Mohamad Baajour – Reflections From Hajj 2024 When Theres No Shade Except His Shade
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The speaker discusses their experiences at the airport and the extreme heat during the previous year, including sister's death and the selection process for being selected. They emphasize the importance of being honest with one's own people and avoiding false accusations. The speaker also emphasizes the need for everyone to be honest and avoiding rushing to judgment.
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A wall
might go long.
My dear beloved respected brothers and sisters, I
ask Allah
just like he gathered us here today to
gather us next year on Arafah.
So literally less than 18 hours, I arrived
from Hajj. May Allah accept from me and
from every person who went to Hajj and
answer every dua that they made.
1 of the main things that happened in
Hajj this year
and the whole world was talking about
was
the high temperature,
the extreme
heat.
And SubhanAllah
You're walking
miles and miles.
As a matter of fact,
I checked on my app. It says you
walk today 24, 000 steps.
And it's so hard that you see people
around you fainting
young.
1 of our group,
1 of a sister in our group, she
was 20 something and she fainted, and a
mother, brother, also 20 something, fainted.
And as you have heard, almost a 1000
people
passed away.
The beautiful part is that Rasool,
he said, whosoever dies in Hajj will be
resurrected making tilbia.
He will be resurrected saying.
1 of the times when we were walking,
and you're talking about 100 and 100 of
1000, and
the maximum I saw on my phone was
117.
117.
And as we are walking and sweating and
may Allah accept, we saw a convoy of
5 cars
GMCs
scrolling by. And when we asked,
they said a member of the royal family
is performing Hajj.
And Allah, he says that
they and every moment in Hajj,
I'm thinking
about the heat on the day of judgment.
My beloved brothers and sisters,
Rasulullah
he
said
Muslim.
The sun will become
as close
as 1 mile on the day of judgment.
Now
I'm looking at the crowd and we are
hearing the news of people passing away and
the sun is 90, 000, 000
miles away.
I beg you. I beg you, give this
Khutba a lot of attention
because this is the time to invest. This
is it.
Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala gave me this opportunity
and
maybe
over a 1000000 more people to see
and know what does it mean
when we hear Rasulullah salallahu alaihi wasallam says
that there will be people
under the shade of Allah when there's no
shade except his shade.
We always hear this hadith and we heard
many khutbas about the topic, but
I really
appreciated
and loved this hadith, this trip.
And I said to myself, I'm going to
pick 1 or 2 or as many as
I can from those 7.
I want to be under the shade of
Allah when there's no shade except his shade.
If if if here,
in this earth where the sun is so
far and people are dying,
On that day the sun is so close
and everybody's sweating and the sweat is according
to the deeds. Some people the sweat is
up to their ankles, some up to their
knees, some up to their hips and some,
may Allah save us all, are drowning with
their sweat.
So my brothers and sisters,
let's
see what
our beloved
Rasool Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam,
what prescription
he gave us to be saved on that
day.
But before we go there,
I just want to clarify
that when you hear the shade of Allah,
that does not mean the the sun is
behind Allah
and then
it created a shade. No. No. That does
not that does not mean that at all.
The shade of Allah,
some scholars said it is the shade of
his throne
and others said the shade of Allah
by itself is a creation that will be
created on the day of judgment.
Judgement. Now
Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam said in the hadith
is in
Bukharian Muslim, and we all know the hadith.
You heard this hadith many times. Today, I
want you to hear it with a different
perspective thinking yet you are under a 130
degrees
walking
walking. And at least the brothers are half
naked and has you know, they're not dressed
with thick stuff. But I feel so bad
with our for our sisters that are dressed
with everything in that heat. SubhanAllah.
Rasoolullah sallallahu
alaihi wasallam mentioned
that in that heat
and in that moment
when the sun is so close there will
be 7 7 kinds of people that they
will be told
come under the shade of Allah. And I
want you to imagine
imagine that
we are walking in that
mina
and then those convoy he said,
Yeah, Muhammad, come with us in the car.
Come in the air condition.
This is nothing on the day of judgment.
Imagine, you Abdullah,
you Farooq, you Khaled, you Ahmed, you Mahmoud,
you Fatima. Come under the shade of Allah.
How do you feel that you've been selected?
You've been selected to come from out from
that heat, excessive heat,
And then you are chosen to be from
the VIP
under the shade of Allah Azzawajal.
I
beg you with the best of your names.
For everybody who's sitting us with us today,
and their mothers and their fathers, I know
everybody who's watching us. You Allah.
Put us under your shade when there's no
shade except your shade.
So the first 1 is Imam al Adil,
a just ruler.
Here the scholars differed. Ruler, they said, no.
No. This only applies to the Khalifa.
He has to be just Khalifa. But the
others said,
anyone
who has been assigned and entrusted
to take care of a group of people,
whether a president, a king, an emir of
a masjid, a father,
a mother,
a principal, a teacher,
anyone who's in charge of taking care of
people, he has to be
a Adil.
He has to be just.
He cannot cheat his people. He has to
be honest with his people.
Imam An Adil and he was the first
on the list, on the top of that
list.
Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam
He said,
Listen Yaqwon.
No 1
whom Allah entrusted
with a group of people and he dies
and he was
deceiving them.
He did not advise them.
He did not He was not honest with
them.
He did not take care of them.
I wish our presidents and our leaders
hear this
Hadith. I will know how are they going
to face Allah Azzawajal
when they are living with such luxury and
their people are dying out of starvation.
What happens if I do that?
The Jannah
becomes haram on that person.
The Jannah becomes haram on that person.
He's not allowed. Jannah is prohibited,
forbidden
for that person who cheated his people.
So al Imam al Adil,
he makes sure he's honest
and he takes care
of his ra'iya.
And he does not differentiate
because of race
and nationality
and financial status.
Everybody
is equal to him.
2nd, and I'm
so happy to see many youth.
Listen my young brothers and sisters, you have
an opportunity.
Rasool Allah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam said the
second 1
is a young
boy, a young
girl that grew up
worshiping
Allah
My beloved
fathers and mothers,
I know how much you love your kids.
If you miss this opportunity because you're not
a shab anymore,
Why don't you give this gift to your
children?
A young brother, a young sister grew up
loving Allah,
loving the salat, loving the hijab,
loving the masajid,
loving the Arabic language.
They love to worship Allah Azzawajal
from a young age.
We leave our children without salah till they're
15, 16 and then when they become 16
and they do not pray, we come to
the imam. You imam help me. You Habibi,
where were you when he was 7?
Rasulullah started at 7.
We leave our daughters without hijab
and she becomes 15, 16. How can she
be convinced of Ijab now? Everybody on earth
have already seen her without Ijab.
It becomes very hard
When they grew up seeing that this is
our life,
we are Muslims.
This is the best thing that Allah has
ever given us and they live their life
as Muslims.
Naturally,
the girl will know that she has to
become like her mother.
The father will imitate his father,
the son will imitate his father because he
sees him every single salat he's praying.
The youth with all that energy
and the temptations,
they decided to fight
and that's why they have been upgraded to
be under the shade of Allah Azzawajal.
It's not easy. They have been they are
being bombarded
day and night.
Music,
Haram
pictures,
clubs,
nonsense from social media. And the more nonsense
you provide,
the more popular you are.
And they have to fight all this. Allah
said if you do that, it's not going
to go to waste.
I'm going to put you under my shade
when there's no shade
except
my shade.
3rd,
a man
whose heart is attached
to the masjid,
He leaves Fajr, he cannot wait to come
to Duhr.
He leaves Maghrib, he cannot wait to come
back to Isha.
He prays in the Masjid and when he
finished he takes his heart, hang it in
the Masjid, and he goes to the dunya
without any heart, without any love to the
dunya. His heart is here because
when we come to the Masjid, we are
guests of Allah.
And is there any better host?
Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
he said
Every time a man comes to the Masjid
day or night
Allah will prepare for him a feast in
Jannah every time he comes day or night.
And all the steps that we make to
the Mas'ajid,
every step
will a hasana will be recorded
and an evil deed will be erased.
So the 3rd is a person that is
his heart is attached to the Masjid. He
loves
the house of Allah
Azzawajal.
4th,
2 people
who love each other
for the sake of Allah Azzawajal.
Meeting for that
and parting upon that.
What does it mean that I love someone
for the sake of Allah?
It means
that there's no
dunya gain from that love. I don't want
nothing from you.
I see you
getting close to Allah. I assist you. I
see you doing something wrong. I warn you.
I love you for the sake of Allah.
Allah Azzawajal
said in the hadith al Qudsi,
Where are the ones who love 1 another
for my sake so I can shade them
under my shade when there's no shade except
my shade?
And this is 1 of the if you
look at the
7, this is 1 of the easiest ones
to bring us under the shade of Allah
and from this minbar
I make Allah as my witness that I
love you all for the sake of Allah
and I beg Allah with this love to
gather me and you under his shade when
there's no shade except his shade.
5th,
a man who has been called by
a woman,
and this woman is very beautiful
and of a high status.
He was asked by her to commit a
faisha,
and he said,
I fear Allah.
This woman is not only pretty
but she is
like we say now very famous.
And on top of all that, she
is the 1 requesting
3 things.
For someone to resist all that,
he is elevated
and honored
to be under the shade of Allah
Azzawajal.
And all
this man did
was say 1 statement,
I fear
Allah.
Yeah. Juan, if that is the case with
someone
with a woman that is so pretty and
of status and she's asking,
how about me and you when we see
something haram on YouTube on the side
and you click.
Fear Allah.
Don't click, resist.
Do not click.
Ittaqillah
and remember
that you will never do this
if your wife is watching.
You will never do this if your parents
are watching.
But you know who's watching,
Allah is watching.
The 6th 1
is a person
that
gives in charity
and he hides it to the level
that his left hand
does not know how much his right hand
has given.
He comes to the Masjid,
treasure time,
he looks left and right,
nobody's there, he put the money and runs.
He found
an orphan that is in need.
Not even his wife,
not even her husband.
No 1 knows because they do not care
if others knew or not.
As long as Allah knows they are happy.
These people are so honored that they
are given the great gift of being under
the shade of Allah. They were so sincere
in their sadaqah.
Which brings us to the other and the
last 1
from the 7.
Rasulullah
Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, he said
and a person
that remembered Allah
when he was alone.
She remembered Allah
when she was alone.
And look at the word used,
In Arabic, the word Fayadan
means flood.
Used the verb from flood
to express the tears coming
from that man.
He said a person that remembered
Allah
alone in privacy
and his eyes
overflown
with tears.
When was the last time you cried out
of fear of Allah?
A neglected,
deserted
Ibadah.
The salaf,
they used to accuse themselves of hypocrisy
if a week passes by and they are
not shedding tears.
Alone,
I remembered my sins.
I was alone and I remembered my shortcomings.
Don't ever be fooled by your achievements.
The.
This
feeling of you're satisfied
or you're doing great, that feeling destroys the
amal.
Always accuse yourself that you are behind
and we are wallahi we are.
You know,
again
in Hajj,
When we were walking this walk,
and 1 of the walk was 2 hours
and 45
minutes, a 117
degrees.
But you know what?
At the end of the day,
I am looking at my air conditioned room.
I'm dreaming about it when I arrive.
But not too many people had that luxury.
There were thousands of people.
Their room was there, right there on the
floor, on the ground,
and that's it. All they had was the
price of the ticket. No 5 star, no
4 star, no 7 star, no stars whatsoever.
That's it.
And believe it or not
you know how many complaints
these people who are going to the air
conditioned room had?
While the people who are sleeping on the
on the on the ground, they're snoring
and they're enjoying.
So we are behind
we are behind in our duties to Allah.
Those 7 are mentioned in 1 hadith, and
there's 1 person mentioned in a separate hadith.
Muslim.
Whomsoever oh, let me give you an example.
I borrowed money from Mas'ud
and when the time was due,
I came to Miss Oud and I said,
Miss Oud, things are very tough.
I'm going through some hardship.
Can you give me some more time? He
said, sure.
If he says, sure no problem
or
or he said you know what, forget about
it.
Just that statement,
he will be under the shade of Allah
when there's no shade except his shade.
Allahu Akbar.
How many times we, you know, we take
each other to court
if it's not paid on time and there
is an excuse, there's a valid excuse. I'm
not talking about someone who delays for no
reason.
So my brothers and sisters,
I hope that you appreciate this hutah but
wallahi
you will appreciate
way more
if you went to Hajj this year.
That was all on my mind.
How can we survive on the day of
judgment
when there's no shade
except the shade of
Allah. Finally,
you know when you go onto the plane,
you look at the business class and the
first class,
and you see some spots are empty.
So you tell the attendant, can I upgrade
here?
Can I give you a $1, 000 or
whatever it takes to upgrade?
She will tell you, I'm sorry, sir.
You should have done it when you were
in the airport.
When we are on the day of judgment,
it's too late.
It's too late to upgrade.
Now is the time to pick 1, 2,
3 of these 7 or 8
and work hard
because by Allah,
by Allah,
you're gonna feel so great
that you have been chosen
and selected
to be under the shade of Allah. I
beg Allah to make us all under his
shade.
Please come from the hallway and fill up
the main hall and, all the the 2
rooms in the back. Look down. Make sure
your heels on the line. Foot to foot,
shoulder to shoulder. Close the gaps. Sisters, please
do the same.
There will be a janaza
for a baby right after
the salat insha'Allah. So please remain so you
can get the huge reward
and participate in this noble Ibadah.
Still, still, I tell you.
Is, 4 takbira.
After the first takbira, you say Surat al
Fatiha.
After the second takbira,
you make salat in Rasulullah,
salallahu alayhi wasalam. Just like the 1 you
do on the salat, all the
way. And after the 3rd takbirah,
usually we make dua of Maqfira and Rahmah.
But since it's a baby,
there's nothing to forgive. So we ask Allah
azza wa jal
to make him a reason for his parents
to interjannah.
We ask Allah azza wa jal to make
him a reason for their scale to be
heavy on the day of judgement. And we
ask Allah to give them the patience. So
And You Allah make it's a boy?
Yeah. It's a girl. Make this girl,
heavy,
in their scale on the day of judgement,
and you ask Allah to give them subaru,
inshallah.
So and after the,
4th takmira, let's revive the sunnah, and we
will make, since I just came from Mecca
and Medina, only 1 salaam. We will make
1 salaam inshaAllah
on the right hand.
Allahu Akbar.
We ask Allah to replace the family with,
something better. Rasool Allah SWAHSALAM promised if someone
is patient, Allah will replace them with something
better, inshallah. And we always trust Allah for
his hikmah. Allah, when he takes something, Allah
knows when is the best time to take
any 1 of us.