Ismail Kamdar – The Connection Between al-Aqsa & the Seerah

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			it is important that we take time to remind ourselves about the virtues of the blessed land of
mosquito AXA.
		

			With everything else that goes on in our lives, is sometimes we forget about what's going on in the
distant parts of the world. And it may slip our mind that these are lands that are blessed and these
are lands that are important. And today, I want you to do a brief reminder on on the blessedness of
AXA, but I want to do it for me from a different perspective. Right, Inshallah, I hope that we are
all familiar with the specific Hadees and verses of the Quran that talk about the blessings of this
land.
		

			What I want to do today instead is to look at something very unique about the history of this land
and that is how at every stage of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam his life, there is
interactions with this land, even though he lived far away. This is a very unique thing, a thing
about mosquito AXA, that even though the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, he lived very far
away. In fact, that's where the name of Aqsa comes from right Masjid Al Aqsa, which is what Allah
quoted in the Quran, means the furthest away masjid, the busty that is furthest away, because at
that time it is the masjid that is furthest away from Makkah. And even though it is so far away, and
		

			the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam only goes there once and that through a miracle, it's not a
regular journey, it's a miracle, it is the Islamic, right, the miraculous journey. Despite that, we
find that this land interacts with his life at multiple points in many different ways.
		

			And for me, this shows how important and blessed and central this land is to our theology. But
before we are just some background knowledge that will help us to understand what I'm talking about,
because there are certain terms used in the Hadith, and in this era, that we may not necessarily
linked to Al Aqsa but the addict, right. Number one is the is the name a sham. So when we hear the
word a sham, we think of Syria, right? But the division of a sham into Syria, Jordan, Palestine,
Lebanon, and then other place. This is a very modern division, post World War One. For the bulk of
our history, that entire region was called a sharp and important to remember that, because there are
		

			many Hadees about the virtues of a sharp, and there are many a hadith with the Prophet sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam talks about one day, the Muslims ruling over Russia.
		

			And when we think about these Hadees, we think about Syria, but we don't think about Jerusalem. But
when you actually study the commentary of these Hadees, very often, the main focal point of the
hadith is Jerusalem. It's the entire region. But that's the focal point that's like where the eye
is, that that's the land we want. You want Jerusalem. So anytime you read a hadith about the virtues
of Russia, don't think of just Syria, but think of the entire region, that these are the blessings
of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine, because this is one region in the Hadees. Another name in
the Hadees that we might not link specifically to Palestine is the word Ilya. Right, Ilya. So there
		

			are many Hadees talking about Abu Soufiane. traveling to India, the miraculous living in India, the
Court of darkness in India, and India was the Roman name for Jerusalem. It was the Roman name for
Jerusalem. So going back a few centuries before Islam, the Romans conquered Jerusalem, destroying
the Jewish empire, making it a Roman Catholic Empire eventually, when they first to go over it
wasn't but eventually becomes the Roman Catholic empire. And to disconnected from his Jewish
history, they changed the name of this land. So they destroy the actual physical structure of Al
Aqsa, and they turned that land into a rubbish dump. And they renamed the city from Jerusalem to
		

			Ilya. So whenever you see the word Ilia, as the name of a city, in a hadith, or in the history
books, is actually referring to Palestine is referring to Jerusalem. So it's an important book
		

			then we go down to the history of all the different points in history where the life of Rasulullah
sallallahu, some interacts with Palestine. Sometimes he's talking about a sham, sometimes he's
talking about earlier, but it's actually the same that it's actually all connected. So going back to
the beginning, the first connection between the life of the Prophet salallahu Islam and explicit
land is the fact that this blessed land was the first Qibla.
		

			And this is a very important point for the bulk of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam submission,
the Muslims prayed towards Al Aqsa.
		

			And it was only after 14 or 15 years of preaching Islam, that the verse in Surah Al Baqarah was
revealed, changing the direction of the Qibla towards the Kaaba in Makkah. And the fact that Allah
subhanho wa Taala only blessed it only blessed two sites to be considered as the Qibla Masjid Al
Aqsa, and the Kaaba. That alone should give us an idea of how blessed this land is in the sight of
Allah subhanho wa Taala and how central this land is to our theology. So for the first entire
portion of the Sierra when you studying the muck and serum, the Prophet sallallahu Sallam is in
Makkah by the Kaaba, but his prayers are directed towards Jerusalem is directed towards Masjid Al
		

			Aqsa. So every day there is a direct connection between Jerusalem and Islam. Everyday there is a
direct connection between Masjid Al Aqsa, and the message of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam. And one of the reasons and purpose behind this being the first Qibla is that it directly
linked Islam to the teachings of the previous prophets, to show that the message of Muhammad
sallallahu alayhi wasallam is a continuation of the message of Moses and Jesus and David and Solomon
and the previous prophets who lived in that land. So from the beginning, there is this direct
connection. And the connection gets even deeper towards the end of the marking period, when the
		

			blessing event of Israel well Mirage takes place, which Allah subhanaw taala references directly in
the Quran in the opening verse of Surah, al the surah Allah Subhana Allah says, super handlers they
should all be at the Leela Mina the Masjid Al haram, either the masjid or Lady Baraka hola who the
glory be to the one who took his servant miraculously at night, from Masjid Al haram to Masjid Al
Aqsa, whose lands a blessing. This verse gives us three virtues of Al Aqsa number one it is the site
of at least Allah was made March and that itself makes you the virtuous leg that Allah chose a land
so far away from Makkah to be the site of the Israel and be the place from where the Mirage begins,
		

			tells us that this land is blessed to Allah subhanho wa Taala and beloved to Allah subhanho wa Taala
number two, the Allah subhanaw taala calls it by name. In this verse, he calls it muscle Aqsa. So
the word muscle AXA is not a name invented by people it is a name that Allah himself called this
lamp. He called it a mustard oxide in this first number three is Allah Subhana Allah says, Allah
Zeba Ragna Hoda who Allah has blessed everything around it. And the and the commentators have a
difference of opinion. What does everything around it mean? Does he just mean Jerusalem? Does he
mean all of Palestine? Or does it mean all of Sham? Does it mean the entirety of Russia. And it is
		

			possible that that's the meaning that all of us Sham is blessed. If you look at the many, many
Hadees we are Rasulullah saw some talks about the blessings of Hashem and you link it to this verse.
When Allah says we are blessed what is around it could be the entire region, all of Russia. But we
see three virtues of Al Aqsa from this verse number one is Allah mentions it by name. Number two,
the Allah chose it to be the location for the Israel, one mirage. And number three, that Allah says
that everything around it is blessed, the entire region is blessed. So we have this very important
event in the life of the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam that takes place towards the end of the
		

			marking period we Allah miraculously takes him by night, from Makkah to Jerusalem. We Allah brings
back the souls of all the previous prophets, and they pray Salah behind the Prophet Muhammad
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and then he goes for the Mirage to see that the heavens. This gives us
another two version of Al Aqsa number one, Allah could have resurrected the souls of the prophets in
Makkah, you could have had the salah take place in Makkah, or in Medina or anywhere else, but he
chose Jerusalem to be declared to show us the blessings of Al Aqsa right number two, it shows us the
status of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam that he was not just the final prophet, but the
		

			leader of the prophets, the greatest of the prophets, that he's the Imam of the Gambia imam of the
prophets. So we see again, the interactions between Jerusalem as the land and the Prophet's life. We
move on to the Medina and era and the Qibla changes back to Makkah. Right and so now the Muslims
that bring towards Makkah, but still Al Aqsa doesn't leave their hearts. And during this period
there are many, many beautiful Hadith about the virtues of Alexa and the virtues of a sham and these
empirical in these Hadees there is a prophecy and umbilical in these Hadees that many people do
		

			or think about or pay attention to. You see the in these are Hadith the Prophet SAW Allah is
somebody saying that, for example, when you pray Salah in Masjid Aqsa, you will get 503 words,
right? Or he says that a sham will always be a land of Islam until the end of time.
		

			Do you know what's the miracle of these Hadees at the time of saying this a sham, Al Aqsa belong to
the Romans.
		

			So these Hadees are indirectly a prophecy, it is the Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam telling the
Sahaba that one day you will conquer these lands, and these lands will become Muslim lands, and you
won't have access to Al Aqsa. And they when you have access to access, this is the reward you're
gonna get for praying there. And so this is indirectly a prophecy. You know, the prophets lie some
spoke about it as if it was already there, as if it's already a reality spoke about the virtues of
the Muslims of Assam at the time when they were no Muslims in Russia. He spoke about the only of
Russia at the time when they were no Muslims or Shah. He spoke about the virtues of playing in our
		

			acts at the time when there was no physical building there for Masjid.
		

			All of these are prophecies telling us that this will happen. And it happens very shortly after he
passes away. And so there's always this link between Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi, wa salam and
Shang that no matter how far away the land is, no matter what you're dealing with, he's always
telling the Sahaba the reward of praying there. He's telling the Sahaba for example, he said that
you can take a religious journey to three mustards, right the Masjid Al haram, mushiya, NaVi, and
Masjid Al Aqsa again, when he is saying this, there is no Masjid Al Aqsa as a building. There is no
Muslim rule over AXA. But he's saying it as a prophecy that one day it will be there, and they will
		

			be reward for traveling to go there. So this is again, a prophecy and this gives the Sahaba a hope
and optimism and an idea that one day that's going to be our land. And we see it even at the most
darkest of times, even in the trench when there's Muslims are surrounded by the enemies and they are
digging the trench. And the Prophet SAW Islam is giving them good news while they're digging the
trench. One day you will rule over Iraq, one day you will rule over a sham. Right? This is the good
news that that man is going to be a Muslim that
		

			and the connection continues. And so we go deeper into the Medina and period. The Prophet sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam is now in a position of power. He now writes letters to the leaders of the distant
lands, inviting them to Islam.
		

			And his letter to the king of the Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire he Rackley as it reaches
Heraclius. While he is in Jerusalem.
		

			He could have been anywhere. He could have been in Damascus. He could have been in Constantinople,
he could have been anywhere. It happens to reach him while he's in Jerusalem, in India. And he opens
the letter. And he asks, is there anyone here who knows this man and Abu Sufian is brought to his
court and that beautiful famous story of the dialogue which in Abu Sufian and Iraklis, in the court
of Iraqi is where all the proofs of Prophethood are brought forward. And Abu Sufian ends up himself
becoming convinced about Islam. This is like when the first Grange of imams are entering his heart,
right to this dialogue with your athletes, that this whole beautiful conversation. Many times we
		

			missed the point it takes place in Jerusalem, it takes place in that blessed land is just because
Hadees uses the word Illya. We don't realize India is Jerusalem. Right? So at every point there is
this connection with Al Aqsa Allah wielding that the king of Rome was in Jerusalem at the time and
this letter comes to him.
		

			And so it continues right to the end of the prophets life, that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam just before he passed away, he put together an army to be led by Osama bin Zayed
		

			the beloved son of his previously adopted sons, even harvester who is only 18 years old at the time,
and he puts his army under the command of Osama with the instructions to go into a shop and to start
conquering a shop with the eye on the price of Alexa to make the Atlanta Muslim man and the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa salam before he leaves this world, one of his final commands to the to the OMA
is to ensure that the army of Osama goes out, ensure that the Army goes out that during his life, he
did not get to conquer that land. But there is this assured the that after he passes away, it's
going to happen. And so the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam passes away in a time where he has an
		

			army set up to go for this lead. So AXA, is there from the beginning of this year right to the end.
And he doesn't stop there. Because the Prophet SAW Allah is and passes away. Abu Bakr sends the army
out, that becomes the first of many armies that go into a sham taking over land after land. And
within three to four years, Al Aqsa becomes a Muslim that
		

			just within three to four years after the death of Rasulullah saw that land becomes a Muslim land,
and the peace and justice of Islam is established in that land, and it remained the Muslim
		

			And for the bulk of our history, it remained a Muslim man for the bulk of our history except for two
portions, one with the Crusaders took over for 90 years and then Salah who then took it back and the
second part now and inshallah somebody will take it back at some point in the future.
		

			So the point of today's discussion is for us to understand that our AXA, is central to our history,
even though it was such a distance from Makkah and Medina, that every point of the seeder there is
some interaction, some discussion, some way of, of seeing the greatness of AXA, that this is never
far away from the message of Rasulullah sallallahu said that this is an important land, it is a
blessing land, and there is virtues attached to it, for traveling to it for Salah in it and just for
the land itself is a land of Baraka. So we ask Allah to be hunter to liberate this land and to make
it once again a land of Islam a land of peace, and then the prosperity Shahana Rebecca Robin is at
		

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			the conquest of Al Aqsa at the time of Omar Domingo, Hatha Raja LA and who is one of the most
beautiful events that showcases the honor and dignity and power of Islam. It really shows what a
beautiful religion Islam is. So the armies of Omar Abdullah hardtop, were taking over the lens of a
sham one by one.
		

			And what's interesting is that most of the cities and towns of a sham were taken over peacefully.
		

			They negotiated the handing over over leadership to the Muslims without violence. And this too, was
the case of Alexa.
		

			That the Muslim army did not enter xi and killed people, but rather through negotiations, the
leaders of Al Aqsa, the priests and the clergy ruling over laksa decided to hand over the keys of
Alexa peacefully to the Muslims, but they made one condition. And this condition wasn't made for any
other city. It was only for acts against showing its high virtues and status in both Islam and
Christianity. That is the only city that had this one condition. And that condition was the Khalifa
himself must come and collect the keys.
		

			So oh my god, no Cadabra de la who for the only time in his life, he traveled from Medina, to Al
Aqsa to collect the keys to the city.
		

			He makes his journey just for this one city again, showing the stages of the city and how beloved it
was to him that he was willing to take this journey.
		

			And in this journey, you see the humility and the sincerity and the piety of Omar Abdullah Hatha
Raja Allahu anhu, that this great man is travelling in the desert with a single slave. And he's
dressed in such simple clothes that you can't distinguish him from his sleep. And they're traveling
with just one animal and they take turns riding the animal and holding the reins. To such an extent
if you have to meet him on the journey, you think he was a slave and the man on the animal is his
master, because he had such an A level of equality with the people who work for him.
		

			And it happens that when they come close to Al Aqsa, it is the slaves turned to right. And the slave
tells him You know, you get on, you're about to conquer the, you know, the greatest of cities. And
he says, No, your turn justice, is that you right? And so the priests ruling over Jerusalem, they
stand on the wolves to see who is this great leader coming to take over our lands, the man who
defeated the Roman Empire, it's the man who took this level on Heraclius himself, and imagining a
king to come with great pomp and great splendor, and a huge army and a huge position and music and
all of what you expect when they can conquer the land. And you see the simple man walking, holding a
		

			horse with the slave on the horse just in the simplest of garments. And that moment the priests
realize that Allah has given this land to the Muslims, because of the superior superiority not in
terms of wealth done in terms of of worldliness, but the superiority in terms of the piety. That OMA
reveal hot tub was a man whose piety and humility and sincerity and connection with Allah was so
strong that even the Christian that land felt he deserves to rule the sled, that this is a man who
deserves to be the ruler of Jerusalem. When they met him and saw him for themselves what an amazing
person he was. So overwhelmingly hotdog at this moment, he says this very beautiful statement, you
		

			know, some of the Sahaba told him, you're about to enter great land, the people of the Roman Empire.
They're accustomed to seeing the leaders dressed in France.
		

			seek loads so why don't you go and change and over the top says that famous line, a line we all
should live by. He says nanoco Munna oz Allah who will Islam. We are a people who Allah gave us
honor and dignity through Islam. If we had to seek our own dignity through anything else Allah will
disgrace us. So the honor and the ASA of America hotdog and the Sahaba and the early Muslims was in
the Eman it was in their piety with Indian relationship, Allah subhanho wa Taala was in the humanity
it was in the sincerity. They need to show off, they need to wear fancy clothes, they didn't need to
make a show of themselves. Their presence itself reminded people of Allah subhanho wa Taala and this
		

			is where Allah gave the victory. And this is where Allah gave him these lands. And so Aqsa became a
Muslim man at that moment. And Omar Al Khattab enters the land, and he establishes a level of peace
and tolerance that was unheard of in that land until that time. Until that time, there was always
bloodshed between Jews and Christians over that land. It only when the Muslims took over that Omar
Abdul Khattab said Christians can stay Yeah, and worshipping peace. Jews can also make the religious
pilgrimage to this land, if you want to worship in peace in this land. And that's how Jerusalem
always was under Muslim rule. Muslims, Christians and Jews living side by side, respecting each
		

			other's fates, understanding that, yes, we believe they are wrong in certain theological aspects,
but we still respect their right to practice their faith. And it's only when others took over the
time of the Crusades and the current point in history, that we see oppression of one group or the
other. But when Muslims rule these lands, there is peace. There is prosperity, there is freedom of
religion, there is respect for other faiths. And this is why we believe it is best for this land,
that is in the hands of the Muslims and the hands of Islam, not just for us, but for everybody. And
remember, when we talk about a sham, we're not just talking about Palestine, we're talking about
		

			Syria as well, that all of this is one land and this land has been through a lot of trials. Allah
has tested the people of this land in the past few decades, in ways that we can't imagine that one
portion of this land is under occupation and apartheid, and other portions This land has dealt with
a decade of civil war and now earthquakes. And these are our brothers and sisters in Islam. And we
must feel for them we must do what we can for them, at the very least we should make to offer them.
		

			So we ask Allah to liberate these lands, we ask Allah subhana wa Tada to bring peace to a sham all
of it to make this land once again a land of peace, a land of prosperity, a land of Islam, a land
where people can live in peace and freedom and worship. Allah subhanaw taala to the best of their
heart's content, we ask Allah to liberate this land from the oppressors to liberate this land from
civil wars, and to end any kinds of difficulties that people in these lands face. Oh Allah, we ask
you to help all those who have passed away in these difficulties, those who have passed away on
demand for granted martyrdom, those who have been offered to grant them homes, those who have lost
		

			their homes for granted better homes, those who have lost their businesses to grant them better
businesses, and those who have lost family to give them the strength to keep moving forward. Robin
Artina for dunya Hasina Warfield, he has now October now Robina Hebden I mean, I was watching I was
already out in a Kurata I ended on the limiter Kenai mama Subhana. rahbek. Robin. Is it Yama? Yes.
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