Brotherhood of Faith – #1

Fajr Reminders - Mahmood Habib Masjid and Islamic Center

⚠️ AI-Generated Content: This transcription was automatically generated using AI. If you read Zakat somebody said Hajj. Rasul Rasool Allah said no. So they said, Ya Rasulullah please tell us what is the biggest sign of Islam? And he said muhabbah. He said muhabbah is the biggest sign of Islam, of being Muslim. Muhammad is brotherly love for one another because the other person is a Muslim. No other reason. Because the other person is a Muslim. I ask you and I ask myself, where should we place ourselves with this criteria? State of our Islam, our words, our actions, our thoughts, our society, where should we place ourselves? The correct position with respect to Allah's Ahkam and the Hadith of Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, all of which, not all of which, most of which I will tell you now in this Qutba, that every Muslim is a brother of every other Muslim. Every Muslim Moan is a sister of every other Muslim. This is our position in Islam. We have two issues. One is brotherhood of humanity and brotherhood of faith. Every human being is a brother or sister of ours, no matter what their faith is, irrespective of the faith. And every Muslim is a brother or sister of ours. Allah SWT said in Surah Al-Anbiya, Inna hadhi ummatukum ummatan wahidah wa ana rabbukum fa'budoon Allah SWT said which means, truly, this ummah, this brotherhood of yours, ummatukum is one ummah, ummatan wahidah, and I am your Rabb and therefore worship me alone. ana rabbukum In the Surah after that, alternate after that, after Surah Al-Anbiya, in Surah Al-Muminun, Allah SWT said, wa inna hadhi ummatukum ummatan wahidah wa ana rabbukum fa'budoon and verily this ummah of yours, this brotherhood of yours, is one ummah and I am your Rabb, so have my taqwa. In these two ayahs, Allah SWT told us that we Muslims are one ummah, defined on the basis of our unity, that we worship only Allah and we have taqwa only of Allah. We worship only Allah and we live our lives in obedience to Allah SWT alone. Allah SWT honoured us by saying ana rabbukum. He associated his rubbiyat with us. ana rabbukum Allah is not only Rabbul Muslimin, Allah is Rabbul Alameen. But Allah said ana rabbukum. We have one Rabb, one Nabi, one book, one faith. That is our brotherhood of faith in Islam. Allah SWT mentioned differences of opinion. And Allah SWT said, wa a'tasimu bi habli Allahi jami'an wala tafarraku wa adhkuru ni'mat Allahi alaykum idh kuntum a'ada'an fa alaf bayna quloobikum fa asbahatun bi ni'matihi yiqwana wa kuntum ala shafa hufuratin min an naar fa ankhadakum minha kathalika yubayyinu Allahul lakum ayatihi la'alakum tahtadoon Allah SWT said in Suratul Al-Imran, which means, and hold fast all of you together to the habli'Allah, to the rope of Allah, which is the kitab of Allah, which is the sunnah of His Nabi SAW, which is this deen of Islam. And Allah said, do not be divided la tafarraku, do not be divided among yourselves. And remember Allah SWT has favour on you. For you were enemies to one another, but He joined your hearts together, so that by His grace you became brothers in faith, brothers in Islam, and you were on the brink of a pit of fire and He saved you from it. Thus Allah SWT makes His ayat clear to you that you may be guided. Allah SWT warned us against converting difference of opinion into points of opposition. A difference of opinion is not opposition. If somebody disagrees with you, he is not your enemy. This is a big problem with us. I am your friend only as long as I agree with everything. The minute I disagree on something, I am your enemy. Then instead of focusing on the point of disagreement and saying, this is my understanding of something, this is the understanding of my brother, my teacher, my Sheikh, my father, my whoever. We say he is a lousy Sheikh. He is a lousy brother. He has no Iman. He is a Munafiqi. So from going, from addressing the argument, from addressing the point of disagreement, you start attacking the individual.