Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – The Tree of Tawba (Repentance)
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Bismillah al Rahman al Rahim
Al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen wa Salatu was Salam o Allah Murthy
Ramadan Lila Alameen wa ala early he was asked me about raka was
seldom at the Sleeman. Cathy Yan Li Iommi been a mother and a few
things I want to mention Alhamdulillah Allah subhanaw taala
gave us the opportunity to complete Ramadan.
And under lockdown many, many people that we've spoken to, they
said that they found it much better. They were able to get a
lot more out of this Ramadan than many previous Ramadan's. So we ask
Allah subhanaw taala for acceptance. We ask Allah for
forgiveness for our shortcomings, and how we may have not taken the
full advantage as we could have.
And we ask Allah to allow us many more Ramadan's and the much better
circumstances and Allah continue to allow us to draw close to Him.
So the one thing about Ramadan is that it's the Ramadan is a,
a period in which we're supposed to become closer to Allah, because
it helps us to inculcate Taqwa. And the way it's supposed to do
that is that when we avoid food, drink and sexual *
during the daylight hours, then we're opposing our enough's. Now
that that time is over, under shaytaan is back out, then it
becomes a bit more difficult. But that's why I believe that we have
in our Sharia this huge recommendation for the six facets
of show world. The six fastest show will help a person after
Ramadan, to feel like they're still in Ramadan, when you fast
after Ramadan, you still feel like it's an extension of Ramadan. So
you feel
like you still have to do everything and you don't feel
lacks. And I think that's really, really beneficial. So so if you
haven't fasted, already, the sooner the better. Though, in the
Hanafi school, it's recommended that you could fast every you make
the fast of show up every Monday and Thursday,
so that you get the benefit of the Monday and Thursday as well. But
you keep them any time during the month of Shaohua. Together
separately, and so on. In fact, there's some views which are not
necessarily the stronger views that you can even fast these if
you miss the new and fast them later in other months as well.
Because the way they've looked at the Hadith the Hadith says the
prophets Allah Islam said, Whoever man sama Ramadan from Tibetan who
sit them in show world, whoever first the month of Ramadan, and
then follows it up with six fast from Chawan onwards. So that's why
min min in Arabic means from. So the starting point is a show well,
obviously because that that follows Ramadan. And then in any
of them, though, that is not the strongest stronger opinion. We're
going to try to do it within the month of che show while itself and
then.
But I'm just mentioning that there are different views about this as
well.
Now one of the things that we want to achieve through Ramadan is Toba
is turning to Allah, because Allah gave us so much opportunity to
turn to him.
By taraweeh by fasting itself. I mean, I've been thinking
especially after Ramadan, in shorewall fasts, it's not an
obligation, they're purely optional. They're recommended a
huge reward for them. And
if you've been busy are some of the things obviously fasting does
have a toll on you because we're not used to fasting. So when
you're not used to fasting, we're constantly looking for food or
drink. And sometimes if you're feeling a bit uncomfortable,
you're feeling a bit tired or whatever. Sometimes food provides
you a bit of release a bit of escape a bit of comfort, and you
can't do that. So why would somebody fast for okay in Ramadan?
It's understandable but why would anybody fast outside the month of
Ramadan if it's not obligatory? That's why leads to the conclusion
which Allah says himself that fasting is for me repay, I will
compensate for it directly. Because why would anybody,
especially in England, as the days are getting even longer, right?
Fast for so many hours
for an awful fast unless they did it out of love for Allah subhanho
wa Taala and out of conviction that they're gonna get something
for this. And that's where Allah said that this requires faith.
That's why only a faithful person can fast like this. That's why
Allah says this is sincere and I will reward person directly. So,
Ramadan, tortoise, Raju Illa, Allah Toba and forgiveness for our
sins and Ramadan was a special moment which Allah forgave many,
many people's sins.
And there's a hadith which mentions that every month, or
sorry, every night of Ramadan, people were written to be freed
from hellfire. So what exactly is this Toba and repentance? See,
when a person feels that they've done something wrong, I got a call
from the person today saying that they've had
they were born as Muslims for totally negligent for most of
their life, currently, until until today. Now they want to make
change. And they're wondering how Allah subhanaw What, what, what's,
what's in it for them, especially when you've got so many deeds in
the back, which are wrong.
So you may have had 3035 years of wrong deeds, and now you want to
change what's going to happen on the Day of Judgment. So the person
is probably thinking, I've got 35 years of bad deeds, I may live for
another 10 years, 1520 years. That means I'm not even going to make
it equal.
So I'm going to have 3030 years of bad deeds and maybe only 20 years
of good deeds. But that's not how it works. Allah subhanaw taala
says in the Quran, Allah Iike you but the law who say to him has an
earth
there's this whole concept of bad deeds becoming good deeds, if the
person repents correctly, and changes their way.
I'd never thought about it in that way.
That the comparison is incorrect, that I've done 30 years of bad
deeds 20 years of good deeds, I don't stand a chance. That's the
wrong way to look at it. Because 30 years of bad deeds with Toba
changes all of that and the Prophet sallallahu sallam said
that it will make them become enlightened by Allah. Allah
subhanho wa Taala says, Allah feeding them kabhi tobe.
Allah is the Forgiver of sins. So what is the concept of
forgiveness? If 30 years of 40 years 100 years of sins can be
forgiven?
So that can easily be forgiven. And when a person changes their
life, Allah will watch them. In Arabic Allah will mirror Assad.
Allah will watch
and he will see.
And if he if he sees that our life has changed, we've made a sincere
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as our bukem and Yuka FIRA uncom say your article, very, very
likely that Allah subhanaw taala will remove an expiate completely
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all the bad deeds you've done
and then when you kill a comb, Jana didn't actually mean that the
* and Harun enter you into paradise, you will not be on the
graph. I think what this person was asking me was that, you know,
the people who've tried and then maybe they get to 30 and 30 years
so that means you're there say Earth and has an earth are the
same. The good and bad deeds are the same. So they weighed on the
out off. But no, Allah says here that you do sincere Toba 3050 100
years of sins will be forgiven.
And other parts of the Quran Allah says that those bad deeds become
good deeds. That's why there's a hadith of Rasulullah sallallahu
sallam, which talks about Allah subhanaw taala coming to a person
approaching a person who's got deeds and he covers him up and he
says, Do you remember a 34 be them because whatever the 30 will be
them because whatever.
And he's just reminding him of some some deeds,
some mistakes and the person confesses, because on that day,
there's no way to deny anything. There's no way to manipulate.
There's no way to change anything to spin anything. So they have
realities. That's why it's Aloha.
Right? It's unhealthy. It's the inevitable event. It's the the
data, Huck, also will will be completely manifest. There is no
deception on that day.
This person thinks as Allah is enumerating his deeds and making
him confess he's got nowhere to hide. He has to confess and when
he confesses all of that he thinks that now this is it. I'm finished
because obviously, let's just say a police comes to you. When
inquiry comes in to say look, you've got this issue you got this
issue. Here's the proof. Here's the proof. Here's the proof. Why
would they be saying that to you unless they're gonna incriminate
you. So the normal reaction is that I'm that I'm finished. And
Allah subhanaw taala says, Because of such and such a deed, or
whatever the case is, I'm gonna forgive you all of that.
Now this person gets bold and brave and he thinks he says, but
Allah, there's so many other mistakes as well.
Because Allah tells him all the bad
I'm going to change into good deeds. So he then says, oh, but
there's so many other mistakes that I did.
So that's very, that's very amusing for Allah subhanaw taala
when a person will say that
so Tober what is sincere Toba? Then? See, sincere Toba has to
have its roots in the heart. So imagine you're planting a tree of
Toba in the heart. Right? This is a very interesting example. You
plant a tree of Toba in the heart.
Its branches come up and start growing. And the branches are
essentially manifestations in our limbs. So what are our hands going
to do from now on? What are our eyes going to do from now on? What
our ears are going to do from now on? What is our tongue going to do
from now on? What is our mind going to do from now on if the
root of the Stober, the Toba tree grows well, and is able to
influence all of these parts. You have to water the tree of October,
this Toba tree has to be watered. And the way to water this tree of
October is through tears. The fire of regret in the heart, the fire
of regret and remorse. How much of a time have I wasted? What wrong
have I done? What guilt do I have?
That fire of regret is what's important that will.
That is very important. That's why it has to be watered with tears or
regrets. If we don't water it with tears of regret, then all of any
branches will just be like dry sticks. They won't, they won't,
they won't come with anything. They won't produce anything.
That's why it's very important to water it with the tears of love
for Allah subhanho wa Taala fear for Allah subhanaw taala the
Reverend respectful fear of Allah subhanaw taala, then this tree, if
Allah sees that this tree has grown October, and it's manifested
everywhere, let's just say that is a friend of ours or somebody very
close to us who has done something wrong.
And they made a mistake.
They did an aggression against us. They did something which are very,
very displeased by whether that be child doing that to the parent, a
friend doing that to someone else, a wife to the Husband, husband to
the wife. And then they come and they seek forgiveness.
Now your heart has been hurt. If somebody aggressed against me, my
heart has been hurt. I've got the Hadith on one side to forgive. So
I would like to forgive. But how did how does the How does it
become easier to forgive? From the heart? Not just because it's a
shoddy requirement, or it's a shoddy recommendation? It's a
religious recommendation. How does it become easier? If I see that
this person has that regret tree in their heart? That remorse tree
that doba three in their heart and it's become manifest? Because I
can't see what's in their heart? They're telling me something by
their tongue. Can I feel it? Can I see that they're different. Their
behavior has become different now. Because a lot of the time when
somebody's telling it when you have to apologize for something
you do it, arrogantly and that Toba tree isn't there. You get
that manifestation of what's in the heart is not there. From what
we can see outside of the way they speak or the way they say
something. It seems like there is no regret in the heart. There is
no remorse in the heart. There is no feeling of guilt in the hearts.
So that tells us that this tree has to germinate the seeds seeds
have to germinate and they have to become manifest on us. That's what
it means by true Toba. We ask Allah subhana wa Taala for true
Toba. That's why I believe it should never lose hope. Because
you have to remember Allah subhanaw taala is the verb.
Allah is that a worm? This should also help us the understanding of
Allah's name is the word the word means the frequently
the frequent acceptor of accept acceptor of repentance. Because
the word the verb here refers to someone who, who accepts a lot of
repentance, and who frequently accepts repentance. So Allah is
the world.
And the world will Hakeem in nama Anita Werb, Allah mentions, so
Allah is the verb
in the hooter were born.
That's one of his 99 names.
So Allah is there to accept. So that's why if we've done wrong
against people,
and they're finding it difficult to forgive us, if you repent to
Allah and you do sincere deeds, and you do toe button suhar, the
sincere Toba that we spoke about then what Allah does is that Allah
will create love for this individual in the heart.
serve others. So now these people will find it easy to forgive him.
That's why sometimes it may be the wrong strategy to try to tell
people to forgive you if they're not willing to rather cry to Allah
subhanaw taala and Allah subhanho wa Taala will allow this tree of
Toba to, to grow in us to become manifest in us create the love the
seed of love in the hearts of people for us, because Inshallah,
the more Toba we make, the more Kabuli and acceptance we gain. And
when Allah begins to love someone, because he's turning back to him,
you see, if somebody has been away from you for a while, then slowly,
slowly the love diminishes. When they come back, and they start
working with you, they start becoming close to you start in
relationship with you again, that love grows again, especially if
they've got qualities. And Allah loves those who repent. So that's
why we get closer to Allah, He gives us acceptance, and then he
lets people know that there is acceptance for this person. So now
people find it easier to forgive such a person as well. That's why
ultimately our Toba should be to Allah subhanaw taala a beautiful
example
of the Toba tree is that in the time of the Prophet sallallahu,
alayhi wasallam. You had one of the journeys of the book, which we
read about Allah subhanaw taala mentions in the Quran, la Khattab
Allahu Allah Nabhi Wolmar hygena Al Ansari, and what Allah Fela 30
Levina holy foo. This was the Battle of this was the expedition
of taboo, which was one of the most difficult expeditions this
harbor we're going to undertake with the Prophet sallallahu
sallam, extremely hot days, long distance, small supplies, and the
enemy are supposed to be the Romans, one of the major empires
of the world at the time, the superpowers of the world of the
time. So nearly all the Muslims of true believe went out.
Only the hypocrites stayed behind making excuses. Otherwise
everybody understand, understood the seriousness, the importance
and the significance of this and they went out, there were three
sincere Sahaba who for various different reasons, seemingly
innocent reasons, mistakes they made, they didn't go for example,
one of them was Khabib nomadic. He says that my crops had just become
ready.
And I was in need of them.
And I felt that I was strong person, I had everything together,
I would let them depart, and they won't depart with them. I'll just
finish off what I need to do. And then I'll catch up with them. But
slowly, slowly, that procrastination, that delayed to
such a degree that eventually I heard that they're coming back.
So now there was no point leaving, there was no point in going he
decided that he's not going to make an excuse all the Mana 15 The
hypocrites they made an excuse when the promises and came back
and Allah mentions
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They're going to seek they're going to make excuses.
When you go back to them, the Prophet sallallahu Sallam with the
Mona Vicki and he just said, Okay, fine, fine, fine.
Allah will deal with you, Allah will deal with you. I leave your
message of Allah subhanaw taala accepted from them. When Gabriella
went up there, he says, I'm very eloquent. And his whole incident
is actually very elegantly
composed as well. He said, I could have thought of so many excuses,
that I could have made up by which I could get out of this
predicament. But then I realized that no, that's not the way of the
truth, the truth, the truth. Tober needs to be done with truth. I
need to plant that seed of Toba in my heart. So he said, I went to
the bar with a lot of serum and I told him the Absolute Truth. Now
unlike with the others, the Prophet sallallahu Sallam told me
to me, said to me, okay, wait,
your response will be given later.
Slowly, slowly, Allah subhanaw taala the Prophet sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam told people to stop talking to them. And this
eventually their wives were not allowed. There were three of them
more or ignore Robbie and Hillary and Romania. There were three of
them. One was a bit older. Kabhi numeric was quite young. And he
said nobody would speak to us.
This was to grow that tree of Toba
and grow it and grow it.
Sometimes Allah subhanho wa Taala will not let us off easily. And
sometimes not letting us easily
is a sign that maybe Allah wants big things for us afterwards. So
when we have done wrong and there's a huge frustration and we
don't feel like we're being forgiven, it means Allah wants us
to return to him even more get more closer to Him.
Because what then happens with Kavin nomadic is that for 50 days
nobody was allowed to speak to them including their wives
eventually, except one of them was allowed because he was old and in
need so that's why one of his one of their wives were allowed to
stay but otherwise cabin nomadic said
Nobody would speak to me even my closest friend, I went to try to
speak to him, and he refused to speak to me. I would go to the
Prophet sallallahu Sallam and say salaam to him and see if he
responded or not.
And then finally, after 50 days, Allah subhanaw taala revealed
these verses in the Quran
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the Earth had become constrained the land everything around him
income constrained despite its vastness, because when nobody is
speaking to you, humans are social beings, you feel very bad. And in
themselves, they felt very bad
to such a degree that it was so constrained.
Allah subhanaw taala gave them Toba
and he declared the Toba in the Quran.
And Kavita Malik says, what an amazing my Toba to be repeated to
be repeated and recited over and over again until they have
judgment. That's how much Allah subhanaw taala likes the tree of
Toba once it grows in the hearts and it becomes manifest
throughout. And Kavita Malik says that I understand now the virtues
of truthfulness, I will never lie again. So we ask Allah subhanaw
taala to give us a sincere Toba and remember, difficulties will
come.
But you have to remember that whenever there's a test from
Allah,
then there's always going to be held from Allah as well. Allah
never leaves anybody alone. So we are going through testing times,
obviously, but with every test for those who treat it as a test,
there's always help.
So we ask Allah subhana wa Tala photographique. We ask Allah to
allow us to carry on the bounties and blessings of Ramadan, way
beyond the month of Shabbat and onwards. Allah gives us an
immunity from our habitual sins and keep us away from the shaytaan
so that he doesn't allow us to do nuisance or he doesn't cause us
rather to do new sins. May Allah grant a strength of vicar and
strength of his remembrance strength of his gratitude, and
allow us to constantly repent, repent to Him and return to Him,
so that we can remain Beloved, we can remain beloved to him, and may
Allah subhanaw taala accept our coming together.
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the blessings of this month of Ramadan to continue with us. Allow
our level of iman to remain remain increased and enhanced of Allah do
not allow us to falter and to become weak. Have Allah accept our
brothers and sisters whoever has fasted and worship during this
month of Ramadan accept from all of us, those who have struggled
and those who are going undergoing oppression those who had to fast
and the subjugation of Allah grant them a respite grant them a better
exchange for what they have done. Oh Allah with every test comes to
help Oh Allah grant us all help in whatever we need. Oh Allah
fulfill our permissible needs of Allah forgive us our wrongdoings,
our shortcomings our defects, our misunderstandings grant us
beneficial knowledge so we can understand you for how we how we
need to understand you. And we understand our deen for how we
need to understand it. Oh Allah accept whatever we've good
whatever good we've put out there. Forgive us our wrongs Forgive us
our mistakes. Oh Allah do not make us a force for the wrong change.
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sisters around the world to remove the difficulty from them. To
remove the oppression from them. of Allah We ask that you make us
someone who is beneficial to others who your Prophet sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam has considered to be of the best of people make us
of the learners of the Quran and the teachers of the Quran of Allah
allow our journey of Ramadan journey of the Quran to continue
even after the month of Ramadan. Allah accept
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