Sikander Hashmi – Making Marriage Easy Friday Message
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The COVID-19 lockdown has impacted people, particularly those preparing for wedding celebrations. It is important for strong and healthy families to avoid cultural differences and to find a suitable partner. It is crucial to avoid bringing too many guests to a wedding, create pathways to earlier marriage for children, and work towards a way to get married without bringing too many people. The importance of working towards a marriage is emphasized, and finding suitable partners is emphasized.
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Respected elders, dear brothers and sisters, my young
friends,
We begin by praising Allah
the Lord of the universe,
our creator, our designer, our nourisher,
and that of the entire universe.
And we send peace and salutations upon his
beloved messenger,
Muhammad, the son of Abdullah,
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
I hope
and pray that you're all well by the
mercy of Allah
my brothers and sisters.
The lockdown
is now over,
at least here in Ottawa, and, the stay
at home home order is over as well.
And,
we are once again open for public,
Friday prayers.
Not totally back to normal, of course, because,
as you probably remember,
we normally used to offer, at
the witchcraft preparation complex, which is still not
available,
to us,
to use, for Friday prayer. But we are
open at our own location,
with registration though, of course. And we have,
of course, capacity limits 30% of capacity
and masks is required and, physical distancing required
and prayer mats, required, to bring with you
as well. Now,
globally
and in Canada,
we find that the COVID,
numbers
are dropping.
That is, a great sign.
It's the mercy of Allah combined
with
or through manifested through, for example, perhaps vaccines
or
the efforts,
the the, measures that everyone was trying to
practice during the lockdown,
whatever the means may be. But at the
end of the day, it's from Allah
and we can't thank Allah
enough for his blessings in all circumstances.
But sadly, my brothers and sisters, even with
the the positivity
and the the proverbial,
light at the end of the tunnel being
becoming apparent,
we are hearing of more and more cases
of loved ones,
and friends,
of members of our community,
of our brothers and sisters, succumbing to the
disease.
And some of whom are in very serious
condition.
So we ask Allah to
shower His mercy and forgiveness,
His, Makfah, His Rahma upon those who have
returned to Him.
We ask Allah
to elevate their status in Jannah, to grant
them the best place in Jannah to fill
those, and we ask Allah
to grant a speedy who come and complete
recovery
to those who are ill.
Now my brothers and sisters, believe it or
not, we are now 1 week
into the month of Rajab,
which means that we are just
7 weeks away from the month of Ramadan.
And this, the month of Rajab, is the
time to start planning,
to start getting, mentally prepared,
because, you know, once again this year, we
don't know what Ramadan is going to look
like,
what it's going to be like this time
around. But what we can do,
and, of course, that's something that we can't
control. So we don't know, you know, what
the situation is going to be 7 weeks
from now. We don't know what type of
restrictions are gonna be in place for, Sela
Salawy, for example, and if stars and things
like that. But so, I mean so those
are the things we can't control, but the
thing that we can control
is our mindset and our attitude. Right? So
we can develop a positive attitude, a positive
mindset,
and we can make God, of course, and
ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to grant us
another blessed Ramadan,
one that so many have not been able
or will not be able to experience,
this year.
And subhanAllah, you know, speaking of Ramadan,
we noticed that time flies
and it's soon going to be a one
complete year
since
COVID restrictions began and our lives changed. Right?
So we've gone through all the seasons. We've
gone through Ramadan, Yared, the tour aid,
and, we find ourselves now in almost the
same place as we were last year when
all of this started.
So it's been, almost one complete year now.
And, subhanAllah, you know, even decades
seem to fly by. Right? Because we've become
so occupied in our lives and we're so
busy
and, you know, we don't have time to
think about the past which sometimes is a
good thing because we don't wanna think about
things which are gonna, you know, hold us
back or put us down.
But, subhanallah, you know, even decades seem to
fly by fly by, like, for myself personally,
I will soon, Insha'Allah,
will
be starting my 8th year in Canada. So
it's been 8 years. It's funny because sometimes,
you know, brothers and sisters will approach and
say, okay, you know, how long have you
been here? It's been 2 years. It's been
3 years. You know, it's been 5 years,
but, subhanallah,
7 years are gonna be over, very soon,
and inshallah, it'll be the 8th year. May
Allah bless you, and increase you all in,
your goodness and your love.
Kids, you know, who I saw,
as young children, you know, are now teens.
And it's actually very interesting because once in
a while, you know, a parent
will share on Facebook, you know, a memory,
a picture of their children from some years
ago.
And, it's like, subhanallah, you know, it was
just like it was just yesterday when they
were looking like that.
So children who are just I saw, you
know, as young kids when I came, they're
now teenagers,
Those who are teens or who were in
their teens, they're now getting married or have
already, you know, are already married, masha'Allah.
Subhanahu wa
ta'ala protect them and bless them all.
Now, speaking of which, one of the things
that we've been hearing
over and over again during the pandemic
is how much money was saved by getting
married during the pandemic.
That is actually very interesting,
because, of course, the celebrations
have been toned down,
severely during the lockdown, of course, or stay
at home, or even
not during stay at home order but before
the stay at home order. You know, with
limits of only, 10 people, actually you technically,
you could have still got married during the
stay at home order as well in a
place of worship or a public facility. Well,
the limit of 10 people.
And, no doubt it must have been difficult,
you know, for the people especially who had
planned to get married during the winter break
long before or they were planning to get
married in the summer and then they pushed
it to the to the winter break thinking
that things may have been, you know, will
be,
will have opened up by then and instead
another lockdown came and they had to rush
it. So no doubt it must have been
difficult to be separated from loved ones, you
know, during that special occasion not being, able
to have, you know, all your family members
with you for that special moment,
or even for the * because only 10
people. Right? So I mean, if there's 2
families, obviously,
when a couple are getting married then there's
not very many people, even close relatives,
who are able to join.
And especially for those, you know, who had
plans and dreams of a particular type of
wedding, you know, sort of a grand,
event something that, you know, they've been dreaming
about or thinking about or planning for for
some time.
Of course, this must have been very difficult.
But on the other hand, my brothers and
sisters,
consider it to be
another, perhaps, another one of the
corrective
side effects.
What do I call it? The corrective side
effects
of this pandemic.
Giving us a practical real life immersion
into how things
perhaps should be.
Uh-huh. Because a lot of times we think
we hear, okay, yes, this is what is
better. This is how it should be. This
is how it was in the time of
the prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam. This is how
it was, you know, this is how the
Sahaba used to do it. This is how
things should be ideally, but, you know, today's
times have changed and we can't do it
anymore and it's difficult and this and that.
Then all of a sudden, boom, we're pushed
right into it. Right? All of a sudden,
we're pushed right into it.
The prophet sallallahu alayhi wasalam
has said that
that the best of marriages
is that and it's translated in different ways.
That which is, you know, the one that
is most easy or the one that is
most
affordable.
Right? And we know, my brothers and sisters,
that
strong,
healthy families
are the foundation of a strong and healthy
society.
Right? Strong, healthy families are a foundation of
a strong and healthy society.
If families are weak and are unhealthy, then
society is going to be weak and it's
going to be unhealthy.
If families are strong and are healthy, then
automatically,
society will also become strong and will also
become healthy as well in different ways.
So this is an issue.
Right? When we talk about marriage because, you
know, you may be thinking, well, my yeah.
My kids are very young right now or
my children are already married. So whatever, you
know or I'm not married yet or, you
know, or I'm already done. So, you know,
this is an issue that should be of
concern to all of us because it affects
us all and we all have a role
to play. Either you have children who are
gonna get married at some point or you
have grandchildren who are gonna get married at
some point or, you know, you have friends
and relatives who have children who are gonna
get married. You have people in your community
who are unmarried who need to get married.
So this is an issue that impacts all
of us and therefore it should be of
concern to all of us and we all,
should know that we have a role to
play. Now marriage, of course, is a sunnah
of the Prophet
and indeed pretty much nearly all of the
prophets
that we know of. You know, hardly you
will hear
of a prophet
who, you know, did not get married or
of, you know, the great Sahaba,
companions of the prophet
who did not get married. So it is
a tradition, an established tradition,
which shows us that it is something that
even the pious of people
not only practice but also
encourage as well. The prophet,
you know,
was very clear in his advice that he
had given, you know, to the young companions.
So Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, radiAllahu anhu, he narrated
that we were with the prophet sallallahu alaihi
wasallam.
Well, we had nothing. We were youth, and
we had no wealth. It's not like they
were rich and they were established and all
of that. Right? They said we were we
were young, we were youth, and we had
nothing. We had no wealth.
And the messenger of Allah sallallahu alaihi wa
sallam said
that, Oh, young people,
that whoever among you can marry, has the
capacity, has the ability to marry, should marry.
For for it is effective in lowering the
gaze and
and guarding one's chastity.
And whoever is not able to marry so
the prophet
gave both solutions.
Said if you're able to, you should. Okay?
So he encouraged it. But he also said
perhaps someone is not able to get married,
who does not have the ability, so whoever
is not able to marry should fast
for it will diminish his desire. It will
act as a shield. The prophet, Abu Huraira,
also
related from the prophet
you should marry him. If you do not
do so,
tribulations in the earth and proliferation
of corruption.
Right? If you do not do that so
the prophet
gave a simple formula. So if somebody comes,
proposes
and religion is good, character is good, the
2 things that you should be focusing on,
then go ahead and complete the marriage.
If you do not do so, there will
be tribulations
in the earth and the proliferation of corruption.
Right? There will be facade. And, subhanAllah, you
know, we look around the world and once
again the word of the prophet salallahu alayhi
wasalam
ring absolutely
true. Now this, my brothers and sisters, these
2 hadith that I mentioned, you know, these
two pieces of advice, this was at the
time of the prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam. Right?
This is the prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam himself
advising the companions
radiAllahu anhu. Now you can imagine how much
more relevant these advices are in today's times
with the rampant,
you know, and open immorality
and, and and and zina and everything else
that is around us in today's world and
especially in today's society. Right? So for today's
young people, you can imagine how much more
pertinent and how much more serious that advice
is when that was the advice of the
prophet
during his own time.
So marriage is important and strong healthy families
are important as well. But the creation
of new families, because at the end of
the day, how does a family created? Of
course, it's through marriage.
That appears to be becoming more and more
difficult.
Okay. So at a time when we need
marriage more,
at a time when that is what is
desperately needed,
that is the time when it's actually becoming
more and more difficult as well. Now, you
know, if we dissect the issue,
we discover
that it is multifaceted.
Right? There are, of course, different angles like
many complex issues. There are multiple angles to
it. There are multiple considerations and factors.
So this is, like, in no particular order,
in random order, but some of, the issues
that we notice. So for example, number 1,
our choices
have become
more,
more defined and essentially we become more pickier.
Okay? So
everybody wants
mister perfect,
missus perfect. Every woman wants or every girl
wants mister perfect and every, man, every boy
wants missus perfect.
Okay? And, of course, there are dreams
and this is
partially caused by, I would say, by the
effects of culture in society because whichever culture
we live in, whichever society we live in,
you know, the norms and of of that
culture, of that society are going to impact
us. Right? Because we're human beings and we
have hearts and we have feelings and attitudes
and we are hard, you know, and we
get affected and we get impacted.
So we can't live in a vacuum, or
we could try, but we can isolate ourselves
totally and therefore we get impacted by the
good and by the bad as well. Okay?
So, you know, those particular,
you know, dreams about what sort of, you
know, particular,
you know, person that we want, that we
envision as our spouse. And I'm not suggesting
that, you know, this is only today and
didn't happen in the past. I'm sure it
happened in the past as well. But the
the type that we find right now is
particularly impacted by today's culture in today's society.
To the point that is, you know,
marriage and your potential spouse
essentially is romanticized
almost to an unattainable degree.
Romanticized
to almost an unattainable
an unattainable degree. So people have, a lot
of times, an image of what they want,
expectations of who they want and what they
should be like and, you know, what type
of how they should look and, you know,
what type of background they should have and
what their occupation should be and how much
money they should earn and all those things.
But it's unattainable.
Right? Because there's hardly anyone who lives like
that or who who exists like that, you
know. So,
the reality is, as we discussed previously as
well, you're not gonna get a perfect angle.
Yeah. You're not gonna find someone who's perfect.
Everyone has weaknesses. Everyone has shortcomings. So start
your search.
Ask
Allah for help.
Ask Allah for help.
Don't be
fixed on who you believe
is the type of person you need or
you want. You know, you try to find
someone suitable. They don't have to be perfect.
If you come across someone who who matches
maybe some of your criteria, not all because
it's gonna be very difficult to match everything,
you know, do istihara. You turn to Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala for guidance
and you go for it. Okay? And this
is not a talk on istihara but istahara
doesn't mean dreams. It doesn't mean, you know,
getting up on the wrong side of the
bed and feelings and crystal balls and this
and that. It's not what istahara about. Okay?
Essentially, what you're doing is when you make
the tahara is you're asking Allah
for guidance and help and facilitating that matter
if it's good for you and stopping it
if it's not good for you. As simple
as that.
So you go, you start, you make the
tahara and you see, is the matter getting
easier than expected
Or is it becoming more difficult than expected?
Okay. Is it going smoothly? Is it or
or the roadblocks coming up? Okay. And if
it's going smoothly, Ismaila, you go,
it works out and accept it as who
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has willed for you
and you love them with all of your
heart.
You accept the will of Allah
instead of trying to impose
your own will. Okay? So that's number 1.
Number 2,
we find
generational and cultural differences on compatibility.
What do I mean by that? Okay? So
culturally,
who is acceptable or who is compatible can
be different
and that can differ generationally as well. Right?
So somebody who my grandparents, you know, your
grandparents or your parents may have thought would
be compatible
may not be someone that you think is
compatible and vice versa. Okay.
You know, the the, the the definition or
perceptions of what constitutes beauty, you know, this
can can vary,
from, from culture to culture, from generation to
generation.
Differences in ethnicity. Right? Having a strong, you
know, preference for having the same cultural, same
ethnic background. Yes. This was something that exists
and there are benefits of compatibility
or for compatibility when the cultures are the
same. It is helpful.
But we are seeing more and more intercultural
marriages
between Muslims. And this is really, you know,
not a big deal anymore. You see more
and more and more people doing that. Is
it difficult
to accept if we are not used to
it? If it's something used if it's something
new to us, yes, it is going to
be difficult. But at the end of the
day, it is not something which is a
long, Islamically
and the focus should be on the deen
and the character and we are going to
start seeing more and more of that. Okay?
So that is something to consider.
Number 3, we find another factor that there
is difficulty
in finding spouses, right, in finding suitable matches,
or finding matches in general.
And,
what are we finding? That the old methods,
which don't mean that they were bad, they
were just previously the methods that were used
previously,
don't work as often anymore.
Okay? They're not working in the same way.
So the connection why is that? Because the
connections that we had as families and as
communities,
perhaps in our, you know, previous trees,
back home as we would say, they don't
exist anymore or they don't exist in the
same way. And the new ways, perhaps, we
find are awkward
or perhaps they are difficult to navigate
or to to accept. And this is a
reality that is facing, actually a lot of
families, you know, who have children who want
to get married but they're like, where do
we turn? Right? And a lot of times
they'll come come to the imam and unfortunately,
I'm not a great matchmaker because, you know,
I I don't I know a lot of
people but I don't know them, you know,
super well. So it becomes a bit of
a challenge there as well.
So
what can we do? You know, it would
be good to,
build
network,
you know, build social circles, build connect build
connections
with good people,
get involved in the community.
Right? Get involved in the community. So if
your extended family is not here as you
as it used to be before, that would
often facilitate these,
connections,
then you can get involved in the community
and that can at least replace it to
some
extent. You know, learning
about other cultures,
mixing together with other cultures, with people who
are, any Muslims but they are from different
cultures and ethnicities,
that can also help because it removes, you
know, the the, the the the fear of
the unknown. It removes,
stigmas. It it removes, you know, preconceived notions,
all of those things that exist.
And also for those who are looking to
get married and not able to, I would
say, you know, don't be so firm
on insisting that you absolutely have to marry
someone here. Maybe who Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
has written for you is not in this
country.
Maybe they are, quote unquote, back home. Right?
So don't make up your mind and say
be so stern and firm that no, this
is absolutely the way I want it and
I'm not gonna accept anything different but rather
explore. When you try your best to what
to get your ideal and you see it's
not working then you have to expand, broaden
your horizons
and be open, to accepting the fact that
perhaps Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has written someone
who does not fit in your ideal and
perhaps what you're considering that is going to
be not good for you will actually be
end up going for you because Allah knows
best at the end.
Another consideration, another factor
is the cost of marriage.
The cost of marriage. And this is a
problem that we find, here but maybe perhaps
even more so than some Muslim majority, cultures
as well or countries as well. Okay. And
what we find is when we break it
down, you know, first of all, you know,
the the number of just the the complex
the complexities
surrounding marriage. Right? Like the rituals that are
involved,
that, you know, maybe cultural and there's nothing
wrong with celebrating in different ways as long
as it's halal, you know, there's nothing wrong
with that. But considering it to be mandatory
that you have to absolutely do it. And
if you cannot do it and if you
don't have the money to do it, then
you can't get married. Okay? So those rituals,
which many times and the spending also has
partly I'm not saying this is always the
case, but many times you find it has
to do with showing off as well,
or trying to, you know, make the event,
super,
memorable,
you know, thinking, you know, that this is
a once in a lifetime event,
which hopefully it is, Insha'Allah.
But, you know, splurging,
thinking that, you know, it's my it's it's
my only chance to please my son or
my daughter or, you know, this is my
only chance and it's my dream and I
want to, you know, go all out, you
know, having, excessive, number of guests especially if
you're not able to afford it. But even
if you can afford it, I'm gonna ask
you to think about something. That if someone
is able to afford and there's nothing wrong
with spending the blessings of Allah Subhanahu Wa
Ta'ala, especially in a measured way, in a
good way,
but think about the impact it also has
on the norm and the expectations that are
reinforced in society.
Right? Because
people shouldn't be competing but at the end
of the day, you know,
we tend to look around us to see
what is the norm.
And we are sort of we gravitate towards
what we believe is is most acceptable or
what the norm is.
So, you know, therefore,
even if, masha'Allah, you are able to afford
it and there's nothing wrong with with having,
you know, doing something nice for your son,
for your daughter, but at the end of
the day also consider,
you know, what impact it's gonna have on
others and how it's gonna make them feel
and what sort of, standard it might set
in the community, in society. So
the best advice is keep it simple. You
know, there is more barakah and simplicity. It's
the way of the prophet
Don't make it a burden on yourself,
you know. Don't make it a burden for
your guests. How many times have you heard
of someone saying I've got another wedding to
go to? I'm tired of going to weddings.
You want people like that attending your wedding
in your happiness? Your your child's wedding in
your happiness? Yes. Maybe you know them, they're
acquaintances. You don't have to invite everyone,
you know. Invite those who are who truly
care or who are truly gonna be happy
and excited,
at the same time be inclusive. Right? So
invite people who are actually gonna benefit from
the food or who need it,
and instead
with the savings, the people who are got
married during the pandemic, so we saved so
much money. Right? So instead, you save that
money and you gift it to your child,
to the new couple
for the nikah, you know. You can have
a simple nikah, invite the people you want,
do it in the masjid, give them sweets.
You don't have to feed a dinner, you
know, that's,
that's not from the sunnah.
So you don't have to have a, you
know, a huge banquet. Yes. The woleema is
the sunnah of the father
So then you have the woleema and you
feed people and that's it. You know, we
we we learn about Abdul Ahmed
who came who migrated from Makkah to Madinah.
And,
he, you know, he got married in Madinah.
And the prophet
saw that he had some yellow stains on
his clothes.
Okay. He noticed the prophet noticed
that he had some yellow stains on his
clothes. So he said,
what is that, oh, oh, Abu Rahman? And
he replied
that,
he said that I have married an Ansari
woman. And the prophet said how much Mahar
did you give her? He replied the weight
of 1 date stone of gold. So the
prophet said offer a banquet
even with 1 sheep.
Okay. What's inter now most people would just
read that and even say yes, we should
offer a banquet and it it proves that,
you know, that this the Wodiman should happen.
Well, what's interesting here is that Abid Khman
al A'raf
who got married and the prophet
didn't know about it. And it was in
Madina.
It's a small community. So he actually didn't
invite the prophet and the prophet didn't even
know about it. K. He didn't even get
him to to perform his nikat.
The prophet asked him afterwards, well, what is
this? And then he told him, did the
prophet get offended? No. It doesn't look like
it. Right?
So, you know, if somebody doesn't invite you
for their son or daughter's wedding or for
their wedding, there's nothing to get offended about.
And maybe they just, you know, for whatever
reason they weren't able to, to give them
the benefit of the doubt. And alhamdulillah, you
know, it's it's it's all good. You keep
it simple. You know, Anas radiAllahu anhu said
the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam halted between
Khaybar and Madina for 3 days, during which
he married Safiyyah
I invited the Muslims to his wedding feast
in which there was no bread and no
meat.
There was nothing except what the prophet
commanded Bilal
to spread out
of leather mats.
Okay. No table shared nothing, leather mats on
which dates,
clarified butter, ghee and dried yogurt were placed.
That was the menu.
Okay. There was no meat. So even when
he said, you know,
offer banquet even with 1 sheep, many of
the scholars say, okay, that based on this
or based on what the prophet did, you
don't even have to offer meat.
I'll listen to CBC radio once and people
are talking about weddings some years ago. There's
a couple who called in. They said, yeah,
actually we just got married in our apartment
and we didn't have anything so we just
gave chips to the guests.
That was already. They're happy.
Yeah.
Instance like that as well, you know. Boy
and girl got married. Was done. We went
to their house. The mom put food. We
had the food. Exchanged some gifts. That was
it. They're happy. I'm happy. Everyone's happy. You
know, so the amount we're gonna spend
is not going to determine happiness for the
couple. Actually, you might do the opposite.
Okay? So please think about this and take
it to heart. Consider it.
The higher cost of living, you know, lacking
skills
is, of course, another
factor which acts as a barrier sometimes
to getting married. This is something which is
important, of course. So we want to try
to create pathways
to earlier marriage for our children, for children
in our community. You know, guiding them on
what to study so they don't end up
wasting time, for example.
Helping them plan ahead, you know, so that
they have the foundation to start families early.
Even lowering their standard of living or expectations,
you know, of what we need to have
in order to be able to to get
married. You know, you start early as a
couple, you go through, you grow together, you
go through hardships together, you live through the
hard times and then inshallah Allah will bless
you and that will prove to be a
stronger rule and that will, you know, prove
to be, a means of of of joining
the hearts and coming together because when you
go through difficulty with someone and then, you
know, you are blessed, then there's a special
sweetness to that as well, you know. So
don't just write it off because you feel,
okay, I can't afford it and because you
have a certain type of lifestyle, in mind,
may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make it easy.
So my brothers and sisters, as a community,
we need to make it easier for our
young people to get married.
When we have stable, healthy families,
inshallah, the entire community and eventually the entire
society will benefit from that. Yes. It will
come with the challenges. Okay. There's no such
thing as a perfect marriage. Yes. It will
come with the challenges,
but the solution
is not to leave the institution of marriage
and say, no. It's not working. It's too
difficult. But rather the solution is to work
towards
making it the way it's supposed to be.
Okay? So our way is not to give
up the another parceles of the al Saddu
and say, no. It's not working anymore. We
we don't do it. But rather we try
to create the condition so that we can
do it and we can do it properly.
So look at it as something positive,
promote it to your children,
you know, talk about it positively,
celebrate it, of course, within halal limits,
resolve
or try to help to resolve challenges,
Try to make it easier. Try to help
those who are not married yet. You know,
don't be annoying and just like nag them
and say, oh, you're not married yet. Oh,
I think I know someone for you. You
know, so don't be that annoying person. But
rather, you know, sincerely try to be someone
who can facilitate,
marriage, for them. It is a great act
of virtue,
sunnah of the prophet
of
the prophet
and a means of protection from Haram, And,
insha'Allah, you will be rewarded
greatly if it is done sincerely by those
who are getting married and also those who
are trying to facilitate marriages and those who
are trying to resolve issues in marriages. Allah
says,
And whoever is mindful for of Allah, he
will make a way up for them.
And provide for them from sources that they
could never imagine.
And whoever puts their trust in Allah, then
Allah alone is sufficient for them.
Certainly, Allah achieves his will.
Allah has already set a destiny for everything.
Let us meet
Oh, Allah, we thank you for all of
your blessings.
Oh, Allah, we thank you for allowing us
to gather once again for Surah Al Jumah.
Oh, Allah, we thank you for all of
your blessings.
Oh, Allah, please forgive us. Oh, Allah, please
forgive us and purify us from all of
our sins and its effects, You Rabbil Alameen.
Oh, Allah, please unite
all of the families and all of the
couples in love and unity, You Rabbil Alameen.
Oh, Allah, please facilitate
easy marriage for all of our children and
coming generations, You Rabbil Alameen. Oh, Allah, make
it easy for those who are not able
to find spouses. Oh, Allah, please grant everyone
a suitable and best match for them, You
Rabbil Alameen. Oh, Allah, please remove hardships for
all from all of those who are experiencing
hardships. O' Allah, o' Allah, anyone who is
suffering from pain and anxiety,
depression, stress, o' Allah, please remove remove it
from them and grant them peace and ease.
O' Allah, o' Allah, we ask you to
protect us and all of our fellow human
beings. O' Allah, forgive us for all of
our sins and our shortcomings and guide us
toward guide us all towards that which pleases
you most, You Rabbi Alameen.
O' Allah, please protect our seniors and our
elders. O' Allah, please grant them good health
and well-being with imani, You Rabbi Alameen. O
Allah, please reward them for all of the
good that they have done and forgive them
for any mistakes and shortcomings, You Rabbil Alameen.
O Allah, please remove the hardships and the
pain and suffering that the many are experiencing
at this time, You Rabbil Alameen. O Allah,
please shower your mercy and forgiveness upon all
of those who have returned to you. O
Allah, so many of our brothers and sisters
have lost loved ones. O Allah, please make
it easy for them. The uncle of our
brother Khaled and sister Rabia, the aunt of
our brother Farooq, the father of brother Faisullah
Faizi, the father of brother Ashfaq Sunu, the
cousin of our brother Abdul Haq, o Allah,
the father-in-law of brother Huram Khan, brothers Sajjad
Ahmad Khan Yazi who just passed away as
well.
O Allah, please cure all our brothers and
sisters who are ill. O Allah, please grant
them relief. Remove everything harmful from their bodies,
especially
this virus, COVID 19, all our cancer, and
all other harmful creations that you have created,
o Allah. O Allah, especially our brothers, Eshan
Iqbal. O Allah, another cousin of our brother,
Abdul Haqq, who is in life threatening condition.
O Allah, our elder doctor Habibullah Rahman, our
elder doctor Hanan, who is recovering from surgery,
our brothers and sisters who are suffering from
long term pains and injuries. O Allah, our
brothers and sisters who are in extreme pain,
and all of those who are ill who
are ill or at risk of becoming ill.
Oh, Allah, you are the protector. Oh, Allah,
you are the shafi, the healer. Oh, Allah,
grant them all speedy recovery. Protect them from
all illnesses and pain and suffering through your
power and your might. Remove the hardships, oh,
Allah. We are helpless in front of you.
Oh, Allah, protect us and all of our
fellow human beings, especially the frontline workers, the
health professionals, the first responders,
the teachers, the school staff, all others who
are on the frontline serving others. Will, please
open the doors of halal sustenance for all
of those who are in need or in
debt, especially at this time. Will, please grant
us a good return to you during this
life, at the end of this life,
and at the on on the day of
judgment.
Brothers and sisters, all of those who have
registered for Friday prayer, please come at your
assigned time. Those who are praying at home,
please go ahead now for 4th cause of
the heart prayer. May Allah
bless you all. We look forward to seeing
you soon, Insha'Allah.