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"What is the root cause of our delusion and failure? We convinced ourselves that the point of our ritual labor is the prayer, fasting, almsgiving in and of itself. What is the result of this empty labor? Inequality, abuse, and thus irrelevance as a minority in the west. Who can build meaningful social ties when everyone is spiritually starving? We fell for the delusion that capital precedes the labor. We have forgotten that our true social and spiritual labor is Makarim al-akhlaq, the perfection of noble character. We have forgotten that high ethics and noble character is what will feed us and lead us into true progress."
This clip is from last week's khutbah, "Poverty, Progress, and Perfection: Exploring Georgism and Culture." Please join us tomorrow at 2pm ET for our live khutbah and Jumu'a prayer, livestreamed on our YouTube channel!
"What is the root cause of our delusion and failure? We convinced ourselves that the point of our ritual labor is the prayer, fasting, almsgiving in and of itself. What is the result of this empty labor? Inequality, abuse, and thus irrelevance as a minority in the west. Who can build meaningful social ties when everyone is spiritually starving? We fell for the delusion that capital precedes the labor. We have forgotten that our true social and spiritual labor is Makarim al-akhlaq, the perfection of noble character. We have forgotten that high ethics and noble character is what will feed us and lead us into true progress."
This clip is from last week's khutbah, "Poverty, Progress, and Perfection: Exploring Georgism and Culture." Please join us tomorrow at 2pm ET for our live khutbah and Jumu'a prayer, livestreamed on our YouTube channel!
