Sadullah Khan – Jumuah Ramadan2016
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To shape on the regime Smilla Rahmanir Rahim Al hamdu
Lillahi wa Salatu was Salam ala Rasulillah he was up you know,
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When sama Ramadan, Eman and urban warfare
oh come on to the piano solo Allah,
in the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful or breezy
due to our Creator, our cherisher or narration and our sustain. We
bear witness is not worthy of worship but Allah, we may disagree
with all the prophets who came in the great line of divine and we be
able to the Prophet Muhammad
Rasul Rasul Allah Allah He was the he was Harvey was Salam is the
final of all the emissaries of Allah.
Brothers and sisters, I greet you with the Islamic universal
greeting of peace, the peace the mercy and blessings of Allah be
punishing everyone is Salam aleikum wa rahmatullah
wa barakato.
In his infinite wisdom and mercy, has made the human being a
combination of body and soul.
Elements, an analogy and spirituality
and therefore within human nature,
the physical and carnal propensities that are peculiar to
animals on the one hand, as well as
angelic dimensions on the other
and therefore it's reported the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam said
whosoever
allows his car Kondo self is lower self in
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that person who allows subdues is yourself
from wrongdoings and wrongfulness.
Due to the
intellectual and moral propensity,
that person is higher than the angel on holiday
by him, but if you're animalistic, your appetites supersede your
intellect, your reasoning and your moral balance, that person can be
worse than an animal. And therefore you take heed, even the
senses that we have, on the one hand we can see, but do we
observe, we are hearing we can hear but do we listen? And if
Allah subhanaw taala warns us about this, they are those who
hear but they listen not.
Those who see but the observe not.
With
their eyes they can see
observe
their peers, they
rise mount to behave
like animals, but in fact, there was but more often known because
they are like they're the people who are heedless and don't pay
attention
of this reality. You looked at fasting in relation to self
discipline.
Fasting
involves abstinence from three primal
physical needs of the human being
the primal, physical needs of the human being. In other words, if we
were too fast to time, none of us would survive.
If we were too fast, all the time, you would pray all the time. You
can pray all the time, if you get time.
All the time.
If you fast all the time, you will not survive because you remove
from yourself the three primal needs of the human being food and
drink for sustenance and for living, and of course, into
duration, which is for survival and perpetuation of the human
species. And we do this fasting in the month of Ramadan, from dawn to
dusk during the entire month for 29 or 20 or 30 consecutive days.
So this is a fasting which Allah subhanaw taala says, Yeah, you
could
come out
publicly,
on Oh, you who believe all you who proclaim faith, fasting is
prescribed for you, as it was prescribed to those before you, in
order that you may attain unto righteousness.
So the CR musoma Fasting is given to us, as a prescription,
enjoined upon human beings in every age by every person,
come out
as you prescribed to people before you through the prophets, and the
notion of fasting is to improve the human conduct in the human
condition in relation to their own self and more particularly in
relationship to the Creator.
The fast of Ramadan is one of the greatest means of inculcating self
discipline. It's one dimension of fasting, and it's the one be
focusing on
and this is a discipline imposed, sometimes,
very often the discipline imposed by others, reduces because we are
commanded, we drive in particular way, specifically when there is a
cop on the road, and we abide by the rules, even though
we may go over red light, but when the cop is going over orange
lights,
outside rules, the idea of Pharisees inculcate within
ourselves a level of consciousness, to be willingly do
those things, right? And we willingly avoid those. And over
and above that we are conscious that Allah is Ever observing us,
to the highest of all disciplines, to all disciplines. It's not only
apply to abide by the rules, but even without being monitored, or
able to live to the standard of righteousness and goodness.
So Islam emphasizes the execution of fasting as a highly spiritual
as well as a discipline.
And not only in action, but both in motivated action, and emotive
any alteration.
And motor
fasting or any other good deed requires purity of intention, and
honest your purpose.
In practice, it demands abstention from engaging in any form of
unlawful and improper behavior.
It's very important to understand that otherwise, is there a social
documentary, the major
lesson only see I mean majeure,
plays to the community, I mean, let's have a chance there those
are fast and they attain nothing but the first exit hunger.
Chance is 10 in prayer and you achieve nothing from your prayer,
except tiredness is more than just the ritual is also the spiritual
dimension, that we need to consider.
So, this degree of sincerity,
coupled with self control, is an expression of mastery of one's
higher self, of one's lower self of subduing the carnal appetites,
are developing the human beings focusing on the larger purpose of
our existence
and was discipline it is far easier and more pleasant to follow
the dictates of law and to be in tune with the demands of our soul.
To follow what is right, morally and logically requires a form of
worldly commitment. And this may not always come automatically
in the American Bisou because the self has an equalization sometimes
to deviate, to do what is wrong.
And therefore this discipline can be developed and fasting is one of
the best ways
These are developing the discipline.
But where do you begin? Besides the need to, besides doing certain
things more than other times, selecting from food and breaking
down, one's faster, you broken
pipes, and metal legs, all our deeds are ever short for five,
short from the idea well accepted from us in shall rock. But the
beginning for us is Whoever acknowledges that he or she has
shortcomings. That person has already started on the path of
self discipline. You can't think of self discipline, unless you sit
back and think, you know, I acknowledge the fact that I have
shortcomings. Some people will be much,
much,
very good. But you don't prevent them from lying, or cheating, or
be abusive or underpaying their staff to come to mercy take off
making
stuff in the afternoon on Friday.
You've done your ritual, there's no spiritual connection between
what you're doing.
From your prayer to the next prayer.
Important that we must acknowledge shortcomings. And when you
acknowledge that you have certain shortcomings, that means you're
already started on the path of self discipline. You see, there
are many people who are anxious to improve their circumstances, but
unwilling to improve themselves, and therefore they remain where
they are. There's a saying in America, you keep doing what you
always did, you keep getting what you always got a property which by
the way, but nonetheless, if you keep doing what you always did,
you keep getting what you always got. If you do the same thing,
you'll get the same result, unless you improve unless you change
unless you move into higher gear, you remain exactly where you are.
And therefore it begins with a self.
Discipline.
It doesn't begin by listening to the lecture and saying, I must
give it to someone else, then you missed the point.
It must begin as
whoever wants to sit down. For a couple of hours we will add.
Whoever said the word didn't begin with himself or herself.
There should be any to begin with discipline yourself before wanting
to discipline other people.
Ancient philosophers have said, mastering others is strength to
master yourself. That is true power. And the best victory is to
conquer the self. And as the Sufis, they say, the foolish you
want to conquer the world. The wise one wants to control himself.
The foolish want to conquer the world, the wise one wants to
control himself.
But the first step to gaining self control is, besides identifying
the fact that we have false, and if you feel you don't have any
false, that is the biggest one.
We need to identify areas in our lives that need more control.
We have to take a close look at our habits.
Look at the character traits we possess. If your friends will
describe you in one word, what would they say? What do your
neighbors say about you? If you were to die today, and one word
tombstone, what do you think they would write? Honest, loving,
compassionate, argumentative, angry, rude?
What would you like it to be?
So wise words of saying, live your life in such a way that you have
an idea of what you want on your gravestone and then make that a
reality?
What would your friends say about you, your neighbors, but they let
me see about you. Or they may be writing some of the things that
they say.
So take a closer look at our our habits, a closer look at our
character traits that we possess
opinions
and attitudes you display. Even if you're correct. What's the
attitude? One of the major problems I have in my life
is people who are just incorrect. But they arrogance and the
harshness with other people and other people is more hateful for
me when I see it. Then the basic groundwork someone was doing.
And give an example once the states somebody just embraced
Islam and he prayed and he
depends on the structure. The event isn't like I said go home,
take a shower, take a shower. I want to become Muslim now. We'll
come to
modify that
So now he could even break up. But he wanted to embrace Islam. So he
played in the masjid. And as a trained just observe how the
people are praying. The Don't worry about the other loose prayer
when you pray together in congregation, then you pray with
everyone. You see everybody who same thing, just see what they're
doing. Now this brothers, I was watching other people being sooner
so he also listened to football. So he's watching and making come
down, and one person came in
such a harsh way.
He doesn't know about
the barbecue shot and so afraid he never returned to the machine
again.
I'm sure the brother was a defining mentor, the men
the men
are in doing what you do
in the smile,
in how he told people to do it, and then give me the most well
documented in books of all schools of thought and urinated in the
documented no document the incident said normal blood upset
so I was about to beat him up. The mosque wasn't like this of course
we were sent
via Sharif.
And go to Sue said to the people who want to beat him said no, the
person who complained he says you go into water and you advise him
what to do. That is sunnah.
sunnah, that is, we completely immerse. We do many listeners that
should our culture, the way we play is very good. And you'll
always see very often it's very linked to our culture.
Always getting people getting people that is not
the compassion for each other is not the lack of suspicion people
listen
to which you know we following
some of them, we fall short, and some of you don't fall short. But
since you're aware of the ones you fall short, also in May, Allah God
those will not be the sooner that you are doing.
Our habits, the character traits we possess the opinions and
attitudes that we display, our diet, exercise, and gear for
general health
and also relationships
with ourselves with our loved ones, and was our Creator. Once we
identify those things in our lives, that need more control, we
can start
by digging to decrease the small efforts. And in Islam, we say you
know, social Allah, Allah loves that you do something
consistently, even if you do it little by little.
So from an ethical and moral perspective,
we should therefore contemplate in this month of Ramadan this month
of fasting of Quran are of
the higher purpose and the deeper meaning of our lives because it's
meant to transform our lives is not meant for us to be the city
Jews from beginning to end only.
Whatever we do, is good, or to compete the fasting
obligatory as much more than just that
it is a far more important effect and impact.
And therefore, we should contemplate on the higher purpose
and deep deeper meaning meanings of our lives, trying to
meaningfully balancing our physicality was reality.
And therefore, we say fasting promotes a heightened level of
spiritual consciousness.
But at the same time, social consciousness because you cannot
fast when you do you feed the poor was feeling
bad, different form, yes, but the idea of social consciousness, if
you cannot, you feed the poor, this direct link between the
spiritual
and social consciousness
those are facts are therefore referred to in the Quran not only
as those who are doing an a bada which is fundamental here. It's
they're doing a
deep degree of consciousness
going through the motions and therefore, the first those who are
fasting
is OSI model.
I say
those who are spiritual journey,
those who are on a spiritual journey and the beautiful in Surah
Oba Allah subhanho wa Taala says.
Will have
bullshitting.
Draft tidings to such believers, to these true believers who
inculcate these characteristics and these habits and these
practices.
There are those who have not acknowledged the force and they
repent,
attend to
those who commit themselves to the commands of Allah and
those who are grateful for the bounty of the Creator.
Those loss asking him by means of a spiritual journey, a rocky all
those bowing frustrated, none other than Allah.
The command is right to the best of their ability,
even to the best of their ability will illuminate
and they live within the prescription prescribed limits of
Allah the dialogue to break the rules that Allah has said, Baba
Shil, many tidings to those believers.
So fasting is indeed an exercise in the pursuit of divine blessings
of baraka and therefore the results in these documents, mammal
Buhari
sama Ramadan.
Whoever fast in the month of Ramadan was due faith with proper
faith, sincere faith.
And with due consideration, doing what's supposed to be done, you
don't get to humiliate people, or sway someone who can tell you I'm
giving my
number that
for most of what you do, or humiliate or show off
what is acknowledging that there is only from a law not for sure,
not for gain or for popularity, not for humiliation, but for
status.
or fear. A lot
of law says, I forgive you, whatever sins of the past that you
may, Allah grant has to be among those.
So fasting is far more than application for the necessities of
daily living. Fasting is a mode of enhancing self discipline. Among
the benefits of fasting there are multi dimensional benefits. It is
an opportunity for regulating our attitudes and enhancing our
conduct. It serves as a soldier.
castings of protective shield
is a means of attaining Taqwa catabolic.
By chance you may attain unto God consciousness unto righteousness
and piety
is a month of high intensity, spiritual development, of
character building of self discipline. And one of the
pursuance of Taqwa. And, by the way, is the highest standards, in
the estimation of Allah of human excellence, as Allah says, in
the most honorable of you, in the estimation of Allah knows
honorable are those almost righteous. These are either fella
to the second, don't ascribe righteousness to yourself, who
will
be mudita only Allah knows those who are truly pious. All the other
stuff in
the world has also lost one of the great sporting heroes. And though
his life was varied in troubled times, as a man to whom much of
Islam was, Islam was played in many parts
of the world, and became the most popular person in the bow the name
of Muhammad Ali.
So may Allah grant him forgiveness for his shortcomings. And for
every person who took shahada, I was inspired by him. I certainly
was very much inspired at the opportunity of hosting him in
1994. We are regarding mafia and the highest place in Jana Akula
Holly has our socket Allah