Would you repair your BMW? | Mufti Menk
5/3/20264 min
Would you discard people like machines? Mufti Menk challenges reactions to mistakes, using a BMW analogy to question forgiveness, repair, and relationships growing stronger when flaws are fixed, not abandoned.
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Something that had to be said. My brothers and sisters, we all make mistakes. We all have committed sin to a certain extent. I don't want to ask you to put up your hands if you are perfect because there will be no hands, and the hand that is up will be the most imperfect hand. So what I want to tell you is the question for you is when people make a mistake around you, what do you do as a result? Did you hear what I asked? When people around you, your loved ones, your spouse, your children, your parents, someone nearby has done something wrong, what is your reaction? When Adam did something wrong, Allah says, "Look, if you show remorse and you seek forgiveness, I will forgive you." With us, people perpetrate a crime, for example, they do something wrong, what do we do? Number one, we've got to pray for them. We've got to try and help them, and we have to look into ways of rectifying and panel beating. Just like when you've bought your brand new BMW 10 Series, what will happen? That's gonna come one day, inshallah. [laughs] What will happen? If you had to damage part of the vehicle, you don't throw the whole car away. You have to get it repaired. And you know what? It might cost you a little bit, it might set you back, but I promise you, you will enjoy that vehicle. And you know,