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Omar Suleiman

What's in a Name and What's Your Defining Quality

Omar Suleiman

Muslim Central

Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Islam

4.82K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

What’s in a name? Sh. Omar Suleiman discusses the etiquette of how we deal with one another from the prohibition of mockery of names outlined in Surat al-Hujaraat to the names we give our children.

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We begin by praising Allah and bearing witness that none has the right to be worshipped or unconditionally obeyed except for him.

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And we bear witness that Muhammad's Allah Allah al-Lahah al-I-Wahlama is his final messenger.

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We ask Allah to send his peace and blessings upon him.

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Those prophets and messengers that came before him,

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his family and companions that served the long side of him,

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and those that follow in their blessed path

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until the day of judgment and we ask Allah to make us amongst them.

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Allah Mohammed Amin.

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The brothers and sisters, there is an interesting portion in Suutiljurat where Allah is giving us the etiquette of how we deal with one another.

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And there are the familiar themes that often come up when we're speaking about those injunctions and what Allah's al-Tah commands. So typically if you ask

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someone to quote Surit al-Hudurat or what comes out of that story or of that

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that Surah, you'll hear the common themes of not backbiting.

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Allah's Panantana telling us

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that we don't backbite one another,

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that we don't spy on one another, that we don't slander one another,

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that we don't belittle one another.

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But there's a very interesting portion where Allah's Mahalahala starts off immediately after talking about this idea of mockery as a whole, which is the broader

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concept that then breaks into the specifics that Allah Subhano Itah is prohibits us from.

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When Allah's Pah says,

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La Yas Kharka, and Khahrah minhum,

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al-Nqah al-Ihahminhun.

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