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  • Focus on the effort

    Focus on the effort
    May 21 2025
    Auto-generated transcript:Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen. Wasalatu was-salamu ala al-sharafi al-anbiya wal-mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa ala alihi wa sallam. Tasliman kathiran kathiran. I want to deal with two questions that two different people asked me. One, a friend of mine from Hyderabad, he asked me, he said, we keep making effort, we don't succeed, we lose energy. How to deal with that? And the second one was, Umar Abd al-Ali asked me, he is in medical school. So he said, we have been given information that we will have a very important qualifying exam, which will be for eight hours, the exam, in May 2026, which is 12 months from now. And we know what all we have to study in that one year, and how it goes forward and so on. But he said, there are two things. One is that this thought of this exam 12 months from now is overpowering in the head. And secondly, the regular work of the college also is there. That's going on. So how to deal with this? Like, too much. The answer is very simple. And the answer is structure. Structure. Create a timetable for the day. And do not use an app for that. Do not use an app. There is a psychological advantage in writing with your hand. So take a normal, you take a normal notebook. Make two columns. In the left column, put time. In the right column, put the activity you have to do. And how much time is needed for that. So from the time you open your eyes in the morning to the time you go to bed in the night, that must be in the timetable. And then, second part, which is, follow that like a religion. Nothing must move you away from that timetable. No matter what happens in life. That timetable must be followed. Otherwise it's a waste of time. You write it down, you do nothing, makes no sense. So follow that very, very, very strictly. So that is why I remind myself and you, focus on your effort. Not on talent, not even on your long-term goals. Your daily effort. I'll give you another example. Take, many of you have the desire to become Hafez. Alhamdulillah. Very good. But tell me, what is the most important thing if you are doing HIFS? The number one, most, absolutely important thing. What is it? It is not the desire to make HIFS, it is not the quality of your Usta. The most important thing in making HIFS is your daily Daur. Right? I memorized one page today, tomorrow I repeat that, I revise that, day after tomorrow I memorize page two, third day I revise two pages, then I have third page, and I revise third page. This is the number one most important thing to do. If you do not do your repetition, you cannot become Hafez. Impossible. And that repetition will kill you. I mean that is so difficult. It's not easy. It's very, very difficult. And the beauty is, within quote beauty, the more you memorize, the more difficult it becomes. Because the portion you have to repeat is more. But there is no other way. That is the way. As long as you go on repeating, it trips through the mind. But if you don't repeat, and even if you miss one single day, whatever may be the reason, the reason makes no difference. My grandmother came by at my wedding to attend, my friend comes. Makes no difference. You missed today's Daur, believe me brother, you are in serious trouble. Because the next day, it gets doubled. You can't make it up. You will kill yourself. You will not be able to do it. Must be done on time at that time. So create a timetable. Focus on your effort. It's good to have a long-term goal, no doubt about that. Right? But focus on your step by step by step. Are you taking those steps? I used to go trekking. I remember one day I went with two other friends of mine. All of them young. I was the manager, they were my sisters. We climbed a mountain of what? I think it was 5,000, 5,500 feet. And the track was almost vertical. It was very, very steep track. And we started from sea level and we were going up 5,000 feet. So it is, it was extremely hot
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  • Following Madhab

    Following Madhab
    May 20 2025
    Auto-generated transcript:In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise belongs to Allah, Lord of the worlds. And peace and blessings be upon the honour of the Prophets and Messengers, Muhammad and the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him and upon his family and his companions. Peace and blessings be upon him and upon his family and his companions. From Abadu, somebody asked me a question about following a religion. So, how many of you can name what are the four madhabs in the Ahlus Sunnah wa Jama'ah? No, I know you all are this group. Yes. I won't take your name because this goes worldwide, so they won't know who it is, but you can ask me first. What are the four madhabs? Maafi, Hanafi, Ambalee. I'm asking you, Vaan. I don't know what's wrong. Nafsi. Whatever I want. That madhab? No. Maliki. Hanafi, Shafi, Maliki, Ambalee. Right? Okay. So, what is your madhab? No. What is your madhab? Islam. Islam is not a madhab. Islam is a deen. Hanafi. Hanafi. What Hanafi madhab follows who? Imam Hanafi. Imam Hanafi. What is Imam Hanafi's name? Maafi. Imam Hanafi. Maafi. No, I'm not trying to insult anybody. I'm just trying to show you the problem with people who say, I follow, I am Hanafi. They do not even know the name of the Imam who they follow. They do not even know whether Hanafi is his name, whether it is a kunya, whether it is the name of his cat. We don't know. Right? But we are willing to fight to the death with somebody who is not Hanafi. Inna liillahi wa inna ilahi rajim. So please understand this. This is a very big musibat in this ummah. I am Hanafi. I am Shafi. Be Hanafi. No problem. Alhamdulillah. Alhamdulillah. Right? Al turab min khadam al Imam Abu Hanifa ala raasi wa ala aini. The dust from his feet is on my head and on my eyes. No problem. Alhamdulillah. Follow. But at least learn something. So let me explain something to you. Please understand this. Number one. In al ahlu sunnah wal jama'ah, which is what we are Sunni Muslims, we follow, there are four madhahib, four schools of jurisprudence. These are not schools of thought. All kinds of nonsense is spoken in the neighborhood. It's not a school of thought. It's a school of jurisprudence. These are fuqaha. They are not philosophers. They are not phala. They are not falasifah. They are fuqaha. Right? Four schools of jurisprudence. We believe, all of us, that it is acceptable to follow any of these four ayimma al quwara. Number one. Number two. It is not okay to criticize somebody who is following another imam. And I will explain to you from the Quran and Sunnah why it is not possible and not permissible to criticize. It is not permissible to criticize somebody following another imam. So if you say you are Hanafi, most welcome. You find out the name of the imam first of all. But if you are Hanafi, most welcome. Be Hanafi. But if my brother here is Shafi, it is not permissible for you to criticize him for following Imam Shafi Rahmatullah Ali. And it is not permissible for you to criticize him for following Imam Abu Hanifa Rahmatullah Ali. And I will give you the dalail for this. When we say we follow an imam. Say for example, I will give you one of the most common things which we see every day. Which is how we pray. Right? So if you are Hanafi, how many times do you raise your hands? Once. Once. Right? When? Starting of Salah. Starting of Salah. What is it called? That particular motion? Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn. Learn. So first rule. If you follow some imam, follow him. Follow with knowledge. Don't just say blindly, I am Hanafi, I am Shafi. What is the name of the imam? I don't even know the name of the imam. What do you mean? Go and learn. Number two. It is not okay to criticize somebody else. I said an example, I will give you. In Salah. The Hanaf, people who follow Imam Abu Hanifa Rahmatullah Ali, they raise their hands once to the level of their ears. When they do that, what is called Takbir Tahrimah or Takbiratul H...
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  • Marriage 3X3

    Marriage 3X3
    May 19 2025
    Auto-generated transcript:My brothers and sisters, I have been asked to give some advice about marriage. So here goes. I call this my marriage advice three by three. Marriage advice three by three. Three things that you do not want to do or you should not do and three things that you should do. So the first question to ask is, do you want to remain happily married? And if the answer is yes, then there are three things that you must not do. The first one, don't collect garbage. Have a selective memory. Remember only good and forget all bad. Because garbage always stinks and only you will smell it. So don't collect garbage. Now, remember, sometimes you will hear people saying, be very careful what you say to your spouse. One word can destroy years of relationship. My point is, a relationship, which is destroyed by one word, is a jail sentence. It is not a relationship. A marriage is a relationship which is bulletproof, which should be bulletproof. A marriage is like a ship. Ships are built to sail the high seas and to battle with storms from the outside. A ship is not meant to sit in the harbor in safety. It is meant to sail the high seas. The beauty of a marriage is the same thing as the beauty of any deep and real and genuine friendship. And that is the obviation, the lack of need for defenses. In a good marriage, there is no need for defenses. My point is, that if I have to watch every word that I say to my wife, every word that I say to my wife, every word that I say to my wife, every word that I say to my wife, or my husband, if I have to be careful about every single thing I say or do, then how is this a marriage? It can be, you know, a political relationship. It can be a diplomatic connection or whatever. How is it a marriage? How is it a close friendship? A close friendship is one in which there are no defenses. I don't need to defend. Because I know that this person will never deliberately harm me. Now, is that person, is it possible that this person may say or do something which appears to be hurting, even insulting? Is that possible? Of course, because they're human. They're human. But if you have this fundamental belief that it is never done deliberately, they're not trying to do that. They may have, their emotion of the time may have got over them or overcome them or overpowered them, or they may be, under some other outside stress or whatnot. That is the reason why they have said what they have said. It is not meant for me. Then believe me, nothing will happen to your relationship, except that it will make it stronger. So don't collect garbage. Don't collect bad stuff. Forget the bad stuff. Collect the good stuff. Remind yourself again and again about the good stuff. Anything bad that comes to you from, your spouse, forgive. Forgive. Number one. Number two, don't try to mold or change or sculpt your spouse. If you didn't like what you saw in the first place, why did you marry that person? If you liked what you saw, why do you want to change it? Your spouse is not a rock or a lump of clay or a patient in your hospital. They didn't marry you to be changed. So change yourself to like them. Remind yourself that you were not forced into that marriage. You went into it with your eyes open because you liked that person. And if you like that person, then like that person. Don't try to change them. Number three, not to do. Don't criticize. Nagging never works. If they wanted a nag, they would have married a horse. So forgive and seek forgiveness. Forgive and seek forgiveness. Nothing works like sorry. Nothing works like sorry. So, say sorry. And the other person, don't say, oh, you know, you always say this and you always say sorry and you always repeat. That is why we are human. Ask yourself, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said this in Surah An-Nur. Allah said, do you not want Allah to forgive you? So if you want Allah to forgive you, then forgive your spouse and thank them for giving you so much practice.
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  • Prepare for Dhul Hijjah – #2

    Prepare for Dhul Hijjah – #2
    May 18 2025
    Auto-generated transcript:Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen. Wa salatu wa salamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Tasliman kathiran kathira. Fahamma baadu. Now take the case of another one. Who asked the same question. How does Allah give life to the dead? Same question. But in a different tone. And this tone is the one. Tone of the one who knows. Allah. And has a relationship with Allah. The tone of one who talks to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala all the time. And is having another conversation. It's a very normal conversation. And so he asks. Allah said and remember when Ibrahim said alayhi salam. My Rabb. Rabbi. My Rabb. Arini kaifatu hilmauta. Show me how do you give life to the dead. Now think about this. Is the question being asked. So if Allah wants to answer it. He should have said. This is how I do it. Maybe demonstrate it. Here is something living. Die. Come back to life. Khala. No. What is Allah's response? Ya Rabb show me how do you give life to the dead. Allah said. Avalam tu min. You don't believe. You don't know. You don't believe. What does it tell you about the relationship. For the whole world to ask this question. You ask him this question. How come you ask this question. It's a response of such love and such affection. And you know. You my Khaliq. You. And see if I'm a response. He said. No no no. Of course I believe Ya Rabb. But for the. It's been out of my. Kalb. Allah SWT said. Rasulullah SAW said. He said the report. The information. Is not like seeing. So effectively. I'm saying. He said. Of course I believe that. I mean. There's no doubt of my mind. But if you show me. Show it. That is the reason why. Rasulullah SAW said. If Ibrahim could ask this question. We have even greater right. To ask Allah and say. Allah show me your khudrat. But be careful how you ask. Huh. That's why they say. Be careful what you ask for. So what does Allah say. What does Allah say to him. Allah SWT says. Get four birds. He didn't say. Get a chicken. Get a duck. Get a turkey. No. He said. Get four birds. Wild birds. Train them to come to you. So they are free flying pets. For him. Then. Slaughter them. Chop them into pieces. And then. They will be. They will be. They will be. They will be. They will be. They will be. They will be. They will be. Chop them into pieces. Mix it all up. And take a portion of that. And scatter it. Put it on top of each of these hills. And we don't know how many hills. So one lump of mixed bird. Khima. On each hilltop. Now think about this. From the tone of this ayah. It seems to me that Ibrahim A.S. at this time must have been a young boy. Because if an older person asks this question. This is not what you would say to them. This is a project being given to a child. And you are not going to be able to do it. You are going to be a child. You are going to be a child. You are going to be a child. You are going to be a child. You are going to be a child. You are going to be a child. You are going to be a child. Right. Your little son or daughter says something. You can give an answer. You don't do that. He says no. Now go do that. See how it works. How does this oak tree grow? Okay. Here. Here is an acorn. Go plant it. Now water it. Look after it. So on. So on. Maybe it takes you. God knows. Six months for the answer to come. But you are working on it yourself. So it is much more exciting. Much more interesting. So Allah says four wild birds. Now think about it. What is. Different bird species nest in different places. Supposing it is a golden eagle. On the cranks of hilltops. Peregrine falcon. You know. There are aquatic birds. There are birds with nests on the ground. There are birds with nests in tree hollows. If it is a hornbill it seals its female into the nest with the eggs. Different species. Nesting different. Different species have different gestation. Not gestation. The period for the eggs to hatch. Right?
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  • Prepare for Dhul Hijjah – #1

    Prepare for Dhul Hijjah – #1
    May 17 2025
    Auto-generated transcript:Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen. My dear respected brothers, sisters, elders, as we approach the blessed days of Dhul Hijjah and Eid al-Adha, it will be good to remember the one whose story Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala immortalized in the Quran al-Kareem and gave it to us as an example to follow in goodness. Ibrahim Khalilullah alayhi salatu wasalam. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala raised him and said, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, Indeed, Ibrahim alayhi salam was a model of excellence. He was an ummah by himself. He was a nation by himself, devoted to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, perfectly upright and not a polytheist. And in another place, Surah Al-Ruhud, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala described his character and his manners which Allah praised and said, Indeed, truly Ibrahim was forbearing. He was patient. He had sabr. He was tender-hearted. And he always turned to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Somebody who constantly sought the forgiveness of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. I want to begin with this. As it is the standard that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala praised, and so it is something for us to try to develop in ourselves. To stand firmly. To stand firmly for Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and live by His commands, even if you stand alone. Especially if you stand alone. Say to yourself, If not me, then who? If not now, then when? Secondly, become patient and forbearing and kind and compassionate, and constantly repent to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. And then, you will be able to see the true God. Last one. Since we brushed up, Qasemah, The second. If for the first time you think you are rolling on a mountain, O' the Lord! Isn't it up there. It is obvious. Things are changing now, everything changes. Even the control of your mind right now has another meaning. should make me benefit from this ayah in this world and the next. I ask the same for all of you, inshallah. In this ayah, in Surah Al-Anfal, Allah said, But Allah would never punish them while you, O Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, were with them, where you were in their midst. And nor would He ever punish them if they prayed for forgiveness. To have Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam with us in today's world, means to follow His sunnah. It means to follow His sunnah. With the Sahaba, He was there with them physically, with us. He is with us to the extent that we follow His blessed way, His sunnah. And then Allah said, And Allah will never punish them as long as they keep seeking forgiveness. So the way to avoid the punishment of Allah is to keep asking Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for forgiveness. And Abdullah ibn Abbas said, The Messenger of Allah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam said, Ibn Abbas radiallahu anhu reported, Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam said, Whoever increases his prayers for forgiveness, whoever repents, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, Allah will grant him relief from every worry. Allah will find a way out of every hardship. And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will provide for him in ways and from places that he does not expect. So let us make istighfar a part of our lives. And the first thing that we do when we need the help of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, let us remember that we are not alone. Let us not alone. Let us be steadfast in searching His nivel. Let us encourage Him and He will find the particular obedience for us in the near future. Let's insert Ivna in a prayer of God as you do in prayer. Let us purify. Ibrahim is his connection with Allah . His Taalluq with Allah. And that is the purpose of our lives. The essence of the purpose of our lives is to build that Taalluq, that connection which comes through only one thing, total and complete submission to the will of Allah. Allah told us what Ibrahim did when he was told to submit. When his Rabb ordered him submit to my will, he responded I submit to the Rabb of all the worlds. Now what made Ibrahim the way he was and gave him these stations...
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  • Two ways to lead our lives

    Two ways to lead our lives
    May 16 2025
    Auto-generated transcript:My brothers and sisters, there are two ways to lead our life. There is a way that we devise for ourselves, a way that we think is the best, with whatever knowledge we have, and there is a way that is devised for us by Allah . If we lead our life by the way that we have thought of for ourselves, there is a problem because we do not know the future. We have no idea what the future holds. So whatever we decide will be based on our past experience and our current experience. So history experience. But whether that works for the future or not, we don't know because we don't know what the future is. But if we lead our lives according to the way that Allah devised for us and which He sent His Zamiya and the last and final of them, Muhammad . Then there is a guarantee in that because Allah knows. What is to come in the future. The doorway between our current life and the future is called death. Mouth. Death is not the end of life. Death is the end of the ability to do anything about life. Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala gave us a pointer. Do you know what the pointer is? Here is a pointer. He gave us some level of free will and ability to do something in this life. When that is taken away, when that ability to do something is taken away, that is called death. Most of you have done the ghusl of somebody or the other, janaza. You know and I know that if you lie down next to the janaza, say what's the difference between this person and me? No difference. He has got eyes, I have got eyes. He has ears, I have ears. He has a mouth, tongue, I have a mouth and tongue. Except that his eyes cannot see, my eyes can see. His ears cannot hear, my ears can hear. With my tongue I can speak, I can do the zikr of Allah . I can do something. But with his tongue he can't do anything. The... ability to function has been taken away. What is that ability to function? That is the roh. That is the roh. So they asked the Prophet . In Surah Al-Isra, Allah mentioned. Qul arroohu min amri rabbih. They will ask you or they are asking you about the roh. Say to them that the roh is the order, the command of my Rabb. So when this command is taken away, life is gone. Life is over. When the command is taken away, life is over. Life in this world is over. And the command is gone. Life is gone. The eternal life starts. Many times you hear this, especially when somebody has been in pain and suffering, if they were in a hospital or something and so on. People will say, at least his suffering is over. But my submission to you and reminded to myself is we don't know this. We do not know whether his suffering is over or whether the suffering is over. We don't know. We don't know whether his suffering is over or whether the suffering is now starting. And the suffering which starts now will never be over. Death is the opening of a door into a world and a time that has no ending. We ask Allah to make that the best of our life. Because when that door opens and we go through, if it is good, then the good will be forever. If it is good, then the good will be forever. If it is good, then the good will be forever. If it is good, then the good will be forever. And if it is evil, it will be forever. And what is death? The inability to do something about life. In this life, if you have any difficulty, you can do something about it yourself. Or if you can't do something about it yourself, you can ask your friend. Your friend will help you. Somebody will help you. Government will help you. Relatives will help you. Your relatives will help you. Your children will help you. Somebody. There is a means. You can buy something. If you have enough money, you can pay for this and pay for that. But once we go through that door, in the grave, there is no one to help. Nobody. We cannot do anything and nobody to help us. If Allah decides and we ask Allah to forgive us and not to give us the adab of the khabar, but if the adab of the khabar starts,
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  • To study the Seerah is Wajib

    To study the Seerah is Wajib
    May 15 2025
    Auto-generated transcript:Alhamdulillah Rabbil Alameen Salatul Salam From my brothers and sisters, Allah sent us a way of life called Islam, a deen called Islam. Islam is not just a set of rituals or worship or anything else. It is something that encompasses everything that a human being needs in leading their lives. To lead their lives in a way which guarantees them success in this life and the next. And it's a very simple formula because sometimes what happens is that, especially for those who consider themselves to be educated and who study various areas of philosophy and anthropology and religion, various other things, they tend to get distracted, they tend to get misguided because they bring their own thoughts and feelings and ideas into the practice of Islam. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala gave us a very simple formula. And the formula is, obey Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. In the way of, Muhammadu Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. It's a very simple formula. Obey Allah, which is the what, and in the way of the Nabi alaihi salatu wa sallam, which is the sunnah, which is the how. To give you an example, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala ordered us to worship no one other than Allah. And that is what Islam is. We say, Ashadu billahi ila Allah, I bear witness that there is no one worthy of worship except Allah. So when a person accepts, Ashadu billahi ila Allah, that there is no one worthy of worship except Allah, the question is, how do I worship Allah? And somebody might say, I will write a beautiful nasheed, and I will sing this, and somebody might say, I will beat drums, somebody might say, I dance, and I whirl, or spin like a top, and I do this, and I do that, and I feel, very spiritual doing it, and I feel very good doing it. Is any of this acceptable with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala? No. Because what you feel doing that is not a criterion before Allah. I may feel, many people feel many things, subjective feeling. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is not bound by my feelings to accept or not accept. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala gave us a standard. Allah said, Allah said, Allah said, Allah said, Allah said, Allah said, Allah said, Allah said, Allah said, Allah said, Allah said, Allah said, for you, the best example is in the life of my Nabi, alayhi salatu was salam. And Allah mentioned to whom for this, to whom this is an example. لِمَنْ كَانَ يَرْجُ اللَّهَ وَالْيَوْمَ الْآخِرَةِ وَذَكَرَ اللَّهَ كَثِرًا For the one who looks forward to the meeting, who is in the middle of the night, who is in the middle of the night, who is in the middle of the night, who is in the middle of the night, who is in the middle of the night, and who looks forward to the day of judgment, and who remembers Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala a great deal. Now think about that. Who will look forward to the day of judgment? يَوْمَ الْآخِرَةِ Who will look forward to that? Who is waiting for it? Let it come quickly. Who is waiting for it? Because if you read the descriptions of the day of judgment, إِذَا وَقَيَتِ الْوَاقِيَةِ إِذَا ذُلْذِلَتِ الْأَرْضُ ذِلْزَالَهَا وَذُكَّتِ الْأَرْضُ ذَكَّةً And so on and so on. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has painted a picture of the day of judgment which is so terrible and which is so fear-inspiring and which is so horrific. Who will look forward to that? But Allah says, يَرْجُ اللَّهُ Allah did not say the one who will meet. We will all meet Allah. Whether you like to meet Allah or not, you will meet Allah. I will meet Allah. But Allah says, يَرْجُ اللَّهُ The one who is looking, looking forward to that, who wants to meet Allah. وَالْيَوَّ الْآخِرَةِ And who wants the day of judgment to come. Who will do that? Only somebody who hopes for the mercy of Allah and the protection of Allah from all these things. Who is guaranteed that? لَخَدْقَانَ لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةً The one who leads their life according to the أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةً of Allah. of Rasulullah ﷺ. So Allah gave us a template.
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  • Followership – #2

    Followership – #2
    May 14 2025
    Auto-generated transcript:Alhamdulillah Rabbil Alameen. Wa Salatu Wa Salamu Alaa Ashrafil Anbiya wal Mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Alaa Alihi wa Sahbihi wa Sallam. Tasleeman kathiran kathira. Faham abadu? My brothers and sisters, I remind myself and you that Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala tests and we ask Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala to save us from His tests. Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala tested the Sahaba. And the name of the test was Hudaybiyah. I call this the graduation of the Sahaba. After the years in Makkah and the Hijrah and the battles in Madinah, this was the final exam to test their obedience in stressful conditions. So Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala tested them with a test so severe that had it not been for the help of Allah, it could have proven fatal for them and Islam. But Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala tests the pious to strengthen, not to destroy. And so He supports them and He grants them patience. The test was so severe that Umar bin al-Khattab r.a became the unconscious voice of many. He asked the questions, he asked and I'm not going into the details of this, InshaAllah. Someday when you have some patience, we'll sit and talk about this here. He asked the questions he asked and then he left the place. Now think about this, you know, we read these stories. Think about one very simple question. The thing that struck me was, how come Sayyidina Umar r.a just left the place without asking permission to leave the Majlis of Rasool Allah ? No Sahabi ever did that. To simply get up and walk away when the Imam is sitting here and giving a khutbah or giving a dars or giving a khatira, just walk away, show your back and then also chat with your friends on the way. This is our culture. These are our akhlaq. These are not the akhlaq of the Sahaba. Ridh ma'am laayhi alayhi majma'in. If they came to the Majlis of the Rasool Allah and if they had to leave for any reason they told him in advance, Ya Rasool Allah, I have to run for this thing, please forgive me. This is the akhlaq of the Muslim. This is what you are supposed to do. They never ever left without permission. Here is Umar ibn al-Khattab, not just anyone, here is Umar ibn al-Khattab r.a who goes away. And from whatever I have read of the seerah, he didn't ask anybody's permission. He didn't ask the Bishr al-Sarab alayhi salam. He didn't say, Ya Rasool Allah, can I leave? I am sorry, I am very anguished. No, he went. And think about this. Rasool Allah didn't stop him. He did not even question him, Ya Umar, why did you leave? No. Why? Because he understood the anguish of Umar. He understood that this is not only the anguish of Umar ibn al-Khattab, this is the anguish of all the Sahaba. But, did he change his position? Did he say to himself, Hold on, what am I doing now here? I am going to lose all these people. I will have no followers left. Let me go back. No. This is the test. They had been told, you will obey whether you like it or not. So now you don't like it. That is the test. Will the, will the, Will the action change? Will the Nabi change his decision? No. He will not change his decision. We say he is guided by Allah, and of course he is guided by Allah. We say he was receiving Wahi, yes, receiving Wahi. But there is no actual record of Jibreel coming there and talking to him. So he was receiving Wahi in different ways, right? He was being guided by Allah in different ways. Abu Bakr al-Siddiq r.a said, Hold on to his stirrup. He said to Sayyidina Muhammad, He said, hold his stirrup. Because he is guided by his Rabb, and his Rabb will not abandon him. My brothers and sisters, I am not saying that, I am not saying that, I am not saying that, My brothers and sisters, think about that. And then what happens? Allah s.w.t. turns the screw some more. They are already anguished about a treaty which is so unequal. Before the treaty can be written down, Before the treaty can be written down, Abu Jindal, who is the son of the man writing the treaty,
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