Abu Taymiyyah – Dont Let The Horse Be Smarter Than You
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Muhammad
Muhammad
My dear respective brothers and sisters,
with the last couple of days
still remaining,
today my brothers and my sisters, I want
to speak about a topic
that is relevant to every single one of
us
and the title or the topic is don't
let the horse be more smarter than you
and I insha Allah want to stand over
to a hadith.
The first hadith, hadith Aisha
When the messenger sallallahu alaihi wa sallam's etiquettes
in the last 10 days was spoken about
by
his blessed wife.
She said,
And the hadith was agreed upon.
When the last 10 days kicked in,
the messenger salallahu alaihi wa sallam,
he would tighten
his Izaar.
In Somali, they call it the Ma'wis.
And in Pakistani, they call it the Lungi,
figurative speech. Meaning the Messenger Sallallahu alaihi wa
sallam
he would up his game.
He would go up another level
as opposed to what he what he used
to do in the first 20 days of
Ramadan.
He would interchange between praying in the night
while there would be some parts of the
night where he would be sleeping.
But when he came to the last 10
nights, my brothers and my sisters,
he would burn himself out.
If we look at
the way the scholars they seen
the ishtihad
the hard working the effort the messenger salallahu
alaihi wa sallam used to exert
they brought out very nice pearls and gems
from this. Ibn
al Qayyim Rahimullah Wa Ta'ala, he says in
his madaraj
Those who are upright, those who are steadfast
when it comes to the nihayat, the ending
of their Ibadat.
They strive even harder and harder
more than that which they would do in
the beginning of their Ibadat.
When the host reaches the end of the
race,
it exerts all of its efforts
in order to try and win the race.
And then he says, and here's the catch,
don't let the horse be more smarter and
more intelligent than you.
Perhaps if you did not do well
in welcoming the month of Ramadan,
you are going to do better in bidding
it farewell.
So my brothers and my sisters, if you
feel like
that you may have wasted the beginning of
your Ramadan, there's still a lot of hope.
Hassan al Basir Rahimahu Ta'ala he said,
improve your performance.
Try to perfect that which remains
and Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala will forgive you
for that which has passed.
Try to seize the opportunity.
Try and make the most of it.
For indeed, you don't know
when the mercy of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
is going to fall upon you.
You don't know perhaps it might be in
the last hour of Ramadan.
I'll repeat that again, perhaps it might be
in the last hour of
Ramadan.
So my brothers and my sisters,
in this case
let us not allow the horse to be
more intelligent and more smarter than us.
A couple of weeks ago my brothers and
my sisters,
I was on bbc.com.
Somebody posted a link
about some violent incident that took place. I
clicked on it. As I scroll down, I
saw a video.
There was a 400 meter race taking place
and this cause surprise. It cause shock.
People were speaking about it because this is
something that normally doesn't tend to take place
whether it's a 100 meter race or a
400 meter race or even a 801.
As the American racer
was coming to the end of the race,
In order to win the race, he dived.
What do he normally do?
He stays on his feet. Right?
This individual he dived
just so he can beat his competitor,
and that's what my brothers and my sisters
required from us
to burn ourselves out.
So we get the most
out of the remaining days of Ramadan.
So Aisha radiAllahu ta'ala Anah she said, Shaddam
Izarahu
figurative speech. He would tighten his
He would also isolate himself
from his wives.
Totally focus himself
on seeking the forgiveness of Allah
and
being
exalted more in degree.
And we know my brothers and my sisters
the messenger salallahu alaihi wa sallam he used
to walk on the face of this earth.
He did not have any past sins nor
did he have any future sins.
And he was somebody who was guaranteed a
Jannah.
He would pray so much in the night.
Aisha radiAllahu ta'ala Anash she would say to
him, why are you burning yourself out? Why
are you tiring yourself?
His feet would become swollen.
This is the messenger sallallahu alaihi wa sallam
And he would say,
shall I not be a thankful slave?
And then she said,
he would bring the night to life.
And then she said,
and he would also wake up his family.
If you look at the prophetic tradition my
brothers and my sisters,
he was somebody who gave a lot of
time riya'at to his family.
He didn't just abandon them because my brothers
and my sisters,
the one who really really cares,
he's going to care more about their religion
than everything else.
The true love
is not looking after them financially
or showing them love in the matters of
the dunya.
But the real love is the concern that
one gives you with regards to the religion
because that's what's going to save you in
this dunya and likewise the
akhira.
As the messenger said,
every single one of you is a shepherd
and every single one of you is in
charge of his flock.
Oh, you believe,
save yourselves
and also save your families from the fire.
The messenger salallahu alaihi wa sallam, he said
in hadith,
Never has Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
placed a responsibility upon anybody
And then he passes away while he has
deceived
his ra'i, his flock, his family. Those who
he was in charge of
except the Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is going
to make the jannah haram upon that individual.
There's another reward that has an extra piece
of narration.
How does he now
deceive his family?
Messenger salallahu alaihi wa sami says,
He did not advise them accordingly.
He did not inform them of what they
should have known. That which is now going
to what?
Bring them closer to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
So my brothers and my sisters,
waking them up is a very very highly
recommended
practice of the messenger salam alaihi wa sallam.
Abu Hurayrah radiAllahu ta'ala anhu, he said that
the messenger salallahu alaihi wa sallam said,
May Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala have mercy
upon the man who woke up in the
night and he prayed.
And he also woke up his wife,
and she also prayed.
And when she refused, he got water and
he sprinkled it on his on her face.
And may Allah
have mercy upon the woman
who woke up in the night.
She prayed.
And she also woke up her husband.
And when he refused
she ended up taking water and she sprinkle
on his face.
This is the type of individual my brothers
and my sisters that we should try and
aspire to be.
When Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, he spoke about
Ibadur Rahman, the servants of the most merciful
one.
One of the things that he mentioned, those
who spend their nights
in sujud and likewise in ruku.
My brothers and my sisters,
the second hadith that I wanna stand over
today insha Allahu Ta'ala
is the hadith of Aisha radiAllahu ta'ala Anha
also.
When she said to the messenger Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam, You Rasulullah
If I come to know when Laylatul Qadr
is going to be, what do you advise
me to say?
You love to pardon, so pardon me.
Ibn Rajab Alhamdulillah
in his wonderful kitab called Lataif Al Ma'arif,
he extracted
many beautiful
benefits
from this hadith.
And I wanna mention 2 things inshallah.
The first thing my brothers and my sisters
very very quickly, he says,
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala he loves
to forgive
the sins of the Muslim,
his servant.
And he also completely
removes any remaining traces
of the sins they have committed.
And he loves to pardon them.
And he also loves for his servants to
forgive and pardon one another.
If they pardon one another, then that's when
he's going to pardon and forgive them.
I'll repeat that again. If they forgive and
pardon one another, and that's when he's going
to forgive them.
We're going to be crying out making dua
to Allah
My brothers and my sisters, we really really
want the Maghfirah.
We have to start with ourselves
and this is what the prophet Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam told us.
Have mercy
among one another and Allah is going to
have mercy upon you.
Forgive one another and Allah is going to
forgive you.
The second point that
my brothers and my sisters mentioned,
He says,
the messenger salallahu alaihi wa sallam,
he only
commanded her to ask for forgiveness.
And if you look closely, who is he
the messenger salallahu alaihi wa sallam speaking to?
He's
speaking to the most virtuous
woman
in her time.
Aisha radiAllahu ta'ala Anha. And on top of
that he's telling her to ask Allah Azza
wa jah for forgiveness.
She wasn't somebody who used to go and
commit major sins
Says Allah subhan the messenger salallahu alaihi wa
sallam only commanded this only little qadr
after one strive so hard throughout the month
of Ramadan.
Because those who are smart,
they strive hard
in doing righteous good deeds.
Then they don't see that they have achieved
anything.
They don't see
that they have accomplished something really great.
Meaning, they really take these issues that they've
done very very lightly.
They can see that there is room for
improvement
and they follow-up one good deal with another.
And then they run back to Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala after doing great good deeds. Right?
And they beg Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for
forgiveness.
The same way
the sinner ask Allah azza wa jah for
forgiveness.
My brothers and my sisters, if somebody fell
into zina
and he was a smart and intelligent individual,
he's going to wake up in the last
3rd of the night and beg Allah as
a wazhu for forgiveness. Right? Because of the
grave sin that he committed.
Ibn Rajib is saying,
this should be the state of an individual
who has been given the tawfiq
to do righteous good deeds.
He behaved the same way as a sinner.
Meaning after his great Ibadat, he sits at
night and he breaks down to Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala for forgiveness.
And as Imam al Sayadir Rahim Allahu Ta'ala
mentioned
in his
Doing righteous acts.
They are from the obligatory ones and also
the voluntary acts is their way. The way
of the uliya.
While at the same time they see themselves
having fallen short.
They see that there is room for improvement.
And my brothers and my sisters,
it is on 8th day
that could either determine
whether your Ramadan or you will have some
sort of idea
as to whether your Ramadan was accepted
or if there was any chance maybe
that there is some positivity with regards to
it.
Alib Nabi Talib,
he used to stand
on the night before the Eid salat.
When we get the news, right, that is
going to be Eid tomorrow. He used to
stand on that night
and he used to call out,
Who is this person whose Ramadan was accepted?
So we can congratulate him?
Womanhadalmahrum,
who is the person who's been deprived?
So we can do a tazia.
In Somali, they call it tazia.
Alib Nabi Talib radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu, he wants
to do a tazia.
He wants to pay his condolences
to the person who wasted his Ramadan.
We normally pay our condolences to the family
of the deceased. Right?
There's been a death in the house. We
go and visit. We pay our condolences.
We pay the tasiyo. Alib Nabi Talib, my
brothers and my sisters, he wants to pay
the tasiyo
to the person who wasted his Ramadan
by standing on the night before they eat
salah.
Because my brothers and sisters
that's when the shayateena released right
wallahi al-'adeem it breaks your heart when you
go to some of the high roads around
whether it's Birmingham, London
and the way the Muslims come out.
All of the hard work.
These 30 days that a person strived,
it could be that he ends up destroying
it in one night.
I'm Nur Hajjib alhamdulillah also says
isn't the one who wears nice clothes.
That's not the true type of Eid.
The Eid is the one who increase in
his ta'at
and then he says
Eid isn't
the one who beautified himself with nice clothes
and also the flashy cars. Right?
But the real Eid
is the one whose sins were forgiven.
So my brothers and my sisters,
we still have an opportunity to be forgiven.
We still have an opportunity
to make the most of these remaining days
of Ramadan.
And then we follow it up with good
deed after good deed
because that is the alamah
of an accepted action as Ibn Taymahim Allah
mentioned.
My brothers and my sisters,
another wonderful opportunity that we have
that we can inshallah
may be all collectively do something about it.
I met some brothers just before the Khutba
from a Masjid called Masjid Tarbih in Birmingham.
They were meant to bring £50,000
last week
and they were told you guys don't bring
it. The message is going to be closed
down or it's going to be auctioned.
We know the messenger salallahu alaihi wa sallam,
he was a generous individual.
But in the month of Ramadan,
he was even more generous.
He was quicker in giving charity than a
passing wind and we know how quickly sometimes
the wind passes us.
If we can do something about it my
brothers and my sisters
to save this masjid
in these blessed nights,
It could be that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
gives us that reward that we're looking for
and laylatul Qadr. It could be tonight. It
could be tomorrow. It could be the day
after.
And last but not least, my brothers and
my sisters, I just wanna quickly point this
out.
I don't want the sisters to feel like
that they get left out especially those who
are at a time of the month. Today
we spoke about Ibn Raja Ibrahim hollahu ta'ala.
How we used to
or when he spoke about those who break
down after good deeds.
A very common question that sisters tend to
ask is
what if it is that time of the
month in the last 10 days I can't
pray,
I can't engage in the best type of
Ibad that miss salallahu alaihi wa sallam used
to do.
But one thing you can do is beg
Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
in these precious moments in the last 3rd
of the night.
Making this
dua breaking down,
crying to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
And we know that these are from the
things
where a person is going to be under
the shade of Allah azza wa Jal. The
day when there's no shade except his.
A man
who cried
in seclusion
out of fear of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala,
Constantly begging him for forgiveness, doing dhikr of
Allah aasawajal.
If we don't have
that virtue of standing up to Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala.
We ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala to forgive
us
for all our sins.