Ahmed Suleman Khatani – The Value of Iman
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Subhanallah, the hilayla Minal Masjid Al haram in Al Masjid Al
AQa San la Viva Ragna, Hola, Hooli Nuri, Yahoo, Min Aya Tina
in huwasa me on basil, Sada Allahu Alam,
oh call an Abu sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, Allah adula, Dinah,
Nahum, Salah, hamantara, kaha, Papa o Kama, Kalan, Abu sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam
respected Allah Akram, elders, Beloved brothers in Islam,
as we mentioned previously, we are on the onset,
or the
initial preparation,
for sayyidu shuhur,
the leader of the month of the Islamic calendar, the Mubarak and
the blessed month of Ramadan,
evidenced By the DUA which Rasulullah sallallahu Islam used
to recite when the month of Rajab would begin, Allahumma, Bharat
Lanai, Raja Baba, shahadah Ramadan, let Allah bless us in the
months of Rajab and Shah Gahan and cause us to remain alive, to
experience the Mubarak and The blessed month of Ramadan.
This month of Rajab,
as you mentioned previously, is synonymous
with a very unique
majesa and miracle
which ALLAH blessed was sulay Pak Sallalahu alayhi wa sallam wood
that of and my araj
details of this, we would have heard over the years there are
many, many kitabs Also,
and next week, probably many of our masajid
great detail will be mentioned With regards to this mahajana
Miracle.
What is important
is for us to not allow the lessons,
the Hakai, the realities,
the important points that is an ummat
each year,
when reminiscing over this great miracle
we are required to revisit.
Let us take the lessons
on the one hand, as we touched on previously,
before Allah granted this great miracle to Rasulullah, seldom many
of the Malay of the opinion
that it was after his qurbani, his sacrifice,
his hardship, his difficulty in the way of Allah, subhana wa
taala,
reached an absolute pinnacle,
on the one hand,
that great pillar of support inside the house, sridina,
khadisha, to the Kubra Radi Allahu, taala, anha, she passed
away, and
on the other hand,
outside the house,
that great pillar of support whose love and devotion for a sulay
Paxil Allahu, alaihi wasallam was almost a verbal matal
Abu Talib.
Despite this level of love and devotion,
he was deprived of Hidayat.
And this is an important point which we cannot
overly emphasize
the value of this Iman, which Allah subhanho wa Taala has
blessed us with,
Abu Talib, an entire life of devotion to Rasulullah sallallah
sallam, and in his heart,
this level of conviction with regards to rasalapa, sallAllahu,
alayhi wa salam
that it is mentioned in the books of history
of Tarina
that when they came to Abu Talib,
they had reached the end of their tether.
Abu Talib
was like an obstacle between the kuffar of Makkah and Rasulullah
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
They could not do to him what they wanted to do because of the
presence of Abu Talib.
So eventually, out of frustration, they came to Abu Talib and said to
him, a.
That if you don't stop your nephew from what he is doing,
and this is the important point I mentioned this many, many times
before. Asmaa today, we have to understand what did the kufar of
Makkah have a problem with?
Many of us have this mindset or this thinking or ideology of Islam
that as long as I am making my salah, as long as I am obeying
Allah's commands,
as long as I am staying away from major sins,
as long as Ramadan is coming, I am doing my preparation, my tilaut of
Quran, my zikrullah, etc,
then as an umbati of Rasulullah sallallahu sallam, and as in if as
a follower of Rasulullah sallam, this is sufficient for me.
The fact of the matter my respected brothers in the light of
Shirah,
in the light of Quran and harid,
in the light of the glaring evidence
emblazoned in front of us through the practical life of Rasulullah
sallam,
being content with your own Ibadah and worship of Allah can never be
sufficient,
because We are the Ummat of karta, munabhiin,
ibadaht of Allah,
rasulallah.
He would spend days, days on end in the cave of Hira,
making the Ibadan the worship of Allah. The people of Makkah loved
him. They were devoted to him. They would call him Allah, Ameen
Asad. He was revered. He was honored
at age of 40 plus minus an incident occurs,
Jibreel comes with the first five verses of Surah alaq.
Allah elevates him. You are now the NABI of Allah,
you are now the boundary.
You are now the stepping stone for the entire humanity to enter into
Jannah.
The worrying concern of the Hidayat of the entire humanity is
placed upon the shoulders of Jana virus, sallAllahu, alayhi wa
sallam. Now that same individual
who used to spend hours, if not days, on end in Allah in the in
the solitude of the cave of Hira, is now knocking the doors of
Makkah.
Is now going from tent to tent in Mina
is now imploring and begging people. May you, winI, May and
surunika, desala tarabbi, who is there that will shelter me, who is
there that will become my Nasir and helper,
haktawalbi, so that I can make the League of this. Deen
Quran comes down. Ya, you are Rasul.
Ya, you are Rasul Allah. It directly addresses his beloved.
And through this address is the ummah of the Rasul, salallahu,
alayhi, wa sallam,
Yawa, Rasul Balika, mirrabik,
make tablig and dawat,
invite humanity. Invite one, one person towards this Quran which is
being revealed.
Vail gantafal, Tari salata, if you fail in this, look at the Aita.
Look at the caution, the Beloved of Allah, the revered of Allah,
the honor of Allah, yad vadhas Quran, say, wailam, tafal from
aballa, Tarisa, if you don't do this, davat and Talib, then you
have not fulfilled your mission.
There will be persecution,
there will be a hardship. Humanity will turn against you. But Walla,
we ask him, who come in and NAS Walla, we ask him, Oh, kaminanas,
as long as you Muhammad, Rasulullah, sallAllahu, alayhi wa
sallam, and by implication, your ummat, as long as they are
fulfilling this responsibility of dawat and tablier, Allah will
protect them asmaath mental and protection of protection from
Allah will be with you
now that same Rasul who used to make Ibadan days on end, person to
person 10 to 10, galley to galley, Ali to Ali. And what happens? What
happens? The whole of Makkah turns against him.
The point I am making my respected brothers, they did not have a
problem with his ibadans.
They did not have a problem with his Ibadan they had a problem.
Is dawat,
because the thing that is going to break the back of shaitan, the
thing that is going to open the doors of Jannah for humanity is
when this ummat embraces this mission of dawat and tabil that we
receive directly from Allah and His Rasul, salallahu, alayhi wa
sallam, to be content on your Ibadan and your worship and to
feel that you are not responsible for dawat and tablier, my
respected brothers, is a very great error and mistake
being in this ummat,
being in the Ummat of khatam, unnabigien, janai, Rasulullah,
sallAllahu, alayhi wa sallam, demands that each one of us
understands that, together with Allah's worship, each one of us is
a dai and Ambassador of Allah and his rasulallah this earth.
Nevertheless, they come to Abu Talib stop him. Not stop him from
his ibadah.
Not stop him from his worship of Allah. Stop him from this dawat.
If you don't stop him, then we are no longer going to accept your
protection of him.
Now we are going to kill him, such is the love and devotion Abu Talib
sendswa rasulallah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam implores his
nephew, begs him stop this. Otherwise I can no longer
guarantee your protection.
Allah's rasulallahu, alayhi, wa sallam,
various rivaya we find in the books of Ahadi. What was his
reaction to this? Lavo de ashrams, Fi Amini, welcomer fi shimani, one
narration, O, my uncle, if the sun is put in my right hand and the
moon is put in my left hand,
all of I explain the symbolism behind this, the Sun. The sun
signifies heat, hardship, difficulty. Or my uncle, no matter
what persecution or what torture or what hardship befalls me, the
moon signifies or symbolizes beauty, comfort, ease, whatever
wealth of this world, whatever comfort, whatever worldly
embellishments are thrown in my path.
No matter what is done, I will never abandon this mission of
Davao and tablid.
Another narration, mahanavi a minhaan Ada mad to be He.
Minhaila, hadukum, minhadi, Shamsi, shalatanar, kankol kar Sun
Lena, like I said, the object is not to go into detail. The object
is to take the lesson. What is the lesson? What does he say to his
uncle? Oh, my uncle, it is easier. It is easier that a coal of fire
be placed in my hand and my whole body burn. I will tolerate that.
But davat and tabligha will never abandon calling humanity to Allah
will never abandon, door to door, person to person, 10 to 10,
imploring and begging each person. Wama aksar una swallow, haras tabi
mumin Quran says to him that, oh, my NaVi, you are finishing
yourself in Tamil. Majority of humanity will not become
believers, even though you desire it. Yet this did not deter him.
Look at what he is saying. I will tolerate that my body be burnt to
ashes, but I will never abandon dawat and tabling as Ashika Rasul,
as followers of Rasulullah, sallAllahu, alayhi wa sallam, as
those who claim us to be on uswas on his beautiful example, as those
who claim to be his followers. Let us take the thermometer. Let us
check within ourselves, how concerned are we for the Hidayat
of humanity, what effort of dawat and tabliga, you and I making, how
much have we identified with the day and night of Rasulullah,
sallAllahu, alayhi wa sallam? Nevertheless, when Abu Talib sees
this type of determination,
what does he say? First, the Amrik Lam Tusi buchat, button, walakat,
sadaqa, Aminah, walakada, anim to be annadina, Muhammad bin hayri,
adiya, Tina lolan, Malama to Hagana, masabatin Lava jettani,
Sami Hamid, aka mubina Allahu Akbar,
Abu Talib, who is on kufr. What does he say? He says, carry on
with what you are doing. Carry on with your mission. No harm will
befall you. You have always been truthful, and you are Aman Adar.
And then Abu Talib says, In my heart, I know that the.
Of Muhammad, sallAllahu, alayhi wa sallam is the best of every
religion. Walakada, Alim Toby and Nadina, Muhammad bin Khadi, Adi
Anil bariya tideena. If it were not for the fear of the taunts of
the women of Quraysh
that as a result of old age, Abu Talib abandoned the religion of
his forefathers, I would have openly proclaimed your Kalima.
Tell the last moment. There's no time to go into the detail.
Occasion of jamata is very limited. Tell the last moment of
Sullivan begged his uncle. Recite the Kalima is
in one narration. It comes. Oh, my uncle, who whisper it in my ears.
Oh hajbiha, ohajulaka behind Allah He omal kyama, so that some proof
I have that I can argue for you on the Day of Judgment. Yet, the
books of history report the final words of Abu Talib. Aladia, Abdul
Muttalib. I am dying on the religion of Abdul Muttalib. What
was the result of that? What was the result of that? What was the
result of that? This is what you and I measured this. Imaan weighed
this. Iman that Allah has given us. This is Abu Talib who finished
himself in the service of Rasulullah sallallahu, alayhi wa
sallam. Yet Rasulullah Sallam says in
La rajulu, Ratan yaquli, Min Huma Dima Hu Rasulullah Salah Sam
describes one person in jahannam. Where is he in jahannam? Where is
he in jahannam? Jahannam has seven layers
in NAL, munafiqin, afidar, kill asfali, minanal, the lowest level,
the lowest level, the lowest level where the intensity of the azab is
the most
is where the munafiqin will be found.
Allah ism in the saddees is describing the topmost level, in
other words, the least azab, the least azab, the least azab of
jahannam. He describes one person. He says there will be a person in
jahannam. All that will be in Jahannam is just his feet. His
feet only will be in jahannam. Larujan. Underneath his feet, two
coals of fire will be placed, but Allahu Akbar, what is jahannam? We
can't even imagine it in Naha, lava, Naza, talisha, wa Tada,
Oman, advara, wata, wala, FISA, Mum, waha, mean, wail, miyamom,
Labadi de wala, Karim, Paan dar tukum, naran, talava, Allah,
Akbar, such graphic descriptions Allah gives of Jahannam in the
Quran Walla, my respected brothers, if the reality had to
dawn in our hearts like we find in the hadith of Rasulullah
sallallahu, sallam, he said, You will run away to the mountains
lahar Dada, seeking the protection of Allah. You will not even derive
any pleasure from women or anything in this world if this
hakikat adorned upon you. What lies ahead? What lies ahead? What
lies ahead? This is two coals top most level of Jahannam, only the
feet are exposed. What will happen? Yadili, Minh, humadima as
a result of these two coals underneath the feet, the brains
will start boiling. Maya, Rana, ashtam in wa adaba, this person
will think to himself that no one, no one, no one. In Jahannam is
suffering like how I am suffering. Allah rasalam says Wa in nahula,
this is the lightest azab of jahannam. There is nothing in
Jahannam that is lighter than this. And this is the azab that
will be given to Abu Talib, lightest
because of his years of devotion. But he also, he also in the
ladeena kafaru, minagli kita bival mushri, Keena fina,
this is Allah's hat. Me indelible decision which will not change. I
said this many times before. Don't be deceived. So and so is the
philanthropist. So and so devoted their life to social work. So and
so was a great politician. So and so did great service to humanity.
Is it possible Allah will put him in Jahannam despite his kufr? Is
it possible Allah will put him in Jahannam despite his kufr? Don't
fall into the strap. Don't.
Fall into this trap, whoever it may be, the condition for Jannat,
the condition for Jannat, the condition for Jannat is Iman. And
no matter what a person may have done in this world, if he is
deprived of iman, if he is deprived of iman, he will be
deprived of Jannat. This is Quran, this is Hadith, and this is our
Akida and our belief ayudham, Rasul Asmaa was asked, What is the
worst sin A man can commit, what is the worst sin, what is the
greatest crime a man can commit? Rasulullah, Sassan, Respondent and
ishraq to ascribe partners with Allah. To ascribe partners with
Allah, there is no greater Guna. If a man dies on this, never mind
what social work he may have done,
no matter what service to humanity he may have done this. Guna is the
greatest guna that you can ever commit to ascribe partners to
Allah. Abu Talib died on that he will go to jahannam forever. In
the same manner, any politician or any philanthropist after him
who dies on kufr and shirk will go to jahannam forever, as Muslims
don't put your iman in peril by uttering statements different from
that which go against Quran and Hadith. Value this Iman. Value
this Iman one side that great pillar of support inside the
house, khadijatul Kubra outside, Abu Tali, within the space of 10
days, both are taken away. Makkah now becomes a boiling cauldron for
Rasulullah, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. You he undertakes the 50
kilometer journey on foot to Thai
to invite them towards Islam. We know the incident. I'm not going
to the details, but suffice to say, when this question was put to
Rasulullah Salla Salam, what was the hardest day of your life? What
was the hardest day of your life? When did you suffer the most?
Aisha of the Allah, now, our mother asked him this question.
The response was given, it was the day of time.
Three miles pelted.
Stones are not arrows. Stones will not immediately cause the flesh to
split open, like arrows or bullets, stone upon stone, bowled
upon Boulder, till eventually the flesh swelled up. Then it split
open. Then the blood started pouring out. He would fall to the
ground. They would pick him up, force him to carry on running.
Street urchins set upon him, dogs set upon him, raining down,
insults, curses upon him, Boulder upon Boulder, stone upon stone.
Till the ground of tide started crying, the sky above tide started
crying. It comes in the narrations dudja, till Malaika. The Malaika
started crying three miles like this, relentlessly he was
persecuted till eventually he falls down unconscious from head
to toe, the body pouring with blood. Zayd bin harita, as an act
of desperation, lifts the body, the lifeless limb, body of
Rasulullah sallallahu Sallam is lifted onto the shoulders of Zayd
bin hariha, looking for some refuge. Where does he take refuge?
Such is the desperation. He takes refuge in the great orchard of
utba bin rabiah, who is utba one of the greatest enemies of
Rasulullah sallallahu Sallam in badan, the flag bearer of the
Kufa, the leader of the army was not Abuja, was UTMA bin habiya in
his orchard, Zayd bin halisa takes refuge,
lays the limb body, unconscious body of Rasulullah sallallahu,
alayhi wa sallam, blood splattered, lays him underneath a
great tree. AUT when he witnesses this, Johnny Dishman
a bowed enemy, if he could not bear to see this, see the
condition of Rasulullah. What have the people of Taihe done to
Muhammad?
Such is this was an opportunity for him to finish off Rasulullah.
But so effective he was by the side
that quickly he gathers some grapes himself in a tray.
Then a level of embarrassment enters his heart. How can I
present these graves when I persecuted him so much so he sends
for his servant, Adas,
and says, go with this present. This to Muhammad bin Abdullah
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. Entreat him that don't look at
where the dates are coming from. Don't reject it because it is from
utbah. Keep in front of him that we are related and treat him to.
Accept these graves. Adas comes before Sulu Allah, sallAllahu,
alayhi wa sallam, the NABI of Allah is in the suitable
condition. When he is presented with these graves, he questions
the slave, Adas, where are you from?
He says, I am from nine
Islam. When he hears this, he says, from the city of my brother,
Yunus bin Mata,
referring to Yunus Ali his Salaam adashi, shocked Wama adakama,
Yunus. How do you even know about yunuslam? Says he was an AVI of
Allah. I am also an Adi of Allah. Few verses of the Quran from Surah
Yunus are recited in front of a Das, and there and then a das
recites the Shahadah ash Walla ILAHA, illallah wa ashadwan Naka
Rasulullah. And comes in the narration, he kisses the Mubarak
feet of Rasulullah sallallahu, alayhi wa sallam, out of devotion.
Already the burden, the pain is lightened.
He partakes of a few of those graves.
And now is the moment
the clock has almost stopped. It is the moment when it enters the
heart of the Beloved of Allah that this is such a situation wherein I
am justified in making some sort of shikaya to my Allah, some sort
of complaint to my Allah, placing my Halo, my condition, before my
Allah. He raises his hands Allahu. Mahi ashko, elay kada kovati,
Wakil, latahiladi, Wani Alam,
fala
a kunalea, kilhari, Allahu, Akbar, I said this many times before,
if we understood
this dua and the durb contained in it, it is impossible for the eyes
to remain dry.
No language can translate what he says in this dua or Allah, I
complain to you of my feeble of the feebleness of my strength,
of my lack of resources,
of my being unimportant in lies of people.
You are the RAV of the weak ones. You are the Most Merciful of all
those who show mercy. And you are my Rav
ilamantuk, takulini,
omaya, Allah, to whom have you handed me over
to such an enemy to whom You have given power over me, who has
ridiculed me like this, who has belittled me like this, who has
persecuted me like this, who has hurt and made me like this.
Oh my Allah,
if you are not angry with me, then I have accepted happily whatever
has happened,
because your your happiness with me is the most important thing.
Like that poet said later while hayatu Mari
vatulla, vowel, anamo Viva,
later.
O my Allah, I hope that you are happy with me and my relationship
with you is sweet. The whole world stubbornness and the whole world's
anger means nothing if you are happy with me.
Oh, my alive, my relationship with you is intact, and my relationship
with the whole world has broken down. It does not matter to me,
this Dar, this cry, this pain contained in this dua. In a matter
of milliseconds, the Nizam of the whole universe is changed. This
reaches darshavamah Jibril descends, malaikatulakshaven
descends. Descend.
Angels of the mountains descend. Jibreel says, Ya Rasulullah, Your
call has reached the ash of Allah. Give the command, give the ishara.
And the two mountains on both sides of Taif will be brought
together, and like Surma, this nation will be crushed forever.
Nabi a rahmat
Wama arsalaka, Illallah rahmat al Alameen. Wama arsalaka, illa
rahmatulla alameen ya Allah says We have not sent.
You as anything but a mercy for humanity today as an ummat, we
don't have mercy for one another
today as an ummat, one side the brotherhood of Islam inside the
hatred on the basis of race, on the basis of nationality, on the
basis of ideology, on the basis of some material gain, brother
doesn't talk to brother. Relative doesn't talk to relative. There is
natrend in the heart for one another.
This was the level of persecution, yet his heart is filled with
mercy. No. Lalama hatala, and you
may Allah, He says, No. Jibril, no,
am I? The
narration of Allah has not sent me as one who will curse humanity in
namaba is to die, and warahmatullahi sent me as a Dai,
and Allah has sent me as a mercy for humanity, lalala and you mean
aslabihimella. Today, they have persecuted me today. They made me
today. They have hurt me like this, perhaps from their lineage
and The Offspring Allah will bring those who will accept hilayah,
such mercy, such compassion. He makes dua for them, allahummadi
For me, for in the umlai, Allah Moon Allah, give them hirayat
Because they do not know
one side the Pala inside the house was taken away. Khadijatul Kubra,
other side the pillar outside the house, Abu Talib.
The situation in Makkah becomes so fraught with danger that he comes
in the rewired, that he was persecuted to such an extent that
at times he would say, ma Asra, ma wajatu, fuck the kayaam, that how
quickly I perceive your loss, or my uncle, referring to Abu Talib,
after this incident of Taif, he couldn't even enter into Makkah,
such was the danger on the life of Rasulullah sallallahu sallam. He
sends Zayd bin hadifa of the Allahu Taala Anhu. He sends him to
sway bin Amal that can I enter madka on your protection Swahili?
Bin Amal says, No, I am not prepared to take on the I am not
prepared to take on the acrimony of the Quraysh
akna has been surek is then entreated he rejects. Safaan bin
umayya is entreated he rejects. Finally, mutam bin Adi accepts. He
and his sons gather in the Haram of Makkah, and he says, I have
given protection to Muhammad salasam Just to enter Makkah. Such
is the so fraught with danger is the situation in Makkah. Mukar
Rama Abu jahal stands up and says to mutim bin Abi Adi, have you
given him protection because you have accepted his religion, or is
it because of relationship? What immin Adi says, I have not
accepted his religion, it is because of relationship. Then only
Abu Jahl says, we accept your protection and he can enter Makkah
on the onset of this such is the environment of Qurani and
sacrifice hardship and persecution. And according to many
Ward field, it was at this juncture that the heavens were
decorated and Quran comes down. Subhanallah, the Asra bi Abadi, la
Elam Min almasti del haram, El Al Masti Dil Akasa alali barakna,
Baraka, linuri, Abu Min ayatina, one of the greatest majes art and
miracle which ALLAH blessed any of his creation, word that of Isra
And Maharaj. After this Chakki and after this grinding mill of
qurbani and persecution, the sacrifice Allah sends down Jibril.
The heavens are decorated. Rasulullah Sam is in the home of
um mehani. From there, he is taken to the hat of Kaaba to Allah. Like
I said, we've run out of time. Allah give life and opportunity.
Inshallah will continue. Lagi was topics. One,