Name: Episode 9: Your Brother's Honor
Uploaded: 2020-05-02T08:30:00.000Z
Channel: Dr. Omar Suleiman
Description: What kind of society are we creating if we’re expected to tolerate bad behavior? It depends on how you handle it towards others…

<p>What kind of society are we creating if we&apos;re expected to tolerate bad behavior? It depends on how you handle it towards others... </p>

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Throughout your existence, there are angels in your presence. But it’s your actions that cause those angels to either praise you or disgrace you. Through this series, we will explore the actions that invite these blessed unseen beings to pray upon you, and carry your name and mention to the One who created us all. Join Sh. Omar Suleiman this Ramadan.

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This section covers the core articles of faith (Īmān), namely faith in Allah, His angels, His books, His messengers, the Last Day, and the divine decree (qadr). Other related topics, often found in classical theological works, are also found in this section.

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 So there could be this objection.  What type of society are we creating if we allow for people to be insulted and  we ask them to not respond on their own behalf, what type of equilibrium does  that set up or imbalance does that set up when people are expected to just  tolerate those things?  The answer to that is that Allah tasks us with responding on behalf of other people.  Now, on a spiritual level, the same person who is supposed to have the humility and  self-control to where they can tolerate insults and tolerate, you know, bad  behavior and bad character towards themselves is supposed to draw from a  great sense of ghira and honor for their brother or sister, especially in their  absence to where they don't tolerate their brother or sister being spoken  about in a certain way.  And what that does is it creates a culture to where bad behavior, bad  character is not acceptable in whatever forum we're speaking about, because  someone's going to check that person when they start to act in that way, without  that person having to respond for themselves as they're trying to achieve a  different spiritual station with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.  And there are some beautiful hadith in here and then some scary ones, because  you realize you could be on the other side of this sometimes.  The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, he said, whoever defends their brother or  sister in their absence,  that Allah would remove the fire from that person's face on the day of judgment.  So that person's face would be protected from the fire, just as they protected  their brother or sister's face from humiliation in this life.  Right?  So that person who guards that honor, Allah will guard their face.  And there's an analogy frequently drawn between face and reputation throughout  the Quran and throughout the Sunnah of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam.  So take it upon yourself that when someone is being spoken about, whether  it's in a WhatsApp group or in Facebook or Twitter, whatever, you know, medium  you're using or in person, that you're going to be the one to say, listen, it's  not okay.  Let's not talk about this brother or sister this way and defend your brother  or sister.  And that is a means by which Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala would protect your  face on the day of judgment.  But there's one that involves the angels that's very special to me.  It's also an authentic hadith, the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam.  He said that whoever defends his brother or sister in their absence, when they  are being insulted, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will appoint an angel that would  defend their flesh on the day of judgment over the bridge.  So over the Sirat, there would be an angel that would protect you from the fire  touching you in any way whatsoever.  But the flip side of that, the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said, and  whoever disgraces his brother or sister will be suspended over the Sirat,  suspended over the bridge, over hellfire on the day of judgment until they are  interrogated for what they have done.  SubhanAllah.  So think about this.  On one hand, you've got someone who defended their brother or sister.  And so an angel on the day of judgment would sit, would stand there and protect  you from the fire touching any of your flesh, as you protected any of your  brother or sister's honor from being touched in this life.  On the other hand, if you're the person who has disgraced someone or who has  taunted someone or who has slandered someone, you're suspended over the bridge  of hellfire on the day of judgment until revenge is taken for what you have said  or what you have committed against your brother or your sister.  Now, what's the connection to the angels also here?  The Hadith that we mentioned prior to this with Abu Bakr and the Prophet  SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam, an angel responded on behalf of the one that was being  insulted.  So essentially when we respond on behalf of our brother or sister so that they  don't have to respond for themselves, we basically are playing the role of the  Malik, playing the role of the angel.  So how beautiful is it that we start to be angelic in character, the way we seek  to be angelic with our worship.

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