Mohammad Ali Hazratji – Tafseet Surah AlAsr
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Salam alaykum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh
Bismillah Alhamdulillah wa Salatu was Salam ala Rasulillah Lila
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we praise and glorify Allah subhanaw taala as he deserves, and
we send the best of Salah and salam.
On the best of Allah's creation, our beloved prophet muhammad
sallallahu alayhi wa salam,
his family and his noble companions, we ask Allah subhanaw
taala to make this gathering one that will weigh heavily for us in
our favor on the Day of Judgment, that he made this gathering one of
if last for his pleasure, that he open our hearts to understand his
words and to implement them in action in our lives continuously
and always. Till He calls us back to him.
We ask Allah subhanaw taala to show us the truth as the truth and
to help us to follow it and to show us falsehood as falsehood and
help us to stay away from it.
So today, we are inshallah going to talk about the 103rd Surah of
the Quran, which is called Al Asad.
That is the name of the Surah Al Asad. Although some of our
scholars like Imam Buhari called it while Assad
Okay, so it can be both ways because he included the cousin in
the name. So this is an early maken Soran for our youngsters.
makansutra means the early part of the messenger ship the prophethood
of Rasulullah sallallahu sallam, when he was first
presenting this Deen to the people of Makkah, the Quraysh with a lot
of resistance, and a lot of opposition.
And the makin sutras are generally brief. They frequently have a
rhythm in Iran, and the general topics that are covered have to do
with Imani not too much of of commandments of do's and don'ts,
but mostly to deal with the belief in Allah subhanaw taala and the
belief in the Accra belief in the messenger ship of Rasulullah
sallallahu Sallam the belief and in the revelations, the Quran
and the day of judgment or the coma sunnah.
So,
this is one of the early MCHC consolas. Some have said this was
like about the 13th or so in Revelation somewhere between
alumna Shakalaka Southern rock which we have covered and Surah
RDR, which we covered on our last gathering. So in that timeframe,
it was revealed and this is one of the for briefest or shortest tours
of the Quran. It has only three islands and I hopefully everyone
has memorized it because there's there are four really brief Surahs
in China being the shortest pool of Allah, the Elijah and us for
Leia and us. So most of you, I'm sure have memorized it. So this
surah also has some very special significance even though it's
quite just a few words.
And this is the eloquence because who can be more eloquent than
Allah subhanaw taala himself.
The importance of this surah is that the best of generations the
Sahaba, the companions of the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam
are reported to recite this surah to each other every time they met
before they left like we're gonna leave today. We say Salam aleikum
wa Taala believe they used to recite this to each other, then
say Salaam and live.
That's what's reported. In other words, they reminded each other
have the content of the surah how important it is.
Now, some of you may have heard of youngsters, Imam Shafi who was one
of the four great Imams of the Sunni
A mother who Imam Shafi is reported to have said that if
Allah were not to reveal anything else in the Quran, this surah
would be sufficient. In another narration, he said that if people
were to reflect deeply on this surah, it would be sufficient for
what does sufficiency means, means it would be enough for their
guidance, it would be enough for their salvation.
So this is the importance of this surah. Because in it, Allah
subhanaw taala has encapsulated the summary of this thing.
Like when you have, for example, you have an organization, you have
a mission statement,
you have a
say, Well, what is it all about? So, this is essentially the
mission statement of Islam.
The Surah gap sort of encapsulates all of that, it is enough for your
guidance, it's enough for your reformation if people have gone
astray, and it is enough if we act upon it for our success dunya and
so, the surah as all of you know, is our only bIllahi min ash
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So few words, Allah subhanaw taala like many of the Quran that was
revealed in Makkah, start this with an oath, anything that starts
with a word, and
the word after that has a customer or there is an oath is a person.
And, as you know, by some means, that only the truth is being
told to you that Allah subhanaw taala is unhappy is the truth, he
doesn't have to take any oath. So, what is the purpose again, remind
each other the purpose of taking an oath is to catch our attention
that what is coming ahead is very, very important of critical
importance. So, it is for what is called Tau keyed to stress
something
that it is to grab your attention. So when Allah subhanaw taala
swears he takes an oath on something.
When you and I swear we are as Muslims, we are only allowed to
swear by
Allah subhanaw taala we are not permitted to swear like I swear by
my mother, or I swear by so and so only by Allah.
But Allah subhanaw taala swears by His creation, and sometimes he
takes an oath on himself. But we see many times we've covered in
the sorrows
that Allah was one of our last swears by his what he has created.
And when you take an oath, it's usually with by something that is
very significant because you don't swear by taking an oath by
something insignificant. So you don't say I swear by this leaf.
What's the significance of a leaf? So Allah subhanaw taala has taken
many odds many of those which we have covered in this surah Allah
subhanaw taala takes an oath on acid and we are going to talk
about that generally, acid is understood as time. So when we
read the translation, it will say, I swear by time or by time, that's
us. Now Allah subhanaw taala swears by time
in general in the Surah and Allah subhanaw taala has also taken
notes in segments of time like we covered while Fajr which is a
segment of time which is the morning time, unless one fella
swears by well laid well lately,
by the night, Allah subhanaw taala swears by what the half the
morning like. So, what no ha.
So Allah smart Allah swears by time in general and he also takes
an oath some indifference rules by segments of time because of their
importance, because time is a creation of Allah. We live within
that envelope of time. We as human beings and all of creation live
within what we call four dimensions, three dimensions of
space and one dimension of time. Here Allah smart Allah saying,
well us, that you I swear by that one dimension and we
As you all live, which is time.
So whatever is the object of the oath, in this case, the time is
usually very significant. It's something to reflect on because
what all of us one fella has, has taken an oath on. And then what
comes after that, which is called a look some LA is or the job of
the customer is the main important message, but we need to reflect on
and look some be on which Allah subhanaw taala swears what it
takes the old time. So, we have to look at how this Aster, the time
is interpreted. So the general meaning is, the scholars have said
that Assad represents the man which is all of time, from the
time from what time that time was created, because time is a
creation. Now for us, it's beyond our understanding, because even
our language we say,
before time was created, the word before implies time.
Right or after time is finished, that implies time but Allah
subhanaw taala
has told us that time is His creation, the Prophet said, and so
there was, if you can use the word a time when there was no time.
However, you understand that. So Allah subhanaw taala tells us that
I swear by this entire time this from when time was created to
Allah swamp Allah, if you will stop stop. Because in the Afra,
in the Hereafter, there is it is an eternity and time and eternity
are not compatible with each other. Some of you can even sit
down here youngsters it's fine, there's plenty of room.
So
Allah subhanaw taala, when he swears by time, it is a sign of
Allah subhanaw taala whether we use it as all of time, as some
scholars say that it is a specific segment, because when you talk
about us, what comes to your mind,
the time after the end of the war, till sunset, that's what we
understand is us. So that can be also a segment of that whole time.
Now what is so special about this segment of the time?
One, it is a reminder, these are all signs that we have to reflect
that tells you that another day of your life is coming to an end,
never to come back.
The sun is setting in us in a symbolic way the sun is going into
such that
it's going to disappear behind the horizon of the earth.
It is also the time when the shadows get
the longest. And Allah subhanaw taala mentions the shadows as
doing such that
and if you've done photography, one on one, the best pictures are
taken when they are shadows that gives you the depth that's why the
worst pictures are when the sun is on top. So even that you will
notice. So this is the importance but Allah Subhana Allah says in
the Quran Halfhill Allah salat
wa salam till Wooster Kamala Khan it in surah baqarah he says, and
strictly guard your Salah Halfhill do Allah Salah at all your salat
wa Salatu was tiny ads and the middle Salah
that's a specialist especially the middle salah and the majority of
scholars have said this is a lot of us. The minority have said this
is another factor.
Because if you take * as the first seller after sunset, that
big Fajr becomes the middle. But the majority of scholars have said
this is a lot on us. Because there is a Hadith that supports this.
When the Prophet sallallahu alayhi salam said that one who neglects
or who has lost his assert Salah it is equivalent to him having
lost his entire family and all his wealth.
That's the importance of
just imagine if you could imagine the tragedy with everything of
yours is gone, your entire family and all your possessions
equivalent to neglecting ourselves.
So that's another thing that Allah subhanaw taala could actually
swear by us and it can also be an oath on the salah itself
that I swear by the other Salah.
So
we have to keep
All of these things in March in mind, and they're not incompatible
with each other, it's the same thing.
Some have said that acid means
in Arabic, they call it g, which is a generation.
That the best of generation the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam said is, my generation is a generation of the Sahaba, the best
of all generations. So if you take it that way, that Allah is saying,
I swear by the best of generation, the generation of Rasulullah
sallallahu sallam, so all of those are compatible with each other.
Time itself, you know, sometimes we hear things like, what are you
doing? I'm trying to pass time. Do you need to try to pass time? Or
do you think
it's gonna pass anyway? Whether you try or not? Okay? Because time
is what time is your life.
One of our great scholars from the second generation and Hassan Al
bacillary, said, that insane man is a number of days, that's who
you are.
You are just a number of days. Because that's what your life is,
if you break it down,
you know, say, my life is 80 years, multiply it by 365. That's
what your life is, you can break it down even further. Multiplied
by 24, the life is a certain number of hours. And each one of
us has been programmed with a certain amount of life
programmed before we were born.
When we were in the wombs of our mothers, we knew nothing, the
mothers knew nothing about what was coming. It was already written
how long your life is going to be.
So as doctors, most of the people here are doctors, whenever you buy
a medicine, it says date of expiration.
Each one of us before we are born, has been stamped with the date of
expiration
except the last one that has kept that knowledge to himself.
That's also a test for us.
So can you assume you're going to live average whatever 79 is the US
average age for males or 83? For women, nobody knows.
Nobody knows.
So time is very, very valuable.
And Allah subhanaw taala swears by it as one of his signs.
Time itself, segments of time, what they imply almost want the
law tells us to reflect on he said in the house this summer, where it
will not the work de la fille. Layli when the hurry
till liquid
that very, very early in the creation of the heavens and the
earth and the alternation of days and and night our science for all
about people who think lobe, people with intelligence.
What do they think? Alladhina Yes, Quran Allah Qiyamah Makoto, Allah
you know, but him Where the fuck Corona fee haka, similar to a lot
Rabbana Ma halacha had about the day reflect, they think that all
of this has not been created in vain. There is a purpose behind
everything. So they reflect on the time knowing that time will pass.
So this is a sign of the robo BIA that underlies the rub. here's the
rub of time is the rub of everything else. And besides that,
time is also a gift for us, because your life
is the most valuable thing for you. Because sometimes we ask
people, what's the most important for you? Kids? If the parents are
on this, oh my parents, somebody else would say my health.
But if you don't have life, what is health going to do healthy
perfectly healthy people. Dyson Yes. So life is the most important
gift which is time is in essence, that we need to remember that that
each one of us has an allocated period of time that Allah has
granted us and it is something that can never be recovered.
If you have wasted one hour of your life, you say I'll Can you
make it I'll make it up in the next hour. Can you make it up in
the next hour?
Why not?
Because what suppose you are going to do something. For example,
let's take a simple example. You are going to
read one page of the Quran and you didn't read it. Say I will read it
in the next hour.
Well if you read it in the next hour, that
time
you've taken from that hour, which you could be doing something else.
And then that time if you make up with something else, it keeps on
going, you never make up what is gone of your life. So that's
important to remember, especially when you are young, where you
seems like when it seems like my life is so long, I have a lot of
time. And we like to waste time today. Chopin, under the guise of
technology has given us so many things to waste our lives away.
The average teenager in America spends only six hours with screen
time, we're not talking about academic something like that. You
can look at the statistics everyday, that's 1/4 of your life.
And some more than that, whether it's on you know, tick tock or
Instagram or Snapchat or WhatsApp. I mean, every day there's
something new. And everybody has to get the new
video games powers in ours, what skill do you get, you're going to
have arthritis at the end of your life on your thumbs.
That's all it does. It doesn't give you any skills. So that time
is wasted in front of TV time is gone.
And we are all guilty on to Sunday.
So we need to know how precious the value of time is. And when do
you realize the value of time
when the expiration date comes
Allah smart Allah tells us at the end of Surah Manasa Cooney says
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That last one tell us, reminding us not to forget not to let things
that distract us like our wealth and our children from the
remembrance from the goal of our lives. Because he says, when the
death comes, the person will say, Yeah, Allah give me a heartening,
Elijah, give me a little extension of time now I realize that, then
what will I do, I would give a lot of charity, or sadaqa, I will give
charity I'll do good will come in a solid in and I'll be with the
among the righteous. And Allah subhanaw taala say we're laying
you after alone of son, Elijah.
When that time is come, no extension will be given, this is
the time to use it. That's the value. You know, that's the value
of time.
So Allah subhanaw taala swears by time and you start it again. After
the oath. What is coming the important message This is just a
reflection on what on us or on time. He says, This is what's
called Alloxan la he what he is swearing about, in nun in Santa
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al Insan. Al in San by adding Allah Allah smart Allah has made
it definitive means every son and daughter of Adam, every human
being you meet you meet, everyone is in a state of Las
Luffy hosted and the way it is. Allah's rattle has not said he's a
hacer monster who lost Luffy who sort of fee means inside means
he's surrounded continuously by loss in his life. And we'll talk
about what that loss is because he's talking about loss of time,
which is losing the most valuable asset you have which is time which
is your life not using it. How do you lose it by not using it as
it's supposed to be used Luffy is in a continuous constant state of
loss in sand.
Interestingly, as some of you know, the word insaan derives from
Nissan which means
to forget that in spite of all these reminders, man still
forgets. forgets that there is an expiration date forgets that he
has to meet his Rob he forgets this reminder that we're just
doing right now. Get busy with other things in San the forgetful
one. And Allah smarter not some have said Allah has named in San
Afton nice yawn forgetful.
and colored the heart
from the color which means constantly changing today
physically the heart is constantly changing
and in his likes and dislikes today you love this tomorrow you
love that you have to constantly change.
So, in Berlin Santa Luffy hostel
Allah's law of time is that
it constantly is change
in one second
you are not what you were one second ago
you believe that sound the same as I was one second ago?
No you're not.
Do you know what's happened in that one second.
Anybody knows
1.2 million of your cells have died in each second
1.2 kilo grams of your cells die every day. You are changing.
You are changing.
Nothing remains because Allah has made the law that nothing is
permanent. Everything is slated for an end and it is racing
towards that.
Now we celebrate how many of your kids celebrate birthdays How many
of you ever celebrated a birthday Your Honor? Somebody's
should we celebrate birthdays? I don't give me a religious thing
you know, imitating this unlimited should we sell what is a birthday?
It's a reminder that one more year of your life has expired your one
year closer to your death.
Should you celebrate that?
That's the reality.
Even with a child we have baby, I'm celebrating. That child just
lost one year of its life.
I lost one more year. It should be a time of reflection. What have I
done in this last year so that next year I do something better.
So birthdays should be a time of reflection. Not of celebration.
Now if you have had a very righteous year, you have a right
to celebrate it said it's so good this year. I'm not talking about
on the stock market.
Mercado Libre goes up doesn't matter. What did you do? Okay. So,
we have to remember that nothing is constant except the Creator.
Allah subhanaw taala does not change.
Okay, because He is outside of the dimension of time, he is the
creator of time, everything else changes.
But in his creation, there is one constant, you know what that
constant is?
The time will change. That's the constancy constant.
That's the law Allah has written that nobody can stop time.
It's relative, you go on some planet, the time er, maybe equal
to five of your years because you go by, you know, the sunset
sunrise. But always
Allah smart Allah and His creation has built in this law of entropy,
that things are changing, they're going to deteriorate, they're
going to go down.
takes much longer to climb the same stairs that then that we used
to run up, right?
You're going Mount Washington. If you plugged it 20 years ago and
your climate now you'll see the difference. Okay?
That's what happens.
Age, time takes us to
laffy Huzar Allah subhanaw taala uses the language of trade because
we understand profit and loss.
We all understand Profit and Loss business people even you know,
Allah, Samantha in the Quran many places, he uses prof trade and as
to make it clear, he says you are in a loss. So we understand
because when we lose something like in a business deal or
something else we lose. We feel it. You know, I lost.
Last month, I was telling you time if you lose, that's your greatest
loss in Allinson. Luffy.
How do we ignore
are in low lose time the Prophet sallallahu alayhi salam said that
there are two Navratan two blessings, two gifts of Allah
subhanaw taala, about which people are deceived. In other words, they
think it's going to be eternal forever. Two things is that a
sahab will forever. Health, good health and three time.
If you're perfectly healthy, especially in youth, do you ever
think, you know, my time might come, I may not be
healthy, I might be sick. So let me use make the best use of my
health. No, we take it for granted. So we are deceived. As
the people you're going to be seeing a dear sister of mine was
42 years old. I don't know if you've already heard metastatic
cancer all over just from back pain worker is coming to you.
I was in a state of shock. I just found out yesterday, ruin my whole
day. Been doing that forever since then.
You take it for granted. I went home and told my family, my wife,
my daughters, we just saw on each You know perfectly fine.
So how we are deceived about it and time forever. We have plenty
of time. We don't know how busy you're going to get that you will
have no time to do what you should have done.
How many people I remember there used to be a neurosurgeon in our
area. May Allah have mercy on him one time I told him, you know,
you're never come for Joomla you know, when he said to me, he said,
I'm a neurosurgeon. I'm busy.
Use your spare time when you have
yet, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi salam also told us that everything
gets older, as as we get old, except to things that get younger,
you know what those two things
you said, the desire for wealth
and long life, no matter how much you have, you still get young, I
want more, I want more, I want more and too long.
So we should not waste time. Because life essentially someone
has said the light life is what happens and what passes you while
you are planning for your future. In the future, I will do this in
the future and you're planning all of this life is passing.
So make use of the time that you have.
And now Okay, so Inshallah, this time that we're spending together
is useful for us. Insha Allah
the prophets of Allah and is Salam also to stress this loss he
stressed to us in one Hadith many of you might know, he said that on
the Day of Judgment, the feet of the son of Adam will not move
until he has satisfactorily answered five questions.
Okay, so what does that mean? Means he will not be allowed to
leave, or Allah subhanaw taala can turn up the gravity that the feet
can't move. Okay. What are the five questions number one?
What did you do with your youth?
I will be asked, I'm an old man, what did you do on your youth, you
will be asked what you're doing now.
Okay, and youth is a stage of that life of time. What did you do with
your health? The same reminder when you were given good health?
How did you make use of it? What did you do with your wealth? What
Allah had written for you as risk of your provision? What did you do
with your free time that same thing? And what did you do with
your life? So three out of the six have to do with time, your whole
life, especially your youth, because that's your prime, where
you have all the temptations all of the things full strength and
potential. Okay.
And
what did you do? So those things, we will be asked and we will have
to answer especially, because answer means that I used it in the
right way because these are gifts from Allah subhanaw taala. If
they're not used in the right way, it is called COFRA. And anima
means you are
showing ingratitude ungratefulness you are you're not thankful for
Allah gave. If he gave you time, so I'm going to waste it we gave
you health I let it go, I don't care.
So let us not forget those things.
In another place it is said that Allah
on when the person will ask for an extension towards the end of the
life, he will be told.
Well, you're not told about this and did not the Warner come to
you, warn you? And they said what is the Warner? Whitehair so nobody
came. The way to that was a warning to you.
At times, college
however, if we get too attached to the dunya
and we get too busy with it, then we lose that perspective of time.
That's why the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam one time he
grabbed Abdullah and now Omar ibn Al Khattab Robbie Allah on Hama,
the son of the famous companion Ahmed have knocked up because
Abdullah
or the Allah Allah was always with the Prophet salallahu alayhi salam
because he was one of the companions who was known to have
to do exactly what the prophets of Allah Islam did. He used to
imitate him and everything.
The way he moved the way he did this were to the extent that
sometimes he would duck his head when he's writing and there's
nothing to duck people. So what you're doing this one time I was
with the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam there used to be a tree here
and there was a branch and when he was writing, he ducked so when I
pass here, I still back. That's how closely he viewed. So the
prophets are allowed to sort of held him by the shoulders and how
blessed that would be the Prophet of Allah seven holding recent yobs
confit dunya Anika very others of you be in this dunya Abdullah
Abdullah like you are a traveler, or a stranger.
In other words, just remember that this is
you are a transit passenger. This is not the goal. This is not the
end be a stranger here means this is not my land, I'm going back. My
land is in Jannah My Places and Jana, this is an the Prophet
sallallaahu Some lived his life with no attachment to the dunya
this way to show us that we have narrations of him getting up and
you know, the date bomb match, the cross pattern was on his back, you
know, because that's what he was sleeping on.
You know, no memory form.
Nothing else. So some of the companions looked at his noble
back this or this pattern, their likeness. So you are sort of less?
Why didn't you tell us we would have put some better bedding for
you? Is it nearly done? Yeah, what is the dunya got to do with me.
I am a traveler, who my example, he said is like one who rests
under a tree and then goes home. So this is what I'm doing. He
would
don't attach too much. Because if you get too attached to the dunya,
then you live for the dunya and you die for the dunya. Whereas the
purpose was.
So use the dunya, reasonable whatever, you know, but use your
time not completely, always chasing after the dunya. Because
then when will the time be for the making making that effort.
And there are many other Hadith and we may not have time to go
into all of those. So
if we ignore the time, the blessing of time, we don't use it
wisely, we are in a continuous permanent loss.
Because this is
sort of the provision that Allah has given us. So here's a blanket
statement, which says, Every man and woman is in a state of loss.
But then Allah subhanaw taala tells us a way out of this dilemma
because somebody might get into depression or if we are hunting a
lot last than what the sense of living, let me just end it all.
Allah Subhana Allah says, illegal except now comes the what is your
way out? It gives us a manager method to not be in a state of
loss. So Allah Subhana Allah gives us
the blessing of telling us that there are four things that are
specified in a specific order. Il Edina, MN except those who
believe, while I'm no solid heart, and they do good righteous deed,
what our soul will help that enjoin, that encourage people that
admonished people towards help the truth, the truth of Islam the
reality, what are so be sober and who enjoin patients that these are
four things. If you do these four, you are not one of those who's in
a state of loss. You are therefore opposite of loss, you are
successful. Okay, so this is the formula of all of our name
starts with Eman
What does the man mean?
We call it belief.
Where is the belief?
Where do you think belief is? If you believe something where it's
it's in your heart?
If I tell you I believe, can you verify? No, if you tell me you
believe I can verify that it's a state within the heart that only
Allah knows.
How strong is that belief?
That has its external science.
Do you act on that? For example?
I say I believe in Allah. And I believe in all of his attributes
that Allah is all seeing. Allah is all knowing Allah knows everything
that's going on in this world. And then I go and murder somebody.
Is this compatible with that belief? No. That means I don't
believe that Allah is Seeing me.
I hide all the evidence it disappears. The body is never
found.
liquefied somewhere. Nobody knows. And I'm very happy. There is no
evidence that means I don't have belief that Al Alevel hubby
or Samuel Baseer knows heard everything and it's all recorded.
So you're the claim of Eman doesn't match the action. And
similarly with everything else. So Eman, the Prophet salallahu Alaihe
Salam was asked by a companion. Yeah sobre la salida. Silla, tell
me something that will one thing because they're the commandments
of the deen are many telling me one thing that will make me
successful is an airman to be line so muster, believe in Allah and
then be steadfast with it is the karma. What does that mean? That
no matter what you do at any time, whether it's public, private,
economic, social, within the family, by yourself,
lead your life in a way that you know, Allah sees you that He
exists, that you will stand in front of have that belief and be
steadfast in your actions.
That's where we frequently fall short of what we should do.
So
imagine if Allah subhanaw taala, as he has taught us, as the
prophets of Allah lism taught us.
So email is in the heart, and thus the bill will descend and we
attest to it. Like when somebody comes into Islam, we have them say
the Shahada. So, we said by our tongue, but that itself is not
still sufficient,
because it has to be manifested by the actions that form. So there is
verbal attestation, of Eman and there is the attestation by our
actions.
So if I say, Let's take another aspect of the Archon of Eman after
the Allah's Rantala we say we believe in the day of judgment.
And you look in my life, there is nothing that indicates that this
man is preparing for the Day of Judgment.
In fact, what you see on the contrary is this man obviously has
no fear of the day of judgment by what she is doing.
So that Eman has to be shown. So we believe in Allah salAllahu
Alaihe Salam I love him he is in my heart
and you look that he violates every so nervous
we believe in the angels that's part of our image. And we know
that recording angels
and yet and lying and cheating and doing all bad things. That means I
don't really believe that this angel is recording all of this
that my video is being prepared you know.
So all of those things.
We believe that this is the book of Allah subhanaw taala and we
don't act upon it.
We find reasons to argue against it.
So Eman is the first condition without it and Iman comes with the
element knowing if you don't know who Allah is you can no no
anything else. So Helen of Allah subhanaw taala of our deen so last
one is ill Adina Avenue first condition
while I'm in LA sila hat, what is Mo Salah means actions that are
good and righteous. The definition of that is that which Allah has
ordained has ordered you to do or that which he likes.
like you're being generous, like you're being kind, like you're
being obedient to your parents, like you have good manners, you
have good luck. You talk nicely, you're polite, you are helpful.
All of those things truthful
are things that Allah likes that you do those and you do it how
according to the sooner.
We have the example, the best example, who's worked with Hassan
has Allah subhanaw taala says, For the one who believes in Allah and
the Last Day he says that the Prophet salallahu Salam is the
best example for anyone who believes in Allah and the Last Day
means that how pika that reality of iman not just a claim of humor.
So you do those things you learn how did the professor lawless, for
example, in our duty to Allah Subhan Allah Salah you say well, I
pray I pray in my heart
do you pray five times a day? No, I pray in my heart because Allah
is very close to me is that I'm all son. No, it's not it's a claim
because Allah ordered you to do Salah how to do
so Luca alright the money was salary. Pray as you have seen me
not your own version. So I'm all Salah is that namaste salah is a
testimony to how solid that
Allah smart Allah says when the Arab the Bedouins came to the
Prophet sallallahu sunnah they said, Allah subhanaw taala says
politan arabo Amana they are upset. Well,
lamb took Manu you have not believed Allah says Tell them you
have not built the kolu Aslam na say we have accepted.
An imam has not entered your heart he says he says
in Elodie
in Alladhina.
Amanu belie or SULI sama lumea tab for J Do we unveil him unforeseen
feasibility? We like Masada, Allah smart Allah says true Iman is one
who believes in Allah and His messenger and some some alum your
tab when has no doubt about it. And therefore he shows it by in
his wealth and in his life feasibility that his life is
dedicated to following the day into supporting the DNA of that
homeless bull icon solder. These are the truth, true believers and
as well defined not just by a claim, so amen. Amen aside now,
because we are an ima,
there are two more requirements. It doesn't end there. He says what
a while, so we'll help because we cannot practice Islam in a vacuum.
There is a support structure,
the community, the family, that helps us to be Muslims, because
you become what you surround yourself with. Okay? So if you
surround yourself with thieves and liars, you will become a thief and
a liar. If you surround yourself with righteous good people, you
will do those things. If you surround yourself with people who
pray five times a day you will pray with them. So we need that
support structure. That's why Allah subhanaw taala has addressed
us as an ummah as a nation. Now in the nation, individually we are
weak.
I give you an example you have seen a toothpick. You can do this
experiment when we take a break. Take a toothpick, see how easy it
is to snap it for 20 toothpicks together and try and break it do
that experiment.
That is what the coma does a true OMA strengthens you. So how do we
do that what Allah so Tommaso means, to advise to admonish to
warn, to to call towards something good to enjoin, I'll help. I'll
help is all of the teachings of our deen the truth. Okay, all the
good things
that we encourage each other to do that which Allah loves that which
Allah has sent that was the prophets of Allah
and that's our duty when you see somebody if I'm in a state of
weakness and falling from my brain, it is the duty for those
around me the Muslims with the loss of will have to call me
remind me you don't point that person out to other so and so is
like this. No, you go to that person who said, you know, we are
all weak. This I'm noticing this, let's work together to to overcome
this. Just like you would, you know, on your hiking trip, if
somebody's getting real weak, what do you say? Let me carry a
backpack. Let me give you a hand. That's a physical This is
spiritual in our practice of being so what have also been HUP that we
enjoy that which is right, right you know, calling towards the now
unfortunately what how
happens.
Sometimes we have gotten into this level, that when you remind
somebody of the right thing, instead of being thankful they get
upset.
Who are you?
Who are you to judge me?
Who are you to decide what's in my heart?
You insert and this is common people, even scholars, if you tell
somebody you know, in the hood, why you should, it should have
been sent this way they could upset.
You tell somebody you're giving a talk, like for example, I'm giving
a talk if I say something, and somebody tells me reminds me,
instead of saying Dakka Dakka Thank you Allah forgive me for my
mistake, I jump up and not first of all I get upset Secondly, then
I find long explanations for my position.
Okay. So this is what we have become. Therefore, sometimes when
you do Tamasa will help, you will find that you need to have a lot
of patience, people might turn against you.
You advise somebody, they take it wrongly. So, when we do this, we
will need a lot of patience and patience, to keep on the patience
when we translate this patient suburb is patience and
perseverance both in the suburb the scholars have divided us that
suburb on the the humbler the the TA the obedience of Allah requires
summer requires perseverance and patience, for example, Fajr time
three o'clock in the morning. How difficult is that anybody jumps up
enthusiastic, maybe some people do well, spiritually stood, it's
tough
to get up on bed is so comfortable, that requires sub, I
will get up because my ROM has already been similarly
temptations. Sub Ronald Massey, there are so many temptations,
some are mcru sama haram, that we get pulled towards because of the
society we look. So to resist that, no, I will not come. You
know, let's go to the club. No, I will not go. Let's watch this
horrible thing that's gone. No, I will not watch and even by
yourself something comes
that we don't.
Because my rub is watching that. So some. And then of course the
main the subject that everybody understands that patient is when
you are challenged, whether it's with sickness, whether it's with
death, whether it's with loss, whether it's wealth, something
happened some tragedy,
instead of complaining and beating your chest and saying, Oh, why me
I'm so good.
This is what the sister when this news was given to us last week,
said You know, this looks bad. You've got cancer all over your
bones, you know, what was the first word she said?
Allah
that your quest training
that require what comes first is what's in your heart.
So we need to have that patience.
To hold fast to the den requires patience, because the whole world
is running in production. So we are challenged.
So Allah subhanaw taala. And the surah has given us the formula to
make our life successful in the dunya lives beautiful and
enjoyable and peaceful with tranquility and Sakina and
happiness. He's not saying you're going to be a billion there is no
limit to wealth.
Now, it used to be I'm a millionaire. If you have $10
million dollars, you're not considered in the rich club
anymore.
Because the rich club starts with 500 million. But then there's
another elite club if you have a billion. That's not enough, you
have to have 50 billion or more, then you come to that club. So
there is no end because the Prophet sallallahu sallam said
that the the son of Adam if he is given a value of gold, he will
want another if he is getting a secondary one, the third, the only
thing that will fill the vacuum of his stomach is the Taarab the dust
of the grave that's the only way that ends. So Allah Samantha was
telling us you don't need all of that what you need is peace and
tranquility and internal happiness and joy that will come from
following the day from connecting with our last one and Allah who is
the source of all peace.
As salam, he is the source of all happiness,
tranquility, all of those gifts which money can buy.
So
Allah Subhana Allah has given us a formula to
make our lives beautiful.
When if we live by this formula that's why has recent Imam Shafi
said if you reflect on this, it is sufficient.
And that's why the Sahaba used to remind each other of this because
we forget
constantly whenever they used to part that means still I see you
remember and reflect on this. So may Allah smart Allah make us
among those who value time the gift of time that Allah has given
us whatever life he has given us,
and to make to show gratitude by using it in the best way.
Which doesn't mean that 24 hours a day you are in salah or reading
the Quran, that has its place. But washing the dishes for your mother
is also good use of that time.
Helping your father with some things a good day studying for
what you are, is a good thing working for Halal living is a good
imbalance
in balance, not with an unsafe created appetite. Okay, I'm just
going to do this and just going to do this till the angel of death
comes, it's time to leave Oh, I've got a lot of things to do.
Agile, that's the time
expiration date. So where Allah subhanaw taala medica. Someone
those who value this gift of time, who make the best use of time,
and who reflect and look, one way to look at it. And we now I mean,
some of these devices tell you what you've done all day. So you
exercise for so long. You had screentime for so long, which app
you were on for so long? How much you slept.
If you sleep eight hours every day,
and you had a life of 90 years, how many years did you spend just
sleeping 30 years 1/3 of your life is gone? Nothing's zero.
Right?
And we then add with each thing that we do, and sleep is a
necessity. It doesn't have to be eight hours every day, okay? But I
spent six hours on the internet
that's one quarter of the life gone, doing things that may have
no value
and so on and so forth.
So
if you're a football fan
you don't have to watch every football game
watch the Superbowl
or here and
if you're an Olympics fan, you have to watch from morning tonight
that's a lot of time
watch a special event where you expect something 400 meter hurdles
that's going to be a world record between two peoples.
How much how long does it take 46 seconds
so use your time wisely. I'm not saying don't do any of that. But
this
instant chat this that so and so for this one. So this is my Sofia
this my eyelashes like this my this is like this. This is not
what we are. Live this for the
we are for the live this will people who think this is it.
Use our lives our time wisely, that Allah subhanaw taala gave us
this hekman In my last one Allah take us by our four locks at force
us to do these things rather than and help surround us with people
with who remind us of that and who help us solve it helped what our
service. So we are inshallah going to end with that. And we will open
it up for questions and answers in common Subhanak Aloma become the
commissioner.
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