camel he brought him to the village
and the boy died and he buried him and I
said to this man I promised a reward for
anyone who would help that boy and I
want to give you that reward and he said
quote to my astonishment he said I don't
want your reward because I didn't do it
for you I did it for one who can give me
a much greater reward than you could
ever give me
I did it for my god and this George
English ends his narrative by saying I
said to this man I am so pleased to meet
a true Muslim who is following the
precepts of the Quran that demands
people act charitably and with
benevolence to people in distress this
is how he ends his book that I am happy
to meet a true Muslim who acts according
to the precepts of the Quran this is the
aluva kiya the people of constancy who
have become too far and too too far
between and too few in the Muslim Ummah
today and this is what we as Muslims in
the United States of America have to
become the people of Budo baqia the
people that are constant in the virtues
and the uprightness of our tradition as
well as the best of America because
that's what George English represents he
represents the best of this country and
that Nubian man that he met who we don't
know his name he said to that man in
ending his narrative he said I am
assured that this deed of yours will be
will fill a great space on the blank
page of our good deeds on the day of
judgment and that's how he ends his book
our page is too blank and it's time to
fill that page up with great deeds great
deeds will lie the mo Allah he I swear
to God and God is my witness
the power in our community for
regeneration in this country is awesome
its immense there's so much power in
this room there's so much power and our
young people look at these young people
I was just in a room filled with these
young people beautiful innocent bright
faces and we have to help them to make
this place a better place because we are
demanding of this country to to call
itself to a higher standard to a higher
standard this country has fallen by the
wayside this country has gone far too
off course and because the shift of this
country is so important to the rest of
the world if we go of course we take far
too many people with us it's time for
the Muslims in America to live the truth
of their religion and to call people in
this country to the highest ideals the
ideals of George English in that Nubian
man of acting with charity and
benevolence to those in stress we're on
a planet that is in distress we've got
over 3 billion people living in subhuman
conditions on this planet more than half
of this planet is living in subhuman
conditions those of us who are enjoying
the fruits of life on earth have to
begin to share those fruits when aisha
radi Olano had a grape and a beggar came
and asked for something she split the
grape and she gave half the grape to
that man and one of the Sahaba that were
with her said is there any benefit in
half a grape and she said how many atoms
is in that grave how many atoms is in
that grape woman yeah man with another
lesson in Hyden Yara if you do an atom's
weight of good you will see that on the
day of judgment we have a world that is
so dysfunctional that is so distraught
that is so troubled that even the
smallest acts of charity fill up big
pages on the
page of our good deeds on the day of
judgment go out where I'm overjoyed this
year when I came I thought a cloud was
lifted from the Muslim community
ohright you could also say I feel like
we got out from under a thorny bush that
we were just burdened with all of us
were wondering if we'd end up if we'd
end up in orange suits with with with
earmuffs on our things and things on our
eyes somewhere wondering where we were
what planet we were on like mr. K in the
castle who's never told the crime that
he committed but some Baraka came down
really some butter cookin down some some
husana some Hashanah you know some
husana Obama Obama he's made some
mistakes already that's okay Obama Obama
our finishes Obama two things Obama is
in the Arabic dictionary it's in Tanana
roots among the biddies extension of the
famous it's under the meta Ali's bombing
he says and I'm quoting Obama Allah was
new Shama Obama on the paradigm of Osama
because Osama is a common name so the
Arabs put something where so you know
how it's pronounced Obama which is
pronounced like Osama is Obama if you
know - he's Obama the son of a haka fan
one of the great tribal chieftains of
Arabia and then he says what can a
lockable who had an a swag and his
nickname was this black guy you know God
has there's humor in the world I'm
telling you there's more connections
than people are aware of but Obama gave
a speech in Cairo where he unclenched
the fist of America and extended a hand
of friendship
but and butts are important little
prepositions there but blood as long as
this country is dropping bombs on
civilians in Afghanistan it's going to
be hard for Muslims to open up their
hands as long as this country is causing
havoc in Iraq it's going to be hard for
Muslims to feel comfortable about
opening the hand when there was an
incident in one of the Gulf states of
torture recently and we had our
Secretary of State decry the outrageous
practice of torture that sounded very
hollow to many people around the world
coming from the United States of America
after Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo after
waterboarding this country needs to be
called to a higher standard we're the
were the community that can do it with
other communities but we have to be
living at the highest standard of moral
observance because if we don't live that
moral truth we can't call others to that
moral truth much of the Muslim world is
morally bankrupt
we sound very Hollow when we're calling
America to a higher standard when we're
not living up to that standard but the
Muslims in this country we can achieve
that we have the well we have the
intelligence we have the communities
let's rise above sectarianism get beyond
the Sufi Salafi debates get beyond the
Sunnis Shia debates they're not going to
be resolved in our lifetime Allah says
just wait I'm gonna make it all clear on
the day of judgement when you get the
director's cut you get to watch the
whole thing you get the director's
commentary it's all going to be made
clear those are the special features of
the day of judgment it's all made clear
let's just wait may the best hour win
but let's all work together for virtue
virtue aesthetical higher odds vie with
each other in virtue set on my Dinkelman
for the lawyer will buttercup