Riyadh Walls – Jumuah Program (12th Jan 2023)
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without being delivered,
then we'll reach a level of,
you know, expertise. But after some time, it becomes we fall into
autopilot mode and there's no grocery after.
Because consistency as to be coupled with deliberate intention
and practice. And likewise, if you have if you're deliberate in your
actions, and your intent food, you intend certain things, but you're
inconsistent. When you need, you're not going to reach any
level of proficiency or mastery in any case.
Therefore, Geoff Colvin authored this book.
Talent is Overrated, what separates world class performance
from everybody else. And in these not denying the phenomenon of
talent is just merely expressing beautifully, that we rely too much
on that because we are lazy, we want to go into autopilot mode.
And then we become less deliberate in our actions.
Generated Muslimeen when it comes to our acts of worship, our
spirituality,
our ibird, the same rules apply.
We can't
only be focused
on taking up the task and just the mere execution of the task without
being deliberate in our task.
For this reason,
even Allah Allah, Allah Allah says that you will find many people
who is consistent in performing the Salah,
but they're not a team. They're not considered McLean Lisa coulomb
was holding up. Not every person who's performing Salah is
necessarily making a poem of Salah as Allah instructs us in Quran
Academy salah, established salah, not just performed Salah
be that this is my focus today is not really on salah.
What I really wish to focus on over the next few minutes
is any ibid that is the most powerful form of ibid
unconditioned that we obtain mostly in the body,
and that is none other than dua. supplication, calling on Allah
subhanaw taala Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam says
in a hadith
a DA Silla mean,
the DUA
is the weapon of the believer.
And we believe with full conviction
and full certainty, in the words of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam, but in the same way it is we introspect, and we ask
ourselves the question, the obvious question.
We remind ourselves that
mere ownership over a weapon is not going to bring us any benefit
if I have no skill within the weapon. If I have no skill, and I
haven't mastered a certain skill to utilize the weapon for what it
was designed to do.
I just have ownership over something. I have no idea how to
utilize the weapon. Oh, I'm utilizing it but in a very
immature way I might even shoot myself in the foot
was
Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said that a DA Silla mean?
Da is the weapon of the believer.
Right? What's implicit here the unspoken word your other is,
if we utilize the weapon correctly, if we give the the
correct Do you time, effort focused spirituality consistency,
and we deliver it in what we are saying, then we will reap the
benefits of
it. In another to emphasize the power with the nature of the
aisle. Rasulullah Salallahu Salam says in a hadith comes in the
Sunnah remember timidly from Allah to Allah, that part of a longer
Hadith, but it says la de la Tada elaborate
decree cannot be changed
except through da Can we imagine the power of the if something is
decreed in a certain way and we are able to alter it to change it
or redirected. We are unable to do so with anything except through
dA.
So
our scholars have given numerous advices and tips and etiquette
regarding the that we should utilize.
But for today,
we'd like to focus on just three of the advices of our scholars
pertaining to do
that, hopefully be even. I'm quite confident that if we implement
these three things in our dua, we will obtain mastery within our
within our dua.
Allah subhanaw taala will Ensenada us and we will see the benefits of
it.
The first of the three
is that
we ensure that we exert
in the in the dimensions of our bed and specifically now in Doha
the same amount of effort that we exert in the outer form of our
Aveda
Imam Al Hassan Allah Allah after listing about nine etiquettes of
the meaning of which we are familiar with already, that's why
we're not going through them, some of them being to wait for the
mobile rock time. Some of them being to ensure that you are
facing the tabular, some of the etiquette being to show that you
are in wudu, in a state of voodoo, these are all part of the
etiquettes of Doha to ensure you're facing the Qibla, you're
our Ask covered you sitting in a correct posture, like someone that
needs Allah subhanaw, taala, et cetera, et cetera, it gives a list
of etiquette at the things etiquette that he gives, He moves
from something or from all the physical aspects or the outward
aspects and he moved on to the inward one. And he says, Who will
addable bow thing is the inward etiquette that we should have with
Allah subhanaw taala. And then what does he say?
He says, Well, who am I will be on the job. This is the origin of
your prayers being answered, is this inward etiquette?
What we are trying to say is that
as much as we are ensuring that the outward form is correct, in
all of our iPads. And then specifically today in Ottawa,
we need to ensure that we exert similar effort for the inward
state of Florida. And the entry level.
For the inward form of dua, is just that we have presence of
heart and we are mindful of what we are saying and who we are who
we are communicating with.
In the time of Nabi Musa, one of the many is
he was praying to Allah subhanaw taala for given thing
and he's making dua and evidence we can do this we can go and he's
here to see us that are being answered. And then he comes to
complain to Nabi Musa and Islam and he tells me Musa
I've been praying for so long.
You know, and everyone says Kaleem Allah is called him out of back,
speak to Allah subhana wa.
Allah subhanaw taala. responds to Nabi Musa and says, if he was
mindful,
in one of his prayers, like Egypt, I would have answered him,
meaning he was consistent. But it wasn't deliberate.
Just mechanical process quickly, so I can say I've executed the
action and wait for whatever I asked for Allah subhanaw taala
reminds Nabi Musa, that if he was mindful once in his prayers, if
his heart was present, once while asking, like Egypt to who I would
have answered.
So being mindful of what we are saying, in Ottawa, having presence
of heart will Allah subhanaw taala when making
is the first step to ensuring that we are exerting internal effort as
much as we are in the outward
but I repeat, and I say that's the entry level form of,
of the inner dimensions of our of our burdah. It extends way beyond
that, we can reach much more than that,
we can reach such such a state we, the internal, our spiritual is
doing more than what our outward and physical is doing. And ideally
we reach that status
for the living
was known which is known throughout our history to be
someone close to Allah subhanaw taala, one of the earlier Allah
subhanaw taala.
He
is reported
to have been on the plains of Africa, for Hajj,
For
one year,
and on the plains of Africa on booktube, everyone's making dua,
some people are making out loud, some people making yourself but
you can see everyone's making dua. For some strange reason for the 11
if they're sitting with his cheek on his hand, staring into the sky,
in deep thought.
What's happening here is that he's extremely busy. internally.
Though, on the outward, looks like filming, I was just sitting in
daydreaming.
But only even if he's sitting with his cheek on his hand staring into
the sky.
And he's extremely busy internally.
Until So, this is a strange sight, for many reasons, because
generally on the plains of Africa, and Africa, you are extremely busy
with everyone's asking forgiveness, and everyone's
the regret is there and everyone's admitting to the shortcomings, and
everyone's praying to Allah subhanaw taala. And that's the
site on Alpha except that this individual is just sitting staring
in the sky.
But he's in deep thought, and is immersed in the remembrance of
Allah subhanaw taala and he's communicating
internally until the walk of woof almost comes to an end.
And just before the work of goof comes to an end,
someone close to for the living ideas.
A Oh, yes, he was saying the only thing he ever added for the for
the duration, which is a form of the only said was why he later who
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taala Oh, how shy I'm going to I'm going to be
he says,
oh, shine,
I'm going to be before you, even if you forgive me.
Now, we have to contemplate in in what he's saying.
In order to appreciate the depths of what he's saying.
As believers, just having a man and faith. We believe in what
Allah subhanaw taala we believe that his laws have to be, we have
to abide by His laws. And we believe that if we transgress the
boundaries,
we are liable and we are accountable. And if we are not
blessed with the forgiveness of Allah subhanaw taala we could face
face punishment. So seeking forgiveness for your sins, is the
beam minimum entry level of Eman.
But for the Illuminati is concerned with something beyond
that.
Not that he's not asking for forgiveness. Not that he's not
asking for Allah Subhana Allah is mercy. But really what he's asking
for is that even if you forgive me, when I can rob, you can see
you do not forget.
Because the lover never wants to disappoint the beloved.
So we've we've labeled, even if this ad is that, even if you
forgive me, how do I face since then? How do I face you and stand
in front of you?
A different meaning altogether.
I remember one scholar recently, after his mother passed away, he
shared similar sentiments when you said that you remember growing up
and seeing his his mother in Doha in the middle of the night. But
the point is bringing across is that she wasn't even the way that
we were watching. She was completely cut off and oblivious
to what was going on around completely immersed in the
remembrance of Allah subhanaw taala completely focused on her.
Her internal was much more busy than her external.
So the first point is that to ensure that we are equally at the
very least busy internally spiritually
like we are in terms of the outward The second point
is that we remind ourselves that Allah subhanho wa Taala
knows that which we do not know.
So that we trust Allah subhanaw taala through the process of the
plan,
and we try and we seek for the subtle divine wisdoms within the
plan. We have to do this.
We have to ensure that we are not overly focused
Just on the situation I'm in, without paying any attention to
what preceded it, what follows it, why it happened when it happened?
What are the divine wisdoms within the plan?
And then we need to trust the divine plan and trust Allah
subhanaw taala in the process
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And this is something to rejoice in. If we acknowledge our short
sightedness, if we understand that we are the end on the carpet, that
only recognizes the color that he's currently working on,
completely oblivious to the fact
that that color of the carpet is part of many other colors forming
a beautiful picture.
We have to acknowledge our short sightedness
and we have to then trust that Allah subhanaw taala has our best
interests at heart and that he will respond to the DUA at the
time that he wishes not at the time that you wish
for no other reason except for your benefit if there's any delay.
We look at
in fact, even after Allah says something beautiful when he says
that Aruba mana aka I thought Obama I'll talk if I'm gonna ask
sometimes Allah subhanaw taala was holds but was in his was holding
is giving you
and sometimes he gives and within him is giving him giving you he's
withholding.
This is when we are trying to understand the subtle divine
wisdoms of Allah subhanaw taala within the plant lipstick very
briefly the story of Nabil use of to understand what the pinata
Allah, Allah Allah is saying, let's take the story of another
use of the ideal situation in all of our minds would be that he grew
up with his father, even though they met again later on. Ideally,
you'd want the young boy to grow up with his father and his
father's key he was deprived of that.
Now we ask ourselves the question in light of what even Allah Allahu
Allah is saying, was he deprived? Or was he given?
Was Allah subhanaw taala. depriving him was Allah subhanaw
taala giving you
in depriving him of one thing, which is the companionship of his
father for a limited time, what is what is he gained in the process?
Through the process, you can prophethood through the process,
Allah subhanaw taala granted him knowledge of the interpretation of
green dreams, through the through the process, Allah subhanaw taala
placed him in charge through the meaning of the wealth of Egypt at
the time, through the process, Allah subhanaw taala he regained
the love of his brothers, and he returned and reconnected, you
reunited with his parents.
So what outwardly seemingly apparently seems deprivation,
like he was deprived, in reality, Allah subhanaw taala was giving
him but we need to be patient with the plan. We need to be patient
with the plan.
And then the very last of the three points
is that
we communicate with ALLAH subhanaw taala
we ensure that our dua is filled with communication dialogue and
not just
you know, so brief to the point.
And then,
we go and we live,
we take the example and the the Quran is replete of examples of
this nature. But one beautiful example is the example of
Ibiza Korea Alessandra Windsor Nafisa, Korea, Ali Salam was in
communication with Allah subhanaw taala. He laid down His tire
position,
Allah subhanaw taala knew.
But he was communicating with Allah subhanaw taala. He told
Allah subhanaw taala that my hair is become gray,
my body, my bones are weak,
this is my situation,
there is no offspring, etc, etc. This is my case, I lay my case
before you, but he goes through a long list of things of what is
experiencing what you would like as an outcome, how we would like a
complete dialogue with Allah subhanaw taala. And of course
within the dialogue is praising Allah subhanaw taala
and Allah subhanaw taala answers, please. But the focus really isn't
the answer. The phone, the answer is guaranteed. The response to the
door is guaranteed. The question is my execution there? How what's
what's the type of door I'm making? Am I communicating with
Allah subhanaw taala? Or is it just again, some consistency
without being very deliberate?
If we want to ensure that we gain mastery, and as we mentioned at
the very beginning, every single one of us have the ability and the
opportunity to gain mastery within on anything that we place our mind
on and effort on.
If we want to ensure that we gain mastery in Doha, we have to ensure
at the very least that we meet this these three criteria. In
addition to that, and to endo fourth
is to read and study and analyze the dua of the Gambia animals
salat wa salam, and the dua of the Olia of Allah subhanaw taala. Read
them understand them. Simple, like the canoes that we make every
morning for Fajr beautiful.
Do I have a prophetic DUA and the manner in which Rasulullah
sallallahu Sallam converses with Allah subhanaw taala is absolutely
beautiful.
When when he's praising Allah subhanaw taala when he's laying
his case before Allah subhanaw taala when it's completely
completely
acceptance
of the decree of Allah subhanaw taala is all contained within the
DUA.
So we pray that Allah subhanaw taala grants us disability we pray
that Allah subhanaw taala grants us a connection to him we pray
that Allah subhanaw taala allows us to attain mastery not only in
other activities and in other sciences but in a connection in
our spirituality with him Subhan Allah Allah, may Allah subhanaw
taala except that or as a personal do as I do us for our community,
for society for the Muslims at large for our brothers in
Palestine and in all other places of the world. May Allah subhanaw
taala annex it from us. It's just I don't know if there are any
other announcements but
Okay, so my Stewardson Yes. And I wanted to message Masjid Sunni
wishes to inform the community that we will be having our monthly
ticket on Thursday, the 18th of January, between Muslim and
Russia. So we invite everyone to we invite everyone to partake in
the in the interview. And then
another announcement there was a request to make the app for
Abdullah cuisine, I think is the Senate who had suffered a stroke
yesterday we pray that Allah subhanaw taala grants him complete
Shiva.
And then lastly, from the 20th. And from the end of this month, I
think it's the 21st of January on Sunday.
alHuda Academy, which is a madrasa focused on part time, part time
and rasa on weekends for our students in primary and high
school
will be at Masjid Sunday from the 21st of January from this from not
the Sunday the following Sunday. So we encourage that everyone in
the area in the surrounding areas, bring your children primary or
high school.
What we've noticed is that the often madrasa during the week is
slowly fading out children are too busy with extramural and
everything else. So here's an opportunity on a Sunday. And then
a luda Academy also as a branch in Weinberg and in Brooklyn areas on
a Saturday. So the Sunday doesn't work for you. The Saturday should
work for you. There must be one day at least that works.
So we encourage everyone to bring your children
In primary or high schools children enroll them understand
the year at Masjid Sunni. So that we ensure that they are educated
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