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 s set up when
people are expected to just tolerate
those things
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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 Alita 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 and whatever 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 a loss of panama
to Hanna and there's 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
slice in him he said whoever defends
their brother or sister in their absence
a lot of the law on which he had not
Yaman at the AMA that Allah would remove
the 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
sisters face from humiliation in this
life right so that person who guards
that honor Allah will guard their face
and there's a an analogy frequently
drawn between face and reputation
throughout the Quran and throughout the
Sunnah of the Prophet civilizing them so
take it upon yourself that when someone
is being spoken about whether it's in a
whatsapp group or in Facebook or Twitter
or whatever you know medium you're using
or in person that you're gonna 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 a
loss of who knows I would protect your
face on the day of judgement but there's
one that involves the Angels that's very
special to me it's also an authentic
hadith the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam he said that whoever defends his
brother or sister in their absence when
they are being insulted a loss of Hanna
Matata will appoint an angel that would
defend their flesh on the day of
judgment over the bridge so over the
salaat there would be an angel that
would protect you from the fire touching
you in any way whatsoever
but the flipside of that the prophet
sallallaahu he was that upset and
whoever disgraces his brother or sister
will be suspended over the salaat
suspended over the bridge over hellfire
on the day of judgement 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 what
would stand there and protect you from
the fire touching any of your flesh as
you protected any of your brother or
sisters 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 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 slice
Allah 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
Melek 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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