What is the obligation of Muslims to do given the multitude of trials surrounding them from every side?
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The questioner : I would like to ask a question...
The Shaykh : You were not present when we said that when your wind blows, seize it before the one for whom the session was held arrives. You were present, I believe.
The questioner : Fine, our Shaykh, here is a word, may Allah bless you, regarding Ibn Hibban.
The Shaykh : Excuse me, let us let this professor go. It seems he has a question. Please, go ahead.
The student : A moment.
The questioner : Or the situation... what will be our state in this... what is our state...?
The Shaykh : Our state:[Al-Ma'idah 5:105] What do you think we can do in this age in which trials surround us from every side, which we have no power to repel except by resorting to the word of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) mentioned previously [Al-Ma'idah 5:105], but I want to draw your attention to something that concerns every individual Muslim today to care about what I am going to say. We cannot do anything collectively now because of what we know surrounds us, but we can do a great deal, each of us at least in his own person, then in those he is responsible for, then to the extent his sphere of influence expands. This sphere differs from person to person. But can a truly believing man not follow the rulings of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) at least in himself, within the limits of the previous verse: [Al-Ma'idah 5:105] This is what a person can do. One cannot say, "No, I cannot," because the matter concerns him, not the state, nor any other person, but himself alone. Therefore, he must begin by reforming himself. Then he may have a wife, so he must begin by reforming his wife, his life partner. Then he may have a son or sons, male or female, and so on. So, if I may ask in return for your question, do you believe that every individual among the Muslims performs this sequential obligation, starting with himself, then his wife, then his child?
The questioner : No...
The Shaykh : Then what do you expect from this gathering that does not care about reforming itself, then the nearest ones who are around it[Al-Ma'idah 5:105]? This is your answer.
Please proceed.
The Shaykh : You were not present when we said that when your wind blows, seize it before the one for whom the session was held arrives. You were present, I believe.
The questioner : Fine, our Shaykh, here is a word, may Allah bless you, regarding Ibn Hibban.
The Shaykh : Excuse me, let us let this professor go. It seems he has a question. Please, go ahead.
The student : A moment.
The questioner : Or the situation... what will be our state in this... what is our state...?
The Shaykh : Our state:
O you who have believed, upon you is [responsibility for] yourselves. Those who have gone astray will not harm you when you have been guided
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْفُسَكُمْ لَا يَضُرُّكُمْ مَنْ ضَلَّ إِذَا اهْتَدَيْتُمْupon you is [responsibility for] yourselves. Those who have gone astray will not harm you when you have been guided
عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْفُسَكُمْ لَا يَضُرُّكُمْ مَنْ ضَلَّ إِذَا اهْتَدَيْتُمْupon you is [responsibility for] yourselves. Those who have gone astray will not harm you when you have been guided
عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْفُسَكُمْ لَا يَضُرُّكُمْ مَنْ ضَلَّ إِذَا اهْتَدَيْتُمْThe questioner : No...
The Shaykh : Then what do you expect from this gathering that does not care about reforming itself, then the nearest ones who are around it
upon you is [responsibility for] yourselves. Those who have gone astray will not harm you when you have been guided
عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْفُسَكُمْ لَا يَضُرُّكُمْ مَنْ ضَلَّ إِذَا اهْتَدَيْتُمْPlease proceed.
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