Abu Taymiyyah – Champions League Final vs Ust ‘s lecture HeartTouching Reminder
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My dear respective brothers and sisters, before I
start the lecture,
I just want to mention the following.
I'm extremely extremely surprised
that so many people have attended the lecture
today.
And that is because I was made aware,
I believe it was yesterday night,
that today's lecture
is going to be conflicting with the champions
league final.
And I know subhanAllah,
how the hearts are very glued to football.
There's a lot of people, they normally don't
watch football but when it comes to the
final,
even the wife who has no interest, she's
watching the penalty shoot out. And it's Gedalik,
isn't that so?
So I'm extremely extremely humbled
to see all of these
glowing faces
who came to the lecture today to benefit.
And without a shadow of a doubt, when
an individual worships Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,
at the time when the people are heedless,
the reward is far greater.
And the scholars they mentioned this as a
at
the time of rafla.
This is why when you look at the
hadith,
when the messenger salallahu alaihi wasallam, he said,
whoever enters into the markets,
And he says,
Whoever reads this supplication,
when entering into the markets, you know his
reward is?
He'll be rewarded with
a million
good deeds.
Today you hear the term million or million.
Right?
This is not actually an Arabic word.
In previous times when they wanted to mention
a million they would say,
which means a 1000, a 1000, 6 zeros.
Right?
It's a million.
How am I getting it wrong?
It's a million.
It doesn't stop there.
A million
bad deeds will
be removed.
SubhanAllah. Just for saying that dua when entering
into the markets.
And Allah
will elevate him a 1000000 positions.
Subhanallah.
All because
of you reading a supplication.
But why though?
What normally happens in the markets?
People
are walking
around. Worshipping Allah Azzawajib?
That is a place of
heedlessness.
The people are distracted.
There's all types of evil deeds taking place.
This one is cheating the other, this one
is trying to rip off the other, this
one has gone to
maybe the city center,
or the markets in order to pick this
girl up,
to look at this person and to look
at that,
is a place of fitna, right? So when
worshipping Allah in this kind of environment, when
the people are distracted without the shadow of
a doubt, the reward is greater.
Also what did the prophet salallahu alaihi wa
sallam say?
Worshipping Allah
at a time when the people are killing
one another.
It's like doing hijrah to me.
Imagine the prophet salallahu alaihi wasalam is alive,
and you leave everything behind
in order to migrate to him.
Are we living in times like this without
a shadow of a doubt?
At a time when fitna has become so
widespread.
This was mentioned by Ibn Rajib Rahmatullahi
Alaihi,
I thought it was worth mentioning.
I thought it was worth mentioning.
I'm not saying that watching the champions league
final is kufar or shirk
or innovation, I never said that. Did I
say that? No, I didn't.
However,
there's a type of heedlessness, right?
But you left that even though I know
how much one may want to watch that
football game especially when it's the final.
But he comes to worship Allah
attend the lecture.
And you know what's even worse than that
my brothers and my sisters?
When the Mu'addin
says,
Allahu Akbar.
Right?
Allahu Akbar, what does Allahu Akbar mean?
Allah has the greatest right?
If anyone said
that
so and so is greater than Allah
you're going to see tables being flipped. And
isn't
that so?
Is anyone going to accept someone
insulting Allah like that?
Not that I'm saying you should do that.
You have to use hikmah,
wisdom in how to deal with that situation.
No one
with his tongue
in his right mind as a Muslim would
say
that this footballer,
Cristiano Ronaldo,
Lionel Messi,
or the one that's playing now, Mbappe, right?
Yes, I know what's been happening between him
and his French teammate.
Don't worry, we're up to date with current
affairs.
Don't be deceived by this beard and this
We're the same age, well a lot of
us, we're from the same
generation.
Right?
You choose to prioritize
a or
someone who himself is heedless,
and oblivious of the commandments of Allah Allahu
Akbar, Allah is the greatest.
You hear that, but you choose to put
Allah as a wajal on standby. Let me
go watch that football game, and I'll go
and pray later. When you know you should
be coming to the house of Allah as
a wajal.
They say actions speak louder than words, right?
This is also the statement of the scholars.
You may not necessarily utter with your tongue
but your limbs show otherwise, would you guys
agree with that?
That game that you're playing.
P s 5 or is that p s
6 now? Still on p s 5. Right?
FIFA, pro evolution.
You're playing that, the adhan is going off,
and you're continuously watching or playing
or watching this movie.
And whatever else of a distraction,
one may be distracted with
would say,
If you really want to know
your position with Allah
then see what triggers you.
See what triggers you.
What causes you to stand and what causes
you to sit?
Is it Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala?
So good, claiming with our tongues, I love
Allah.
I love the messenger, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.
But is that really a reality?