Mohamad Baajour – Shukr Be Among The Few
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So tonight insha'Allah ta'ala the ibadah
of the heart is ibadah al-shukr ibadah
al-shukr Gratitude What's the definition of shukr?
shukr is the manifestation of the divine blessings
upon the servant in his heart as faith,
in his tongue as praise and exaltation, and
in his limbs as worship and obedience.
Very beautiful definition I will explain it in
a manner that will translate this Arabic into
a detailed English explanation So shukr is of
three parts By the heart, to believe that
the blessings that we have are from Allah
To believe it in the heart that every
blessing I have is from Allah And by
the way, all three together will constitute shukr
Not just one, not the rest, all three
together constitute shukr First, in the heart I
know وَمَا بِكُم مِّن نِعْمَةٍ فَمِنَ اللَّهِ Surah
An-Nahl, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said
No ni'mah, no blessing that you have Nothing,
nothing, nothing Except it's from Allah You are
sitting here because Allah permitted so You are
breathing because Allah gave permission for you to
breathe You are going home safely inshallah because
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala decreed you're gonna
get there safe Everything, your wealth, your health,
your children, everything, your intellect All from Allah
azza wa jal Like we always repeat and
we always remind each other And it's really
important that don't ever attribute all that success
to you Don't ever think because I am
smart, I am rich, I am from this
country I am of this color, I am
of this family No, no, no, no, no
You do your best and the tawfeeq is
always from Allah azza wa jal So the
first condition to be shakoor And you know
subhanallah, can you imagine Allah subhanahu wa ta
'ala called Nuh What an honor for Allah
to call you shakoor Nuh alayhi salam, Allah
called him shakoor It was said in the
explanation that he never ate a bite except
he said alhamdulillah So first by the heart
believing that everything is from Allah And you
know there's something that not too many people
know I know it's a very very tough
question But anybody knows what is the ayah
for the huffaz Before Usually when you ask
what's the ayah after it's very easy But
what's the ayah before needs a real huffaz
Anyway, nobody is going to guess it So
the ayah before ended by saying Look
at the connection Because you always, every sheikh
quotes But look at the ayah before how
it ended Don't you fear Allah and every
ni'ma you have is from him And you
are fearing other people What do they say
about me?
What if, what if, what if No, no,
no Every ni'ma you have from these people
They're not going to take the ni'mas away
from you Subhanallah So first with the heart
believing it's only from Allah azza wa jal
Second, with the tongue admitting and saying
and showing the ni'ma upon you Saying alhamdulillah
Showing the ni'ma A man came to Rasulullah
salallahu alayhi wa sallam He's dressed in a
very cheap manner So he said, do you
have some property?
He said, yes, many Do you have this?
Many Do you have this?
Many He said, what is this?
Let Allah, let the ni'ma of Allah be
shown upon you Of course without extravagance But
let the ni'ma of Allah be shown upon
you Dress up nice Drive a nice car,
ya akhi You have 10 million dollars and
you're driving I'm not going to name the
car Sheikh, what's wrong with that car?
Subhanallah So it is from the sign, from
the shukr It's to show Allah وَأَمَّا بِنِعْمَةِ
رَبِّكَ فَحَدِّثْ But here, side note Be careful
who you're talking to Who are you telling
about your promotion Who are you telling about
your new house, new baby, new car Who
are you telling, who you're talking to It's
very important Because this person could have some
sick feelings And ill feelings And he might
have the ayn which is, subhanallah The hadith
is two words Al-ayn, ish, haq And
that's why another thing is Do not display
everything that you eat and everything that you
do And everything that, everywhere you go And
every gift you get, you display it on
social media Imagine I'm looking at social media
Brother, look at my new Benz 2025 I
just got it after my BMW 2024 And
I'm thinking for two nights, how can I
pay my rent I'm boasting about all kinds
of food And my son is crying in
the other room I have no money to
get him milk So be very careful about
these things Now if you're sitting with the
righteous company And you say, wallah alhamdulillah, allahumma
lakal hamd Yesterday I got promoted Or you're
telling someone that, alhamdulillah, make dua Alhamdulillah, Allah
bless me with a baby boy You know,
these are, of course, absolutely But just be
careful So first, second with the tongue Alhamdulillah,
always alhamdulillah, alhamdulillah Third is with your actions
Third is with your actions Rasulullah, salallahu alayhi
wasalam We all know the hadith Aisha radiallahu
anha She saw him performing qiyam Subhanallah Until
his feet got swollen Wallahi, I'm not going
to ask you When is your feet got
swollen in qiyam No I'm going to ask
you When did you get tired performing qiyam
Just tired, not swollen Can you imagine what
does swollen mean?
Swollen, any hours and hours Subhanallah So, ya
Rasulullah Until all your previous future All your
sins are forgiven This is all extra stuff
What did he say?
Afalaakoon abdan shakoora Shouldn't I be a abd
shakoor If this is the statement or this
is the action Of the person who's guaranteed
Jannah How many hours should this faqeer perform
qiyam?
If the person who is guaranteed Jannah As
a matter of fact, we all know The
doors of Jannah will not open to anyone
before him And he's praying all these hours,
ya akhwan We hear all these stories Subhanallah
Afalaakoon abdan shakoora Shouldn't I be grateful for
this?
This is a huge favor from Allah azawajal
So, first with the heart Second with the
tongue Third with the limbs Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala said I'maloo aala dawooda shakoora I'maloo
Show me You know when your kids Show
me Show me that you're grateful for all
the blessings I'm giving you Show me Show
me by fixing your room By helping out
in the house Show me I'maloo Allah said
not only just by the tongue Thank you
ya Allah alhamdulillah No, no, show me By
staying away from the haram By doing extra
ibadat Show me So, all these three Constitute
shokoor All three of them together You are
In your heart you know that every ne'ma
is from Allah You are constantly thanking him
with your tongue And you are proving it
You are using How do we prove it?
By using that ne'ma Fee sabeelillah Allah gave
me money I know for a fact it's
from him I'm telling everybody Alhamdulillah Allah blessed
me So I'm doing the tongue Third Yalla
Orphans Widows Fakir Mareed Or have a disaster
Masjid School Yalla Use it in the service
of Allah Allah blessed you with eyes It's
not from gratitude to go watch haram You
are not thankful in that ne'ma When you
start using those eyes for haram Or staring
at something that's haram To show gratitude for
this ne'ma You use it in the service
of Allah And you know what's so beautiful?
Is that salat Salat Has all three In
my heart I'm trying to have khushu'a
In my tongue And in my actions So
shukr That's why When someone I always remind
you That if somebody comes and approaches you
And he says or she says I do
not pray Raise your hand How many people
here in the room Know someone that they
love But they do not pray Come on
Everyone I have unfortunately Few of them So
how to approach them Because we know this
is very dangerous One of the ways to
approach them Is to remind them Listen You
know I told one time Iyad You May
Allah bless your vision You lost your eyes
You cannot see anymore You cannot drive You
cannot work You cannot see your family Your
children Your parents You cannot see anybody You're
blind And they said Now they come up
with a new surgery Right That can give
you your vision back You were so excited
You went to the doctor He said yes
You qualified for the surgery How much?
Five million dollars I don't have five million
You came He said sheikh Alhamdulillah There's a
surgery For five million I got my vision
back I said five million Pocket change Just
kidding No problem I'll give it to you
Iyad But one condition One condition So Iyad
starts trembling What is that condition sheikh?
I thought you're a sheikh And you are
doing something For the sake of Allah You
call me five times a day And you
say thank you Good deal?
Subhanaka Rabbi How many blessings Allah gave us
This is just one This is just one
What about the hearing What about the mobility
What about the intellect What about the oxygen
for free What about the kidneys being washed
on their own What about the red cells
fighting the white cells as we speak What
about countless amounts of blessings This is one
Just one So this is what we tell
the people Just say thank you Thank you
Thank you When do people pray When do
usually people start praying When for example I
know a brother His son got into a
car accident And he went into a coma
for 11 days The brother He doesn't pray
unfortunately Ya Rabb If my son wakes up
I'm gonna start praying You see He's making
a deal You wake up my son I'll
pray As if he's doing Allah a favor
You do this for me I'll do this
for you Don't you have enough already So
many people come back When a calamity hits
I wish I prayed Ya Allah give me
back my legs I will pray Give me
back my I will start praying Why don't
you pray when Allah is giving We always
give When Allah takes away something Why don't
you give while He's giving Okay Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala Divided the people in the
Quran Two kinds Either grateful or ungrateful You
are either grateful or ungrateful There is no
third Either grateful or ungrateful And ungrateful You
see if you do not know Arabic Right
You do not know Arabic And you mashallah
You know like I told you before Brother
told me If Ibn Kathir can make Tafsir
Ibn Bajur can make Tafsir Habibi You know
what Ibn Kathir went through to make Tafsir
I know Arabic I can make Tafsir No
If you look at the Quran And you
say the word Kafir Right Kafir All we
know is What?
No man What's Kafir?
Non-believer Right He's a non-believer Okay
The sheikh just recited Surah Al-Hadeed Just
like a rain That made the Kafir enjoy
it What does the Kafir have to do
with the rain?
So what does Kafir here mean?
Farmers And mashallah you are Ibn Kathir 2024
And you want to make Tafsir So here
Kafir Does not only It depends on the
context It could mean non-believer Or it
could mean Ungrateful What's the other Dalil?
What does Kafir here have to do with
it?
Either be grateful And do not be ungrateful
Here Kafir does not mean non-believe So
that's why we have to learn the Arabic
language So Allah divided the people in the
Quran He divided the people Always Okay Now
What's the difference between Hamd and Shukr?
What's the difference between Hamd and Shukr?
Hamd can only be expressed verbally Unlike Shukr
Which may be expressed verbally In the heart
Or by actions When you give me a
gift I don't say Hamdan I say Shukran
Right Shukran And Hamd may or may not
be in return Of a favor or a
blessing Unlike Shukr Shukr which can only Be
in return for a favor or a blessing
Right Alhamdulillah I don't say Whatever comes from
you Because Alhamd Like Rasulullah SAW taught us
Even if you went through a calamity What
do you say?
Shukr Is Something happened There was a transaction
Shukran Okay This is a quick point Now
What's the ruling on being a Shukr?
First Allah ordered it It's a verb Order
Command Allah ordered us to be To be
Shukr I put an alarm because I'm taking
so long in my talks So I put
an alarm for 20 minutes It's already 20
minutes Okay Quickly So Ruling on Shukr First
We have to Be a Shukr to Allah
SWT Now What are the virtues?
If I am a Shukr What are the
benefits?
What are the rewards?
Number one It's a sign That you are
a believer What's the delil?
Rasulullah SAW He said How wonderful is the
case of a believer If anything good happened
to him Shukr He will be rewarded And
if something bad happened to him Sabr And
he will be rewarded And this is only
for the believer So number one It's a
sign that you are a believer Second It's
a reason to earn the pleasure of Allah
SWT When you are grateful to Allah Allah
will be pleased with you Third Safety from
punishment When we are Shukr We are protecting
ourselves from the punishment of Allah What would
Allah do by punishing you If you are
grateful?
That means if I am grateful Allah will
not punish me Fourth Reason To maintain what
you have If you want to have all
that health All that wealth All these children
Whatever Naam you have Being grateful will maintain
it And increase it So you want those
Naam to keep increasing Be grateful Allah promised
If you thank me I will give you
more The deal with Allah It's not like
Samir You do me a favor I do
you a favor No I do something Allah
gives me more I do something He gives
me more I do something He gives me
more Not equal Never ever Never equal with
Allah The Sheikh just recited Fifth Huge reward
in the Akhirah And Allah left it open
And when Allah leaves a reward open That
means nobody knows what it is Allah said
in Surah Ali Imran And Allah will give
a reward to the Shakerin What is it?
Nobody knows That means it's huge How do
we Finally I will end with this How
do we become Abid Shukr How do we
become Shukr First Thank people When someone does
you a favor When someone do anything to
you Thank him Allah Rasul S.A.W.
said By thanking people You are actually thanking
Allah Azza wa Jal By thanking people You
are thanking Allah Azza wa Jal Second Pondering
Pondering upon the greatness of Allah Upon the
Ayat of Allah S.W.T Allah said
You were born not knowing anything And Allah
S.W.T gave you the tools to
know things Which are The vision And the
hearing And the af'ida Why?
So you can become grateful Right?
This is something Because everybody loves always Something
practical How to be grateful?
What's the evidence that Salat ad-duha is
a sign that You are a Abid Shukr
Allah Rasul S.A.W. said In the
morning Every bone in our body Has to
make Shukr To Allah S.W.T Every
time you say Subhanallah You thanked one bone
Alhamdulillah Another bone La ilaha illallah Allahu Akbar
And then at the end he said If
you don't want to do all that Then
pray two Raka'ah of Duha You have
done the Shukr Of all your body parts
Duha Ten minutes after sunrise All the way
till ten minutes before Duhur Is valid What's
the best time?
Right in the middle Nine thirty, ten o
'clock When you're so busy And you stop
everything And you pray two Raka'ah Salat
ad-duha As a matter of fact There's
a Subhanallah Samir Go on your phone And
ask Siri or ask Google How many joints
in the human body?
Rasulullah S.A.W. Fourteen hundred and fifty
years ago Subhanaka Allah If anybody have any
doubt You know Or any somebody From our
children Tell them to look in this Hadith
Jasad Rasulullah S.A.W. mentioned it Fourteen
hundred and fifty years ago You have three
hundred and sixty Google has nothing to do
with Islam Three hundred and sixty joints in
your body Hadith is in Tirmidhi And every
joint has a Has a due Sadaqah due
upon it Three hundred and sixty He said
it fourteen hundred years ago Which lab He
and Umar and Abu Bakr Digested to sit
down and count How many joints It's only
from Allah S.W.T And Ya Ikhwan
You know the experiment we did years ago
Let's do it again Everybody look at me
Everybody do your hands like this Everyone Do
your hands like this People watching You do
your hands like this Okay Keep it like
that Okay for a second Alright Keep it
Don't move Now imagine You don't have these
two joints You don't have them Okay Hamza
show me how you make wudu Isa show
me how you eat Show me how you
shower Two joints Just two We cannot live
without Right How many are you going to
eat How do you wash your face How
do you make wudu How do you clean
yourself That's just two joints They're missed They're
missing Subhanak Ya Rabbi Afala akuna abdan shakura
So Salat al-duha Here It's a very
good point Looking What makes you grateful Looking
at others that are less than you Unfortunately
When it comes to matters of Dunya We
look at the people above us And we
keep complaining Why I don't have this such
a house Why don't I have this salary
Why don't I have such a car No
You look at the guy that is below
you And you say Alhamdulillah When it comes
to the deen matters I look at that
guy above me Look at him He fasts
Monday and Thursday He performs qiyam every night
He always donating That's the guy I want
to compete with Not the other guy of
the dunya matters Six Sujood al-shukr Making
sujood al-shukr Sujood al-shukr is For
something good that took place in your life
Or you were protected from any evil You
were informed that you had a baby Bismillah
Sujood al-shukr You were informed that the
case That they accused you And falsely accused
You're innocent Sujood al-shukr You passed in
your exam Sujood al-shukr A side note
There's a very popular video That's going around
As a matter of fact The sister of
the dog in the back She's a niqabi
sister May Allah bless her And reward her
She was telling her story Anybody saw the
video about The sister who lost her husband
After 17 years Yeah, it was going viral
So she did it here May Allah have
mercy on her husband She said that After
I found out The minute they told me
That my husband died They called her She
went into sujood al-shukr And of course
This is very touching and emotional But Did
Rasulullah ﷺ make sujood al-shukr When any
of his kids died?
Did he?
No Did he make sujood al-shukr After
Khadija died?
After his grandfather Anybody Many people died in
his life So sujood al-shukr Is not
about a death That takes place And you
show gratitude Even though she meant good Alhamdulillah
May Allah reward her again But Sujood al
-shukr Is not for something like this Sujood
al-shukr Like I told you You have
great news Allahu Akbar Or something evil Was
averted Then you go and Message sujood al
-shukr Otherwise There was Al-Fudayl ibn Uyad
A great scholar He starts smiling and laughing
When his son died They said He said
I'm very grateful That he gave him to
me For that long You can be grateful
But not smiling And he put his best
clothes And people come And congratulate me Look
at this Musiba No, no, no Inna lillah
Muhammad This is what Rasulullah said When he
lost his son Ibrahim He did not go
To sujood al-shukr No, he was crying
So sometimes We go to extreme Right And
finally Remembering To become shukur Remember Latus'alunna
Yawma idhin Aninna'i And finally To become
shukur To become shukur You will be questioned
About every single ni'ma Where did you come
Where did you get it from How did
you spend it So when I Know that
I am going to be questioned I ought
to be more shukur Latus'alunna 100%
100% You will be questioned And subhanallah
This hadith This ayah was mentioned When Rasulullah
He left Abu Bakr Left his house And
he As he is out He saw Umar
He said what are you doing Ya Umar
He said wallahi I left the house Because
there is no food I am hungry He
said wallahi Ma akhrajuni illa hadha Same thing
here I left the house Because I have
no food As they are going They saw
Rasulullah He said ma akhrajakum ma What got
you Outside your house At this time He
said ya Rasulullah We have no food He
said Wallahi Same thing with me The best
3 men ever They left the house Because
no food In the house Subhanallah Look how
many Naam that we have We have to
be So grateful for So when we Know
these blessings And we see How many people
Are deprived of them We should be Extremely
Extremely grateful And keep in mind That After
every single Salat Rasulullah salallahu alayhi wa sallam
Told us Allahumma A'inni Ala dhikrik Wa
shukrik Wa husni ibadatik Ya Allah help me
Please Help me Remember you Help me be
grateful to you And help me worship you
The way you deserve To be worshipped And
the hadith And the dua That we all
memorize Inshallah In surah al-ahqaf Ayah number
15 Rabbi Awzaini An ashkura Ni'mataka allati An
naamta alay Wa ala waliday Wa an a'mala
salihan Tarda Wa aslihli Fi dhurriyati Inni tubtu
ilayka Wa inni minal muslimin Be among the
few Be among the few Omar radiallahu anhu
He was walking And he saw somebody Allahumma
ja'alni minal qaleel Allahumma ja'alni minal
qaleel Ya Allah make me from the few
Ya Allah make me from the few He
said what kind of dua is this I've
never heard this dua He said haven't you
heard Allah saying in the Quran Wa qaleelun
min ibadiyashakur And very few of my ibad
are shakur So I'm asking Allah To make
me from the few So let's all become
From the few inshallah Tomorrow is Jumu'ah
Fajr is at 6.45 Please come and
join Make a lot of salat On Rasulullah
Sallallahu alayhi wasallam Allahumma salli ala Muhammad Wa
ala aali Muhammad Kama sallayta ala Ibrahim Wa
ala aali Ibrahim Innaka hamidun majid Allahumma barik
ala Muhammad Wa ala aali Muhammad Kama barakta
ala Ibrahim Wa ala aali Ibrahim Innaka hamidun
majid Wa
ala aali Muhammad Kama barakta ala Ibrahim Wa
ala aali Muhammad Kama barakta ala Ibrahim