Bilal Assad – The Value of Time
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My brothers and sisters,
I ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
to bless you,
to forgive you and myself.
And I advise you and remind you and
myself
to fear Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
wherever you may be.
In private
and in public.
With your family
or with your friends,
online
or outside.
As Rasulullah
said to Mu'adh, the young boy at the
time,
fear Allah you Mu'adh
wherever you are.
And whenever you do a sin,
do a good deed after it.
The good deed will wipe away
the sin you did before it.
And live with people
and interact with them and treat them
with goodness
and with good character.
He summed up
the quality and character
and purpose
of a Muslim enough to enter paradise
and to be saved from the fire.
My brothers and sisters,
Allah reminds us in the Quran.
Oh, you who believe,
fear Allah and be God conscious wherever you
are.
And let every
person and soul
look towards
what they have prepared for tomorrow.
Tomorrow
is after death
and Allah called it tomorrow
because it truly is very short
and very quick
and very soon.
Tomorrow
is very near.
Allah says
that they who went against the prophet sallallahu
alaihi wasallam
when talking about the day of judgment
and they denied it
and they thought that this is the only
life and there's nothing after it,
Allah says,
they assume and see that it is very
far away if it exists to them,
but we see it very close.
Judgment day is close, brothers and sisters.
Allah says also
On the day
when everyone be resurrected,
it will be for the people as if
they did not live on this earth
except
for an evening
or its morning.
Ask
a person who is 40 years old,
how quick did time pass?
Ask a person who was in their sixties
or seventies,
how quickly
did their years pass?
And how many hopes and goals did they
have?
And how much of it were they able
to reach?
Everyone goes
into their real home,
the abode of the grave,
while still have not fulfilled
their hopes and their dreams.
But for a believer,
we know that we are only temporarily in
this world
like a wayfarer.
Be in this life
as if you are a stranger
or a wayfarer passing by.
Do not confuse
stranger
with weird.
A stranger
is a person who looks
at the environment and the location that they're
at,
but sees themself
following something which the majority are not.
Sees themself
that they don't belong there forever,
that they have another destination after there.
This world is like that.
And it is a.
Is the Arabic word for when you use
for luggage when you travel.
You don't take everything with you in the
luggage.
Mataah.
Temporary material that you use for your journey
just enough
for the trip.
Or as Ibn Qayyim rahmatullahi a laihi said,
it is like a person in the desert
passing by with his camel
and he arrives at the shade of a
tree.
He sits under the shade of the tree,
enough
to cool down and drink his water
and rest,
and then he moves on.
The shade of the tree
is this dunya that you and I are
in. We are just wayfarers like that desert
man passing by. We sit in its shade
for a bit but we don't stay there,
we move on to our destination.
A believer lives their life with the hereafter
in mind.
Oh, what a bliss
and a paradise that is.
The paradise is in the heart
and
materialistically in the hereafter.
However, brothers and sisters,
this shows us the importance of time.
Some of you I see very young are
in your school holidays.
Some of you have goals of going on
trips.
And Islam does not forbid you from enjoying
life.
Islam does not forbid you from being entertained
in the things that you like.
Going doing your hobbies,
your interests.
In fact, Islam encourages families to be
invested in each other's interests.
The husband invested in his wife's interests and
vice versa,
and the parents being invested in their children's
in interests
and improving that relationship.
However, only in the halal.
Not in the haram.
And not letting
interests and hobbies
overtake
your obligations
and your duties.
The prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam said in the
hadith which is Rawahul Bukhari,
nahmatan
magboonun
feehimakathirumminannasasihatuwalfaragh.
There are 2 blessings which Allah has given
us.
The majority of people, he said, sallallahu alaihi
wasallam,
most people
take them for granted.
They are
health
and free time.
Health
and free time.
Let alone
those
who use them
in what displeases Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
Our health
before we get old,
our health
before we get sick,
our free time
before we have no time.
Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam
said, on the day of judgment,
a person will not be allowed to move
forward
until he or she is asked about
the following,
about their youth
and how they spent it.
The youth is from when you reach puberty.
I'll just use the common
understanding or agreed upon between 35 or 40.
You're considered
a shab, a youth.
And they will be asked about their life.
From the moment
you will reach puberty because Allah does not
hold children accountable.
Until you died.
What did you do with your life? How
did you live your life?
And he will be asked about his wealth.
How did you get it?
From which sources?
Halalu Haram.
And what did you spend it on?
Not only where you got it from, but
how did
did you spend it? Because wealth is an
amana. It's a trust. A Muslim doesn't say
this is from myself like the way Karun
said.
He said this is from me,
not from God, not from Allah.
So Allah says,
We made the earth swallow him and his
wealth.
What do you mean just from you?
If it wasn't for Allah, we would have
nothing. Therefore, it is an amana.
And I read an article the other day,
a business article which said,
looking at wealth,
it said
that
people
who have 1,000,000
affluent, rich, wealthy people,
when they die,
the wealth that they have, the millions,
does not last beyond the second or third
generation max,
and then it vanishes
as if it never existed.
Allah, all your life working for it. It
vanishes within a third generation.
They said, except 1 type
of family.
They are the ones who their children
have values instilled in them,
where they value their parents wealth
and they don't look at it as
a gain.
They look at it as a trust. This
is coming from non Muslim mouths.
And Islam has already stated this
way before,
That Allah has made us vicegerents,
entrusted
with the wealth and resources
and our body and our families and everything
else in this life.
And finally,
you and I will be asked
about our knowledge,
our and
our skills
that we acquire through life by the will
of Allah.
What did we use it on?
Rasulullah SAW Once
a group of people from a particular
town,
who were once affluent
and very rich in resources and wealth.
He saw them coming in after they had
embraced Islam, and they were destitute and poor.
So he stood up sallallahu alaihi wasallam on
the mimbar
as he is compassionate to all of mankind
and to all creatures.
He said,
anyone
who has a dinar or dirham,
and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will reward them
up to 70 folds by multiples by multiples
more.
He never
pressured people into giving charity,
but he always talked passively so that people
can make their choice
from their heart.
Suddenly, a Sahabi stood
up and he brought a bag
filled with dinars, gold coins, and threw it
in front of prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam.
He could barely hold it within his surwal.
Rasool alaihi wasallam face lit up with happiness.
And suddenly the other companions were encouraged. And
each 1 started to bring
after this companion
by copying him.
Then Rasool
Allah sallallahu alaihi wasallam stood up and said,
man sunnafil Islami sunnatan hasana.
Whoever starts a good deed
in Islam, meaning after they become Muslim.
And they are followed
with the same sunnah. Sunnah means an act.
And people follow them
and it becomes a trend
or a habit,
then that person who initiated
that good deed
will have the reward of every single person
after him or her
who does that same good deed and builds
on it
till the end of time, so long as
it's still running.
You, my brothers and sisters, the Muslim community,
well, they call us a sleeping giant.
We are more powerful than what we think.
B'itnillah
because we have Allah with us
in our
heart, and in our minds,
and everywhere we go.
And we know that qadr
will come to us
and no 1 can prevent it except Allah.
And we rely on Allah because
he is the most merciful, the wisest,
and the best.
And we have skills and resources,
and we are called.
Believers are brothers and sisters.
Brothers and sisters, and everybody else copies us
with the with that word.
As a matter of fact, the believers are
brothers and sisters.
For
us fix
any tear
or wrong between your brother ends.
We are an Umma
named after the embracing of a mother,
So we are embraced by the mother, which
is Islam
and iman.
We help each other, and we work as
a community.
I have not seen Masha'Allah in my trip.
A community so forward and advanced
beyond where I came from in Australia.
Even a little bit more than the UK,
mashaAllah,
And
Europe than what I've seen here at Tabarakallah.
In the US, the Muslims.
And mashallah, the services that you have, whoever
started them.
May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
give him the great rewards or her. They
are blessed.
This community that is built on, whoever started
and initiated this,
is
the greatest investment,
and it keeps going for
that person in their grave. And everybody else
who encourages to it,
your ongoing charity,
knowledge and righteous children will still serve you,
bi idhnillah, after you have left this world,
as you know.
My brothers and sisters,
therefore,
a believer
enjoys life
but lives it with a purpose.
Monitors
their actions and their resources,
their wealth
and their life,
and keeps going with patience and perseverance
until they meet Allah
And suddenly,
your wealth,
your health,
your youth,
your family,
everything that you have that Allah gave you
turns into a blessing not only in this
world, but also in the hereafter.
For Allah says,
Say, Allah says, say
and ask, who is it that forbid for
the believers of Allah
and the servants of Allah that they cannot
entertain and enjoy
the blessings of this life which Allah had
opened for all of them to enjoy.
Say it is for the believers completely and
nothing will be taken away from them in
the hereafter from enjoying
it. It is
the following which Allah forbid, fasha,
indecent dirty acts
and and things that are aboard in haram,
such as oppression,
such as wronging and hurting others and taking
their rights.
Other than
that, a Muslim lives their life
in happiness like everyone else,
but with purpose
and the hereafter is all yours inshallah.
So my brothers and sisters,
utilize your time,
utilize your hobbies and skills,
utilize your free time, and may Allah
bless you.
Forgive our sins and shortcomings,
And may Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala give us
all strength and you.
My dear beloved brothers and sisters, the parents,
your children are your greatest asset and investment
in your life and your hereafter.
So look after them and care for them
as an amenah and a trust, not as
a property or a belonging.
And remember that your children look up to
you when they are children
and that our children may not obey us
all the time, but they never fail to
imitate us.
So Ibadullah, servants of Allah, be good role
models for them and monitor your words and
actions all the time. May Allah bless you
and may Allah give you that strength and
guidance.
My brothers and sisters, the greatest asset is
our children after we leave this world.
Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam counted 3 things that
are ongoing
and they are a charity which we left
behind.
Knowledge which we left behind that people still
learn from that is beneficial,
and the righteous child which makes dua for
us. In fact, in a hadith,
which has been authenticated
by some of the Muhaddithin scholars,
that a person will see their level
rise
in the hereafter.
And they say,
Where did I get this extra level from
when my deeds were enough or had finished?
And the angels say to them,
by the seeking of forgiveness
of your righteous child which you left behind.
Share with them
their hobbies,
their feelings,
and your vulnerabilities
And make your home a home
of nurturing,
where your children
can talk to you,
especially
about their growing needs when they become teenagers.
Share with them this and let them know
that you're not going to judge them, but
you're going to help them.
And don't turn your homes in only instructions
and rules,
although that is needed.
Give it a time and space for happiness
and for fun, as well.
And when the children see their mother and
father on the same page,
even if they conflict,
they reconcile,
then insha'allah, your children will grow up healthy
in every way insha'allah.
My brothers and sisters,
may Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala protect you. May
Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala bless you. May Allah
Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala bless you, my young brothers
and sisters and my young children.
May Allah make you leaders of the righteous.
May Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
make you among
those whom he chooses to be among his
auliya,
his most beloved and loyal.
I ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to forgive
our sins.
To reward us for our deeds and not
make them go in vain. I ask Allah
Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala to protect our families
and to protect us while we are living
and while we are dead. I ask Allah
to hide our faults and shortcomings and forgive
us for what people don't know about us.
I ask Allah to make us better than
what they assume of us. I ask Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala to make the Quran the
garden of our hearts and the guide of
our life and this and the guide in
the hereafter
and the savior from the fire and the
entrance card into Jannah. May Allah Subhanahu Wa
Ta'ala
have mercy upon
the martyrs of our brothers and sisters in
Gaza, Palestine and everywhere around the world. May
Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala cure their sick and
lift the oppression off them. May Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala relieve them of their atrocities. May
Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala protect them. May Allah
have mercy upon their children and make them
awaiting for them at the fountain of Rasulullah
sallallahu alaihi wasallam. And at the doors of
Jannah, Amin yarubbal aalameen. May Allah Subhanahu Wa
Ta'ala forgive our shortcomings. And may Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala change the state of the injustice
to justice. May Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
guide us and keep us steadfast. Forgive us
and accept our salah.
Please move forward. Cover all the gaps.
Brothers in Main Hall,
please move forward, and if any space left,
please cover it.
Cover the gaps and keep your phones on
silent.
Alaaang
Brothers and sisters,
I'd like to thank you
for welcoming us and allowing me to deliver
the chutba today,
and to my dear friend, doctor Shaykh Yasserqadi.
May Allah
reward the committee and the organizers of EPIC.
Is very blessed to be here among you,
and we're very proud to see this amazing
community. May Allah bless you.
Please don't forget us in your dua.
I
I also wanted
They are
a very active charity organization
who have sponsored my treatment. I'll reward them.
So make dua for them, please. And inshaAllah,
we have an event tonight at about 6
o'clock here in the same, venue. InshaAllah. At
the back. So you're all very welcome, especially
the young people. And also White Flame,
which who,
has, organized this event for me. So may
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, I hope to see
you there inshallah, ta'ala, wasalam alaikum.