Strict on yourself & Gentle on others

assalamu alaikum folks the deen is a phenomenal blessing it is something that should add value to our daily lives when we have something that we think is incredible what do we try to do we try to get other people onto it my friends my family whether it's business a business deal an opportunity crypto as we saw everybody's trying to get everyone onto it now here's the thing about being is on their own individual journey they have to go at it at their own pace

this path that you want to that you call people towards it's bill with wisdom what you don't want is to make people hate this ibadah this this faith that's the worst thing ever the example for us the best of examples in the prophet

if this deen has made you into somebody that is mean and horrible and you know just trying to be controlling and uh toxic and contemptuous and hateful then that is not the islam that is narcissism it is not the blessings of islam now check this out that a person came to the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam and he said that i embrace this faith

and and you had a whole tribe a significant a very significant tribe bani takrif they came to the prophet and said nobody we will embrace this faith allah but but i mean just check that out at a time when the muslims were in need they said and they were agriculturalists they were trade merchant merchants they said we will not provide you any military strength and and this is when muslims were in a struggle and we will not provide you any money

i mean what kind of a friendship is this so they say to the prophet that look we're not going to give you any military strength we're not going to give you any money but we will embrace islam what do you say and what did the prophet salallahu alaihi say welcome to islam yes they did go on to in the future play a significant role to provide contribute financially militarily yes that person went on to pray but at that stage they were not at that pace of the journey everybody has to go

at their own pace there's a beautiful hadith that inna dino in nadine mateen that religion with the capital r it has its rigidities it has its you know it can be strong and so allah so when you go through it go gently do not make do not make yourselves or other people hate the worship of allah and this is where imam ghazali said that

whatever you embrace make sure it it's within your custom and that you know it's it's with gentleness and gradual a gradual process a person what you should be is people should just look at you you don't even need to say and they say wow this this person is always in such a blissful state i mean that what does he have i mean he has he has discipline he has the salah he has ritual he has faith i want that i mean he's just

beaming this radiance of hope i mean i want that i want to be a part of that and you're just walking along your path and the words of um [Laughter] had set on this path all alone people saw me and they joined along the way and eventually it became a caravan a caravan of whole people have a blessed day

wasallam allah