Faraz Rabbani – The Rawha #209 New Beginnings
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Muhammad
It is truly
as Imam al Busiri said that
by the mention of the chosen one, do
hearts come to life.
We've entered as you may be well aware
into the new Muslim year.
The,
you know, as we've entered the month of
Muharram,
and
these
are opportunities to be reminded of what really
matters.
Right? And the and the
and Muharram
comes right after
the month of pilgrimage.
And Muharram comes right after the month of
pilgrimage.
And it's not just an accident
that
the
month of pilgrimage,
which is an
explicit
act.
You know, the pilgrimage,
the hajj
is an explicit act
of journeying
to
the house of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
comes
the hijrah
of the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam,
which is an act
of journeying to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
preferring
Allah's pleasure
over any other consideration.
Right? Now,
the prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam tells
us There is no migration
after
the Fath of Makkah.
Alright?
However, there remains struggle for the sake of
Allah
and one's intentions.
Like a jihadunwaniyah.
That which one struggles
for the sake of Allah and intentions.
And
if we look
at what we can take inspiration
from,
right, with respect to the new year, many
things could be said,
but something unexpected happened
last night.
The the son
of one of the
truly great scholars of recent times,
Sheikh Abdul Zaq Al Hallaby, has just moved
to Toronto.
And he came
and
we've met
both significantly younger
in the late nineties.
So we are talking
and he mentioned three things that give us
much to reflect about
when it comes
to new beginnings. Right? And this lesson
from the month that has passed by
of the the Hajj,
which is that we commit to journey to
Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. And the Hijra, which
the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa
sallam described, the Hijra was not
the migration of the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa
sallam was not from Mecca from Mecca to
Medina.
That was just a form of the Hijra.
The reality of the hijra
was
Whoever's migration
was to Allah and His Messenger. Their migration
was to Allah and His Messenger.
That's the month
that that passed us by, the month of
Hajj, and then the Hijri calendar commemorates
the Hijra of the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam,
which is a migration to Allah and his
messenger.
So
Usad Zakkon
mentions that in the last days of his
father, Sheikh Abdul Zaq Al Halabi, he asked
him,
what summarizes
what would how would you summarize
your
life?
And just to give a context, Sheikh Abdul
Azak Al Halebi,
who
when I
spent a little bit of time in Damascus
in the late nineties, he was already in
his seventies,
and his schedule was that he would be
at the Umawi mosque
at the Grand Umayyad mosque half an hour
before the end of fajr of fajr.
And Quran classes would start. Drop in Quran
classes.
Half an hour before fajr,
and
and they would last
into the first half of the time between
the adhan of fajr
and
before the i'ma. Then there is time to
do the sunnah, do some and
after the prayer
after the prayer, there'd be the same thing.
There'd be some time for
and then he'd start lessons.
And these lessons
Omar, can you lower the echo?
There would be lessons
all the way
into an hour after sunrise.
Then he'd go home, rest a little bit,
have breakfast, and by 7:38 AM, he would
be at the madrasa.
And he would teach till
or be at Darul Ifta till
And then after he'd have about an hour
for you to go and ask him questions,
which would be the worst time to go
to him because he'd be up from half
an hour He'd be at the masjid from
half an hour before fajir, and he'd be
up well before that in his own worship.
Elderly sheikh,
really tired,
and people would go with spectacular
questions.
Like the kind of questions we ask here
are boring.
People would come for the villages
and ask crazy questions,
and the sheikh would get quite annoyed.
It'll be quite interesting. We'd we'd have a
dares outside his office
with one of his students,
and every 5th questioner would get kicked out.
They'd come to say Mohammed Juma. And he'd
continue teaching like this
till after Isha,
7 days a week.
And that's let alone his personal reading and
his time for his family and his time
for for guests who would come to visit.
Like I asked one of my friends, do
you know who said, you know, the do
you know his son? So not that often
except he'd always be there whenever he went
to visit Sheikh Abdul Razak. So how often
would you go to visit Sheikh Abdul Razak?
Said quite frequently.
And this sheikh doesn't even consider himself a
student of Sheikh Abdul Razak. I'm thinking when
would he have time to go visit him?
Right?
SubhanAllah.
So
he asked So the son of Sheikh Abdulazakh
Sheik Abdulazakh asked him,
what is the summary of your life?
How would you summarize your life? And that's
something we should ask ourselves that if you're
saying, okay, tomorrow
I'm just gonna walk into my grave.
Right? There's the exit door from life.
How would you say, okay, this is the
summary of my life.
Sheikh Abdulazak's response was, I could summarize my
life in one verse.
Say, this is my way,
I call to Allah,
which
is Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala commanding the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. Say, this is my
way, I call to Allah. The rest of
the verse,
with insight.
I and those who follow me.
But Sheikh Abdulazap
was telling his son that this is what
I have lived for.
This is what I've lived for. This what
I can say was the summary of my
life.
Right? But can we say that?
Can we can we say that? And that's
what
that's what's worth living for. Right?
Who do we call to Allah? 1st person
we call to Allah is ourselves.
Have I truly called myself to Allah?
Have I called others to Allah?
Have I?
That's the first thing.
Now his son's a smart man.
So then he said, okay, father,
what is success?
So sheikh Abu Zarzak Al Halabi said,
in this life or in the next, what
are you asking about?
His son said,
in this life and in the next life.
So sheikh Abraza said,
as for success in this life, it's in
high resolve.
High If you want to attain anything in
this life,
aim high and take the means that will
get you there.
And that's what's beloved to Allah Subhanahu Wa
Ta'ala. The prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam tells
us.
Allah loves high matters and he dislikes poultry
matters. If you wanna eat organic
organic meat, don't just say, okay, I'll I'll
find an organic farm and do some oneself.
Aim high.
Start
your organic,
your your own,
you know, ethical, organic
butcher Practice. Practice.
Right? Because aim high.
People think you're crazy.
Even your friends may take years to be
convinced
but
you'll be correct and take the means for
it.
So what success in this life?
Aim high
and take the means.
Right?
And so then his son asked,
what about the next life? And Sheikh Abdul
Rav
said, what is success in the next life?
He said,
to keep a clear heart, to keep a
clear chest literally.
Meaning, so his son asked him,
how would one have a clear chest?
He he said,
It's the
that the day of resurrection is a day
when neither wealth
nor offspring
benefit 1.
Nothing of this world
and no worldly ascriptions
will benefit 1.
Neither will the wealth you amassed
or the family and
and status that you gathered
or the things that you are concerned about
or what you talked about about wealth
and the worldly,
none of it will benefit.
Except one who comes to Allah with a
sound heart. Except the things that led you
to have a sound heart.
Right? Just how do you make good
your hearts
relating to Allah
and how do you make your hearts
relating to Allah's creation?
And that's what, you know, we have to
ask ourselves. Right? Those are 3 questions to
ask ourselves. Right? That
what is the summary of my life?
What is the summary of my life?
Right? What I want to aspire
my life summary to be
and But also, what is it right now?
What You know.
Right?
Right?
That That's number 1. Number 2.
Aim high.
Right? Let go of all those fears and
insecurities. I can't do it. You can't.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala's messenger tells us
There's no ability nor power
except by Allah. You can't do it because
you don't have any ability or power.
But by Allah,
you can get there.
Right?
Right?
And the third is
how is my heart,
you know, how is my heart in its
relationship with Allah?
And the question to ask oneself there as
there's a beautiful poem.
Right?
Oh, you who long to understand the meaning
of our beauty.
Right? At the end it says,
that if you reach seek to reach
that state
of closeness
and love,
Remove that which is between us, from between
us.
And what is it that is keeping you
from Allah? Get rid of it. That is
a a heart that is clear with Allah.
But also what is preventing good
in your relationships with your parents, with your
children, with your spouse,
with your family,
with your neighbors, with your friends?
And commit to that change.
And commit to that change.
Right?
If you seek, then pay the price.
So we ask Allah to
make us
of those who are honored to have moments
of reflection,
of moments in which you gather our resolve,
moments of commitment
because that is
joy in this life.
And as
the one of the great poets of Islam
said,
Talking about
the divine presence,
the experience of knowing Allah,
the experience
of closeness to Allah, the
the experience
of
the love of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
He said,
on their own self let cry one
who squandered their life.
And who doesn't have a fit, any share
nor portion.
Right?
So in that,
let
compete
those who would compete. We ask Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala
to direct ourselves
to him and to take the means
and for him to facilitate for us
closeness and attainment.
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