Mufti Menk – Dhul Hijjah – The Way of the Prophets
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The speaker discusses the importance of the busy busy season of the month of Easter, where the busy season is time specific and is time specific for every day. The speaker explains that Islam's plan for peace is based on the user's faith and that he is not just a message to be given to individuals. The speaker also discusses the importance of not giving up on one's promises and being mindful of one's behavior.AI: Transcript ©
My beloved brothers and sisters,
if you are to look at the Hajj,
which can only take place in Dhul Hijjah,
just like the fasting of Ramadan can only
take place in the month of Ramadan.
Whereas when it comes to the charity and
Zakat, you can give it throughout the year.
Whereas when it comes to prayer, you pray
every single day, but prayer
is also time specific,
but on a daily basis, the Ramadan is
time specific, but on an annual basis within
a month.
Hajj is time specific
particular
days within the month of Dhul Hijjah.
So when you look at these days,
you will come to realize that indeed we
were taught about this by the prophet Muhammad
may peace be upon him. But
it actually goes back to many prophets of
Allah.
Allah loves
when
he is obeyed, when he says something, when
he instructs something
and we obey that instruction, he loves it
so much.
We believe in Allah and then we
understand that this is Allah Almighty. His decision,
His plan.
He decided this for me and I've got
to get it done. If Allah tells you
to pray 5 times a day, you pray
without questioning
and then see what Allah does for you
over time. So Ibrahim
if you look at his life, he married
Hajar, may peace be upon her.
He had a son, Ishmael, may peace be
upon him. And this was after many years
when he was quite old.
And then Allah Almighty
instructed him, gave him a few instructions.
Firstly, they were in Makkahul Mookarama
and Allah asked him to leave them there
and to go and pray to go and
worship him.
So as he was leaving them, he prayed
to Allah. Oh Allah, I'm leaving them here
in order that I worship you. I call
out to you and I respond to your
call to me.
What did the family do? Subhanallah.
This is a lesson we learned from these
10 days of Dhul Hijjah because it happened
during these days.
Subhanallah.
And so what did they do?
They knew it's barren land. They asked him,
where are you going? He said, well, Allah
has instructed me.
Allahu
Amarak.
Did Allah
instruct you? Yes, he did. Well, then it's
okay. He will take care of us. Where
am I going? To pray
or to call out to Allah to follow
the instruction of Allah. When am I going
to come back? No idea.
So Hajar may peace be upon her was
left with Ishmael
may peace be upon him.
And so
they didn't have much in terms of provision
and Allah provided for them.
They prayed, they prayed very hard. The mother
prayed very hard and she
actually
started searching for water or for a caravan
that might have been passing.
And as she is searching for this caravan,
she went from Mount Safa
down to the valley and up to Mount
Marwa,
down to the valley and up to Mount
Safa again, hoping that when she gets to
the top, she might draw the attention of
a passing caravan. In the meantime,
at a certain point, she heard water. She
saw birds. Water started gushing from the ground.
The Zamzam that is actually gushing to this
day
was a miracle.
Allah granted it to this woman, the wife
of the prophet Ibrahim, may peace be upon
her and upon him
and
their son Ismael.
At the time
he was the son. They were in Makkah
and then a whole city developed from that
particular place.
Look at how it started with a seed.
Generations later. Look where it's become.
When he sacrificed for Allah, he says, Oh,
Allah, I'm leaving my family here for your
sake. You've told me to go and do
something. I'm going to get it done. I
know you're going to look after my family.
How many of us would leave the home
just for salah to the masjid around the
corner or a few kilometers away
and say, I'm going for the sake of
Allah. Yes.
If you're living in a dangerous area, perhaps
you may have an excuse. Or if you're
living in an area where you need to
lock up, make sure that everything's, you know,
safe and secure, make sure that that is.
But if it's relatively secure, what excuse do
you have? SubhanAllah.
Do you know what Allah did for Ibrahim
alayhis salam? He says,
Oh Allah, I've left them in order for
me to fulfill salah, to establish what you've
asked me to fulfill.
So make the hearts of the people to
come inclined towards this place
or
subhanallah
towards these people, towards them.
Guess what? To this day, we all want
to go to Makkah. We're all saddened that
we're unable to go due to the virus
or whatever else it may be. That's amazing.
Look at how Allah blessed them. And this
is why when Allah told Ibrahim alaihis salam
later when they built the house, the Kaaba,
him and his son Ishmael
Allah says to them,
Allah says to him,
you just announced the pilgrimage. They will come
to you walking in on every lean camel
from every
far place. They will come to this day.
That dua, that supplication, we witness it and
we're a part of it. Subhanallah,
look at the gift of Allah upon the
prophet Ibrahim
may Allah grant us goodness. There are more
lessons to follow inshallah in the next episode.
Until then,
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