Adnan Rajeh – Etiquettes of Salah -12
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The importance of narrating hadiths during prayer is discussed, as it strengthens the message of Islam and is essential for achieving peace and love in life. The speaker emphasizes the need for forgiveness and a desire for peace to be a source of happiness, as it can lead to happiness among populations and nations. The importance of learning the etiquette of the Prophet and finding one's own happiness is also emphasized.
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The hadith in my collection, Imam Muslim, narrated
to us by Thauban.
Thauban is one of the Prophet's, peace and
blessings be upon him, servants.
He's a beautiful, beautiful gentleman, and at some
point we should go over his seerah, or
his story.
He's a very, very lovely, lovely person, and
the hadith that he narrated for us are
just extremely, if we just go through his
story by just narrating the hadith that he
narrated, there's, there's enough there.
He was very, a very attentive person.
He always asked interesting questions, and what he
told us in this hadith is still the
theme is etiquettes of salah, and this is
a simple etiquette that everyone here knows, but
I just want to solidify it for you
through something that was said, you know, at
the time of the Prophet, peace and blessings
be upon him.
So Thauban tells us, the Prophet, peace and
blessings be upon
him, any time he prayed, once he finished
his prayer, he sought forgiveness from Allah, peace
and blessings be upon him, three times.
So we say Astaghfirullah, either in the short
form or in the long form, it doesn't
matter, both are khayr.
In the long form, obviously there's more ajr,
but it doesn't matter.
He would ask Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala,
for forgiveness three times, and of course, the
hikmah behind this, or the wisdom, the piece
of wisdom, or the reasoning behind this is
that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon
him, would see that his relationship with Allah,
subhanahu wa ta'ala, through salah was something
that he was always trying to perfect and
be better at.
So at the end of salah, he would
ask Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, to forgive
him for the shortcomings of that interaction, or
that session that he just had.
He spent that time with Allah, subhanahu wa
ta'ala, and it could have been better,
he could have been more attentive, there was
always room to have more adab, and to
have more closeness, and to have more khushuwa.
So the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon
him, would ask Allah for forgiveness at the
end of every prayer, and this is the
mentality that we should all have.
You pray your prayer, and then you turn
to Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, and seek
forgiveness, because there's no amount of hudur, and
khushuwa, and clarity that you can have that
will equal the opportunity of salah itself.
The fact that Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala,
the king of kings, the sovereign of the
universe, is offering you moments with him, and
he is your creator, and he does not
need you, and you need him.
So there is no amount of it that
will meet, that will be equal to it.
You're always going to be in the negative.
So the moment you finish your salah, you
turn to Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, immediately,
and ask for forgiveness.
I know that I didn't do as well
as I could have.
And then, this beautiful dua, Allahumma anta salam,
O Allah, you are the source of peace.
This is what salam is, right?
Islam is submission, salam is peace.
And Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, His name
is salam.
The source of peace.
True peace.
Actual peace.
The peace that you seek out in life.
What you look for in your heart.
What you hope to find.
Which is the same stuff that if you
had in your prayer, your prayer would be
better anyways.
Like if you had that peace, then your
salah would automatically be better.
So he's using Allah's name as salam, because
that's what he's looking for.
That's what you want.
You want to have peace.
If you have all the money in the
world, but no peace.
If you have all the friends in the
world, if you have all the power, if
you have all the status, but you have
no peace, then what does it matter?
If you have love and peace in life,
then you have missed out on nothing.
There is nothing that anyone can say, Have
you ever seen that or done that?
And something that you should have missed out.
You didn't miss out on anything.
You have missed out on nothing at all.
If you have peace, then you have love.
And this is something that the human race
has fully come to.
Muslims are not, religious are not religious.
We've agreed to this.
Yes, there's a part of us, there's these
instincts that want wealth and want power.
And seek out certain momentary highs.
But really, for the long run, for true
happiness, you need peace and you need love.
And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, you are
the source of peace.
And peace comes from you.
Peace that occurs amongst populations and nations.
And peace that you find inside of you.
And the peace that you will find inside
of you.
Which is what he's pointing out here.
The peace that we want inside of us.
The peace that we all yearn for.
That peace comes from you.
You are the source of it.
And it comes from you.
And he doesn't even ask for it.
It's like Ayub.
I am in pain.
And you are the most merciful.
I'm not going to say more than that.
After each prayer.
You are the source of peace.
And peace only comes from you.
You are the one of great status.
You are the one of great generosity.
And the barakah that comes from you continues
to increase time and time again.
That's it.
He didn't ask for it.
Word by word.
Why?
Within this etiquette.
We were to perform.
If I were to spend the next year.
Every khutbah and every dars.
Just talking about adab.
I think I would still need another year
afterwards.
I am slowly.
Subhanallah.
People who are more wise than you.
You don't realize their wisdom until you are
too late in life.
And if you can be smart.
If you are smart.
Then you figure that out beforehand.
I wasn't.
I've never been smart when it comes to
these things.
All of the sheikhs that taught me.
Their focus was always about the adab.
You need to have the right etiquette.
When you speak to Allah.
When you speak to people.
Focus on the adab.
And I never really fully absorbed that piece.
You are young.
And you feel like you are a stallion.
You can do everything.
And you are running at 100 miles per
hour.
And you don't realize that those who came
before you.
They have wisdom.
They know what they are talking about.
And now.
I am not even that old.
Yes.
When Islam as a movement.
Lacks adab.
We get nowhere.
When Muslims as a population lack adab.
They can't do anything.
When Muslims as individuals don't have adab.
Then they are not going to go very
far.
This piece has to come back again.
We have to learn the etiquette of the
Prophet.
Not just in how we speak to each
other.
And how we deal with our parents.
And our spouses and our children.
But also how we speak to Allah.
And how we understand our relationship with Allah.
And with the other person.
And with the person who is against us.
That adab has to be brought back again
into our lives.
Because without it.
I just don't see.
This dua that you make every day.
5 times.
It is just a dua that is filled
with adab.
Where the Prophet knows what he wants.
He is not going to ask for it.
He is going to do like Ayub did.
You know what I want.
And you are the greatest.
All good keeps on coming from you.
And it is underestimated.
And you are the one of status.
You are the one who is most generous.
Hopefully that will be enough to get me
what I want.
It is a beautiful thing.
Peace be upon you.