Ali Dawah - February 02, 2023


QURAN BURNER D!ED!!!


Episode Stats

Length

6 minutes

Words per Minute

175.97725

Word Count

1,217

Sentence Count

96

Hate Speech Sentences

17


Summary

Jummah Kutbah on the death of a Qur'an burner in Norway, and how this leads to the end of the life of the person who was trying to destroy our da'wa stand in Oslo, Norway, when he took his own life.


Transcript

00:00:00.000 This Qur'an burner, yesterday he passed away.
00:00:06.260 One of the Qur'an burners has died.
00:00:09.980 Or should I rephrase that and say he has taken his own life?
00:00:13.300 This Qur'an burner in the picture, it's a Qur'an burner that is living in Norway.
00:00:19.780 Yesterday, in the age of 42, he passed away.
00:00:23.780 This picture on the screen is from the 26th of November, when he was trying to destroy our Daewa stand in Oslo, in Norway.
00:00:34.120 They get depressed and they don't want to live anymore, and in the end, they take their own lives.
00:00:40.240 One of their friends who joins them on these campaigns has taken his own life.
00:00:45.640 Now, the question that needs to be asked is, brothers and sisters, what leads one to this path of finding no way out by taking their own life?
00:00:55.280 Brothers and sisters, it is only by the remembrance of Allah that our hearts find peace.
00:00:59.880 These people who are living in this lifestyle where they are not happy and content,
00:01:05.360 and that's the reason, maybe the reason, that they are spewing so much hate,
00:01:09.560 that their lives are not going the way they wanted it to be,
00:01:12.840 because they do not remember their Lord.
00:01:15.580 And on top of that, instead of seeking guidance and saying, you know what, I'm not happy.
00:01:20.040 Maybe Islam is the truth.
00:01:22.120 What they say, no, over my dead body.
00:01:25.500 I will not submit to Islam.
00:01:27.920 If only they stopped listening to the media lies and the propaganda,
00:01:32.820 and if only instead of burning the Qur'ans, they chose to open it,
00:01:37.660 they would have maybe get some guidance and seek some guidance from the Qur'an.
00:01:43.440 If only they put their grudge and their hatred to a side that consumes their very own self.
00:01:48.640 When they burn these Qur'ans, they are burning their guidance with it.
00:01:52.380 Because they are showing that they do not want to learn.
00:01:54.940 They do not want to know.
00:01:56.380 They are stubborn and in their own ways.
00:01:58.640 As Muslims now, we can say, you know what, rejoice.
00:02:01.660 Sometimes it's sad.
00:02:03.440 Sometimes to see someone with such hatred,
00:02:06.580 that they had to resort to nothing but to take their own life.
00:02:10.520 We hated him for the sake of Allah to his actions.
00:02:13.660 But we expected and wanted guidance for all.
00:02:16.800 But we know our Lord knows better than us.
00:02:19.320 And he knows who deserves what.
00:02:21.400 That's the reason why, brothers and sisters,
00:02:23.180 the more they burn Qur'ans, the more we print Qur'ans.
00:02:26.920 The more we do Dawah more.
00:02:28.160 The more we reach thousands, if not millions of people.
00:02:30.720 And thousands and millions of people come to Islam.
00:02:32.720 And on top of that, we try to help build a masjid in Norway.
00:02:36.380 Which you guys know, the campaign we've been running for the past two years.
00:02:39.080 To help establish that.
00:02:40.380 And we are going to visit ourselves.
00:02:42.300 Me, myself and the team.
00:02:43.540 Going to go and show you guys what's been going on.
00:02:45.860 They've bought the land.
00:02:46.880 They've bought the place.
00:02:47.700 And they are renovating it as we speak, inshallah.
00:02:50.200 Please donate to that.
00:02:51.520 The point I'm going to say is this.
00:02:52.600 And I'm going to end on this.
00:02:53.320 I don't want to talk too much.
00:02:54.740 A lot of non-Muslims use the verse Surah Tawbah.
00:02:56.700 Surah Tawbah is seen as a verse or a chapter all about war.
00:03:02.300 Not really.
00:03:03.560 Yes, of course it is.
00:03:04.980 But the point is what, brothers and sisters?
00:03:06.900 The point is the following.
00:03:08.500 Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala did not send Surah Tawbah first.
00:03:11.340 Surah Tawbah came later on.
00:03:13.440 And you know why?
00:03:14.360 Because Allah sent her guidance over guidance.
00:03:16.940 Warning over warning.
00:03:18.140 That's why Allah says,
00:03:18.940 We do not punish a nation until we send a messenger.
00:03:21.920 Allah uses one of his attributes.
00:03:23.560 He's got many names.
00:03:25.200 Yes?
00:03:25.820 And many attributes.
00:03:27.200 But Allah specifically uses his name.
00:03:29.900 Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim.
00:03:31.960 Allah the most merciful.
00:03:33.560 The very merciful.
00:03:34.880 Yes?
00:03:35.720 So the point is what?
00:03:37.220 Allah uses this.
00:03:38.600 Allah uses his mercy.
00:03:40.340 To show you that turn to him.
00:03:42.760 Do not despair his mercy.
00:03:44.500 Only in one chapter.
00:03:45.900 He does not start the chapter with Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim.
00:03:49.180 But he goes straight to say the following.
00:03:51.300 And here is why.
00:03:52.760 Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says,
00:03:54.580 This is a declaration of disassociation from Allah and his messenger
00:03:58.320 to those whom you have made a treaty among the polytheists.
00:04:00.940 So travel freely or disbelievers throughout the land during four months
00:04:07.140 but know that you cannot cause failure to Allah
00:04:09.340 and that Allah will disgrace the disbelievers.
00:04:11.180 And it is an answer from Allah and his messenger
00:04:14.640 to the people of the day of the great pilgrimage
00:04:16.920 that Allah disassociates from the disbelievers
00:04:19.820 and so does his messenger.
00:04:21.900 So if you repent, that is best for you.
00:04:24.180 But if you turn away,
00:04:25.340 then know that you will not cause failure to Allah
00:04:27.580 and give tithing to those who disbelieve of a painful punishment
00:04:32.220 except are those who you made a treaty among the polytheists
00:04:36.180 and then they have not been deficient towards you in anything
00:04:39.040 or supported anyone against you.
00:04:40.340 So complete for them the treaty until their term has ended.
00:04:46.020 Indeed, Allah loves the righteous.
00:04:48.220 And when the inevitable months have passed,
00:04:51.680 then it says wage war.
00:04:54.140 Now the point is the following.
00:04:55.960 The point is that these verses came later on.
00:04:59.440 It talks about the polytheists,
00:05:00.740 it talks about the Christians and it talks about the Jews.
00:05:02.340 But if you look and notice,
00:05:04.940 for years on end,
00:05:07.300 Allah and his messenger has been calling for peace.
00:05:10.180 Stop persecuting us.
00:05:11.480 We are just saying that we worship God and God alone.
00:05:13.860 Stop persecuting us.
00:05:15.020 Gave them chance over chance,
00:05:16.560 chance over chance,
00:05:17.520 chance over chance,
00:05:18.680 over and over again,
00:05:19.820 until,
00:05:20.360 and if it was anyone else,
00:05:23.040 any other nation,
00:05:24.620 any other group of people,
00:05:26.320 they would even,
00:05:27.240 they would have implemented this way before.
00:05:29.960 So even this is a mercy
00:05:32.420 that's saying that enough is enough.
00:05:36.000 But if we look at it from the sense
00:05:37.740 that God Almighty has given this person,
00:05:40.700 and many people like him,
00:05:42.020 chance over chance,
00:05:43.500 change your ways,
00:05:44.680 learn,
00:05:45.880 guidance,
00:05:46.320 and when they act with nothing but hostility,
00:05:51.300 then indeed Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala's punishment
00:05:53.540 will come in this life and in the hereafter.
00:05:56.920 That's all I want to say.
00:05:58.860 And we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
00:06:00.460 to make us amongst those who are just.
00:06:04.360 And make us among those who seek the truth
00:06:06.980 and get rid of this stubbornness and this grudge.
00:06:10.700 Instead of burning Qur'ans,
00:06:12.500 open it.
00:06:13.540 Open it and read it with an open mind
00:06:15.740 and say maybe the truth is here.
00:06:18.140 And if you don't,
00:06:19.500 indeed you deserve a painful punishment.
00:06:22.580 And like they say,
00:06:24.080 instead of questioning
00:06:25.120 if Allah is the most merciful,
00:06:27.440 why would he put people on the fire?
00:06:29.280 Rather ask yourself this question,
00:06:31.100 what kind of a wretched person you was
00:06:33.540 that you went past
00:06:34.720 and avoided all of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala's mercy
00:06:37.600 and all of his guidance
00:06:38.660 and chose hellfire.
00:06:40.740 Continue donating to the Norway Masjid,
00:06:42.220 and allow us to turn the hostility and the hatred
00:06:45.160 these people have innately
00:06:46.520 that consume themselves
00:06:47.740 to do something positive
00:06:49.360 for humanity at large.
00:06:51.520 Till next time.
00:06:52.560 Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.