The Unmosqued Generation - Sayed Saleh Al-Qazwini

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Al-Rasoul Islamic Society || Day 5 - The Month of Ramadan 2019

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[0:10]god allahu taala vaquita beheading Kareem bismillah alrahman alraheem what more likable

[0:22]slide yo estaba la la la Sol OKs con una Rosa Boca

[0:40]a virtually Tata salud mhmm edoardo muhammad one of the greatest challenges

[0:49]that religious establishments are dealing with in this era is the challenge

[0:56]of the loss of the youth many youth are not attending religious

[1:03]establishments places of worship today you go to some churches synagogues temples

[1:11]places of worship and you see that it's a place for senior

[1:16]citizens and of course mosques and Islam is also affected by this

[1:28]phenomenon today you see there's a great movement of unaffiliated individuals a

[1:35]growing population a growing rate of unaffiliated people who consider themselves to

[1:41]not be affiliated with any religion with any establishment with any place

[1:46]of worship and you see that the percentage and the rate of

[1:53]the youth among them isn't very high in fact one-third of adults

[1:59]under 30 are unaffiliated religiously unaffiliated this is in the United States

[2:07]and I assume Canada would be the same as well one-third of

[2:09]the adults under 30 are religiously unaffiliated they feel that they do

[2:16]not belong to a religious organization to a group and there's a

[2:20]decline in the attendance of places of worship decline in the attendance

[2:27]and churches and synagogues and mosques in many places of worship and

[2:31]there's a term which they refer to individuals who do not come

[2:35]to the mosque anymore people who feel that they do not belong

[2:41]in the mosque and this term is unmasked people feel that the

[2:45]mosque does not fit their requirements it does not does not satisfy

[2:50]their needs and therefore they are unaffiliated and they do not they

[2:56]stop attending in the places of worship now from an Islamic perspective

[3:03]we have to come and analyze this and we have to see

[3:05]what are the reasons behind this today if you want to measure

[3:11]the success of a community you don't look at the senior citizens

[3:14]you don't look at the children but rather you look at the

[3:19]age of the youth and of course to keep everyone happy we're

[3:23]going to say anyone 100 and not less is a youth so

[3:28]we have to look at the youth and how active they are

[3:30]in the community how vibrant they are in the community I've been

[3:38]to some communities where you see it's dead it's like a ghost

[3:41]town you go to the mosque there's nothing going on people come

[3:44]they listen to document they read the Quran they listen to a

[3:49]lecture and go as if nothing has happened and you go to

[3:51]other communities and hammed it a lot a community like this one

[3:56]where you see the community are involved and you see the youth

[3:59]are involved and they're active you see that this community is going

[4:02]to be a vibrant community this community is going to be heard

[4:08]all over the world through a youtube channel through serving the food

[4:13]through making programs through participating and there's movements within the mosque and

[4:18]within the community this is an example of a successful community one

[4:25]that the youth are involved one that the youth feel that they

[4:28]belong one that the youth when they attend the Masjid and the

[4:31]place of worship they don't feel like attending as guests but rather

[4:36]they feel like there home and feel that they are attending in

[4:39]a place that they're very comfortable in if the mosque and the

[4:44]place of worship people did not feel comfortable in not only the

[4:49]youth anyone every single group should feel whether you're young whether you're

[4:54]old whether you're children whether you any group should feel very involved

[4:59]and should feel appreciated and accepted and welcomed and the Masjid this

[5:05]is the model Masjid a model Masjid is like the masjid of

[5:11]rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa ala where everyone felt accepted everyone felt that

[5:17]this is where they belong a masjid that's inclusive to every single

[5:24]person a masjid that is inclusive to every single group in the

[5:30]community today some people ask why are people not attending mosques and

[5:36]places of worship why are people unaffiliated you know some people immediately

[5:41]they come and they say these people are not religious these people

[5:44]don't believe in God so therefore they don't come and they attend

[5:50]but that's wrong in fact studies show that 68 percent of those

[5:54]who are unaffiliated with places of worship actually do believe in God

[5:59]they do have a form of spirituality so here this shows us

[6:04]that the problem is not with God the problem is with people

[6:07]who are speaking on behalf of God the problem is people who

[6:10]make others feel uncomfortable when they come to the place of worship

[6:15]when they give others looks and they make people feel uncomfortable and

[6:20]unwelcomed in the house of God and this is a crime that

[6:24]sometimes we commit whether we realize it or we don't realize it

[6:29]if we are making someone uncomfortable when they are coming to the

[6:33]house of God then that means we are doing injustice to God

[6:38]that means we are kicking people out of the mercy of allah

[6:41]subhanaw taala sometimes i speak to those who are unmasked right now

[6:45]and they say we don't feel that we belong in a mosque

[6:48]they say i don't want to come to the mosque anymore why

[6:51]because every time I come this person looks at me this lady

[6:56]she says this word to me this one says this to me

[6:57]and they don't come anymore here by us looking at people in

[7:03]a wrong way by doing something which make people uncomfortable we are

[7:07]pushing them away from the mercy of allah subhanaw taala and this

[7:11]is a great injustice because the mercy of allah is so great

[7:17]Allah subhana Allah keeps the doors open for everyone what I meant

[7:20]to you what saith could let's say but some of us we

[7:24]come and we begin to speak on behalf of God and we

[7:26]try to represent God and we close the doors of the mercy

[7:32]in the face of individuals so sometimes those people who are not

[7:37]attending and they feel that they are unaffiliated and they are disenchanted

[7:41]with religion and religious establishments it doesn't necessarily mean that they have

[7:47]an issue with God sometimes they have an issue with people so

[7:50]here we have to analyze the problem why are some people brought

[7:56]away from the mosque why are some people not attracted to the

[8:00]mosques why are some people not attending the mosques why is this

[8:04]a problem that not only Muslims have but other religious communities where

[8:09]many of the youths are not actively attending and not actively participating

[8:15]in the religious centers and religious organizations if we want to answer

[8:21]this we're going to look at three different angles one angle is

[8:28]the role of the parenting and the nurturing second is the role

[8:33]of the youth themselves and third the challenges that society throws at

[8:40]the youth which make it very difficult for them to hold on

[8:45]to their religion and it makes it very difficult difficult for them

[8:49]to hold on to their values first my dear brothers and sisters

[8:53]parenting today if you want to come to the Masjid there is

[8:59]a very big chance that it was your parents who brought you

[9:01]to the Masjid there's a very big chance that it was your

[9:05]pair who brought you to the religious organization religious institution because we

[9:10]are taught from our parents our first teachers but some parents you

[9:14]see that they do not prioritize the place of worship they do

[9:20]not prioritize the mosque they are willing to show their love to

[9:24]their children they are willing to spend on their children they're willing

[9:27]to buy their children anything that they want they give them the

[9:30]best clothes they put a roof over their head they send them

[9:35]to the best colleges the best universities but they don't teach them

[9:39]something very critical in their life and that is the language to

[9:43]speak to allah subhanaw taala they don't teach them the connection with

[9:48]Allah subhana Allah and they don't prioritize the connection with God and

[9:52]then you see several years later they come say you please talk

[9:57]to my son please talk to my daughter they're not coming to

[9:59]the Masjid they're not listening to me they're not obeying me where

[10:02]were you when you had the opportunity to guide your children where

[10:07]were you when your children were listening to you you know kids

[10:13]children they want someone to listen to them they want someone to

[10:17]talk to them you see many times you find little children they

[10:21]come baba this Baba mama they keep talking talking and parents what

[10:25]do they do they tell them be quiet here's an iPad be

[10:30]quiet here's a Playstation be quiet here's an Xbox be quiet here's

[10:32]this and we keep trying to keep them quiet and keep them

[10:38]distracted because we're busy because we have so many things to do

[10:42]and then 10 years later there comes a time 10 years later

[10:44]I go and I want to talk to my son I want

[10:47]to talk to my daughter and they tell me be quiet I'm

[10:50]too busy for you now I don't have time to listen to

[10:54]you now I don't have time to hear what you have to

[10:55]say this is our problem many of the problems of the youth

[11:02]begin with the parents they begin with the parents not prioritizing certain

[11:07]issues not prioritizing religion not prioritizing values that are very important if

[11:14]a father or mother do not teach their children how to pray

[11:17]they're doing the greatest injustice stirs their children if a father and

[11:22]mother do not teach their children how to speak to God then

[11:27]that means you're stripping this child who is going to be a

[11:30]potential youth and a potential leader in society the ability to connect

[11:34]with God the ability to speak their problems to their Lord so

[11:42]the problems begin at home and oftentimes we see that some of

[11:46]the parents they're bad role models they are doing all of the

[11:49]Haram things all of the bad things and then they come and

[11:52]they tell their children don't do this and don't do that doesn't

[11:53]work that way children they look at their parents and if they

[11:59]see that the parents do not care about the Masjid do not

[12:01]care about prioritizing their faith they're also not going to prioritize their

[12:06]faith but of course it's a religious duty upon every parent yeah

[12:11]you alladhina amanu oh and Fusako mwah aleikum Nara na budu ha

[12:19]na so al hajar oh oh you people who believe strengthen yourselves

[12:24]and strengthen your families protect yourself and protect your family from the

[12:31]Hellfire don't only go to heaven alone if you want to go

[12:34]to paradise take as many people as you can with you and

[12:38]take your family with you most importantly in another verse Allah says

[12:43]in the Quran what more and like a bracelet was ee-ha lonnis

[12:47]a local scam Nana's a local scale and another book well okay

[12:54]but units up wah Allah says what more Anika's so let's order

[12:58]your family teach your children how to pray and then Allah says

[13:01]was stubborn alaihe be extra vigilant be extra patient when you're teaching

[13:09]your children don't give up right away don't quit right away there

[13:12]are some parents they say oh my children don't listen to me

[13:14]that's it I don't care anymore when it comes to school when

[13:18]it comes to their University when it comes to college do you

[13:21]also not care or that is something that's very important well same

[13:26]with religion same with faith same with coming to the Masjid same

[13:29]with learning about their religion and their values this is why Allah

[13:34]says was stubborn alaihe be extra patient be extra vigilant and then

[13:38]Allah says Nana's a lucaskon we don't want money from you some

[13:43]people they say no I don't want to be a religion with

[13:45]religion because religion means I have to pay money no Lana I

[13:50]look at risk on non-owners a book well after but to the

[13:52]top are we don't need wealth from you we are giving you

[13:54]the wealth the reserve all the sustenance comes from allah subhanaw taala

[13:57]and then allah says well pay but you let Chuck WA the

[14:02]ending is for those who are connected with allah subhanaw taala this

[14:06]is why it duty upon every parent to guide their children to

[14:12]bring their children to the masjid being unmasked starts from the parents

[14:17]if the parents teach their children to come to the masjid anytime

[14:21]during the month of Ramadan and Muharram bringing them to a Saturday

[14:24]school or Sunday school then they're going to learn to come to

[14:29]the Muslim but if the parents don't care then the son or

[14:32]the daughter is also not going to care and this is why

[14:35]we need to be extra vigilant we need to be extra careful

[14:37]Allah says in the Quran Allah mu and na ma my Luka

[14:45]mwah allowed you come fitna know that allah subhanaw taala is testing

[14:48]you through your wealth and through your money some people they don't

[14:52]realize that this is a test any gift that Allah has given

[14:57]us Allah has given you money that money it's a blessing for

[15:00]you but it's also a test for you your children they're a

[15:05]blessing for you but they're also a test for you some people

[15:07]they fell their tests in the algebra because of their children because

[15:12]of their children they end up losing this dunya and this arkarow

[15:15]because they didn't raise them properly sometimes their children end up doing

[15:20]things that end up bringing them away from allah subhanaw taala one

[15:26]of the great companions of rasulallah he was with Rasulullah all the

[15:31]time as zubayr as the bear was with the Prophet and he

[15:35]is even related to the Prophet when they attacked the so fatima

[15:42]zahra the only person they say that took out his sword was

[15:47]as the bane to defend the house of fatima zahra to defend

[15:49]the house of america meaning however his ending became a sour ending

[15:54]a very wrong ending where he was killed in the battle fighting

[15:59]against Imam Ali Allah's Salam he waged the war against the Imam

[16:03]of his time how did that happen that happened as a result

[16:11]of that happened as a result of him having a son Abdullah

[16:15]and Imam Ali alehissalaam he says masalas obey Roman Alan Bates had

[16:22]nasha Abner Abner Hamish Abdullah I mean what meaning says the bear

[16:28]was from us and it waits until he was given a son

[16:30]Abdullah he lost that test with his son so being a parent

[16:37]it's a blessing but it's also responsibility and it's the parents who

[16:41]teach their children to come to the Muslim this is one angle

[16:46]that we're looking at another angle my dear brothers and sisters is

[16:50]sometimes it's not the fault of the parents sometimes the parents have

[16:54]no problem sometimes you see the parents they give and they bring

[16:57]their children and they guide and they do everything that they can

[17:02]to guide the youth but the youth they refuse they keep bringing

[17:06]up excuses they keep rejecting the truth and this also happens sometimes

[17:10]I've seen parents who are excellent parents there are many and they're

[17:16]believers they try to bring their children and their families to the

[17:20]Masjid and they they teach them everything but suddenly they see their

[17:24]son or their daughter turns against them and turns against the truth

[17:27]and we shouldn't be surprised if this happens a loss of I

[17:32]know Tyla describes the son of prophet nooh alehissalaam prophet north was

[17:36]a prophet he was a nebby he was guiding people he was

[17:42]chosen by allah subhana wa ta'ala however his son turned against him

[17:46]his son refused to come with him and his son drowned with

[17:49]those who drowned in the flood and this is why Allah says

[17:56]God I know and now who lays Simon Alec and no I'm

[18:00]a loner Oh son he is not your son he's a bad

[18:02]deed someone who rejects the truth someone who refuses the truth no

[18:11]Hollis and I'm he was shocked nor was sad but allah subhanaw

[18:14]taala tells him don't be sad because the stronger bond is not

[18:20]the bond of blood but it's the bond of iman it's the

[18:23]bond of connection with allah subhanahu wata'ala this is one point and

[18:29]finally we see that many of the challenges many of the challenges

[18:36]that are faced in society and the reasons why many of the

[18:40]youth are disenchanted with religious establishments and feel unmasked there as a

[18:46]result of society the challenges of society today my dear brothers and

[18:51]sisters we live in a society where Islam is not the popular

[18:55]religion in fact when you go to universities when you go to

[19:00]schools you might hear people say things that go against the religion

[19:03]of Islam and against the values of the religion of Islam this

[19:06]is a challenge that many of the youth face but how are

[19:11]we going to deal with it some they start falling into the

[19:14]traps and they stop attending the Masjid they cut their relationship with

[19:19]allah subhanaw taala because they heard one lecture from a professor go

[19:23]and read about your religion go and learn about your values go

[19:28]and strengthen your own Ikeda your own ideology but some people they

[19:37]fall under the pressures of society for many of the youth they're

[19:41]dealing with many challenges and of course we can't always blame the

[19:45]youth you know a lot of times we see here people they

[19:48]say it's the use it's the youth and right away they're blaming

[19:51]the youth do we even know what many of them are going

[19:52]through right now a lot of the Muslims that are in Canada

[19:58]and the West and in the United States they're immigrants the majority

[20:01]are immigrants although there are indigenous Muslims as well that have been

[20:06]born here and have lived but the majority are immigrants when you

[20:10]have immigrants they have one mentality they have one lifestyle they have

[20:18]one culture but their children who are born here who are now

[20:21]used who are now the leaders in this society they don't come

[20:23]and bring follow the same culture and the same traditions that their

[20:29]parents brought with them so now you have a culture clash now

[20:32]you have some more clashing cultures that are clashing a culture gap

[20:37]so many of the youth they really don't know what to do

[20:43]from one side they have to build a career they have to

[20:45]go to school they have to go to university they have to

[20:49]be successful and they have to compete with everyone in society for

[20:52]success and from another side they have to hold on to their

[20:55]values they have to hold on to their traditions they have to

[20:58]hold on to their mother tongue their mother language and so many

[21:02]of these things for some they fall for some they collapse in

[21:07]the middle of this and once they collapse they say I don't

[21:09]want to deal with anyone anymore I don't want to be affiliated

[21:11]with anything so it is a challenge and sometimes we have to

[21:20]place ourselves in the position of those who we're criticizing for some

[21:24]people it's very easy to criticize but put yourself in their position

[21:28]and see what challenges they're facing and they're going through on a

[21:33]daily basis today my dear brothers and sisters the youth they're the

[21:39]most sought after group that is alive right now the most sought

[21:47]after group right now there are corporations and institutions that invest billions

[21:54]of dollars just to capture the attention of the youth they spend

[21:57]billions of dollars just to capture the attention of the youth in

[22:01]fact it starts with children they start spending millions of dollars with

[22:06]advertisements with games with many things just so though they they keep

[22:10]looking at the computer screen screen just so they keep looking at

[22:15]the iPad to capture their attention these organizations these institutions they're making

[22:19]money off of the youth every second that you're looking at the

[22:23]TV every second that you're looking at the monitor every second that

[22:28]you're looking at your iPad at your phone that's the second that

[22:31]someone is making money off of you they're making money off of

[22:36]you they sell advertisements they say right now Facebook social media one

[22:40]of the one of the greatest challenges right now it's a good

[22:45]thing and it also has arms one of the something that many

[22:51]people don't have control of is social media you know how much

[22:55]institutions spend and they make money off of every second every minute

[22:59]that you're on your you're looking at your Facebook page you're looking

[23:02]at your Instagram page you're looking at your social media posts they

[23:06]make money off of you in fact today studies show that on

[23:13]average on average people spend every day you have 24 hours a

[23:17]day on average people spend 11 hours every day looking at their

[23:23]screen either reading either watching something either socializing either either doing something

[23:27]11 hours and if you want to really make yourself feel bad

[23:32]just look at your screen time how much screen time you have

[23:35]on your phone some phones they show that feature and they show

[23:39]you how much time you've had spent on the phone you don't

[23:42]realize it but of course not every time you're on your phone

[23:48]you're on social media is necessarily a bad thing today hamdullah many

[23:51]of our youth they are on social media they're on YouTube they're

[23:55]on Facebook but they're benefitting their learning and hamdullah we have hundreds

[24:00]and thousands of lectures islamic lectures they're all online so you can

[24:05]use it in a good way but you have to be very

[24:10]careful not to use it in a bad way because if you

[24:12]use it in a bad way it might harm you it might

[24:16]arm your personality it my arm your religion and it will bring

[24:19]you away from allah subhanaw taala well you will not be attracted

[24:22]you don't feel the energy when you go to the Masjid you

[24:26]don't feel welcome when you go to the Masjid you would rather

[24:28]sit and talk to your friends on Facebook rather going and talking

[24:31]to people and meeting people at the most so there are some

[24:39]challenges but we have to prioritize our time today institutions and organizations

[24:47]and everyone around us they're competing for our time allah subhanaw taala

[24:51]has given me time well awesome in Dalian Sun and Fe host

[24:55]this is the time that Allah has given you you're never going

[24:59]to be able to take it back can you go back to

[25:02]the last hour that passed can you go back to yesterday can

[25:03]you go back to last year that's it you can't go back

[25:08]but this time it's constantly moving the clock is ticking and every

[25:13]day we're getting older every day we're getting closer towards our afterlife

[25:19]ya ayyuhal insan in cacao nila what be cut Han Samuel happy

[25:26]oh and sand oh you mean you are striving every day you're

[25:31]travelling on this journey to your Lord until you will meet your

[25:35]Lord one day am I ready on the day of judgment allah

[25:41]subhanaw taala will stop every single person lotta zulu Kodama abdun yo

[25:47]melty amity hot al no one will be allowed to move an

[25:53]inch on the day of judgement until they're interrogated until they're asked

[25:58]what am i going to be asked about this is a hadith

[26:00]from rasulallah he says I am rahim f nah allah is going

[26:06]to ask me about my life i gave you this whole life

[26:08]that you lived what did you accomplish what did you do during

[26:13]this time did you spend it on social media did you spend

[26:15]it playing on your Playstation playing fortnight what did you spend it

[26:24]on I'm Umbra he FEMA f na one Shabab e FEMA habla

[26:27]and specifically on the time of your youth specifically on the time

[26:32]where you had the power you had the energy you had the

[26:36]mental energy you had the physical energy that's the time Allah is

[26:40]going to ask you about some of the youth you tell them

[26:43]what are you doing with your time they tell you I just

[26:45]woke up what do you want they just woke up noon and

[26:49]they don't know what they're doing with their life they don't know

[26:51]what they're doing with their time this is a time that Allah

[26:56]is going to ask you about this is a time that's not

[27:01]going to come back when Shabaab ii fema habla one miley heme

[27:04]in a neck just about what FEMA and and about your wealth

[27:09]how did you get it and how did you spend it these

[27:11]are things that allah subhanaw taala asks about on the day of

[27:18]judgment however today we see many are wasting their time with social

[27:22]media many are wasting their time in front of a screen many

[27:25]are wasting their time not being productive now sometimes you're in front

[27:29]of a screen you're being productive you're doing something you're working but

[27:33]many of us we are wasting our time and this has many

[27:40]negative impacts and consequences on our lives you know right now there's

[27:45]an addiction they say people are addicted to smoking people are addicted

[27:50]to opioids people are also addicted to screens you know they say

[27:54]your phone it has a psychological impact on you we keep bringing

[27:59]out our phone even though we don't have a call we keep

[28:02]bringing it up to see did I did I receive a message

[28:03]that I receive a like on Facebook that I receive a like

[28:08]on Instagram did someone retweet me we keep bringing it out to

[28:10]see what are people what's going on some people they do it

[28:17]without that without realising on the dinner table when we're eating lunch

[28:21]when we're eating dinner you see the phone is also eating with

[28:25]us we're eating and the phone is right there with us so

[28:28]we have to be careful we have to make sure that we

[28:34]are not consumed with this technology and for some people that becomes

[28:39]a an addiction that ends up harming their lives it creates insecurities

[28:44]it creates a feeling of obsession some people they're always going on

[28:48]Facebook scrolling on Instagram scrolling just to see what people are doing

[28:52]in their lives what did this person eat what did she drink

[28:56]what did this person wear to that wedding sitting them just wanting

[28:59]to look at what people are doing and this creates an insecurity

[29:03]I see what other people are doing now I kill him and

[29:05]I say huh I need to do that as well I need

[29:08]to also where buy a new outfit I need to go on

[29:11]a vacation my friend they went and they bought a new set

[29:15]of furniture in their home now I need to go and buy

[29:17]a new set of furniture and here you see it causes problems

[29:21]between a husband and a wife and it causes problems within the

[29:25]family you know they say that a big reason for divorce in

[29:29]this era that we're living in one of the reasons is Facebook

[29:33]today people one of the reasons a list of reasons for divorce

[29:37]they say one of them is Facebook and social media as well

[29:43]because we're always consumed and obsessed with what people are doing in

[29:47]their lives we're always want to see how people are living their

[29:49]lives and then you ask this person how many friends do you

[29:53]have they tell you on Facebook I have 3,000 friends in reality

[29:56]how many friends do you have I'm sitting and eating alone I

[29:58]don't have any friends it creates a false sense of connection it

[30:06]creates a false sense of connection where we are fooling ourselves and

[30:09]then you see when we're actually sitting in a gathering everyone's on

[30:13]their phone no one's talking to one another no one is being

[30:16]there with one another you want to have real good friends you

[30:21]want to have friends that will help you and support you come

[30:24]to the Masjid here you will find friends that befriend you because

[30:29]of allah subhanahu wata'ala and allah says in the quran and allah

[30:37]o yama even Bava homely bhavan I do inland muta peen Allah

[30:40]says all relationships on the day of judgment are going to turn

[30:48]into animosities any relationship that is not founded upon principles divine principles

[30:52]and satisfaction of allah subhanaw taala is going to turn into an

[30:56]animosity why because on the day of judgment i'm going to look

[31:01]at that time that I wasted laughing with that person enjoying my

[31:04]time with that person I'm going to say only if I spent

[31:07]that time doing something good only if I spent that time doing

[31:10]something that brings me closer to allah subhanaw taala so I'm going

[31:14]to look at person who was bringing me away from Allah and

[31:18]distracting me from Allah and I'm going to say this person destroyed

[31:20]my life yeah late Annie Lamott takaful on and kalila only if

[31:26]I did not befriend that person but a relationship that was founded

[31:30]upon the satisfaction of allah subhanaw taala a friendship that is built

[31:35]in the Masjid with the Muslims with the community in the Monona

[31:41]oh wow that is a relationship that you're going to be proud

[31:44]of on the day of judgement and this is why Allah says

[31:51]Allah Yama is in Bottomly Bhavan I do Ellen what Athene all

[31:55]relationships are going to turn sour except a relationship that is based

[31:59]on the satisfaction of allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala that is going to be

[32:02]a healthy relationship that will carry on into the afterlife this is

[32:10]one you want to find real friends you find friends in the

[32:14]Masjid and you want to feel good with your time be friend

[32:21]with allah subhanahu wata'ala Allah and Allah not hopefully him when I

[32:28]imagine those who are the awliya of allah those who are close

[32:31]and connected with allah llahu for nilanium there's no fear upon them

[32:35]well our home yasser noon and they are not sad be a

[32:40]friend with allah and you will see that your life is going

[32:45]to shift to the better your life is going to become much

[32:47]better this is one reason my dear brothers and sisters where people

[32:52]are unmasked where people are feeling unaffiliated because of the many distractions

[32:55]because allah subhanaw taala you have to place allah in your hearts

[33:00]but the hearts can only accept one love the heart is like

[33:05]a room you only bring one thing in that room if you

[33:08]want to bring something else in that room you would have to

[33:10]take out there other things you would have to take out the

[33:11]Haram you would have to take out the relationships that are unauthentic

[33:17]and illegitimate to bring a loss of hano to allah in and

[33:20]similarly with our hearts we have to empty our hearts from anything

[33:24]void from any distractions for Allah subhanAllah to enter into our hearts

[33:33]a second struggle that many of the youth face and deal with

[33:36]on a daily basis and it's very prevalent in our communities and

[33:42]in our societies today and this not only destroys the life of

[33:47]the youth but it also destroys the whole community that is drugs

[33:53]drugs today what's unfortunate is that societies and government instead of making

[34:00]drugs something illegal and keeping them off the streets they're making them

[34:05]legal day after day they're making them legal and they're promoting them

[34:10]and anyone has access to them why are drugs Haram in Islam

[34:16]why is anything that intoxicates you Haram in Islam because allah subhanaw

[34:21]taala has given you the greatest gift a gift that he did

[34:25]not give anyone else a blessing that no no other creation has

[34:30]and that is the blessing of the intellect well allah subhana what

[34:37]differentiates you from anyone else from the animals from other creation is

[34:40]the power of the intellect while a cat karramna bani adam' and

[34:45]we have honored and blessed and dignified the children of adam with

[34:50]what Allah dignified me by giving me strong hands and strong legs

[34:55]and muscles no animals have stronger muscles by giving me strong eyesight

[34:59]no there are some animals to have stronger eyesight by giving me

[35:04]stronger senses no spiders have stronger senses Allah gave me an intellect

[35:09]something that others don't have and that is what made me the

[35:17]human being becomes better and chosen by Allah Subhan Allah over all

[35:21]the other creation but today you find some people for one hour

[35:24]they're sitting and they want to have fun they're willing to burn

[35:29]all their brain cells kill all their brain cells intoxicate themselves why

[35:34]is alcohol Haram in Islam why is any intoxicant Haram in Islam

[35:38]because it takes away your your ability to judge it takes away

[35:42]your to differentiate between right and wrong Allah wants us to walk

[35:47]straight and differentiy our and make right decisions in our lives but

[35:52]today through drugs through alcohol many of the youth are killing their

[35:56]brain cells and ruining their lives ruining their futures and ruining society

[36:02]all around them Allah says in the Quran yeah you had Lavina

[36:09]a man who animal some ruin may sorrow al ansar al-islam or

[36:14]Ritchson minimalist reborn which Tinubu Houla Allah come to flee home this

[36:18]is the act of Shaitaan Shaitaan encourages someone to go and do

[36:21]drugs Shaitaan encourages someone to go and drink alcohol to go and

[36:28]burn and kill their brain cells and this causes harm and damage

[36:32]that you could never go back you could never go and fix

[36:37]it you know right now there are studies a study by Duke

[36:41]University it says that people that smoke marijuana during their youth people

[36:47]that smoke marijuana allots during their young age during their youth on

[36:53]average they lose they lose 8 IQ points later on they come

[36:57]and they measure their IQ they see they've lost 8 IQ points

[37:02]and many other many other harms it harms your body it harms

[37:05]your men the ability to judge your ability to communicate there are

[37:11]many harms that are caused and this is why it's Haram Laura

[37:16]well now there are ability Aslam Aslam does not want you to

[37:19]harm yourself anything that is considered and deemed to be a harm

[37:22]for you this is Haram because allah subhanaw taala wants us to

[37:28]make decisions correctly today you find some youths they are falling into

[37:33]the drug and the problem with marijuana and the reason i'm talking

[37:36]about marijuana is because i've been asked about this in the last

[37:38]year many times people are telling me is marijuana hollande is marijuana

[37:43]ha ha of course haram it's an intoxicant it takes away your

[37:49]ability to judge your ability to make right decisions err ends up

[37:53]hurting you and harming you and all so marijuana it's considered to

[37:58]be a gateway drug what's a gateway drug meaning that right now

[38:03]I'm high I'm feeling excited I'm happy but then later on this

[38:07]is not going to be enough for me in a few months

[38:10]in a few weeks in a few years that's not gonna be

[38:13]enough for me so what do you do you start going after

[38:15]another drug you start going after other intoxicants that end up causing

[38:23]more damage you know right now in the United States and Denver

[38:25]it was Colorado was the first I believe states which legalized marijuana

[38:33]now I was reading just recently now after they have legalized marijuana

[38:37]now they want to legalize something else called mushrooms which causes hallucinations

[38:42]now they want to legalize that maybe in a few years we're

[38:46]gonna see them legalize cocaine I don't know so it's an addiction

[38:51]and people that are addicted that's it they can't get out of

[38:55]it I know some people who are addicted to drugs their families

[39:01]have spent so much money their families cry their mother their father

[39:06]their don't know what to do their son and their daughter they

[39:09]started perhaps they started with something like marijuana but then it goes

[39:13]into something that is much worse and once someone is intoxicated that's

[39:18]it it's going to be very difficult to get out of that

[39:22]it's a trap it's a trap that you're never going to be

[39:27]able to get out of some people they say I want to

[39:29]feel a high yes you feel a high for a few minutes

[39:32]and then you go down low you fall and then you say

[39:35]I want to feel high again you come up and then you

[39:38]keep falling down you keep falling down you want to feel a

[39:41]real high turn to allah subhanaw taala connect with allah that is

[39:45]the only form of satisfaction where allah says in the quran in

[39:52]LED Nakuru or a boon of law temesta mu tetanus a human

[39:54]male a cat or a lot of our food when i attacks

[39:58]on you were a pure Belgian Attila T kuntum - I don't

[40:03]be with Allah Allah will be with you Allah will help you

[40:06]and another verse Allah says in Melanson Kanika honua a domicile Rajasuya

[40:16]where the Masahiro man you are in the mousseline this is why

[40:20]the mosque is very important because if you come to the mosque

[40:23]if you pray you're going to be able to deal with the

[40:27]challenges in life you're going to be able to deal with challenges

[40:30]that come in your way later on in life the third struggle

[40:35]my dear brothers and sisters that many of the youth face and

[40:38]it's a reason why many of the youth are unmasked and unaffiliated

[40:44]with religion is because of society because of the changing values that

[40:49]exist in society today when you go to school when you go

[40:52]to the university you see some they're talking about values that we

[40:58]did not grow up learning about and in fact values are changing

[41:02]in this Western culture you know just in the 70s in the

[41:05]United States and the 70s homosexuality was deemed as an illness it

[41:13]was deemed as something a psychological illness today if anyone questions or

[41:19]criticizes or says anything right away this person is looked at as

[41:23]a person who discriminates a person who is intolerant a person who

[41:26]cannot live with people in society my dear brothers and sisters should

[41:30]we fall in the trap of the values that are thrown at

[41:36]us by Hollywood and by by the TV and by institutions and

[41:39]organizations no I see some Muslims unfortunately because they want to feel

[41:45]that they fit in they want to feel that they belong they're

[41:48]willing to go and let go of their own values you have

[41:53]your own values why do you need to go and change your

[41:54]own values why do you need to go and compromise your own

[41:58]values do other people compromise their values for you no but I

[42:02]see some Muslims right now yeah we should do this and we

[42:06]should do that and they they let go of everything that they

[42:09]they know our religion and our faith teaches us values principles that

[42:13]we have to abide by that we have to stand with and

[42:17]we will learn our values when we come to the Masjid when

[42:22]we listen to the lectures when we come and we pray on

[42:23]when we gather with a community when we build a community that

[42:29]will help us develop and build our identity if I don't have

[42:32]my community to support me if I don't have my brothers and

[42:37]sisters in the Masjid that pray with me yes I'm going to

[42:39]be easily convinced by others and I'm going to be easily brainwashed

[42:43]by others this is why we need our community and we need

[42:50]to prioritize our own values and we should not give up our

[42:53]values and turn to allah subhanaw taala for some of the youth

[43:01]one of them some things they say is I don't feel comfortable

[43:04]I've done many things that are Haram I've done many things that

[43:08]are wrong I don't feel comfortable going back to the Masjid don't

[43:12]ever say that you know I because when you say that that

[43:14]means you're limiting the mercy of allah subhanaw taala you're saying Allah

[43:18]is not merciful by saying I don't feel that I don't feel

[43:23]comfortable coming to the Masjid Allah is not going to forgive me

[43:25]you're saying God does not have the ability to forgive me and

[43:30]this is one of the greatest acts of injustice logic Natoma rahmat

[43:35]allah and allah through the Nuba jamia don't give up hope in

[43:40]the mercy of Allah Allah forgives all of the sins there are

[43:44]beautiful hadith from Imam Hassan he says Yamashiro's Shabab alaikum be palpable

[43:51]Akira Fattah to a la reina tome and palpable Akira for Sabu

[44:00]dunya and akhira whoa a la Morena man Paula but dunya vas

[44:04]our Binaca he says o youth work and strive for the aftera

[44:11]work and strive for the afterlife because wallah we have seen people

[44:15]who strive for the afterlife Allah gives them the afterlife and this

[44:19]life but we have never seen someone who strives for this life

[44:25]and they get the afterlife you work for the akaroa will give

[44:27]you the ocular and this life but if you only work for

[44:30]this dunya Allah is only going to give you this dunya if

[44:32]you get it I'll conclude with the story of a young man

[44:36]who turned against his society who turned against everything going his way

[44:41]and joined the rasulullah sallallahu on a human one day a Rasul

[44:48]Allah comes to the Masjid in the morning and he sees a

[44:51]young man who's sleeping and he's covered with something he's barely covering

[44:56]his body rasool allah when he used to come to the masjid

[45:02]used to look in the faces of all the muslims this was

[45:03]how the sort of LA was everyone felt connected with the prophets

[45:08]he used to look at the faces he sees the face of

[45:09]this young man a new face he's never seen this man before

[45:14]so he tells him Oh young man who are you how are

[45:20]you that young man he tells him Yaris hola my name is

[45:23]Abdul Bohan Boehm is an idol my name is Abdul Boehm he

[45:28]tells him Yaris or Allah I have left my family I have

[45:33]left my community I have left everything to be with you and

[45:35]join your community what sort of Maya tells him what's your story

[45:39]he tells him eres una ma my father was a rich man

[45:46]my father passed away and I came under the custody he was

[45:51]a young man I came under the custody of my uncle and

[45:53]my uncle he was the one who was taking care of me

[45:57]he was Don who was providing for me I was living with

[46:02]my mother under the custody of my uncle and my uncle he

[46:05]promised me that if I worked for him if I support him

[46:10]in his business he's going to give me his daughter to marry

[46:12]and he's going to help me establish a family so why as

[46:18]I was doing the business trips for my uncle I passed by

[46:21]Medina and I came to the Masjid and I heard you reciting

[46:25]the Quran I heard you reciting the beautiful verses of the Quran

[46:29]and I felt gravitated towards the Quran now I can't leave I

[46:34]stay here for a long time at night I go back to

[46:38]my family and then I come the next day I want to

[46:39]listen to the Quran I come from far I'm listening to the

[46:44]Quran recited by rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa until one day i decide

[46:50]on converting the religion of Islam I go to my uncle I

[46:51]tell him oh my dear uncle you're older than me I want

[46:56]to join the religion of Islam but I want you to join

[46:59]with me out of respect for you let us both go to

[47:03]a sort of law and joined the religion he says as soon

[47:05]as I told my my uncle about you my uncle became angry

[47:09]and he says stay away from that man I met don't go

[47:11]to him and if you go to him I'm going to take

[47:14]away everything from you your money your wealth I'm not going to

[47:18]give you my daughter to marry and I'm going to take away

[47:21]everything from you says I saw myself in a problem my uncle

[47:27]is going to take away everything from me my whole life is

[47:30]going to be ruined if I joined the religion of Islam but

[47:34]this young man he says I decided to join the religion of

[47:37]Islam I was convinced that the religion of Islam is the truth

[47:42]I decided to join the religion of Islam and my uncle he

[47:45]took away everything from me even the clothes that I was wearing

[47:48]he took them away from me I go to my mother not

[47:51]wearing any clothes so my mother she comes and she takes a

[47:55]bow Giada she takes a blanket she cuts it in half I

[48:01]cover myself on the bottom and I throw something on top and

[48:05]this is how I came to you or as'll Allah I left

[48:06]my family I left my community I left everything for your sake

[48:11]or asana ba what sort of law tells him your name is

[48:16]not abdu'l-bahá me anymore your name is Abdullah the old Buju Dayne

[48:20]Abdullah the one who's wearing the bujha de the one who is

[48:26]covered with two garments this is your name this young man he

[48:30]was young he used to sit and used to he didn't have

[48:33]a house he didn't have anything everything was taken from him he

[48:35]used to sit in the corner of a Masjid there was a

[48:38]corner in the Masjid of the Prophet which was called a sofa

[48:42]he used to sit in the corner of the Masjid and he

[48:43]used to read the Quran and cry when he's reciting the Quran

[48:48]one day I'm not an l-cut Bob he passes by him and

[48:52]he hears this man crying he tells him be quiet you're crying

[48:55]too loud Rasool Allah tells him yah Omar otoko phenomenal why Ben

[49:02]Oh leave him this is one of those who have returned to

[49:06]allah subhanaw taala manila wah bean this young man he was doing

[49:10]da for Shahada he wanted to be granted martyrdom the muslims they

[49:18]go on the expedition of Tabuk an expedition that there was no

[49:23]no battle took place there was no fighting took place this young

[49:25]man he died in that expedition while they were travelling was sort

[49:30]of lhasa allahu allahu allah he himself buried him he placed him

[49:35]in his grave Abdullah bin Masood he says when I saw the

[49:37]way Rasul Allah was carrying this young man Abdullah the Butcher Dean

[49:43]and he places him in the grave and Rasul Allah is doing

[49:46]the art for him I wish that I was the one who

[49:50]was dead and being carried by the Salama when I saw the

[49:52]mercy from Rasulullah sallallahu I my dear brothers and sisters come to

[49:59]the Masjid don't let go of the Masjid because it's through the

[50:02]Masjid where we will learn our values and we will strengthen our

[50:08]faith when hamdulillahi rabbil alameen wa sallahu irene [Music]

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