Mubeen Kamani – Power of Supplication
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Allahu
Akbar Allahu
Akbar
We start out by praising Allah,
the one who is worthy of all our
praise and our gratitude is Allah,
who hears us every time we call on
to him. It's Allah,
who grants us every time we
to him.
It's Allah
who gives to us even though
we forget to ask him.
It is Allah
who awaits us
to call onto him.
We then send peace and blessing upon the
prophet,
the one that was sent not only as
a mercy to mankind, but as a mercy
to the world.
Who not only taught us how to worship
Allah,
but who also taught us how to interact
and live with the people around us.
We send peace and blessings upon the companions
of the prophet
and his family members,
those who helped him and aided him, Ahmedabad
thereafter.
As a Muslim,
one of our goals is,
our main goal is
when it comes to our spirituality
that we get closer to Allah Subhanahu Wa
Ta'ala.
We very often ask ourselves, how am I
as a Muslim? How is my relationship with
Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala?
Relationship with Allah Subhanahu Wa
Ta'ala?
And usually,
relationships
can be judged
by
communication.
If you have a good relationship with somebody,
then your communication
with them
is different from somebody that your relationship
is new.
So a relationship that's in its infancy, the
communication will be different.
From a relationship which is more mature, the
way that I communicate with my parents
or the way that I communicate with my
spouse is much different. It's very different from
the way that I communicate with somebody
who I'm just meeting the first time.
And the reason why
we speak about this, the reason why we
need to analyze this
is how is our communication
with Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala?
Is our communication with Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
at a point where that relationship
seem mature
or does that relationship
seem in an infancy because our communication with
Allah
is
very limited?
Now when it comes
to communicating with Allah,
Allah in the Quran in different places, and
the prophet Sallallahu Wa Ta'ala
He teaches us that this
path is very important. This thing of making
du'a supplicating to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala is
extremely important where the prophet says
that the most
important,
the most excellent part of worship is
du'a.
Rasoolullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said,
It's the essence of worship.
The essence means that let's say you have
something and you squeeze it
and you
pull out the main part,
the essence.
That is the prophet The prophet said, if
you take your Ibadah, your worship and squeeze
it, the main part that comes out that
is
du'a.
The reason that why you are here right
now is to worship Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
The reason that you took a shower today,
came to the masjid, will spend an hour
in your jumba
coming, going the time here, khutba salah.
The purpose of this is
so that you make Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
happy.
And the purpose of making Allah Subhanahu Wa
Ta'ala happy is
that then you call on to Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala, you raise your hand and you
ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, oh Allah, now
that you are happy with me, oh Allah,
now that I'm a good servant,
oh Allah, now that I have done what
you wanted me to,
this is what I want.
I'm struggling with this.
I'm having trouble with this.
I need help with this.
This part of my life is very weak.
My children, my work, my health,
and this is where Allah
The reason why you worship Allah,
you squeeze it, is so that now you
make dua and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala who
is happy with you, he then accepts your
dua.
He then accepts your supplication.
And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in the Quran,
he tells us,
Allah
says, Tell my servants,
call on to me.
You do your part,
then leave it to me. I will do
He didn't say, Leave your home. Put on
a Ihram. And only then I will call
on to you. He didn't say, Fast for
30 days. And only then I will call
I will accept the duas. He didn't say,
You want to stay awake at night and
then pray in tahajjud, and then I will
accept dua. He said, Whatever your situation is,
You just do your part.
Whether you are at work,
whether you're at school, whether you are kind
of new to spirituality,
just call on to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala,
and Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says,
I will accept.
And one of these prophets says,
whoever calls on to Allah
whoever makes du'a to Allah,
Allah
will accept their duas
except for that person
who rushes their duas.
Who says, Oh Allah, I've asked you where
is it?
A lot of times we take our duas
like Amazon Prime.
I placed the duas now. It has to
be there tomorrow. And if it's not there,
then I'm calling Amazon. Yo, where's my package?
It's not here yet. And we take our
duas the same way that, you know what?
I need to get this right away.
Or sometimes what happens is
we think our duas are like a save
and subscribe on Amazon.
That, O Allah, you know what I want,
give it to me. O Allah, you know
what I want, give it to me. O
Allah, you know what I want. Instead of
actually opening up your heart
and speaking to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala,
we think that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, you
know my struggles.
I
don't need to kind of like lower myself
in front of you and ask.
Just give it to me.
Now,
when it comes to our communication with Allah
Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala,
there are a few steps I kind of
want to go through that will help you
realize
where is my relationship? How is my communication
with Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala?
Five steps
or 5
indicating
point that you can look at.
The first,
when a relationship
is in its infancy,
the topics are very narrow.
If you and I just meet,
the things that we're gonna talk about
may be limited.
Right? We may talk about some of the
hot topics that are going around at the
moment. We may talk about, you know, Islam,
Beating
Charles Olivera. Why? Because everybody's talking about it.
But as a relationship
grows
and you get comfortable with somebody,
then the topics
begin to broaden out.
Now, with this person, you can talk about
anything.
When your relationship with Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
is in its infancy stages,
then the only thing that you talk about,
Oh Allah give me Jannah. Oh Allah give
me risk. Oh Allah subhanahu wa'ala give me
good health. Oh Allah subhanahu wa'ala protect me.
Oh Allah subhanahu wa'ala make my children obedient
to me. That's it.
But once
you nurture that relationship and that relationship begins
to grow now,
you can talk to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
about anything that comes to your heart.
The second point You know, actually before we
go on to there.
Rasulullah
salallahu alayhi wa sallam hadithi says
that, Call onto Allah and ask Allah
for every single need of yours.
Even if it's milh. Even if it's salt.
Salt is something that everybody has.
You know, it's not like the
the prestigious or the rich people have salt.
Everybody has salt. But the prophet
said something as as little as salt,
even if you need that much,
call on to Allah subhanahu wa'ala. Why? Because
now your discussion is broad. You can talk
to him about anything.
In other hadith, prophet
says, call on to Allah for everything we'll
need even to the point that if the
laces
of your footwear were to break,
call on to Allah There's nothing too small.
There's nothing too big.
The sahabbat Aja made they said to the
prophet
If that's the situation,
then we'll just continue to ask Allah
If we can ask for the smallest of
things and we can ask for the biggest
of things and everything will be accepted, then
why won't we continue to ask Allah We'll
just continue to make du'a. And the prophet
says,
Go ahead.
Ask Allah.
Why aren't you?
Why? Because this is
Allah
love language.
This is what Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala This
is how he You know, with love language
basically when you want to connect with somebody,
you connect with them on their terms. What
they enjoy. If you come to me and
talk about something that I have no interest
about,
then that relationship
won't grow.
But if you talk to me about something
that I that interested me and I talk
to you about something that interests you,
that that relationship will flourish.
And the love language of Allah
is
dua. Call onto Allah subhanahu wa'ala. Why? Because
Allah
is that person, that being. When you don't
ask him,
he doesn't like it. Scholars talk about what
Ar Rahman and Ar Rahim mean. And they
say, Ar Rahman is that being that if
you don't ask him, if you don't call
on to him, he doesn't like it. And
it's the opposite of what we have in
this dunya. And Ar Rahim is that being
who gives to you even though you don't
ask.
Even though you haven't asked for parents, even
though you haven't asked for safety, even though
it's been a while
since you caught on to Allah Subhanahu Wa
Ta'ala, yet he hasn't cut off
his favorites onto you.
Number 2,
the second way you can gauge your relationship
with Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, the way that
you communicate with Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala.
When a person is comfortable talking to another
person, when their relationship is mature,
you put your guards down
and you open up about your weaknesses.
For example,
if our relationship
is
in its early stages and we don't really
know each other, and you ask me, sheikh,
how are things going?
Even though I may be struggling inside
with some problems that I might have,
I won't open up to you.
Why? Because my guard is still up. Our
relationship is not at that level. I do
not know you like that.
But if we are good friends,
we've done umrah together, we've done Hajj together,
we've been through a lot, we know each
other. Every time I need you, I call
on to you. Every time you need me,
you call on to me. And now you
ask me, Sheikh, how are things going? I
said, you know what, man? I'm struggling.
My health,
my children,
my work.
I put my guards down. Why? Because this
relationship is now mature. And now you ask
yourself
that when I call on to Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala, do I open up about my
weaknesses?
Because in this world we're always taught to
be macho.
Everything's all good.
No. No. In my life, everything's perfect.
But when you come to Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala, it's the complete opposite.
You put your guard down and you tell
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,
I need your help.
My
relationship with my children, not going good. My
relationship with my spouse, even so on Facebook
or on Instagram, I might tell everybody that
relationship is amazing. But I can't hide it
from you. So I might
But will Allah smile, I can't hide it
from you.
Salman Fassir radiya wata'ala.
He says that when a person he mentioned
the hadith from the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa
sallam.
That when a person calls on to Allah
during good times and in hard times,
when things are going good as well as
when things are going bad.
Then the angels
become aware of him. They get to know
this person.
And then a hardship falls.
Something really bad happened in this person's life
and he calls on to Allah and he
says to Allah, oh Allah,
oh my Lord.
Angels the angels of Allah subhan'da, they say,
sultan marufun.
This voice
we we recognize this voice. This
person always comes.
He's not a first time customer. He's always
here.
And this voice,
it belongs to a vulnerable,
weak person, a person who is in need.
And Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala grants that person
what they want.
On the other hand,
the prophet Sallallahu Wa Salam then says that
a person who doesn't really call on to
Allah in the times of good times.
It's only when I'm struggling. It's only when
things are
not going well for me.
I only make dua to Allah when my
health is bad.
I only make dua to Allah when, you
know, I'm going through a situation.
The angels say, this voice right here, this
is a ajeeb.
It's a unique voice. We never heard this
voice again.
You know, the the weird thing is
just because 2 people live together
or are in touch with one another,
doesn't mean
that they're in sync with one another.
Many times in our relationships,
what happens is
even so we've been married for 5, 10
years,
Our wives
and our spouses are still adjunantees to us.
They're still strange to us.
We still don't put down our guard
in front of them.
We still have a barrier.
But on the other hand, you have some
people who can can communicate
anything
to their spouse.
They're on the same wavelength.
At times they don't even need to talk
and they understand
the feelings the other person is going through.
And that is a sign of a relationship
where the communication
is mature.
Number 3.
When a relationship, it's in its infancy stages,
communication is awkward.
Assalamu alaykum.
How's everything? Good?
How's
the weather? A lot of rain today.
But when a relationship is mature,
that communication
is no longer awkward. It's now smooth.
You can talk to this person
for hours.
You there's not enough time.
Hours pass and like, oh,
well
and a lot of time when we look
at how our communication is with Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala,
sometimes
our communication is awkward.
The time frame, if you were to time
how long do I talk to Allah,
what you will realize is that you may
talk to your neighbor
for longer.
You may talk to your coworker
for longer than the time that you spend
in du'a to Allah Subhan communicating
with your rub
is unfortunately
so awkward
that you don't know what to say.
But as you build that relationship,
now
talking to Allah for 5 minutes, 10 minutes,
half an hour, it may seem like half
an hour of dua. Are you serious?
That's gonna be very hard.
But spending half an hour to talking to
somebody that your good friend,
someone that's close to you,
this is where that transition is that when
a person's
relationship
with Allah subhanahu becomes mature, it goes from
awkward
to then smooth.
Number 5.
When a relationship is in its infancy stages,
you go from a formal way of communicating,
and then when it's in its mature stages,
it's now very free flowing.
There's no formalities there.
For example,
if this is the first time we're meeting,
we shake our hands.
But let's say, for example,
you know, we're good boys.
We know each other. Now it just won't
be
it'll probably
be. You know? A nice hug, a nice
dab.
How's everything? Everything's good?
It's not formal anymore.
If you look at usually the way that
we communicate with Allah And
and again, this is a du'a that the
prophet teaches us, and we're not taking anything
away from that
du'a.
But what happens once your relationship is mature,
you now begin to talk to Allah in
your own unique way.
It's not you reading du'as.
It's you talking to your Lord.
It's like, you know, our mothers and our
grandmothers, they say When they call into Allah,
they say, My
Lord.
It's not so formal.
They open up. They let down, you know,
it's not It's very free flowing.
And sometimes a person gets so free flowing
that they even make mistakes. Why? Because that's
the connection they have with Allah Subhanahu Wa
Ta'ala.
That's how close they feel with Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala. The prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam
talks about this person. He says that, imagine
that this person who loses everything and he's
sitting against a tree or a stone and
he's waiting to die. But then when he
opens his eyes, his camel that had everything
on it is now there in front of
him, and he becomes so happy. He says
to Allah subhanahu, oh Allah. You are my
servant. I am I am your Lord.
That's how free flowing his communication is that
he sometimes makes mistakes.
And we look at the way that we
communicate with Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
When we talk to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala,
people sometimes ask, what's the best to what
to make?
A lot of time you see people that
go to Hajj and Umrah. Now again, I'm
not taking away from anything like that. They'll
stand there with their books reading from again,
the prophetic duas are very important.
But understand that this shows that your communication
is very formalized.
Don't read from a book.
When you sit down, don't sit down with
a book and
only say the ones that you learned, that
you memorized.
Put that down and let your heart speak
to Allah
Oh Allah, this is Mubin coming to you.
Oh Allah, this is Fatima coming to you.
Oh Allah, this is Abdullah coming to you.
Oh Allah, you know what? These are
my this is how my relationship with is
with you. This is how much I need
you. Oh Allah
these are my struggles. Oh Allah these are
things I'm I I am appreciative about. Oh
Allah this is what I need. Oh Allah
this is how dependent
I am onto
you. That the communication
it changes from a stylized communication to a
free flowing communication. These are 5 ways where
a person can
look at
the way that they sorry. Number 4. I
I skipped 1.
The last one is
that
your when your relationship with somebody
is in its infancy stages,
you're hesitant
or it's very scheduled
when you call onto them
versus somebody that you're, you know, comfortable with.
An example of this is that
a person that you're close with, you can
hit them up whenever you want.
You have a good friend. You can hit
them up. You can message them at 3,
4 o'clock.
But when your relationship is formalized, when your
relationship is awkward,
it's now very hesitant that you have certain
times you can hit them up when you
need something.
For example,
if your boss were to message you
at 10 o'clock at night,
it's like, what do you want? Why are
you messing me at this time? Do I
need to call HR?
But
somebody that you're close to, somebody that you
have a good relationship to,
you now call on to them whenever you
want.
You don't need a set time.
And this is where you ask yourself, When
I call on to Allah, when do I
call on to Allah Is it only after
salas?
Is it only in the month of Ramadan?
Is it only on the day of Jum'ah?
Or do I call on to Allah whenever
I want?
It's like, you know, if you were to
send a random text to your wife, I
love you. She's like,
why?
What's this about?
That spontaneous
connection, that spontaneous
communication
is what changes when you become comfortable with
Allah Subhanahu wa'ala. When you become comfortable with
Qadu, Allah Subhanahu wa'ala. I got a few
minutes. Okay. Let me just quickly make dua.
Oh, Allah Subhanahu wa'ala. This is where I'm
at.
I'm I'm just about to go into a
meeting.
Oh, quickly. Oh, Allah. I need your help.
I'm just about to leave work.
Oh, Allah.
That's what I need.
Anytime,
any moment,
a person is open to raising their hands
to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. So these are
the 5 ways a person can look at,
engage their own connection with Allah Subhanahu Wa
Ta'ala. That where is my relationship with Allah,
Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala?
You
know,
you have to realize
that Allah, Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, is always listening.
And there are certain qualities that Allah, Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala, has that makes him listening
different from other people that listen.
Sometimes you have somebody who is a habib,
somebody that loves you.
They want to cure your problems,
but they don't know
how to. They don't have the skill set.
Then you have somebody who is
a labeeb.
Labeeb is somebody who has
the intellect. They know how to cure, but
that love isn't there.
And then you have the tabib, a person
who
can cure.
And you realize Allah
is a combination
of all three of these characteristics.
He is Habib. He loves you more than
anything, any person.
He is Labib. He understands the struggles that
you're going through. He is Tabib. He can
cure and wipe away the struggles that you
have.
But as Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala tells us
in the Quran,
When my servant asks about me, you feel
like we don't have a relationship?
You feel that you can't communicate?
You can't talk to me?
I'm close to you. I haven't left your
side.
You may have forgotten me. It may have
become awkward. It may have become hesitant.
The topics have may may have become, you
know, very,
narrow. Your communication style may be very, you
know, formal,
but I'm
close to you.
What am I doing?
And I'm calling I'm accepting the prayer when
the person that calls on to me,
so call on to me.
Oh, Allah, we ask for infinite mercy. Oh,
Allah, we ask you to have mercy upon
us, our family members, our children. Oh, Allah,
we ask that you make us people who
call on to you. Oh, Allah,
we ask that you better our means of
communication to you. Oh, Allah,
we ask you to make us people who
make duat to you. Oh, Allah, Make us
people who make du'a to you in the
times of good times and in time of
hard times, oh, Allah.
We ask that you accept all of our
duas, oh, Allah. The duas that we are
shy to bring to our tongues, oh, Allah.
We ask that you accept those duas, oh,
Allah.
The duas that we have that we that
are hidden in our hearts that we haven't
opened up to yet, oh, Allah, subhanahu wa
ta'ala. We ask you accept those duas, oh,
Allah, accept the duas of our family members,
oh, Allah, accept the duas of our children,
oh, Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala. We ask that
you forgive our sins, oh, Allah, wherever there
is a Muslim struggling, oh, Allah, we ask
that you elevate and remove those troubles from
their lives, oh, Allah,
we ask that you forgive us, oh, Allah,
forgive us. Oh, Allah, be pleased with us.
There is some request for the Hajji,
Hajji for the Hajji, Hajji for Mohammed. He
passed away in Pakistan.
Rafik Mulani, the father of, Wasim Mulani,
has requested to make du'a for them, and
Rashida Khan, the mother of Gulnar Khan,
who has cancer in the final stages. We
ask Allah
gives those who are ill cured. Allah gives
a complete, everlasting, quick, shifa'a with kher. And
those that have passed away, we ask the
lost, the one who forgives their sins. We
ask the lost, the one who makes their
graves in the garden in paradise. We ask
the lost, the one who gives their family
members strength and patience during this hard time.