Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Virtues of the 15th Night of Sha’ban and Secrets of Having Your Du’as Accepted
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So the Kola who know him,
my dear respected brothers and sisters, my dear friends
as Salaam Alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh
we're in the midst of this month of sharp burn, which is the
prelude to Ramadan.
Today, we've begun the 15th nights of this blessed month of Shabbat
and some of you may be wondering why you have this auspicious night
this great night Laylatul Bara as we say Shabbat Shabbat means night
in Arabic for those you know, some people say the night of Shabbat
which is actually incorrect because Shabbat it's a Persian
word used in order and other languages to mean night so the
night of baraka of exoneration.
Very close to Ramadan. Ramadan has a very
important night to Lila to cuddle. The night of predestination
decreed power
numerous virtues mentioned about many of the nights of Ramadan, the
odd nights of Ramadan, Laylatul, Qadr, etc. So why do we have to
have this 15 days beforehand?
For some people,
they may think it's a bit of a mistake. Why couldn't we have it
six months before
it's not a mistake at all. This is a pre wash
because for somebody to benefit most from Ramadan if they go into
it with proper preparation
and,
and care.
Generally when we have washing, there are certain items that need
a pre wash, there are certain pre washing detergents that you add to
it before it goes into the main wash. Ramadan is essentially just
like Hajj, Ramadan and Hajj the difference between the two they're
both sales from Allah subhanho wa Taala in which Allah is offering
huge amounts of reward for those who want to who want them, the
only difference is that
hajj is for the elite. What I mean by the elite is that you have to
pay for it. For that sale, you have to actually go to the store,
you know you have to go to the shop, you have to make an effort
and spend money and go to Haramain go to Morocco, Morocco, Rama Mina,
etcetera and go through that whole spiritual washing machine.
However, Allah subhanaw taala provides Ramadan as something you
can shop online, it comes to your doorstep, wherever you are in the
world, whatever your state may be, whatever class you may be from
Ramadan comes to everybody. And it is not a worship that only the
rich can do. In fact, the poor find it much easier. It's about
abstinence, abstinence from food drinking and sexual *
with the spouse. These are the things that Ramadan is all about.
However, Allah subhanaw taala once is prepared before that, that's
why there are numerous Hadith related by Imam Bukhari and Muslim
that Rasulullah sallallahu Sallam would not be seen fasting more in
any other month outside of Ramadan than Shaban.
I shudder the Allah Juana relates that he would fast the Prophet
Saracen would fast as though he's not going to stop
in the month of Shabbat, so Cheban was full of us.
So we've gone through half of the month of Shabbat and so the layout
for today's talk is that we're going to speak very briefly about
Shabbat itself because we've passed half of it already and some
of the virtues I've already mentioned. Then we're going to
speak a bit about later tomorrow or tonight. But then most
importantly, I want to speak about how to maximize the benefit from
tonight's in a practical perspective. We this night comes
as an every year so it's this perfect pre wash before Ramadan,
you practice a few of the fostering the shutter button so
that when Ramadan comes these
fast that we generally assume are going to be very difficult because
of the long hours that we have and the heat of the summer months in
which they occur nowadays, however Subhan Allah Allah gives us the
ability even people with diabetes and other forms of illnesses, they
find that it's they feel that it's going to be very difficult but
once they actually start keeping the focus Allah gives
them
Amazing ability during this month that a person fasts on any other
day, if a person with diabetes hasn't eaten for a certain number
of hours, they'll get their low blood sugar and ajeeb in Ramadan.
There's some inner energy. Women have energy in Ramadan. Have you
seen the new kinds of foods that come out that don't come out for
the rest of the year? Have you guys seen that? I know they
probably do it because you guys make them make it. Right.
Otherwise they'll get in trouble if they don't have the samosa and
all this kind of stuff at Iftar all this unhealthy stuff that
makes you then burp in tarawih right. But anyway, there's IG
Baraka during this month of Ramadan. So Shaban if we zoom
right into
the Les little Bara aspect which in sha Allah tonight is a unified
Laylatul Bara mashallah there are a number of narrations number of
generations. For example, one is related by Imam by Abu Musa Shah
Radi Allahu anhu, in which he says that Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi
wa sallam said that in Allah lay a toilet fee Leila dignissim in
Shaban for yo fatally Jimmy hung up in learning Mushrik in Omaha,
Haman, Allah subhanho wa Taala there's a number of a number of
Hadith related in a similar fashion from a number of different
Sahaba. All narrations are say about the worship of the night of
Ramadan about the virtue of the night of Ramadan, all of these
Asahi,
the ones which are weak are about the fasting of the day. Those
there's one Hadith which is weak, right. So that's why there's a
difference of opinion as to whether a person should fast on
the day or not especially I mean, in terms of general fasting,
because 15th of Shabaan falls into the middle three days of the each
month, which is sooner too fast during that time anyway. So in
that sense, it can be covered. In that sense. It's cupboard anyway,
in that sense. However, the virtue for the night is undisputed, in a
sense in a general sense. Anybody who's the only person who rejects
the virtues of this night is an Exaggerator is somebody who has
just gone beyond moderation. Because as I will explain to you,
there are a number of narrations that Imam almondsbury has related
history, but tell him that speak about this special virtue of this
15 sub Shaban. I mean I'm not going to go through all of them,
but I will tell you what they contain. I'm not going to relate
all of them to you. But I will tell you the virtues that they
contain so that you have them in mind. Allah subhanho wa Taala it
says that he descends on to this on to the lowermost heavens, and
thus that is trying to say that I am as close to you as possible and
thus whatever you ask for, it will be given to you. So we are very
close to Allah subhanaw taala Allah makes himself closer to us.
In fact, we are however distant or far we are. Allah brings himself
close to us, Allah a big Allah opens up himself to us, you ask
and you will give. So at the end of the day, the only person that
will be deprived is who wants to remain at a distance. Allah is
willing to give us that closeness and proximity. The only person
that's going to be deprived, deprived is the person who doesn't
want that proximity who still wants to remain far. Number two,
Allah showers His mercy and in abundance and he forgives his
servants on this night. In fact, there's a narration which says
that Allah liberates people on this night Bara exoneration, Allah
liberates people on this night from the Hellfire equivalent to
the number of the hair on the goats of Balu killed. There was a
tribe called the Blue club. And they had a lot of goats. So it
says that the goats are very hairy. So the number of hairs if
you try to, if you try to enumerate count the number of
hairs on a goat, I mean, it's a lifelong process to do that it's
not an easy thing to count his on anybody.
So, Allah subhanho wa taala, liberates people from the fire
equivalent to the number of hairs on the goats of the blue called
tribe. However, the that's all well and good, that's all
understood. The problem is that there will be people who will
unfortunately be deprived of this virtue, though they may be one
thing the virtue, one is the person doesn't care. The another
person is the one who wants to try to gain something from this night,
prepare the heart so that there's some purification gain before the
month of Ramadan. So then the news of Allah just enters the heart
during the month of Ramadan. However, there are certain people
who will be deprived, prevented and blocked from these benefits.
And these are people. Again, I won't mention every single
narration but as a conclusion, these are the people who are
mentioned as being as being deprived of the special blessings
on this day. One is a polytheist an idol worshiper. Number two is
an alcohol. Number two is a person with enmity and hatred in their
heart for somebody else without any valid reason. A person who is
so hard hearted he doesn't want to forgive. The other person has
maybe sought
have given us numerous times, but this person says zindagi burn for
the rest of my life I will not forgive you. I mean really, really
a person like this is setting himself up to be prevented from
the Mercy of Allah subhanaw taala a person should realize that we
need more mercy from Allah then we can show to somebody else. And
Allah will show us mercy man as the Allah the Prophet sallallahu
sallam said, your humble woman fill out the or hem Command V
sama. You have mercy on those who are on the earth and those in the
heavens will pray for mercy for you. The angels are Rahim Munna,
your hameau Houma Rahman, those who show mercy the Rahman the Most
Merciful One, the Abundantly Merciful One will have mercy on
those who show mercy to others. Part of giving somebody
forgiveness is showing them mercy. It's one of the ways of showing
mercy creating brotherhood between so a person who bears enmity and
hatred without a valid reason. Then this is a person who's going
to be deprived.
Number two is number three is a murderer. Number four is a
prostitute. Number five is an alcohol addict. And number six is
a disobey er of parents. And, of course, after that is a person who
number a number seven is a person who breaks relations with people
who again, it ties into the second point there and a person they say
whose trousers extend beyond their ankles for ostentation purposes.
Now,
all of these people are deprived on this night. However, there's a
an interesting point here. These people are deprived only if they
do not repent on this night. All of these people can be forgiven on
this night. If they make repentance, and thus, they will no
longer remain an alcoholic, they will no longer remain a person who
has severed his ties with others. No longer will that prostitute
remain a prostitute. These are people who have made the Toba on
this day. Basically, the way I look at it is that Allah is
saying, I'm giving you this special offer today to be
forgiven. If you take that offer, you are forgiven. The only person
who is not forgiven is who does not want the offer. Who doesn't
want to extend their hands? Who doesn't want to shed a few tears?
Who doesn't want this special thing and gift on this day? So
essentially, the sales are open to all except anybody who doesn't
want it. And these are the people who want to persist in this
regard. That's why there is a Hadith narrated by morality.
bingeable Radi Allahu Anhu that Rasulullah sallallahu sallam said,
Allah turns his entire attention to creation, to the creation, on
this day, meaning on the 15th, night of Sherborne, and he
forgives all of them, except those who ascribe partners to Him, those
who harbors enmity in his heart. This is one of the narrations he
mentions the two people who are deprived. I just want to mention
because I know that we have
some people who think that there is no virtue for this night. There
is no virtue for this night but from my experience, I have not
seen any other night in the entire year outside of Ramadan, which
gets more filled with people than this chadburn
than this 15 of Shaban. There is always mashallah Full House in the
masjid pretty much. And this comes from our tradition and heritage
which is based on the Seine aerations this narration that I
mentioned from Ma Dibner Jubilo the Allahu Anhu is related from
Imam taba Ronnie in his Alma Jamal Oh salt, and in his more general
Kabir also ignore a barnas cleanse classified this narration Asahi,
the reason why I'm going into all of this is because, as I said, for
some people, there is some confusion about whether this night
has any merit or not because there are people out there who have
exaggerated and disregard and tried to discredit this night.
That's why I'm mentioning this just so that you know, likewise,
Harvey will hate them or hate them. He has mentioned that all
the moderators of this hadith are reliable. The great Hadith scholar
of the one of the great Hadith scholars of the present day show
Abel Aruna root and a number of others even NASA within Alberni,
right number of others who generally is very quick to
sometimes make Hadith dive and weak even he considers this hadith
Asahi and not only that it's mentioned in numerous narrations
is another narration related by Mumbai hockey and Musa bazar from
Abu Bakr Siddiq or the Allahu Anhu have a very similar nature.
As I said, I didn't want to belabor this point too much, but I
just want to now mention to you from the terrain and some of the
great scholars of the past what they thought of this day. Arthur
IGNOU Yasar, the great Derby of Madina, Munawwara who say is that
after Leila, to cuddle
After the 27th or whatever night it may be of Ramadan. There is no
other night in the year that is more virtuous than the 15th Night
of Sharon the middle night of Shaban. Number two, the Khalifa
Omar Abdullah Abdullah Aziz, he wrote to his governors in Basra.
He wrote to his Governor while he was while he was the Hadith, he
wrote to his governors in Basra, Allah Allah pours His mercy in
abundance on four nights of the year. So ensure that you benefit
from them. And one of them that he mentioned was the middle night of
Shaban Imam Shafi Rahim and the great Imam.
He mentioned that the Rs are accepted by Allah Almighty on this
15th of charbon. He relates to it this is related in Santa Fe
hockey, and also related in lotta informality for IGNOU Raja al
humbly likewise, Imam Ozeri was of the view that people should engage
in individual worship on this night. Imam Ozeri, the great
island of the greater Arnim of Damascus of Syria he was
considered the greatest of the turbit in an aroma Imams of, of
Syria. Likewise, Imam is Hakeem Nora, Hawaii or Ahuja also
approved of spending the night of worship in the masjid this night
in worship, above all, Ibnu Tamia half a diviner Tamia, who many
people who have issues with this night would generally quote from
he himself says, As for the middle night of Cheban, there are various
narrations that have been narrated regarding its significance. And it
has been reported from a group of the self that they practice this.
Hence, such a deed cannot be disputed. This is what he says and
this is related if you want the reference in his memorial fatawa
volume 23 page 132 ignorable humbly himself again numerous
humbly scholars approved of this night every Muslim is recommended
to avail himself for a bother on this night.
And number of other narrations which we don't have time to go
into. But now
how do we spend this night once we've understood Alhamdulillah the
first and foremost thing is that we've taken the first step all
those who are in the masjid today, right? So all those people who
have
performed perform the Isha prayer in the masjid.
Do you know what you've just earned? Allahu Akbar. There's a
hadith related in Sahih Muslim and sullen Buddha out. It says that
one who performs Aisha in congregation, in Jamar and then
anybody who performs Asia in congregation gets the reward of
spending half the nights in worship.
Right, then anybody who follows that up with Fudger in
congregation gets the reward of the other half night in worship,
even if in between you slept the whole night, making Fudger and
Asia in JAMA in the masjid gives you the reward of spending the
entire night in worship.
Now that doesn't mean that you do those two and then you go to sleep
at home. Right? What you'll get is you'll get the base reward of
spending the night in worship. But of course any other deeds during
gum during the night you get those additional rewards. So you get a
significant amount of base reward to start with, which is
very valuable on the day of judgment but you do extra insha
Allah during the night as well. So alhamdulillah you've prayed Asia
now make sure you come for vision let's have a similar if not a
greater number especially of those who are listening at home they
weren't able to make it for Asia for whatever reason. At least come
from video so you get the second half inshallah
number two on this night if you do sleep I mean we don't have many
hours to sleep really I mean it's short days anyway depending on
what your Fajr time is 1815 12 degrees or whatever it is if
you're going I think it goes go about 18 degrees right so you're
gonna have about a few hours right it's not much it's easy to stay
awake Sunday tomorrow, there is no inshallah work for many of us. So
hulless it's it's aligned day tomorrow so you spend the night
however if somebody does sleep on this night's sleep with will do
they should be a practice that we do all the time whenever you
before you go to sleep, try to sleep with wudu the benefit of
that as related by him know hydro Alaska learning the great
Muhaddith Hadith master and Shafi jurist, he relates that the soul
of the one who sleeps with voodoo makes prostration at the origin of
Allah subhanho wa Taala so it's very significant to
sleep on all do whenever you can. Number three, if nothing else, on
this night, abstain from sin
so you don't
Need to watch the news? It's depressing anyway. Right? And it's
only half the night you will be in. It's only half the day that
you will be away from news. No, no, no get you know, get away from
your WhatsApp messages which is a massive fitna today, right. Just
not I mean I'm not saying that's a sin necessarily. It's a waste of
time. But avoid any kind of sinned during this night's specifically
during this night avoid any kind of sin. I know it's a Saturday
night I know it's a night where people go out and do things, but
Alhamdulillah you guys are out and you are doing things here in sha
Allah, Allah subhanho wa Taala help us and assist us so abstain
from sins. So if you don't get anything, at least we don't lose
anything. And number four, as mentioned in those Hadith, clear
your heart, clear our hearts from ill feelings towards other
Muslims. I don't know how much we can stress this. This is such a
preventer of Allah's Mercy
breaking ties with people and you know, there's most people know
that there's a famous Hadith about breaking ties, what's the maximum
number of days that you can stop talking to somebody for three
days, everybody knows that. And it may be something that many of us
may not know that you know, these three days, that is four
non relatives,
which means brothers and sisters, parents, children, uncles, aunts,
anybody blood relatives, Kin, this Hadees doesn't relate to them.
This relates to anybody besides them. Anytime they can hurt
anybody, your neighbor, your friend or whatever, any other
person,
Kin, you're not even supposed to break up for more than a minutes.
You should just avoid it. Because that is how societies breakup when
families deteriorate. So they're not even this hadith relates to
outside of the kin. So if somebody has problems with their brother or
sister whatever the case is, they're basically just telling
Allah okay, you know, I'm one of those guys.
We need to find that softness in our heart
making up with somebody doesn't mean that you have to then become
Buddy Buddy and go and have doubts at their house. Or go on all these
Hangouts. Because you know, like there are certain people they
being with them is like torture. I mean, come on. I mean, that's some
people are just very unreal, they talk too much they just every you
know that every time you're going to be with them is going to cause
a bit of an issue that that doesn't mean that just because you
make up that you have to go and sit and do everything with them
like become best pals and buddies and friends No. Salaam, sharing
their happiness and grief give them a call once in a while if
they're related to you or whatever the case is help them out a system
that's the idea the idea isn't to make up with somebody doesn't mean
it has to be some kind of intense relationship is is that don't
break it completely with anybody then what else can you do? Number
five Salah test be very powerful the method of it
you should know somebody can explain that later to you which is
the fork our prayer in which there's 75 Extra this be hot in
every regard and do ours is supposed to be accepted after
that. So this is you can do that. Number six above all Toba
repentance, repentance Allah purify our our hearts, remove our
sins. And number seven vicar. Now you see Ignatov Allah this country
has this wonderful statement. He says that, because Allah knows
that human beings are made in a way that they get bored easily
from a single type of activity. That's why he varied the forms of
worship. He made different forms of worship, because humans
generally get bored. So that's why you go home, or you stay in the
masjid. You do some Noah fill prayer. You get tired of doing
that. sit and read some Quran, you get tired of doing that. Go and
just read some text be Subhan Allah Alhamdulillah Allahu Akbar
La ilaha illa Allah, you get title a Salah, salawat and Rasulullah
sallallahu Bucha. If you get tired of doing that, just sit back and
just think about your relationship with Allah maraca kind of
meditation. Just just do that. You get tired of doing that, then do
something else, just these very different things that you can do.
Just spending the night for the sake of Allah in these various
different ways the law of the Quran, vicar Tober, dua, etc. We
want to maximize our time. Now. There is something very specific
that I want to deal with today in relationship to this night and to
any other great night and to just general.
Generally this practice on its own, Allah subhanaw taala says
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Your Lord says in the Quran, your Lord says, or the Rooney call upon
me, call on to me asked me a study
Look, I will answer you, I will respond to you. That is what Allah
is saying. He's saying call upon me he is giving a hook, a command,
and I will respond to you. Allah is the only one who can change the
states of people. Allah is the only one who is in absolute
control of the states in the hearts of people, and he does it
as he wishes.
For us, if we want to do something different, we have to adopt it
means if we want, if we're hungry, what do I do I go and get some
foods, I eat something and I put something into my stomach. For
many things, we need to make dua to Allah subhanaw taala.
Allah subhanahu wa Tada has so much power and so much ability
that you know the normal effects that we see in things.
Allah has the ability to change those. The reason is that our
belief is that anything that for example, a knife generally cuts,
fire generally burns. paracetamol, generally removes your headache,
generally. However, none of these things are intrinsic to it.
Meaning it's not through their own capability. That's why we see
sometimes paracetamol does not work. And there's people who are
on codeine and and Kokoda, Molen some other crazy stuff, right? And
nothing else works with them. You know,
even that doesn't work sometimes. Allah subhanaw taala is the one
who occasions everything by giving it permission each time. This is
our belief. Now if you think that that could make him weary lawyer
who the who have Lahoma nothing where it makes Allah subhanaw
taala weary, it's us who have to delegate tasks because there's
only so much that we can do. Allah is in control of everything all at
once and he does it as he wishes.
However, when Allah wants to remove the effect of something
that is generally an accepted effect, he can do so. For example,
the best of medicines will stop working will have no benefit
whatsoever. Allah Allah's Will will always prevail, whatever he
wants, that will always be dominant. That's why the son of
new Hyundai salaam, the son of new Hyundai salaam, despite his
father's dollars was not saved and he drowned. This is a profit we're
speaking about. And not just any normal profit, but an annual
asmita Russell, considered the second father of mankind after
other money Salam, his son did not his son did not, did not survive.
Likewise, Allah Well, that's because Allah wanted him to
perish, so he didn't survive. Allah did not wish Ismail Ali
salaam to be slaughtered. And thus Try as he might his father,
Ibrahim Ali Salam is trying to sacrifice him according to the
command, but he is unable to do so. Because Allah didn't want it
to happen. Allah subhanho wa Taala wanted the Prophet sallallahu
Sallam to eat the honey.
Despite the fact that the Prophet sallallahu Sallam took an oath
that I will not eat honey again. Allah wanted him to eat the honey
and thus he broke the oath and he ate the honey.
I'm going to leave that curiosity for those who does don't
understand know this incident to go and ask your shakes afterwards
to explain that story to you. Right? It's in the Tafseer of
Surah Darim. Right? Or go and look at the tough CMIT for Quran of
Surah Darim. But a very interesting story. Allah wanted
him to eat it. He took an oath to the country, the Prophet salallahu
Salam, but he still had to eat it. The reason is that nothing has its
own intrinsic efficacy. Everything happens because of being
occasioned by Allah subhanho wa Taala in every instance. And the
reason for that is why does Allah sometimes pull the efficacy and
the effect of something out of the thing is to keep servitude the way
it is. If everything was always predictable, then we would need
ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada. So we have this feeling that we are in need,
even the most powerful individual, they run into roadblocks. Many
times, they run into obstacles, and then they have to realize that
there is a power that is more superior to them. Now, the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said adore al Mohler, Eva da. I'm going
to specifically discuss Dr. today because I believe that this is one
of the most powerful tools that we have for this night. Da, Da Mo who
labored on the road, Mr. Lawson said dA is the kernel of worship.
In another version, he says a DA Oh, who will Eva da da is worship.
Now, before I couldn't understand how this was the fact because
worship is when we're offering something to Allah. We're doing
worship for the sake of Allah, right? It's like we're giving
something when you do do our duty to give something to Allah, you're
asking of something from Allah. So that's like, more selfish like I
want this I want that. So how can
The DA and the province of Assam is not just saying obliquely that
it's a DA he's saying that it's a worship, he's saying it is
worship, it's the kernel of which is the essence of worship. It's as
big as worship as you can do. The reason is that when we ask Allah
something, we are expressing our servitude, servitude, our need our
helplessness, to Allah subhanaw taala. That is one of the highest
levels of servitude, the fact that we have succumbed and submitted to
Allah, Oh Allah, I need this. I can't get it myself. I can't get
it from anybody else. Oh Allah, it is you and we've recognized who is
our superior, we've recognized who's our Lord. That's why dua is
especially if it's sincere, then the more sincere that is, the
greater the worship it is. That's why dua is a worship to Allah
subhanaw taala.
Now, let us understand something, let us understand the dynamic
here. How much can Allah give?
And when does he give? Why does he not give, because this is what we
all stuck with. We all make dua and we get tired of it. Sometimes
Allah doesn't give me I've been asking for this many months, this
many years, sometimes he hasn't given me. So I want to explore
this a bit today. First and foremost, what we have to realize
is how much Allah can give what is potential Allah gives to all.
That's the first thing Allah gives to all he gives to his lovers he
gives to his detractors, he gives to those who violate, who
blaspheme him, he gives to those who reject Him, it gives those who
deny Him, He gives the atheist, he gives the worshipper and he gives
to everybody else.
So, why will Allah not give you
if Allah gives to everybody, why will he not give you
humans are different.
See, our point of reference are other human beings. And sometimes
we impose that thought on Allah subhanaw taala the way we interact
and experience other human beings, we think Allah is the same. But
this is where we make it our mistake. Yes, with us, with
others, they give to friends they give to people they know, they
don't give to just everybody, you know, we don't give to detractors
generally speaking, you know, unless somebody is very
altruistic, right? Allah subhanaw taala gives to all so why wouldn't
he give you number two.
Some people want to give,
many people want to give, but they cannot. They don't have the
ability to give, they don't have the means to give, or they're too
stingy. They want to give but they can't make themselves give.
They've got a min a psychological barrier of giving. For some
reason, they think they're going to become poor. Or maybe they just
don't have with Allah subhanho wa taala. This can never be the case.
Because Allah has abundant everything is at his disposal. So
if he wants to give, he will give, he has sufficient supplies more
than sufficient supplies to give. Number three.
If you go to a wealthy person, and you ask him for a pound, that's an
affront to them. That's an embarrassment. You go to a wealthy
person, you ask them for a pound for something small, they're going
to think you have to come to me for that. You know, you could have
asked the doorman. You know, you could have asked my driver? Why
are you asking me for that? Likewise, if you go to a poor
person, you ask him for a huge amount. He didn't say Mitchell,
I'm a pensioner. You're asking me for 100,000 loan? Come on, man.
What's wrong with you? Are you making fun of me? So asking a
wealthy person for something small? Or asking a poor person for
something big is a form of embarrassment?
What do you then ask for Allah? What do we then how much do you
think we can ask of Allah who has more than all? Don't ask him for
something small, ask Him for everything. Ask Him for
everything. It's an affront to him that you're only going to ask him
for some things and not everything.
That's the whole idea here.
The next point is that if we are unhappy with somebody,
then we won't give them
we're unhappy with somebody we won't give them. Allah gives even
when he's angry.
ajeeb Allah gives even when he's angry. Let me tell you one of the
most famous occasions of this shaytaan he did what he did to
other money, he Salam forced him, had him eat of the forbidden fruit
or whatever it was. And you can tell Allah subhanaw taala was very
angry because he rejected the shaytaan. He said, Now you go from
here, you are the accursed and the rejected one. Do you think or do I
is going to be accepted at this time? Yes, with Allah. Yes. The
shaytan knows Allah. Remember the shaytaan knows Allah.
Unfortunately, he's got a problem that prevents him from acting
according to that knowledge which is an A which is arrogance.
Arrogance is a very bad disease. It will make it will fall
cause you to act against your knowledge against the better.
That's that's what it is. He knows Allah Azza he makes a DUA, then he
says, he says to Allah,
give me respite, and then me Give me response until the day of
judgment. And Allah says in the communal monitoring, yes, you have
been given respite. It's a position of anger, where he's
being cursed, totally away from the Rama and mercy of Allah. Allah
gives him as well. That's why
Allah subhanaw taala gives even in those times when he's angry with
somebody like that with the shaytaan then why do you think he
won't give you an AI? Allah says himself, the prophets Allah Islam
says manlam Yoda, Allah, whoever does not ask Allah. Yoda Valley,
Allah gets angry on him
with other people, if you're trying to somebody's trying to buy
a house, or somebody wants some money for something very
important, right? And he's just mentioning it. He's just
mentioning it among his friends, giving them a hint that I need
some money. Can you help me on his own? Ask them and embarrass them?
Now, people are gonna say, well, he hasn't asked me yet. He hasn't
asked me it's few people may themselves go forward and say
here, you know, let me help you out. I know you, you know the
Sharif in son, you know, but some people say
now with Allah subhanaw taala he gets angry. Why don't you ask me?
So if Allah gives when he's angry, then why would he give us number
five with humans? You go to somebody wants, can you please
help me out? He helps you out, borrows us car, right? Maybe gives
you whatever. You go to him again? Can you help me out? Please? It
gives you again. Third time he gives you again, but now he's
becoming a bit of a burden, isn't it? Eventually is gonna say Man,
am I the only guy that you see like is nobody else? What do you
think I've got? No Mercy. So you know, there's different
expressions in different languages that they probably use at that
time, right? However,
when it comes to Allah subhanho wa taala, he never tired of giving.
The more you ask him, the more he will be happy. Allah becomes more
satisfied with a person the more they ask him.
In fact,
with anybody else, the more you ask them that the more they will
avoid you eventually, with Allah subhanaw taala. You know what
Allah does to a person who asks him often and more often more
often, he makes him his worry. He makes him his friend, that person
becomes a Willie of Allah by asking him ask Allah abundantly,
show your servitude and you're new to Allah only. And you will see
that you can gain rely through this, Allah makes that person or
whether you're
Musa alayhis salam asked in Midian and he got refuge when he went
from Egypt and he went to Meridian and he asked, Oh Allah, I need
your help. I am fucky I am in need of your help. And Allah subhanaw
taala gave him refuge use of Allah he Salam. He called out. He called
out to Allah subhanaw taala and he becomes a minister in Egypt. He
was not from them people, but they made him a minister. The Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam called out and Allah subhanho wa Taala
gave him victory, like a nasaga Kamala Faema Latina cathedra Allah
subhanho wa Taala has given you victory in numerous in many, many
places. Eunice Ali Salam called out to him and he gives him relief
from the fish. In fact, the most amazing thing is that Musa Unison
Islam is in this whale. Now once you go in a whale, the whale or
any beings does not have the ability to stop the functions of
their stomach. You know from the bile gushing out from the
intestines beginning to work on anything that goes in it's a
natural occurrence. But as I mentioned, that is the norm but
Allah has the ability to stop this from the control house Allah
subhanaw taala says okay, your internal facility should not work
it should stop the production it should stop its process and Unison
SLM stays completely fine. He calls out to Allah and Allah
subhanaw taala gives him miraculous relief from this.
That's the Allah we're speaking about. So now the question that
arises, I ask Allah, why is my dua not accepted? And inshallah this
will be an eye opener for many of us, because inshallah this will
help us to understand where our mistake is, where our problem is,
where the defect is, where the which part of the form, we're not
filling properly, what criteria we're not meeting, what
qualification we're not fulfilling. That is what this is
all about. Number one.
We ask Allah. He doesn't accept us because we do not make sufficient
Toba. We have numerous sins in our account. Our heart is filled with
the darkness of our sins, the call that we make to Allah. It's not
there, it's not getting there because we do not make enough
Tober See, what happens is
within our own
Children, if there's somebody who's really good, doing good at
school, good up madrasah is mashallah a star student, he is
the coolness or she is the coolness of our eyes, she gladdens
our sight, mashallah top student, she is going to carry your name,
you know, she's going to take over your business. And you know she is
going to make your name shine in the world, right? He or she. Now
if that child asked you about I want this or that your heart is
much more open to buying them those things or giving them those
things. If you've got an unruly child is your child, she's your
child. But at the end of the day, you don't your heart doesn't feel
like giving them
heart doesn't feel like giving them. So now what happens is we
only ask Allah when we're in absolute need, and we've exhausted
every other possibility. But we're sending 24 hours a day. And then
we kind of send a half big dua. They're not used to it. The angels
aren't used to that. But somebody who's constantly asking, they know
that person's application has been in so many times they don't have
to review it too much they know this person, or they call us new
applications coming here you go give it to him. Right. It's one of
those processes. I mean, if you want a human kind of
understanding, an example of that, that's why the person who
continues to ask Allah subhanaw taala continues to seek
forgiveness, that person, his doors are going to be accepted
much more faster than somebody else's, generally speaking.
Likewise, there's a hadith in Muslim which mentions right about
the person who's come from a very long journey. Journey is a time
when we're in a vulnerable state. And Allah is with broken hearts,
right? Allah is very close to broken hearts, and people in
stress, people in distress. So a person who is on a journey whose
clothing is soiled and his hair is disheveled, he is asking for
Allah, that dua should be accepted. However, it's not
accepted because his food drink and clothing is haram sourced.
Haram source is a big prevention from it's like a perpetual
prevention from from the doors being accepted. So we ask Allah is
not being accepted. Maybe there's some garbage or some problem in
our source of that's why a person who has haram foods, haram income,
whatever it is, and clothing, he can go to the Kaaba, hold on to
the multicam put his cheeks in his chest and everything onto the
multivitamin his daughter may not be
I'm saying may because Allah's Mercy still has no sign if he's
there, he's maybe maybe he's making Toba then he will be
accepted. But a person who doesn't make Toba his won't be accepted.
Number two,
Allah in many, many doors does not accept immediately. We know this.
I mean, we know this, Allah doesn't accept immediately because
he wants to test his servant. He wants to see how much he really
asked, How much does he really want it? Does he really want it?
And the example of this is that
we should learn to ask Allah like a child. We need to look at
children, you know, when they want something, what do they do? They
are persistent. But they don't give it to me, give it to me, give
it to me drive you mad.
They drive you met. Allah wants to see how much persistence is there.
And that is one of the reasons a child will not stop asking. He
will keep asking keep asking until eventually the mother or father
will say job I take it.
That's how we need to be with Allah, we need to ask him and
knowing that we're not bothering him, the child does bother bother.
But here with Allah is not you're bothering him to give you
right? That you're making him tired. It's not that it's that he
wants to see how much you really want this thing.
This ties into the next point, which is I think the biggest
problem with all of us, I confess this for myself. It was only when
I learned the way the doors of the Prophet sallallahu Sallam were
that I then realized what the mistakes in my dua is. And what it
is, there's a number three is that we do not know how to ask Allah.
What that means is you know what we do?
Oh Allah give me this and then give me that one and then let my
daughter have a very good rishta as well and then you know, give me
Baraka in my wedding in my in my business and give me that nice
cloud and give me this. It's like a dictation. Like, you know, in
the morning, you go to work and say, Okay, do this, do this, do
this, do this. It's literally we're dictating to Allah as though
he's like our servant, he has to do it. If you look at the
prophets, Allah says to us, Allahu Akbar, he starts off with setting
the scene. He never goes in. And he hardly ever goes in jumps in
says, Oh Allah do this for me. It's La ilaha IL Allah who love
Him will headin La ilaha illallah Bucha La Silla Alvine La ilaha
illallah Rabu Samoa the sub, warble Archie la theme. There is
no Lord except Allah. He knows that that's clear. It's there, but
he mentioned
Is it and he says this is my lord of the Arash load of this load of
that load of the seven heavens of the earth. In another one he says,
Oh Allah, I am your slave. I am the child of your male slave and
your female slave, Oh Allah, You are my Lord. Oh Allah, this is
what my state is, Oh Allah, I've got nothing to show. Oh Allah,
this is my little healer. This is the paucity of my strategies. I
cannot do this. I could not do that. And then after he asks, it's
about understanding setting the scene. Setting the scene not just
barking of orders, is not a dictating, it's not a dictating
process, which they gave me they though will be there there was
colors then when he doesn't give you get angry on top of the need
data waterbus war Toby will echo data. Right, the first war Keyaki
they will Joe Gaffney panda Iosco data, how many data you know, this
is just shaped on causing us to basically a creating conflict
between us by doing this, Allah gives everybody Allah gives
everybody so Hama just just wait and you will understand. So that's
why ask with humility, put your position down in front of Allah,
Oh Allah, you have the ability to do everything, I have nothing.
Everything is in your hands. It's easy for you to give me our law,
please give me number four. We may ask verbally, but our heart is not
in it. So we sometimes for those who are of us who make dua, often
we have a number of doors.
So we may be asking but the heart is not in it. The heart is not
present. It's just a verbal process. There is no heart there's
no concentration. That's why there's no connection with Allah
subhana wa Tada. Number five, sometimes we make dua, but shaytan
tells us that your DUA will not be accepted. So on the one hand, we
asking Allah but we're not really sure he can help us like I don't
know if you're gonna get this or not, believe me, those doors are
not accepted. The prophets are awesome said Ask Allah were under
Mukim bill a job, ask ALLAH and you must have certainty in your
mind, he can give you Subhanallah there was a hijab the use of you
know, hegemony use of he was going through a locality, he comes
across this blind man who is making dua to Allah subhanaw
taala. So he goes up to this blind man, and he gives him a push. And
he says to his mind, do you know who I am? He says, no, no, who are
you? He says, I'm Hajaj. Allahu Akbar. You can imagine what
happened to this blind man because Hajaj killed about hundreds,
hundreds of 1000s of people, including many, many Sahaba very
violent, very, a great tyrant. So he says to this blind man, you
know who I am, I'm judging the use of I am going to be coming back
from this path and nights. And if I don't see that you haven't got
your sight back by tonight, then you are finished.
Because the guy was making dua to Allah Allah give me my sight back
had judge heard him and thus he said to him by nighttime if you
don't have your sight, but you are finished.
When her judge came back by that night, that person had his sight
back.
Because then he made that serious dua all this time is making dua
looking around him that other people haven't got their sight
back it generally doesn't happen. So I'm going to ask Allah but you
know, it's a half big door. You want something from Allah believe
he can do it, because believe me, he can do it. Do Do I like this
blind man. shaytaan dough will make us think that your DUA will
not be accepted. You're too sinful. You know, you don't have a
beard. You don't cover your hair for the women. You know, you don't
do this. You don't do that. You've got this. You've got that. Yeah,
look, we do need to remove these things. But there is Toba, but he
just makes you think like you're finished forever.
You have to remember that if Allah accepted shaytani dua, who did not
make a Sajida Why would he not accept your and my dua when we're
making so many soldiers are in front of him?
If Allah accepts the dua of shaytaan, even though he was taken
out of his house, today we are sitting in the house of Allah, why
shouldn't Allah accept our dua in his house?
Allah accepted shaytans Dhwani flown him out. And today we're in
the house of Allah, why shouldn't Allah accept our dua? If you have
been allowed to come into the masjid today? You didn't come by
yourself. You were given enablement by Allah to come into
the masjid today. This is a special night. If you've been
given the enablement then why will Allah not accept you that he's
brought you all the way to his house? Why should we not accept
your DUA tonight?
Oh, the Rooney SDG blah, com call upon me pray to Me, us, me and I
will give you that is Allah the most honorable, Allah the most
honorable and powerful, so why should he not accept? So Allah if
he accepts shaytani dua even though he was rejected? He did not
do a search that he was alone in asking shaytaan was a lone person
was asking today if we make a dua together, then why should he not
accept our doors? If he if he answered
shaytani R alone, then a whole group of Muslims and making dua
Why should you not accept our doors as a group shaytaan Astana
normal time, not a little Bara not Laylatul Qadr not Ramadan he asked
on a normal day his dua was accepted. Were asking a little
Bara why shouldn't Allah accept our two hours on this night them?
Everything is stacked in sha Allah in our favor on this day.
Allah subhanahu wa Tada. I just want to mention
that, you know, people ask about these different can you know, is
it? Is it proven that you wipe your face after dawn? When a
beggar Have you seen a beggar asking?
Have you seen beggars Subhanallah the syndicated beggars especially
they break their hand or they break their children's hand when
they are when they're young so that they can grow up to be
professional beggars. And even if not, they come with this, you
know, a bowl, a cracked bowl, sometimes
tatty clothing, right, screwed up face. And all of that is to create
a scene so that it softens your heart. Now, if you're going to ask
Allah by reclining, and just saying, Oh Allah give me this,
it's not gonna happen. That's why we raise our hands. That's why we
cry. Crying softens Allah. So
there's, there was a a sheikh who used to be very trustworthy, and
people used to give him a lot of money to look after. Now, he had
no place to look after it. So you know what he used to do? People
would give him money to look after, he used to take the money
and give it in sadaqa here and then anybody needed he would give
it so it was literally just passing it through. Now what
happens is some people start coming to collect their money. So
this was a special day when everybody wanted their money for
some reason. So one person comes in says, okay, just sit down here,
please just wait. Another person comes by how many passage anyway,
he says, Okay, you sit down here as well. Suddenly, he had a whole
group of people around him, right? And each other, they all waiting
for their money, then this young guy on a cycle, let me know those
who are from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh will know this, right?
A little kid goes out on a little lottery, right with some muscles
or something is made, right and he goes out to sell it. Right? So he
goes along this little kid, right with some sweets or some halwa or
something. So this shakey sees him and he says, either come here, and
he says, in some Coachella though, right, go and feed other than he
thinks, mashallah, I've sold everything in one go. Right? So he
gives everybody and all of these guys, you know, he's fed them. And
then he's, the kid goes, where's my money, he's the sit down.
So now he's sitting down. And suddenly, among all of these
people, this poor kid is wondering, now my mom sent me all
that stuff, this is what we're going to have our daily food with.
And the money is not coming. It's been 10 minutes, 20 minutes, half
an hour, no money. So he starts crying richer. He starts crying,
as soon as he starts crying, another man turns up, comes to the
sheikh, and gives him this whole bag of dinars of their hands or
whatever it was, right. And the Sheikh said, This is what I was
waiting for. I was waiting for somebody to tear to cry, and the
mercy of Allah comes down, and he paid everybody back. Now, I know
this sounds a bit mythical, right? But what I'm trying to say is that
if you want your Dwarves to be accepted, then cry and that's why
the the Hadith mentions if you can't cry and make your face like
a crying person. My final story before we finish is that Musa
alayhis salam wants us for rain, there was a drought moosari Some
asked for rain
for the entire population of the area, but the rain did not come.
The door is not being accepted. A prophets dua is not being
accepted. So then he had contact with Allah subhanaw taala says,
Yeah, Allah, what's happening? Why is my daughter not being accepted?
So Allah subhanaw taala said that among you is a person who does
Mima. Colombi tail bearing tells one person one thing goes and
tells a story to somebody else causes friction like this. If he
leaves this gathering, you do I will be accepted. So Musar ism
stands up and makes an announcement. Anybody who is
guilty of the sin should leave the modulus right now. So that Allah
subhanaw taala will send us rain, Do not deprive us of this. He is
waiting, nobody gets up. Nobody gets up. But you know what?
Everybody's looking at each other. Nobody's getting up. Suddenly the
rain starts. Suddenly the rain starts. So Musa alayhis salam, he
asks Allah afterwards, you said the rain will not start and will
not come until this person leaves the measure this, nobody left the
modulus. So why is it that the rains still started? He said,
because when you made that announcement, this person who was
sitting there made the Toba he made the Toba there, and that's
why I have kept him. I have kept him concealed for all of these
years. I did not want to reveal him there as well. He made it
Stober and you got so if Allah gives us when a person a sinner in
this, in any gathering makes a Toba and that brings on the mercy
of Allah subhanho wa Taala then why should Allah subhanaw taala
not accept from us this night if we really ask him, so we ask Allah
We ask Allah to help us We ask Allah to assist us. We ask Allah
to bless us during this night inshallah we will have our door
because the Muslims are just ready to go, inshallah we will have our
dua after straight after Salah we will make a special DUA and that
will be inshallah dua Kamala Hallo okay with that one and in Hamdu
lillahi rabbil aalameen May Allah subhanho wa Taala grant you all
just for coming here and bless us during this night.