Salem Al Amry – Lesson 84 Weekly Class Virtues of Islam
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Please take notes over to me throughout the
course of the lesson.
With that said I'd like to hand it
back to the Shaykh to start the lesson.
BarakAllahu feekum, Assalamu Alaikum Wa Alaikum
Assalam wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem
Inna alhamdulillah wa rahmatuhu wa nasta'eemuhum wa
nastaghfiruhu wa na'udhu billahi min shiruri anfusina
wa min shay'ati a'malina inna human yahjihi
lillahi wa nabiyyinina wa nabiyyinina wa nabiyyinina This
is the title the author, may Allah have
mercy on him, gave.
What is said regarding naming yourself or attributing
yourself to other than Islam.
Our identity, my dear brothers and sisters, is
Islam.
We are Muslims.
We are Muslims.
We submit to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,
to his will.
We are following the path of all prophets
and messengers of Allah, because all of them
submitted to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
So we are Muslims.
What are you?
I am a Muslim.
This is my identity.
I am a Muslim.
Sayyidina Salman al-Farisi, Salman the Persian, he
was in a gathering and you know the
Arabs, they had this problem of boasting about
their lineage and their ancestors.
And I think it is in other communities
as well.
So someone is saying I am from this,
from that, not to state the fact that
he belongs to this tribe.
No, they were boasting about their lineage.
Then they came to him and said, tell
us about yourself.
He said, I am Salman, the son of
al-Islam.
I am Salman, the son of al-Islam.
My identity is al-Islam.
Let them boast about their tribes, whether they
are from Qais or from Tamim.
So keep this in mind.
It is very essential.
Our problems today as Muslims.
There are many, many labels dividing us.
You are a Muslim.
You follow that Islam, Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam wrote 1400 years ago.
You follow that Islam, the pure Islam.
And you maintain it in its pristine form
as he was taught it to his companions.
And his companions passed it to their students,
etc.
That is the Islam every Muslim should be
upon.
So we are Muslims.
So the author, by this, he is drawing
our attention to this.
That we should not be divided and we
should not have different labels.
And his style, you should know by now,
is always, he will put the title, then
he will produce the proofs and the evidence
from the Quran and Sunnah.
This is his style.
This Imam, Sheikh Muhammad bin Abdullah Fahimullah.
You read his books, Allah said, ayah, hadith,
ayah, hadith, ayah, hadith.
And yet you find many people, they attributed
many things to him which are not true.
They fabricated lies, etc.
So if you are an objective researcher, and
if you are a seeker of knowledge, unbiased,
you want to know about this Imam, read
his works, not what people said about him.
So after putting this title, he supported it
with the ayah from Surah Al-Hajj, ayah
78.
Where Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, says, وَجَاهِدُوا
فِي اللَّهِ حَقَّ جِهَادِهِ هُوَ يُجْتَبَاكُمْ وَمَا جَعَلَ
عَلَيْكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ مِنْ حَرَجٍ مِلَّةَ أَبِيكُمْ إِبْرَاهِيمُ
هُوَ سَمَاكُمْ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَفِي هَذَا لِيَكُونَ
الرَّسُولُ لِيَكُونَ الرَّسُولُ شَهِيدًا عَلَيْكُمْ وَتَكُونُ شُهَدًا عَلَى
النَّاسِ فَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَآتُوا الزَّكَاةَ وَاَتَصْلِمُوا بِاللَّهِ
هُوَ مَوْلَاكُمْ فَنِعْمًا مَوْلًا فَنِعْمًا نَصِيرًا The meaning,
جاهدوا, strive in the cause of Allah, for
the cause of Allah.
In the way He deserves, حَقَّ جِهَادِهِ For
it is He who has chosen you and
laid upon you no hardship in the religion,
the way of your forefather, Abraham.
It is Allah who named you the ones
who submit and Muslim.
In the earlier scripture and in this the
Quran, He called you Muslim.
So that the messenger may be a witness
over you and that you may be witnesses
over mankind, humanity.
So establish prayer, pay zakah and hold fast
to Allah.
He alone is your guardian.
What an excellent guardian and what an excellent
helper.
Let us now ponder on this beautiful ayah.
وَجَاهِدُوا So this is a command.
فِعْلْأَمْرُ جَاهِدُوا Strive, struggle, struggle against your own
nafs.
That's the most important thing.
You will not be able to strive and
to combat the enemies and confront them without
overcoming your own nafs, your own self.
So you need to purify this soul, this
nafs and bring it under your thumb so
you control it.
And you discipline this nafs by the revelation.
That's why there was no jihad in Mecca.
All the Meccan period, no jihad.
Jihad in the sense, the combat with the
enemies, physical confrontation.
The first ayat came down where ayat to
sovereign their hearts, laying the foundation, preparing
them for the heavy task that they are
going to shoulder in the future.
That's why they went through tough period of
time, the sahaba.
Tough tests, tribulations, persecutions.
Some were killed.
They were driven from their homes.
They were forced to leave Mecca to Abyssinia.
Allah was preparing them to go through all
these hardships.
Allah told them in Mecca, hold back your
hands.
Do not retaliate.
Do not react.
Endure what happens to you.
Allah told them, The jihad in Mecca was
only to read the Quran.
Because Allah was preparing the sahaba spiritually.
Allah made qiyam al-layl in the beginning.
For them, the sahaba in Mecca, to pray
the night prayer.
To uplift the spirits.
To strengthen their iman.
To build up their spirituality.
Because you need this type of jihad to
overcome the nafs.
Without having this driving force, and tremendous force
within you, and the motive, and the readiness,
to sacrifice for Allah's deal, then you will
not be able to face your enemies.
So my dear brothers and sisters, we need
to reform ourselves.
And build our iman.
And repent and turn to Allah.
So Allah here, He commands and says, And
strive.
And the jihad has many forms.
Not the physical confrontation or the combat.
No.
There are many forms of jihad.
Jihad for women is the hajj.
Which has no thorn as in the hadith.
Strive in the hadith against the polytheists, against
the mushriks.
With your wealth.
With your tongues.
And with yourselves.
So there are greats and there are types
of jihad.
وَجَاهِدُ فِي اللَّهِ حَقَّ جِهَادِهِ Why haqqa jihadihi?
This is it.
Is it?
When you go out and set out to
fight and to combat and re-oppose
and drive back the transgressors and the attackers.
What was the motive?
What was the intention behind it when you
came out?
Is it for the sake of Allah?
Or you came out to participate in the
fight so that people will praise you, mention
you.
So you have different motives.
Or you want to retaliate to take a
revenge which is not for the sake of
Allah.
So that's why in the hadith, the sahaba,
they asked the Prophet and they said, Oh
Prophet of Allah, a man fights for the
sake of his tribe or for reputation.
So what is the jihad which we are
supposed to do?
The jihad for Allah's sake.
Because people, they go to jihad with different
intentions.
My motive is that people will praise me.
Oh, he was a brave man, etc.
So the Prophet, he told them.
And he gave them the precise answer.
He told them.
من جاهد لتكون كلمة الله العليا Because they
mentioned which type of jihad this motive is
for the cause of Allah.
He told them, none of them.
The only one jihad will be for the
cause of Allah.
Is that when your intention purely and exclusively
for raising the word of Allah, Allah's deen,
to make Allah's deen supreme and victorious.
If that is the motive, if that is
the intention, then you are setting out in
the jihad for the cause of Allah.
حق الجهاد One
of the sahaba, he was fighting.
Then when they got the spoils and the
ghanaim of the war, the booties.
They divided, he was not present and they
left his share.
So when he came, they gave him.
Said, this is your share.
He came to the Prophet and he said,
oh Prophet of Allah.
ما على هذا بايعتك I didn't give you
the bay'ah, the pledge and the allegiance
to come to fight for the cause of
Allah.
For any worldly benefits.
I don't want this.
I didn't come out for this.
I came out wishing to have an arrow
hitting me here.
In my throat.
To die and meet Allah as a martyr.
That's why I came out.
And I participated.
The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam told him,
اصدق الله اصدق Be truthful.
Be honest.
If you are sincere, Allah will grant you
what you want, what you wish.
Martyrdom.
After a while, he was brought carried.
Dead.
He was martyred in the battlefield.
With the arrow sticking in the place he
put his finger.
Exactly.
So that is haqqa jihadihi.
و جاهدوا بالله حق جهاده Who would you
take back?
It is Allah who chose you.
الحمد لله That Allah made us Muslims.
My dear brothers and sisters, say all the
time, الحمد لله, I am a Muslim.
This is the greatest blessing.
And unfortunately, many of us are not grateful
for that blessing.
That I am a Muslim.
Allah chose me from among all the children
of Adam.
And made me a Muslim.
And made my parents Muslims.
Say alhamdulillah.
Say it.
Who would you take back?
Allah is the one who chose
you.
You see, in the hadith, The Prophet said,
Allah Allah looked upon the inhabitants of earth.
At that time.
1400 years ago.
Before the advent of Islam.
So Allah looked upon the people on earth.
And he despised them.
Disliked them.
All.
Because they were far away.
Far away.
From his way.
Both the Arabs and the non-Arabs.
Except.
Few numbers of the people of the scriptures.
Who were sincere and practicing.
What was mentioned.
In their scriptures.
The revelation.
So the earth was in total darkness.
And this light emerged.
Emanated.
Radiated.
From the mountains.
The mountains of Mecca.
The Bible says.
In the Old Testament.
That is the light.
The light.
The light.
That illumined.
And dissipated.
The darkness of paganism.
And polytheism.
Allah chose you.
Something.
Was given to you by Allah.
By your Lord.
And you have been chosen.
By Him.
And they have.
Chosen for you.
Al Islam.
As way of life.
Who would you tell.
Allah.
Is the one who chose you.
So be grateful.
He did not
make.
Any difficulty.
For you.
In this deen.
This deen.
Its nature.
Is so simple.
Easy.
Very easy.
Nothing.
In this deen.
In this religion.
Religion.
That is beyond your capacity.
You cannot.
Bear.
All the teachings of al Islam.
Are easy.
Can be.
Shouldered.
Can be implemented.
Can be executed.
You can bear them.
There is no.
No hardships.
No hardships.
No difficulties.
This is the nature of this.
Beautiful deen.
No haraj.
And the moment.
You face a hardship.
You see how Allah.
Provide.
The easiness.
From himself.
Fattaqullaha mastata'tum.
Our problem.
We don't know this deen.
Fattaqullaha mastata'tum.
Be Allah.
To the best of your ability.
That's it.
Allah is telling you.
I don't want you.
Anything more than what you can bear.
Something beyond your capacity.
I don't expect it from you.
Fattaqullaha mastata'tum.
Be Allah.
To the best of your ability.
Something beyond your.
Capacity.
Allah.
Will excuse you.
Exempt you.
When.
Ammar ibn Yasir.
Was tortured.
And he was about to die.
And he could not.
Take the.
The.
The pain and the agony.
And the suffering.
Except by.
Saying something.
Bad about the Prophet.
Then they stopped.
Beating him.
So he came to the Prophet.
And he said.
O Prophet of Allah.
They did not allow me.
And they did not stop beating me.
Until I.
Said things.
Bad things about you.
How do you feel?
How's your heart?
When you say these things.
He said.
My heart is.
Disliking what I said.
But I only said it.
To save my life.
What did the Prophet tell him?
In'adaw.
For it.
If they punish you again.
If they torture you again.
And you find.
No way to stop them.
Except to.
Say the same thing you said.
Do it again.
The leeway is there.
Room is there.
Because human beings are not the same.
Some they are like.
Some they are like.
Bilal.
Bilal.
He was only saying.
He didn't say anything.
To please them.
Or to.
Beg them.
To stop.
Torturing him.
He was able to endure.
And bear.
The suffering.
He said.
The sweetness of.
Was.
The root cause.
Of my.
Patience.
I feel.
The delightfulness.
And sweetness of it.
But not everyone.
Can be like Bilal.
So in our Islam.
We have Bilal.
We have Ammar.
So don't expect.
Everyone to be like Bilal.
So if someone.
Is like Ammar.
Islam.
Gives that room.
That room.
Is there.
So this Islam.
This deen.
There is no hardship.
In the sense.
Something beyond.
Your capacity.
That you will not find in Islam.
For example.
Because.
When you are travelling.
The Prophet.
Said.
Travelling.
Is a piece of punishment.
It is something painful.
Travelling.
Especially.
In the past.
Even today.
Okay.
Though you are travelling.
By an aeroplane.
But you don't know.
Whether you reach the destination.
And you go through turbulence.
And you go through many things.
So you are always in that anxious state.
So Allah.
He knew that.
Travelling is not easy.
So.
He shortened the prayers for you.
He said.
Okay.
No need for you to pray.
Asr, Maghrib, Isha.
And the Dhuhr.
Four rak'ahs, two rak'ahs only.
And you can combine also.
The prayers together.
Dhuhr with Asr.
Maghrib with Isha.
And Fajr alone.
So this is.
The.
The ease.
Comes from Allah.
If you are running of water.
And you are dying of thirst.
And you didn't find anything.
Except.
To save your life.
You can have cigarette.
To quench your thirst.
Or if you are starving.
Dying.
And you find a carcass.
Dead animal.
You can.
Have a bite of it.
So that to sustain you.
So that you.
Survive.
This is the.
Nature of the Deen of Islam.
Of Islam.
No hardships in it.
Fear Allah.
To the best of your ability.
Allah did not make.
In this Deen.
Or.
Laid upon you.
Imposed upon you.
Any hardship.
Alhamdulillah.
Because he is Ar-Rahman Ar-Rahim.
The most kind.
The most merciful.
This is the Deen.
This is the religion.
The Millah.
Monotheism.
The monotheistic creed.
Of your father.
Ibrahim.
Who called you Muslims?
Who called you Muslims?
That's why.
You'll find in the.
Books.
Who called us the Muslims.
Allah or Ibrahim.
Or it can be both.
Who was.
Muslim.
Because.
Ibrahim.
Is the father.
Of all.
The prophets.
Allah called us Muslims.
Ibrahim.
Reminded his children.
All the time.
To die as Muslims.
So if we say.
The one who called us Muslim Allah.
That means Allah.
Called all.
The prophets and listeners Muslims.
Because they submit.
And Ibrahim also.
He did the same thing.
Who named you.
Al-Muslimin.
Those who submit.
To Allah.
Means in the.
Previous inscriptions.
Mentioned in the.
Previous inscriptions.
In the scrolls.
In the Psalms.
In the Torah.
In the Gospels.
And in the Quran.
And this.
Means the Quran.
Allah called us Muslims.
So.
What's our label?
Muslims.
What are you?
I am a Muslim.
I am a Muslim.
Following.
The belief of Al-Islam.
The religion of Al-Islam.
The Islam that.
Prophet Muhammad.
Preached and taught.
1400 years ago.
He taught it to his companions.
His disciples.
His students.
And passed to us from generation.
To generation.
I am a Muslim.
Following that Islam.
So that.
The messenger may be a witness.
Shaheed means a witness.
Okay.
This is the beauty of the Arabic.
Shaheed means a martyr.
Shaheed can be.
Someone who is.
Eyewitness.
Who is witnessing.
So that the messenger.
So Allah chose this.
For us.
So that the messenger may be a witness.
Over you.
That day.
The day of resurrection.
The prophet.
Will be a witness over us.
And us.
The Muslims.
Will be witnesses.
Over mankind.
Humanity.
Because some of the followers.
Of the prophets.
Who preceded.
Our prophet.
And may Allah.
Blessings and peace.
Upon all of them.
Their followers.
They will.
Deny.
And believe.
That the message.
Didn't reach us.
No one.
Invite us.
So they lie.
Against their own prophet.
So who will testify.
Who will be.
Eyewitness.
Who will witness.
That the prophet.
This prophet.
He delivered the message to them.
Our ummah.
The Muslims.
Because Allah told us.
That his messengers.
They.
Delivered the message.
So based on what Allah told us.
We will be witnesses.
Over mankind.
So.
Be proud.
Be thankful.
Be grateful to Allah.
That he made you.
And made this ummah.
Witnesses over mankind.
Because we are the ummah.
Of adl.
We are the nation of justice.
Adl.
So the people
of sunnah.
They know the truth.
They are hearts.
Full of mercy.
And kindness.
Towards mankind.
Towards mankind.
Rahma.
And Allah described our prophet.
He has sent you as rahma.
Mercy.
For mankind.
Then Allah said.
Establish the prayers.
Not just praying.
Establish it.
Perfectly.
Before time of salah you are ready.
You are longing.
Your heart is longing.
Yearning.
For the salah.
When the time of salah will come.
A man whose heart is clung.
Attached.
To the masjid.
One of the mashayikhs said.
Metaphorically that.
When he leaves the masjid.
He leaves his heart in the masjid.
He comes out without his heart.
So he is longing.
Because his heart.
Is attached.
There.
In the masjid.
Longing for the salah.
So you prepare yourself.
You plan your day.
About the timing of the salah.
Your business.
About the timing of salah.
I cannot have meeting at this time.
It is time for salah.
You plan your day.
Around the timing.
Of the prayers.
You hear Allahu Akbar.
You leave everything in your hand.
Because Allah is greater than.
Whatever you are doing.
Allahu Akbar.
Allah is greater than.
What I am doing right now.
Leave everything.
So before that.
You already prepared yourself.
Psychologically.
Mentally.
You took wubu.
You are just waiting for the call.
For the prayers.
And you proceed to the masjid.
And women.
At home.
If you have spacious house.
You can allocate one room.
In the house.
And make it masjid.
Masjid.
Prayer room.
It is only for the prayer.
Okay.
So where.
Women can pray in that room.
And pray jamaat.
And read Quran.
And pray tahajjud.
Etc.
So the salah.
My dear brothers and sisters.
This is the.
This is the.
Without salah.
Okay.
Without the salah.
You are not a Muslim.
Because this is.
How you.
Connect with your creator.
Through the salah.
Five times.
You stand before your lord.
Minimum.
Where he fixes all your defects.
All your problems.
Before the salah you had.
Depression.
Anxiety.
You get up and you pray.
Maybe after that you feel.
Relief.
What happened?
Yes I have been checked.
This complex machinery.
The one who created it.
He fixed everything within it.
They have taken.
Images.
Photographs.
Using special cameras.
Maybe an infrared.
For a person.
Before and after the salah.
Before the salah.
There is this.
Light around him.
But after the salah.
That amount of light.
Increased.
Increased.
That is why the prophet.
He used to tell.
Bilal.
Bilal.
Establish the salah.
Establish the salah.
Make dada.
Establish the salah.
Let us have this.
Sense of rest.
Relaxation.
Relief.
Let us be relaxed.
In the salah.
I will tell you a secret.
This secret.
That if you try to make.
Your salah shorter.
It becomes heavier.
Very heavy.
On you.
But if you prolong it.
It becomes lighter.
Lighter.
Because.
You are standing.
Before Allah.
And you are enjoying.
Talking to your lord.
By reciting his words.
The prophet.
He finished.
The sahabi.
Night prayer.
The sahabi who prayed with him.
He said.
I was going to leave him alone.
Because I couldn't take it.
He would stand.
In the prayer.
Till his feet would swell.
When he was asked.
Oh prophet.
You pray.
And you do more righteous deeds.
Though all your sins.
Are forgiven.
He replied.
Shouldn't I be a grateful.
Servant of Allah.
So everyone.
Should establish.
The salah.
The salah.
Command.
Your family.
Your wife.
Your children.
To pray.
And be.
Always.
Constant.
And have patience.
In maintaining the prayer.
Zakah.
This is.
One of the pillars of Islam.
And this is zakah.
Purification.
It purifies the soul.
It removes the greed.
From within this nafs.
Because we.
Love money.
And wealth.
And you love wealth.
Extremely.
So I have to take.
From this money.
Give it out.
For the poor.
And this is how Islam.
Solved the problem.
Of poverty.
And no.
Classes.
Those who are very rich.
And those who are downtrodden.
Those the needy.
The destitute.
In the Muslim community.
If.
Every Muslim is giving his zakah.
You will not find anyone who is in
need.
And it happened.
And it can happen.
Happened during the reign.
Of Sayyidina Umar bin Abdul Aziz.
They did not find anyone.
Eligible for the zakah.
To take the zakah.
So the zakah.
It eradicates.
And removes.
And uproot.
From your nafs.
The yasha, the greed.
Covetousness.
For the wealth.
And you give it out.
And also.
Zakah brings about.
Mutual love.
Among all the community members.
The poor and the rich.
They love each other.
So there is no jealousy.
There is no envy.
That the poor.
Are.
Feeling jealous of the rich one.
When they see.
Someone who is well off.
They make dua.
Oh Allah bless his wealth.
Because they know.
Ocean of it will come to them.
So this is how Islam.
Addressed the issue of the faqr.
Of poverty.
Subhanallah.
During the reign of Sayyidina Umar bin Khattab.
He saw an old man.
Begging.
He asked who is that?
They said he is a Jew.
A Jew.
He is asking for help.
He said oh no.
It is unfair.
Because when he was young.
He used to give us the tax.
And now he cannot give the tax.
So he is begging.
It is unfair.
We have to respect him.
And respect his old age.
Gift him.
From bayt al mal.
Gift him.
What is sufficient for him.
From bayt al mal.
Bayt al mal of the Muslims.
Which means.
The budget.
Of the state.
This is our Islam.
Wa atu al zakata.
Wa atasimu billahi.
Atasimu billahi.
Wa atisamu billahi.
Relying on Allah.
Counting on Allah.
Depending on Allah.
Wa atasimu billahi.
Hold all of you Muslims together.
To the rope of Allah.
And do not be divided.
And see our situation today.
Muslims are divided.
Because we are divided.
We are weak.
And that is what Allah warned us.
Do not dispute.
Allah is telling us.
Lest your strength leave you.
You become weak.
Because you are divided.
Wa atasimu billahi.
Huwa mawlakum.
Allahu akbar.
Hold fast to Allah.
See my dear brothers and sisters.
The most important thing.
That you make Allah on your side.
If Allah is on your side, finish.
You don't worry about anything.
But what if Allah is not on my
side?
How to make Allah on my side?
Very easy.
By obeying Him.
By obeying Allah.
And follow what He tells me and teaches
me.
Then Allah will be on my side.
Then I will be strong.
Because I am the most powerful.
Subhanahu wa ta'ala.
The Sahaba, they were very few in the
Battle of Badr.
Outnumbered many times by the Mushrik.
So much so that the Prophet was crying
to Allah.
Because as you know, the Battle of Badr,
the Sahaba didn't come out to fight.
They came out.
Their intention is to confiscate the caravan of
Quraish.
Because Quraish, they confiscated the Muslims' property in
Mecca.
So this is their right.
So that was their intention.
Not to fight.
But Quraish decided something else.
Though, before they left Mecca, because Abu Sufyan,
by then he was not a Muslim, when
he arrived at the wells of Badr, he
saw the droppings of the horses.
So he took one dropping and crushed it
in his hand and he found seeds of
date inside.
So immediately, good calculation, he figured out that
these horses are fed with date.
Only Muslims in Medina, date is only in
Medina, so these are the horses of the
Muslims, so the Muslims must be around here.
So he took different route and he managed
to escape.
And he said to Quraish, I managed to
save your caravan.
So Quraish said no, no, no, we have
to put an end to the Muslims.
Muhammad and his companions.
And they came out.
And now the Prophet is not facing the
caravan and army.
What to do?
What to do?
There's no way except to turn to Allah,
to the Qawiyin, to the Most Powerful.
And he was crying and crying and praying
and crying.
So Masha'Allah, Sayyidina Abu Bakr told him,
enough, enough, O Prophet of Allah, Allah will
not desert you.
Allah will not abandon you.
He was telling Allah his dua, if this
group of the Sahaba, the whole Muslims, you
will never be worshipped after today.
And Allah heard the dua of his Prophet
and the supplication.
So when you are calling upon Allah, appealing
to Allah, leading to Allah, begging Allah, he
responded.
And he provided the Muslims, 1,000 angels
fighting in ranks.
The Malaika came down and they were in
the Battle of Badr fighting along with the
Sahaba.
In the hadith, authentic hadith, one of the
Sahaba said, they said, we used to hear
the sounds of the whips, and we don't
see the whips.
And I was chasing one of the mushriks
and the angel hit him before me with
his whip on the nose of the mushrik,
and I saw the effect of the hit
of the angel.
And I heard the angels telling his horse,
Rif Hazun, the name of the horse.
So this is what we have.
We have to come back to Allah and
make Allah on our side.
And hold fast to Allah.
He alone is your guardian.
Our guardian is only Allah.
Our Mawla is Allah.
The one we rely on is Allah and
Allah only.
This is what we have to keep in
mind.
And hold fast to Allah.
He alone is your guardian.
He is your Mawla.
He is the one who is close to
you.
He is the one who is going to
protect you.
What an excellent guardian.
Allah
defends
the believers.
What an excellent guardian.
What an excellent guardian.
What an excellent helper.
Do you want a helper more than Allah?
Do you want a helper more than Allah
who owns everything?
All the forces he owns.
So when we are true believers and obey
Allah and turn to Allah and count on
Allah, he provides the help and the support.
Don't you know what he did to the
Pharaoh?
He just commanded one of these soldiers to
take the sea.
That was the sea.
O sea, swallow Pharaoh and his army.
That's it.
The sea is commanded by Allah.
Allah said to Musa, just strike the sea
with your staff.
The sea split.
The water divided.
The water split and divided and solidified.
Can you see?
It went against its nature.
Any fluid, it flows horizontally.
Allah made the water of the sea to
solidify and go up like that.
Walls of water standing and the bed of
the sea became dry and Musa, and his
followers, the Israelites from Israel, were walking on
dry land.
They were tribes.
These walls of water are transparent.
They can see.
Oh, where's my son?
Oh, he's here.
They are seeing each other.
That's the power of Allah.
That's the power of Allah.
Hold fast to Allah.
He alone is your guardian.
What an excellent guardian.
What an excellent helper.
Bring us back to Him.
Keep us to remain steadfast on this beautiful
deen.
Forgive us our faults and mistakes and ignorance
and may Allah bless us with beneficial knowledge
and righteous deeds.
May Allah reward all of you, my dear
brothers and sisters, immensely for your patience and
attentiveness.
May Allah bless you all.
May Allah reward you well.
May Allah's peace, mercy, and blessings be upon
you.
I've only got one question.
Brothers and sisters, if you can send the
questions to me until the host is back.
I've already sent the first question.
I'm just reading the question.
One minute.
Can Sheikh please elaborate on the word Taqwa
by giving its word root, linguistic meaning, technical
and shari'a meaning so that we can
understand the word in depth.
Yes, the Taqwa is from Waqa' Yaqid.
Waqa' is the root.
Yaqid.
Waqiya.
You open the dictionary.
You want to find Taqwa.
Go under the root Wa, Qa, Ya.
Waqa.
Waqa' Yaqid.
Waqiya.
Which means to ward off.
To keep a barrier between you and something
harmful.
Something is going to harm you.
So you put something between you and that
thing.
So Yaqid means to avoid.
To ward off.
To protect something.
So that is linguistically.
So you keep something between you and what
might harm you.
That's why prevention is better than cure.
It's translated in Arabic.
Prevention.
Al-Wiqaya.
Waqaya from the same root.
Waqa' Yaqid.
Prevention.
Prevention is better than cure.
Al-Wiqaya khayrun.
Khayrun min al-ilaj.
It's better than the cure.
To prevent.
To avoid.
Anything that will affect your health is better
than look for medication.
And always there will be a link and
connection between the lexical meaning and the technical
meaning or lexical definition and the technical definition
with the linguistic one.
Linguistic meaning with the technical meaning.
So now you know when we say taqwa
Allah that means you keep something between you
and Allah's anger.
How to avoid Allah's anger?
I have to have something.
What is that thing which will ward off
Allah's anger and wrath?
Good deeds.
Righteous deeds.
So that's how you have to keep this,
your shield, something between you and what displeases
Allah.
Good deeds.
Taqwa Allah.
That's why the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
said, Ittaqun naab walaw bishakni tamra.
Ittaqun naab.
So avoid the hellfire.
Even by giving half of a date sadaqa.
This good deed will be a reason, a
screen and a shield for you against Allah's
wrath and anger.
And the ulama gave different definitions for the
taqwa.
One definition says that taqwa is that Allah
should not see you in places that he
doesn't want you to be there and he
should not miss you in places that he
wants you to be there.
So Allah loves to see you in the
masjid.
He doesn't want to see you somewhere else
where haram is committed.
Sayyiduna Ali radiallahu anhu gave another definition.
He said, attaqwa al khawfu minal jalil.
Al khawfu minal jalil.
To fear Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
Al khawfu minal jalil, fearing the almighty.
Al khawfu minal jalil wa rida bil qalil.
And to be content with the little that
Allah provided for you.
Your sustenance, your provision.
Wal amal bil tamzeel.
And to act upon the revelation.
Al khawfu minal jalil wal amal bil tamzeel.
So you fear Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
You act upon the wahi, the revelation.
The do's and the don'ts.
Wa rida bil qalil.
To be content, to be satisfied, to be
happy with whatever Allah provided for you.
Wal isti'dad li yawm ar-raheel.
And to prepare yourself for the day of
departure.
The day that you will die, you will
leave this world.
Another definition.
One of the ulama, he put it poetically.
He said khalid dunuba saghiraha wa kabiraha.
Khalid dunuba.
Leave the sins.
Saghiraha wa kabiraha.
Leave the sins, whether they are major or
minor, both.
We have a problem here with many Muslims.
To them, if you say this is a
minor sin, oh, it is halal.
Let us do it.
The ulama, when they mentioned the classified major
sins and minor sins, not for this reason.
To make them right in the hearts of
the people.
No.
It is to know the hukum.
That's why the ulama they say, la kabirah
ma'st ghafab.
No sin will be considered major sin as
long as you repent and make astaghfar and
ask Allah to forgive you.
If you commit a sin, major sin, it
is not the end.
You can repent and Allah will accept you.
So la kabirah ma'st ghafab.
Wa la saghirah ma'a israr.
And no sin should be treated lightly and
considered minor if you insist and persist in
doing it.
It can become major sin.
So the ulama, they said, you have to
look to the One.
Whom?
Whom did you disobey?
Allah.
So glorify Allah and sanctify His limits.
Khalid dhunuba.
Khalid dhunuba saghirah wa kabirah.
Leave the sin both major and minor.
Dhaa kattuqa.
That is piety.
That is taqwa.
Wasra tamashin fawqar dhashawki yahdaru ma yara.
And you should behave like someone who is
walking in a field, field in the countryside,
in a field full of thorns.
If you are in the countryside and you
are walking or in a farm and it
is full of thorns, so you will not
be walking and you will not walk closing
your eyes.
You will be minding your steps to avoid
any thorn going into your foot.
You don't want to be tricked by the
need of any thorn.
Wasra tamashin fawqar dhashawki.
You should behave like someone who is going
through, crossing a field which is full of
thorns.
Yahdaru ma yara.
He is minding his steps.
He is cautious.
He is watching.
Wasra tamashin fawqar dhashawki yahdaru ma yara.
Laa tahqiranna sareeratan.
Never ever belittle anything and consider it minor.
Laa tahqiranna.
Do not belittle anything or trivialize anything.
Laa tahqiranna sareeratan.
Innal jibala minal hasa.
So don't belittle anything and consider it minor.
Don't you see and don't you know that
the mountains are made up, made up of
pebbles, small pebbles put together from that huge
mountain.
I hope this answers the question.
Next question please.
Yes, Inshallah.
Okay, there's a question from my sister on
the mic.
Please, sister, unmute your mic.
Okay, I can't.
I haven't received it.
Please post it.
No, it'll be an audio.
It'll be an audio.
She's going to speak.
She's going to ask a question on the
mic.
On the mic?
Yes.
Okay, fine.
Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Sheikh.
Wa alaikumussalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.
Sheikh, I wanted to clarify with you my
understanding of the correct intention.
So my understanding is that the correct intention
would be I want to do this action
because Allah has commanded me to do this
action and when I will obey His command,
I will make Him happy and I want
to make Him happy.
So this is the reason why I will
do this action.
Or I would say I will not do
this action because Allah has prohibited me from
this action and if I obey His prohibition,
I mean, I obey His command and stay
away from what He's prohibited me from, I
will make Him happy and I want to
make Him happy.
That's true.
So this is Ikhlas?
Correct, yes, it's correct.
Here I would like also to make it
clear to all of you that many people
they think Ikhlas is something difficult.
No!
It's not difficult.
It is achievable.
It's not difficult.
How do you think that Allah wants us
to be sincere and He knows that this
is something we cannot do?
It's impossible.
So the Ikhlas is achievable.
It only needs a bit of Mujahida, struggle
against the Nafs because the Nafs always tends
towards the evil.
So if I manage to control my Nafs
and stop it from crossing the limits set
by Allah out of fear of Allah and
love for Allah that is, of course, that
is what is meant.
I do these things seeking the pleasure of
Allah.
So you can easily achieve the Ikhlas.
It's not something impossible.
When you control you do the do's and
you leave the don'ts.
That's it.
And you sanctify the limits of Allah set
by Allah and you don't cross them.
That is a sign of sincerity and Ikhlas.
Yes.
And I want you always to remember the
hadith of the three who got trapped in
the cave.
The night fell on them in the previous
nation.
The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam mentioned their
story and now they are trapped.
The mouth of the cave is sealed with
a boulder, with a rock.
So now they are inside.
They say to each other the only way
that will come out everyone should mention and
supplicate and pray to Allah and he should
mention a good deed that he did it
purely for the sake of Allah.
So the first one said I had a
cousin, female cousin who came to me.
She was in need and she asked for
help and I refused to help her.
And I stipulated, I made a condition I
will help you providing you let me sleep
with you.
He refused.
So she left.
But she was in need, she came again
and she agreed.
And now he is about to make love.
He is helpless so before he broke,
before breaking the seal she told him Do
not break the seal.
The seal means the hymen.
Except in the lawful manner through marrying me.
Can you imagine this is the taqwa now.
It agrees to what you say.
A man his
weakness is women and *.
And that's why listen to me my dear
sisters this is my problem, I keep digressing.
When your husband calls you to come to
bed, go.
Because he is so weak.
Any delay can lead to a problem to
talaq.
So that's why the Prophet said when her
husband asked her she should respond immediately even
if she is making bread baking.
Leave everything and go to *.
So when a person is in that condition
and now imagine this man okay he's in
that state he's so vulnerable, so weak the
iman is gone when you commit zina iman
comes out yet when she told him Allah
do not break the seal except in the
lawful manner he left her for the sake
of Allah.
That's taqwa.
When he was reminded he received the admonition,
he left her.
Now he said O Allah if I did
that for your sake please remove and move
the rock and the rock rolled.
They cannot come out.
Second one he has to mention something good
he did for the sake of Allah.
Good deed.
He said my lord every night I
milk the livestock the cows and bring the
milk for my parents and feed them before
my children.
And one night the livestock came late from
the pasture so by the time I milked
and rolled the milk I found my parents
fell asleep.
My children were hungry and crying and they
were my parents already slept I didn't want
to disturb their sleep so I stood the
whole night holding the pot on my hand
till they woke up and I gave them
the milk.
O Allah if I did that for your
sake please move the rock rolled, moved they
cannot come out.
The third one he said my lord I
hired a man and he left without taking
his wage his money so I used that
money and vested it for him I bought
animals etc.
and they multiplied and after a while he
came and he said oh so and so
I worked for you so give me my
wage my salary, my money he told him
you see all this flock of sheep all
this herd of livestock are yours he said
I just want my wage he said that's
yours and he explained to him and he
took all that entire herd O Allah if
I did that for your sake remove this
flock and he moved away and they came
out this is the ikhlas my dear brothers
and sisters one of our mashayikh alhamdulillah he
said consider yourself one of them will
they come out or they will be tried
because of you because you didn't have a
good deed that you did for the sake
of Allah so my question to myself and
to you all do you have anything good
deed you did it for the sake of
Allah so when you are in trouble you
make tawassul by mentioning this this is part
of tawassul permissible if you don't work and
have good deed so that when you are
in trouble you can mention it to Allah
I hope this is clear to your question
sister yes Jazakallah khair Jazakallah
khair should I recite to the third question
yes you can question number three what is
the danger of betraying a fellow Muslim for
example in a business partnership it's haram
betraying to betray someone in business whatever not
business anything anything any interaction a Muslim should
not betray any Muslim he needs to repent
and turn to Allah and if he wronged
his partner and caused some damage to him
he has to fix it otherwise there is
a day there there is a day when
he will get his right next question the
next question what is the difference between the
difficulties that faced the prophets that was finally
granted victories like Nuh, Ibrahim, Musa, Isa, Muhammad
etc and what were the difficulties normal believers
are facing ok what is the difference between
the difficulties that faced the prophets that was
finally granted victories like Nuh, Ibrahim, Musa, Isa,
Muhammad peace be upon them and what the
difficulties normal believers are facing see the prophet
as-shaddu an-nasi bala'an al-anbiya'
thumma al-amthal fal-amthal the meaning
as-shaddu an-nasi bala'an those who
will receive the toughest and the most painful
test difficult test are the prophets of Allah
because they are all mothers so they will
receive they will go through the most painful
test Aswai Ibn Al-Qayyim Rahim Allah said
Ya Mukhannath al-Azmi wa-l-Imma aza
tariqun naaha fihi Nuh naaha fihi Nuh wa
-ulqa Ibrahimu fil-naar wa-nushir al-Zakariya
wa-kutila Yahya wa-kusirat al-riba'i
Muhammad peace be upon him You say, oh,
you fool, the famous saying, oh, you fool.
This way, the way to the Jannah, in
this path, Noah cried a lot, 950 years,
he cried, dawah, day and night.
Ibrahim was thrown into the fire, Moses
was thrown into the water, Zechariah was
cut into two halves, John the Baptist was
beheaded, Muhammad's smaller tooth was broken
and his cheek was wounded.
So my dear brothers and sisters, being tested
is inevitable.
But Allah tests everyone according to the strength
of his Iman.
And one should not wish for the test,
for the trial, but if it happens, he
should ask Allah for strength to pull through
it and to go through it.
So here the Prophet said, ashadu an nasi
bala'ana l-anbiya, for those who will
receive the most difficult tests are the pumped,
because they are all martyrs.
And their status, of course, the reward is
so great, they are in different dose, the
highest level.
In the dunya, in the dunya.
If you want to study in Harvard, Oxford,
Cambridge, admission test is not easy.
But then you are a graduate of Harvard,
or MIT, the status is lofty.
About the status in the Jannah, the test
for that has to be difficult.
So ashadu an nasi bala'ana l-anbiya,
thumma al-amthal fal-amthal, then those who
are next to them, next to them, next
to them, according to their Iman.
Then the hadith says, fa-in weena fee
deena dhagil salaba, if Allah sees there is
a strength in one's Iman, his Iman or
ha-Iman is so strong, zeena lahum fil
bala, Allah increases the test, makes it more
difficult, because Allah knows that it's Iman, He
can take it.
So everyone will be tested according to his
Iman, the strength of his Iman.
And there are different grades of tests.
Allah tests the people according to the strength
of their Iman.
A man came to the Prophet and said,
O Prophet of Allah, I love you.
So he told him, fabshur bil bala, I
love you.
He said, prepare yourself for tests.
Anyone who loves me, he will be tested.
Anyone who loves me and he wants to
be with me in the Jannah, he will
be tested.
So prepare yourself.
And that's why the sahaba, they went through
very painful tests.
And Allah will only test those whom he
loves.
And this is very important.
So when Allah tests you, it doesn't mean
he hates you, he loves you.
He loves you.
The Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam is saying,
idha abtala, idha ahabba allahu abdan, abtala hu.
Idha ahabba allahu abdan, abtala hu.
Because some people, they say, why?
Why this is happening to them?
It's none of your business.
There's a divine wisdom behind it.
Allah tests only those whom he loves.
And he takes those whom he loves as
martyrs.
Not anyone.
Only those whom he loves.
So that's why the Muslim is always a
winner.
Always a winner.
Idha ahabba allahu abdan, abdan, abtala hu.
He tests them.
I hope this is clear to the questioner.
Jazakallah khair.
The next question.
Was Jihad made valid at the time of
the other Prophets because there has been fighting?
Like, for example, between Jalut and Zalut.
The answer, yes.
When we read in the previous scriptures also,
yes.
There was a fight between the Prophets and
the followers and their opponents, yes.
This is Sunnah of Allah.
Always there will be a struggle between the
truth and falsehood.
Always.
Next.
Jazakallah khair.
The next question.
Is it Sunnah for men to keep their
hair long?
It is Sunnah for the men to grow
their hair to make it longer.
Yeah, is it Sunnah for men to grow?
It is Sunnah adha, not Sunnah ibadah.
It is a tradition and a custom of
the Arabs.
So you cannot say it is Sunnah in
the sense that I have to do it.
That was the practice of the Arabs.
Even today, the Bedouins, many of them, they
have long hair and they braid it.
So it is called Sunnah adha.
It is a tradition.
It is just a custom.
You cannot say it is Sunnah in the
sense that one of the Sunnah, because the
Sunnah of the Prophet, four types.
Qawliya, bi'liya, tawqiyya and taqreeriyya.
Qawliya, his sayings.
Bi'liya, his actions.
And approvals, taqreeriyya, he approves of something happening
in front of him.
Like eating the dab type of reptile.
The Sahaba, they were practicing the coitus interruptus,
the azm.
So he knew about it.
He didn't say anything.
Which means coitus interruptus is halal.
Coitus interruptus means when a man is making
love to his partner, he ejaculates outside to
avoid pregnancy.
It is allowed with the permission of the
wife.
If the wife says no, he cannot practice
coitus interruptus.
So that is taqreeriyya.
And Sunnah tawqiyya, what the Prophet left in
spite of the need.
He didn't make adhan for the Eid.
He didn't make adhan for the eclipse prayer,
both lunar and solar.
For the Sunnah not to make adhan.
So here, long hair doesn't fall under any
of these.
The Sunnah tawqiyya.
However, if you grow your hair, because the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, he grew his
hair following the practice of the traditions, and
the custom of his people, the Arabs.
And now my motive, I want to take
the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam as my
role model.
So I do that.
Because of now this intention, yes, you will
be rewarded.
You will be rewarded.
But of course, when you grow your hair,
it should not look girlish.
Because some Muslim youth, the way they grow
their hair and their ponytail.
So they become girlish.
They become womanish.
No, it should look a man.
But to look like a girl, no.
And this is what is now happening to
many of the Muslim youth.
They are so effeminate.
And they are losing their manhood.
And that is not what Islam is teaching
the Muslim men.
No.
The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam used
to tell the Sahaba not to comb their
hair every day.
Combing their hair.
So he used to tell them, don't comb
your hair every day.
Leave it for a while.
To teach them that they have to be
tough.
Tough.
This softness only for women.
And they see.
See the youth.
You go to the beauty saloons.
You see them.
They are removing the hair on their cheeks.
And facial hair.
And using different creams.
The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam used to
ask the Sahaba sometimes to walk without shoes.
Barefooted.
To make them feel.
So if you grow your hair.
You should have the niyyah that you emulate
the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
And you should look like what you made
your hairstyle like what he did.
Locks.
Braided it.
Not like Bob Marley.
Next question please.
The next question.
There is no next question I believe.
Actually I am mistaken.
Can tawassul be used once again in another
situation?
Can tawassul be used once again in another
situation?
Of course.
You can.
You are in trouble.
You plead to Allah.
Yes you can.
Next.
This is the last question I have received.
So.
That said I would like to conclude the
lesson.
Jazakallah khair for everyone's attendance.
And I will see you all next Monday
inshallah.
Tomorrow I am going to.
I am doing a trek to Snowdon.
Which is the highest mountain in England and
Wales.
And I will be going to Snowdon.
So keep me in your doors.
And ask Allah to make it easy for
me.
And keep me going for you.
Ameen.
May Allah bless you all.
My dear brothers and sisters.
Bless your family.
Protect you all.
May Allah elevate your status in this world.
Until we meet inshallah in the coming session.
I leave you in Allah's protection.
Bi hurmati l-Habib, bi hurmati l-Fatiha.