Abu Bakr Zoud – Sujood, The Source Of Honor

Brothers and sisters in Islam,

don't you want to honor in this life

and in the afterlife,

Especially in this day and age that we

live in, in where many people have lost

their honor, have lost their dignity and their

nobility.

No doubt

a sane intellectual person

wants to be honored first and foremost by

Allah Azzawajal in this life and in the

afterlife.

Listen to the secret,

the honor of the believer is a sujood,

a sujood

and this is the worship

that we are conducting

on a daily basis many many times.

In Surat Al Hajj Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala

makes this very clear for us. Listen brothers

and sisters in Islam Allah

says,

Allah

addresses in the ways of Allah

and He addresses the believers. He says, can't

you see? Can't you see with your heart

and understanding? Can't you see with your eyes

that whatever is in the heavens,

heavens

and everything that is on earth, whatever Allah

has created on earth,

it prostrates to Allah

It is in constant sujood to Allah

Then Allah

specifically mentioned

the sun, the moon and the stars

the mountains, the trees

and the creatures.

These things were specifically mentioned,

even though they are included in whatever is

in the Earths,

because

these are creation of Allah that were worshipped

besides

Allah

So there are people that worship the sun

and some worship the stars and some worship

the moon and some worship trees and others

worship animals. So Allah

specifically

mentioned these 6 things

to make sure that we understand

that these things that have been worshipped

besides Allah, they themselves

make sujood to Allah Azazul

They don't only worship Allah

but they are actually engaged in sujood to

Allah

The deed that brings you the most closest

to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. The mama

said,

And many, many of mankind

make sujood to Allah

Did you know brothers and sisters in Islam

that the believer makes sujood to Allah and

even the disbeliever

makes sujood to Allah

but there is a difference between the 2.

The believer makes sujood to Allah willingly

while the disbeliever

he does sujood to Allah but forcefully.

How is that the case? Allah

Allah He says whatever is in the heavens

and whatever is in the earth make sujood

to Allah

Some

are willingly making sujood to Allah and others

are forcefully making sujood to Allah. How does

the disbeliever make sujood to Allah? Allah azza

wa jal, he says,

The shadow, the shadow is actually making sujood

to Allah

Now we come back to the ayah of

Surat Al Hajj, Allah

then he said,

This is a new fact Allah says

and many of the creation of Allah, many

of mankind

the punishment has been justified for them it

has been decreed and written upon them. We

ask Allah Azzawajal to save us. Who are

these people? These are the people that refuse

to make sujood to Allah They refuse to

pray, they refuse to obey Allah

command and the greatest of Allah's command

after a Tawhid, after embracing the oneness of

Allah is a Salat.

They decided to be like Iblis

when he refused to make the sajdah to

Adam

He refused the commandment of Allah

And finally, the end of the ayah brings

all into light. Allah

He says,

If Allah wanted

to humiliate someone,

then you will not find anyone that can

honor such a person.

You know, the beginning of the year was

about a sujood prostration.

The end of the year was about humiliation

and honour. The one who avoids a sujood,

such a person is degraded

and he's humiliated.

Doesn't matter how much people glorify him on

earth,

in the heavens he is disgraced.

In the sight of Allah he is disgraced

and on the day of judgement he faces

the worst type of punishment

and the one

who makes sujood

in this world of life

and he's careful

and always conscious about his sujood

and making sure that he obeys Allah

then such a person, even if people

have disgraced him on earth

and people have turned away from him, then

Allah

in the heavens has honored such a person.