Kamal El-Mekki – Jumuah 06-09-2024
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The importance of Islam and its followers is discussed, including Allah's guidance and guidance of others, as well as the use of "tied" in narrations and events. The importance of forgiveness for one's actions is emphasized, along with seeking forgiveness during difficult times and not missing the greatness of the hour. A man who missed an hour of sleep and missed a goddamn weekend prayed for Maghrib's forgiveness, as well as a woman who missed an hour of sleep and missed a goddamn weekend and faced challenges during the last hour of the day. forgiveness is emphasized as a way to manage and overcome difficult situations.
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I bear witness that there is none worthy
of worship except Allah.
I bear witness that Muhammad is His Messenger.
I bear witness that Muhammad is His Messenger.
Come to Prayer.
Come to Prayer.
Come to success.
Come to success.
Allah is the Greatest.
Allah is the Greatest.
All praise is due to Allah.
We praise Him, ask His help and ask
His forgiveness.
We seek refuge in Allah from the evils
of our souls and the evils of our
deeds.
Whomsoever Allah guides, none can misguide him.
Whomsoever Allah leads astray, none can guide him.
I bear witness that there is none worthy
of worship except Allah.
He is alone and has no partner.
I bear witness that Muhammad is His Servant
and Messenger.
O you who have believed, fear Allah as
He should be feared, and die not except
as Muslims.
O you who have believed, fear Allah and
speak the truth.
He will correct your deeds and forgive your
sins.
And whosoever obeys Allah and His Messenger has
indeed attained a great triumph.
As for what follows, the truth of the
hadith is the Book of Allah.
And the best guide is the guide of
Muhammad ﷺ.
And the worst of things are its innovations.
And every innovation is an innovation.
And every innovation is a misguidance.
And every innovation is in the Fire.
The last hour of the day of Friday.
And we'll begin with this story from this
shaykh who says, My entire life, my father,
he never accepted any invitation on Friday.
He never booked or planned any activity on
Friday.
He said Friday he would pray Asr in
the masjid.
And he would sit from Asr until Maghrib.
And he would make dua to Allah in
the masjid.
Another story was a man who had all
kinds of debts and problems.
And he didn't know what to do.
So he was advised.
And he lived in Mecca.
So they told him, Go to the haram.
This was on Friday.
And they said, Pray Asr there and then
don't leave.
Just stay there making dua until Maghrib.
He says, I prayed Asr and I made
dua until Maghrib.
And I stayed there after Maghrib.
And before Isha came, I got a phone
call.
Someone offering me a huge amount of money
solving all my problems.
So what is so special about this last
hour on the day of Friday?
We have a hadith mentioned in Sahih Bukhari
and Muslim.
Abu Hurairah radiallahu anhu said, Abu al-Qasim
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, So this is
Abu Hurairah narrating from the Prophet sallallahu alayhi
wa sallam.
On Friday, there is a time when a
Muslim servant does not agree to pray.
So he asked Allah for goodness, but He
did not give him.
Now, on the day of Friday, there is
an hour that there is no believing Muslim
who coincides or happens to be asking Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala during this time for
any of the good of this world or
the next, except that Allah subhanahu wa ta
'ala will give it to them.
Now, the hadith also says, qa'imu yusalli,
standing in prayer.
But the scholars explained, and this we'll see
later on as explained by the Prophet sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam, qa'imu yusalli doesn't mean
that he's engaged in prayer, but the fact
that you're sitting in the musalla.
And the hadith, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam explained, any time you are sitting in
the musalla, awaiting a prayer or sitting in
the musalla, after a prayer, it's considered salah.
So that's what it means, someone's in the
musalla making dua to Allah azza wa jal.
So this hadith is authentic in Sahih Bukhari
and Muslim, and it says there's this hour
on the day of Friday, and it's a
12-hour day.
So within this day, there is an hour,
if you're asking Allah for anything, you will
get it.
So the question is then, what is and
when is this hour?
When is this specific time?
Ibn Qayyim, rahimahullah, he mentioned 19 different opinions
on when this time is.
And as a total, there are about 40
different opinions.
When is this exact time?
But we're going to look at the top
two.
The top two.
One of them is narrated by Tirmidhi and
Ibn Majah, and it's from Abu Burda.
Abu Burda is a tabi'i.
He is the son of the companion Abu
Musa al-Ashari.
So he meets with Abdullah ibn Umar ibn
al-Khattab.
And he says, Abdullah ibn Umar, qala liya
Abdullah ibn Umar, asami'ata abaka yuhaddithu an
rasoolillahi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam fee sha'ni
sa'ati aljumu'ah?
So Abdullah ibn Umar is now asking him,
Did you hear your father, the companion Abu
Musa al-Ashari, narrating anything from the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam about the hour of
al-jumu'ah?
And this means the hour where your du
'a is accepted.
I said, Yes.
So he says, Yes.
I heard my father say that he heard
the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam say that
this hour where your du'a is answered
is from between the time the imam sits,
meaning between the two khutbas, until the prayer
is over.
And there are other hadiths saying the same
thing, stating the same opinion, but they all
range from weak to very weak.
So this opinion also doesn't mean that you
ignore the khutba and you engage in du
'a.
The scholars explained, rather you listen to the
khutba, you say ameen when the imam makes
du'a, you make du'a between the
two khutbas, meaning when the imam sits down
you make du'a, and you make du
'a in the salah and before the taslim.
So that's the first opinion as to when
is this hour or this specific time.
The second opinion is the more popular opinion,
and that is, it is after asr prayer
on the day of al-jumu'ah.
And this is the opinion of companions of
the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, including Abdullah
ibn Salam, Abu Huraira radiyallahu anhu, from the
scholars Tawus ibn Kaysan and Imam Ahmad ibn
Hanbal rahimahullah.
This is narrated by Imam Ahmad rahimahullah and
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri through Abu Huraira
radiyallahu anhu.
The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, Inna
fil-jumu'ati sa'atan la yuwaafiquha abdun
muslimun yas'alullaha azza wa jalla feeha khayran
illa a'taahu iyyah wahiya ba'da al-asr.
So the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is
saying, On Friday there is an hour, there
is no believing servant or Muslim servant who
is making dua to Allah during this hour
or this time, except that Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala will give it to him.
And then he says, Wahiya ba'da al-asr.
Inna is after asr.
And there is weakness in this narration, but
it's supported by many similar narrations.
In Sunan Abu Dawud and also narrated by
Nisa'i through Jabir ibn Abdullah, the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, Yawmul-jumu'ati
ithnata'ashrata sa'a.
The day of Friday is 12 hours.
La yuwajadu feeha abdun muslimun yas'alullaha shay
'an illa a'taahu iyyah faltamisuha aakhira sa'atin
ba'da al-asr.
So similar hadith to that one.
And then the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
said, Seek out this hour in the last
hour after asr.
Meaning the last hour after asr before Maghrib
comes in.
In the Sunan of Sa'id ibn Mansur
rahimahullah from Abu Salama ibn Abdul Rahman, the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, he's saying that,
anna nasan min ashabi rasulillahi sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam ijtama'u.
He says a group from the companions of
the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam gathered.
This is after the death of the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
Companions gathered together.
Fadhakaru al-sa'a allati fi yawmi al
-jum'a.
So they mentioned that specific hour that is
on the day of Friday.
Fatafarraqu walam yakhtalifu annaha aakhir sa'a min
yawmi al-jum'a.
So until they separated or dispersed, none of
them had disagreed that it is the last
hour on the day of Friday.
The companions gathered together, and not a single
one of them disagreed that it is the
last hour on the day, meaning before Maghrib
comes in, of Friday.
And likewise, another narration supporting this, narrated by
Ibn Majah.
This is Abdullah ibn Salam.
He says, I said, while the Prophet sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam was sitting, while the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was sitting with me,
he was talking about the hour of Jum
'a where the du'a is answered.
And he said it is after Asr.
Or he said that there is an hour
in Al-Jum'a.
So the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, he
said he signaled to me, or a little
less than an hour.
An hour or a little less than that.
So I said sadaqt, or a little less
than that.
Then I asked him, ayyu sa'atin hi?
Which hour is it?
He wants to pinpoint.
When is this specific time?
So the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam qala
aakhiru sa'atin min sa'atin nihar.
It is the last hour of the hours
of the day, before Maghrib comes in.
So then I said, it is not from
the time of prayer, because you're not allowed
to pray after Asr, unless there's a reason,
janazah or something like that.
But for no reason, just extra voluntary prayers,
you're not allowed to, and this time is
not a time of prayer.
So then the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam,
and this is the hadith we alluded to
earlier, explained that when someone is sitting in
the musalla, before or after the salah, that
is considered salah.
So, that's why we find, and we find
other narrations by the way, in Sunan al
-Tirmidhi narrated by Anas radiallahu anhu, and the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, iltamisu al
-sa'a allati turja fi yawm al-jum
'a ba'da al-asr ila ghuyubati al-shams.
So he's saying, seek out that hour where
your dua is answered, after Asr, until the
sun sets.
That's why you find, great scholars such as
Sa'id ibn Jubair, rahimahullah, they said that
Sa'id, when he would pray Asr, he
would not talk to anyone.
He would just sit until maghrib, making dua
to Allah.
So this is the hour that we're supposed
to seek, and this is the day, we're
in that day, where there is this hour.
And how many Fridays have passed, where perhaps
we missed out on this great opportunity.
I say this, and I seek Allah's forgiveness
for me and for you from all my
sins.
So seek His forgiveness, and those who seek
His forgiveness will be successful.
Ask Allah azza wa jal for His forgiveness.
Indeed, those who ask for His forgiveness shall
prosper.
We know that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
informs us of the best of times, and
virtuous times, such as Ramadan and Laylatul Qadr,
and the excellence of Friday, so that we
can take advantage of these times.
Otherwise, what is the point of telling us
about the best of times, if there is
nothing that we're going to do in the
best of times?
So, it befits and behooves the believing man
and woman to free up that hour, and
that time of Friday.
We understand it's the weekend, and families go
out, and things happen, and we're not saying
you have to miss out on that, but
we're going to mention the highest level.
The highest level is to free yourself during
this time, and before Maghrib comes in, to
sit and make some dua to Allah azza
wa jal.
Then, if not, then even if you're at
a family outing, or some event, you can
stop, or in your car, or just step
aside, and make some dua to Allah azza
wa jal, just to not miss the greatness
of this hour, or the possibility of this
hour.
And if you can't do it regularly, at
least take advantage of it during times of
difficulty, just like we saw in the stories
in the beginning.
Maybe I can't do this regularly, but when
I have difficulty in my life, I take
advantage of moments like this.
I take advantage of the last hour of
Friday.
And I'll conclude with this true story that
happened in our times.
This old man, and he has a teenage
son.
He says, my son is always out of
the house.
He said, sometimes he'll be out for five
days and I don't see him.
He's always spending his nights and times with
his friends.
He said, I was so angry with him
that I was going to make dua against
him.
And some of my friends advised me, they
said, don't make dua against him.
He said, this is the day of Friday,
and the last hour of the day, just
go sit in the masjid and make dua
for him.
He said, I went and I made dua
for him until Maghrib.
And then I prayed Maghrib and I came
home.
He said, when I was at home, my
son came to me and he shook my
hand and he kissed my hand.
He said, that was the first thing that
was out of the ordinary.
Then the second thing, he asked me if
I want coffee or tea.
And that was the second thing out of
the ordinary.
And then he made it, and we sat
down and we drank together and we spoke.
And then we spoke until Isha.
And when Isha came, my son said to
me, let's go and pray together.
And I expected him after the salah, to
say goodbye to me, because he's going to
go out and hang out with his friends
until the early morning and what have you.
He said, he came back and he said,
let's have dinner.
And we had dinner and we had a
long talk afterwards.
And there are many success stories and many
stories about the excellence of this hour.
But the most important thing, brothers and sisters,
is don't do this to test Allah azawajal.
Don't do it to test if Allah will
give you, to test if this is true,
what you heard in the khutbah works or
doesn't work.
Ask, as the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
said, ud'u Allah wa antum muqinoona bil
-ijabah.
Ask Allah while you are certain of the
response coming from Allah azawajal.
So, ask Allah azawajal knowing that He is
ghafoor, knowing that He is rahim, that He
is merciful, that He is forgiving, knowing that
He is the one who answers dua, not
to test if it will work or not.
We ask Allah azawajal to make us of
those who hear the truth as clear truth
and follow the best of it.
And to make us of those who recognize
falsehood as clear falsehood and abstain from it.
Allahumma inna nas'aluka al-afiyah Allahumma inna
nas'aluka al-afiyah ij'anna min abid
al-imtinan wa la taj'anna min abid
al-imtihan Allahumma inna na'udhu bi-ridaaka
min sakhatik wa bi-afwika min uqubatik wa
bika minka la naqsithana an alayk.
Allahumma inna nas'aluka al-afiyata fee deenina
wa al-afiyata fee imanina wa abdanina wa
fee ibnaina wa fee amwalina wa fee dhurriyatina
Allahumma inna nastahfudhuka wa nastawdi'uka ma nakhafu
alayhi wa ma nahdhar.
Allahumma ja'alhu fee mustawdi'i hifdika ya
hayyu ya qayyum.
Allahumma arfa' ma hallabi ikhwanina fee Fadistin.
Allahumma arfa' ma hallabi ikhwanina fee Fasudan.
Allahumma fukka hisarahum wa farrij hammahum wa nafis
karbahum wa aafi mubtalahum wa shfi mardahum wa
ajbur kasrahum ya rabb al-alamin Allahumma dawi
jarhahum wa takabbal shuhada'ahum Allahumma kun lahum
awna wa nasira Allahumma kun lahum awna wa
nasira.
Allahumma abrim lahadhi al-ummati amna rushdan yu
'azz feehi ahlu ta'atik wa yuhda feehi
ahlu naasiyatik wa yu'mar feehi bil ma'ruf
wa yunha feehi anil munkar.
Ya sami'at du'a wa salallahu wa
barik wa nab'uth rahmatan lil'alamin wa
ala alihi wa sahbihi ajma'een wa qumu
ila salatikum wa rahmatukum Allah