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Assalaamu Alaikuum, brothers and sisters. With everything happening in the Muslim world, and the blatant oppression and suffering that we witness, it is important for us to understand our individual responsibility to the ummah. We want to help, but it easy to feel helpless. We don’t think we have the power to do anything, BUT WE OFTEN FORGET…
لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِٱللَّٰهِ ٱلْعَلِيِّ ٱلْعَظِيمِ (lā ḥawla wa-lā quwwata ʾillā bi-llāhi l-ʿaliyyi l-aẓīmi), meaning “There is no power nor strength except in God, the Lofty, the Great”.
We, brothers and sisters, if we strive to be righteous, and we strive to be of those who do good deeds and follow the deen as it was prescribed, we have a promise from Allah Subhanahu wa ta‘ala that He will be our Protector, and we firmly believe Allah is Best of Protectors and the Best of Helpers, Allahuakbar.
فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فَأُعَذِّبُهُمْ عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن نَّاصِرِينَ “And as for those who disbelieved, I will punish them with a severe punishment in this world and the Hereafter, and they will have no helpers.” [Surat Al-Imran, 3:56]
وَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ فَيُوَفِّيهِمْ أُجُورَهُمْ ۗ وَاللَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الظَّالِمِينَ “But as for those who believed and did righteous deeds, He will give them in full their rewards, and Allah does not like the wrongdoers.” [Surat Al-Imran, 3:57]
The problems and suffering of the ummah is not separated from our individual actions. Dawah Man makes a powerful point, that if we all strive to be righteous on the individual level and to fix our families, then we can have faith that the righteous and pious leaders of tomorrow will emerge. This won’t happen if we don’t act today, bi’ithnillah! Please listen to this powerful reminder, and may Allah grant us the tawfeeq and sincerity to strive in His cause.
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