An inspiring talk which emphasizes on becoming good representatives of Islam by following the Quran and the Sunnah of Prophet SAW which is difficult according to people, however Dr. Isam Rajab clears the misconception and explains how easy, simple, beautiful and perfect Islam and Sunnah are in the light of some instances which took place during the time of our beloved Prophet Mohammad SAW. A must listen to understand Islam, Quran and Sunnah from a perspective it needs to be understood.
Isam Rajab – The Challenges in Following The Quran and Sunnah
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The challenges of following the Quran and Sun airline, including the difficulty of following the message of Islam, are discussed. The importance of fasting during prayer, following the Prophet's teachings, and showing proper examples of Islam is emphasized. The importance of praying for the right way to live and not just getting rewarded is emphasized, along with the importance of following the Prophet's teachings and proper understanding of the Bible. The difficulty of following Islam is also discussed, along with the importance of having a good image of Islam and acceptance in order to achieve success in Islam.
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respected brothers salaam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato.
inshallah, I will be talking for a short while about the implementation of or and and sooner in our time
and the challenges why, nowadays for some people, they feel that it is difficult to follow the Quran and Sunnah. What are the challenges? And how can we overcome these challenges?
The religion of Islam is perfect. And Allah azza wa jal prays
this oma when they follow the religion, as Allah says in Surah Al e Imran Khan, tome hydrometers of reject leanness, you are the best of nation that is produced for mankind.
And the last set in Surah, Alma de la oma acmella, to lecom Deena, watchmen to la comida Mati worldly to locomole Islam Medina, Allah Himself reminded us that he completed the religion the religion is perfect. So where comes the problem? Why people sometimes find it difficult or feel that it is difficult to follow the Quran and Sunnah. And if I asked you now honestly, if someone asked you, can you follow all the rulings of the Quran and Sunnah? Is it hard or it is easy?
Many people have the notion that it is difficult. You stay away from this, you don't do that. You don't do this. You have to do this. You have to do that. And they have the feeling that following the Quran and Sunnah is difficult. That's the feeling of some people, although Allah himself says in the Quran, now you read Allahu Allah Allah.
Allah does not intend to make things difficult
in our religion,
the main factor for people that find it challenging to follow up around and sooner is not knowing the ignorance.
Many of us read the Quran. Many of us read the books of Sunnah of the Prophet sallallahu wasallam. But somehow, we either missed the point, we don't understand exactly what it means, or we think that we have to do harder than it is supposed to be done.
The Sunnah of the Prophet sallallahu wasallam is very easy to follow. And Allah reminded us many times that the prophet SAW Selim is perfect example. And he is only a human being like us in NEMA Anna Bashar don't miss Lupo. If the Prophet sallallahu Sallam can do it, you also can do it. The only difference Allah said you have la The only difference the prophets I seldom had is that he receives the revelation. Many of us don't know. And this is why.
In speeches in talks to Muslims and non Muslims, they ask is Islam This is Islam that and you keep telling them? what Islam is not. You want to correct the image of Islam because all what they knew about Islam was wrong. It wasn't actually correct. By the time you want to talk about what Islam is really what it is about, you don't have enough time. why most of them have wrong understanding or not clear idea about the religion of Islam. And I will try to give one example.
Attending the prayer
on time, performing the prayer on time. This is one of the best deeds that you can close to Allah subhana wa tada
when Abdullah Massoud de la one as the Prophet sallallahu wasallam au laemmli hubungan Allah what is the best of deeds the prophet SAW Selim said a solitary prayer on time
What happens if you didn't pray on time?
You should feel that you missed something, which is the best of deeds.
We find some people
trying to blame others, trying to criticize them, trying to put a lot of burden just because they missed the prayer when they had an excuse. I'm not saying go ahead and miss the prayer. Go ahead, don't pray. But in case it didn't happen,
because of an excuse, you make up the prayer and you move on. Allah azza wa jal is most merciful. And many of us focus on the punishment factor instead of focusing on the mercy as well. We have both sides in our religion, one time and this is the example this is in sunon. Aveda with one woman came to the Prophet sallallahu wasallam complaining to him about her husband, her husband so far ignorant of the law, when she told him on messenger of Allah, my husband, he beats me up when I prayed.
And when I fast,
he prevents me from fasting. And he doesn't pray soap until sunrise.
She complained about three things. Three things. If you are sitting, and one told you, your friend is doing those three things. Maybe you will feel bad about your friend, you will say why he's doing that. beating up your wife, this is not a good thing. Making her break the fast after she's fasting. That's not a good thing. Praying prayer at sunrise instead of praying on time. That's not a good thing. So the Prophet sallallahu wasallam. The perfect example. He didn't make the judgment as many of us would do. He confirmed he asked for fun he was there. He asked him, What do you say about what your wife is telling me?
Do you do that? He said yes, messenger of Allah. I admit, I do that. But here is my explanation.
My wife reads to source and I have been telling her several times to read only one surah.
And she didn't do that. What did the prophet SAW Selim say? If people read only one surah it would be sufficient. It would be sufficient.
What about the other thing? My wife, she fasts without letting me know I am a young man and I have desire. So I come to her and I find that she is fasting. And I don't like that. The prophet SAW Selim said, No woman should fast without the permission of her husband.
The third thing, what about such prayer? He said, O Messenger of Allah, I am a man
of my family, we are known. Me and my family. We are known that we sleep a lot. It's just something that is happening. We don't wake up until sunrise.
Not that I sleep late in the night, and wait before so and then I sleep to Mr. Prayer. No, I sleep on time, but I don't wake up. This is something that is known in our family. What did the prophet SAW Selim say you are a bad man, you shouldn't do that you have to try put the alarm on. He told him when you wake up, perform the prayer.
This is just one example. To show how Islam is easy. This is in Santa Ana without the Hadith is authentic. And there are many examples like that. People sometimes because of good intention, they want to try hard, but because they are trying hard, they are missing the point. They think that Islam is hard to follow the Quran and Sunnah. They
are difficult to be implemented fully. And the reality is, they are not difficult. Allah our Creator, he knows what is good for us. He knows what is useful for us. He reminded us Allah, Allah, Allah, wa Well, nothing from Hobby, Doesn't he know whom he created? Who did he create? A lot, of course knows us. He knows what is best for us. And that's why he told us to do this. Not to do that. Nowadays, only now a lot of scientific discoveries confirming things that they used to be done in the past without knowing why we do that simple example.
The recommendation of the Prophet sallallahu sallam, to fast the 13th, the 14th and the 15th of the lunar month.
These are the days when the moon is full
scientifically
It is proven that when the moon is full, all living creatures, they are in their fullest activity in their fullest activity.
Simple example also mosquitoes, you complain for mosquito bites they happen a lot of times on the 15th when the moon is full. So, to counter that, what do you do if you have a lot of activities, your teenager children, you are recommended to fast those three days. So you count down your nature. This is something was not known in the past. When scientists were studying the Earth and the Moon and the relationship 1400 years ago, this is something was not known but the prophet SAW Selim recommended for us to fast 13th 14th and 15th a lot of examples like that.
One main factor for people not to follow the Quran and Sunnah is ignorance, not necessarily ignorance of the Quran, they may read the Quran, they may be able to understand the Quran, but they didn't get the full picture that in the Quran and the Sunnah, there is our life, not only in the Hereafter, but here in this dunya our happiness, our conform our perfect way of life. People are trying a lot of things, but they forget to go back to the source to the Quran and Sunnah. You have a lot of people they have a lot of money, they have a lot of things of this dunya they have a good job, but they are not living comfortably. A lot of promised
a lot of promise and if you trust Allah, you should believe his promise. Manami lasagna means occur in our own mean, fell and he and no higher.
He who does righteous good deeds while he is a believer, we will surely give him a good life. You want the good life, follow the Quran and Sunnah.
So, this is one of the main things that we are missing the purpose the real purpose of the Quran and Sunnah. It is not about excessively bad, it's good to come to the masjid and pray. It's good to pray to emulate. It's good to fast, but it's not about the numbers. It is about the purpose. It is about your intention. I've been massaged the alarm on when he talks about aboubaker or the lavon and he says abubaker was the best of companions not because of excessive a bad it is something settled in his heart. Something settled in his heart. So do you have that certainty that you are following the Quran and Sunnah not only because Allah told you to do so. So you have no option but to follow it,
but you are sure that it is going to give you the happiness that you are looking for. Allah says in Surah Al mulk surah Tabarak, the second Ayah who will levy holla nota el hyah, Talia, Bella calm, or you can say Mama, it is he who created death and life to test you. Who is the best? Not the most. You could do a lot of deeds, but they don't count because the quality of those deeds were not there. So we need to go back and to correct our understanding for the Quran and Sunnah Muslims and non Muslims as well. Many times, I was asked by non Muslims, why Islam allowed marrying more than one wife? Don't you think that this is wrong. And I immediately say Islam didn't allow marrying more
than one wife. And they are shocked.
Really, Islam doesn't allow marrying more than one wife.
Islam limited the option. Before Islam, people were allowed to men to marry as many as they want. One man came to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam. from 13th, from the tribe of 13. He was marrying 10 wives then
the prophet SAW Selim told him you have to keep only four. That's the maximum.
So this is not something new. This used to happen in the past. So a man on a salon that would Elisa, how many wives did they have? hundreds. So why when it comes to Islam, you say why Islam Allah with Islam didn't allow it. Islam limited that option. It was already there.
Another example why women in Islam they have to cover their head.
And we try to give the correct understanding from the beginning. You ask them why not? It's not only Islam, it's all religions. It's in the Bible. A woman shall not show her hair that's in the Bible. So the correct understanding is not
There,
of the Qur'an, and the sooner that's something that we need really to focus on. The ignorance
comes in many ways, not knowing. That's one thing. And knowing something, as it is not exactly in reality, thinking that this is a must, why it is not a must, or doing something that it is a sooner while it is not a sooner or doing something and saying you have to do it. While it's only assuming when we say, Sunnah of the Prophet sallallahu wasallam. That's what it is, it is a tsunami. So it doesn't mean that you have to do it every single time.
If you wanted to do it, and hamdulillah you are getting the reward people on Friday, and this is the example I'd like to give such prayer. What are they recommended to read for the Imam Do you know?
On Friday in the sprayer,
you know,
very good. So that is such that and so that's an incentive. That's what is recommended. One time
I wanted to teach the people they pray behind me. So I didn't read so that is such that I was rattling sand. And some of them asked, Why didn't you read it? And I said, why not?
Is it a must? And then they stopped? They started asking is it really a must? It's not a must. It's only asuna. That's why some people think that such prayer is storica. Except on Friday, it is three Raka Who said that? It's always to reckon it's only recommended. It's not mandatory. You want to do it few times a month, three times a month. You want to do it few times a month, or one time only. And you want to leave it one month and then do it. It's only as soon as we have to encourage doing the sooner but we cannot say Asana is for it is mandatory.
The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam did his best to teach us everything that is useful for us.
That's why he said man, Dr. Shay, I left nothing that will bring you close to Allah, except I told you about it.
And I left nothing that will cause you to enter Hellfire except that I warned you against it. That's it. So still, some people feel that it is hard.
They look at the punishment system in Islam. And they think that this is what Islam is about. Punishment system is only one aspect of the entire religion. The entire religion of Islam is not only a punishment system, that's only one aspect. And it only happened in the later stage. After the society and the Islamic State was established in Mecca, there was no Islamic system of punishment. So we need to have the correct understanding of the religion.
The correct understanding of the Quran and the Sunnah.
Ignorance is the main factor for people not to follow the good example of the Quran and Sunnah. We need to encounter that by learning model listening to the rightly guided allamah the scholars and the teachers who always go back to the Quran and Sunnah as Allah azza wa jal recommended for internetseiten fishbane for do Illallah Havasu in quantum to Minami La Jolla, Milan, this is in Surah Nisa, if you dispute regarding a matter, you go back to the reference, what is our reference? It is the book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Prophet sallallahu wasallam. So this is one of the main factors, why we have a challenge in following the origin and sooner because of ignorance. The
second main factor also as a challenge for not following the Quran and Sunnah is the propaganda that we see around the world from the non Muslims mainly, and from some Muslims also sometimes that Islam is not suitable for our time. And that's again, is not true. It is a lie. People are trying to give the impression that Islam is not valid. You can pray in the masjid. You can fast you can wear hijab, but that's it. This is Islam, dealing in business transactions, traveling, even diplomatic relations. Islam has nothing to say about this and this is wrong.
Everything is there in Islam. There is everything in the Quran and Sunnah. Allah azza wa jal said this religion is perfect. And the omark mal tillikum Dina, come
perfection of our religion includes following all things even in our dunya. Even in our even diplomatic relations, the Prophet sallallahu Sallam set a proper example. Not only that, one interesting thing about the Sunnah of the prophet SAW Selim, nowadays, people learn in hospitality management, and
hotels, services, how to place the dishes, and spoons and other things, how to treat the guests how to meet them, all that is there in our illusion.
All that is there in our religion, the etiquette what they call it, we have all of that in our religion. So when people say Islam may be valid only in one aspect, but not in everything, Islam may be valid in certain era in certain time, not in our time, that is not correct. This is what the kuffaar are trying to say about our religion, our religion is perfect. And it is suitable for all times for all people. But we have to show the proper example. And that leads to the third and last main reason as a challenge why people are not following the Quran and Sunnah. Because, unfortunately, we have some bad examples. And we have to admit it. We have some people who are
supposed to represent Islam, who are supposed to speak on behalf of Islam, and they are not giving the right image of Islam.
And that harms a lot of people and harms the image of Islam.
Before we speak to others, we have to know who they are. We have to know what to say. It's not just because we are Muslims, so everything will be fine. We have to do our homework.
When Jaffa dalla Han was in Abbey Simeon and Anna Joshua, who was Christian,
summon him and told him to come to tell him what Islam really says about a salicylic about Jesus Christ Elisa, Jaffa de la Juan chose a suitable passage he chose Surah Maryam. And he talked to him about a salesianum from the Quran. He told him what Islam is really about. Nowadays, when people say look at Muslims, and what they are doing,
they are killing innocent people. Now, this is not what Islam is telling us. And in reality, that's not what Muslims are doing maybe one simple, tiny percentage. It's not even 1%
less than that, but to say that they represent the image of Islam, that is a lie. But at the same time, we have to admit there are people who are misrepresenting Islam, misusing the name of the religion, either for personal advantage, or for political reason, for whatever reason they are doing. It is not right, and it has to be stopped. This is something happened even at the time of the Prophet sallallahu wasallam. for any reason, for misunderstanding Islam, thinking that we have to do more. And we have the example of the three companions who came to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam. And they didn't find him. So they found the wives of the Prophet sallallahu sallam, and
they asked them about the Battle
of the prophets, Allah Larson.
And they felt that this is not enough. The data of the prophet SAW Selim to them was not enough. So what should they do? They have to do more. One of them said, I will pray the night and I will not sleep. Another one said, I will not marry a woman. Another one said, I will keep fasting all the days or I will not eat meat.
What did the Prophet sallallahu Sallam say about those people? He encouraged them? Yes, go ahead. The more you do, the better it is No. He told them, I pray. And I stopped praying. I sleep in the night. I eat meat and I break my fast. I marry a woman and that's my son, whoever turns away from my son that is not from me. That's what the prophet SAW. Selim said, in our time. We have also some examples like that. We have some people who are representing Islam. You want to listen to them, and you cannot even understand what they are saying.
It's happening. You have some people who say that Islam is only about jihad. We have to kill the Kufa.
jihad is part of Islam, and no one can deny that. But to say that Islam is only Jihad that is wrong.
So giving a wrong image about Islam, that also harms
what we are trying to do. correcting the path for people to follow. We shouldn't be selfish and say Islam only belongs to us that Islam means you are a Muslim. So you'll intergender others they are too far and leave them alone. That's not the Sunnah of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, he was able to do that, but he didn't. The most difficult day of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam the most difficult day was still a day of mercy.
If I asked you brothers, do you remember the most difficult day of your life? How did you feel? The prophet SAW Selim remembers that I shall have the law. She asked him on messenger of Allah. Was there any day more difficult than the day of hope? And the prophet SAW Selim said, Yes.
The day of boyhood was difficult. 70 of the companions were martyred, were killed. But that was not the most difficult day, his face was injured.
his cheek was bleeding. But still, that was not the most difficult day. The prophet SAW Selim said the most difficult day when I went to a party,
and I offered myself to the three leaders of a party, and they rejected me.
And they sent the people behind me throwing stones at me. That was the most difficult day.
During that time, jabril Ali Salam came to the prophet SAW Selim, telling him, what do you want to do? I am authorized to do whatever you want. Any one of us would love to see some kind of revenge. Those people did that to me. So they have to be punished. Not the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam
not the messenger sallallahu
Sallam told him, Do you want me to
close the two mountains on them? So they will be crushed? He said no. I hope that Allah will bring forth from their progeny, people who will worship Allah. And that's exactly what happened.
That's exactly what happened. Any one of us could say, let's use it as media propagation. Let's let people know that if they do that, to me, this is what will happen to them. But the prophet SAW Selim never did that. He was through mercy to mankind. So are we and this is the question that I want you to remember. Please, brothers. Are we giving a good image of Islam? Are we good representatives of Islam? When the Prophet sallallahu wasallam sent an ambassador to Medina, because people in Medina when they accepted Islam, 12 people, they gave the pledge of allegiance to the Prophet sighs a lump in Makkah, they told him, we want someone to teach us.
He didn't send the most knowledgeable person or the best person abubaker for the last one or Rama No, he sent Musab Minami, for the last one. He was the right person at the right place. He sent him as a good representative of Islam. So are you a good representative of Islam? Not only in the masjid not only when you speak to people, not only at work not only inside your house, but everywhere, everywhere.
I bet that to Allah subhanho wa Taala is not limited to the masjid or in front of workers or inside your house. It is everywhere. And it doesn't stop. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was told at the last surah of
the last area of certain hedger was good. Rebecca had to kelia teen worship your Lord until certainty comes to you until death. That's your job. Wherever you are, wherever you are.
Allah says about Isa Ali Salaam, wa jal, Annie Mubarak and Ada macaroons, and he made me blessing wherever I am. So are you brothers? Are you a blessing for your families, for your children, for your co workers, for your neighbors, for the people that know you? Are you blessing are a good example. Stop worrying about day to day life. It is part of life who we are Yes, we are worried. But Allah azza wa jal is
Taking care of that. On the day of Juma this day we are recommended to read surah telecasts and in Surah Al Kahf Allah azza wa jal told us the story of Musa alayhis salaam with Al Haddad La Silla, three incidents took place in that story, three things, two of them, two of them because of the righteousness of the Father.
If you are righteous,
if you are sincere, Allah azza wa jal will take care of all your problems, you have to have that certainty.
The young boy who was killed by another when musala sent him so that he denied it and he said,
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a good soul, young boy, you killing
another segment morale To me, this is not something I did on my own, my desire.
The both parents of this young boy, were believers. But he was disobedient. So
we were afraid that he will cause them to this belief, and that's why he was killed. So Allah will replace them with a better boy, for them.
Allah sent messenger all the way to tell us this story because the parents were righteous, the wall that belonged to two youngsters that was about to fall and there was a treasure underneath it.
Allah says, well, MLG Daro for cannoli hula mania tea mainly for Medina, for Canada who can Salama wacana boohooman Salah, their father was righteous.
That's why I built it. Because if I left it, and the treasure was uncovered, and they are youngsters, they cannot take it. The people of the village are too mean, to leave the treasure for them, they will take it. So I left the wall, when they grow up, they become strong, they will find it, why their father was righteous. You are worried about insurance, you're worried about life savings, you're worried about security. You want all of that be righteous.
This is the promise of a law. That's not what I'm saying. That's what allows or jelly saying two of the three stories because the father was righteous. So again, I'd like to conclude with this brothers. Are you good representatives to Islam? People are watching. And we live in a very beautiful society, where we have people from all over the world, all walks of life, Muslims and non Muslims, Christians and other religions. When they look at us, do they see good example.
The Prophet sallallahu Sallam nobody could say anything bad about him. Not even one single thing.
Neither before Islam or after Islam. When the kafar kept asking and asking and asking for miracles. One miracle Eliza just told them in Surah Tunis for cut lobbies to come over I mean, probably that was one of the greatest miracles. I have been living with you for 40 years. 40 years. Have you ever experienced one line? Have you ever experienced one time I was not honest. I took your money.
I did something. And I broke my word. Never. So brothers, following the Quran and Sunnah is not difficult. In our time, people are trying to make it difficult. And this is something the prophets are selling mention. He said, better al Islam arriba Islam began as a strange thing. We'll say our urban Canada and it will become also strange as it started strange, for to ballyhoura glad tidings for those who are strange. The Companions asked, Who are those who are strange or messenger of Allah, that they deserve the glad tidings, he said, A Lavina use Leona nafcillin us those who will reform what people are corrupting.
We can make a lot of claims I can say I am the best of people. You can say you are the best. Our words are easy to say. And people can make a lot of claims but our actions
that's what matters, and that's what counts. This is what will judge us. Do we really when we walk the walk? When we talk that out? Do we really walk the walk? Do we prove what we are saying and that's what counts and I asked Allah dogen to make us
Good representatives of this religion and I ask Allah subhana wa Taala with his most beautiful names and perfect attributes to give us the ability to follow the Quran and Sunnah. allama
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