Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Neglecting Allah’s Remembrance
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Hadith, my dear respected
brothers.
One of the major problems that we're facing today, without
intending to actually start on a negative note
is
the absence of what will make our life more fulfilling
from a real perspective, unfortunately, in the pursuit of
pleasures and enjoyment in this world, and with the,
the prosperity that most of us, especially in the West enjoy, in
terms of having disposable income, in terms of having the ability to
buy literally what we want the availability of these products,
no difficulty in attaining them and acquiring them.
acquiring them so easily that you can acquire these things in the
relative comfort of your home without even having to venture
outside.
Being able to make educated, refined decisions about what you
want, and thus refining our taste.
achieving greater excellence in what we want in this world and the
pleasures that we enjoy, in the food that we eat in the cuisine
that we enjoy.
So all of these things are what really takes a lot of our time.
There's a lot of futility involved in our lives nowadays,
unfortunately. And as I said, it's a bit of a negative note but in
sha Allah it's important Allah subhanaw taala says in the Quran
Wallah
that can mineral have been in Don't be of the heedless ones. And
this is a constant theme in the Quran. There's a really important
theme in the Quran. It's you see that in verse after verse, it's
speaking about remembrance of Allah subhanho wa Taala and
heedlessness from Allah subhanaw taala. So Allah subhanaw taala
literally prohibits he says, What are the Quran mineral half hidden,
don't be of the half it in the heedless ones, those who are
heedless of their real
objective of life, which is the focus on the hereafter. Allah
subhanaw taala also says in the Quran, that he could be under
hunger that will be Tina, what can one haha Filene, this is because
they denied our signs, and they will have the half Helene equating
denial of the signs with having Hoffler and heedlessness. So
though Muslims don't necessarily openly
deny the signs of Allah subhanaw taala we acknowledge them, but
implicitly in our actions, and because of not turning to them and
not holding and adhering to them strongly. We seem to deny them
because of our lawfulness of awfully is very dangerous.
heedlessness is very dangerous, because if that's what it gets,
non believers or disbelievers deniers to that level because they
are heedless, then there's a level of that there's heedlessness is
going to then provide a level of that denial within us if it's just
in practice. I mean, that's highly theoretical right now, but I'll be
a bit more practical Lita inshallah. Allah subhanho wa Taala
says font.com in home for a rock now home failure may be under
homecare, that will be Tina Walker and one ha ha Fenian. Again same
thing. Allah subhanaw taala says so we took revenge we avenged and
what Araucana whom phillium we cause them to drown in the seas in
the waters. This is because they denied Our Verses our signs Our
Ayat and they will have the Filene. So again, this roughly
creeps up this heedlessness, it's very dangerous.
For us, and if you're not looking carefully, if we're heedless, then
we'll actually miss that. When we read in the Quran when reading the
Quran, it says raffinose orphelins offering, it just seems almost
like it's just part of the part of discussion. We don't pay too much
attention to it, but that is that it could be unknown in Arabic the
word BA, the hotbar, is actually used to show reason to show cause
for something this is because they will have the feeling so not just
invent one verse but two. So yes, the Hoffler denial of Islam is one
thing I asked which is tantamount to Cofer, that's a different
thing. But as believers who acknowledge it once a week, once a
year, during Ramadan, whatever, right, however, often, you know,
we feel inclined to but still not Hoefler is very pervasive and very
dangerous. And that's what we need to be looking at. And there's
numerous other verses Allah subhanaw taala shows the eventual
end of hafla, some boeckmann neuroimmune, for whom lie on your
own, they are deaf, dumb and blind, despite being able to
physically see and observe and hear.
Despite all of that they consider to be deaf, dumb and blind because
they heedlessness has taken them to that level that they can't
really see what's really beneficial for them. They only see
the pleasures for the next 10 years or 20 years, what they want
next 40 years, maybe next 50 years. But what is even 50 or 100
years, as much as a person think that they may be living for or
expecting to live for, right? How much of that really is significant
in relationship to infinity which is the life of the hereafter and
eternal abode in the hereafter. How much significant is how much
significance is there in 40 years of enjoyment in this world with
heedlessness of Allah subhanaw taala and thus do in the
hereafter. So, you know, unfortunately again, the word Doom
is very negative, but it's just part of the discussion. So that's
Allah subhanaw taala saying in different places in the Quran,
yeah, Ala Moana, Thor Hera, middle, hayati, dunya. Well,
Houma. And this one is a bit more pointed of giving more reason for
the laferla Wehrli can be under homecooked. Sorry, yeah, and then
one other Ural highlighted dunya they know the apparent facade of
this world, they can see the outward expression of this world
they know that they that's what we all indulgent in the outward
facade of this world without realizing the reality of the core,
well, whom I need, Hirata, Whom have you known. So what is this
roughly about in this verse, Then it explains that they are Halfhill
heedless of the Hereafter, which is the real life. And Allah says
when he Rotella he'll Haiwan, the hereafter is the real life. I know
that's like a real overview of the way our life should be in this
world. And we have to translate that down to everyday life and how
we apply this concept in this idea. Of course, this is just to
wake us up to give us an idea that look, there is a concept of
heedlessness and we're probably all involved in a level of
heedlessness in sha Allah, it's definitely not to the level of
those who firmly deny, but there is implicit denial in what we do,
because of the way we act. So what is to be done for that? Allah
subhanho wa Taala says, look, he will say to a person look Laqad
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ruka leiomyoma Hadid so a person on the Day of Judgment, go to
Allah subhana wa Tada. And it will be set to Allah will say, look at
Quinta V Hoffler team in hada. This was a reality but you are
heedless of this reality. Heedless means it's there, but you can't
see it. So you'll miss it all the time. And one day somebody points
it out, then it becomes suddenly significant, hopefully. But you
were her Phil and heedless of this.
The Kushner now we have unveiled it for you, we have uncovered it,
we've removed the barriers. Now you can see a bus or broken yoga,
Hadid and you your gaze is extremely sharp to the meaning you
can see it thoroughly fully. And there is absolutely no doubt in
what you see today. But it's too late. We try to remind you, we try
to remind you there. Yes, there was a veil. But we tried to remind
remind you, you put the veil up yourself through fulfilling your
desires. So that veil has to come apart, but there has to be a
desire for that. Now, remembering Allah subhanaw taala said that
that's just kind of the negative side of things. The positive side
of things is that look, Allah subhanho wa Taala with what he's
done for us, and what we owe him in terms of him being our Creator,
our pure our our mere existence in this world being owed to him and
him alone and nobody else. We must love Allah subhanho wa Taala not
just because he brought us into this world but because he has all
of those attributes that that that create, instill love for anyone.
If you love anybody in this world, think of who you love. Why do you
love them for
Their knowledge for their beauty for the sun for their, for their
generosity, their benevolence, for their caring, compassion,
attitude, etc, etc mercy. Well, Allah has all of these attributes
and more, so he has to be loved. We need to then remember him
because when you love someone, the only way to love someone to prove
that you love them is for them to be constantly in your mind.
Because love is something that is not an that is that is not an
intellectual concept. It's, it's super rational, it's something
that enters the heart and takes over. And it doesn't have to be
rational. Sometimes people will love something without realizing
why others will not be able to understand there won't be any
logical connection and association of why this love is between these
two parties. But that the individual that's, that is a
concern there. They, they they know why there's something that
they feel and sometimes they can't explain it. So it's beyond
rational. To it's not irrational, this is beyond rational, doesn't
have to come into rational there. And that's what love is all about.
So we have to love Allah subhanho wa Taala is necessary to love him.
That's why the philosopher said a Hibbeler be equally Hulu become
love Allah with all your heart, not just a part of your heart, not
temporarily, not just on occasion, not just on Fridays, not just in
Ramadan, but his love should permeate our heart all the time,
we're walking down the street, so we may not be thinking about him
throughout because we do get, you know, we do become occupied with
other thoughts. But at the next moment that we get free, he his
thought does come back as though it's pervading our thoughts, just
like, the way it should be is that if you've lost someone, then you
feel that loss for a few weeks, and then it gets weaker and
weaker. But the love of Allah subhanho wa Taala shouldn't be
like that it should only get stronger and stronger. So yes,
when we become occupied with something, then we focused our
mind 100% on that, but as soon as our focus is completed, and our
task is completed, then Allah comes back into our mind. Okay,
how does Allah look at me right now? I'm walking down the streets,
these are the this is the way this has to be obviously achieved. This
is not going to come about just like that. There's certain
training that has to be done in that regard. So the Prophet
sallallahu sallam said, You need to love Allah with all your heart.
This is supported in the Quran where Allah subhanaw taala says,
manager Allah Allahu NEERA julienne, the Colombo with a fatal
merger, Allah Allah who the Lord Julian min, Kobe in if you JioFi,
Allah subhanho wa Taala hasn't placed two hearts in anybody's
chest. Nobody possesses two hearts. So okay, one heart is for
Allah. And one is for this, this is for this reason and this is for
this reason we have one heart and Allah needs to permeate that and
all other loves that we have need to be for the sake of Allah. And
they will be actually more excellent expressions of love, if
they're for the sake of Allah subhanaw taala so it doesn't mean
that if you love Allah subhanaw taala you won't be able to love
anything else. So then
once a person loves Allah or loves anything, you will stop mentioning
it you love a car, you want to buy a car, there's a phone, you're
constantly on a party with your friend look at this, look at this,
you know, you're you become a promoter for that product. And
then companies have understood this very well. That's why they
want you to become so faithful to their brand that you don't need to
them put any promotions outside because you we are walking talking
it's word of mouth. That's the best sense of source of promotion.
So now one needs to remember Allah give your heart your body,
everything to Allah subhanho wa Taala now, by the way you do that
is to remember Allah subhanho wa Taala now how powerful is the
remembrance of Allah and how much benefit it will have? There's one
Hadith in which the Sunnah allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said,
when a person enters his house, either the whole original beta
when a person enters his house, and he remembers Allah. So there
are doors for this that you do is with Bismillah he the hall to
write, there are there are two hours Assalamu alaykum
Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh and then you do a DUA, because you you
remember Allah subhanaw taala when entering the house, if a person
enters the house and remembers Allah when eat when when entering,
and then when eating Bismillah Hua Baraka Tila, then you know what
happens? We don't know that this is all going on. We just feel
either the benefits of we've done the right thing or the negative
reactions, but we don't know why they're happening. What the
Prophet saw some said, if a person does this, he remembers Allah when
entering the house and eating then shaytan will say to his fellow,
his progeny shaytaan that is designated for that household. He
will say la vida La Quwata Isha you know, today you guys got you.
We don't have a hotel today. There's no rooms available today
and there's no food for you either. You know, you go into a
city you're looking for a hotel, there's there's no rooms, it's all
filled up. There's a con
Front is going on. Everything is on 100% occupancy, right where
you're going to sleep. You're running around. So shaytan is like
that he becomes miserable. You got no place to sleep in this house
today, you can't influence them today. There's no room for you,
and there's no room in the eating. And then the Prophet sallallahu
sallam said, and if a person enters the house and does not
remember Allah comes in, the first thing he does is shout to
everybody.
Where's my effing food as some people will come and say, if
they're angry? Where's this? Where's that? What's going on
here? I'm so angry today from outside or whatever person comes
in like that swears or maybe doesn't swear, but just doesn't
remember Allah. Neither on entry, neither eating the shaytaan he's
watching anything. Yes, let's just see what this guy does. And as
soon as he does that, shaytaan says, a drug to Malama Beach,
don't worry, you got your rooms today. You've got your place to
stay, and you've got your food today, don't worry about it, we're
gonna have a good a good meal and a good place to stay today. Then
people wonder what happens to their children. Their children
start acting mischievous. They say that their children start acting
corrupt, they start getting into the wrong crowds and everything
like that. And we don't know why that's happening. Because what
we've done is we have entered the enemy into our homes, and then we
wonder, we wonder what happens then. And you're sending into
Islamic schools, and you're paying for that, and you're sending them
to Madras, and you're sending to this place and that place, but we
are allowing shaytaan to be part of the inner core of our home, in
up to up to our sleeping quarters, our eating and sleeping, that's
the most essential element of our life within our home. So not doing
the vicar of Allah, according to this hadith. I mean, we think so
insignificant, but it is so important that it will have these
repercussions. And then we're worried. And then we say why, why
is this happening? And this is the people of concern those people who
have no concern, then it's a higher level of, of negligence.
So we bring shaytaan in the house, and then we're concerned about
what happens to our children whereas we are incriminated in
this regard. Any much less the prophets, Allah Some said that any
modulus in any gathering, you sit and just have a little gathering
you speak and Allah is not mentioned in that gathering, then
you've just that's a burden upon us is not to our benefit, that all
of this is just going to show how much Allah has to be remembered.
You know, one is that we know Allah has to be remembered, but we
think it's has to be done in formal settings only in Salah
don't even read in the Quran. But no, Allah subhanaw taala is
supposed to be just part and parcel of our life, you should be
constantly on our mind and every activity that we do. That is if
anybody achieves that they are really, really successful. They
will feel completely comfortable and at peace inside law, how often
are they him what or whom he has known. This is the level of his
pious people we hear about the Olia, etc. This is the level they
have got to this level. And it's not difficult for us if we just
put our set our mind to it. And there are huge benefits to be
gained from that life becomes easier to deal with, doesn't
matter what's happening around you, you because you know Allah is
with you, because you're remembering Him is the greatest of
supporters, patrons and helpers that you can have. That's why it
will pay him who said some very good things, among many things
that he said there are some very good things that he said as well.
He says, because the either medical biller, your Kunal board,
Angela, it's to the amount of
absence of remembrance of Allah in your life will be your distance
from Allah, as much as vicar of Allah is absent in our life.
That's how distant Allah will be from us, essentially saying that
Allah will only be closer to us if we remember him. Otherwise, Allah
is so independent, why should he? Why should he do anything for us
if we don't feel like doing anything for he's not in need of
us. But he liked he loves it when we worship him and when we
remember him, and that's why it says that in the Hatfield bein who
were obeying Allah He Washington law, your Zulu will be decree law,
that between the Halfhill the heedless person that we spoke
about in the beginning, who is more indulgent in the world and
just forgets that I should be remembering Allah over and over
again, between him and Allah subhanho wa Taala is a form of
estrangement, gloom, darkness, which can only be removed from the
rim through the remembrance of Allah subhanaw taala. So, think
about, I'm just trying to impress upon us the importance of the
vicar of Allah for it to be a very fluid natural thing that we do an
organic thing that we do all the time and not something that is
just done in on specific occasion because this is the big fallacy
that shaytaan has placed in our mind that they can can only be
done in formal settings, but it should be part of our life. Even
you sitting there is the vicar of
Allah if you're remembering him, right, that's where he's just
being conscious of Allah is the vicar. So
people in Jannah, you've heard of the pleasures of Jannah, and how
people will be thoroughly enjoying that place, and there's going to
be nothing that they would want. But you know, there's still one
sense of loss that they will feel, which is mentioned in the Hadith,
they will feel the loss of those moments in this world where they
were unable to remember Allah. That's the only thing that you
will miss from this world that had I been able to remember him a bit
more. So now think about it. If someone is in absolute state of
bliss for eternity, wishing nothing more in a total state of
happiness, and the one thing that they remember is the Dhikr of
Allah, then can you imagine how important that remembrance is, and
the value what that value is, which they've only read or wish
they've only recognize later. So we're trying to understand that
right now of the great value of the remembrance of Allah right now
in our state where we need to where we can do it, where it can
be to our benefit, because once you're out, then there is no other
status that you can get beyond once once you leave this world. So
it's about trying to make that consciousness of Allah subhanaw
taala all the time and not to be of the halfling because being of
the halfling implicitly makes us of the deniers of the IRS without
us openly denying it makes us off the deniers in an implicit sense,
which is highly detrimental. So may Allah subhanahu wa taala help
us just a quick few signs just to recognize if we have enough of a
level of remembrance of Allah and association with him or not just
to be very quick the signs of a ruffler number one at the castle
Annie Salawat well Eva that just feeling lazy to make your prayers
on time and to do other worships as lazy as we feel that's our if
we feel very lazy then we got a big problem. We less lazy we got
to you still got a problem. Number One Number Two.
That's why the Prophet sallallahu sallam said in the earth della
Sala at Ala Moana if you're keen that the most the most burdensome
prayer on the Monarch 15 is what Aisha and Fisher because they just
like out of time and you're not out and about there, you have to
go somewhere for it. You have to come out of your way to go and
perform them. And because they used to perform in the masjid in
those days, even among 15 years to number two is
is disheartening Mohammed to think of unlawful things being
insignificant, not a big deal. When you feel when we do a sin,
not a big deal. It's not a problem. We don't feel too guilty
about it. And number three, Ill Valcea which means we become very
familiar with doing disobedience. We have no problem with doing so.
We feel quite comfortable with doing Marcia, we enjoy them. And
another 130 year old walked behind lady for either wasting time
without any needs. That's on your Whatsapp and Facebook and Twitter
accounts and just general gossip, etc. Just sitting around wasting
time not doing anything productive. That's also a sign of
the hafla of Allah subhanho wa Taala these things in sha Allah
may Allah subhanaw taala give us the Tofik to practicals and
operationalize these things in our life. Because what's really going
to matter is how connected we are to Allah subhanaw taala let us go
beyond thinking that the vicar is only something formal, restricted
to certain times and positions in worship, but no let us do what
Allah says Levinas Quran Allah, the Quran where Allah juubi Him,
those who remember Allah subhanaw taala standing, sitting and on
their sides, which goes to explain that vicar is something so natural
that we should be thinking about all the time. It's not nothing
something formal, it's something that's just a consciousness of our
heart and mind on Allah subhanho wa Taala Welcome to Darwin on
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