Mufti Menk – Importance of the Sunnah

			salaam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato. smilla rahmanir rahim al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil alameen wa
Salatu was Salam O Allah Shafi lambier, mousseline Nabina Muhammad wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa
		

			salam ala de Nova. We praise Allah subhanho wa Taala we send blessings and salutations upon Muhammad
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, his entire household, all his companions, may Allah bless them all. And
may He bless every single one of us, my brothers and sisters, a prophecy of Muhammad sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam was that there will come a time when some people will say that we believe in the
Quran, but we stopped exactly upon the Quran we do not want to know about the words of Muhammad
sallallahu alayhi wasallam known as the Hadith or the Sunnah of Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam. And no doubt this prophecy has become true and it has been true for a while where people
		

			have emerged who say we believe in the Quran, we adopt the Quran, we read the Quran, we understand
it, but we do not want to know anything besides that foreign whatever is in the foreign we take it
what is not in the foreign we don't. So Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam had warned us that they
will come a man reclining on his recliner, saying how the Kitab umahi. This is the book of Allah,
whatever halaal is mentioned in it, I consider it Helen, what is haram in it, I consider it haram
and I do not go beyond this. Now the foolishness of the statement is quite clear. Because the first
thing we need to remember, the Quran itself was brought by Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam. So
		

			you can believe a man when he is telling you that this is from Allah, but you're not trusting him
when he tells you this is how it is to be explained. This is the most foolish statement ever. If you
have, for example, a teacher who has taught you mathematics or physics or anything else, and you are
to take it from that particular teacher, known as an honest, upright person, a person who definitely
has brought what has resulted in the success of so many people before you in those examinations. And
then we say no, I am only going to select this portion of what they've said. And the rest of it. I
don't trust them in it, I don't want to believe them in it stuff. This is such a foolish statement.
		

			But the reality is the number of these people seems to be growing or their voice seems to be coming
louder and louder. And for this reason, it is up to us to make clear that we believe not only in the
Quran, but in the explanation given by Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and the life that he
lived every statement of his his sacred, every movement of his his sacred, every explanation of his
his sacred the confirmations of his work absolutely sacred. This is part and parcel of the Sunnah of
Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam. And this is why if you recall last week, I made mention of
something important when we spoke about the Quran. And what I said is if we were to follow the Quran
		

			correctly, it would lead us to the Sunnah of Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, clearly Allah
says,
		

			that which the messenger has given you, he has instructed you consider it an instruction and that
which he has prohibited you from consider it as a prohibition. Why would Allah subhanho wa Taala say
this? Not only that, that verse itself was brought by Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam it came to
us through him. So we believe the men when it comes to telling us that this is the part of the
Quran, but we don't want to understand the meaning of the same verse. May Allah subhanho wa Taala
protect us. In another instance when it comes to disputes amongst the believers. Rasulullah
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was instructed by Allah subhanho wa Taala the verse came through jabril
		

			la salaatu wa Salaam to Muhammad Sallallahu Sallam conveyed to us and Allah subhanho wa Taala says,
and we believe completely In fact, even those who do not adopt the Sunnah of Muhammad Sallallahu
wasallam or who reject the Hadith they confirm that this is a verse of the Quran what is the verse
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			Whatever disputes they have amongst them, and once the decision that you have given has been made
clear to them, they will not find in their hearts even a single droplet of animosity towards that
particular decision. And those are the believers. So description of the believers, those who when
they have a dispute amongst them, they make a ruling based on what was taught by Muhammad sallallahu
alayhi wasallam. This verse says, if they do not do that, they cannot call themselves true
believers. May Allah subhanho wa Taala safeguard us. And on top of that, once the decision has been
made, whether it is for us or against us, it is made upon justice upon the teachings of Muhammad
		

			salallahu alayhi wasallam. In our hearts, we are not allowed to feel even in the least that we've
lost something in fact, it is only a win win situation because we would be adopting the Sharia. We
will be adopting the law of Allah subhanho wa Taala regarding the disputes amongst us, and that
alone is a win that itself is already a win. May Allah subhanho wa Taala help us and guide us. And
for this reason, you find in Surah Al Azhar, Allah subhanho wa Taala says it in different words,
again, these words were brought to us by Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, we trust him when he
told us that this is from Allah, so we trust him when he tells us that this is how the explanation
		

			is Subhana Allah quite simple, quite logical. What is the verse? Allah Subhana Allah Allah says, All
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			Nevada. Bina, it is not befitting for a true believing male or female, that when Allah subhanho wa
Taala, or the messenger peace be upon him have decided something declared something past something
that they that they feel in their hearts, that we still have a choice in this regard. The decision
has been made, so the true believers feel we have no longer a choice in this regard. Then Allah
subhanho wa Taala says, Whoever disobeys Allah subhanho wa Taala. And whoever disobeys the messenger
May peace be upon him, they have indeed gone astray quite clearly, quite openly, may Allah subhanho
wa Taala protect us from going astray. So, in fact, if we were to move a little bit further, we
		

			would also come to the explanation of all the basic Pillars of Islam. Let's take a look at the five
pillars when it comes to, for example, Salah the prayer that we have five times a day, yes, the
Quran has instructed us In brief, to fulfill the prayer, but it is not explained to us the details
of the record and what to read in it and the sujood and how to get up into the throttle in the first
workout or in the car, the units of salah and what to do exactly thereafter. And for example, in the
third and the fourth or God have a follow up or a compulsory prayer and the precise timings and so
on precise explanation given by Muhammad Allah Allah, Allah Allah. So those who discount or do not
		

			believe in the hadith of Muhammad Sallallahu sallam, they are actually eradicating Islam, they are
slowly trying to delete the rules of Islam. So they will come to prayer. And they will say, well,
you don't need to prostrate because that's not obligatory because it's not in the Quran. And they
might even say, you don't need to read Salah you don't need to read Quran when it comes to Salah
because it doesn't mention that in the Quran. They will probably even say you don't need to pray
five times a day, because the five times a day is not mentioned in the Quran. But these are Pillars
of Islam that are necessary necessary in order to enter into the fold of Islam How then can we
		

			dispute them? So it's common logic, common knowledge and common sense that Subhanallah the
explanation of the messenger is the most powerful and the only reliable explanation that is after
the revelation of the Quran. And this is why Allah says in the beginning of surah, to Nigel,
		

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			allies taking an oath by the stars and Allah subhanho wa Taala says, your companion meaning the
messenger my young people.
		

			Firstly, he is not a stray Marbella. Sahiba komazawa he's not a stray, he has not faltered in any
way. And then Allah says wama young tieguanyin However, he does not utter
		

			Any utterance from his own whims and fancies or desires now to be law. But Allah says in who in law
when you have, it is none, which means his utterance. utterances are none other than revelation
inspired by Allah subhanho wa Taala. So this is why I started by saying the statements of Muhammad
sallallahu alayhi wasallam are sacred, they are recorded. And people might argue and say, Well, you
know, the Hadith came about 150 years after Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. Such people have
not given it a thought. They have not even pondered for a minute there. The fallacy in their
statement is quite manifest and clear, it shows their ignorance, because you and I know that
		

			technology progresses, the system of memorization has changed from time to time, a few years ago,
		

			we all memorize so many phone numbers, because there was no system that did the job for us. I knew
perhaps 100 numbers and maybe even more and long international phone numbers, and I'm sure a lot of
us did the same. But then comes the mobile and what did it do? It made us lazy to the degree that I
don't even I don't even think we know our own spouses numbers sometimes, let alone our own. May
Allah subhanho wa Taala safeguard us? So if someone says, Well, you know what?
		

			Why didn't they have it in the first place in the mobile phone? We would tell them the mobile phone
did not exist at the time. So you are foolish to say that why was it not recorded in the computer
chip, or on a CD or perhaps on the computer and what have you, the memory chips and so on, we would
tell them that did not exist some time back. But we relied on memory. And it was quite simple. We
did not really make blunders when it came to important phone numbers, people had to tell it to you
once and you memorized it, because you knew that this is a very important number. So at the time of
Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam. You and I know that Allah says
		

			Allah has sent to the nation who mostly unelected a messenger from amongst them, unlimited meaning
they were not into reading and writing at the time, very few people could actually read and write.
So it was not considered something bad, but it was considered an honor and a privilege. If someone
could read and write, it was not considered bad if they could not. But if they did, it was
considered a privilege. They were looked at a few handful of people. And this is why people relied
on memories such that the books have made mention of how they knew their lineage up to 1520
generations back their lineage. If you were to ask what is the lineage of Abu Bakr, Siddiq, or the
		

			Allahu anhu, the books would make mention of his lineage going all the way back, even to Ibrahim
Alayhi, Salam and beyond. And with Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam it would go right back even
to Adam la salatu salam. So this is something that they knew it was in their heads, they had it that
was the in thing the gigabytes in their heads were being utilized. Unlike us. We don't even know if
there's a gigabyte up there. May Allah subhanho wa Taala protect us it's been replaced by a small
nail size, the size of a nail chip. And then we want to start saying why did they record the
heartbeat 150 years later, or 100 years later, a century later, common logic. They had it in memory,
		

			they knew it the day everyone started reading and writing. And the day they started losing a few of
those who had memorized it. They then began to gather they gathered the Quran together, they
gathered the hadith of Rasulullah sallallahu Sallam together, they put it down and trust me as soon
as the next technology or the next latest came out, it was transferred to that so much so that today
you have the Quran on your phone and on the apps and you have it on every small little items
including the iCloud and whatnot. You can download it anytime, anywhere you out on the globe, it
would be foolish for us to say what I'm not going to believe in it because this iCloud did not exist
		

			100 years back, while the foolish person is He who makes such utterances without thinking and this
is why there is no doubt in the sooner Muhammad Sallallahu Sallam it was recorded. The Quran was
recorded first because obviously it's the word of Allah subhanho wa Taala and thereafter came the
recording of the Sunnah of Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam. And for your information, it was
recorded with such precision that every person who claimed to have a narration of Muhammad
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam or a movement of his that was recorded. Remember this something sacred?
If Muhammad Sallallahu Sallam moved his head? It was sacred. It was recorded, they remembered it on
		

			this occasion he put up two fingers to pan Allah. That's how sacred his entire life was. And Allah
says it quite clearly nakada can Allah configure soon in law he has Anna indeed for you. There is a
powerful, beautiful example to emulate in that
		

			Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam you want to live a life of goodness, you want to be happy and
content Well here is Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, his entire life has been recorded with
greatest of precision, follow it and you find success in this world and the next so Subhana Allah,
like I said, technology progressed and the recording progressed we are utilizing today as muslimeen,
something that was never utilized before. Trust me next year, if something new comes up, we will be
using it again. Do you recall the days of the ordinary cassettes, the audio cassettes, some might
still have an audio player today try and tell the youngsters we have a cassette? They have actually
		

			told me what is that we have to now explain to them what it is, you know, there was a cassette with
a little bit of a ribbon and so on. So panela technology has progressed such that very soon we won't
even be using CDs, that does not mean that we find error in what was recorded from the time of
Muhammad Sallallahu sallam. So the point I was raising everyone who claimed to have even a little
bit of what Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam his life had in it had to present their credentials.
Who are you? Where did you learn from what happened? And where are the witnesses or the people who
know you and people would know that this man definitely heard from such a person who heard from such
		

			a person and they heard from Muhammad Sallallahu Sallam or they met him. If there was a discrepancy
in the meeting, it was discounted, meaning their narration was discounted. If there was a
discrepancy in the wording, for example, and some had to dispute it, it was discounted and so on. To
this day, it is quite easy to distinguish between narrations that are correct and authentic and
those which are fabricated, it is quite easy for those who would like to learn May Allah subhanho wa
Taala grant us the minimum and that is the adoption of whatever we know of the hadith of Muhammad
sallallahu alayhi salam and the fact that we believe in the Quran as well as the Sunnah of Muhammad
		

			Sallallahu sallam, and obviously we also believe that there is an explanation of the Sahaba of the
Allahu anhu that is of utmost importance wherever we don't find that which is self explanatory in
the Hadith or in the Quran. It's important for us, for us to ask those with knowledge. And this is
why Allah subhanho wa Taala says, first ello
		

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			asked those who have knowledge, ask those who have the remembrance who have knowledge, if you are
uncertain regarding revelation that Allah Subhana Allah has revealed and the clear cut signs or the
verses so we are to ask those with knowledge in order to get an answer. Now I have a question. And
that is,
		

			if you are to ask a knowledgeable man in your midst, regarding a religious issue that you have a
question about, and you will trust Him, surely we would have to trust Muhammad sallallahu alayhi
wasallam there is no comparison between the two people are ready to trust a man who is in their
midst today when he tells them this is how you should read salah and they are telling you that we
are not going to adopt the Hadith Come on. So can Allah the man who came with the revelation, we
want to discount what he said and the person you asking in front of you generations later you want
to adopt what he is now coming to say May Allah subhanho wa Taala safeguard us. So there is a lot
		

			that would prove that the error in the statement of those who would like to find fault in the hadith
of Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and I have chosen this day. Very importantly because we
have now entered the month of Asia, a very important month. It is important for us to increase our
rabada It is important for us to try our best to gain closeness to Allah subhanho wa Taala the
Hadith says Mama yaman allama masala cofina illallah Haman had Elijah, they are no days of the year
where in good deeds are more loved by Allah subhanho wa Taala than these 10 days of good Egypt. So
you want to do good deeds, do a lot of good deeds, your kindness to your family to everyone else,
		

			your goodness, your Salah your extra bad debt if you would like to fast and so on the reward of
fasting on the day of alpha which is the ninth day of the danger. The reward is such that you would
have the forgiveness of sins committed in the past year and one duration says even in the coming
year or the present year. How powerful is this? But there are people who find fault in these
narrations because they say look, I adopt the Quran but there's nothing mentioned about this in the
Quran. While I as I've started I would like to end by saying if that is the case, it is as good as
saying I'm not following Islam because the Quran Yes, as much as everything has been made clear in
		

			the Quran. Through the explanation of Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam in the Hadith, and in his
statements, he was the living example. And this is why I shall be alone. And I was asked once that
tell us
		

			About the character of Muhammad Sallallahu sallam, do you know what she said? this hadith in Sahih
Bukhari hadith of Telangana, she says, kind of Foucault. Imagine if I were to ask you, what is this?
This man's character? Can you please tell me more about it? We would expect someone to sit down and
to explain to us you know, he did this and he did that she had one word. She said his character was
the Quran. He was a living Quran Subhana Allah which means he knew best how to fulfill it. So we
need to take from that may Allah subhanho wa Taala bless us all and grant us all goodness, May He
grant us forgiveness in these beautiful days my brothers and sisters, spend the moment Today's a
		

			Friday. It is the ledger it is a powerful month it is actually the month of Hajj, believe me it is
about time we spent moments to look into our hearts to remove hatred, jealousy, enmity, envy,
whatever dirty qualities we have, take him out. Learn to love one another for the sake of Allah. We
may have differences we may have a few disputes, but that should not undermine the connection we
have for the sake of Allah subhanho wa Taala it's about time we rekindle the Brotherhood of Islam,
The Sisterhood of Islam these patties mean nothing let's get to the earth here. If Allah is happy
with us and pleased with us, inshallah we will be granted gentlemen, may Allah grant that to us was
		

			on Allahu wa salam ala nabina Muhammad