Monday, August 21, 2006

Activism- Worrying For Society: Yasser Ibrahim

1)Wake up
2)Clean up (Meaning your Iman)
3)Stand up

Jobs of Believers- to facilitate for everyone

Find yourself a place to goodness. Examples:
-Homeless Shelters- Are the homeless not people too??
-Soup Kitchens
-Big Brother/Big Sister

Sharpen Your Mind-The first verse to be revealed was "Iqra" (Read)
Soften Your Heart- Care for others. The Prophet (saw) said "Don't laugh excessively, for it hardens your heart and kills your dignity"
Strengthen Your Body- Even exercising is sadaqah. Your body will speak either for you or against you on the Day of Judgement.
Moral Consistency- Wrong is wrong, even if everybody is doing it.Right is right even if only one person is doing it.It's not a big deal to be right when everyone is right

It's a big deal to be right when everyone is wrong

-The only time you should look down on a person is when you are helping them up
-Our job is to bring understanding not to convince

How to maintain motivation
-Motivation has to come from within
-needs to be fed or it will fade away

Ihsan: Doing the right thing
At the right time
At the right manner

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