Sadullah Khan – 27th Post Witr Talk Ramadaan 1444 2023
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In the name of Allah most gracious most
merciful all praise is due to our Creator,
Cherisher, Nourish, and Sustainer.
Prophet
in this hadith,
he says, they comes to you the blessed
month of Ramadan.
Indeed,
we are in the last days of that
month.
Farooqullahu alaykum
siyamah,
Allah has prescribed fasting, made obligatory fasting for
those who are able
to fast during this month,
and that is almost coming
to conclusion.
This month contains
a night
greater in value than a 1000 months,
and that night
the Prophet
said,
of Ramadan,
and tonight
is one of those nights.
A month mentioned in the Quran in relation
to the Quran,
a night mentioned in the Quran
in relation to the Quran.
Both
the month is the only month mentioned by
name in the Quran,
mentioned in relation to the Quran
and of course the sacred night.
It has a night. It contains a night
greater in value, in spiritual value
than 83 years, which is more than a
ordinary an ordinary human life.
And perchance,
we connect to the power
of that night of power, which is the
Quran is a conduit
of which Allah is the ultimate source of
that power.
It's hoped
that we on this night and these nights
repent for our past,
the sins we may have committed, the wrongs
we have done,
and positively
focus
on our future.
And we do so with
revived
commitment
and a heightened degree
of spirituality,
insha'Allah.
We are now
coming to conclusion of our series.
Moral guidance
from everyday experiences.
There's an incident that I want us to
reflect upon.
There was a lecture
advertised in London of a prominent Muslim speaker.
And, of course, many people
queued up to attend, and
a group of young guys were waiting to
enter the hall
when one of them noticed
a young lady that was not so well
dressed.
Not, I mean,
dressed,
appropriately what he felt. She had a tight
jeans on and nose scarf and short sleeve.
And he wanted to go tell her that
she should have dressed properly and that his
friend said, Don't. It's not your business. Leave
her. You know, she came. He says, No,
but she's coming to an Islamic lecture. It's
not like she's going to a movie or
to the mall. She's going to an Islamic
lecture. She should know. She should best appropriately
just not on.
And they somehow eventually convinced him, please just
don't belittle her, you know, just don't say
anything. Nonetheless,
he was very angry.
And they went into the hall and the
speaker spoke, alhamdulillah,
took some questions,
answered as best as he could.
And then the guys noticed that the young
lady was also standing in line to ask
a question.
When her turn came to ask the question,
she said,
I don't have a question.
I just want to become a Muslim.
And she took the shahada,
and we know the prophet
said,
Embracing Islam
removes the sin of the past, hadith documented
in the Sahih of Imam Muslims.
As they came out,
the friends told this angry guy, the angry
friend of theirs,
imagine you spoke to her and belittled her
before the lecture.
She may have gone home,
but now
she goes home better than all of us,
having embraced Islam and free from sin.
With regard to this, it doesn't mean if
somebody is not doing something right, you shouldn't
tell them.
Don't get me wrong because don't misuse this
what I'm saying now. I'm just saying, the
question is about how sometimes we are judgmental
about things, and we get angry about some
things.
And very often, we see the faults of
other people, and we should rectify where we
can in an amicable manner. But sometimes we
become so upset about the faults of other
people,
but very rarely do we notice our own
faults. Or
we are quick to reprimand other people,
but get upset when other people
regard to this kind of situation that I
want us to reflect on the words
documented by Imam Abu Hamid al Ghazali Rahimahullah,
a saying which some attribute
to Sayyid Abu Qadir al Jilaniqaddasallahu
Sira,
words that offer advice
embodying the highest standard
of social humility.
So here, the wording is,
Anyone who considers himself
superior to others,
he is arrogant.
The arrogant person, the sign of an arrogant
person, when he gives advice,
he embarrasses, humiliates. He take pleasure in belittling
the other person, to mortify the other person.
But when he is advised,
he gets upset.
It becomes rude sometimes.
On the other hand,
The humble person is that person. When he
meets anyone, he assumes in his mind, there
must be some way this man is better
than me or this person is better than
If he sees a child, he says the
child is so small, innocent, he has not
had much time for sin, he has not
sinned, so because of that, he is better
than
me. When he meets someone
when he meets someone
who's elder or bigger,
he says he must be better than me
because he's been worshiping Allah and serving a
lot long before me, so he must be
better than me.
When he meets a person who's knowledgeable,
he says, Allah has given him what I
don't have. He has reached a station which
I haven't reached. He knows what I don't
know. How could I be better than him?
Then he meets someone
who's ignorant.
This person who is ignorant, he may have
sinned against Allah, but he sins out of
ignorance.
I know what is wrong and right, and
I still sin. So Allah's case is stronger
against me than against him, so he must
be better than me.
If he's a person who's not a believer,
he'll say, I do not know. Perhaps he'll
become a Muslim, and his life will change.
And he'll end up in life doing better
good deeds, and better deeds than me.
And perchance,
Allah will remove all his sins.
And then at the end of life he
may be closer to Allah
than I am, so he
could be better than me.
You see, besides listening to the
absolutely beautiful melodious attestation
with passive attention,
Passive attention.
May we be inspired
to the implementation of Qur'anic values,
leading to our personal transformation.
This is what Ramadan is all about. Asa'i'on,
spiritual journey, individually.
We need to reflect the prophetic righteousness
which was manifested in his personal engagement
and in his dealings with society.
His etiquette of social interaction
was empowering
rather than controlling,
inspiring
rather than dictating,
uplifting
rather than judging,
seeking commitment
rather than dominance.
He ignited the moral imagination
and the spiritual consciousness
of those people who were around him. Therefore,
he could take a shepherd boy like Abdullah
ibn Mas'ud,
a noble woman like Khadija,
a slave like Bilal,
a nurse like Umaiman, a foreigner like Salman
al Faleesi, a wealthy man like Abu Bakr,
a Jew like Abdullah bin Salam, an outcast
like Juleibib, and embrace them equally in his
companionship
with respect,
with dignity, and with compassion.
The prophet taught us
righteousness
by his example.
That to be good,
you don't have to be judgmental.
To be good, you don't have to be
judgmental.
To be equal, you don't all have to
be the same.
To be firm, you don't have to be
inconsiderate.
To be in charge, you don't have to
be oppressive.
To be right, you don't have to be
rude.
To rectify,
you don't have to be demeaning.
To be religious,
you don't have to be self righteous.
I leave you
in conclusion of the series.
I leave you with the dua of the
person most beloved to the prophet
his daughter Fatima, who often made this du'a.
Well, Allah,
humble in me my estimation of myself.
Humble in me my estimation of myself.
And magnify in me
magnify in me the consciousness of your grandeur.
Humble in me my opinion of myself
and magnify in me the consciousness
of your grandeur.
Allahumma
innaqahafuwun,
tuhibulaaafua'afuwana.
Oh Allah,
expunge our sins.
You are the one who loves to pardon,
so pardon us.