Hadith Session 5BHadith Session 5BRamzan Shahid

Saying of Hadrat Abu Bakr Saying of Hadrat Abu Bakr (R)(R)Body’s Zakat

◦To serve others with your physical body

◦To make other’s misfortune one’s own (remove someone else’s difficulty by taking it off their back and put it on your back)

Serving Others??Serving Others??We should never allow anyone to

serve usWe should never looked to be

servedWe let our mom serve us dinner,

we should be serving her insteadServe our parents, if not serve

them at least don’t give them more problems or headaches

Serving Others??Serving Others??We have a weekend that we relax onWe want to be served on the

weekend since I worked so hard all week

We want to be served nice food, served by entertainment, served by something new – a new game to play, a new movie to watch, a new food to try

We go out to eat on weekends

Serving Others??Serving Others??At a restaurant, we are provided

a server who takes our orderWe comment on how was the

service. Oh the service was bad, so we don’t give a tip

Every store has a customer service department to make sure you we are served properly

Serving Others??Serving Others??What is the newest product that

can serve meWhat is the newest way I can serve

myself, my pleasure, my nafsWe go on vacation to be servedWe stay in hotel and order room

serviceOn vacation we want to be served

Serving Others??Serving Others??This consumer society always

focuses on how was the service that you got

How can we serve you better (store, oil change, customer service rep on phone, restaurant)

How can we make your experience more pleasurable

Serving Others??Serving Others??It’s all about serving ourselvesHow can I serve myselfHow can I get someone to do

something for meHow can I the next I-phone

because it as so much better service(apps), more options and ways I can serve my pleasures (nafs)

Serving Others??Serving Others??It’s all about meI have to do thisI have to go thereI have to meet with that personI’m so awesome

We are too busy serving ourselves!!!!

Serving OthersServing OthersServing Allah’s creation is a means

by which you serve AllahIt is only thru service that one

becomes a servantWhen you serve others that is how

you become a true servant of AllahBeing a Muslim is not about

ourselves, it’s about others and how you served others

Serving OthersServing OthersBenefits of serving others? How

does it help us?Serving others teaches us

humility and humblenessWe lower ourselves when serving

othersIt takes pride out of our hearts

Serving OthersServing OthersWe should see a Muslim waiting at

the bus stop and give them a ride to where they’re going

If you give a ride to a fellow Muslim today, maybe Allah will give you a lift tomorrow (on the Day of Judgement)

Maybe that person will make dua for you that will actually be accepted since your own dua is not worthy of being accepted

Serving OthersServing OthersInstead we just drive by because

we’re in such a rush to be servedWe have to be at the next place

where I will be served I’m going to Best Buy where some

will serve me and figure out why my I-phone is not working properly, then I have to meet my friend at a restaurant so we can be served dinner.

Serving OthersServing OthersBalance of serving Allah and

serving peopleCannot skip prayer because

mowing neighbor’s yardCannot always be in prayer that

you never serve/help anyone

Serving OthersServing OthersExamples/ideas on how we can

serve others

Serving OthersServing OthersServing our parents, our families,

our relativesServing our neighborsServing our masjidServing our communityServing our schoolServing your MSAServing the poor

Serving OthersServing OthersGet involved with all of these activitiesTake on more responsibilityBecome a leader in these activitiesBe the one cleaning the washroom in

the masjid after a fund raising dinner (instead wanting to be the Master of Ceremony)

Be the one shoveling the snow before Jummah so others can walk easily into the Masjid

Serving OthersServing OthersLearn how to serve others!!!Stop serving only yourself!!!