Abdullah Oduro – Nightly Reminder 17-06-2024
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Says in his book
the gardens of the righteous in the chapter
of the book of the remember the the
virtue of remembering Allah.
Narrated that the prophet
And the prophet
said,
the similitude
or the example of the one who remembers
his lord and the one who does not
remember him is like that of the living
and the dead.
And in a narration for Sahih for Muslim
Hajjaj,
he says the case of a house in
which Allah is remembered
and of 1 in which Allah is not
remembered
is like that of the living and the
dead.
So this hadith is interesting
how ibn,
Imam An Nawawi brought these 2 hadith.
Because at first he says,
The one that mentions Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala,
remembers Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. I remember the
word zikr can mean mention
or remember
or thinks about. Right?
So it they are in connection from the
Arabic language
because it is a form of recalling. And
as a result of the recalling of the
information,
you do something about it. So you think
of Allah
you say
And what's what's even more interesting than that
is when you say the name of Allah,
it will cause you to remember more things
about what he has done.
So if I'm thinking about the mercy of
Allah upon my relative that has passed away.
Right? I I say,
So what do you say when someone passes
away?
Raheemahullah. Raheemahullah.
What else do you say when a person
You say, Rahimuhullah,
and then you may say, SubhanAllah.
Life was so short.
Alhamdulillah,
the way that he passed away, for example.
Ola yarhamahu, and then you say.
Right? You know, Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala. You
think of another name of Allah Subhanahu, you
think of something else. So the more you
mention his name, it will cause you to
think about something else, which will cause you
to remember the name of Allah Subhanahu Wa
Ta'ala again. And whatever you think about it,
maybe something different, so you think of another
name of Allah. This is pondering over the
beautiful names of Allah, and this is the
the goal of dhikr, part of the goal
of dhikr. That when you meant you remember
Allah, you remember something in your life, and
you attribute it to a name. And this
is what we can also always tell our
children in salah. And even ourselves,
what's one way that I can get my?
You know, my mind goes different places when
I pray.
Okay? Those places that you are going,
think of the name of Allah that's tied
to that thing, and that will bring you
back.
That will bring you back. So remember we
talked about this when was saying, even in
your salah, shayta will try to get you
away from the prayer. But he if he's
not successful, you start to pray. Then while
you're praying, he'll make you remember something that
you were trying to remember before the prayer.
While you're in your prayer, you're like, oh,
yeah. That was the person that called me.
I was supposed to call them back. It's
not a haram thought,
but it's taking you away from
remembering Allah. So in that particular situation, that
person that called me, what a what a
blessed person. What a blessed individual.
So you're thinking about the goodness of that
person. What is someone that you don't like?
Right?
Someone that you don't like, then you think
about it in their prayer. Oh, Allah, forgive
that person. Oh, Allah forgive me and anything
in my heart that I had bad towards
that person. So anything in your prayer that
takes you away, think of a name of
Allah that's associated with that to bring you
back to the prayer. And that is the
that's the basis of of dhikr, remembering Allah,
which will engender and bring forth an action.
Inshallah. So when the prophet in his first
hadith, he's talking about the one that mentions
Allah, it is as though it is in
the house, the temple of the body,
right, within your heart.
And then the next hadith is what?
He said,
the example of the house that the name
of Allah is mentioned. And the house that
the name of Allah is not mentioned is
like the house between the dead and the
living.
So the one that doesn't mention Allah
at all is like the dead
and the living.
What about the house
that doesn't mention the name of Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala?
So the one that has a house is
like the dead and the living.
Does that mean that there are people that
are mentioning Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala?
Is it possible that the house that is
dead, it doesn't have any mention in the
name of Allah?
No. That's why Ibn al Khaim brings it
even
even know it brings it. Because the first
one is like, the one that doesn't mention
Allah
compares to the one that does. And he
says the house that the name of Allah
is not mentioned.
So that means you have someone within themselves.
It's like they are dead because they are
not mentioning Allah inside of them.
What about the house? Because there may be
one person, and the other people are mentioning
Allah. So this particular person,
there's no life in their hearts because they're
not mentioning Allah. But his mother, his father,
like our youth sometimes,
the youth, they don't mention Allah Subhana Wa
Ta'ala's name.
Right? Or you'll find someone from a parent
that has had a traumatic experience or whatever
the case may be, they don't mention the
name of Allah
Right? But the house means that it could
entail that it's more than
exactly.
More than 1 person. And that's more of
a tragedy because now that house is dead.
You realize that?
So that is important because sometimes we say
I'll never forget one of my mentors said,
we want to have Islamic
households,
not houses
with Muslims in
it. What's the difference?
What's the difference between an Islamic household
and a house with Muslims in it?
Remembering Muslims?
Remember and listen to expound upon expound.
Okay. So is that the Islamic household or
the house with Muslims?
Islamic. That's the Islamic Council. Practicing.
Practicing. So what's a house what's a house
with Muslims?
Right.
They're Muslims, but they're they really don't remember
Allah and, like, don't care that much. Right.
They're Muslims, but they don't mention Allah's name.
They're not reading Quran. There's no Quran being
recited. There's no Quran being
played in the house. There's no
YouTube videos at least,
you know, of some Islamic content. There's nothing
going on in the house that reminds them
about Allah. And this is the parents' responsibility,
especially with their young children. There has to
be some remnants on the wall, something that
they list they can encounter with their senses
about the name of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
Because if not, it would be like the
dead home.
And
this hadith are Muslim.
So it's very important that we as Muslims
mention the name of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
And sometimes we as parents, we do it
within ourselves. We go to our room, we
pray, the doors close, and our children are
upstairs,
and then we scream with them to pray.
But it could be the living room is
where we all come together
and we pray together.
Right? This is the way you can liven
up the house and make and ensure that
the name of Allah is mentioned with every
individual in the household, therefore bringing life to
the hearts and bringing life to the habitat.
So may Allah make us to those that
mem that mention him in secret and in
open. May
Allah allow the memory of his name and
mentioning of his name to bring life to
our hearts. May
Allah maintain and strengthen and honor the life
of the hearts of our brothers and sisters
in Gaza and our brothers and sisters in
Sudan and in Congo and in China and
all around the world where they are being
afflicted and being terrorized and being oppressed.