Muhammad West – Where is the Help of Allah
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All the bill. A rajim Bismillah. Man I Rahim alhamdulillahi. Rabbil
Alameen o salatul, assalamualaien, Sayyidina, Muhammad, ILA alihi wa
sai AJ mahey, my beloved brothers and sisters, assalamu. Alaikum.
Warahmatullahi wa Barakatuh Alhamdulillah Rabbi Lamin oisa
Begin by praising Allah. Ilaha illallah, we testify that there is
none worthy of worship besides Allah, and we send our love, our
greetings and salutations so beloved Nabi Muhammad, sallAllahu,
alayhi wa sallam, to his spies and his pure family, to his companions
and all those who follow his son until the end of time, may Allah
subhanaw taala bless us to be amongst them. Ameen. Ameen
Alhamdulillah. Alhamdulillah, we are joined today by radio voice of
the qib. Alhamdulillah, for for being with us and all the
listeners. May Allah, subhana, Tala, bless all of you. Amin and
this Mubarak of Jamal innalila, it's a bit of a difficult week for
those of you are following, and you should follow the news the
leader of Hamas, a man who has been his whole life, struggling
for the deen, struggling in jihad, struggling for his people,
struggling for the ummah. Al Hafid Sheik Ismail Haniyeh, who was the
first prime minister from Hamas and then was the political leader,
the man who was trying to negotiate a peace for his people,
was assassinated on Wednesday in Tehran in Iran by the oppressive
entity of Israel, and across the Ummah, in solidarity with our
Palestinian brothers and sisters and with our brother Ismail Hania,
there will be a janazah Salah after Jumuah, and across the
world, we will show the solidarity that this ummah has with
Palestine, and
it's a very I said, it's sad, and we'll talk today in Jummah. You
know, where's the help of Allah? How much more does this ummah have
to go through? And that's what we're going to talk about. But
before we talk specifically about our pain, we also want to mention
a few things about brother Ismail hanya Rahim Allah, as I mentioned,
he was the leader, the face of Hamas, and he was negotiating the
peace. This says a lot about Israel, the ruler of Qatar. The
peace negotiations happen in Qatar. He says, How can one party
claiming to one peace then assassinates the other party who
is busy calling to peace? And throughout the world, it was
understood that Hamas yes is a resistance movement. It's there
for change with even military means. But Ismail Haniyeh was one
of those who looked for a peaceful way forward. He was pragmatic, and
they took they deliberately took him out
and to show you what kind of people we're dealing with in
Israel
while the peace negotiations were going on, Edel Fitr, few months
ago, they targeted his family. He lost three of his sons and four of
his grandchildren, girls. The Subhanallah, when he was asked,
you know, you have lost your kids, your grandkids, and he said, you
know, Alhamdulillah, every single person in ghaza has lost a family
member. There isn't no blood is different to anyone. Everyone,
every family has lost a relative. And also the fact that it was done
in the heart of another country, it violated the sovereignty of of
Tehran.
A few hours before, the reason why Isma hanya was in Iran was to
congratulate the new elected president of Iran. Five hours
after shaking the hand of the President of Iran, he was
assassinated, surrounded by many you know, his building was was
bombed, and this was in the heart of the diplomatic arena of Iran.
Well, this also shows so what you know, the apartheid state of
Israel wants to show to the world our strength. We don't care what
you say. We there was a warrant that they they are guilty of war
crimes. Shows that they don't care about that. They're willing to
violate every rule in the book. They want to show a project an
order of invincibility and power. We can get you wherever.
Ummah always prevailed. The Ummah always prevailed. We had countless
enemies, and there were moments when it looked like this ummah was
going to collapse. When it looked like it's no way we can win this
fight. All those enemies are on the junk pile of history, but this
ummah remains. So Allah says, Go. Don't take this on face value. You
have history to prove that you're going to win eventually. Wala
tahinu, wala Taha Zanu. And so then don't ever feel sad, and
don't ever give up hope unto Mullah alone in kuntum mumini, you
are. You have the superior hand Allah is saying to us, you are in
the ascendancy. If you believe in Allah, if you really believe in
Allah, then you will you will be superior. If you have suffered
injuries, Allah says, then they have suffered similarly, and we
alternate victory and defeat. Not even the ambiya had days of
defeat. We are going through our days of defeat, but our days of
victory will come inshallah. And Allah, subhana says, and one of
the reasons why he does this, Li yamala, Dina amanuha, tahit Amin
hum the Reasons Allah says, I put this ummah through hardship so
that I can give people the honor of being Shahid mashaAllah
praised. Allah says, only special people are selected. We make the
DUA Oh. Allah, grant us to be Mina Nabi Yin was Siddiqui. All of us
make dua Ya Allah, let us be of the Shuhada. So Allah says, I'm
giving it to you. I want. It's a gift I'm giving to some of the
Ummah that they get the honor of being Shaheed, the Shahid
SubhanAllah. He is the only person, as we know in the Hadith,
the Shaheed is the only person when he dies, he longs to come
back to the dunya. Why? So he can be made Shaheed again. The reward
he gets is so great that he wants to ask Allah, Oh, Allah, send me
back to the dunya so I can die again as Shahid because of what
you're giving me in the akhira.
So Allah says, We do this. We put the Ummah through a bit of
hardship so that we can make a few special people, Shuhada, and that
we may distinguish Wali, imaki, Saladin Amanu and so that we can
make the believers to know who the believers are true and who the
disbelievers are, the good guys and the bad guys. Who were the
ones killing children, who are the ones bombing hospitals, schools,
journalists, killing civilians, killing anybody who so you can see
clearly now, Allah wants the world to see who is right and who is
wrong. So when he strikes, there's no there's no denial anymore of
who was the one that was the aggressor. And
Allah says to all of us, I'm hasibum, until the whole Jannah,
do you really think that you're going to get to Jannah so easily
and without you, without Allah knowing who are those who
seriously struggle in his path? Who of you are going to seriously
struggle? There has to be some kind of fight for this ummah, and
there will be these difficult days. So this is, as I said, the
same group. There's going to be the enemies. And if we defeat this
enemy, I can guarantee you there will be another enemy tomorrow, as
there was yesterday. There will be those that we depend on that we
said, why are you not helping us? And they will let the Ummah down
in every day and age, the other munafiq protect us from being from
amongst them. We will rather be oppressed. We will rather be
bombed. We'll rather lose everything than to be in that
group. Do you really want to be so? Allah is asking you look at
the different camps. Do you want to be? Do you want to be the one
that is bombing and killing children? Do you want to be that
guy? Do you want to be the coward who has the power to do something
but he doesn't care about anything except himself?
If you're lucky, you can be like the Shahid as as
it is opportu these time, these kind of events are opportunities.
They don't happen all the time, and that is why Aisha says after
Uhud, even though Uhud was the worst day of our lives, it was
also the day that certain people made superheroes. One of them was
Talha RadiAllahu. An Talha RadiAllahu was the man who
defended the Nabis um right to the end. He was the last line of
defense. And so the Sahaba would say, Oh, the Day of Uhud was a
great victory for tal ha. That was the day he guaranteed himself with
Allah subhanahu wa, because when things became tough, he rose to
the occasion. No one else got the opportunity like him. He rose to
the occasion. So now this is the time, this is the time that
somebody can rise up, that a group can rise up and become very close
to Allah subhanahu wa in times of hardship, it's also a time of
opportunity for the ummah. So then, at the end of the battle of
uh, Allah reveals all these ayat, don't worry, the enemies. They
only have their time in the sun. Now, the munafiqs, we wanted to
show who they are. They cowardly ways. We expose them for you, and
we took shuhadafra amongst you. But now, as for the rest of us,
this is the message Allah wants from us. Allah says, ya iwala,
Amanu, oh, you believe it. Taku, lahakotti, walata, mutunna,
illawantu, muslimun. Allah mentions ayah. We mention every
Juma. Allah says, The priority is not this. Dunya, you're all going
to die. All of us are going to die,
but the priority is die as a muslim.
Him.
Die with iman, die with the Kalima on your on your lips, die, then
you have a janazah salah. Any other way is failure. That is the
prayer we when we look at success and failure, those who die with
Islam, as a Muslim, Alhamdulillah, you have achieved this life. This
life is a test. It's an illusion. That is how you escape. Escape it.
Die. Do not die. Allah, unto Muslim. And all says, wa atasimu,
and now O Ummah, Allah speaking to all of us. Wa atasimu, bihami, ah
wala atava Raku Allah says, My Ummah, my people, this ummah,
stand firmly, hold firmly unto the rope of Allah. If you have any
hope of survival, you must unite amongst yourselves. And do not be
divided. And do not be like those who split into different groups
and sects, who divided amongst themselves, who fought amongst
themselves, who argued amongst themselves, and that's when the
punishment came upon you. So Allah then gives a post mortem Uhud.
Allah says, what went wrong in Uhud?
The enemy was stronger, but you defeat them. The enemy was
stronger than you. They came and invaded you. The munafiq betrayed
you, but still you won. You were still victorious, until what
happened? How did we lose the victory? Allah says,
Allah Subhanallah says, wala Qara, sadaq, Mullah Wada. Allah says, I
fulfilled my promise to you, to the Sahaba and to the ummah. I
gave you what I promised. If you follow my instructions, I said,
you will win, and I was true to it, you got the victory until you,
O Ummah, until you broke your promise with me, when you began to
lose your courage and you began to dispute amongst yourselves, you
began to disunite. Now, the Sahaba did this. They had a bit of a
quarrel, and some fought, some disagreed with each other. So
Allah, but this is for a lesson for us. Allah says, I will give
you the victory, and I'm giving you the victory until you
yourselves are ummah. You divided. Your ulama don't stand together.
Your families are divided. You don't work together. You are so
worried about your petty differences. Two brothers
fighting. You don't care how the Ummah is burning. When you, O
Ummah, are disunited, you will lose your courage, and then you
become weakened, and then you disobeyed me, and then you lost
your victory. This was in your hands. This is what you did, O
ummah. So after that, Allah spun says some of you, your focus was
the dunya. You got distracted by the dunya. You were in the middle
of a war for survival, and then you saw the booty you O Ummah, you
are in the middle of a genocide.
What are you doing for the ummah? Your priorities only is the dunya.
So Allah says some of you, your priority is the dunya, and others
of you, others, Alhamdulillah, your priority is the akhirah. And
so because of that, you lost the victory which Allah promised to
you as a test. But now, Masha, Allah, Subhanahu, look at this.
Ayah, after the Ummah, we had done the wrong and we had broken our
promise with Allah. Allah says, After that, AFA, an Allah says,
But I forgave you. I forgive you. Oh Ummah, I forgive you. No
problem, you made that mistake. Don't worry. I forgive you and I
pardon you. And so then Allah says that, remember when you were and
you were, you were running away. You even left an abyssal Salaam
and you lost your victory. Fatah kumwala uma Wala. So Allah
subhanahu says, lekhaylah, Mata Kum wala, makum. Allah says, in
spite of your weakness and your own disunity, disunity and your
own mistakes that you've made, don't feel bad. Allah saying to
the people of Uhud and to this ummah, don't harp on yesterday.
Don't become and become regretful and remorseful you made a mistake.
Let's work on today. Let's work on tomorrow. That you've lost. You've
lost it. There's another opportunity for victory. And do
not feel bad about what you've lost. This is all part of Allah's
plan. Learn from it. Learn from it. From today. Learn from it.
This, Ummah, if you you have all the ingredients, Allah saying, all
the ingredients to succeed is in your hands. If you do what you
what I command you to do, you will be successful, and so do not
become despondent. O Ummah, do not become weakened. Do not become
you know, impatient with Allah subhanahu wa and that is why in
Surah Ali Imran Allah reminds us about his promise. He says,
LAN lay ya duruqum Illa Illa Laya durum il Wain, that
Allah reminds you that your enemies can never inflict a harm
on you, except a little bit whatever they do to they can never
defeat the ummah. The ummah will never be defeated. Allah, subhana
wa Taala will always protect the ummah. Yes, one or two of us might
get harmed, or some places might be injured, but the ummah will
always survive. Allah says Mark and Allah that Allah will never
leave the believers. Alamah unto Malay, hadta, tambita, minut,
tahib, and he promises, I will not leave this ummah in that state.
You will not stay like this forever if you are in a low point
in.
Is a promise in the Quran the ummah will not be like this until,
until he makes clear who are the good and the bad ones. In Yan
surukum, Allah, Ali balaqum, remember o Ummah, if Allah helps
you, none can defeat you. If Allah helps you, nobody can defeat you.
Wain yah, dulkum, and if he denies you any help, then none can
support you against Allah
subhanahu wa Minun. And so therefore, put your trust and your
hope in Allah wa Allah mean in the law and Allah says, and no victory
is in the hands of anyone except Allah. Doesn't matter what happens
in in the White House or in this country, or that doesn't matter
what weapons you have, victory and defeat is in the hands of Allah.
Ya iwla, Dina Amanu, oh. Allah says to us, oh, if you are people
of iman, ispiru, be patient. Wasabi ru and persevere. Wa Rabi,
two and stand firmly against injustice and be strong. Wat Taku
LA and put your trust and fear in Allah. Kum tufun and Inshallah,
Allah says you will, you will be victorious. So in this is what
Allah revealed to the Ummah in the darkest day in the Battle of the
hood, you made a mistake. Don't feel bad. Pick yourselves up, and
you will win tomorrow. Today. You lost. They also lost. They hurt
you, but you hurt them. You get Jannah. They don't get Jannah. You
look at their power. Don't worry, their power is I am giving them
that power, but I will take them to account and look at all the
superpowers of the past. They disappeared, and this ummah
remains. And Allah mentions, and Allah reminds he promises the
Ummah, you persevere, continue and be strong, you will be victorious.
Now, remember, I mentioned that the NABI salaam was asked by
Aisha, was there ever a day worse than the Uhud, the Battle of Uhud,
which Allah mentions so much in the Quran and nabisim says, yes,
there was a day worse than Uhud. Uhud was like maybe number two,
the worst day was Taif, the day of tahina. Why was Taif so bad? The
Nabis wasallam perhaps, was injured more in Uhud Taif. They
weren't going to kill him. He ran away, but he wasn't at the risk of
death, maybe, and not anyone. Nobody died in Tai, if we're many
people, many Sahaba died in Uhuru. So why is Tai if worse?
Because after the event that Rabbi Salam went to look for a place to
for shelter, he went to this group of people to say, help me. My
people in Makkah, my family has, you know, they want to kill me.
They rejected me. And after the people of Taif kicked him out,
stoned him, he felt ya, Allah, have you left me? And perhaps this
is the lowest point. The low point was, I don't know if, Allah, you
are angry with me
when you are being hurt. We don't like the hurt when we are sick,
when we are going through financial difficulty, we're going
through some difficulty. All of us go through difficulty. That's one
component. But what hurts more is, Ya Allah, are you punishing me?
Have you left me? This is the lowest point. And the rabbi's
saying this was my low point. And then he made this beautiful dua.
And so when all else fails on the worst day of your life, when
things are bad, look at the NABI sama. This is what he says on the
worst day of my life, I made this dua. And so we make this dua.
We've adapted it for the ummah. We make dua on behalf of the whole
ummah. The nabisma says, Oh Allah,
to you alone. And we say, Oh Allah, to you alone. We complain
to you, Ya Allah, we complain to you alone. Ya Allah, we don't
complain except to you of our weakness and our lack of resources
and the humiliation that we're in. Ya Allah, we complain to you. You
are our ham or rahimin. You are the Most Merciful of those who
show mercy. You are the Lord Our Allah of all the weak and
oppressed people of the earth. You are the Lord of all the weak, and
You are our Lord. Ya Allah. To whom should we turn to other than
you? Should we turn to leaders who don't care about us, who neglect
us, or do you leave our affairs in the hands of an enemy who bombs
us, who kills us?
Ya Allah, if you are not angry with us and you're not angry with
this ummah, then we'll continue in this hardship. We will continue
like this however, Ya Allah, your protection and your support and
your help is far better for us. We will be patient, Ya Allah,
whatever you put us through, so long as you're not angry with us.
But we hope, Ya Allah, that you will change our situation for the
better. Oh Allah, we seek protection in the light of your
face. We seek protection in you, and through your light, it
illuminates all the darkness. You cast away, all the darkness and
all the sadness and through which all the affairs in this life, all
the affairs of our life and the akhira are made good and easy
through your light, through your Noor, Oh Allah, May it never be
that we should do something that incurs your displeasure, Ya Allah,
or that you leave ashallah. Let us never do something which
displeases you. And if you are displeased with Asiya Allah,
Ummah, then we will not we will continue to make dua to you. We'll
continue to worship you. We'll continue to beg you until you
become pleased with Asiya Allah, wala hawla, wala kuwata, Illa,
bila and Ya Allah, there is no changing.
Of our situation, and there is no power except with you. You are.
Mawla. We put our faith and our trust in you, oh Allah. We ask
Allah to help the Ummah, to grant ease for the Ummah and grant us
victory over our enemies. We ask Allah to grant us strength. Ameen,
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