Assim Al-Hakeem – 24-01-2025 Friday Sermon

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The speaker discusses various cultural and political events, including the birth of Islam and the Prophet Muhammad's importance in shaping culture. The Prophet is seen as humble, modest, and never recognized as angry. The speaker emphasizes the importance of protecting one's heart and not giving up on one's beliefs, while also discussing the use of bad and obscene words and past experiences with complaints from Muslims. The speaker also touches on the culture of Islam, including its negative views of women and men and its portrayal of the Prophet serving.
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As-salāmu ʿalaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
Inna al-ḥamdu lillāhi, naḥmaduhu wa-nasta'īnuhu
wa-nastaghfiruhu, wa-naʿūdhu billāhi min shurūr anfusinā,
wa-min sayyī'āti aʿmālinā, man yahdihi allāhu
falā mudhillah, wa-man yudhill falā hādiya lah,
wa-ash'hadu an-lā ilāha illā Allāhu
wahdahū lā sharīka lah, wa-ash'hadu anna
muḥammadan ʿabduhu wa-rasūluh.
Yā ayyuhā alladhīna āmanu, ittaqū Allāha ḥaqqa tuqātihi,
wa-lā tamūtunna illā wa-antum muslimūn.
Yā ayyuhā annāsu, ittaqū Rabbakumu alladhī khalaqakum min
nafsin wāhidatin wa-khalaqa minhā zawjahā, wa-bath
minhumā rijālan kathīran wa-nisā'ā, wa-ittaqū
Allāha alladhī tasā'alūn bihi wa-l-arḥām,
inna Allāha kāna ʿalaykum raqībā.
Yā ayyuhā alladhīna āmanu, ittaqū Allāha wa-qūlu
qawlan sadīdā, yuslih lakum aʿmā lakum wa yaghfīr
lakum dhunūbakum, wa min yuṭiʿillāha warasūlahu faqad fāzā
fawzan ʿaẓīmā.
Ammā baʿn, fa-inna ʿasdaqa al-ḥadīthi kalāmu
Allāhi ʿazza wa-jal, wa-khayra al-ḥad,
hadyu nabiyyinā Muḥammad ﷺ, wa-sharra al-umūri
muhdathātuhā, wa-kulla muhdathatin bid'ah, wa-kulla
bid'atin dalālah, wa-kulla dalālatin fin-nār.
It was reported in Sahih al-Imam Muslim
that Sa'd ibn Hisham, may Allah have mercy
on him, asked mother Aisha, may Allah be
pleased with her, he said, O mother of
the believers, tell me about the character of
the Prophet ﷺ.
What was his character?
She said, don't you read the Qur'an?
He said, yes I do.
Then she replied to him by saying, the
character of the Prophet ﷺ was the Qur
'an.
Now, if we look, all nations before us,
all messengers before our Prophet ﷺ, were given
a miracle, or a set of miracles.
Go to the Christians, go to the Jews,
go to any other ummah, and ask them,
we as Muslims believe in the miracles of
Prophet Musa, Prophet Isa, but show them to
us.
No one can show the miracles of their
Prophets to you today, because it is not
existing.
Only the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ can and will
maintain and preserve and have this miracle that
will stay till the end of time.
This is the Qur'an that Allah Azza
wa Jal has challenged the whole universe to
produce something like it.
And they will never be able to do
this.
This is the only scripture that is preserved
for the past 15 centuries.
Not a single letter changed.
This is the only scripture that was revealed
in the language of the Arabic which is
spoken by more than 400 million people till
date.
And they understand it when they read it.
This is the only scripture that is memorized
by heart by more than 10, 15, 20
million individuals living among us today.
This is the miracle of Allah Azza wa
Jal.
And this miracle has impacted our Prophet ﷺ
profoundly and positively to the extent that it
changed his character and formed it.
The character of the Prophet ﷺ was the
Qur'an as Mother Aisha said.
Al-Imam al-Nawawi, may Allah have mercy
on his soul, says, explaining this phrase, to
have the character of the Qur'an is
to understand it.
To believe in it.
To implement it in your daily life.
To abide by its instructions.
And to contemplate about or upon its stories.
This is how you become a person with
the Qur'an as his character.
And if you look at the character of
the Prophet ﷺ, you will find that he
is the best man ever to walk the
earth ﷺ.
He was the most courageous, the most generous,
the most chaste.
His perseverance and patience and tolerance was unmatched.
He ﷺ never touched the hand of a
woman that was not halal to him through
marriage or that was non-mahram.
Hind bin Utbah said, O Prophet of Allah,
give us your hand so that we give
you the pledge of allegiance.
He says, I do not touch women.
This is the character of the Qur'an.
He was the most generous.
The dinar and the dirham would not spend
a night in his house.
He would spend it in the cause of
Allah ﷻ.
Trusting that he is the provider.
Trusting that he is the most generous, subhanahu
wa ta'ala.
Every year, the Prophet would only store the
provision of his family for a whole year.
And that would be only from barley and
dates.
No cash.
This is the provision, the food of his
family for a whole year.
And everything else is given for the sake
of Allah.
Even this food that is saved for his
family for a whole year, when someone comes
and asks him, he would never ever say
no.
He was known to never reject anyone who
asks him.
Even if they ask him for his own
clothes, he would go, change, and bring it
to the man who asked him.
Though he was in need.
And this caused the Prophet ﷺ to spend
all what he has saved for food for
his family, and then he would have nothing.
Mother Aisha says, We used to see the
crescent, after the crescent, after the crescent.
Two months, 60 days.
And we would not light fire in the
house of the Prophet ﷺ to cook.
No food, no cooking.
Urwah, her nephew says, Mother, two months without
cooking?
What was feeding you?
She says, water and dates.
That's it.
For two months, ﷺ.
He was so humble and modest.
He himself used to fix his shoes, patch
his toe if it's torn.
He would milk his own sheep, and he
would serve his own family.
He would not feel arrogant to do these
chores.
He himself ﷺ was so bashful and modest,
he would not stare in the eyes of
those talking to him.
He would always look somewhere else.
He could not look them in the eyes
because of his bashfulness.
Whenever he was invited, he would not ask,
Who's inviting me?
A millionaire?
A politician?
No.
He would answer the invitation even if it
was from a slave.
He would accept any gift, regardless of its
value, even if it was a drink of
milk.
Yet he would reward those who gave him
with more than they had given.
He would never eat charity because he's from
Alulbayt.
Let alone ask people for what they have
in their hands and they look like we
do at people's watches, at people's pens, at
people's cars.
The Prophet ﷺ was never like that.
He would be angry only for the sake
of Allah.
When the limits of Allah are invaded, he
would never become angry for himself.
If someone abuses him, insults him, he would
forgive and tolerate.
He would execute the truth.
If it needs to be executed, even if
it brings harm to himself and to his
companions, the truth has to be implemented.
The Prophet ﷺ suffered through his lifetime.
Though he could have lived like a billionaire,
he used to be suffering all the time
because he used to spend in the cause
of Allah.
So many days would go by him starving,
feeling hungry, until he would patch a stone
to his stomach to curb the feelings of
hunger.
And mother Aisha says, he had never had
his full of barley bread, not wheat, barley,
for three consecutive days.
If he was full for one day, he
would go two, three, four days not being
full of barley bread that today we do
not even dare to consume.
He would answer invitations for walinas.
He would visit people who were sick.
He would follow funerals of those who died.
He would walk alone among the people, among
his enemies, without any guards or protection.
The Prophet ﷺ was the most humble.
He was the calmest without arrogance.
He was the most eloquent without prolonging his
speech.
He would wear whatever he finds.
Sometimes he walks barefooted.
Sometimes he wears sandals or shoes.
Sometimes he would not wear a cloak, the
outer garment.
Sometimes he would not wear a turban.
He would ride whatever was there.
No arrogance, no pride.
Sometimes wears a horse.
Sometimes he rides a horse.
Sometimes he rides a camel.
Sometimes a donkey.
Sometimes a mule.
Sometimes walks if needed.
And whenever someone needed a ride, he would
put him behind him on his ride.
He used to love perfume from this dunya.
He loves beautiful fragrances.
And he hates bad smell.
And this is why he would not eat
garlic or onions.
Not because it's haram.
No.
But he doesn't like any bad odor to
come from him.
He would sit with the poor.
Eat with the needy.
And would honor those with the best of
character.
He would connect to his next kin, his
relatives, without favoring them upon others.
Because this is unfair.
He would accept anyone giving him apology.
Look how we treat when people come and
apologize to us.
Sometimes we don't accept their apology.
Sometimes we want to harm them and torture
them.
The Prophet would accept anyone who came and
apologized.
Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
He would smile without laughing out loud.
He would joke without telling a lie.
And he would see people play.
And he would not forbid them from playing.
Sometimes he used to raise his wife.
Look at the modesty and the humbleness.
His own wife.
Sometimes we treat our wives like slaves.
Do this, do that.
And sometimes we forbid them from laughing.
Or joking.
Or having a good time.
The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam used to
race with his wife.
And he would never ever let a moment
go of his day without utilizing it in
the pleasure of Allah.
He would not look down upon someone who's
poor because of his poverty.
He would not look down at someone who
is sick because of his illness.
And he would not be intimidated or afraid
of someone due to his reign and power
and authority even if he was a king.
Once an Arab nomad startled him while he
was walking with Anas.
Pulled him from his cloak until it made
a mark on his shoulder and neck.
Abusing the Prophet saying, Ya Muhammad, give me
from the money you have.
It's not your money, it's Allah's money.
What would you do?
I would have killed that man.
Seriously.
But the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam he
smiled and ordered his companions to give him
money.
End of story.
Not, Ya Akhi, this is not appropriate.
Ya Akhi, this is not polite.
I'm the messenger, you should respect.
Nothing.
Once in Taif, he was overlooking a valley
of sheep that they've won from the enemy.
And next to him was a nomad.
Nobody.
No one.
Someone is not even mentioned by name.
He was next to him standing and the
man had his jaw dropping.
All of these sheep.
You know the Arabs, they look and they
calculate.
Okay, this is 200 ringgit.
This is how much.
Okay, how much would I be owning if
I had this.
So the Prophet looked at him, alayhis salaam.
He said, you like this?
The man said, yes.
The Prophet said, it's yours.
Come on.
What kind of generosity is this from a
man who cannot eat?
Who does not have enough food to give
all of this to a man he does
not know?
The man rushed to his tribe saying, oh
my tribe, oh my people, accept and embrace
Islam.
Wallahi, I came from a man who does
not fear poverty.
Who does not fear poverty.
He gave me all of this.
What are you waiting for?
The Prophet, alayhis salaam, forgave those who wronged
him.
A man kills his own uncle, Hamza, and
he forgives him.
A man who kills and attacks his companions,
he forgave all the people of Mecca.
He conquered Mecca.
And said, go, you are free for the
sake of Allah.
The Prophet, alayhis salaam, was so tolerant.
Even when his own wives caused him trouble.
They were jealous.
And they would do so many things that
normal men like us could not tolerate.
The Prophet would never, alayhis salaam, reprimand them,
shout at them, or say anything that would
be offensive.
He would only meet them with compassion, mercy,
and love.
Never ever he had beaten a woman or
a child, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
He was never rude.
He was never using bad or obscene words.
He was proud without arrogance.
He was kind without violence.
He was merciful without weakness, sallallahu alayhi wa
alihi wa sallam.
أقول قولي هذا وأستغفر الله لي ولكم فاستغفروه
إنه هو الغفور الرحيم الحمد
لله رب العالمين وأشهد أن لا إله إلا
الله وحده لا شريك له وأشهد أن محمد
عبده ورسوله sallallahu alayhi wa alihi wa sallam
What is our problem today?
Why are we at the bottom of the
food ladder?
Why all nations look down upon us?
We have no respect.
Why all the nations look down upon Muslims
and do not listen to them?
We brought this upon ourselves when we made
the Qur'an behind us and we took
everything else other than the Qur'an.
In the past, nations like Malaysia, Indonesia, the
Philippines and the likes Nations accepted Islam not
by a single soldier coming to their land.
Not a single army.
Why did these people accept Islam?
Because of the Muslims character.
When they met and encountered real Muslims, merchants,
traders who came and they saw their Islamic
etiquettes and moral conduct they loved this religion,
they embraced it and look at them they
are the largest nations nowadays.
الحمد لله رب العالمين They saw truth, they
saw honesty, they saw their commitment to their
religion.
What about today?
إِنَّا لِلَّهَ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ Look at the
character of Muslims today.
Backbiting, slandering, gossiping, lies, cheating, betrayals.
Rarely you will find someone among the Muslims
who you could pimp out and say, MashaAllah
he's honest, he's trustworthy, he doesn't lie, he
comes on time.
Rarely you will find this.
And this is why the barakah, the blessings
in our times, in our children, in our
health, in our wealth is gone.
You look at the previous nations before us,
the previous ancestors of ours, they used to
utilize the day and night where we cannot
do what they used to do in one
day in a whole month.
The barakah in ilm, the barakah in Qur
'an, the barakah in their lives, we don't
have this.
Today we have transgression among us Muslims.
This is something that Allah prohibited upon Himself.
And He made it prohibited among us.
Today we hear complaints from partners, from one
another.
We hear complaints from subordinates and workers.
We hear complaints from wives, complaining of the
transgression and the dhulm husbands do to them.
On the contrary, we also hear about the
lack of jealousy in men's hearts.
You see a man, masha'Allah, la quwwata
illa billah, 6 foot 4, not in this
country maybe, but you see man, masha'Allah,
muscular and strong and this and that, and
you see his wife unveiled with her hair
coming out, wearing makeup, unmodest clothes.
Akhi, where is your manhood?
Where is your jealousy?
Where is your ghayrah?
They abide by the hijab only for the
sake of customs and traditions and not for
the sake of Allah azza wa jal.
As for our hearts, it is black, it
is hard.
Our hearts are filled with enmity, grudges, envy,
evil eye.
Every bad thing is filling our hearts and
you see this in the masjid.
When the iqama comes, look at the worshipers
in the first and second and third row.
If anyone comes in an opening, what they
will do?
Resentment, hatred, fighting, trying not to give him
room.
Ya akhi, you're in the masjid, this is
the house of Allah.
Your heart should have a place for your
brother, let alone a small space between you
and him.
All of this is a sign of destruction.
The people are in complete oblivious.
They're ignorant.
Because they've abandoned the book of Allah.
They've abandoned the Qur'an.
They do not stand by the instructions.
They do not refrain from what the Qur
'an prohibits and they do not read it.
And once they read it, they do this
for barakah.
They put the Qur'an in the glove
compartments and you can see the dust on
it.
Why?
Because I don't want to have car accidents.
They put it under the pillow.
They put it in the house so Allah
protects the house.
This is not why Allah revealed the Qur
'an.
Allah revealed the Qur'an to be recited,
read, implemented and to act upon it.
This is why we read the Qur'an,
it does not exceed our throats.
The Muslims are oblivious and ignorant about the
sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ.
Though they claim that they love him, they
defend him and his reputation and we are
in great danger.
Therefore, fear Allah, servants of Allah.
Ittaqullaha ibadallah.
Read the Qur'an.
Recite it day and night.
Learn what's in it, so that you would
implement it.
Do not read it to find an answer
to a question you want.
So many times we read the Qur'an,
if the answer does not fit what we
want, we leave it aside and do whatever
we want.
No.
A true Muslim reads the Qur'an, does
exactly what it says, even if it goes
against his whims and desires.
Teach your own children, your spouses, about the
beauty of the Qur'an, so that their
character would be exactly like the character of
the Prophet ﷺ, exactly as was stated in
the Qur'an, because this character would lead
you, inshaAllah, to Jannatul Naeem.
This is wallahi more important than their studies.
Wallahi more important than their own health and
wealth.
This is the way of salvation and to
reach Jannatul Naeem.
And the Prophet ﷺ said, the closest among
you to me in Jannah, on the Day
of Judgment, are the best of you who
have the best of character.
نفعني الله وإياكم بالقرآن والذكر الحكيم I will
say my dua in Arabic, so you just
say ameen, trust me for that.
اللهم اغفر لنا وارحمنا وعافنا واعف عنا وتولنا
برعايتك ولا تحرمنا ربنا آتنا في الدنيا حسنة
وفي الآخرة حسنة وقنا عذاب النار اللهم آمنا
في أوطاننا ودورنا اللهم أصلح أئمتنا وولاة أمورنا
اللهم اجعل ولايتنا في من خافك واتقاك واتبع
رضاك يا أرحم الراحمين اللهم انصر إخواننا المستضعفين
في كل مكان اللهم انصر إخواننا في فلسطين
اللهم أعزهم بعزك اللهم أذل من أذلهم اللهم
عليك بمن عاداهم اللهم أرنا في عدونا وعدوك
عجائب قدرتك يا عزيز يا حكيم اللهم اشف
مرضانا وارحم موتانا وبلغ بما يرضيك آمالنا واختم
اللهم بالباقيات الصالحات أعمالنا اللهم اجعل ثأرنا وكيدنا
على من ظلمنا وعادانا وصلِّ اللهم وسلِّم وبارِك
على نبينا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين وأقيم
الصلاة