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Today's topic actually is one that I didn't prepare from yesterday. I literally got the idea an hour ago when we were sitting without interfaith of thought dinner.

And I thought it is not appropriate for me to spend 30 days talking about the Deskia of the Qalb as if it is an internal matter and it has nothing to do with outside.

So today literally on the spur of the moment I decided to change the topic and it is still a part of the Deskia.

As you know today we had our interfaith dinner, Alhamdulillah the mayors of the mayors came, elected officials came, you know police and firemen came, Alhamdulillah.

And Alhamdulillah the universal impression that they had of Epic was so positive. Why?

Because Epic is involved with more than 14 city-wide organizations in feeding the hungry and taking care of the shelters and helping women that are abused to find place to live.

We distributed over 150,000 food packets this last year Alhamdulillah. We now have a relationship, a MOU with one of the charities here, one is going to get freezing cold.

We are going to have people that are able to stay here when it is a sub-zero temperature, homeless people, we are going to come here.

Point is there is no Deskia of your own hearts without Khidma of the Khalk.

And I wanted to talk about that today.

We should get rid of this notion that if I want to be pure I have to hibernate and sit in a cave and just go over my internal issues.

No, our Prophet ﷺ said, there is no monasticism in Islam. What is the meaning of this Hadith?

A good Muslim is not somebody who cuts off from society. A good Muslim is not somebody who just stays to himself and worships Allah completely, privately.

No, we talked about this a few days ago. The best of all Muslims interacts with society and also has private time.

You must show mankind the reality of what it means to be a worshiper of Allah.

And when you show mankind that reality, that is one that Deskia of your own heart will take place.

Again, look at our Prophet ﷺ as the role model. Look at what he used to do for 40 years before the beginning of revelation.

His entire 40 years was about the Khidma of the Khalk helping others out here.

He established a reputation to be the most kind, the most honest, the most trustworthy.

He established a reputation. Anybody was hungry. They could go get food with the Prophet ﷺ.

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