Majed Mahmoud – The Great Test of Imaan and Submission – Surah as-Saffat
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Rasulullah alaihi wa sallam, and I know I've
said Rasulullah alaihi wa sallam a few times,
but every time you hear that beautiful name,
say, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.
He says a hadith, there's 2 parts to
it. First part,
he says,
Whoever
the the afterlife was their main concern.
Pleasing Allah, their main concern.
Going to Jannah, their main concern. Not going
to Jahannam is their main concern. Being with
Rasulullah salam is their main concern. You know
what the Allah the prophet shalallahu alaihi wa
sallam he says, jaaalallahu ginahu fiqalbe. Allah will
make your wealth, your richness,
contentment
in your heart. Allahu Akbar. So, where is
your wealth? Where is it?
In the heart, not in the pocket.
So if you're that person, no matter how
little money you have in your pocket, you'll
always feel rich. May Allah make you of
that group.
I'm not done the fruits of that yet.
He says, whoever
is their main concern,
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will make the contentment,
that richness in your heart.
And Allah will take care of your affairs,
your concerns.
Whatever it is in dunya, Allah will take
care of it.
And dunya will come to you by force,
dragged to you. Dunya will be dragged to
you.
Ask the opposite,
and whoever dunya was their main concern,
all what I want is that job
even at the expense of my faith. You
see that? They chose dunya over.
I want to get to be with that
person even though it's on the wrong path
at the expense of akhirah, it doesn't matter.
I want that individual, I want to be
with them.
That person rasoolallahu alaihi wa sallam says,
the poverty. The first one was what? Richness.
Richness was where? In the heart.
Where will poverty be for that other person?
Be right in between their eyes?
So no matter how much money they have
in their pocket,
because they're submitting to dunya, not to Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala, they can be multi billionaires,
yet they will always feel what? Say it.
Poor. Subhanallah, may Allah protect us. So, jaa
Allahu fakruhu bayna ayna, and Allah will disorganize
their life. Everything is going wrong, everything is
messed up, may Allah protect us. And at
the end,
the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam says, only
what Allah has designated for them is what
they will get, and they're going outside the
limits of Allah. Disobeying Allah for risk and
sustenance,
yet they chose to submit to the dunya,
May Allah protect us, Mirabil alamin.
There's a lot of examples to share with
you.
Abdullah bin Khadafar radhiallahu an example of a
Hanif, Muslim,
upright,
Aisha radhiallahu anha, Khadija bin Tuhuwailid,
Umar ibn Khattab radhiallahu
anha, wonderful stories and examples. But for the
sake of time,
I wanna go to a story
in about an individual in which Rasulullah
a sallam there are a lot of prophets,
correct? There's a lot of prophets. And the
masheikh, and correct me if I'm wrong,
the only time in the whole Quran that
I'm aware of, the only prophet in the
whole Quran
in which Allah told Muhammad salallahu alaihi wasalam
to look up to by name
that he is Uswatul Hasanah is which prophet?
Ibrahim alayhi salaam.
Allah says,
Ibrahim, Allahu Akbar. So Ibrahim is Muhammad sallallahu
alaihi wa sallam's role model. So can I
go to our Prophet's role model, talk about
his example, his submission,
and how he was? You know what Allah
said about Ibrahim alaihis salam? Allah says in
the Quran,
Oh Muhammad tell the people, Allah is saying
the truth. And Allah says in the Quran,
all of us follow the deen,
follow the millah of Ibrahim alayhi salaam, Allahu
Akbar. One more, one more. Allah says,
Allah says Ibrahim was not a Nasrani.
Ibrahim was what? Hanif,
upright Muslim submitting to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
And he was not a polytheist. Are you
ready to delve with the next 12 minutes
or so that I have about Ibrahim alaihis
salam? Ready InshaAllah.
Ibrahim alaihis salam was tested right and left,
but one of the greatest tests he ever
saw in his life is as follows.
Ibrahim alaihis salam was getting older and older
and older, no children.
He has Sarah as his wife, and he
has who else as his wife? Hajar. May
Allah allow us to be with them in
Jannah.
So Ibrahim as salam is getting older, prays
to Allah,
You Allah please grant me a righteous child,
and I pray to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
2 prayers.
I pray to Allah whoever amongst us has
children, may Allah make them righteous.
And I pray to Allah that amongst us
whoever does not have children, may Allah grant
you righteous children. I mean.
So he kept praying to Allah
Not too long after that, Allah knows when
exactly Allah says,
We give him the good news of
not a child,
a fantastic
phenomenal child who is patient. Can you imagine
a patient child? That's amazing, correct? You tell
them go to sleep, like, okay, I will
allahu akbar. Go eat, okay, I will allahu
akbar. May Allah make our children
wise, righteous like Ishmael alaihi salaam.
Moving forward,
that child was growing right in front of
the eyes of Ibrahim alaihi salaam. You have
to appreciate this. After many years of not
having children,
the joy is unmatched. Correct or yes or
no? So excited, so happy, everything is about
my son Isma'il, about my son, about my
son, etcetera.
And then Allah says,
When Ismaeel got to an age where he
would hang out with his dad, Allahu Akbar.
You know,
many of us have children here. Your newborn
baby,
you can do silly faces and you will
not react. Correct? You feel like, okay, whatever,
I feel silly. But then the older they
get you, like, this is the real deal,
the 3 years old, 5 that's the real
deal. When you walk home and they run
after you. At 15 years old, as the
sheikh said,
Okay. But at 5 years old, oh, baba,
you're back, mama, you're back. This is phenomenal
feeling.
Correct me Allah bless our children.
So Allah's
specifically mentioning that age,
that tender age,
that age that you would kiss their feet
and it's not gross yet.
So cute. Why is Allah focusing on that?
Look at the closeness.
But then after that, Rasulullah salam, sorry, Allah
says in the Quran
that Ibrahim alaihis salam had a dream, and
perhaps many of you heard that before. He
says what?
In my dream, I dreamt that I was
slaughtering Ismail alaihis salam. An FYI for your
information, revelation to prophets can come while they're
awake, Jibreel alaihis salam comes as an example,
and revelation comes when they're asleep as well,
awake and asleep. The sleeping is through dreams.
So he had the dream that I have
to slaughter my son, that is what? Revelation.
And this is a test coming once again
after he was thrown into the fire.
And this test
made the fire seem so small. Are you
guys with me?
Because even Allah says, this is clearly
task, may Allah protect us. How did he
react to it? How did he react to
it? I have to go slaughter my son?
Are you serious?
What would some people say, May Allah protect
us and forgive us? What's the wisdom behind
that? I will not do anything in the
Quran. I will not do anything in the
authentic hadith until it makes sense to me.
They do that sometimes. Right? It doesn't make
sense, I'm not doing it no more. We're
in 2019
We're not uneducated
people because we do things that do not
make sense.
We are educated people because we do things
of what Allah said to us. Yes or
no?
Because Allah, we trust him, we're not uneducated
people, we're very educated that's why we trust
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
Simple example, I know there are other exceptions
to the rule but in general,
a doctor tells you, take a tablet
for your headache every 8 hours.
I don't know when was the last time
someone told the doctor why not every 6
and a half hours.
Tell me the wisdom why the pills should
be taken after every 8 hours. Until that
makes sense to me, I will not take
the medication. The doctor will tell you, are
you okay? Let me give you another medication.
Correct?
He's like, I studied this. I've been school
till like I was 45 years old. I
delayed my marriage. I did all that stuff
as an example, and you're questioning my intellect.
May Allah forgive us and protect us. And
you do many of us many of us,
we changed car parts and you had no
clue what's a shock absorber, yes or no.
Just say it, admit. He said, you need
to change the calibrator. He's like, yeah, yeah,
okay, sure change it. You have no idea
what it is. You trust the mechanic.
Allah is the best of examples. How dare
you and
I question Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala when think
is authentic and clear? Agreed.
Agreed.
Because if it has to make sense to
you, that means you want to be Allah.
What what what did you say? One more
time. If everything has to make sense to
you, then you want to be Al Hakim
the Alwize, and it's only Allah who is
Al Hakim.
Because if he has to make sense to
you, then the sahaba would never believe
Muhammad salallahu alaihi wa sallam went from Makkah
to Al Aqsa. Yes or no? Within hours.
But they still believed. Because if I used
my mind 14, 40 years
ago, oh yeah, Muhammad salallahu alayhi wa sallam,
I don't know how he did that overnight,
usually it takes 2 months, I know I'm
out of this religion if you wanna use
your mind.
But now you're like, yeah, it makes sense.
So when we tell you the angel of
death does this, and the angel of death
does that, and Allah provides this way, and
Allah cures that way, and as the sheikh
said, may Allah bless him, Allah test him
that way, submit the way the Sahaba submitted
to the traveling overnight. May Allah forgive us
and protect
us. I mean, so Ibrahim alaihis salam is
being notified what I need to slaughter my
son, Revelation.
He did not ask,
And feel free to raise your hand if
you have an ayah or an authentic hadith,
and I'm not kidding, stop me in the
middle of the talk.
If you know of an authentic hadith or
an ayah
for Ibrahim, if Allah told them the wisdom
behind that.
Just slaughter him, and that's it.
Ibrahim alaihis salam did not ask for a
dream interpretation,
did not ask for another opinion. Maybe there's
a difference of opinion, Jibreel alaihis salam, any
any difference of opinion about He didn't say,
okay, can I change the ruling? Okay. I
he will die, but can I just at
least not do it with my own hand,
have someone else do it because it's pretty
cruel? Can I I
Okay? How about from an arrow? I'll okay.
I'll kill him as his father, but from
a distance, it has to be a knife,
not a single question. That is why he
is our role model. You have your degrees,
we respect it.
Whatever Allah told you, you have to appreciate
it's from Allah's wisdom, yes or no? So
what if I okay, why is gold haram
for men? It doesn't make sense. Then what
do you do?
This intellect of yours,
it clashes with Allah's revelation, Which one submits?
Your mind
submits to who?
That's what you do. With all your degrees,
all your experience, that's what you do 5
times a day. May Allah protect and forgive
us. A doctor tells you, it's impossible for
you to ever have a child. You tell
them, my role model is Zakariyah alaihi salaam,
the guy with flaming white hair, who Allah
gave him Yahya.
Are you with me? The doctor tells you
there's no cure to it, like, no, my
role my creator is Allah, the one who
cures. That's your attitude. May Allah protect us
and forgive Subhraham alaihis salam, he wants to
go perform
the obligation.
Go to Ismael, You Ismael, I had a
dream that I'm slaughtering you.
What do you say about this? Your thoughts.
Ibrahim Ismael alaihis salam tells his dad, look
what he says, You ebti, my beloved father.
So both are showing love to one another.
You ebti ifa almatummar, do what you're commanded
to do. He did not say do as
you wish. No. That's that's not righteousness.
He's reminding his dad, do what you have
been ordered to do. Allahu Akbar.
You know, some of us would tell our
parents, whatever. No. I'm telling you what, cheeseburger
or chicken burger, show some respect.
Whatever. What
do you do when may Allah forgive us
and protect us? Ibrahim is about to slaughter
his son, and he says, O father, my
beloved dad, do what you're commanded to do.
Allahu Akbar.
Then he says what? He gives us a
lesson right now. I will not delay it.
He says it right to us right now.
He says, you will find me insha Allah
minas Sabrin because Ismaeel knows I cannot handle
this test without Allah's assistance.
So right from the get go you realize
to be able to be a Hanif Muslim
like Ibrahim and Ismail, you have to realize
without Allah we cannot do anything. Yes or
no? So remember, you wanna quit smoking, you
say, Insha Allah, I'll quit smoking. Don't say,
what? Tashniya, Insha Allah 30 days, I'll quit
smoking. Say, Insha Allah. This Ramadan, I will
read the Quran 2 times. Say insha Allah
because you will not be able to breathe
without Allah. Let alone finish the Quran for
2 times a month. Yes or no? May
Allah protect us, and may Allah allow you
all to witness the month of Ramadan.
Moving forward, Ibrahim alayhis salam, Hajar alaihis salam,
they prepare their son for one of the
greatest commands of all time,
and they put down Ismail alaihis salam,
and he brings the knife, and look at
the adab and the respect.
You know Ismaeel
the recent says he told his dad,
let's not have eye contact
because he may hesitate.
And even his son is respectful because he
might have the overzealous youth.
You're asking me, oh dad, to do Allah's
command? Shame on you, you do it right
away, right? There's other extreme too.
How dare you delay Allah's command? Why you're
asking me if Allah told you it's over?
There's added, there's respect.
She says, Oh dad, how about we avoid
eye contact not to hesitate?
So he does, and he put him on
the side, and he's about to slaughter, and
only Allah knows the pain in Ibrahim jalai
alaihis salam's heart. The tears, yes, because as
a prophet you can cry as rasoolallahu alaihi
wa sallam when he lost Ibrahim, his own
son. Remember?
Ibrahim asam radhiyallaan,
2 years old the Prophet Muhammad alaihis salam's
son, Muhammad alaihis salam cried. Sahaba was shocked.
You're crying, Yeah Muhammad.
You're crying over the death of your son,
you think that maybe you're more patient or
whatever the situation may be. He says, Yes,
I will cry over my death of Ibrahim,
my son. He says, The eyes tear,
the heart feels sad,
but I will never say anything except that
it's pleasing to Allah. Allahu Akbar is a
whole another level. Remember, richness is in the
heart. Going back to Ibrahim alaihis salam, ismael
on the ground, about to slaughter, she's not
working, back and forth, it's not working, and
then Allah revealed
a ram
to Ibrahim,
Ibrahim, you nailed it, you have fulfilled the
obligation, you did it. Even Allah says, this
is the serious test.
He says, you have succeeded.
May Allah protect us and honor everyone of
you Mirab alalamin. I share with you this
epitome of submission
because the next time you're told to do
something,
a salah,
respecting your parents,
putting on modest clothing,
realize Allah has a wisdom behind it, even
if the whole world tells you it's incorrect.
I had one time a knee issue, I'll
end inshallah with a recitation then from the
video, bi idhnillah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
One time I had a knee issue,
and I went to the doctor.
He was of whatever background.
So he says, you pray? I say, yes.
He said, I'm telling you my personal opinion,
I don't believe the knee was meant to
be bent like that for 5 times a
day.
Walla that's why he said, I don't believe
it was
with your research, with your books, with your
PhDs,
put it in a drawer and submit to
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala because I believe the
knee was meant to do that. Are you
with me? Just submit to Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala. Not because you're uneducated, it's because you're
very educated, because you love Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala and you trust Allah. So with that
being said, may Allah allow us to be
with Ibrahim alayhis salaam, explain the ayat. I'm
walking down just to appreciate it. 2 minutes
inshallah. Zakamuallahu. Can you play the ayat, brother
Ibrahim?
Also, the media team is also Ibrahim. This
is wonderful.
May Allah
bless.
You.