Muhammad West – Friday in a Covid-19 World

			live in a sheet on the resumes below Amanda Rahim al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil aalameen or salat wa salam
ala Sayyidina Muhammad Ali, he was mine. I will have brothers and sisters in Islam cinematic Mark De
La Habra katsu, your Brother Mohammed waste. It is the 27th of March 2020. It is the second week of
Gema being suspended here in Cape Town. It is our first day under lockdown as we continue to
experience the effects of the covid 19 virus, yes, with Africa and globally. And I pray that
wherever you are in the world and whoever is receiving this, that you are in the best of health and
that Allah subhanaw taala keeps you and your loved ones safe molecules, all of us safe in these
		

			really difficult unprecedented times. We enter Africa. Like most of you, wherever you are watching
with fear at the growing numbers of infections. We also had our first the south, you're in South
Africa today. And so we send our condolences out to those who have passed away into the families,
our Grantham Sabra. So this is a very difficult time. And for many of us, we are just trying to make
sense of it all. It is still quite surreal. A few weeks ago, few days ago, we couldn't have imagined
being Yep. And I'm sure you've heard many, many lectures coming out similar kind of theme wise,
Allah subhanaw taala doing this, what is the wisdom behind it? What is the thinking, just trying to
		

			try to mentally come to grips with this reality. And,
		

			you know, by now, we should accept this as the new normal, the world that we knew it's gone.
Hopefully, just temporarily, inshallah, we'll go back to the way things were. And better, we will
learn from the mistakes to be learned with learn from it, we will take the good of this experience
and keep it with us. But for the time being, while we are in isolation, Why will we are in
quarantine, it's time to move forward. And it's time to not just survive, but try to thrive. And so
we thought that insha Allah at Marshall Khurana Islam, as we are not able to resume while we're
going to keep in touch with you digitally. We do things in series and we want to do a series
		

			thriving in a COVID-19 world. And we want to bring some form of you know, of normal, normal pneus
back to our life, and to reclaim our lives in sha Allah in this new reality. And today, the first
thing I want to talk about, and it's not a very long goodbye insha Allah.
		

			As I'm recording this, I'd like to send this out before the walk of Juma which is around one o'clock
in South Africa to walk the floor is to reclaim Joomla. Because Joomla is the most special time of
the week is the most special time of the most special day of all the days. And there are so many
follow in and virtues and rewards in this day. And even though we are not in the masjid, you can
still get the rewards outside of it. You know, I was thinking while compiling this
		

			bit of lecture, I was thinking for the first time I'm actually sympathizing with a lot of our
sisters who were never able to go to the masjid or, you know, even though they're allowed to go to
the masjid and they will never use it. It's not encouraged. It's better for them to perform the
Salah at home, but trying to stay spiritual.
		

			Not not going to the masjid but still keeping your spirituality and linked to Allah. We're very
fortunate and all of us we took that as that neuroma as a as a, we didn't give it full appreciation
for us as the brothers who go to the masjid every week. It's such a major hole in our life. Now that
is not the and therefore, you know, all my respect to assist those who, who maybe didn't go to the
masjid every week, but she still use that time to connect to Allah subhanaw taala she still made the
most of Juma and we as we those of us who have never experienced this, we tried to scramble so Juma
is the most important day of the week. You know, even claim Rahim Allah, he wrote a treatise he
		

			wrote something on the the virtues of Joomla. And he said, one quote, which is quite profound or
highly, but he says Joomla is the balance for the week, meaning we live a life which is not ideal.
And our week is kind of messed up sometimes spiritually, and Joomla brings balance to Joomla is the
one that you know wipes away those sins you might use that gift Allah gives you to bring things back
on an even footing. And then for the year Allah gives you Ramadan, Ramadan is your balance, so you
have 11 months of the year. So for Joomla you have six days of the week when things are not so
great. I'll give you one day and that fixes the week when you have 10 or 11 months of the year. not
		

			doing so well. Allah buddies and I'm Oban and that brings balance to your year. It fixes your whole
year span Allah. Ramadan is like now the use of the 12 brothers. And he was the one brother that
saved all of them. Then Allah brings you a balance to your life and that is hedge. You have a life
that is not perfect. You have many, many years that are not perfect. And then Allah allows you to
perform that hedge and brings balance again. And so Allah give
		

			These bonus days these bonus opportunities so that we can, we can, you know, fix our mistakes and
get into those higher levels of closeness to Allah subhanaw taala. And so, I pray that you know,
hydrometer returns, I pray that our Ramadan must be spoiled because of this event. And of course we
sin Juma. We need to reclaim it and make the most of it. So let's talk today in chat a lot about
surviving or thriving in a COVID-19 world we're going to begin about we're going to talk about the
reclaiming our jumar so let's talk about some of the virtues of Juma the Prophet sallallahu Sallam
said Friday is the master of all days, it is the chief of all days and it is the greatest of days
		

			before Allah subhanho wa Taala it is greater before Allah than even the day of Eid ha and the day of
unfettered meaning even holier than eight itself of evil adhaar it will fit the meaning here if you
think about it on on the day of aid, you have a good bar and you will have to rock as it resembles
tomorrow but of course Juma is compulsory whereas eat as soon as someone without you know if they
were unable to you know they miss the eat Salah they don't make a dog they don't make it up,
inshallah no sun on them. But that's for Juma, you shouldn't miss Juma without an excuse. For those
of us who are now obviously none of us are in the majority jumar this is not a missing of it,
		

			there's no Cola, yes, we will make the world smaller. But this is out of our control. And in fact,
this is what we're doing here is for the sake of Allah subhanaw taala we're following the guidance
of our scholars. We're doing this to save life. And we know that this is the correct thing to do. So
the problem is saying that Joomla is superior to ATI and the Joomla has five speciality is there are
five special things about Joomla on this date, a lucky rated item. So we will create it on this day.
And it was on this day that Allah had sent Adam down to the earth. And it's on this day that Adam
alayhis salam, he died and he's on this day.
		

			On it these are time the prophets are sentences that there is a time in which anyone who asks Allah
for anything he is it is given to him meaning in this 24 hours of Juma starting from Sunset on
mohareb until starting sunset Margaret time on Thursday night until sunset today Friday. There is a
time and hour a period way in which anyone would even do or you make Allah subhana wa tada almost
panatela will answer the dog so long as he does not ask for anything haraam. The process is so
simple says so the fourth source of what we said four things now the item was created on this day
and if you understand that the item was sent down it was on this day that maybe item died it's on
		

			this databases mister job time meaning there is a time where Allah answers every day. And then there
isn't an hour itself will be on a Friday mini kiama is on a Friday. The Day of Judgment is on a
Friday. And the profit continues in this hurry. There is no angel who is close to Allah. Not there
is no summer no heaven itself, no Earth, no wind, no mountain, no sea that does not fear. Friday
does not venerate Friday that every creature in existence, they understood this sanctity of Joomla
is not just for the people on the earth, all of creation, understand that this is a sacred day. Also
one of the effects there's another speciality of jumar will come out I'll actually conclude with it.
		

			It's a wonderful way to conclude this hadith is narrated by even imagine and he was classified as a
slave by chef Chef albani Rahim Allah Allah have mercy on them. Then so the first thing is to
understand the enormity of Juma and that this His holiness is not confined to the masjid. None of
those things were mentioned about the masjid meaning we celebrate the holiness of the majesty of the
day of Juma by going to the masjid. The fact that we're not able to be in the masjid does not take
away from the holiness so we should still maintain the sanctity of the day of Jamaat, what else can
we do? So, the first thing is understand the importance of humor. Number two, we need to remember
		

			Allah and making additional effort to be in the vicar lot. So we know that these are these are Surah
Surah Juma Subhan Allah, there is no surah Sala there is no surah eat or surah Ramadan Surah zakka
there is a surah Juma sivakumar, where the prophets of Salaam way Allah subhanaw taala is calling
the believers to come to the masjid on the time of Juma and yes, the tuxedo The purpose of the
ruling is that when the walk of Juma comes in the time of Jamal comes in, businesses closed and the
men come to the masjid, but because we're not going to the masjid, we should still keep the sacred
time in ibadah. And we should the purpose of it is to remember Allah so Allah subhanaw taala says,
		

			Yeah, you will you will Athena, amen Oh, you will believe either New Delhi Salah Tamiya mille
Giamatti, when you are called to the Salah on Friday, when you are called to that meaning when the
mother gives the other when the walk of Juma comes in, first out, you know, the curry laughing come
hurry to the remembrance of Allah that you should give up everything else And now's an opportunity
to remember Allah
		

			And to make salah and to leave of your businesses so this is an opportunity to just put everything
on pause. Put our phones down. We can, you know, I know every moment now this Coronavirus, we have
stopped our phones, every new update every new figure that comes out, we are fixated on this, myself
included. Now's an opportunity to say Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, Allah you are bigger. You are a
priority. You are first and foremost, this should happen in every moment of our life. But we are
weak here Allah have mercy on us. So at least this hour, that you're going to experience now on
Friday, so Africa, maybe this between one o'clock and two o'clock, they just make an effort that we
		

			will put everything aside. We won't be watching anything we won't be listening to anything. We will
be sitting down and just remembering a lot it could be through to our you perform your the word
Salah with your family, you will can spend some time in a car, you can spend some time reciting
Quran time to just contemplate and reflect and realize Subhanallah how how mighty is Allah? How
quickly Allah can change the sunlight the situation overnight, everything you know, Allah soprano
can change it for guru for bed, and we'll make dogs as quickly as this Our lives have changed now
into a crisis, Allah change it back to the to better than it was. So Allah says, spend this time in
		

			lucru Victrola remembering Allah, that is better for you, if only you but knew that the goodness
that you will experience the Baraka that comes to you in this time is so good for you, for us, all
of us, if only we truly understand. So, the second point is to at least give the hack of this one
hour of Juma that time give it into the remembrance and the worship of Allah subhanaw taala three
What else can we do to make sure that Juma remains we can keep we take control of our Juma the
prophets of Salaam reported
		

			rather a Buddha with reported the problem said the best of days is Friday, the Prophet is saying
again it is the best of days and he repeats here that is unless David Adam was created on the day he
died on that day, the template will be blown and all of creation will come to an end. Meaning Juma
is, as we said, when kiama will look up. So the prophets of Salaam say so what should we do? How do
we honor Juma? We know that this is the greatest state of creation began on this day. And it will
end of this day, this is the day the kiama is going to happen. How do we honor the sanctity of this
day. So the Prophet says, So sinned a great deal of Salawat salutations upon me for your blessings
		

			will be shown to me your Salawat will come to me that responses that you that he will receive it now
again, what's amazing is when he said this to the Sahaba
		

			they obviously understood in the context so there'll be some being alive, and they given Salawat.
Maybe on him while they're in their homes or in the road or whatever it might be, they won't
physically close by. And he says he will receive it. But for us is even more amazing because process
has passed away. None of us has seen him in this life and we pray it will seem that FEMA will be
with him I mean, but the Salawat is going to be some says it will come to him so the Sahaba said, O
Messenger of Allah, how will our Salah what upon you be shown to you, when you have turned to
destiny when you have died? What what's going to happen? And so there'll be some song says, Allah
		

			has forbidden the earth to consume the bodies of the Gambia sallallahu wasallam and that in another
Hadith and Sunnah says the Salawat of the oma is brought to him and shown to him. And so this is a
day If so, some we know in some times there are special dividers to be made. So for example, on a
Monday and a Thursday, the special Ebola for my mentors that used to Fox, that's the sooner on
Friday. One of the special events we do on a Friday is actually to make a lot of Salawat to make a
lot of Allahumma salli ala Sayyidina Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, Allahumma salli ala
Sayyidina Muhammad Sallallahu sallam, we seen a lot of Salawat upon that and he sallallahu sallam,
		

			and it seemed to him and it is brought before him. And what do you get for Salah was the result of
the of the rewards of Salawat there are many rewards of service one of them is that whoever make
Salawat on the navy seals on whatever pleases him by name, then Allah sins tinsel out on you what
the rubies doesn't doesn't respond to you someone far higher than the navy seals on the meaning
Allah subhanaw taala himself, he sends Salawat upon you and upon me when we praise the abyssal
Salaam, and 10 of our sins are forgiven and 10 good deeds are written now scale, another Sahabi
comes to the abuse of Salam he says I have a need you know, I have some problem something in my
		

			life. And I want to spend my time
		

			one quarter in Salawat one of the three quarters of the dough is going to be for me, Allah give me
give me give me and then I will spend the last quarter in Salawat and everything is good. But if you
increase in the salt what is even better? So he said okay, half is for me and half is for you. We
are also plus Salam. And then he says good, even if you increase it is even better. And so
eventually the Sahaba says Fine, I will make that food to our Justin Salawat and then a resources if
you just make Salawat even though you don't ask for certain things, Allah will give you that which
you need. So even just by making Salawat one of them
		

			Words of Salawat is Allah knows what is it that we need? And Allah subhanaw taala even answers your
do us through that through that Salawat right. So this is an important thing that we should do. So
again, in that hour that we are going to sit now, maybe we put an hour, our objective, let's make
100 kilowatt 100. kilowatt means 1000 Salawat. from Allah 1000 sins are forgiven 1000 good deeds are
at now scales. So in sha Allah, this is how we could pose it to Allah, this is something that will
will will by the grace of Allah maybe the reason is the cure to these these these problems that we
see. We number four, what can we do, and we've mentioned this in the previous early on, and they use
		

			the special hour on the day of jumar we do us are accepted. When is this hour we'll talk about that
now. So Juma Allah had made it such that these this hour that we even makes it to our in that hour,
Allah subhanho wa Taala will accept it. And Subhanallah if all of us are making do I think foremost
in our minds, we're all asking Allah cure this disease, remove this disease, let things become
better again, every human being on Earth, you know, has this on their minds and every single Muslim,
we if we all make Doha during this day, whichever time that hour is we will get it Bismillah so
there are resources on this day there is a time we know Muslim stands in Salah, asking Allah for
		

			something but Allah will grant it to him this hadith in Pali is a promise and the promise of Salaam
he gestured with his fingers to indicate how immediately those that do are will be answered that is
very quick that if you if you ask Allah, Allah will respond quickly. In another Hadith the Prophet
Salam says Friday has 12 hours. And this could mean as with the scholars are differing when so
perhaps it's it's in the day, it's from fudgier until the evening, Friday, the day has 12 hours and
there is no Muslim slave will ask Allah for something but Allah will give it to him. So seek it in
the hours of the answer. So now ministers How do you decide and so, many scholars have said that
		

			special hour is between somewhere between Assad and Maverick a match the last portion of the day,
Allah subhanho wa Taala You know, he that is when there is when the that is when that will be
received and I will have of course in the walk of Juma itself, the one that we know when the Muslims
are in the masjid and you know khateeb is giving the the Juma that is the holiest hour of the of the
Juma and so that is the time when we all make the art together as part of the Juma football to make
dua. So while we're not in congregation to make dua, we can still make dua individually so we should
try and speak myself first. In this time mix sanctify the walk of of Juma itself one o'clock making
		

			dua and towards the end of the day off the asset of Salah before margarett make a special guat in
another set of lectures that we will receive we preparing a document called keeping a routine during
the quarantine keeping a routine of your life during the quality into a whole day, not just jumar.
But this goes to your entire day plan. One of the points we mentioned the the walk of us as far as
what is the holiest Walk of the day. Now Allah mentioned in the Quran, Allah speaks about the middle
walked, do not miss any Salah, but especially the middle walk, which is awesome. And one of the
reasons why it is so powerful it is at that point in the day, a certain fraction of the times of the
		

			day with the angels ultimately shifts. So the angels come down in shifts is a day group and a night
group. So the maybe the evening shift comes down a certain time and then they leave project time and
then the day shift comes down fudger time and they go back and they and they leave a certain time.
And so at the point when the shifts change and also to when they change over, they they meet and
then they will record to Allah and Allah will ask them how did you meet my slaves? How did you leave
my slaves and Allah Subhana Allah knows best and then it will be said to Allah, we meet them
inshallah, that when we came down they were worshipping you. And so, this is why that period of time
		

			is very, very important. It is at that moment when the angels come up and down. So as far as what is
very important as mentioned in the Quran, and they fought between a certain mother some way that
scholars have said and based on this hadith there is with a special our is so all of us should make
an effort to even make it maybe to one minute just make a do I Allah, you know, kill us all, protect
us all protect our loved ones, this disease disappear. Perhaps it is your da you might be the one
Wallace Prandtl except on all of our behalf. I mean, number five, what else can we do to reclaim
Juma was something which we should all be doing but now sometimes it's very difficult to do it. Our
		

			lives are so busy. Now we have that opportunity and that is to recite Surah Surah to curve right
circle gaff, the middle suit of the Quran writings in the center of the Quran is the surah the
chapter of the cave and the prophets of Salaam says whatever recite so it will carve on a Friday. It
will be an illumination it will be a light for him between the two Fridays, meaning between this
Friday and last week and this Friday and next week. It will be a light
		

			That guides him a light that will make clear his path a light that will bring blessings upon him. So
we should part of our week our Juma rituals is we should recites ruka. Perhaps again, as we said,
you, you would make the word of Salah with your family, one o'clock, you will sit down, make your
car, make your Salawat you have some time recites rock to calf, and if you decided to do calf, maybe
now understand that I've seen maybe get to know the surah more in detail, this is an opportunity to
bond with with that surah. So, Allah had made the wrestlers also lumps in the total Caf very special
surah. So besides that on Juma also very interestingly, suitable calf, pseudo calf is a prediction
		

			for tribulations. Many of the scholars, when they make the serious look up, there are many theists
in certain calf the people with different groups of people, different stories were being tested. And
in fact it is a prediction for the biggest tribulation with is the fitna of mercy hate the jail, the
jail is one of the things that protects you from him is the surah. So in times of tribulation, it is
a sutra that gives lots of meaning a lot of comfort, a lot of protection, and therefore this is a an
ideal opportunity to return to it. Lastly, with regards to Joomla we are certain that sooner or
certain now I feel rituals we do. For example, we know before we go to Joomla, we perform a hustle,
		

			we shave unwanted here we trim our nails, we put perfume on our body, we wait nice clothing, we can
continue with these rituals, remember it is it is a miracle it is you get rewarded for doing these
things, even if you're not going to the masjid. And we see for example, one of the one of the
takeaway points one of the positive points we take away from this Kuroda issue is that we soon have
the resources of washing hands of performing will do of performing also of not eating until you wash
your hands and washing your hands off the eating. These kind of things we see now of sneezing or not
covering your mouth when you sneeze when you yawn when you when you cough, not shaking hands when
		

			you sneeze, these things from the sweetness vanilla, we begin to understand now the the completeness
of the Sharia. So when the Sharia encourages you, sort of Friday, at least on a Friday, you should
be thinking a whistle for the for the sanctity of Juma. It's like you know, this is this is coming.
And so we are preparing ourselves for the guests. We continue to do that even though we're not going
outside. Yes, ideally, you go to the masjid, you want to look nice, smell nice. So when you
congregate with the believers, you're not harming them with your smell. So therefore we also also as
a side note, now imagine if we are not supposed to not supposed to harm one another with a bad
		

			smell. If you are sweetie and we go to the masjid and we smell like onions as they say, then it's we
should not be harming the Muslims without smell. Now how much more so arming them with a disease and
putting their life in danger. So so be careful on that. And then of course, it is very important on
this day to maintain the charity that you have been giving so many of us, we use that time to go in
the masjid we put some money in the towel, we give some money to the masjid, we give our you know
charity should be part of our life. And we usually like to do it on the day of joy or on a special
day. And so continue to give charity the Hadith tells us that the Prophet Solomon says one of the
		

			things that appeases or extinguishes the anger of Allah, una bella comes and Allah is dissatisfied
with us. One of the things that brings about Allah spawn satisfaction is when when people give
charity when we show our humanity so now it's an opportunity to into if you have given charity to
give continue to continue giving at least even if you're not in the masjid will continue to give or
even give more, as one scholar beautifully said that our love for the masjid should be such that
even though I can't be there with you physically, at least my charity reaches you almost. I longed
to be there with you physically, but I can't really but I will make sure that your electricity is
		

			fully I'll make sure that you're still being cleaned that I can't be the my love. My thoughts are
still with you. So continue to take this opportunity on the walk through Juma to do the good things
you usually have done on this on this on this day. And of course one of the things that you are
supposed to be doing is that it is a family, a family day. Now most of us myself included when we
will, you know normal scenarios we working, were not able to come you know being able to spend some
time with the family. Now we can actually enjoy jumar together, we can have a meal together we can
sit around the table and we can talk especially with our small kids. So to make them understand the
		

			sanctity of this of this day. So I pray and I and I make dua that Allah subhanaw taala blesses you
and me on this water jumar your family and my family and all the Muslim in the entire world. My
Allah subhanho wa Taala use the Baraka and the goodness of this day of Joomla two to enter all of
our lives might be a light for the week to come. My all the rewards we would have received remember
brothers there's a hadith brothers, sisters, the hydrotherapy, so Salam says
		

			But the one who his his habit was to do a good deed, and then because of illness or because of a
journey of meaning because of something out of his control, his routine got messed up and he's not
able to do that good deed now, when he is sold, it is written for him as if though he got it. So we
all tell it for example, the Manny is going on his trip to Hajj everything is prepared is really on
the way he meets with an accident on the way he passes away to Allah. We know that that man receives
the hygiene who from Allah subhanaw taala, who is is near was sincere and he made the effort, what
happens is out of his control, Allah gives you the reward. So maybe you know Subhan Allah for us
		

			now, we might be getting a full completed Hajj Juma on our scales. So as we go to Juma quite late we
get the we play with our phones, we only get a fraction of the rewards but now all of us we would
love to be in the masjid today, but because we not be alone will give us in sha Allah the full
reward of this jumar so we continue getting the blessings we still get the forgiveness, the promises
from one July to the next all your sins are forgiven between them. So we ask Allah to forgive our
sins, that we also want to pardon us if we've done something wrong the wrongs that we have done that
is incurring the the displeasure of Allah forgive us and Allah guide us through these difficult
		

			times. And Allah keep us safe. Mama grant is the tofik to stay in those that we should stay indoors
to have the strength to abide by these restrictions. So that in three weeks time this entire crisis
is over mela averted from us and May Allah grant us to be better qualified, please keep us in your
doors stay safe stay indoors or cinnamal eco Moroccan global regatta was alesina Mohammed who are
less happy salaamu Salim al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil aalameen