Mufti Menk – Ramadan 2015 – Day 21

			Salam Alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh
		

			smilla rahmanir rahim al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil alameen wa Salatu was Salam ala ashrafi nambia even
more serene Nabina Muhammad wa ala alihi wa sahbihi Wetherby woman tambien BSN in Isla Medina.
		

			We praise Allah subhanho wa Taala we always commenced by sending blessings and salutations upon
Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, his entire household, all his companions, may Allah subhanho
wa Taala bless them all, and bless every single one of us. I mean, my brothers and sisters, I'm sure
you've heard people who are not Muslim say that. Islam is very difficult. It has a lot of rules and
regulations. Sometimes there are people who are interested in entering Islam, but in their hearts
and minds, they feel that there are too many restrictions. When I become a Muslim, perhaps life will
become difficult. I need to pray at certain times, I need to dress in a specific way, I need to
		

			watch out what I eat, I need to make sure that my thinking is okay, I need to make sure that my
clothing is okay. I'm not allowed to be with certain people and I can be with so with certain
people, and so on. And there are so many people who have so many rights that need to be fulfilled.
And a lot of this sometimes gives the impression to those who don't know that Islam brings about
distress in the life of a person. Well, according to the generation of a buzzer, the alarm is made
mention of in several of the books of reasons of Revelation. He says that at the time of the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wasallam, some of the people of Quraysh. They said the same thing, and they fought
		

			the same thing in the US to spread the same thing. So they used to see Muhammad sallallahu alayhi
wasallam engage in long worship. And they used to see the Muslim in engaging in acts of worship and
they used to say this Quran has been revealed in order for it to be a means of distress for those
who follow it. May Allah subhanho wa Taala forgive that type of thinking, sometimes even the week
from amongst us, who are not aware of the contentment that we achieve by following these rules and
regulations. They feel too many rules, too many regulations, everything is restricted. The truth is
what are you searching for, if you are searching for contentment, the minute you let loose, you lose
		

			all contentment. The minute you put restrictions on yourself, you will achieve contentment and
happiness. If you run behind the world, the world is such that you will never ever catch up with it.
It always moves quicker than you move. Let me give you a simple example. How many of you have the
latest mobile phone? You perhaps the bulk would put up your hands we have the s the S seven, that's
the one I have Michelle,
		

			you're laughing because it's not yet out to be honest with you, by the will of Allah subhanho wa
Taala if you have the latest one, it's only latest for a few minutes after that. There is another
one it keeps you running and it keeps you running so fast. You have the latest motor vehicle Five
minutes later, there's another one it distresses you when you have bought the latest Mercedes Benz
for example. And you are so excited driving it to puncture your balloon in a split second, a man
with the later one needs to drive past it's over. Your millions are actually a means of your
distress. And you think to yourself What did I do the same happens to your phone The same happens to
		

			everything else. So Allah teaches you you really want contentment. Be happy with what you have put
on your blinkers thank Allah, be restricted, restrict yourself put lots of rules and regulations and
you will find yourself in upon the height of happiness. May Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us
happiness and contentment. So Allah subhanho wa Taala reveals the opening verses of surah ha ha
making it clear that the Quran has not been revealed in order for it to be a means of your distress.
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			Allah says Ha ha, this Quran has not been revealed to you. Oh Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
that you become distressed? No, it is only a reminder for those who fear or who are conscious of
Allah subhanho wa Taala. May Allah help us
		

			to in fact read the Quran and let it be the reminder for us to turn to Allah subhanho wa Taala What
a beautiful verse. In fact, it is reported that Omar Abril, Allah Allah, these verses were revealed
in the early stages of Mecca. And when he was when he were had an intention to go and harm Mohammed
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, he stopped by his system and in the procedure in the process. It's a
long story.
		

			But he stumbled across verses of the Quran. These were the verses. And he says there was a question
in his mind from a long time back that these restrictions How do people find Islam appealing when it
brings about so much in terms of restriction? So he says, When I came across these verses as I read
this verse, I knew this was a response from Allah subhanho wa Taala. To me, telling me that you know
what, the Quran is not revealed in order for you to be distressed, rather, by following all these
rules and regulations, you will be free of all forms of distress. May Allah subhanho wa Taala help
us May Allah grant us happiness and contentment, I mean,
		

			then according to mmm so you try to lie and they make mention of how the co founder of Croatia asked
Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam, looking at the mountains of Mecca, that you claim that the
world is going to come to an end everything will be destroyed, there's going to be a day of
judgment. What is your Lord going to do with these mountains? That's a question. So Allah subhanho
wa Taala replies he makes mention of the question and he gives them the answer, verse number 105 of
Surah Taha, what is aluna Quran eg
		

			they are asking you about the mountains, and what's going to happen to them for Coolio seafood.
		

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			indeed, your Lord will blow them away with a single blast, and he will leave the land flat without
mountains, that Salah take a look at the earthquakes. Take a look at the volcanoes take a look at
the movement of the tectonic plates across the globe. And how it brings about so much change in
terms of the land and the geography of that particular land. At that time, the kuffaar of Quraysh
knew no better, obviously now with technology the minute there is a tsunami, we would know across
the oceans what has happened. May Allah subhanho wa Taala protect us from these types of disasters
and may He protect us from being punished. May Allah subhanho wa Taala forgive us this beautiful
		

			21st eve of this month of Ramadan Allahumma inaka foon to hit Bula for 510 Allah, you are most
forgiving you love to forgive so forgive us and wipe our sins out I mean
		

			then we have sort of Colombia the next surah and that surah is named after the prophets of Allah
subhanho wa Taala if you take a careful look at the surah it shows us how the prophets are the
chosen ones of Allah subhanho wa Taala Allah has chosen them above everyone else. Allah Who else
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			he can do solo Amina.
		

			It is Allah who has chosen the messengers from among the angels and from among people. It's a law
who has given status to others higher than some. So this is Allah subhanho wa Taala his decision
However, it does not mean that Allah is upset with you when you are going through turbulent times
when you are going through difficulty when you are going through a period that may seem negative, it
does not mean Allah is upset with you. Perhaps it is through that very problem or issue or
difficulty that you will achieve closeness to Allah subhanho wa Taala how many of us are guilty of
not calling out to Allah with such sincerity? And then when we have problems and difficulties, we
		

			become the most sincere people we start to cry, we get up for Salah we make the promises we quit our
sin. Wouldn't you agree that difficulty was the best gift for us? We got close to Allah in no time.
May Allah subhanho wa Taala not make us from those who wait for problems before we tend to him
rather than extend to him during days of ease so that he turns to us or so that he assists us during
our difficult days. I mean, so Allah makes mentioned subhanho wa Taala of the call of all of these
messengers, one after the other. Each one of them called out to him. So you will notice the words
nada nada means to call out he called who called One who is nada Babu and remember when Noah called
		

			out to us in the past, he was a messenger What did he have to call out for? Allah says no, he called
out as well. And you know what? festa Jebin Allah and we responded to the call. Amazing. Then Allah
says, What are you eating nada? And remember when you job May peace be upon him called out to us?
And what does Allah say first gentlemen, Allah we responded to his call after some time we gave him
then Allah subhanho wa Taala says was that Gary?
		

			And remember when Zakaria called out to us, these are the cream of the crop, but they too called out
to us Oh man, are you going to be arrogant not to call out to Allah. Are you going to be impatient
not to wait for the response of Allah subhanho wa Taala those better than you called out they
		

			Tried, they wept, they waited. And Allah says we replied, We responded we know we heard we were
there. We know what went on. So pan Allah and Allah subhanho wa Taala speaks about Eunice la Salaam,
Jonah. May peace be upon him. Well then no need to move on.
		

			naka de la la fana Allah speaks of the condition in which the Prophet Yunus May peace be upon him,
left his people and he was upset and so on. And Allah says then he called out to us, you know, he
was in the belly of the whale. And Allah says, We heard him and Allah says,
		

			Allah we responded to his call Subhana Allah, and after making mention of all of this, you know what
Allah says regarding all these prophets in
		

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			They used to strive to do good. They made an effort to do good and they used to call out to us with
hope and fear, hoping in the mercy of Allah fearing the Wrath of Allah subhanho wa Taala. They had
hoped they called out the lesson I want to draw and this is from the entire surah it's not connected
to a reason of Revelation, but it's connected to the name of the surah. And the story is in that
beautiful surah Allah says lamb. This is these are the prophets and here's the lesson. So let's call
out to Allah never become distressed and despondent, because you are going through a difficult time,
every one of us will go through difficult times, and the prophets May peace be upon them, they all
		

			without exception went through difficult times, and the messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam says,
it is the prophets of Allah and those who he loves the most who are tested the most. and thereafter
those who are closest to the prophets, in terms of example, and following they will have the biggest
of the tests. May Allah subhanho wa Taala help us and may He make us from those who call out to Him
and never ever lose patience. I mean,
		

			then Allah subhanho wa Taala makes mention of something interesting regarding heaven and *. We
all know jahannam and Jenna they exist right now. And Allah subhanho wa Taala has warned people of
hellfire. So there's a verse that was revealed in Kumamoto dunamis Doo Nila Hassan boo Jehan, you
and whatever you used to worship besides Allah will all be the fuel of hellfire. So according to a
narration mentioned by Al Hakim of Ibn Abbas or the Allahu Allah, He says there was a man known as
Abdullah.
		

			He was one of the cronies of Quraysh. He thought of something he came to Muhammad Sallallahu Sallam
and he says, Did I just hear you say that whatever, we worship us and everything that is worshipped
besides Allah will be thrown into hellfire. Is it only for us or for everything that is worshipped
besides Allah. So Mohammed salatu salam says it's not only for you, but it's everything that is
worshipped besides Allah subhanho wa Taala. So he asks a smart question. What's the question? You
know, some people worship Jesus May peace be upon him. Some people worship the angels May peace be
upon the angels? What about them? Are they going to go into * as well? So Allah subhanho wa
		

			Taala, responded with verse number 101, of the same Surah Surah nambia. And Allah says, in levena,
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			mubaloo, those whom the best is preceded from us for them, they will be distanced from the Hellfire,
they will never ever come close. So you cannot blame one who does not want to be worshipped who is
being worshipped besides Allah subhanho wa Taala, for example, the saints who don't want to be
worshipped, but they are worshipped the prophets who don't want to be worshipped, but they are
worshipped the angels who don't want to be worshipped, but they are worshipped. They are innocent,
it's those who have followed, it's those who have done that which was wrong, who are responsible for
their own actions. So this was a beautiful response also in Surah, to ambia. And that was, according
		

			to some of the narrations, one of the reasons of revelation of that beautiful verse, we then have
sought to hedge. It is a surah that is named after the pilgrimage. And you and I know that this
pilgrimage is compulsory upon those who are able and capable, and certain conditions are met once in
a lifetime. So how did it all start? It started off with Ibrahim alayhi salatu was salam, the
prophet Abraham May peace be upon him, and it continued to the life of Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam, and it's amazing how Allah subhanho wa Taala had instructed Ibrahim alayhi salatu salam at
the time to do certain things that perhaps did not make sense to him, but the fact that
		

			He knew it came from Allah, He knew it would bring about his salvation and happiness.
		

			People sometimes ask,
		

			When I break winds, and I make who do I wash myself, I never wash where the wind was broken from,
but I washed the rest of my body, and I'm considered pure and clean. What's the science behind it?
The truth is whether it makes sense to you or not. It's the instruction of Allah. Ibrahim alayhis.
Salam did things that were far more serious that he didn't understand at all. But he knew it comes
from Allah, it cannot be wrong, it's right. It will bring about some form of peace, comfort. Look at
this. Centuries down the line, we say the name of Ibrahim alayhis salam in every Salah. Every time
Subhan Allah, that's Allah elevating the status of those whom he loves, because they follow these
		

			instructions. So if you want Allah to elevate your status, and myself as well, all we need to do is
obey the instruction of Allah makes sense to you or not, you may want to research you may want to
search you may find reasons but you may not. So this was just one simple small example. But it's
something really interesting. If we take a look at that surah and I will move in order. There is
integration in Sahih al Bukhari reported by bus was the other one, he says, there were people who
used to come to Madina, munawwara and enter the fold of Islam. And then if their wives gave birth,
and their
		

			horses gave birth as well, so they saw offspring in terms of their own, and they saw multiplication
in terms of their horses, they would say, this is a good religion.
		

			And the minute their wives didn't give birth or something went wrong. And perhaps if they saw, for
example, that our horses are not multiplying, they would say, it's a bad religion.
		

			Now my brothers and sisters, we need to know one very important point. shavon comes to us and makes
us weak. He makes us despondent, when things happen your way you say Oh, Mashallah beautiful faith.
Allah is merciful. when things don't happen your way you start thinking, look at Allah is punishing
me, it happens. Some people are weak, we need to realize and understand. Allah tests everyone. I
remember, there was a brother, I went to meet in the hospital, and he was suffering final stages of
cancer. And he told me Look, I am thinking, and this is this is a true story. And it goes to show
how sometimes in desperation, people lose faith. Some people become stronger, and others lose it. So
		

			the man tells me, he says, Look, I'm thinking perhaps, I'm being tested because I'm following the
wrong religion. Maybe I'm a Muslim. So that's why I'm being tested with the last stages of cancer, a
pastor came up came by meeting me earlier today, getting to mean that if I were to accept Jesus as
my Savior, I would be cured of cancer. And I smiled, and I looked at him and I thanked a lot that I
was sitting there. And I told him, brother, I have met 20 Christians in the same hospital, who are
suffering this disease, what about them?
		

			Super Subhan Allah, it's got nothing to do with this. It's got to do with your faith. If that was
the guarantees of Allah, what about those following that faith who have died of the same disease, so
don't come to to lose your faith upon the last moment, we believe that the one who made me is my
personal Savior, the whoever can aid to me is the one who's my personal Savior, I take him as my
personal individual Savior, and he will save me the day I returned to him and him alone. I don't
need to take risks by saying this one and that one and the other one and son and daughter, no way. I
see him in Him alone, who, whoever made me he's called Allah, the one and the one I owe my worship
		

			to. That's it. He is my maker. Amazing. And the brother began to cry tears because he realized that
allow us testing him. It happens to some people when they are sick and ill and we tell them seek
medication and prayer. These are the two things that are permissible, and they find themselves
entering terrain that is superstitious that exempts them from the fold of Islam, that is only
sometimes out of desperation, the devil comes to you and tells you come you will be cured. All you
need to do is perhaps cut up five frogs and take their legs and perhaps roast them and boil them and
maybe pour a little bit of that water perhaps on on your head when you're showering and so on. And
		

			thereby you lose your faith in your Eman and conviction in Allah subhanho wa Taala upon a moment,
when we're lucky you have been softened by Allah subhanho wa Taala. So let's not do that. So Allah
makes mention of this in verse number 11 of Surat Al Hajj, amin a nurse, you may go to law house,
there are some people who worship Allah on edge. What is meant by on edge he explains it for in
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			when goodness comes in his direction, he's happy he's come. We're in a sorbet ofit Netanya Allah
Allah wa je and when calamity or trial befalls him, he turns his face the other way. And he loses
his faith because he was
		

			Do me a favor. Allah says, such a person has lost both this world as well as the next analysis that
is a manifest loss. May Allah subhanho wa Taala protect us. So this was revealed on the occasion
when the people used to come to Medina into the fold of Islam, when they bear children and they see
multiplication in their horses, they're happy and they don't they are sad. So Allah says, Don't do
that. Don't do that. It's all from Allah. It's a test from Allah subhanho wa Taala. May Allah
subhanho wa Taala grant us a deeper understanding.
		

			Then we go to the verses of Hajj themselves. Allah subhanho wa Taala tells Muhammad Sallallahu
Sallam to announce the Hajj to proclaim the hedge announcer just announced that you have to come. So
Allah says verse number 27 whatever finance he will have to carry jala and announced proclaim the
Hajj, they will come to you, they will come walking, Allah speaks about on foot, they will come on
foot. Now there was a time and this is mentioned in the Sierra tabari by mfsu known as Mujahid Rahim
Allah. He says there was a time when they used to come, but they only used to walk they had this
belief that you're not allowed to ride. Some people think that you're not allowed to write during
		

			the days of HUD you must walk that's it. You cannot write they used to think that and they only used
to walk so when a lot of you this was there was an addition to this list from Allah subhanho wa
Taala what Allah coolibah Maria Tina Mia Khalifa Jing ami, not only will they come walking, but even
on every lean camel, they will come from every distant pass everywhere they will come. The
proclamation was made to a small group of people. Guess who heard it. Every one of us and we all
want to go for hygiene we all make do out some of us go to the extent of lying in order to be able
to be accredited for Hajj. May Allah forgive us Really? Is that how low is to my brothers and
		

			sisters, when others would like to go for the first time in their lives? And we are asked Have you
been before and we say no and you were there last year? May Allah forgive us? May Allah subhanho wa
Taala forgive the Ummah really, we need to become people who are honest and upright, especially when
it comes to matters pertaining to the deen.
		

			May Allah subhanho wa Taala help us so this is Allah subhanho wa Taala imagine, it brings me to the
hadith of Muhammad Sallallahu wasallam something powerful we can all learn from. Did you know that I
showed the law says Murphy rabina murrini illustre isotta Houma, melomakarona maxima sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam Muhammad peace be upon him. Whenever he had a choice of doing things two different
ways. He always chose the easier way for as long as it was not sinful. So if there was walking in
writing, he would write for example, if there were two ways of doing things, he did it the easier
way for as long as it was not sinful. And this goes to show us that the body we have is actually
		

			entrusted to us by Allah, for you to be able to deliver comfort to that body of yours, if you can
afford it and it is permissible is actually an act of sooner. It is actually an act of merit being
taught to us by Allah subhanho wa Taala through this beautiful narration of eyeshadows Allah Allah
take a look at that. Some people think that if you're a Muslim, you need to struggle and suffer and
make sure that you know, you stand in the sun and burn yourself in order for you to be declared a
faithful slave. No, you need to be a person, even if you're utilizing a condition if you can afford
it, and it's there Mashallah. It's not being wasted, and so on. And it is necessary Alhamdulillah
		

			there's nothing to say your Salah is any less accepted from those who have endured the heat. But if
you have endured the heat, because you could have done nothing about it, perhaps you might have an
added reward because of a condition that you were or that was imposed upon you. But do you know what
some of the scholars say? If you could have facilitated a little bit of that ease, and you
intentionally didn't? Perhaps you have not fulfilled the right of the body that is entrusted to you?
May Allah subhanho wa Taala help us grant us ease it brings me you know, a smile to the face when I
think the prophets Allah said lambs conveyance, made up of horse, camel attends a donkey at some
		

			time. He always had the best v best Subhana Allah of that which was available at the time. I wonder
what would happen if we had to have the best lineup the outside May Allah subhanho wa Taala forgive
us people who would look at us and probably say, as a religious person, you cannot afford to drive
the S Class. Allah subhanho wa Taala help us me Forgive us. Really, we've turned things upside down.
We look at things as a matter of pride rather than a matter of ease. Now Allah subhanho wa Taala,
grant us humbleness and humility, together with the sustenance that he gives us. Remember, pride is
not connected to how much you have. It's connected to the attitude that comes with it. You need to
		

			know this. So if your attitude is still down to earth, you can own the millions in the billions
you're still the best person around. But even if you have a few coins in
		

			Your Pocket but you have a bad attitude trust me you may be from amongst those who are more arrogant
than the wealthy. Now Allah subhanho wa Taala Allah forgive us and grant us a deep understanding. So
the people began to come for Hajj and Mashallah, it was so beautiful Allah subhanho wa Taala bless
them in every single way.
		

			I'd like to move on to solar to me noon It is a beautiful sutra also, and there is a very important
incident made mention of by even Nabil Hatem narration of honorable hapa rhodiola. When,
		

			in fact, just before that, there is a verse of Surah Al Hajj reported in Sudan, the telemedicine and
then the sorry, Muslim Imam Ahmed narration of an apostle of Allah and he says when meaning were
driven out of Mecca, Abu Bakr Siddiq, or the Allahu anhu happened to say in Allahu la Rajan, we
indeed belong to ally and we are going to return to Him. If we are being driven out of our own homes
in this way, where our, our wealth has been usurped, our land has been usurped, and we being driven
out what's going to happen. Perhaps we may be destroyed because we were instructed not to retaliate,
not to fight back, people are taking your things Yes, you walk out, we were gone, we went. So Allah
		

			subhanho wa Taala revealed verse number 39 of Surah Al Hajj, hootenanny levena, yakata Luna be an
emo in Allah Allah Allah Sani him la caja de indeed permission to fight or to retaliate has been
given to those who have been fought because they were oppressed. So Baba Casa de la Han, who says,
When I heard this, I knew that we will be permitted to make armies and go back in order to gain what
was taken of ours. And this is why when we see a lot of wars in Islam, you find the Muslims were
attacked initially, they were the ones who were oppressed. All they did was they went back in order
to get whatever belonged to them. And they went back in order to ensure that those who had oppressed
		

			them had learned their lesson. There was nothing wrong with that. May Allah subhanho wa Taala, bless
us, and May He grant us goodness and he's
		

			speaking about the law on many occasions, he used to say things and revelation used to come
confirming what he said. That was the power of the law. And we believe that he was the second best
to tread this earth after the prophets of Allah subhanho wa Taala. Anyone who does not say of the
law one, after they hear the name of Allah has done a great disservice to Islam and the Muslims.
This was a man whom the narration says when he walked down a galley shavon would dare to walk down
the same brother chiffon would walk down another galley altogether. This was Mr. Bobby rhodiola.
What a great warrior. What a great man What a great saint. It is reported that there was the verse
		

			number 14 or should have known when it was revealed. It describes the creation of men. Let's listen
to how beautiful it is.
		

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			Yvonne Allah.
		

			Shanna, who call upon for what a beautiful verse where law speaks about how a man is created
initially from dust. Thereafter the * thereafter a clot thereafter a lump thereafter the lump
converts into bone and the bone is given flesh. And amazingly,
		

			at that juncture, before hearing the end of the verse, He said Fattah barakallahu Salatin, Glory be
to Allah, Praise be to Allah, the One who is the greatest of all those, the creators He is the
Creator, glory be to Him. And as the Prophet sallallahu Sallam completed the verse, the exact words
that honorable sapodilla who had just uttered within repeated by Mohammed Salah, Salah, and it is
part of the end of the same verse.
		

			So when you hear Fatah Baraka la San Juan 18, yes, it is revealed, but it was also confirmation of
what Omar Abu Qatada the Allahu anhu has said, I chose to actually make mention of this in order to
show you the status of this great men. There are people today who try and find fault in Abu Bakr
Siddiq or their loved one, this man Abdullah have not been too happy. What a great man. What a
powerful man the best to tread the earth after the prophets of Allah subhanho wa Taala it is an
insult to say his name without saying of your loved one and people are finding fault in him. People
are cursing him. People are mentioning him with bad words malice if goddess How dare we do that? The
		

			same applies to a loved one. Man. These are the heroes of Islam. These are the these are the cream
of the crop. Subhan Allah, Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us even a fraction of their dedication and
their conviction and their sacrifice of Islam. I mean
		

			Then we have a beautiful surah inshallah so to know
		

			it is a surah named after the light and it is full of rules and regulations pertaining to
accusations that are leveled against innocent people, rules of adultery and so on, and many other
rulings inshallah tomorrow I will mention two beautiful, interesting stories that we learn great
lessons from regarding those who were accused falsely and how Allah subhanho wa Taala came to the
rescue. May Allah subhanho wa Taala bless us all May he opened our doors Allahumma inaka foon to hit
Bulava one, Oh Allah, you are most forgiving, you love to forgive so forgive us all are sallallahu
wasallam mobarak Allah Subhana Allah Subhana Allah homodiegetic Misha De La La Land