{"id":2751,"date":"2021-11-13T10:00:17","date_gmt":"2021-11-13T10:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/?p=2751"},"modified":"2021-11-13T10:00:17","modified_gmt":"2021-11-13T10:00:17","slug":"establishing-trust-and-keeping-promises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/2021\/11\/13\/establishing-trust-and-keeping-promises\/","title":{"rendered":"Establishing Trust and keeping Promises"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Allah SWT\nhas described those who are trustworthy and keep their promises in the Glorious\nQuran. In today\u2019s reminder the imam referenced some of these ayats and one of\nthose is the 27th<\/sup> ayat of Sura Al-Anfal which is translated to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Believers! Do not be unfaithful to Allah and the Messenger,\nnor be knowingly unfaithful to your trusts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dear\nbrothers and sisters, the idea of being someone who trust can be placed in is\nactually something that first originated in the Heavens. As Allah SWT speaks of\nit in the 72nd<\/sup> ayat of Sura Al-Ahzab, it is translated to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We indeed offered the trust to the heavens and the earth and\nthe mountains, but they refused it and were afraid of it – and man accepted it;\nindeed he is one who puts himself into hardship, is extremely unwise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From this\nAllah SWT is telling us that we were the ones who accepted the trust of Allah\nSWT to begin with. It is mankind who is trusted to worship Allah SWT alone and\ncarry out the test of this dunya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And so, the\nconcept of trust falls upon each and every one of us. And what does that mean exactly?\nThe imam reminded us again from the Glorious Quran that Allah SWT has associated\nsuccess of this life with the way in which we handle our trusts. This is\nconveyed in ayat 8 of Sura Al-Muminoon which is translated to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and (success is attained) by those who honestly look after\ntheir trusts and covenant,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dear\nbrothers and sisters, the concept of trust comes back to the integrity that we\nshow as Muslims. From the way we deal with our neighbours, to the way we are\nwith our families and friends. From the way in which we conduct business and to\nthe way in which we keep our promises, the concept of trust is all about the\nintegrity that we hold in the eyes of others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We belong to\nan ummah that was known for it\u2019s integrity. Our word is meant to be our honour\nand our honour and reputation is meant to be the defining principle of who we\nare. In a time and a place where deception and corruption is supposedly seen everywhere,\nthe integrity of the Muslim should stand out amongst our own and especially\namongst the wider community of the country we live in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As mentioned\nin previous reminders, this is part of the manners that we uphold as Muslims\nand it is directly from the Sunnah of the Prophet SAWS that we are people who\ncan be trusted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We know from\nthe life of the Prophet SAWS that he was a man that was both trusted by Muslims\nand non-Muslims alike and so this is something that we must make as the cornerstone\nof our personas and what we are known for amongst other people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And so, this\nreminder concludes with 3 practical tips as to how we can achieve this, how we\ncan avoid being untrustworthy and how to identify if we are achieving this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. First is the acute understanding on\nboth our purpose and of the presence of Allah SWT. By adhering to this point,\nwe begin adopting the mannerisms that promote a trusting and honest behaviour.\nFrom making all prayers, to not purposely disobeying Allah SWT and his\nMessenger SAWS, there is a process to follow and it begins with following the\nQuran and the Sunnah. <\/li>
  2. One of the signs that we are untrustworthy\nis our manners in relation to telling the truth. Lying breeds untrustworthiness\nand so we need to make sure that we stand out as people who speak the truth. This\nis especially important in the place we live. Living amongst the majority of non-Muslims,\nwe are in a special position of being ambassadors to Islam. People don\u2019t become\nMuslim just by learning about Islam but they do so when they see other Muslims.\nTherefore, how we conduct ourselves has a direct impact on their perception of\nthe ultimate truth and that is our faith. If we claim to follow the truth but are\npracticing hypocrisy by being untrustworthy then what message are we sending to\nothers?<\/li>
  3. If we find ourselves lacking in\nintegrity then once we have understood we need to work on this then the next\nstep is to actively work on changing how we conduct ourselves. Our heart and\nmind governs our behaviours and so the heart needs to be repaired through the\nfirst point and through the remembrance of Allah SWT. The mind follows and we\ndo this by actively making an effort to refrain from lying, even as a joke. It\nis never too late to change your character from being known as untrustworthy to\nsomeone who is known as transforming to a person of integrity and trust. It\u2019s\nwithin us all to do and we begin by asking Allah SWT to help us make that\nchange.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Dear\nbrothers and sisters, integrity is a key characteristic of any good human but\nit is even more important as Muslims that we show integrity, not only for our\nown sakes in front of Allah SWT but also for the sake of the people around us\nso that our community is known by all as people of integrity and those who\nmaintain trusts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Allah SWT has described those who are trustworthy and keep their promises in the Glorious Quran. In today\u2019s reminder the imam referenced some of these ayats and one of those is the 27th ayat of Sura Al-Anfal which is translated to say: Believers! Do not be unfaithful to Allah and the Messenger, nor be knowingly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_regular_price":[],"currency_symbol":[],"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[129],"class_list":["post-2751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermon","tag-trust"],"blocksy_meta":[],"post_slider_layout_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":"","post_slider_layout_landscape_large":"","post_slider_layout_portrait_large":"","post_slider_layout_square_large":"","post_slider_layout_landscape":"","post_slider_layout_portrait":"","post_slider_layout_square":"","full":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2751\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}