O person who is beating a large mountain with his head with the purpose of weakening it, have sympathy for your head, there is no need to have sympathy for the mountain.

يا ناطح الجبل العالي ليوهنه * أشفق على الرأس لا تشفق على الجبل

A Poet once said:

As Muslims, we all strive to purify our hearts from any of the traits of Jahiliyyah. Gangs are a trait of Jahiliyyah. Loyalty to any gang, party, group, etc. other than the group of Believers is Jahiliyyah, and we need to rid our hearts of that loyalty.

In this Hadith, the Prophet ﷺ clearly tells us there are people whose belief is only with the tongue. Within their hearts they continue to have love for disbelief, love for sin, and loyalty to other than Allah and His Messenger. This is the heart of a hypocrite, not the heart of a true Believer.

Abu Barzah Al-Aslami (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: : O people, who have believed by their tongue, and belief did not enter their hearts, do not back-bite Muslims, and do not search for their faults, for if anyone searches for their faults, Allah will search for his fault, and if Allah searches for the faults of anyone, He disgraces him in his house.

It is crazy how these so-called daa'ees in America that never studied the Deen, and instead chose to remain in America and learn a couple of Arabic phrases with wrong translations feel they can compare themselves to REAL Students of Knowledge that left the country for years and struggled to learn what they learned from the Deen. There is no comparison. Some people live in a delusion. May Allah protect us!

The khutbah from yesterday.

If We had willed, We would have elevated him with Our signs, but he clung to this life—following his evil desires. His example is that of a dog: if you chase it away, it pants, and if you leave it, it pants. This is the example of the people who deny Our signs. So narrate to them stories of the past, so perhaps they will reflect.