The Human Instinct for Beauty: Nurtured or Suppressed? Usuli Institute Khutbah, 19 May 2023

[@Mary-yl1bx]

Jazakum Allah Khayr Sheikh Abou Fadl and Usuli ❤ I am listening little by little and gaining so much insight, Alhamdulillah ❤ I feel so grateful to have found this channel and the Sheikh’s books!

[@saadiausmani8555]

Amazing Khutbah, my goodness, everyone needs to hear this! Precious and meaningful advice to all of us and a clear reflection of the fears and doubts we can perceive in our communities. I think everyone should be prescribed to listen to this Khutbah every few days. Alhamdulillah, thank you so much...

[@stephenconnolly1830]

HIGHLIGHTS Bismillah al-Rahman al-Raheem [English sermon commences @8:18] 9:00 advice from the Prophet's last sermon. 10:45 the Qur'an - focused on human virtue, building upon it... 13:51 ...Surah al-Furqan, #25, Ayah #63: "wa'ibad ur-rahman illadheena yamshuna al al-ardi hawna wa-idha khatabahum ul-jahiloona qaloo salama" (The servants of the Merciful are those who walk the earth in humility, and when the ignorant address them, they say, "Peace"). 18:23 Surah al-Nisa, #4, Ayah #36: "wa-u'bud ool-laaha wala tush'rikoo bihi shaya wabil-walidayni ih'sana wabidh il-qur'ba wal-yatama wal-masakeeni wal-jari dhi al-qur'ba wal-jari al-junubi was-sahibi bil-janbi wab'n is-sabeeli wama malakat aymanukum..." (Worship God, and ascribe no partners to Him, and be good to the parents, and the relatives, and the orphans, and the poor, and the neighbour next door, and the distant neighbour, and the close associate, and the traveler, and your servants...). 23:15 the anticlimax after communicating a new Qur'anic Tafsir \ commentary. 24:50 the current Muslim treatment of Sudanese refugees. 30:42 a virtuous non-Muslim - an example of the true embodiment of the uncorrupted Fitra \ instinctive morality. 43:15 minding one's own business. 45:12 [second sermon] 47:35 the awful experience of the al-Mutawaf system for going on Pilgrimage \ Hajj to Mecca replaced by Nusuk without any improvement. 52:05 yet more Israeli oppression ( en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_of_Flags ). 58:20 the moral cop-out - scepticism, lethargy and moral apathy. 1:01:50 defying Satan. 1:02:59 [supplication \ Du'a] Amen