I thought the following great reminder by Shaykh Hamza Yusuf from the 1990's originally posted in the Start with the Self Thread, is deserving of a thread of its own, given the air of despondency in the present climate and sense of Helplessness felt by many of us at the plight of Muslims and challenges we face from both within our communities and from the outside.
Pointers on the Sphere of Influence and Circle Of Concern:
I had made mention of this point before, but I would just like to elaborate as it deals with the topic, of this thread.
Seven Steps Of Highly Effective Muslims - lecture By Shaikh Hamza Yusuf
Pointers on the Sphere of Influence and Circle Of Concern:
Circle of concern -
As Muslims we need to be concern about what is happening to Bosina, Iraq, Egypt, Palestine. As the one who is not concern about the affairs of the Muslims is not from among them - Hadith.
We have a wide circle of concern, it even transgress the ummah because we are concerned about the kuffar as well - because it is our duty to spread the deen to them, hence Muslims have a huge circle of concern.
Sphere of Influence -
Our circle of influence is limited, each one of us has a limited amount of work we can do, we need to recognise our limitations. All of us have something which we are in charge of and we would be responsible only for our circle of influence, Allah will not take us to account for things outside our responsibility.
It is our circle of influence to effect that greater circle of concern. If we focus on our circle of influence and not on our circle of concern, the effect is that our circle of influence increase by the nature of it. But, if we are always focusing on our circle of concern and forget what we can actually do, the circle of influence decreases.
this is the tabligh model taleem at home local gusht outer gusht and jamaat work but concern over mankind until the day of judgement
the last part is not necessarily true. the circle of influence does not necessarily decrease.alhamdulillah.you do find people of similar outlook ,sentiments , vision and aspirations
and forgive me for any misunderstanding. I do prefer face to face communication. wassalam
I'll share something else with you, because you just got it like that (I'm taking brother Abdur Rahmān's advice to heart :-). As I have heard from the Ulamā and Mashā'ikh, in the environment of opposition, a proper Dā'ī's qualities increase. However, while in the environment of compatibility, a Dā'ī's qualities decrease.
I have decided to listen to the full lecture by Shaykh Hamza Yusuf (db) I am 34 minutes into it and Subhan'Allah owing to the fact it was given a generation ago this lecture was way ahead of its time for those interested have a listen In sha Allah, this is the Young uncompromising Shaykh Hamza telling it like it is .... www.seedsofguidance.com/mp3/May14/Hamza%20Yusuf%202013/Ha...
The lecture was in response to the book written by Covey the 7 Habits of Highly effective People.
This cannot be undone and I am sure it will be greatly appreciated.
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