Friday Sermon about human compassion and International brotherhood was delivered on September 12, 2003 by Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih V. The subject of this sermon is humanitarian values in Islam. We will review a few excerpts and quotes from this sermon:
After the initial recitation Huzur said that the Islamic teachings are so beautiful that they have not left out any important aspect of human life. In view of this special Grace of Allah it is our responsibility to make these values of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw) an essential part of our lives. Those of us who claim to be the followers of the true of lover of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, that is the Promised Messiah (as), should revisit the conditions of Initiation (Bai’at) in Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. The ninth condition of initiation at the hands of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, the Promised Messiah and Mahdi (peace be upon him) is:
“That he/she shall keep himself/herself occupied in the service of God’s creatures for His sake only; and shall endeavor to benefit mankind to the best of his/her God-given abilities and powers.”
In this sermon Huzur talked about this condition of Initiation that pertains to compassion for the humanity at large, without distinction of religion, creed or ethnicity. In this connection, Huzur recited a verse of Sura Al-Nisa:
“And worship Allah and associate naught with Him, and show kindness to parents, and to kindred, and orphans, and the needy, and to the neighbor who is a kinsman, and the neighbor who is a stranger, and the companion by your side, and the wayfarer, and those whom your right hands possess. Surely, Allah loves not the arrogant and the boastful.” (Al Nisa 4:37)
In this verse Allah the Compassionate has said that we should not only be kind and compassionate to our brothers, relatives, friends and neighbors but also to any fellow human who is yet a stranger to us. If any fellow being has a need from us or can benefit from us then we should be gracious and compassionate to extend the helping hand. We help the fellow humans not for any return but with the pure intention of winning the pleasure of Allah All Mighty. The last part of the verse highlights that if we are not service minded with this pure intention then we will fall in the category of the arrogant and the boastful. Huzur then recited another verse of the Holy Quran;
‘And they feed, the poor, the orphan and the prisoner, while they are not, themselves, yet satiated.’ (Al Dahr 76:9)
This verse can have more than one meanings and one of the meanings is that the true Muslims, do charity for the pleasure of Allah, while they still have unfulfilled needs of their own.
To hear the audio click the following link:
http://www.alislam.org/friday-sermon/2011-12-09.html
Tags: Ahmadiyya, Human compassion, humanitarian values, International brotherhood, Islam, Quran, true Muslims
