Guide for Humanity Universal Teachings of the Prophet ﷺ

Guide for Humanity: Universal Teachings of the Prophet ﷺ

Introduction: Gratitude and Awareness

Brothers and sisters, in the next few moments that I am with you inshallah, I want to make a couple of comparisons. I don't know about you, but I'm thankful to Allah for being alive. I'm very grateful to Allah that He has allowed me to be Muslim.

I'm happy to be at this conference, not as a speaker but as an observer to listen to the other speakers. I'm happy to walk through the conference and meet so many of you, your families, your children. I'm happy to have been born here in America.

The Global Water Crisis: A Call to Consciousness

I want you to know the next time you go and make wudu, Muslims make ablution every day. I want you to be aware that right now, there's a global crisis in water. Every time you go to the wudu station, and you're putting water on your face and your hands, and water is going on the floor and we're wasting water, I want you to remember that there are 1.8 million people in the world that are in need of water.

There are 1.8 million children around this world who die every year because of a lack of water and sanitation. Part of my experience from the Nation of Islam, we learned about our home called Earth: 196,940,000 square miles, 139,685,000 square miles of water. 70% of the Earth is water, yet people are dying because they can't get enough water.

The Burden of Water Collection

You know that in many nations, unlike us, you get thirsty, go to the kitchen, and turn on the faucet and get some water. Go to the refrigerator and get a cold glass of water. Go to the supermarket and get cases of water.

But in many nations around the world, people have to go miles, they have to travel miles to go get water. One estimate suggests that some 40 billion hours a year are spent collecting water in Sub-Saharan Africa that represents a year's labor for the entire workforce in France. And who's collecting this water? Is it the men? No, it's not the men.

It's the women and the girls. They go out and they get water and they bring water back to the family. And if they don't bring water, they die because water is the foundation of life. And if you have no water, you die. Time spent collecting water represents a heavy burden on women. In Mozambique, rural Senegal, and eastern Uganda, women spend on an average of 15 to 17 hours a week collecting water.

We take for granted, and you go into the bathrooms, and you go to the water station, and you see all the water that's wasted because we have no sensitivity of the needs of the people of the world. Sheikh Shibley, you know I always call you. The average American, Sheikh Shibley, you are the average American.

Sheikh Jamal Badawi, even though you're from Canada, you are the average American. The average American over 50 spends five years waiting in line. What you waiting for? I'm in the bank waiting for my transaction. I'm on the gas line. Five years waiting. What are you doing in that time that you're waiting? How much dhikr are you doing? Recitation of Quran.

The Reality of Abundance and Waste

Now here's the sticker. This is the big one. In a lifetime, the average United States resident eats more than 50 tons of food.

You like that? This is funny. Between 13,000 and 16,000 gallons of water, 50 tons of food. Even Abdulrahman, a little brother like you, 50 tons of food.

Yet people are dying over the earth because there's not enough food. And Americans, that's the average, but Americans love to eat. Watch the Americans. Look at the Americans. And I would say some of them probably eat a hundred tons of food in a lifetime.

Allah as Ar-Razzaq: The Provider

Read a verse in Quran that said that Allah, He takes the responsibility to feed every crawling thing, everything in the universe, Allah feeds.

"And there is no creature on earth but that upon Allah is its provision."

Imagine that, trillions and trillions of animals and insects and plants. And Allah, He feeds every one of them. Every one of you in this auditorium, you eat. Some of you eat three times a day. Some of you eat more than that. Anytime you want to eat, you get up in the middle of the night and you eat and you eat and you eat all day long. You eat and you eat and you eat.

Then why people die? If Allah is Ar-Razzaq and He takes upon the responsibility to feed everybody, why is it so many people starving around the world? Not because of Allah. Allah doesn't do anything wrong. He did everything right. He gave enough provisions for all of the universe, but there are some greedy people. Greedy people that look respectable. They have suits and ties and they work in Washington, D.C. And many of them, believe it or not, are responsible for some of the suffering of the people on the planet earth.

The Universal Truth: Born with Nothing

Three things. I have learned from the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, that three people were born speaking from the cradle. One of them, Jesus, peace and blessings be upon him. Miracle. But I have never read in all my reading of Quran and Sunnah and Hadith and the Bible and the Torah and the Injil and all the books of history, I have never ever read that anytime a baby was born with clothing.

Every child is born naked. And every one of you here in this convention got clothing. Some sisters, please don't get angry at me sisters, some sisters came with five luggages of clothing and they just live up the street. And some brothers the same thing. How many pairs of shoes do you own? How many pairs of shoes have you earned since you were born?

But yet you were born naked and you were born with no shoes. Where did you get the shoes? Where did you get the clothing? Where did you get the food? What do you think? You have a right to something. You have it because Allah gave it to you. Allah gave all of us born naked, born, how do you call it, without shoes. Barefoot, thank you.

You Can't Take It With You

And guess what? There's a rule, there's a law. I don't care how much money you have, there's a rule, there's a law. It is as old as the universe and the law is this. No matter how much money you have, you can't take it with you. King Tut tried to take it with him. It is said that he was buried with so much wealth, they said that one of his coffins made of pure gold worth more than six million dollars.

And while some people were burying him in all that wealth, they were going like this, I'll be back here tonight. People try to take it with them, but you can't take it with you. In order to benefit from money, you gotta use it while you're here. And if you don't use it, you lose it. That's the law. That's the law, that's the way it is.

You can't take it with you. So you have some time to use it. How much time do you have? I don't know. If I'm lucky, if I'm American, I'm in good health, maybe I'll live to be 78 years old, 79, 80 years old, I don't know, maybe 100 years old, but sooner or later, you lose it all. All the clothing, all the food, all the shoes, it's gone. So you gotta use it now. You gotta spend it now. If you don't spend it, you lose it. That's the rules.

So born naked. Christians say it, naked I came into the world and naked I go out. You came in with nothing, you go out with nothing. Oh, we'll put, we'll shroud you. Sheikh, we'll shroud you. Alright, we'll give you that. But we're gonna take your kufi. And we're gonna take your glasses. You can't use it, right? I'm sorry, we're gonna take your underwear. You can't use your underwear. Not there. All gone.

The Day of Resurrection: Standing Barefoot and Naked

Born, die, resurrected. I leave you with this thought, something that the Prophet said, peace and blessing be upon him. He said, you will be resurrected barefooted.

تُحْشَرُونَ حُفَاةً عُرَاةً غُرْلًا (Sahih al-Bukhari 6526, Sahih Muslim 2859) "You will be resurrected barefoot, naked, and uncircumcised."

Barefooted. How many of you been to the mall? Love to go shopping, love to go to the mall, love to buy shoes. Everybody will be resurrected barefooted. You know barefooted is a sign of, see, if you look at all those movies

about poor people around the world, they have no shoes. That's a sign of poverty. But guess what? Everybody will be resurrected barefooted.

And naked. And then the prophet said, peace and blessing be upon him, and the first one to be dressed on the day of resurrection will be Abraham, peace and blessing be upon him. That great honor will go to him before anyone else is dressed. We will be there naked.

And Aisha said, "Ya Rasulallah, won't people be looking at one another?" Look, there's Paris Hilton. No, no, no, uh-uh. No, no, no. Not on that day. No, no, no. Not on that day. We'll be too concerned about ourselves even to notice that somebody is naked. But believe me, you will be naked as you were from the beginning. Allah will resurrect you. You'll be naked again. And you will be naked until Allah dresses you.

Taking Responsibility: The Qadr of Allah and Our Duty

Now, who's going to make the world better? 50 tons of food. Hey, I thank Allah that He's given us the ability to get rid of the food after we eat it. You get my point? How much waste would 50 tons of, oh, that's another issue. That's a lot of waste. That's why this world stinks so much. No, I'm serious. And this is why the Prophet, peace and blessing be upon him, said, there's nothing but good smell in Jannah. Jannah smells good. But this earth, it don't smell good. Because that's the nature of this earth.

Who's going to do it? Who's going to help these people around the world? For those Muslims who say, Brother Imam Siraj, this is the qadr of Allah. It's the qadr of Allah. These people, this is their circumstances. It's the qadr of Allah. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, we know it's the qadr of Allah. I know that.

But it is also the qadr of Allah if those people who believe in Allah in the last day and love humanity, that they're going to help their brothers in humanity by giving them water, giving them food, giving them what they need for their sustenance. That's part of the qadr of Allah too. The question is, what are we going to do?

I'm suggesting to you, I am an American. I was born in America. I'm suggesting to you that the answer is not America. It is not the foreign policy of our government right now to really help the people in the world who really need it. And I'm going to show you why. Every day, wallahi, if you read newspapers, magazines, turn on the television, turn on the internet, read a book, and it will bear witness to that something that Allah and His Messenger have said, I bear witness to that. I'm going to give you one example, and then I'm going to close almost, kind of, sort of.

The Question of Democracy vs. Islam

American democracy. Want to export democracy of the world. We want to bring democracy to the world. Uh-uh. No, no, no, no, no. I would rather Islam, because Islam is sanctioned by Allah. It's in the Quran. It's in the Sunnah. That's what I want. I don't know about you. I'm fine as an American. I'm fine as democracy of the government. That's fine. I'm not arguing that. But you want to bring democracy around the world? Let us see.

Uh, Wednesday was the 4th of July, right? Wednesday? You know how I spent the 4th of July, Dr. Jamal? Myself, Imam Alamin Abdul Latif, he's the mayor of the Majlis Ash-Shura of New York. Imam Talib Abdul Rashid, and other brothers in New York City, we met together in a planning session for the Muslims, how to help the Muslims. Because that's what I want to do. I want to help the Muslims.

Now, I'm not saying you can't go barbecue. I'm not saying that. If you wanted to do that, it's fine. I'm not arguing with that. But I am arguing that the Muslim leadership have to spend time planning for the Muslims and planning for the world. That's what we're supposed to be doing. This is the leadership. Allah made us. He put that responsibility on us. The question is, what are we doing with the responsibility that Allah gave us? And I'm not giving it to nobody. I'm not giving it to the world. I'm giving it to whom Allah told us to have it. Who should have it? And these are the Muslims. This is what Allah says in Quran and the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him.

A Lesson in Justice: The Case of Scooter Libby

You remember Scooter Libby? He was the chief of staff of Vice President Cheney. Now, he was arrested and convicted of perjury, I think it was, obstruction of justice. And what? A fraud? I don't think he was convicted of fraud. Was he convicted of fraud? Anyway, he got 30 months in prison, right? 30 months in prison, two year probation, and $250,000 fine. Went through the whole process, found guilty by peers, and he was found guilty.

Now, President of the United States of America said that he felt that the prison sentence was too harsh. So he decided to commute his sentence. In how many of the 30 months, two and a half years, how many days, I'm sorry, how many hours, I'm sorry, how many minutes, I'm sorry, how many seconds did he spend in jail? Zero. He spent no time. A felon, convicted felon, because the president commuted it.

Now, don't get me wrong, the president had a right to do that. He has a right. It's in the constitution. He has a right for clemency. He could forgive the whole thing. And by the way, this is your brother speaking. I think it's going to happen. I think he's going to get rid of the $250,000 fine. This is my, Allah knows best. I think he's going to get rid of the two year probation. You watch. You keep listening.

A Letter to the Editor: Justice for the Rich, Death for the Poor

Now, we were at the meeting, the imams' meeting, and Imam Talib brought to our attention the New York Times newspaper. And subhanallah, I want to read to you brothers and sisters a letter written to the editor. And that summarized anything that I could say. Listen to this, and all I'm doing is quoting and reading. This is New York Times editorial, Wednesday, July 4th. And this is a letter to the editor. Listen carefully.

"Dear editor, when George W. Bush was governor of Texas, he presided over more than 150 executions. In more than one third of the cases, 57 in all, lawyers representing condemned inmates asked then governor George Bush for a commutation of sentence so that the inmates would serve life in prison rather than to face execution. Some of these inmates had been represented by lawyers who slept during trials. Some were mentally retarded.

Some were juveniles at the time they committed the crime for which they were sentenced to death. In all these cases, Governor Bush refused to commute their sentences, saying that the inmates had full access to the judicial system.

Scooter Libby Jr. had the best lawyers that money can buy. His crime cannot be attributed to youth or retardation. He has expressed no remorse whatsoever for lying to a grand jury or participating in the administrator's effort to mislead the American people about the war in Iraq. President Bush's commutation of Mr. Libby's sentence is certainly legal, but it just as surely offends the fundamental constitutional value of equality. Because President Bush signed a commutation, a rich and powerful man will spend not a day in prison while 57 poor and poorly connected human beings died because Governor Bush refused to lift a pen for them."

David R. Orell, Houston, July 3rd, 2007, the writer is a professor at the University of Houston Law Center who represents death row inmates, including several who sought commutation from then Governor Bush.

The Prophet's Justice: Equal Treatment Under the Law

You know brothers and sisters, I love Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him. He's the messenger of Allah. The success of the world depends upon our obedience to that man, Muhammad, and make no doubt about it. One thing happened in history, I recount to you and then I'll conclude.

A woman, a very noble woman, you know the narration, stole something and the people were concerned and they wanted someone to seek intercession for her and they chose Usama bin Zaid. Usama bin Zaid. And he went to speak to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, on her behalf, and the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, was angry and he said:

(Sahih al-Bukhari 3475, Sahih Muslim 1688)

"The people before you were destroyed because whenever the high, noble people committed any crime, they would let them go. But when the poor people and the weak people, when they committed a crime, they put full execution of the law. No. I swear by Allah, that even if Fatima, the daughter of Muhammad, if she stole, I, Muhammad, would cut off her hand."

What is he saying? You cannot undermine your very legal system, undermine the idea that everyone has free access and will be treated equally. Nah. Nah. Uh-uh. You want the world to be better? You want the world to be at peace? It's not 500 billion dollars, a defense budget. It's common sense, decency, justice. Justice. I'm not even asking for mercy, just justice. Justice in Iraq, justice in Palestine, justice in Kashmir, justice. If you will have justice, you will have peace.

Islam: The Religion of Hope

So, I close with this. You know the beautiful thing about Islam? It's Deen ar-Raja. It is a religion of hope. I want

us to make dua for a brother, a lovely brother of ours, Sheikh Muhammad Naseem, right now in a hospital in Houston, Texas. Our beloved teacher. For years, he has touched my life and touched the lives of many of you. Sheikh Naseem, he's very sick right now.

Ask Allah the Almighty, because Allah can do what He pleases. Allah does whatever He wants to do. If Allah wants to make Sheikh Naseem to live for 900 years, Allah can do it. It's up to Him. We may ask Allah to give him, to heal him. Ask Allah to give him strength.

But you know the beautiful thing about Sheikh Naseem and the rest of us? My grandmother, your grandmothers and grandfathers? With the hope in Allah that we can see them again. Yes.

"O Allah, there is no life except the life of the hereafter."

The Test of Life and Marriage

How many of you have been married 10 years? Raise your hand. Good. How many have been married 20 years? Raise your hand. Sheikh Shibli still got his hand up. How many have been married 30 years? Put your hand up. How many have been married 40 years? Raise your hand. Allah Akbar. How many have been married 50 years? Raise your hand. Brother, 50 years? You're not even 50 years old. Must have been an arranged marriage.

But you know what? Things change as we grow older. Sometimes we're not as strong as we used to be. Sometimes we're not as thin as we used to be. Sometimes we're not as healthy as we used to be.

I make dua for a brother in Atlanta, Georgia. I know him. Been married to his wife 40, 50 years and she has Alzheimer's disease but he's with her every day. I mentioned yesterday about this sister whose husband has grown blind and she takes him to the Masjid Fajr every day. I'm talking about some of your children who have diseases, have cancer. I'm talking about you, your mother and father on death bed.

But the beautiful thing about Islam, no matter how bad your situation is, we always have the hereafter to look forward to. There's no life except the life of the hereafter. This is only a short period of time. Don't get caught up with this life.

"And do you think that you will enter Jannah without being tested and tried?"

We will be tested and tried. But the point is, stay the course. Stay on Islam.

Don't Be Ashamed of Islam

Don't you ever deviate from Islam. Don't take anything not what I order from the Quran, not what I order from the Sunnah. Don't let people intimidate you. They're trying to intimidate you to change the Quran. Don't change

the Quran. Don't be afraid to say Jihad if Allah mentions Jihad. Don't you be afraid to mention what Allah and His Messenger have done. Don't you be ashamed of Quran and Sunnah.

Keep your faith in Allah and the Messenger. The only way that you can help the American people, don't change the Quran, don't change the Sunnah. The only way you can help America is bring them Islam. Bring them the truth. Tell them the truth about the hereafter. And if you tell them that, the American people will grow. And America will be the safest nation on the earth and the most beloved nation on the earth because America would have acted in justice and mercy because they would have followed the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad.

The Future of Islam in America

This is a test in time for the Muslims. And they will get worse. Somebody asked the question, what will be the future of Islam in America? Wrong question. Question is, what do you want the future of Islam in America? What do you want it to be like? And what are you willing to do to bring it about? That's the answer. That's the question.

And I'm saying that ICNA has taken a step. ISNA has taken a step. MAS has taken a step. MANA has taken a step. CAIR has taken a step. Imam Warith Deen Muhammad has taken a step. The community of Imam Jamil al-Amin have taken a step. Collectively, we're taking a step so that we can work together for the pleasure of Allah to bring Islam in its purity to the people of the world.

A Call to Give: Supporting ICNA Relief

I ask you tonight, brothers and sisters, of all the programs that ICNA have, all of them are good. I'm partial to two of them, personally. One is dawah, Why Islam? And the other one is ICNA Relief. When I see ICNA coming and raising money to help people that are suffering around the world, even in this country, I applaud that. I would like to take 10 minutes to raise for ICNA money that it needs for its projects.

Everyone needs money for their projects and the money that you have is just a test. I would like in 10 minutes to give ICNA a check for $300,000 in 10 minutes. Do not leave. Do not go. We want to hear from our Sheikh Jamal Badawi next, but before we do, I'd like to ask you to give to ICNA $300,000.

I need you to turn the light on the audience so I can see you. Could you turn on the lights, please, somebody who's responsible? Hello? There you go. I want somebody to raise their hand and say, Allah has blessed me. Thank you, brother. Thank you, brother. I have clean water to drink. I've had my share of 13,000 to 16,000 gallons of water. I've had my share of 50 tons of food. I've had my share. And I would like to give to others.

The Test of Wealth

I want to see how many of you will give $10,000 for ICNA. Raise your hand. 10,000, raise your hand. There's one. Allah Akbar. Raise them up high, brother, so we can see you. Please go to the brother. Raise them up $10,000. Jazakallah khaira.

I would love to see 10 people give $10,000 for ICNA because you realize Allah has blessed you and you want to share with what Allah has given to you. Every nation has a test and the test of my ummah is money. You know what Jesus said? Peace and blessing be upon him. What they say Jesus said? I don't know if he said it or not. Sheikh Fahim, I don't know if he said it. They said he said it. I don't know if he did. Prophet Muhammad didn't say that, peace and blessing be upon him, but he did say:

(Sunan at-Tirmidhi 2353) "Poor people will enter Jannah 500 years before rich people."

And poor people will go to Jannah. These barefooted poor people with hardly no water to drink, they will go to Jannah 500 years before rich people. Doesn't mean every poor person don't mean every rich person. But it means that we will be tested by the wealth that we have.

Who will give $10,000 for ICNA? Raise your hand. 10,000? Brother, let me see you. Sister, let me see you. Raise your hand. $10,000 for ICNA. Anyone? Anyone else? I feel there has to be at least one more. Anyone? Is somebody hand up?

Brother, let me say this to you, my beloved brother who made this wonderful, charitable, generous donation. May Allah bless you with the best in this life and the best of the hereafter.

Raising Support: $5,000 Commitments

Quickly, in an audience this large, it should not be difficult to get 10 people to give $5,000. I want you to raise your hand and I want to count 10 people with $5,000 for ICNA in order to do this great work that it has in its program. Raise your hand if you want to give a donation of $5,000 to ICNA. Raise your hand and let me count you. Raise them up high.

There's one. Allah Akbar. There's two. Allah Akbar. There's two. No less. No less than 10. Raise them up high. Let me see you. Let me see your hand. Let me see your hand, brothers and sisters. There's three. Allah Akbar. There's three. 10 at least. $5,000. Islam is built on five. One of $5,000 to show your commitment, to show your appreciation to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala having given you $5,000.

Who else? There's three. $5,000. Anfiqoo, brothers and sisters, spend now. Inshallah, there's number four. Allah Akbar. There's number four. Who will be the fifth one? 10 people quickly. My time is almost up. Where? A brother in the back. There's number five. Alhamdulillah. Do it quickly. Raise your hand so I can see you.

Another one. Number six. Sitta. Raise them up high, brothers and sisters, so we can do this quickly. I've got minutes to go. Minutes to go. There's number six. Inshallah, we got another program. Inshallah, who else? $5,000. We have sitta. We have saba. Who will honor us to be the seventh one? Seven is a good number. It's a wonderful number. Who will honor us tonight to be the seventh one? Allah Akbar. Saba. Number seven. Allah Akbar. Subhanallah. Seven people.

Who will be the eighth person? Huh? Eight? Number eight? Allah Akbar. Number eight. Thamaniya. Who will be tis'a? I think Prophet Musa (peace be upon him) was given nine signs. Am I right? Nine signs. Who will be the ninth one? Inshallah. Tis'a. Just give me two more of $5,000, I'll be happy. And I'll sit down almost. Two more. $5,000. Who will honor us? Inshallah. Who will honor us in honor, ICNA, and the worth and share in the worth of ICNA? Who will be the ninth person? Inshallah.

Where are you? Nine. Tis'a. And the ninth one is? Nine. Allah Akbar. Number nine. And who will honor us to be the last one at $5,000? I know you're there. You know I know? I can smell you. Do you know that every human being has a unique smell? Absolutely. And I can smell your goodness coming from your seat. Who will be the tenth one to give $5,000? Allah Akbar.

Brothers and sisters, you ten brothers and sisters, may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala bless you, give you the best of this life, and the best in the hereafter. May Allah continue to add to your sustenance. May Allah give you over and over and over and over again.

The Eleventh Donation

That's ten people, but you know what? Eleven sound a little bit better because it's odd. I know I said ten, I know, I know, bad Siraj, bad Siraj. But can I get one more person $5,000? Just to make it even, just to make it odd. Can I get one more? One more brother or sister. $5,000. And who will honor us tonight inshallah? It's an honor for Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for us to spend in His way. One more person? $5,000? Okay. Alright.

Sisters? No sister raised their hand? No way. Sister, our sheikh believes that no sisters raise their hand. I don't believe that. Just to prove it sisters, let one of you raise your hand and give $5,000. Just to prove the sheikh is not 100% correct. Can I get one sister? Make a commitment for $5,000? Alright. Okay, then I'm going to do this. Hey, I'm finished. I'm finished. It's over.

The $1,000 Pledge: $20 a Week

How many can afford to give $20? Raise your hand. Come on. 20 is a magic number tonight. 20 in your hand. Come on. $20. Alright. That looks like $300. All I want you to do is give $20 a week for the next year. That's $1,000. 50 weeks. $20 a week. $20 a week. I want 300 people tonight to say I want to share in the work of ICNA. I can afford $20 a week.

We don't smoke cigarettes. We don't. We don't smoke cigarettes. By the way, brother and sister, by the way, I don't usually tell you to go to movies. Only one movie sheikh I told people to go to see Malcolm X. But I'm recommending you to go see a movie. Go see Sicko by Michael Moore. If you don't want to go to the theater, rent a theater for all the Muslims and go see it. Trust me. You will see Sheikh Massoud. You will see something special. Alright.

Counting the $1,000 Commitments

Let's count. Number one. Number one. I'm going to count. I need to get a piece of paper. I'm going to count 300 people. Brother and sister, please, just wait a moment. It's going to be a record inshallah. Naeem, it's going to be a record. Give me a clean piece of paper, Naeem. Quick, quick, quick. Put $1,000. No, no, no. Put $1,000 and put one. Alright.

Number one. Raise your hand for $1,000. I'm going to start with the people right in front of me. If you can give just $20 a week for a year inshallah. Just raise your hand. Good. Two. Allah Akbar. Three. Good. Four. Allah Akbar. Five. Good. Go like this so I can see you. Five. Six. Seven. Good. I'm just dealing with this right here. Seven. Go like this. Eight. Allah Akbar. Nine. Ten. Allah Akbar.

Eleven. Allah Akbar. This group right here. Twelve. This special group right here who know, who believe in a hereafter and want to do something for Allah. Twelve. And this group right here. Twelve. Raise your hand. Let me see you. Twelve. Here. Thirteen. Allah Akbar. Fourteen. Fifteen. This and this group right here. Fifteen. Raise your hand like that, brother and sister. Let me see. Fifteen.

Sixteen. Allah Akbar. In this group right here. Raise your hand. Sixteen. Seventeen. Allah Akbar. Right here in this group. Right here for Allah. Seventeen people. $1,000. Raise your hand in this group here. Eighteen. Allah Akbar. Eighteen. Give me two more in this group. That's twenty inshallah. Eighteen. $1,000. Make a pledge. Make a commitment. Make niya for Allah. Anyone else in this group? Eighteen. Anyone else? Nineteen. Allah Akbar. Anyone else in this group? Nineteen. And who will be the twentieth in this group? $1,000.

One more. Inshallah. Allah Akbar. Twenty. Twenty-one. Allah Akbar. Twenty-two. Allah Akbar. Twenty-two people in this group. Alright. I'll save you guys for later. I'm coming right there. Sisters, raise your hand. Twenty-three. Twenty-four. Good. Raise your hand. Twenty-five. Twenty-six. Twenty-seven. Allah Akbar. Raise your hand so I can see you. Twenty-seven. Allah Akbar. Sisters, raise your hand so I can see you. $1,000. Twenty dollars a week. Twenty-seven. Twenty-eight. Allah Akbar. Raise your hand. Twenty-nine. Thirty. Allah Akbar. Alright, sisters. $1,000.

Spend in the way of Allah. Thirty-one. Oh, no. That's a little baby. I'm sorry. Thirty. Oh, I'm getting carried away. Anyone else? Thirty-one. Alright. This group right here. Spend in the way of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Good. Thirty-two. Thirty-three. Allah Akbar. Raise your hand, brothers and sisters. Not you yet. Not yet. I'm coming. Thirty-three. Thirty-four. Thirty-five. Thirty-six. Thirty-seven. Raise your hand, brothers and sisters. Raise your hand, inshallah. Thirty-eight. Allah Akbar. Thirty-nine. Allah Akbar. Spend. Thirty-nine. Forty. Allah Akbar. Forty. Forty-one. Allah Akbar. Forty-two. Allah Akbar. Forty-two. Spend in the way of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Forty-two.

The Spirit of Giving: No Life Except the Hereafter

Who else? (اللَّهُمَّ لَا عَيْشَ إِلَّا عَيْشَ الْآخِرَةِ - Allahumma la 'aisha illa 'aisha al-akhira). Forty-three. Allah Akbar. There's no life except the life of

the hereafter. The hereafter is it. You can't take it with you. Spend it now. Spend it now. Forty-three. Who else?

Yes, you can give your zakat. Forty-four. Forty-five. Allah Akbar. You can spend your zakat money for these functions, inshallah. It's for the good. It's for the needy. Alhamdulillah. Forty-five.

Anyone else from this group? Forty-five. Anyone else? Where? Forty-six. Forty-six. Forty-seven. Allah Akbar. Sisters. Forty-eight. Alhamdulillah. Okay. The last group. We got forty-eight so far. Forty-nine. Fifty. Good. Fifty-one. Fifty-two. Fifty-three. Fifty-four. Fifty-five. Allah Akbar. Fifty-five. Spend. Spend. Spend. Fifty-six.

(يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ أَنْفِقْ أُنْفِقْ عَلَيْكَ - Ya ibna Adama, anfiq unfiq 'alaik) "Son of Adam, spend and I will spend on you."

Fifty-six. Fifty-seven. Allah Akbar. Spend. Sons and daughters of Adam. For Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to do the great work of ICNA, inshallah. We got minutes to go. Moments to go. Anyone else? Fifty-eight. Fifty-nine. Allah Akbar. Group number sixty. Sixty. Inshallah. Sixty. Allah Akbar.

Conclusion: The Call to Action

So brothers and sisters, spend in the way of Allah. We finish now. Please take your seats. We have two speakers to go, inshallah. Alhamdulillah, we have another five thousand dollars. Brothers and sisters, I want you to think about what you can give to ICNA, inshallah. We didn't push you too hard today, inshallah. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala bless you. Before I close, anyone would like to make a donation?