Kamal El-Mekki – Being Broken In Front of Allah
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The title of the khut sends message is about showing weakness and vacillancy in every situation, and showing gratitude and appreciation for the person they are speaking to. Understood individuals need to show weakness and resilience in relationships, and individuals need to show gratitude and appreciation for their partner. Improvements in the culture of Islam are essential, and forgiveness is not a complete solution.
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Inna alhamdulillah, nahmaduhu wa nastaeenuhu wa nastaghfiruhu wa
na'udhu billahi min shururi anfusna wa min
sayyiati a'malina man yahdihi allahu fala mudhli lah,
wa man yudhlih fala ahadiya lah wa ashhadu
an la ilaha illallah, wahdahu la sharika lah
wa ashhadu anna muhammadan abduhu wa rasuluh ya
ayyuha allatheena aamanut taqullaha haqqa tuqatihi wa la
tamutunna illa wa antum muslimoon ya ayyuha allatheena
aamanut taqullaha wa qulu qawlan sadeeda yuslih lakum
a'malakum wa yakfil lakum zunubakum wa man yuta
'i allaha wa rasulahu faqad faaza fawzan azeema
amma ba'd fa inna astaqal hadithi kitabullah wa
ahsanal hadi hadi muhammadin sallallahu alayhi wasallam wa
shur shur al umur muhdathatuha wa kulli muhdathatin
bid'ah wa kulli bid'atin dalala wa
kulli bid'atin finna brothers and sisters in
Islam Today, our khutbah is about al-iftiqar
ilallah, which means impoverishment, being impoverished, which means
being deprived of strength and broken in front
of Allah Azza wa Jal.
And the reason this is the title of
our khutbah is that being broken in front
of Allah Azza wa Jal, being impoverished in
front of Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala, this
is the shortcut to getting close to Allah
Azza wa Jal.
It is a way to have your du
'as answered.
It is a characteristic of the prophets and
the righteous, and it is the source of
strength of the believer.
As much as you are weak with Allah
Azza wa Jal, you become strong.
And as much as you show strength with
Allah Azza wa Jal, in front of Allah
Azza wa Jal, as much as you become
weak.
Examples from the Qur'an, Qarun, who was
the rich man from the people of Musa,
Qala innama ootituhu ala ilmin indi.
He said, this wealth of mine, I got
it because of my intelligence, my knowledge, my
know-how.
What was the result?
He lost all of it.
Iblis, he said, Qala ana khayrun minhu.
He said, I am better than him.
He became the worst of Allah's creation.
Fir'aun, alaysa li mulku misr?
Do I not have the kingdom and the
dominion of all of Egypt?
And in the end, he was drowned in
the sea and he had nothing and no
dominion whatsoever.
The advisors of Bilqis, the queen of Sheba,
Qalu nahnu ulu quwwatin.
They said, we are powerful.
But they were not as powerful as Sulaiman
alayhi salam.
So the question is, when is the believer
strong?
You look in the Quran, Allah subh'ana
wa ta'ala says, wa laqad nasarakumullahu bi
badrin wa antum adhilla.
Allah azwajal gave you victory at Badr.
When you were a small group, a minority,
you were the smaller group, and Allah subh
'ana wa ta'ala gave you victory.
And when you know and you look at
the story of Badr, you see the victory
was a powerful victory.
Took an hour and they destroyed the enemy
that was three times larger.
But then compare it to the battle of
Hunayn.
wa yawma hunaynin idh a'jabatkum kathratukum.
And on the day of Hunayn, when you
were taken by your numbers, falam tughni aankum
shay'an.
And it did not avail you whatsoever.
All your numbers that you were proud of
and you were taken by, it meant nothing.
wa dhaqat alaykumul ardu bima rahubat.
And the earth constricted around you.
thumma wallaytum mudbirin.
And then you left the battlefield running, fleeing.
Look at the difference between the attitude in
both battles and the results of both battles.
So, the first lesson is show weakness in
front of Allah azawajal.
Show dependence on Allah azawajal.
And Allah azawajal will make you strong, will
make you successful, will make you victorious.
The second lesson is whatever good you have,
whatever blessing, whatever capacity or capability, be conscious
that Allah azawajal is the reason that you
have it.
So, that means you will go into every
situation with humility.
You will go and saying, I'm not wise,
Ya Allah, give me wisdom.
I'm not eloquent, Ya Allah, make my tongue
eloquent.
The smart doctor will make dua to Allah
and say, Ya Allah, allow me to be
successful.
Or Allah is the one who allowed me
to be successful.
If you're proud of your children and their
achievements, remember that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
decreed that they will be born without any
defect.
If you're proud of your house or your
bank account, remember that Allah azawajal chose a
path for you that puts you on that
road and He guided you to it.
That He could have decreed you to be
poor or another part of the world.
When it comes to your lineage, which you
had no part in choosing, it means Allah
azawajal chose it for you.
And when it comes to skills, looks, height,
hair, all these kinds of things, the scholars
say, you cannot be proud and boast of
something that you had no part in gaining.
You didn't have anything, you didn't do anything
to make sure that you'll be born tall.
So why are you boasting about being tall?
You didn't perform any exercise in your mother's
womb to ensure you come out to be
a tall person.
So you had nothing to do with it
whatsoever.
So how do you boast about something that
you had no part in gaining whatsoever?
That's what the scholars are saying.
So we said the first lesson, show weakness,
show dependence on Allah azawajal.
Don't ever show Allah that you're not in
need.
Don't ever make du'a like you're not
in need.
The second lesson we said, remember that whatever
blessing you have, whatever capability you have, always
be conscious that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
is the reason you have it.
The third lesson, even when you're capable, you
are still in need of Allah azawajal.
Allah azawajal says in the Qur'an, يَا
أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَنْتُمُ الْفُقْرَاءُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَاللَّهُ هُوَ
الْغَنِيُّ الْحَمِيدُ So Allah azawajal saying, O humanity,
O mankind, not just to the believers, everybody,
you are the ones who are in need
of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
And Allah azawajal, He is the one who
is self-sufficient.
He is the one who is worthy of
praise.
The reminder of the formula in the relationship,
we're the ones that are always in need
of Allah azawajal.
Allah is the one who's not in need
of anyone whatsoever.
And that's why you find in the Qur
'an, in Surah al-Qasas, Musa alayhi salam,
he said, رَبِّ إِنِّي لِمَا أَنزَلْتَ إِلَيَّ مِنْ
خَيْرٍ فَقِيرٍ He's saying, he's acknowledging that Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala has sent down blessings
to him, and he's still saying, I'm in
need of what you're sending down.
It's like, I'm poor, I don't have.
Even though he's acknowledging that you gave me,
he's still saying, I'm in need and I
don't have.
Even when you're capable, Ibrahim alayhi salam says,
رَبِّ اجْعَلْنِي مُقِيمَ الصَّلَاةِ وَمِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِ He's asking
Allah to make him and to assist him
in establishing the salah.
Even though he's capable of doing that, but
he's still leaving it with Allah azza wa
jal.
وَاجْعَلْنِي وَبَنِيَّ أَنْ نَعْبُدَ الْأَصْنَارِ This is another
verse.
وَاجْعَلْنِي وَبَنِيَّ أَنْ نَعْبُدَ الْأَصْنَارِ And prevent me
and protect me and my children from worshipping
the idols.
The one who destroyed the idols, and he's
still making that dua.
And we see this in the duas that
we mentioned in the morning.
We make dua to Allah subhanahu wa ta
'ala ending with, وَلَا تَكِلْنِي إِلَى نَفْسِي تَرْفَطَعَيْنِ
Abilities or to my own power, not even
the blink of an eye.
Like, I want you, Ya Allah, to be
in charge of my affairs the whole time.
And never leave me to my own vices,
to my own strength, not even for the
blink of an eye.
Arun al-Rashid, famously he was the khalifa
and when he was on his deathbed, he
was making dua to Allah and he was
showing that he's broken.
Even though he had a powerful kingdom and
he had a lot of strength, but when
at this moment when he's calling Allah azza
wa jal, he said, يَا مَنْ لَا يَزُولُ
مُلْكُهُ اِرْحَمَ الْيَوْمَ مَنْ زَالَ مُلْكُهُ He's saying
the one whose dominion and strength and kingdom
never leaves, have mercy on the one whose
kingdom is leaving him today.
So, the more humble and impoverished we act
with Allah azza wa jal, the closer we
are to Allah azza wa jal.
And there's a lot of evidence to that.
Simple evidence, Allah azza wa jal says in
Surah Al-Alaq, كَلَّا لَا تُوطِعْهُ وَسْجُدْ وَاقْتَرِبْ
So, he's saying, to not listen to those
who are taking you away from Allah azza
wa jal, but the point is, وَسْجُدْ, make
sujood, وَاقْتَرِبْ and get close to Allah.
When you're making sujood, you're getting close to
Allah azza wa jal.
And we know this from the hadith that
you're the closest to Allah subhanahu wa ta
'ala in your sujood.
So, the scholars mentioned some of the wisdoms.
Why is that the case?
They said, you're putting your most honored part
of your body, which is your face, down
to the ground where people step with their
feet.
And people, the face is the most honored
part.
This is the one people spend the most
amount of money on making it look better.
They spend the most amount of time looking
in the mirror, checking out just the face
in particular.
And now you're gonna take this most honored
part and you're gonna put it down to
the ground in humility to Allah azza wa
jal.
And while you're in your lowest point, you
are praising your Lord the most high.
Subhanarrabi al-a'la.
While you're in the lowest position, you're praising
your Lord most high.
So, you're acknowledging and you're being reminded that
you're in the lower position and Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala is always in the highest
position.
Aqoolu qawli hadha wa astaghfirullahil azeem aliyyu wa
lakum min jameel abduhu wa fastaghfiruhu faya fawzal
mustaghfireen Ask Allah azza wa jal for His
forgiveness.
Indeed, those who ask for His forgiveness shall
prosper.
Alhamdulillahi rabbil alameen wassalatu wassalamu ala rasoolihi al
-ameen wa ala alihi wa sahbihi ajma'een
The danger, brothers and sisters, is that when
we are comfortable and all is well, we
forget that this is an essential part of
our relationship with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
So, meaning being impoverished, being broken in front
of Allah azza wa jal.
Not only being broken when there is a
calamity, but all the time, even when things
are well, this is the situation.
And in dua, the more broken and impoverished,
the closer you are to getting an answer
from Allah azza wa jal.
And we'll end with this story that happened
450 years ago or so to a man
by the name of al-Munzir ibn Sa
'id rahimahullah.
One of the, a khalifa asked him to
go and lead the istisqa prayer, the prayer
for rain.
So he is, the khalifa asked him, go
and lead the prayer for rain, which is
essentially you're making dua to Allah azza wa
jal to cause rain to come.
So al-Munzir ibn Sa'id rahimahullah, before
he left, he asked, he sent the servant
boy.
He said, talk to the guards of the
khalifa in any way you can, let them
allow you to go in and see what
state the khalifa is in.
So the boy goes until he goes in
and listens to what the khalifa is doing,
what state he's in.
And he finds the khalifa saying, Allahumma la
tu'adhib khalqak bimaasiyati khalifatihim.
He found the khalifa saying, O Allah, do
not punish your servants because of the sins
of their khalifa.
In other words to say, they've got nothing
to do, they're innocent and they've got nothing
to do with my sins.
So don't punish the masses because of my
individual sins.
So then he goes and he tells al
-Munzir ibn Sa'id and then al-Munzir
ibn Sa'id says, listen to the confidence.
He tells the servant, follow me and bring
the umbrella.
And he's certain that it's going to rain
now.
Because he says, idha khasha'a jabbaru al
-ard rahima jabbaru al-samaa.
He says, when the one, the overpowering of
the earth, when he becomes humbled, when he
is impoverished, then the overpowering in the heavens
will have mercy.
With that, we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta
'ala to make us of those who recognize
the truth as clear truth and follow the
best of it.
And we ask him to not make the
dunya the greatest of our concern.
Allahumma kun lahum awnan wa naseerah.
Allahumma kun lahum awnan wa naseerah.
Allahumma arfa' ma halabi ikhwanina fi al-sudan.
Allahumma yassur umurahum wa ghfir lahum ya rabb
al-alameen.
Allahumma abrim li ummat al-Islami amran rashada.
Yu'azzu feehi ahlu ta'atik wa yuhda
feehi ahlu ma'asiyatik.
Wa yu'mar feehi bil ma'roof wa yunha
feehi al-munkar.
Ya Samee'a al-du'aa wa salallahu
wa barik al-mub'uth rahmatan lil'alameen
wa ala alihi wa sahbihi ajma'een wa
qoomoo ila salatukum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.