Quran for Young Adults Day 19 - Surah Hujaraat 1-8

Sahih International: O you who have believed, do not put [yourselves] before Allah and His Messenger but fear Allah. Indeed, Allah is Hearing and Knowing.

Sahih International: O you who have believed, do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet or be loud to him in speech like the loudness of some of you to others, lest your deeds become worthless while you perceive not.

Sahih International: Indeed, those who lower their voices before the Messenger of Allah - they are the ones whose hearts Allah has tested for righteousness. For them is forgiveness and great reward.

Sahih International: Indeed, those who call you, [O Muhammad], from behind the chambers - most of them do not use reason.

Sahih International: And if they had been patient until you [could] come out to them, it would have been better for them. But Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

Sahih International: O you who have believed, if there comes to you a disobedient one with information, investigate, lest you harm a people out of ignorance and become, over what you have done, regretful.

Sahih International: And know that among you is the Messenger of Allah. If he were to obey you in much of the matter, you would be in difficulty, but Allah has endeared to you the faith and has made it pleasing in your hearts and has made hateful to you disbelief, defiance and disobedience. Those are the [rightly] guided.

Sahih International: [It is] as bounty from Allah and favor. And Allah is Knowing and Wise.

A culture is one in which the definition of normal and abnormal and acceptable and unacceptable are common to everyone. It's more about what you love and not love as a community, but in Islam, the ummah and the sunnah and shariyah are above and beyond any culture. We are an ummatan waahidatan. Ummah is above and beyond family.

We can't raise our voices above the voice of the Prophet SAWW. But we can't hear his voice anymore so how does this apply to us?We cannot negate anything he brought. We cannot negate ahadith and we cannot reject them if they don't agree with our point of view. Until you know for sure, don't comment on any hadith and respect anything that even has the possibility of being from the Prophet SAWW. Respect ahadith and respect every time Prophet SAWW's name is mentioned. We cannot treat Holy Prophet SAWW like we treat other historical figures. He SAWW has played many roles in his life in all spheres of life and these roles are common between us, although we don't play them as perfectly as he does. But there is one role that is his alone and that is as a Prophet. We need to have the utmost respect towards him SAWW. If you talk casually about the Prophet SAWW, all your good deeds may be taken away without you even realizing it. Our imaan is linked to this concept because he is the source of all teachings of Quran and Islam. Allah even forbade people from knocking on the door of Prophet SAWW and bothering him with questions, out of immense respect.

Allah sometimes say, NO DOUBT Allah is forgiving and sometimes he says Allah is exceedingly forgiving. Allah only says NO DOUBT when Allah mentions good deeds because they are a source of earning forgiveness. But for bad deeds, Allah does not say no doubt so that people do not make it a habit of doing the same thing over and over again by thinking that they will definitely be forgiven.

Allah says don't listen to a corrupt source and don't spread things without confirmation. This is what happens in news all the time. False news reporting leads to so many wrong decisions. Our job is to first confirm and clarify before taking any action.  Then Allah mentions lest you may be regretful, which shows that believers are those who feel remorse later and try to make up for things. They are sorry for their mistakes.

When you tell the angry mob, this is what Allah and his messenger would do in such a situation, they get even more fired up. If the messenger SAWW ended up following our way most of us would be harmed.  Following the messenger SAWW is proof that imaan and faith is beloved in your heart. It is a proof of faith, when we follow the prophet SAWW instead of following our own desires.

The sahaba RA walked across the desert to make Hajj. They didn't fly on emirates. They went to hajj with great difficulty,unarmed,although they were driven out of there just few months ago. Then there was the news of Hazrat Usman RAs death and everybody made a pledge to fight for his sacrifice. Then the Prophet SAWW made the treaty of Hudaiybiya and asked everybody to take their Ihrams off and go back. There were so many people, it was an angry mob because they were full of emotions and came with a lot of spirit and were asked to go back. But when Prophet SAWW took off his Ihram, the sahaba RA followed him. Real imaan is trusting the instructions of the Prophet SAWW. The real test of imaan is to listen to the instructions of Prophet SAWW and give in immediately. Samina wa ataana(We listen and we obey). Allah has made disobedience and corruption hateful.