an Ayah of Allah(SWT) - a sign of Allah(SWT).
That is the primeval statement of racial discrimination which landed Iblis in the Jahannam. Let us ask ourselves whose lead we are following when we are being racist.
Bilal(RA) was honored not because he was black but because he was a man of Taqwa.
Allah(SWT) taught us the basis on which to choose people, the basis on which people deserve honor and respect and His Messenger(SAS) exemplified this in his life.
In a world where we have become used to applying the standard of Qaroon (wealth) as our only criterion for determining who is to be honored, it would do us well to remember the standard that Islam set forth.
Aqeeda is to demonstrate our belief in practice by living by that Aqeeda.
believe in the heart, to say it aloud and to act according to that belief.
So it is not what we say but what we do which counts. People don’t care what we say until they see what we do – neither does Allah(SWT).
They regard as favor upon you (O Muhammad(SAS)) that they have embraced Islam. Say: "Count not your Islam as a favor upon me. Nay, but Allah has conferred a favor upon you, that He has guided you to the Faith, if you indeed are true.
Get honest people! Be truthful and be with those who are truthful. Because on the Day of Judgment it is only the truth which will help.
