Abdullah Oduro – Nightly Reminder 27-06-2024
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The first hadith is on the authority of
Abu Huraira where
he narrated that the prophet said
the Mufar Redun have gone ahead.
He was asked, who are the mafar alaihi
wa sallam
replied,
those men and women who frequently
celebrate the remembrance of Allah. And this hadith
is recorded by Muslim
and and Ahmed and his Muslim and the
hakam and his.
And then the second hadith is on the
authority of Jabir I heard the message of
Allah
saying,
the best way to celebrate the remembrance of
Allah is to say
There is no true god except Allah. So
the first hadith
is where the prophet
said,
So they are have gone ahead.
So this is the name of the people,
the mufaridun,
that they have gone ahead, meaning that they
are ahead of the other people,
which is a virtuous place to be.
And then he asked who are the Mufar
Redun? He said the men and women that
frequently celebrate the remembrance of
Allah.
The ones that remember him a lot. And
remember we said their their remembrance of Allah
But primarily is that which the remembrance of
Allah with the tongue
by when you're when you're, you know, just
in your car or you're at home,
You know, even
saying that
not in a response.
You know, sometimes we have different versions. There's
different
intonations of the dhikr sometimes.
You know what I mean?
When something bad when something bad that you
don't want to be like,
or you have the
You know, sometimes those are the good ones
and sometimes when you say it, you really
want to say something else.
Right? But
at least at least we're saying the name
of
Allah The best situation is where 1 says
it
just out of remembering His name remembering Him.
You're just remembering Allah. You remember something that
happens in your life and you attribute it
to Allah
That is 1 of the best ways to
remember
Allah. When you remember something in your life
and you recall it and then you say,
you remember your health and wealth. You say,
just by yourself.
You say and then you think to yourself,
man, Allah really does deserve all praise. Or
you say,
Allah. Look at what is going on. Look
at how the amazement of of the people
or I'm I'm really amazed at what is
happening. Glory to Allah
that he's brought me here or Allah is
much greater than what I see.
Right? You say the name of
Allah based on something that you encounter and
you remember the name of and we talked
about this numerous times. When you're in your
salah and you want to concentrate
and have your attention
undivided,
you think of something in your life that
has happened and you would you think of
a name of Allah that coincides with that,
that coincides with whatever happened in your life,
and that's how you can come back to
the remembrance of Allah
So
the prophet said that they are the ones
that are ahead, the ones that remember Allah
a lot. And then the second hadith is
he said the best way to celebrate the
remembrance of Allah is to say.
Is to say,
and this hadith is in and,
on the on the section of good manners.
What's interesting is that Ibn Maja, 1 of
the scholars of the to the 6 books
of hadith, he said that this is in
the section of good manners
of good manners when 1 says
What are some specific times that has
been mentioned?
Times to say it.
It. Who can tell us?
When someone becomes a Muslim.
What's another time?
The time of death. The time of death.
The time of death. What did the prophet
say about that?
Whoever says that at the time of death
what?
They go to. So this is 1 of
the best statements because you see that the
prophet
has mentioned
and requested or even ordered that 1 says
it at particular times.
Because this this statement
is Islam.
How is this statement
Islam?
How is that?
If you use this if if so We
submitted to 1 another and good because of
partnering with
Mhmm. We submitted to 1 1. God.
This is why with the translation of
here,
there is no true god except the law.
Is that an okay translation?
What is your opinion?
There is no true god except Allah.
He was worthy of worship except
Worthy of worship is what I prefer.
Especially when I go to,
you know, what do you call it? Interfaith
meetings or I'm speaking to people that may
not be Muslim
or I give the chutba and someone may
not be Muslim in the audience. I want
to be very,
very,
very clear
on our belief
because that's what separates us.
To be very clear on our belief system.
Why are we different than Christians, Jews, any
other religion
because of this?
Someone could say, well, Eid, 5 prayers.
True?
That is a part of the sharia,
the deen of.
So what separates us is the belief, the
creed, what we have in our hearts.
That is what is very that is what
is most important, and that is what gets
1 into Jannah. And
that is what enters 1 into the religion
of Jannah.
And then when they say it when they
die, they enter Jannah. You see the connection?
So it is as though, if we are
figuratively
speaking,
when you say this, to become a Muslim
is as though you are born.
And then when you die, you say it
as well. So as a baby, you say
it, and then when you die, you say
it as well, as a baby who's coming
into the faith. So
the statement is
it is a it is a magnificent,
glorious,
pure statement that there is no 1 worthy
of worship except the law. It once says
there is no true god except the law.
This is okay. This is okay, but there
could still be some in incorrect understanding.
This is why I don't like there is
no god except the law. Although,
if if you were to say that in
English,
it could be understood that that is true,
that there is no god except the law.
But when you talk about god is
the god in your faith, but what is
at request of the human being?
Right?
Because when you say there's no I've done
this numerous times talking to non Muslims. Right?
I say or they said, there's there's no
god except Allah. Oh, so your god is
Allah.
The god of the desert?
Allah. Right?
And I say there's no 1 worthy of
worship.
Worthy
of what?
Worship.
Nothing else
except Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
It it it can mean that there are
other gods in their perception.
That's what I'm saying. So
god
Exactly.
But that's the misinterpretation
of people.
But when you when we try to explain
it differently
Mhmm. That there is no God worthy of
worshiping, that's mean there is another God that
is not worthy to worship.
But if you misunderstand what the word god
means Mhmm. That's that's your problem. It's not
the statement's problem.
True. Very true. Very true. And that's why
sometimes when you explain God, you you have
to like, after you there's 1 time I
was in a church actually, and I was
explaining there's no god where there's no word
1 where they worship except the law. And
in the word god, even in of itself,
somebody's god can be money. Someone's god can
be their ego. Someone's god can be a
statue. Someone's god can be a prophet.
That is why when we say there's no
true god except the law that's why I
say
it can be that's even better because you
say true god showing, okay,
the god in your perception
is not
true. Why? Because he doesn't deserve any type
of worship.
Why? Because of his qualities
are not godlike. And sometimes you ask him,
what is god in your mind? When you
say god, what do you think of?
Right? What is what is god in your
mind? Because sometimes
they will have a belief of god being
a creative thing. And sometimes, they may not
know because they're they're
they're worshiping something
other than the god that they claim
because of their actions. And that's why Islam
is so pure because
Islam focuses as well on the actions of
the worshipper.
Because remember when we talked What's the essence
of Shirkuh Christianity?
What is the essence of shirk of Christianity?
How do Christians perform polytheism? The essence of
it. In their actions,
not their belief.
I mean, their actions come from their belief,
but what is it?
Okay. That's their belief. But but what do
they do?
With that belief, what do they do?
Okay.
Okay. That's still belief. But what do they
do? You said they pray. You're close.
That can be an action of yes.
But that's an action of what?
What action is that?
In air
what is at the end of?
Intercession.
Going through the creation of God to get
to God.
That's the essence of the shirk of Christianity,
in other religions as well. So when we
talk about
when we talk about their belief in God,
but what are their actions that are shirk
that are polytheistic? It's a polytheistic belief which
from the which which will result from that
a polytheistic
practice.
So, yes, you're correct when saying that,
you know, that when when we say there's
no true god, it's their it's their issue
when they talk about god because their god
has a different perception, speaking to non Muslims
or someone that may not know Islam, it's
to
clarify,
it's
to clarify
the concept of God. Because when you clarify
the concept of God to them, a lot
of them wake up and say, oh, yeah.
I don't believe god is this. I don't
believe god is that. Then why do I
call on
Jesus? Why do I call on?
Because he has godly character. No. He doesn't
have godly character. He's a human being. This
is when this is an entryway to to
dawah.
Because when you break down, as Allah subawat
wa ta'ala breaks down, as, you know, Asa,
that he's nothing but a messenger.
And they were they were, you know, messaged
him for
They both used to eat food. This is
a characteristic of of god.
No. Because their fitra naturally will say, no.
It's not. That's why he is not worthy
of
Worship. Worship. So, yes, what you're saying is
is is is correct.
Right. And that's and that's why it depended
on who you're speaking to. Because like you
said, you said there's no good as I'm
telling you, there's a newer time I talked
to you. I said there's no god except
Allah. And they said, well, that's your god.
Yes. But then Allah Islam tells us
so what?
Let's start from an even playing field. That's
why when I talk to people about Islam,
I say I use the word creator, the
name creator.
Because when you say creator, it puts us
on an even playing field immediately.
When you say Allah, they're the whole time
you're talking, they think that's your that's the
Islamic god.
And numerous times, people say Allah. I'm like,
yeah. He give
does this is the name of Allah? Yes.
It is. I understand that. I understand. He
doesn't believe in your Quran.
So you have to start from an even
from a language that he can understand, and
that language has an implication
that both of you already understand. So when
I say the creator, there still may be
some misunderstanding. But when I say, okay, the
creator, the 1 that brought everything into existence.
And sometimes if it's Christians, I'll say, you
know the father, who's the father in your
religion? The father is the lord. The lord
is the what did he do? He created
every did he create Jesus? Yes. Well, similarly,
that is the 1 that we believe.
We say Allah because he created everything and
brought everything into existence, and he can cause
it too. So that's the even playing field
you start from. Then from there, you give
the characteristics. And that's why I always mention
that the names and attributes of Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala is 1 of the best
ways to teach about Islam, about our aqeeda,
our faith, and the best way to give
dua to non Muslims.
The best way will lie because when you
mention a trait,
from those traits,
were they created from nothing or are they
the creators?
You start from that the
elements
that they can accept and acknowledge.
May not admit, but accept and acknowledge internally.
Inshallah.
God be a means to call them to
Al Islam.
Any other questions or comments?
Anything else?