Shakiel Humayun – Jerusalem or MakkahTarawih Talk 2 Ramadan 2023

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			In Surah Al Baqarah,
		

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			Allah Subhanah talks about the Qiblah
		

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			and the changing of the Qiblah from Jerusalem
		

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			to Mecca.
		

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			And there were people when the shift happened
		

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			started to ask questions about why this change
		

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			happened and they started to doubt, spread doubts
		

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			about Islam.
		

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			So Allah
		

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			gave us the reason of why there was
		

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			a shift of the Qibla from Jerusalem,
		

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			facing Jerusalem to Mecca.
		

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			Allah Subhanahu wa'ala said
		

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			Allah subhanahu wa'alaaqibay. Allah subhanahu wa'ala said that
		

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			we did not make the qiblah that you
		

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			used to face Muhammad Sallallahu alaihi wa'ala salam,
		

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			meaning Jerusalem,
		

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			except so that we can distinguish
		

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			between those who will follow the messenger
		

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			and those who will lose faith.
		

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			Meaning lose faith due to the change of
		

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			the qiblah.
		

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			There's 2 interesting points I wanna point out
		

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			tonight regarding this verse.
		

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			The first is that throughout the Quran,
		

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			there is not a single commandment that says
		

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			face Jerusalem
		

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			before this verse.
		

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			But Allah subhanahu wa'ala in this verse is
		

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			saying
		

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			that we made this qibla, meaning the Jerusalem
		

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			facing Jerusalem.
		

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			But there's no verse in the Quran that
		

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			says face Jerusalem.
		

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			How did the Muslims know
		

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			to face Jerusalem?
		

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			The answer is they got instructions from the
		

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			prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam.
		

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			But despite the fact they got instructions from
		

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			the prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, Allah is
		

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			describing this instruction to himself
		

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			by saying
		

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			that we made
		

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			it. This is evidence
		

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			that the sunnah of the prophet Muhammad Sallallahu
		

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			Alaihi Wasallam which is recorded in the hadith
		

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			is revelation
		

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			because Allah
		

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			ascribed this to himself.
		

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			So we learn from this verse that we
		

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			have two revelations, the Quran
		

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			and then the sunnah of the prophet Muhammad
		

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			sallallahu alaihi wasallam. Point number 2.
		

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			Some people have the misconception that whatever we
		

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			find in the Quran, it's it's an obligation.
		

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			And whatever we find in the sunnah
		

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			as recorded in the hadith,
		

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			that's optional.
		

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			This verse tells us otherwise.
		

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			Because facing
		

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			Jerusalem,
		

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			that qibla at the time of the prophet
		

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			Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, it was an obligation.
		

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			And this obligation is not found in the
		

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			Quran,
		

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			but in the hadith or the sunnah of
		

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			the prophet Muhammad Sallallahu
		

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			Alaihi
		

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			Wasallam.
		

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			So number 1 the sunnahs
		

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			of revelation
		

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			and number 2 all the akham
		

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			the 5 rulings of something being a fard,
		

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			an obligation,
		

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			mustahab
		

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			recommended,
		

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			muba, something that's permissible,
		

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			makru, something that's discouraged
		

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			or haram that's prohibited are found both in
		

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			the Quran
		

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			and the sunnah which is recorded in the
		

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			hadith of the prophet Muhammad
		

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			which means in our homes
		

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			not only should we have the Quran
		

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			but for our family and ourselves and our
		

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			children we should get
		

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			the books of Hadith
		

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			most notably Sahih al Bukhari
		

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			which is the most authentic book after the
		

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			Quran to know what the second revelation
		

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			of Allah subhanahu
		

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			is about which is embodied in the sunnah
		

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			of the prophet Muhammad