SECOND REMINDER. Yaumul Ithnayn, 2nd day of Rajab (Monday. 19th March). THE ROPE OF ALLAH. BismilLaahir Rahmaanir Raheem. ALLAH the Almighty says in the Quran (translation of the meanings): ”And verily this is my straight path, so follow it and follow not other paths for they would separate you away from Allah’s path” Qur’an 6:153 going. In the Tafseer of Sheikh Ibn Kathir may ALLAH be pleased with him, we learned what Sheikh Ali bin Abi Talha reported that Sheikh Ibn Abbas may Allah be pleased with him commented on this verse along side Quran 42:13 which require us to establish a one way of life Base on Quran and Sunnah without adhering to any division and said we are commanded to adhere to the Jamaa'ah and forbade us from causing divisions and disputes. When the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam finally migrated from Macca to Madinah, he found that the Ansar, who came to support him, were divided into al Aws and al Hazraj, and they had an hundred years old feud among them. The minute that he set foot in Medinah, he started to gain confidence of the people of Medinah and he worked relentlessly on making them fell the bond of brotherhood among the Muslims, so all the wars between the Aws and Hazraj were removed subhanAllah, by the grace of ALLAH and they were only known as the Ansar, no sub-tribal names -the Ansar- and that is it. Also he did the same with the Muhajirin, the migrants who came from Makkah with nothing, he made the brotherhood bond between them and the Ansar, so from each one from the Muhajerin he assigned one from al-Ansar, not to take care of, but to be his brother and in the case that one of them would die, the other would inherit him, so it was full brotherhood. And that is why Islam prevailed, with the grace of ALLAH, and that is why they were able to conquer the world and to have all these surrounding nations and empires coming to Islam and we are seeing the fruits of that nowadays, all due to grace of ALLAH and after that due to their unity. And like Abdullah ibn Masoud (ra) said: “Unity it is beneficial (khair), while disputing is evil”. To be continued in shaa Allah. May ALLAH keep guiding us all and protect us from any satanic influences. Aameen.