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Allah sees it all alhamd
all praise is due to Allah and may
Allah's peace and blessings be on the
last prophet Muhammad sallallah alaihi
wasallam and on all those who follow the
path of righteousness until the last day
dear viewers we would like to welcome
you to another in our Series in the
names of
Allah and in this segment we'll be
looking at the name
assalam ass Salam which is the eighth of
the names that we are covering in this
series this name can only be found in
one place in the Quran it is is in Surah
Al verse
23 Salam The Sovereign the holy the
bestower of
Peace linguistically speaking it is
derived from Salam or
Salama so the meaning
is either free from
defects safe and
well-being when a
person gives the greeting Salam alaykum
it means one is
informing uh fellow believer that they
are free and safe from any hostility
from our side but with respect to Allah
tala this name means on one hand that
Allah is free from any defects and
deficiencies like Al that we took
earlier and also that he will greet the
Believers in Paradise as he said in
Surah
Yassin peace a greeting from the most
merciful
Lord the effects of this belief or
belief in this particular name as
Salam for the believer it should ensure
him or her that they will not be denied
the fruit of their
sacrifices whatever sacrifices they have
made whatever uh efforts they have
striven for they will not be denied its
fruits as the prophet Sall wasallam
informed that a
Believer has to live in a self impose
prison in this life while the
disbeliever is free to roam around and
to do whatever he or she pleases he
said this world is a prison for the
believer and Paradise for the
disbeliever so it means that the
believer has to make
sacrifices he imposes on
himself this uh denial where he denies
himself certain
things the belief in the name of
Salam ensures him that that sacrifice
will not be in
vain it is something which Allah has
commanded Allah being free from defects
his promise will be
fulfilled in reality though people tend
to look at Islam those practicing Islam
that it's all a matter of don't do this
and don't do that and don't do the other
but this is not really the case reality
is that the majority of things we are
permitted to do there's only a minority
a small amount a small amount of things
which we can't do like Adam in Paradise
the whole garden was his except for one
tree all that is in life before us is
the same way
The Forbidden things are few only Satan
has beautified these forbidden things
and made us feel that our lives are
incomplete unless we do these particular
forbidden
things
otherwise really there's not really that
much of a sacrifice because there's so
much that we can
do but du to the pressures of the
society around us you know our desires
Etc it is a struggle we do you feel it
and live it as a struggle so is it
worthwhile when this life for the
disbeliever is a paradise we see them
enjoying themselves in all the different
ways our belief in
Asam that allaha is free from any
defects in what he has promised us it is
true it's the truth
100% it gives us confidence to stick on
the right path stay with with the way of
Islam and to give up those other things
not get involved in them knowing that
there there is really no value in them
those things which have been forbidden
are harmful and that's why Allah forbade
them not just to make life difficult for
us but to protect us from harm whether
we're able to see the harm as in the
case of alcohol and gambling or whether
we can't see the harm as in the case of
pork and and other forbidden
things
secondly belief that peace safety and
well-being comes only ultimately from
Allah tala encourages the believer to
turn to Allah for peace of mind and
contentment his belief or her
belief that peace
well-being safety ultimately comes from
Allah should lead him to remember Allah
often because Allah told
us it is only with the remembrance of
Allah that Hearts find rest so that
instruction tells us where we need to
look for finding rest for our hearts
people in this world run after that
state of
rest everywhere but where they should be
looking so they spend their lives trying
to gather as much materials around
themselves and to try and find you know
uh pleasure or PL find uh contentment or
happiness in the material world but
reality is that those people who have
the most of this material world live
wretched
lives were material truly the source of
contentment and peace of mind and heart
then those who had the most wealth would
be the most contented and peaceful but
reality is exactly the opposite so we
know ultimately that peace and
contentment only comes from Allah so we
seek it through following his
Commandments through remembering him
because following his Commandments
requires us to remember him to live a
life which reflects a consciousness of
Allah subhana wa ta'ala on
a human level if we look at this
attribute of Allah being again we said
as Salam the source of peace and
security as he provides that peace and
security for us as Believers we should
also seek to provide peace and security
for our brothers and sisters in
Islam for the world we should not be a
source of
insecurity and
War reality is that Prophet s wasallam
said Al
Muslim the true Muslim is one from whose
tongue and hands Muslims are safe that's
the true Muslim one from whose tongue
he's not speaking ill cursing using uh
backbiting spreading
rumors people are safe from that and
also from his hands he's not stealing
their property he's not striking them
he's not creating
harm so he should also be a source of
Salam as Allah is the ultimate source
that has provided it for him in that
Society or her in that Society they
should also reflect that to the rest of
the society and Prophet mamm wasallam
had also said shall I tell you who the
True Believer is
one from whom people feel secure
regarding their wealth and their per
persons the True Believer is one from
whom people feel secure regarding their
wealth and their
persons so this is part of the effects
that the name assalam should have on us
make us a source of security for the
society people feel secure when they're
around us and that's how the Muslim
Society should be now in terms of
praying using this name Prophet
mammam after prayers after
saying three times I ask forgiveness
from Allah he used to say
Allah oh Allah you are peace and peace
comes from you may you be
blessed oh owner of glory and peace PE
so he commonly used to say this after
the
prayers also he instructed us to spread
peace in the
society because the bond of Brotherhood
Sisterhood in the society is critical
for that Society to be a healthy Society
where people feel a bonding between
themselves and the other members of the
society so Prophet Mami wasallam had
said you will not enter Paradise until
you believe and you will not believe
until you love each
other shall I not guide you to something
which if you did it you will love each
other spread the PE greetings of Peace
among yourselves spread the greetings of
Peace among yourselves this was the
recommendation of the Prophet s alhi
wasallam that we constantly greet each
other with
peace
allum all
so the greetings of Peace help to bond
people in a
Brotherhood so we talked about very
important for having that sense and that
feeling of
Brotherhood and one might think okay yes
we give salams but who is responsible
the tendency is for people who are in a
position of Authority or whatever and
everybody else has to give salams to him
or
her they don't bother to be give give
salams but Prophet mammam to get away
from that gave us even the order by
which peace greetings should be
given each and every
person has uh another person who either
he will begin to give the greetings to
or they will be give the greetings to
him depending on what position they're
in the prophet Sall wasallam advised who
has the first
responsibility we're going to be looking
at that responsibility after the break
inshallah so we leave you now and hope
to see you again after the break shortly
after this
break when you are weak the road seems
long remember just remember seek
strength from the strong
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alhamdulillah we like to welcome you
dear viewers back to our program in the
names of
Allah and in this segment of the program
we are looking at the name the eighth
name
as Salam and we said that it meant the
bestower of Peace the source of
peace and we spoke about its relevance
to the believer in general we said at
first that the knowledge that Allah
first and foremost is free of Def
defects like the name Al because we said
that part of the meanings of the name
assalam is also
from which means really well-being safe
from any kind of harm so relative to
Allah it meant that he was without any
defects we said that recognizing Allah
through this Divine name as being free
and without any kind of defects free of
any kind of defects it meant then that
the promises that he gave us in this
life
uh of success for living a life like a
prisoner were true we should have no
doubt about it we sacrifice we give up
the things we may desire for the sake of
allaha and he will reward us for it we
also said that it meant uh one of the
meanings of the names it meant uh safety
and peace and uh that state of peace
we should only seek it with Allah as he
told us it's only with the remance of
Allah the hearts find
rest and this in fact is the real goal
that each and every human being is
striving for whe whether he knows it or
whether she doesn't know it that's
really what they're looking for in all
of the things that people do they want
to find some sense of contentment
but we're looking in the wrong place
some people try to find it in music so
they surround themselves in music and
they find some sense of uh of uh
contentment but when the Music Stops
because you can't live in music all the
time then it's gone so it comes for a
while and it's gone some people find it
in drugs you take certain drugs you feel
Pleasant you feel happy whatever but
then the drug goes after a while then
you feel down something artificial it's
not real it will not keep you in that
state of contentment and people in order
to try to keep in that state of
contentment end up overdosing and
killing
themselves so the real peace and
contentment that people strive for in
this life it can only be
found in remembrance of Allah being
conscious of Allah and living lives
in accordance with what Allah has told
us to
do on the third level we said it meant
that we would reflect this quality of
peace and Security in the
society that we would not be a cause of
insecurity we would try to be a source
of security when non-muslims come into
the Muslim Society
they should feel a sense of security and
from my personal experience I know in
countries that I've lived where people
practice Islam at a a higher and higher
level we find the non-muslims when they
asked you know what do you how do you
feel about living here they say we feel
secure we feel
safe safety that we didn't feel back
home in our countries and that's that's
a good sign that's a good sign that is
one of the
consequences of the Divine name as Salam
being implemented in the society that
people do have that sense of
concern to ensure that those around them
are safe from them as the prophet had
said the true Muslim is one from whom
Muslims are safe from his tongue and His
Hands then we said that the prophet Sall
wasallam used to pray using this name uh
after the prayers he used to make a
supplication oh Allah you are peace and
peace comes from you may you be blessed
oh owner of glory and peace then we went
on to say that the prophet Sall wasallam
told us to spread peace amongst
us to spread it to make it a common uh
occurrence we always give people salams
whenever we go actually the companions
of the Prophet may God's peace and
blessing be upon him it was noted that
if they were walking and a tree came
between them they had to go on either
side as they were walking when they came
back together they used to give salams
to each other again so
much actually non-muslims living amongst
Muslims to some degree they find a
little annoying you know people coming
into the office and giving greetings all
the time I mean in other societies you
give greetings in the morning that's it
one time finished no matter how many
times you go out you come in whatever
that's it so this thing of Muslims
coming in all the time and greeting and
yeah we have to greet again greeting
they find it annoying to some degree not
really understanding that this greeting
is in fact you know a a a spreading a
good feeling because of course the
greeting should be with a smile as the
prophet Sall wasallam had said that
smiling at your brother is s it's
charity so it shouldn't beam alaykum you
know you're you've got a frown Etc it
should be a pleasant
alaykum people will feel good they feel
the the peace that you are that's
emanating from you so it's a good thing
and uh we advise those non-muslims
living among Muslims to practice it also
practice it sincerely and they will
share in that feeling but in general for
the Muslim Society it's a means of
spreading love between the members of
the society and the prophet Sall
wasallam in order to prevent people from
turning it into a
ritual which is uh prescribed when
you're dealing with the poor the
powerful and the rich so you say you
have to give them greetings he specified
saying that the young should greet the
elders with peace
the passer by should greet the one
sitting and the smaller group should
greet the larger
group The One riding should greet the
one walking so he gave levels at which
the peace greetings of Peace should be
given so nobody has uh an excuse to try
to not give the greetings because they
feel somebody is inferior to them
because either uh we're going to be in a
group or we're as an individual we're
either sitting or we're walking we're
passing
by
then we are younger than somebody else
somebody comes in the room they're older
than us so we give the greetings to them
and that's the right and it is Prophet
wasallam made it the right of a Muslim
and another Muslim that when he greets
it is obligatory on the other Muslim to
return the greeting so the idea somebody
gives you salams and you feel you're too
high too powerful too important to give
them back Salam this is something
Despicable something displeasing to God
so giving salams is not obligatory it's
recommended as Prophet sallam
recommended it if we want to develop
love amongst each other then as the
prophet s wasallam said we should do it
and if we want to enter
Paradise then we have to believe but
without loving each other we cannot
really achieve belief true
belief the belief that will take us to
Paradise because the prophet sallam had
said uh one does not believe until he
loves for his brother what he loves for
himself so to attain Paradise as the
prophet sallam had said only Believers
are entering Paradise so to attain that
state one has to love his brother sister
in
Islam and the thing which will help to
do it
is to greet each other so the prophet
Sall wasallam recommended it furthermore
he also
recommended that it is superior to greet
one who one knows and one who one
doesn't know the easi thing is to greet
the person who you know but most people
tend to greet those who they know and
those they don't know they don't give
greetings to but this is not the way
Prophet M wasallam said in praising one
who gives salams he he said that it's
the one who gives the greetings to those
who he knows and those who he doesn't
know that's the true spirit is there of
spreading the greetings of Peace in the
society where one does not neglect
giving it to those who he or she doesn't
know it should also be not
that this greeting of
Peace being one of the symbols of
Islam exists actually even in the Jewish
and Christian texts indicating that it
was in practice from the earliest of
times when Allah revealed the True
Religion Islam to Adam and Eve it was
there from the beginning so we can find
for example in Christian texts that
Jesus is reported to have greeted his
followers saying peace be upon
you right this is found in the Gospel of
John right how true the Gospel of John
is Allah Knows Best But in chapter 20:
19 it's mentioned there that Jesus gave
the greetings of peace to his followers
it states
Jesus said to them again peace be with
you as the father has sent me even so I
send you so this was their greeting
peace be upon
you also in the Old Testament we can
find in 1
Samuel
25:6 Prophet David instructs his
emissaries who he sent out to a place
called
nabel thus you shall salute him peace be
to you and peace be to your house and
peace be to all that you have peace be
to you so it was used in the time of
David and no doubt in the times
before so we are encouraged to give
salams and spread it amongst us to those
who we know those who we don't know the
prophet Sall wasallam gave us an order
young people should give it to older
people we are also
encouraged to give the
salams uh not only to our those close to
us but those who are not related to us
at all if uh a we receive that greeting
even from a non-muslim we should return
the greeting right but of course uh
there is
a consideration in terms of returning
the the greeting the way to return the
greeting
is and on you
also with that dear viewers we' like to
thank you for being with us in this
segment of our program in the names of
Allah in which we have looked at the
name as Salam the eighth in the list of
names that we'll be covering and in the
coming segment we'll be moving on to the
name Al we hope that you'll be with usam
when you are weak the road seems long
remember just remember