these women do not ride horses meaning
that they're not Knights or Heroes
whenever sexual immorality spreads
amongst people and they publicize it
there are going to be diseases and
ailments every single day 7,000 Africans
die as a result of HIV AIDS 10,000
movies a year that glorify pornography
better than waiting for the illness to
take place is that you try to avoid it
before it takes place
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in the name
of now brother y faka will be delivering
a speech on morality in Islam which is
an important issue among the
Muslims and
non-muslims especially among the Muslims
it has been uh we all
think otherwise but it should throw a
lot of light into the subject I request
brother
to come and deliver a
speech all praise is due to Allah and
may his peace and blessings be upon our
beloved Prophet Muhammad sallallah Al
wasallam I bear witness that no one is
worthy of worship but Allah and I bear
witness that Muhammad S.I wasallam was
his final and last messenger my brothers
and
sisters the whole issue of
morality is of extreme importance as the
brother
said now what makes morality important
is the following morality is the set of
rules and values and principles through
which or by which we choose to govern
ourselves determining what is right what
is wrong what should be done what is not
to be done what we can do and what are
we supposed to abstain from and because
of the consequences of morality and the
consequences of immorality this subject
Becomes of extreme importance very
quickly it is moral to think that human
life is very valuable now the opposite
of that is it is immoral to devalue
humans so a moral person would have
respect for human life an immoral person
would not have respect for human life so
now you see the consequences of
immorality and the blessings of morality
an equally important question is where
do we get morality from for example what
you consider to be moral in in India may
not be considered moral somewhere else
and in the west what is considered to be
moral or immoral may be considered the
very opposite for example in the East so
now we are faced with this question
where do we get our morality from who
gets to decide whether an issue is moral
or an issue is immoral Islam recognizes
four sources for the whole concept of
morality or maybe we can say three
number one it is Revelation by
revelation we mean what God said either
through the Quran or through the Sunnah
of the prophet sallallahu alaihi
wasallam and generally speaking when you
look into either the Quran or the sunah
very rarely you see specifics rather
what the Quran does is that Allah gives
General commands such
as that Allah commands of righteousness
and and justice but it really does not
go into details as far as what that
righteousness is or what that Justice is
and then the following verse or the
following statement of the verse
says and Allah forbids all kind of
immoral actions whether they be private
or they be public and Allah also forbids
Injustice or aggression against other
people so now we see in Islam it is not
only a moral obligation it is also there
is an additional meaning that is added
to it and that is it makes it a
religious obligation for example keeping
a promise something that we have a
problem with as
Muslims keeping a promise people would
say that it is good for your business
rightly so it makes you an ethical
person rightly so it makes you a moral
person rightly so through it you show
respect to other people right so however
in Islam although these are all good and
these are beautiful incentives there is
an extra element added and that is it is
not only right but it is also a
religious obligation so now we see this
it is revelation the Second Source that
Islam recognizes as a form a source of
morality is human reasoning remember
Allah created intellect for us for a
reason so we are supp to put our
intellect in the proper channels We
cannot put our intellect in vacation and
you know just hope that you know
somebody else do the thinking for us we
have got to you our intellect and part
of the intellect is that it provides
through Common Sense what is moral and
what is immoral but now again we are
faced with another problem or with
another issue common sense you know is
very relative what is considered to be
common sense in the East may not be
common sense in the West and vice
versa gave a beautiful example to
resolve this problem and he said the
following he said the relationship
between Revelation and reason Revelation
being Quran and and reason intellect he
said that is like the relationship
between eyesight and light and then he
gave the example if you put a person
with perfect eye vision in a very dark
room his perfect eye vision will not be
of use to him or to her so what that
person needs for him to benefit of his
perfect eye vision is that there is an
element of light that is required so he
said similarly your intellect without
that guidance of Revelation is like your
eyesight in that very dark room it will
not be of any benefit to you if it is
not accompanied by Godly guidance if we
may use this term so when we speak of
the Quran respecting reason the Quran
respecting intellect we are speaking of
the int that goes parallel to the
teachings of Muhammad sallallahu alaihi
wasam and the teachings of the Quran the
book of Allah subhanahu wa taala and it
gets to be very interesting when you see
how people may misuse or use their
intellect we have a problem for example
in the US with people driving drunk we
call it DUI driving under the influence
and these happen usually they happen to
be young men somewhere in the early 20s
the legal age for drinking alcohol in
the US is 21 so what they did is this
they said look we have a big problem
with young men driving Under the
Influence we need to teach them
responsibility how to be responsible so
that later on we can avoid having having
these problems now it is a good thought
it is a problem and when we say this
we're not necessarily acknowledging the
drinking of alcohol but it is a problem
and a problem that needs to be addressed
so one of the suggestions that were
given is this and listen to it carefully
you will find it fascinating they said
we need to teach them responsibility at
an earlier age and what they meant is
that instead of the drinking age being
21 let us bring the drinking age to
18 now this is very interesting the idea
is to teach
responsibility by an irresponsible
Behavior so now we are saying that in
their 20s they are not responsible
therefore let us make it legal for them
to drink alcohol around the age of
18 it may sound good it makes sense but
then it is not the kind of reasoning
that is respected also very similar to
that is that the Arabs earlier before
the time of the Prophet sallallahu alaih
would not allow women to inherit and
when the verses were
revealed he said that women have a share
of what is left by their relatives some
of the companions came to the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wasallam and they gave
what we would call a logical argument
and they said prophet of Allah these
women do not ride home forces meaning
that they're not Knights or Heroes they
do not fight in the battlefield what
entitles them to inherit you see the
argument they don't fight they don't
help in the protection of the tribe or
the protection of the property or of the
wealth so now they're wondering and
they're saying what gives them the right
to inherit and that was supposedly a
logical argument so we said that Islam
does respect intellect however it has
has to be intellect or reasoning that
goes parallel to the teachings of Allah
and the teachings of the Prophet
sallallah alaihi wasallam along with
this Source also there is the common
universal laws that are generally
accepted by people they could be a
source of defining whether certain
issues are moral or immoral we're not
looking for consensus of the masses here
but generally speaking the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wasallam would say
he said that when the community of
Believers decide that a certain thing is
good then it must be good but now the
question is it is a community of
Believers when there is something that
they have deemed to be good then the
prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam is
saying that it is good generally
speaking because of where these people
get their ideas and their thoughts from
and many times the community does not
have to be a community of Believers
there is that Universal common sense or
Universal loss for example stealing is
wrong whether you are a Muslim a Hindu
Christian a Jew an atheist people know
this stealing is wrong murdering is
wrong or what we would refer to as the
Ten Commandments in the Quran inah we
have 12 of them but the Ten Commandments
are what we would call the universal
laws that are also acknowledged by all
people regardless of their Creed and
regardless of their religion also one of
the ways that the prophet sallallahu
alaihi wasallam spoke of morality or
immorality is by talking about the
consequences of immorality for example
in the had it was narrated that the
prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam said
one
time he was addressing group of people
he called them and these are the people
that gave him help in Medina so he said
one time he
said so everyone started paying
attention and then he
said he said five traits five qualities
or five events if they happen during
your time and I seek refuge in Allah
that they do not take place during your
time there are going to be five
consequences of such kind of a behavior
and listen to what the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wasallam said he said
if people are guilty of five things then
there are going to be five consequences
that are very appropriate to these five
events that are taking place or these
five qu and he said the following he
said he said that whenever people stop
giving their Zak their obligatory
charity that is the right of the poor
Allah is going going to stop sending
them rain from the sky and had it not
been for the animals Allah would have
never sent a drop of water on these
people but here what we see is that
morality goes beyond defining what is
right and what is wrong morality exceeds
and goes beyond the individual to say
what are the rights of other people and
if you are fulfilling the rights of
other people then you are a moral person
and if you are neglecting the rights of
other people then you are becoming
immoral so he said whenever the rich in
the community do not fulfill their
rights with regard to the poor of the
community then there is going to be a
consequence for such an immoral Behavior
the other statement that the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wasallam
said and then he said whenever sexual
immorality spreads amongst people and
they publicize it there are going to be
diseases and ailments that are going to
exist in that community that has not
existed in previous Nations and we can
see noway with all the spread of STDs
sexually transmitted diseases how
catastrophic that is the condition that
the prophet wasam said is this he said
that sexual immorality has always
existed even during the time of the
Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam
before him after him during the time it
has always existed but here is the
condition that he put He said whenever
it is spreading and then it is made
publicized it is public meaning that
people behave immorally as we see it as
Muslims and no one says anything about
it he said that the consequence of it
this immoral behavior is that there are
going to be ailments and diseases did
not exist before these people but
they're going to go in them now and like
I said nowadays I think the average is
that every 4 seconds every 4 seconds
someone is infected with either Aid or
HIV every 4 seconds in the world someone
is infected with HIV this is crazy 7,000
Africans die every single day every
single day 7,000 Africans die as a
result result of HIV AIDS and we're not
being judgmental against the people that
have contracted it maybe it was through
blood transfusion or what have you but
the idea is it is known to be an STD a
sexually transmitted disease and we can
see how it is publicized nowadays for
example where I come from in California
there is a city San Gabriel Valley they
call it it is the valley of pornography
where x-rated movies are made and the
average is
10,000 movies a year are
made 10,000 movies a year that glorify
pornography now remember like we said
earlier there is nothing with sex per se
in Islam however what Islam dislikes and
what Islam abhor is the way sex is
commercialized the way sex is limited to
be an animalistic Act only and that is
why the prophet sallallahu alaihi
wasallam said said you
earn by satisfying your own personal
sexual passion so it's not sex that
Islam is against it is the immorality
the wickedness that is associated with
sex and many times it gets to be very
sad it is not only when you have got the
consent of the two adults or whoever it
is that is engaged in it but when sex
becomes a mean of transaction you all
know about the UNICEF and what they have
done in West Africa the workers that
work for Unicef the United Nation
mission that is supposed to be helping
the children of West Africa the workers
would hold on to their food and they
would say if you want food then what do
you have to do you have got to give us
some sexual
favors and you also see how sex is used
in Wars where to demolish the spirit of
the other party constantly women are
raped it is literally used as a weapon
to destroy the spirit and degrade and
dehumanize and humiliate the other party
you look more into it Subhan Allah and
you see even more wicked consequences
for example in aanda maybe I said this
briefly the other day but what happens
is you have a young boy or a young girl
that was living with their parents one
of their parents becomes infected with
HIV AIDS
then they can no longer work so now
these little children will have to leave
the school and support their family
another uncle or Aunt dies and then they
have the children of the other uncle or
Aunt coming in and moving with them they
are so poor and now they are becoming
even poorer or look at it the other way
you have a teacher that contracts HIV
AIDS he can no longer come to school so
a class of 50 students does not have a
teacher anymore so now the teachers are
not coming to school the students are
not finding anyone to help them in their
schooling so now schools are closing
down because of such an action but
please remember it is not the sex part
that Islam uph horse or Islam is against
it is the way it has been practiced and
you can see again the way it is being
publ sites be it in the form of
pornography be it seen be it in the form
of pictures be what whatever it is it
has gotten so low and it has gotten so
wicked it is unbelievable I was
listening the other day and they caught
or they arrested this big huge ring not
of any kind of pornography but they were
involved in children
pornography and now people are asking is
it the constitutional right of people
whether they want to practice something
like this or they do not simply because
of this see in the west what happens is
that there is so much that is given as a
right to the individual at the expense
of the
society where as an individual you have
got so much right but your rights are
affecting the overall moral caliber of
the society now in Islam it does both it
respects your right as an individual but
not at the expense of the moral aspect
of the overall Society so drinking in
your house is one thing but being drunk
in public is something else what happens
is and this is a very interesting point
Islam wants
enormities enormities major big huge
acts of wickedness to remain as such in
the eyes of the public and that is why
the prophet peace be upon him said if
you are guilty of something do not come
and publicize it it is a form of
hypocrisy by the way it is a form of
hypocrisy no argument there however this
form of of hypocrisy is a lesser evil
than the society losing its respect or
the way it feels about enormities for
example you have got nowadays it's been
happening all over the US you know what
happened with Bill Clinton and Monica
lwin now the argument is used at school
you know when scientists sociologist
they go around in high schools they're
asking questions you know they want to
see the average age of a boy and a girl
being sexually active and they ask what
do you do and they all refer to Bill
Clinton as you know doing what he has
done and the argument that is used is if
the president can do it then I can do it
now what happens is let's say if the
Imam or the Sheikh or the scholar is
guilty of something people will say oh
the scholar is guilty of this the Imam
has done this the Sheikh has done this I
must not be bad at all because if these
people are doing it then I must not be
the Terrible person that I thought to be
so what happens is for enormities to
stay as enormities they must not be
publicized and that is how Society keeps
itself on a check of
morality because again if you say well
this person has done so this person has
done so what happens is that we become
very
desynthesized we become very numb we
become very cold towards it for example
nowadays and it's funny because the way
people do it is usually they use very
fancy words to do that if it is known
that people cheat on their wives it just
happens so many times oh he's cheating
he's cheating he's cheating then
gradually what happens that it becomes
expected it's no longer a surprise to
most people why is this because people
became very uh desynthesized by it and
that is why the prophet sallallahu
alaihi wasallam tells us about our
measurement a measurement or a standard
a reference point that we can use to see
whether we are faithful or not he said
whoever sees monar monar is immorality
it could be in the form of Injustice in
the form of wickedness in the form of
whatever it is he said whoever sees
immorality they should do something
about it they should either eradicate it
with their hands they should either
speak against it and if they not able to
either eradicate nor are they able to
speak against it because of their
circumstances what do they do nothing no
he said they should at least denounce it
with their heart when was the last time
you passed by a wine shop and you
denounced it I almost all of us we have
seen a wine shop now when was the last
time you saw a wine shop and you just
became so irritated by that because of
what you know alcohol is doing to
people but the idea is why do you think
that is happening you pass by it every
day you see it's a wine shop you see
people standing in line by it then what
happens you get used to it that is the
nature of man if you what happens is
that when you are constantly bombarded
with it every day every day every day
you tend to accept it or it no longer
has the effects on you than it did
before and you've seen that people
usually know this see they don't give
you an enormity all at once rather it is
done very gradually you know can see it
with TV it does not start right away but
rather they they wean you into it like
they wean a baby little by little
gradually here and there so that you
become at least if you are not fully
accepting it at that point you become a
complacent with it you know it no longer
bothers you and that is why Islam says
that it is not enough that you only be a
moral person but you should also be an
advocate of morality and you should
stand in front of immorality be
proactive and do not be passive you
cannot say it's wrong and then do not do
anything about it so the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wasallam will speak
about communities and how they are going
to lose how communities are destroyed as
a result of this kind of immorality like
for example the prophet sallallahu
alaihi wasallam said that the
destruction of the children of Israel
started with what so that it started
with immorality you know the
relationship between men and women and
in Islam we believe that there should be
a gap between men and women there should
be a distance an emotional distance as
well as a physical distance not that we
are afraid of one another it is just the
nature of men and women where women are
attracted to men and men are attracted
to women and Islam is a very pragmatic
it is a very practical religion it does
not wait for things to happen and then
Advocate you know does not for for the
illness to take place and then prescribe
the medicine better than waiting for the
illness to take place is that you try to
avoid it before it takes place and that
is why it's Advocates what it does
advocate but immorality is not only in
the form of lust and the desire the
prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam goes
on speaking of the consequences of
immorality and then he said in the same
Hadith in the same prophetic saying he
said and then whenever people are are
not honest in their measurements when
they're doing their
transaction Allah is going to give the
domination Allah is going to make their
enemies
prosperous and their enemies are going
to get a hold of what these people
possess let me say this one more time so
that whenever people are not honest in
their transaction in any form it comes
be it in the form of money when you are
selling when you are buying because it
is immoral you should be as honest as
possible when you are selling or buying
or there is any transaction that is
taking place he said whenever people
become guilty of this what happens is
that and people know about it they all
become complacent to this immorality
that is going on they don't do anything
about it it is their enemies that are
going to be prosperous at their expense
he
said they will take some of what these
people possess they could have been
enjoying it it could come in the form of
oil it could come in the form of cheap
labor it could come in the form of
intellect where instead of you spending
it on your own place your own country it
is going somewhere else but here the
prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam is
speaking of a different kind of morality
that people usually don't pay attention
to you know when when we usually speak
of immorality it has to do with our
Behavior towards the other sex but
that's not where it ends Islam takes it
Way Beyond this point my brothers and
sisters and then also the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wasallam speaks of
Injustice and he said when ever people
rule by other than what Allah has
revealed then he said that the people
who are going to lead I will be amongst
the most oppressive they're going to be
amongst the Tyrant and they're going to
torture the people that they rule again
simply the question now or the point is
this you see immorality you have an
obligation towards it my brothers and
sisters
and Islam and Muhammad s alai wasam
stands for Morality you know it is so
beautiful the way the prophet spoke an
advocate for Islam and he
said I was sent by Allah subhah Waal to
complete the Perfection of good
character or the Perfection of good
manner or the Perfection of morality he
is summing his mission he said my
mission is about spreading Morality In
all aspects and again we said the
prophet whenever he speaks he speaks in
these general terms so that any Act of
goodness will be considered to be a
religious act no matter how secular it
may be no matter how personal it may be
the idea is about morality so it's not
enough that you only be moral but make
sure that we are Advocates of morality
let me tell you about some of the
immoralities that are out there in the
community what people are not aware and
remember we're not talking about the
obvious because they say that which can
easily be seen by the eye is easily
usually is easily missed it is not seen
it is so close yet it is so far you know
we we mentioned some of it be it with
the issue of divorce beat with the issue
of Honor killing and again it really
does not matter who is guilty it it
really does not matter whether these
people are Muslims or non-muslims it
does not matter when you see wrong in
your community unless you do something
about it it is going to creep into your
own Community you cannot say these are
the problems of the non-muslims these
are the problems of this party or this
part of the nation that is not
islamically acceptable because it does
not concern you it does not mean that it
should not be corrected rather whenever
you see wrong you've got a moral and an
ethical obligation with regard to that
we said about the divorcees and how they
are dehumanized about the widows again
and how they are unwanted AIDS patients
and how they are outcasted by the
community about real
that do not necessarily sometimes
receive the same amount of respect as
other people uh do about prisoners that
are being put pron wrongly and justly
for political gain and the community is
not doing anything about it what about
them who's speaking on their behalf
today it is him or it is her but then
what happens tomorrow when it is your
turn or her turn who's going to speak on
your
behalf and that is again why we say
morality is not just you being moral or
you being good you must be an advocate
of that goodness you must embar that
mission my brothers and sisters you know
maybe we have repeated this so many
times but we said that as a Muslim with
pride it means that you are holder of
Pride part of the obligation that you
have as a holder of right is that you
see into it that you contribute
positively to humanity and there is
nothing better absolutely nothing better
than help the area around you wherever
you may be in making sure that you are a
strong advocate of justice and you are a
strong advocate of morality and the
prophet would
say he said
that be conscious of Allah wherever you
may be does not matter you're traveling
you are at home what have you for
Morality is not what we do in
public morality and ethics is what we do
when no one else is
looking and if you are ever guilty of
doing something bad then make sure that
you Rectify for it by doing something
that is good and this the prophet wasam
said will wipe it away so as a Muslim
you are always engaged constantly in the
concept of is rectifying be it a mistake
that you yourself is guilty of or be it
the mistakes of other people that are
guilty of and that is the concept of and
then finally he
said and then he said that whenever you
deal with people make sure that you have
got the best of manners when you are
engaged uh with this uh this was the
advice of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi
wasallam this is the advice that I give
to myself and this is the advice that I
give to my brothers and
sisters
[Applause]
brother now any question yes brother
alikum I'm Imran I put forward a
question to you uh Quran uh very often
mentions
about along with for example talks about
said what's the difference between and
it's a beautiful question you know Arabi
isn't extremely extremely rich language
it is so rich Arabi is so rich that we
do not have synonyms in Arabi can you
believe this the language is so rich
that there are no synonyms not two words
mean the same thing that is a very very
rich language let me say this one more
time no two words in Arabi mean the same
thing they may be talking about the same
thing but they never mean the same thing
every single word has an additional
meaning that the other word does not
have so generally speaking and they talk
about the same thing it is about
immorality it is about wrong it is about
Injustice but means the following when
you say that something isah meaning that
it is either publicly meaning that it is
taking place publically it is public
immorality versus m being an isolated
immorality one is publicized and the
other one is private so Allah says the
prayers the five daily prayers that you
do they are supposed to purify you from
being guilty whether it be in public or
being guilty whether you be in private
and that is the difference between and
when they are used in that sense and
amazingly also whenever Islam speaks of
these rituals that we perform it does
not praise it because the Salah itself
Salah is not praised because of it being
Salah but rather it is praised because
of the expected and potential
consequences of Salah so he said be
engaged in Salah for Salah will help you
in cleaning yourself from both public
and private wickedness or immorality and
that is whydah used to
say if your Salah does not help you to
abstain from and from public and private
mistakes wrongdoings he said it is only
taking you away from Allah subhah wa
ta'ala now this is not to say that we
expect Perfection but the idea is there
has got to be consequences for your good
deeds if you're do this you do them in
action but they become only very
mechanical they become only ritualistic
you're only bothered about the goodness
of the appearance of your ritual then at
that point Abdullah is making the
statement that that it's only taking you
away from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala so
now the idea is any Act of ritual in
Islam must have a what it must have a
moral consequence to it making you
constantly a better person zaka soften
your heart makes you restrain Your Lust
and your desires again with the issue of
Salah like we said it helps you
abstaining from you know these acts of
wickedness and Allah knows best yes
brother Alum I Muhammad fman Abdullah
uh I have seen so many times even in
this congregation wherever there is a
moment of praise worthy people do clap I
would like to know whether it is
permissible in Islam or if it is not
then how do we celebrate these moments
give him a big hand
[Applause]
please now people have different ways of
expressing appreciation to what they
hear or to what they see and depending
on the culture that they belong to so
long that what they do does not go
against the teachings of Islam it is
accepted for example some people used to
praise Allah they say t if you go into
Egypt for example and you've been to
Egypt every time someone does something
you know everyone is
Scream muhamad you know and it is a
beautiful way of rejoicing but in his
fwa may Allah bless his soul he passed
away he said that there was nothing
wrong with clapping if that is what
people are used to in showing their
appreciation
yes brother Salam alikum my name is
yoganand this
Soul expresses thanks to Allah so this
Soul wants to ask the one question that
is the concept of the marriage at the
point of view of Allah and at the point
of religious point of view and the
philosophical point of view in Islam
what it
is very quickly Islam sees marriage as a
contract meaning that there is a
proposal in the contract there is an
acceptance of The Proposal in the
contract in the presence of witnesses
with a Mahar that is given once that
takes place then the man and the woman
are seen as a husband and a wife however
Islam makes the following point and that
is the whole concept of marriage is made
so simple in Islam if two people want to
be together then Islam says be together
and what the marriage license does or
when they come to the Imam what that
does is that it adds an ethical value to
the relationship and that is how
marriage is different you know when
people have relationships there is an
ethical value because the marriage
license is nothing but a documentation
of the event that so and so person on so
and so date in the presence of so and so
person given the DIY of this I've agreed
to get married it is really documenting
the event and that is it however it is
not in the legal value that that
marriage license is important rather it
is in the ethical value that marriage is
important for example when a husband is
marrying a woman what do they say they
say that I am marrying you according to
the book of Allah and according to the
Sunnah of Muhammad sallallahu alaihi
wasallam now I have attended some
non-muslim weddings in the state I
really don't know what people say here
in India but people in the states what
they do is that they exchange vows what
they say you know is I promise to love
to honor to nourish to respect this
person until death do us apart undoubtly
these are beautiful words you know when
you give the person that you know your
assurances I promise to love you to
honor you to respect you to nourish you
and what have you these are beautiful
words however the belief in Islam is
this when you are saying that I am
making Allah my witness that I will take
care of this woman it is not what we do
in public that matters more but what
happens when we are by ourselves alone
so you tell the woman don't worry I made
Allah my witness that I will take care
of you and the woman is saying back
don't worry I am making Allah my witness
that I will take care of you so this way
there is that added ethical element into
the whole concept of marriage also in
Islam it is not enough that the
technicality of marriage are followed
and that's the end of it where we have
this and we have that it just makes it
legal does not necessarily make it moral
it does not necessarily make it happy
and that is why I said earlier is
marriage in Islam is not about two
people getting married to be happy it is
about two people getting married to make
each other happy and that's a very
important point to make so Islam speaks
of marriage and he said that the point
of marriage are two things said that
uh he said that Allah has has prescribed
it is mentioned inah but what happens is
Allah speaks and
says of his signs is that he has created
you of dust and then the following verse
said and of his signs is that he has
created mates for you and then the third
verse says the following verse
says and of his signs is the creation of
the heavens and the earth now remember
this the sign of marriage is mentioned
before the sign of the creation of the
heavens and the Earth that Allah subhana
tal is telling us this is indeed a a
very important matter Allah says in the
Quran oh ye who believe fulfill your
vows fulfill your pledges if you made a
promise make sure that you carry it on
and the best vow that we made the best
pledge that we made is our pledge with
Allah subh that we worship none but
Allah and the second most important one
is the contract of marriage yes brother
I'm right non-muslim I want to ask a
question that what is Islam to begin
with thank you for coming and we loved
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Islam is derived from the root verb Sal
or which means three things to be in the
state of Salam means that you be in the
state of peace and we said that there
are three aspects to this peace peace
with your creator peace with yourself
and peace with the creation of God also
Islam means to surrender or to submit
and at that point we're talking about
surrendering and submitting to the will
of God so you are acquiring peace and
contentment by surrendering your will to
the will of God subhanahu wa ta'ala also
the word Islam could be because Arabi is
a Semitic language and it revolves
around root verbs one of it is Sala
which means that which is in the state
of wholeness or that which is in the
state of completeness so when I greet a
Muslim brother or a Muslim sister I
sayum may you be in the state of
wholeness the state of completeness
where there is no deficiency in your
life in your health psychologically or
emotionally and a person that adheres to
the religion or to the teachings of this
religion is called a Muslim hope I
answered your
question yes brother
asalam alaykum I am Dr
salahudin first of all I would like to
acknowledge appreciate the wonderful
motivation speech made by Brother Yas
fah I wanted to just find out from
brother yaser if the loan has been taken
for construction of a mass from your
bank is it
permissible yes I did mention that as
part of my speech you did hear me
correctly
unfortunately that is what has happened
it was a building that was purchased and
later on the people wanted to convert it
to a Masid but initially it was just so
when I got there the loan was already
taken and the building was already
purchased and uh probably the reason why
the brother is asking is that taking a
loan from A bank means interest and that
is we wanted to clear the building of
any interest as soon as possible and
alhamdulillah once we came in within
exactly 45 days the loan was paid back
to the mid
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