"Desecrating the House of the Prophet" Usuli Institute Khutbah, 25 October 2024

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Allahumma solli ala Muhammad wa ali muhammad

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Once more we shaken to the core. May Allah give us strength and courage to react. Thank you Sheikh for opening our eyes. Allah give you health to continue the great work that you do....

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The new frame is incredible... But I was wondering if the sheykh would need to lean on a stand to facilitate standing?

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We can't always respond with the same means as the enemy, all we do is feed the system: respond with diplomas, money, try to develop the same structures, pay lawyers millions of dollars, be the best politicians, etc. etc. I find that in the end we don't pass the test.... we play by THEIR rules all the time because we can't see how to act otherwise, we tell ourselves that either we act like them (with money, degrees, effort) or we're passive. In fact, they're the ones who have defined the meaning of effort, they're the ones who have dictated what effort is worthwhile, what it is to act. We stay at the same level as them, believing in their narrative of it all. We can't see any further. We're left with either the fake Sufis who are passive, the Muslims who do nothing, or a desperate handful who respond with the same weapons as those on the other side. Basically, we envy Westerners their "success" and their conquering spirit, as long as it serves a good cause... I think it's all a failure. The money, their political systems, their diploma systems, their success systems, it's all a sham! AND IT IS ALSO UNFAIR TO FEED THIS !! We have to see it !!! There's another way, and our Prophet was the model! Otherwise, nothing will change, and you can shout as much as you like!

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This horrible situation makes us so angry and this is a holy anger!! but How did our Prophet deal with it? This anger? How did he manage not to be consumed by all the injustices he saw? To remain in Beauty? I don't know, I do know that he also saw beyond everything. How do you deal with all this spiritually? Yes, we've got to get rid of this anger, we've got to act, we've got to wake up, we've got to shake things up! But we can't achieve this on our own; our deeds must be anchored in Allâh. In the same way that the sahabat first learned renunciation, to test their intentions, they were then able to take up arms. This reminds me of an anecdote about Imam Ali who refused to finish off his opponent because the latter spat at him and Imam Ali felt a hint of anger in his heart. As a result, he refused to finish him off, feeling that tiny bit of hatred. He let him get back up to fight again and ended up winning the fight and killing him, but with total peace in his heart. How can you fight like Imam Ali? Like the Prophet's companions? We cannot always respond with the same