Ahmed Suleman Khatani – THE MONTHS BEFORE RAMADAN
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Faka, Makala Nabi yo Salallahu, alayhi wa sallam,
respected. Ola mai Karam elders, beloved brothers in Islam. A
ram in a few places in the Quran and also in the Ahadith of
Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam,
we find that when encouragement is given
towards making effort,
preparation,
for the hereafter, for one's accurate
then, interestingly, Allah uses
terms which those of us who engaged
in business, in commercial enterprise,
we will be familiar with these terms.
Example of this, yayoh LADEE in Amanu O, you who believe ALLAH is
addressing the people of iman
Hal abdullam, should I not show you? Should I not encourage you.
Should I not guide you? Should I not inspire you? Hal adullukum,
Allah is addressing the people of iman. Allah is saying, I want to
show you something.
So what would we expect it to be? We would expect it to be some
Amal, some action of Deen, some ibadah.
But what is the term? Quran uses Allah tijara, Hal Abdul, lukam,
Allah tijara. Tijara literally translates commerce, trade,
business.
Allah Dara says, Should I not show you, indicate you, guide you,
inspire you towards a business.
But what is the effect of this business, Tunji, Kumbha, adab in
alim, it is going to save you from a terrible punishment.
Allah Dalai is referring to Amal of Deen, but Quran uses the word
tijarat and business.
There are many instances in the life of Rasulullah sallall Islam
Sahabi would come, and he would boast about some commercial
achievement, Allah's Rasul salal Islam would use that commercial
achievement to turn his attention towards akhirat,
this psychology of Quran and Hadith is, in fact, Allah's Mercy,
Allah, Shafaq, Allah's kindness. Because, as human beings,
intrinsically, we understand commercial financial, material
principles, day and night, we are engaged in commercial enterprise
and in the business world. Every one of us understands what we call
a season.
What is a season in commercial terms, a period wherein there is
expectation of heightened financial activity? Example,
December is a season.
Some public holiday, depending on the nature of the business becomes
a season
in the same way,
in our Islamic calendar, in our deen Allah's mercy, compassion,
kindness, they are seasons. Seasons, not very there is an
opportunity for you to make more money, seasons when there is an
opportunity for you to make your akhirat, for you to gain the
forgiveness of Allah, for you to gain the Mercy of Allah, for you
to retrospect and change the direction of your life, where
Allah throws open the doors of his mercy, forgiveness, compassion and
kindness and one such great season we are steadily, very, very
quickly encroaching upon. And that is the Mubarak and blessed season
of the month of Ramadan,
our noble master, salallahu alayhi wa sallam, before Ramadan could
come, as we know, in commercial terms, also the.
Astute businessman doesn't wait for December to stock up his
shelves to start his advertising campaign long in advance of that
period of expected heightened financial activity, the
preparation starts long in advance, two months before Ramadan
can start. We find the Hadith, the dua of Rasulullah, sallAllahu,
alayhi wa sallam, Allahumma, Shabaan, wabaligna Ramadan. He
said, Oh Allah bless us. Bless us in the months of Rajab and Shaban.
Why? Because this is the stepping stone. This is the ladder. This is
the starting of the preparation for what wabal, legnasha, Ramadan,
cause us to remain alive, to experience sayyidu shuhur, the
leader of the months of the Islamic calendar, the Mubarak and
the blessed month of Ramadan,
the season has started. Abu Bakar, war Rahal, Balkhi, Rahima, Allah.
He
used to give this analogy an example. He would say, matalo,
Shahi, Rajab, matalu, shahiri, Rajab,
mathalu.
He would say the example
of the month of Rajab is like a planter, like a farmer. What does
he first do? He first plants the seeds. He says, in Rajab
is the plantation of the seeds, wamathu, Shaban, matalu, sakali
Zara. He says the example of Shaban is when you start watering
the plantation. And wamathalo, Ramadan. Mathalu hasad is Zara he
would say, Ramadan is when you will reap the harvest. Simone is
saying, Abu Bakr will RAQ al barkhi, rahe mahullah, he would
say, mathalu Raja, matalluri, wamathaloo, Shah ban mathalu Ra
mathalul
Reim Vaul Ramadan matalul matar, you would say the example of Rajab
is like the wind.
When the wind comes, what happens after that? Shaban is when the
rain clouds would gather, and Ramadan is when the Mubarak and
the blessed rain will actually start falling.
Rajab has come in night that Ashur in Allah if na Asha, rashaharanfi
kita aa makhala ka Sama, Wati wa Arda minhar, baatun, Horam, Dani
Kadee nul kahim, fala Tali, Mufi, hin nan fusakum, ila Allah says
the number of months in the Islamic calendar are 12, four. We
have elevated for we have granted what we call special status. We
have made them arbatun Harum, four are sacred. Of the sacred months,
one of the sacred months is Rajab. We have entered into a sacred man,
which is a stepping stone for Ramadan. Rajab. Normally,
according to many of the maharien, is synonymous with a great majesa
and miracle, a great gift that was granted to our Master, salallahu
alaihi wasallam, a manifest gift by which Allah made it clear the
status the maqam, the position enjoyed by Rasulullah sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam, over all the ambi alayhi wa salatu assalam and
over the rest of Allah's creation, the majesan miracle that I am
referring to is that of Maharaj maharajan Nabi. Many maharien of
the opinion it took place in Rajab may have taken place in another
month also, but majority, or many of the opinions are that it
occurred in this month of Rajab. Maharajan Nabi, according to many
Maha rakhiin, was in fact, a consolation, consolation prize
that was given to whom, to that personality, that personality who
suffered more than any human being ever suffered, Udi to fill Allah
Malam you the akhad ojib to Fill Allah Malam yaqaf, akhad walakat,
atat Ali, Atala tuna the normal sequence of events, Rasulullah
said, I suffered in the way of Allah More than any human being
ever suffered. I was made to fear more than any human being ever
feared. And they passed upon me and said, in a Bilal or the Allahu
taala, and who 30 consecutive days one month, and there wasn't
sufficient to eat, besides what Bilal or the Allahu taala, who
could conceal and then eat his armpits, both of them that much
food for one month.
Month. This was in the normal consequence of events. Yet the
persecution, the qurbani, the sacrifice increased, Allah, dala,
in Surah, Baqarah, there is one verse wherein this Sunnat is
explained, amhatu, khulal, Jannah, wala tikum, matalul, ladi, nakala,
Kari EB
Allah says, trials, tests, tribulations, persecution,
hardship.
This is the price tag for Jannah.
This will always be what is meted out to the sincere servants of
Allah who are striving in the way of Allah,
they will be tested. Quran says wazulu, they will be shaken to the
core. Such will be the extent of the test that the time will come,
yakulu, Rasulullah, the messenger, and the people of iman will say,
Matana su Allah, when is the help of Allah going to come? And then
it is Allah, Sunnat, Allahu, Kali, Fula, hunav, sanilahu sa Aha.
Allah will never make you bear what you cannot bear. Allah will
never place a burden upon you beyond your fortitude when you
reach that end point, that test will come, conditions will come,
and then what is the promise in Nana sir Allah? This is, in fact,
the curtain raiser Allah's help is going to come. This is Allah
Sunnat. My Nabi suffered more than any human being, and he ever
suffered. Then the persecution reached breaking point. Many more.
Reheen, of the opinion Maharaj was consolation when that persecution
had reached at its absolute height, Jumaa, it's impossible to
go into details. Time is very, very limited, but just very, very
briefly. Three major events,
Amul, fuzn, the 10th year of Hijra is known as the year of grief. The
10th year is known as the year of grief. Why one hand that pillar
that support fortitude inside the house? Sayyidina, a Khadija, Radi
Allahu, Taala anha, who gave everything she was taken away. Her
demise occurs in the 10th year of Hijrah outside the house Abu
Talib.
Here, I'm going to digress a little bit,
because nothing teaches us the value of iman more than this. This
was that
uncle of rasulallah him more than his own children.
He gave everything for Rasulullah, sallAllahu, alayhi wa sallam.
They approached Abu Talib,
the Sana deed of Quraysh, the kufar of Makkah, the great, great
persecutors of Rasulullah, sallAllahu, alayhi wa sallam,
they said, stop your nephew.
I mentioned this many times before, as an ummah, we have to
identify with this. Stop your nephew from what? What did they
have a problem with Did they have a problem with his ibadah? Did
they have a problem with his telawat of Quran? His telawat of
Quran, they would secretly gather to listen to it,
his ibadah. When he worshiped Allah Dalai for days on end in
ghara Hira, in the cave of Hira, the people of Ma would praise Him.
They would love him. It would resound through the streets of
Makkah, Al Amin, Asad, the truthful, the trustworthy,
Muhammad, the most honorable one amongst us. They had no problem
with his Ibadan.
He would make Salah for days on end. Allah for days on end that
time, in whatever manner or form his food would run out, Khadija
would have to carry with the Allah and her supplies for him. And yet
they extolled His praises. What did they have? A problem with my
respected brothers. They had a problem with his dawat
when he started calling humanity towards the Oneness of Allah. When
this concern to turn humanity's attention away from this dunya
towards akirat, this is what they had a problem with. So they came
to Abu Talib, stop him. If you don't stop him from this now, we
are going to kill him. We are no longer going to accept your
protection of him.
Now.
Chili,
the protective instinct of Abu Talib, the love that he had for
Rasulullah sallallahu, alasallam, he sends for him, my beloved
nephew, please, I beg you. I exhort you, stop. Stop this. Dawat
two, rewihad hayatu, Sahaba malaysu sabrahmatullahi mentions
this. Rivaya one, rivaya lo UD, Sufi Amini, Wafi asari.
This is symbolic language. Allah rasoo. Salaam says, if the sun in
a desert climate, the sun is synonymous with heat, with
hardship, with persecution, with difficulty. In other words, O my
uncle, no matter what they do to me, no matter how they maim me,
persecute me, no matter what torture they meet out against me,
no matter what they do, whatever obstacle is put in front. Lower
the Asham Sufi Amini, welcome a rufi yasari in the desert climate
the moon is synonymous with beauty, with splendor, with ease,
with attraction, with comfort,
whatever wealth of this world or temptation of this world they
throw at me, if the sun is put in my right hand and the moon is put
in my left hand, ease, comfort, adversity, persecution, hardship,
whatever is meted out against me, I will never abandon calling
humanity to Allah
nadari vayat,
Allah Ali wa sallam says to his uncle,
if they take a burning coal, if they take a burning coal from
fire,
place it in my hand and cause my entire body to be burned to ashes
that I will tolerate, but I will never tolerate abandoned calling
my ummah to Allah. I
they had a problem, my respected brothers with his dawat, that
which today as an ummat, as the followers of Rasulullah,
sallAllahu, alayhi wa sallam, many of us have this mindset when it
comes to dawat and tabliq, masha Allah, good work. Carry on.
If I have the time and energy, I'll do it is not really my
responsibility. Weigh that. Weigh that. In the light of the response
of Rasulullah sallallahu, alayhi wa sallam, this is our guide. This
is our role model. This is our day. This is our night. You want
Allah to be happy when you meet Allah in this mole, the mold of
Muhammad Rasulullah, sallAllahu, alayhi wa sallam Abu Talib, who
doesn't have him on also when he sees this, this determination.
Look at his reaction. First, Alim to be an Nadina Muhammad. He says,
Oh, my nephew, carry on with what you are doing. No harm will befall
you, because you have been truthful. You are truthful, and
you always amandar, and then Abu Talib. Abu Talib, he says, I know
in my heart that the deen of Muhammad, sallAllahu, Islam is the
best of every religion. If it were not for the fear of the mocking
and the taunting of the women of Quraysh, that as a result of old
age, I abandoned the religion of my forefathers, I would have
openly recited your Kalima. Abu Talib.
Everything placed on the mantle of sacrifice for Rasulullah,
sallAllahu, alayhi wa sallam. Yet, because he was deprived of iman,
he will be in Jahannam Khalid, in afiha abada, forever and ever.
What price tag can you and I place on this Iman, which many of us,
proverbially in the lap of our mothers, were given this Iman, how
much value do we have for it today?
Rajab, Maharaj, my respected brothers, unfortunately, as an
ummat today, when it comes to commercial enterprise, when it
comes to business, when it comes to even our dressing, when it
comes to the standard of our home, the type of car we ride drive,
everything we want perfection, everything we want tip top,
everything we want meticulous, everything we want perfect. Some
of us can't even tolerate one crease in our kurta or in the
shirt that we are wearing Everything must be meticulous and
tip top. Unfortunately, this concern for perfection and
excellence does not translate into our deen in our religion. When it
comes to our deen in our religion, majority of us in LA mashaAllah,
we are going through rituals.
Motions, getting it done, running through the motion. The reality
Hakai,
Maharaj is a topic. Significance of Rajab. These are topics Walla.
Even my limited knowledge the occasion of Juma, is impossible to
even scratch the surface
the issue. What are the Hakai? What are the realities? What are
the lessons? What are the Asmaa?
What are the
issues that we have to revisit, realize? What is the lesson behind
Maharaj?
Few of those lessons, time is already running out.
One side, the pillar inside the house Khadija is taken away. Radi
Allahu anha outside. The demise of Abu Talib,
the persecution increased exponentially after he died, to
the extent that is mentioned in the rewild Rasulullah comes home
shortly after his demise, having suffered such persecution, he
says, Ma, Asra, Ma, wajatu, Fatra, yam, he says, how quickly I am
sensing and feeling your loss. O, my uncle. Then the incident of Tai
that we won't even go into the details, mountain of persecution,
matanasrallah, consolation comes the help of Allah, comes Allah
rasoo, sallAllahu, alayhi wa sallam is in the home of um
mehani, the sister of Ali Radi Allahu Taala and who Jibril comes
from there he is taken To the hathim
in the khateem. Open heart surgery occurs without any hospital,
without any fancy medical equipment, no ventilator, no
anesthesiologist. Open heart surgery the angel touches the
chest of Rasulullah. Chest opens up. Two bowls are brought
according to varying rewihad, one bowl has ZamZam, the other one has
in. One diva becomes Hekmat. One diva becomes Noor. A bowl full of
this, the heart is taken out while Rasulullah sasam is looking on,
the heart is washed in the zamzam. Then the heart is cut open, and
from the second bowl, Hekmat Noor Iman is filled into the heart of
Rasulullah, sallAllahu, alayhi wa sallam. Then the heart is placed
back. This was symbolic preparation for Maharaj. In it is
ishara in it is indication that open heart surgery will become a
plausible reality later on, Burak is brought fokal, himar, dunal,
bakal, little bit taller than a donkey, shorter than a mule. Burak
literally translates fast speed. This animal would travel at
supersonic speeds. Here also ishara, indication that supersonic
speed travel will later on become a reality. First, it was given to
Rasulullah sallallahu, alayhi wa sallam may Nabi Isla Islam
describes the speed of this animal, animal. He says each step
was as far as the eye could see the earthly part of Maharaj
starts, which is indicated in the Quran Subhanallah, the Asra b
abadihi, laylam, Min almasty, Dil haram El masjidil Akasa, a lady
Baraka, linuri, Abu Min ayatina. Interestingly, in one narration,
it is mentioned that night,
the doorkeeper of Aksa tries to close the door. The door refuses
to close,
since for the carpenter, carpenter say, one says, the lintel on top
has become dislodged. That's why it's not closing. I'll fix it up
tomorrow, then it will close the pad he comes. He says nothing to
do with the lintel. This thing will close. This door will close,
normally, tomorrow, tonight, it is being kept open in honor of the
last prophet who is going to come from Maharaj ambi Ali Musala. To
assalam are gathered, Masjid, haram tu Masjid de Aqsa, Imam of
ambi Ali musallah to assalam. In other words, a symbolic
manifestation of that expression of Rasulullah, sallAllahu, alayhi
wa sallam, wherein he said, Anna Nabi Yul ambiya, I am the NABI of
even the ambi alaihi musalaam.
Few things ulama mentioned with regards to this imam of ambiya. In
other words, Asmaa lessons, Hakai, which occurred in Aksa, they say
first indication by coming from Masjid Haram to Masjid Aksa,
leading the ambiya in Salah in Aksa is in the.
Occasion that now aksha will also become Tada. Aksha will also
follow Masjid Haram. Aksa will no longer be the Qibla. The Qibla
will now be Masjid RAM, which later on became a reality. Second
lesson, Ola mai Rasulullah in Salah in this is ishara Wadi Shara
in Dina, ain Allah Hill Islam, that from now onwards, the seal
has been placed upon Islam. Wamela, Islami, Dinan, falay
yokumal, Amin, from now, anyone who comes on any other way,
lokana, Musa, waisa, hayan alayhi musara Tu muhamma in LA tibay
Rasulullah SAS enunciated this. He said, If even Musa and Isa alaihi
wasallam wa life today, they also will have to follow the Shariat of
Muhammad. SallAllahu, alayhi wa sallam.
What room is there for you and I, for yahudiyat and nasraniyat in
our dressing and in our values and in our way of life. Even these
ambiya to reach Allah will have to follow Rasulullah, sallAllahu,
alayhi wa sallam through this Imam, this SAVAK is this haqiq,
this reality is made manifest. One Aksa is going to follow Masjid the
haram. Secondly, the seal has been placed on the on the deen and
Shariat of Muhammad sallall, Islam, that this is the one road
to Allah. Thirdly, Anna Nabi olambiya, his dignity, his maqam,
his status, his nobility above the ambi Ali Musala to assalam is now
established through this Imam, this earthly journey of Maharaj
Quran describes in the verse which I which I recited, subhanallahi
Astra be abudihi Layla mean al masala Aksa, then the heavenly
part of Maharaj occurs from mastida Aksa through the seven
heavens. This distance, we can't even imagine what a distance this
is, this spiritual aspect of Maharaj, or this aspect of
Maharaj, where he was taken bodily through the heavens elsewhere in
the Quran Allah describes it when Najmi Ida, Hawa, Madala, Sahib Kum
wama Hawa, wama Yan te paanil Hawa, in the Sid Roth, shara,
Tamaya, Shah Mazara, Amina ayati, Rabbi Hill, Cobra, Afari tu mula
Kirill ayat what distance is this time has already run out. Just a
brief glimpse how vast is this universe, this galaxy in which we
live in, they call it the Milky Way. It's a conjunction of 17
galaxies, a Super Galaxy, they say, if you travel at the speed of
light, 186,282
miles per second, 300,000
kilometers per second in one year, an object traveling at that speed
will cover a distance of 9.46
1 trillion kilometers. This one galaxy, they estimate, is 100,000
light years, and they estimate there are 2 trillion other such
galaxies spanning a distance of 94.6
94 point 6 billion light years, and that is just three to 5% of
the universe. The other 95% is dark matter, dark energy. This is
somehow dunya, first heaven. First heaven, compared to the second, is
like a ring in front of the desert. Second to the third like a
ring in front of the desert. Allah's Rasul, salal Islam is
taken physically, bodily only Sura in the Quran, which begins with
the word Subhan. What does Subhan mean? Allah is spark. Allah is
pure. Allah is free of what of physics, of science, of geology,
of astronomy, of botany, allies, free of Earth, Wind, Sand, water,
of the basic elements. Time is stopped. Medical science is
belied. Supersonic travel becomes a reality. Distances unimaginable
are covered. The very essence, the ticking of the crop is halted.
Every scientific principle is broken down. Atmospheric pressure
is descending on us, one ton per person, depending on your size.
Allah, to mitigate the effect of that atmospheric pressure has
created pressure inside you. That is why, as you go higher.
Outside, atmospheric pressure gets less inside. Pressure is still
there naturally. With this type of ascension, the body will expose
explode. Why there is no outside pressure. That is why to travel in
space, a space traveler needs an astronaut outfit, yet Rasulullah
sallallahu Sallam in with his normal kurta and lungi, unassisted
by anyone, through the kudrat and power of Allah as sarabdihi Subah
Khan, Allah Spark, Allah is free. Allah doesn't need medical,
science, geology, astronomy, whatever Allah is above everything
His kudrat, His power. First heaven, Adam alaihi salam. Second
heaven, Zakaria, Yahya isa Alihi mussalam. Third Yusuf alaihi
salam. Fourth heaven, Idris Ali Islam. Fifth heaven, Harun Ali his
Salaam. Sixth heaven, Musa Ali Islam, Seventh Heaven, Ibrahim
alaihi salam. Beyond that, beyond that, time is stopped this
distance, we can even imagine what it is he comes to, what we call
the final outpost in our language, sidratul muntaha, no creation is
allowed beyond that. Jibreel also stops permission only for one
creation, Rasulullah sallallahu sallam, to go beyond the sidratul
muntaha, Qazi Ayaz Rahim Allah in His shifa, he mentions the rewired
rasulallah Jibreel. Jibril left me.
One Qatar till asmaath, he had reached a point there is no other
creation, so there is total complete silence. Human Being
instinctively becomes afraid why there is nothing else total
silence. One Qatar till a SWAT. All of a sudden, fasmiatu Kalam
arabbi fasamia to Kalam Arab be I heard the kalam of Allah. Lee
yahada, rook,
do not be afraid. Ya Habibi, uddnu, uduno O My Beloved.
Venture, even further venture, even further venture, even
further.
Such a point is reached. We've run out of time. My respected
brothers,
what is the sabak
Allah took him on such a manifest journey, such a miracle, such in
disarm was made. What did he come backward?
Normally, those that go in. Jamaat, my personal experience,
when I return my granddaughter, Nana, what what surprise you
brought, what gift you brought? Naturally, someone goes away, they
come back with something. What was the gift of meharraj, what did he
come backward?
Like I said, we've run out of time in one minute. Ibn qayim, Rahim
Allah, beautifully puts it. He says, Lil abudi baina. He says,
There are two occasions of Maharaj in the life of every mukmin Allah
took Muhammad, sallAllahu Sallam in Maharaj, and gave him such a
gift that you and I were given Maharaj two occasions, Mo ki fan,
Mo ki fu benaya, dehi salati. The first is five times every day in
the masjid. Maharaj takes place you present yourself in Allah's
court. Wamo Kean Bain, Rabbi, he the second Maharaj is the day when
you will have to present yourself in Allah's court on the Day of
Judgment. Famine, Kama bihaq mo ki Phil owal, huin Ali Gil mo ki Phil
akhar Ibn kaim Rahim. Allah says, fulfill the right of this first
standing five times every day. Pabandi, correctly, make your five
times for Salah with Jamaat in the masjid correctly, with hushu and
with hudu. What is the guarantee fulfill this first standing the
second standing on the Day of Judgment will be made easy for
you. Waman ista, Hana, Bihar, mokith, walamua, fiha, Kahu,
Shuddhi. DALAI Hill, Moki, Phil akar, he says, mock this. First
standing. Do it when you feel like don't do it when you feel like.
Juma da Masjid is full. Asad, Namaste is empty. Tomorrow
morning, Fajr. Even worse. Do what you want. Treat it lightly. Make a
mockery out of it. And Allah, protect you. Allah, protect me.
Ibn tayim says, Should di Dalai, Hil mo ki fil akh, the second
standing on the Day of Judgment will be made very, very hard for
you. And there, there is no reversing the clock. There, there
is no coming back, Maharaj. Take the Sabha. Take the lesson. If
nothing else, take this lesson that from now till I die, I will
accept the Hadiya that Rasulullah sassam came back with a mirage and
make my five times Salah with Jamaat Saint sha Allah. Love your
stove.