Muiz Bukhary – Taharah – Purification in Islam

			salaam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato
		

			Bismillah al Rahman al Rahim al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil alameen wa sallahu wa Sallim wa ala Ashraf,
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Allah He was happy he have a lot of solidarity with Adam with the slim, my bad. We begin by praising
Allah subhanho wa Taala who is no doubt our Creator sustainer nareesha protect and cure. We ask him
the Lord of all worlds the exalted for his help, we ask him to open those of stability and
prosperity for us. And we ask him to send his choices of blessings and salutations upon the final
messenger, our beloved prophet muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam his family members, his
		

			companions and all those who tread upon his path with utmost sincerity until the day of the AMA,
		

			media brothers and sisters in Islam, I begin by reminding myself by
		

			admonishing myself,
		

			and then all of you all who have tuned in, to bring in a life of taqwa. And that is to be conscious
of Allah subhanho wa Adana to be conscious of your makeup. And we must attempt to do this every
single second of our lives if we wish to attain victory and success in this world, as well as the
hereafter May Allah subhanho wa Taala make us all from the people of tbwa and making make us from
the victorious and successful ones I mean,
		

			for today's Friday reminder,
		

			I would like to touch on a beautiful Hadith of the messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam that has
been recorded in the book of Mr. Muslim rocky mahalo.
		

			So we have the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam saying, and this is on the authority
of Abu Malik al Harith Ibn ausimm lashari or the other one. So IV Malik in inherit Fibonacci him a
lashari. rhodiola one who call Kala Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, so the prophets that
allow you to sell them is reputed to have said up to hooroo shot rule a man well hamdulillah he
tumbler will meezan was Subhana Allah He will hamdulillah he tamela and Medina semi Allah wa salatu
wa Salatu bohan was sobre el dia will call an ej to lick our lake. Kula Nasir do further arrow nessa
who for more tipo ha muvico ha so the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is reported to
		

			have said that up to who
		

			and this is going to be the main focus for today as a reminder as to who purity chatroom he man is
half of a man allow up to who shut up chatroom email.
		

			And then he goes on to say well hamdu Lillahi tamela will meezan and Alhamdulillah Praise be to
Allah fills the scales. Wa Subhana Allah He will hamdu lillahi Tamla and Subhana Allah and
Alhamdulillah they feel that which is between the heavens and the earth or Salatu nor and prayer
Salah is a light is a light, this light that
		

			you know and the the metaphor here the parable is so beautiful. Just imagine you are in this abyss
of darkness, you're struggling to see the light at the end of the tunnel. And then when you turn to
Salah it serves as a light. It lightens the burden on your shoulders. It relieves you of the weight,
this crushing weight on your chest. Your life is in chaos during this abyss and you feel like you're
falling, falling falling. There's no end to it. And then when you turn to Salah when you place your
head in sujood and to Allah subhanho wa Taala you feel light you feel relieved. You feel lightened
so beautiful, Pamela
		

			So having said that
		

			we move on to the Hadeeth a to Hulu chatroom, a man. So purity is half of a man media brothers and
sisters in Islam we're going to be talking about bahara a taharah.
		

			Allah subhanho wa Taala at the very beginning
		

			of the mission of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam at the very beginning of Revelation. He
commands the messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam who is the purest of them all. The purest of them
all. Our our leader, our guide, our role model, our teacher Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa
		

			He was selling lies Virgil he commands the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam in circle mu death
was with Thea Becca for boy here.
		

			Certain modesta which is the 74th chapter is number four was the Becca photo here. Yeah you Hellmuth
desalle calm and there were a Becca Kabir with the Becca football here.
		

			So Allah Subhana Allah Allah He commands the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, or messenger or
Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam purify your government's if this is the command given to the
messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam the purest of them all. The leader the role model, the guide
the teacher, then by extension, it definitely definitely applies for all of us to turn to taharah to
turn to purity. And this many brothers and sisters in Islam is a beautiful way to secure the love of
Allah subhanho wa Taala Eliza gel. He says in the Noble Quran in surah baqarah in Allah you have
both been what you hate bull mutata hearin Indeed Allah subhanho wa Taala loves those who turned to
		

			him in Toba, the ones that are a boon, the ones who turned to him in Toba in repentance, and Allah
loves those who purify themselves when you hit bull musataha in in another place in order to Toba
Allah subhanho wa Taala he says, Well law who you hate bull Muto hearin. And Allah loves those that
purify themselves. So by turning to a Taha by turning to purification, as we are going to be
discussing in sha Allah. In other words, we're going to discuss what this actually entails, what
does bahara entail by turning to it you are securing the love of your maker subhanho wa Taala you
are securing the love of Allah subhanho wa Taala.
		

			And as we saw initially in the Hadith, the prophets alleles, Islam tells us that it is half of a man
so Subhana Allah, we call ourselves Minjun, we call ourselves believers. So this is something that
we must definitely turn to. So what is the harana? A taharah is an Arabic term. And literally you
can define taharah as purification, to purify yourself to distance yourself from that which is
literally impure, because we have literal impurities, like let's say, for example, urine is
considered something impure. So you literally you wouldn't have
		

			Islam wouldn't allow you to have now you're in all over your clothes all over your body. And you
can't expect to consider yourself pure. So you have to distance yourself from that physical
impurity. So literal slash physical impurities. And similarly it also entails
		

			purifying yourself from metaphorical impurities. Now, you might be wondering, what is this
metaphorical impurities? What does that entail? What does it mean? We're going to see in Sharla
talent. So the technical definition of a bahara the technical definition Sharan, it is referred to
had a fee was a valuable purpose, it is to again, come out of this state of health, as we will
discuss in Sharla. What is happiness? And how do we come out of this state of health?
		

			That to quickly understand a taharah, you have to know that a taharah
		

			has two main categories. It divides itself into two main categories. What are these two categories,
category number one is where and then that I would say, from the two categories is the most
important one, we are up Ohara, the purification deals with the inward, the purification of the
heart, the purification of the heart, the inward
		

			and category number two is the purification of the outward. So you have the purification of the
inward,
		

			that which is hidden Boulton and that which is more apparent that which is outside.
		

			So in terms of purifying the inward, purifying the heart, you have impurities, many brothers and
sisters, such as jealousy, hatred, envy, when you look down upon others kibra, arrogance, pride.
		

			You have all these toxic impurities
		

			that make the heart impure, that make the invert of an individual impure.
		

			So this is something that a believer has to focus on in terms of purifying his or her heart, we have
to strive towards purifying our hearts, my dear brothers and sisters in Islam, and it is a work in
progress, just as how if you were to take your clothing, you can only wear it for a certain period
of time because before you start noticing that it is becoming dirty, as it starts to accumulate debt
and there is this bad stench and smell that that it picks up. So eventually you have to wash your
clothing, you can't go on wearing and wearing and wearing it, you have to wash it. So similarly, our
hearts are exposed to a number of things on a on a daily on a daily basis. So a work in progress
		

			where we constantly keep on reevaluating, where we keep on taking ourselves to account and this
concept of taking ourselves to account is known as Maha Sabha. Ahmed Abdel Fattah de la one, he is
reported to have said, Take yourself into account before you are taken into account on the day of
the AMA, we will all be taken into account by the true judge. Today, you know, we judge others left
right and center unfortunately, we are judging people, but who is the true judge many brothers and
sisters It is Allah subhanho wa Taala leave the judging to him and prepare yourself for his
judgment. Prepare yourself for his judgment on his judgment day, a lot.
		

			So take yourself into account before you are taken into account. So how do you say to take yourself
into account you constantly keep
		

			you know, monitoring yourself, evaluating yourself, your deeds, your actions, your words, what comes
out of your mouth, Subhan Allah, you work towards eradicating these toxic qualities where you
constantly work on thinking good of others, giving others the benefit of the doubt, making excuses
for others, avoiding this toxic negative envy jealousy, where you wish for the downfall of others,
where we where you wish for the possessions of others, where you wish for what others own, where you
wish for it to be stripped away from them and given to us panela? How negative can it get? how toxic
can it get? So this is something that a believer needs to work on, in terms of purifying himself or
		

			herself. So like I said, this is the most important category. Why you may ask? Because you have to
understand that these two categories despite this one being more important, they go hand in hand.
You can't obviously just say, you know what, this is the most important category. So I'm going to
focus on this and let go of the other category know, they go hand in hand. But why do we emphasize
and say that this is of utmost importance is because if you get the second category, or if you
seemingly think that you've gotten the second category, in other words, let's say your clothing is
pure,
		

			your apparent is pure. In other words, you are Mashallah wearing very clean clothes, you have taken
a bar
		

			your the place that you are in is very clear, sanitized and whatnot. But deep down your heart is a
horrid place. So Panama, it is it is impure, it is full of impurities, then what is the point of the
outward purity? What is the point of the outward purity, if inside, it is all filthy.
		

			So it's important that we understand the balance between these two categories.
		

			Where we are kind, loving, caring look at the messenger. He's a role model here, he's a role model,
look at him sallallahu alayhi wasallam appeal individual inside outside Subhanallah a pure
individual, a loving individual, a caring individual, a soft individual, inside and outside. So this
is the concept of uttara. Now in terms of the outwardly aspect of the outwardly category of APA
		

			it's somewhat of a technical discussion and obviously I can't cover all of it in the few minutes
that I have with you all but the gist of it is that you have at least two main categories within
that category, one known as minor header and the other known as the major header. So the minor has
to understand it.
		

			It is you're going into a state of impurity where you can only come out of it by purifying yourself
through will do.
		

			So say for example,
		

			After passing urine
		

			after answering the call of nature, you basically go into this state known as minor impurity. And to
come out of it, you need to perform ablution
		

			Look at us as believers, many brothers and sisters Look at how beautiful our Deen It teaches us. It
teaches us to wash our hands wash our faces, our feet, become out, rejuvenated, become out.
experiencing this the sense of tranquility, the sense of peace, the sense of ease, the sense of
refresh, the sense of cleanliness, we feel lightened. Okay, what a beautiful blessing Babu is my
dear brothers and sisters and we know of the virtues with regards to blue, that the limbs that have
been washed, we'll be glowing. When we stand in front of Allah Subhana hordes Allah.
		

			It's not just you know, like, washing it for the sake of washing No, it's an act of a bada. It is an
act of worship, where you are purifying yourself, okay. And on top of that, you are being rewarded
for it Subhana Allah, it cleanses you, it cleanses you of your of your impurities Subhan Allah and
on the day of the AMA, when you stand in front of Allah Subhana Allah you will be glowing. This is a
beautiful virtue that has been bestowed upon the Nation of Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
		

			So this is the the minor category as for the major category, to come out of it, it would entail you
taking a complete bath. So say for example, after spouses indulge in sexual intimacy with one
another, now the two of them enter into this state, the two of them enter into this particular
state, or perhaps after experiencing an individual after he or she experiences a *. Now they
would enter into this state.
		

			To come out of this state, you would have to take a complete bath.
		

			Again, look at the beauty of the dean, look at the beauty of the dean, you have indulged in your
desires, and now you come out, you take a bath, you refresh yourself, you rejuvenate yourself, and
now you are upon purity again. So this is the outwardly aspect. I've given the gist of both aspects
and maybe in Sharla dalla in one of our upcoming reminders and sermons we look at trying to address
the inwardly aspect in more detail, and the outwardly aspect in more detail. As we conclude, I would
like to once again, remind ourselves that through this media, brothers and sisters, you are securing
the love of Allah subhanho wa Taala. And when you secure the love of allies over jealousy today, we
		

			consider ourselves privileged.
		

			When we perhaps get close to certain individuals,
		

			let's say you have people in power,
		

			people of influence people of influence, it's all about networking, it's all about getting close to
them. It's all about you know, building connections and whatnot, why because we feel secure, uh, you
know what I have so and so on my on my speed dial, I have so and so you know, I have very close
connections with so and so, so and so is my very good friend you know, and whatnot. Just imagine if
you have secured the love of the maker, the love of the maker, the love of Allah subhanho wa Taala
and this is, this is something that a lot of us we fail to understand the depth of it, the depth of
the love of Allah subhanho wa Taala, the fountainhead of love the souls of love, the creator of
		

			love,
		

			the maker of love,
		

			we tend to put
		

			other things or other people
		

			in place of where Allah subhanho wa Taala needs to be put in our hearts.
		

			We are setting ourselves as well as those individuals up for failure.
		

			Take for example, the case of two spouses. The just the you know, the last week I officiated a few
days ago actually officiated a marriage and I touched on this with the help of Allah subhanho wa
Taala when it comes to to spouses in at the at the outset of the marriage, okay, on the on the day
of officiating the marriage, you know, obviously, it's very exciting and you know, you've got
butterflies in your stomach and all that Mashallah nice feelings. And at this point, you know, what
happens is we need to, we need to, we need to have the right expectations of marriage, this is of
utmost importance.
		

			So, when spouses look at one another, it is important that they don't set themselves up for failure
and how does that happen? You may you might ask, you look at your spouse, let's say let's let's talk
about the example of Abdullah and Fatima.
		

			So, Abdullah looks at Fatima. Okay, and
		

			You know for Fatima Abdullah Mashallah maybe he's a very nice individual, good looking kind, all of
that, you know, every good trait out there.
		

			But Fatima needs to understand that Abdullah
		

			is a human being at the end of the day.
		

			He is not perfect.
		

			Who is perfect? Allah subhana wa, is perfect. So eventually, Abdullah can tend to slip, Abdullah can
make mistakes. But if you have gone and put Abdullah on a pedestal
		

			of perfection, now you're setting yourself up for failure, you're setting yourself up for
disappointment. And similarly, if Abdullah were to put Fatima
		

			in a similar place, now she's setting herself up for for this appointment, she's setting Abdullah up
for failure. On the other hand, if you look at marriage, the union this this, this powerful
institution, I mentioned that this is, I would say, the most powerful institution in the world. So
Panama, it can bring about
		

			indescribable joy, happiness, contentment, peace. And I also mentioned on the flip side, it can be
one of the most miserable relationships, it can push you to a level of isolation that you have never
ever felt elsewhere. You can feel so lonely within a marriage, you can feel so much of hurt and pain
within a marriage the flip side of it. Now, does that mean now because we just said this? Does that
mean that now? Oh, you know what?
		

			I'm not getting married, we had run away from marriage. No.
		

			It is all the more important because you understand this, that you have your expectations right when
it comes to manage to avoid putting yourself in this predicament. You see, with fairytales you read
books,
		

			but happens, you generally have this knight in shining armor? who saves his damsel who is in
distress the princess if you will. And then what happens? They sail off into the sunset. And how
does the book end they lived happily ever after.
		

			But for us believers and when you look at things from a realistic perspective, that's actually when
the journey begins. As the couple embarks on this chapter now the whole point of me mentioning this
is because as believers we need to look at
		

			the union of marriage, you know, wholesome way, that this is a blessing from Allah subhanho wa Taala
for Eliza JAL to do what to show us his love. And so we must use this union this blessing to get
closer to him. By doing so, by doing so, he is going to bless this union and keep us happy as a team
as to individuals as spouses. So similarly every aspect you look at bahara you're looking at it as a
means to get closer to Allah subhanho wa Taala. You look at Sala as a means to get closer to
Alliance overjet you look at your sadhaka as a means to get closer to Allah subhanho wa Taala at the
end of the day, it is all about Allah subhanho wa Taala for a believer, it is all about the maker
		

			Subhana Allah, it is all about securing his love and through a bahara through purification, you are
going to be able to secure the love of your maker subhanho wa Taala so my dear brothers and sisters
		

			work towards studying about our taharah about purification about purifying your investment as well
as your outward work towards it and you will inshallah secure the love of your maker subhanho wa
Taala. With that I conclude this short reminder. I look forward to talking to you all in another
live stream perhaps. Or you know through another video in Charlotte and perhaps we might even meet
the evening light Allah desikan Allahu khairan for tuning in. This is Mario's Bukhari, signing off
with Salaam Alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh