Suhaib Webb – The Supplications of Islam Part One Introduction
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Created us for worship. He says in the
Quran,
Uma khalaqotul jinnawa insa ila riabodun. I did
not create human beings in jinn except to
worship me.
And we know
that one of the forms of worship
which is shared
by all creation,
whether it's angels,
whether
it
is things like bacteria, plants, birds and animals.
Whether it's human beings, whether it's the jinn,
the shayateen,
or the jinn who are mutminin.
One of the acts of worship,
which exists between all of us,
is dhikr.
Allahu Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, the beginning of Surat
Baqarah mentions that the angels say,
We, we praise you, we glorify you, we
magnify you.
Allah
referring to things that we can't see and
animals and birds and all of creation that
we don't communicate with. He says they praise
Allah, we
don't
understand tasbihahum.
How they mention and praise him, subhanahu wa
ta'ala.
Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala mentions the jinn, the
believing jinn in Nasami Ana Quran
Ana Ajayba.
Right? We have heard an incredible Quran.
And even Iblis,
He makes dua.
He asked Allah
to give him respite.
And also we know the Shayateen.
Even though for them, it's not worship in
the same sense of our worship. The point
I'm making is that even the evil jinn
and Iblis
know that they have to acknowledge Allah through
his remembrance.
So the Hadith of Sayna Abi Huray
who this man kept coming to him in
the form of a person,
and trying to steal zakat from him.
And finally he said, I will take you
to the messenger of Allah.
And he said, 'If you don't take me
to the messenger of Allah, I will tell
you
something.' And he told him about Ayatul Kursi.
Whoever reads Ayatul Kursi will be protected from
the Shayateen.
From the devils. And the next day, he
went to the messenger of Allah, salallahu alaihi
wa sallam.
And he told him what happened, and he
said,
Like he he said the truth but he's
a liar. Like that was a shaitan.
We learned from that that even shaitan knows
the fada'il and the fawaid
of the dhikr of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
And then there's you and I.
So subhanAllah, all creation,
subhanAllah, remembers Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. Allahu Akbar.
And that is an evidence for the greatness
of this act of worship.
Such that Saydah Aisha said that the prophet
Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
remembered Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala in every situation.
Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
For that reason, even though this isn't a
main course that we teach in our core
curriculum here at Swiss.
I felt it was important to go through
a text that covers
the major remembrances and supplications of Islam.
How can you benefit from this course?
Number 1 is you want to, of course,
watch
the videos, watch the vlog version.
You want to take advantage of any of
the multimedia opportunities that I solely post for
you. You want to try to memorize some
of the supplications that you feel are very
important and say them throughout the week and
monitor yourself.
And you can follow-up with me in our
live sessions and say, listen,
you know, I want you to listen to
me. Am I saying it correctly?
And then also the lesson plans that are
there for you, you can use those to
teach people. And you can use those to
engage people insha'Allah.
So, following the videos, taking advantage of all
the multimedia resources,
memorizing and learning and remembering for yourself, Can
do it as a couple, as a family,
as an MSA,
as a halaqa.
Number 3, making sure that you utilize the
lesson plans in your own
constructive thought, as well as if you're teaching
other people and then number 4,
is engaging me. So insha Allahu Ta'ala, we're
going to begin with a book called, Al'alam
Al Hayyib.
Al'alam,
is a word which means a sign. A
flag,
held by an army is Alam Al Mujaysh.
That's why Allah
says Alhamdulillahi
rubbila'alameen.
Alameen
means signs because everything
Everything as we discussed
and continue to discuss in our aqidah track
is an evidence for the existence of Allah.
Al Hayib
is youheb, right? We say hayba.
And Hayib is the one who has reverence
and fear of something.
Someone who, who, who, who, the sign of
reverence and fear is this book.
So this book is like a flag, if
you will. A sign, an indicator
that someone has haybatullah.
That someone has the reverence of Allah
through their remembrance of Allah.
So, Al-'alam
Al hayyab fi sharh.
And Sharah means the explanation. So what we
learn now is there's 2 books that we're
reading from. One is the explanation
of another book. We know that Sharah in
shirah means to expand.
Sayyidina Musa, of course, has quoted Rabi Sh
Rahli Sadri.
Allah says to Sayyidina Muhammad
alaihis salam Aram nashora laqasadarak.
So the first verse,
prophet Moses is asking Allah to give sha
of his chest, Expand his chest and make
things clear for him.
And Allah who, subhanahu wa ta'ala, says to
say,
Have we not expanded
your chest? So,
means to take an existing text
and to expand on it, to edit it,
to constructively criticize it. And then of course
to
know its its its positives as well as
build on its existing,
lessons and so on and so forth. And
then of course, I will be adding for
the majority of it, my own explanation.
Ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala even though I
am completely,
unqualified to do so to give me tawfeeq
Insha'Allah.
So the writer of the book, Al-'Adham Al
Hayyb is the 9th century scholar,
Imam Badurdeen
Al Ayni.
Imam Al Ayni, Masha'Allah, was from the great
scholars of the Hanafi Madhab.
He explained Sahih al Bukhari, umda Tulkari.
He explained Al Hidayah,
Al Binayah
which is a great book, of course famous
book in the Hanafi Medheb.
Al Maqasir and Nahuya Fisha,
Fisha Al Alfiya.
He explained a great book of course in
in Arabic grammar, Alfiya to Nimatic, the Shawahid
of,
of that book, the the the proofs for
the Arabic language. Actually he wrote like more
than 25 books man. He was he was
definitely G status, mashallah.
An OG from the ulama. And he was
born actually in southern Turkey
and because of that he spoke many languages.
He migrated eventually
to Egypt and he was used there in
many different ways because of his prowess in
language
and his brilliance.
And he lived a full life and he
actually died around 90 years old. So he's
born around, you know, 755,
I think. And he dies around 840,
you know, 8:44.
Some, somewhere in that area, 8:46,
kind of in this area.
He was a contemporary of imam ibn Hajj
al Aspalani, of course those of us who
know that, it's interesting.
And and others.
The book that he's explaining is called Al
Kalim Al Payib, which was written by the
great 8 century scholar, Imam Ibn Taymiyyah.
And the reason that I find this interesting
is that if we were alive today, imam,
al Ayni would be kind of like more
on the Sufi traditional side. And of course,
imam ibn Ataymiyyah would be more on say
the Salafi side.
And what's remarkable
is we don't appreciate history as Sunnis, and
we don't understand how we are constantly being
encouraged to hate each other.
And if we were to look back at
our history, we'll find that scholars may have
vehemently disagreed with one another, but they they
understood that they were brothers. Right? They understood
that they were sisters. They understood that they
were an ummah. And an ummah doesn't always
get along. So I felt that one thing
we can take from this book is the
idea of constructive criticism,
constructive engagement. But then at the same time
met with respect,
which also is key to being someone who
benefits
from the remembrance,
of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
And that's why the Sheykh he says,
He said, you know, it's very rare
that you can find
someone who finds good in the mistakes of
people. Like, they're able to see through that.
But,
the, the, the peep Mosaiwiya, the people who
always find mistakes, like that's nothing special. But
that comes from everybody. That's something that equally
is shared amongst the people.
And then he he begins, and this is
where we're gonna start his explanation of the
book.
So he says, Bismillahir Rahmaanur Rahim
with the name of Allah, the most gracious,
the most merciful. Then he mentions of course
how
this is from the Sunnun of the 'ulama,
empty ther and emulating,
the Quran and emulating the Sunnun of the
prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam.
Know, every important matter that is not commenced
with Bismillah is going to be short.
Abtar
cut off,
from Ejer and from blessings.
So after saying Bismillahrahmandurhim,
Imam Ibn Taymiyyah says, Alhamdulillahi
was salaamun
alaibarihil
ladeen astafah.
He says Alhamdulillahi.
Alhamdulillahi
is translated
as praise.
And you know, that gets the meaning there.
But,
scholars notice some really beautiful things that I
thought I would share. And it's interesting that
he begins with Alhamdulillah,
as though to denote like the purpose of
the book is the remembrance of Allah. And
also again, following the way of the Quran.
So the ulama they said,
Meaning that alhamd
is to pray something because you recognize its
blessings.
To recognize its greatness. To recognize and to
be in awe of it.
Not from the angle of, like, joking around
or jest, but to sincerely be overawed by
something.
Now, sometimes people ask what's the difference between
'alhamdu
wasshookr?'
Shukr in Arabic means to be thankful.
Alhamdu means to pray something out of awe.
Minjihetit
tawdeen. Oh minjihetit tawdeen.
So many 'ulama,
this is something very beautiful that Alhamd
is
an act of cognition and faith that is
expressed
through speech.
And that's why Allahu Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala in
Surat Israa,
verse 111,
he says
say Alhamdulillah
And that's why we find for example in
the Quran
Alhamdulillahi khalaqasamaawati
walardawajaaarathwalumatiwaan
Noor. Sot Al An'am, 6th chapter of the
Quran
talking about the incredible
nature and awe of creation.
We say alhamd.
People who enter into paradise.
Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala quotes them in Surat
Al Araf. They will say
Something incredible.
Allah mentions hamt
in correlation to night and day, darkness and
light.
Then he mentions al hamt here the people
of Jannah, that they were guided because
Allah took them from the darkness of Kufr
and Dunya, and brought them into light of
Iman and Jannah. Allahu Akbar.
So, the external
light of the sun,
and the night and the day, is a
cause of alhamd
and the spiritual
amen.
And being brought into guidance, just like how
the sun shines light on the earth,
is also brought about by saying Alhamd.
But the point is both of them are
incredible.
SubhanAllah.
So
to the one who guided us to this
because we could not guided ourselves.
SubhanAllah.
And
when we talk about
alhamd, it's rooted in ma'arifah.
Ma'arifah to shei
to understand something and to understand its incredible
nature.
Shukr, thankfulness,
is seen as something which is greater than
just an expression of the tongue,
But also Shukr is seen as an act.
And that's why in Surat Al Saba
verse 13,
Allahu Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says,
O Dawud
and your family
perform thankfulness.
So it's not restricted.
Like so, thankfulness
touches on all of our actions, subhanAllah.
All of the the khair
that that we can do on our limbs,
to our speech,
is a form
of Shukr. SubhanAllah.
Of course also,
the idea that shukr mokabarat
nama. So most scholars will say that shukr
is in response
to recognizing something good.
So shukr
is based on Ma'arifatul nahma.
Understanding nahma.
Alhamd
is based on ma'arifatutta'udim.
Hamd is rooted in knowing something's incredible.
SubhanAllah.
So, yeah, and he's very beautiful if you
think about it. And the prophet salAllahu alayhi
wa sallam said,
Right? To be thankful to Allah who fills
the scales.
Gonna stop here insha'Allah. Next time we'll pick
it up and start to read from the
verses
that Imam Ibn Taymiyyah and Imam Al Aani
explained.
Because these verses of Quran that he mentions
before going into the hadith about dua and
dhikr.
Show us the etiquette
of
dua and dhikr.
Show us the importance of dua and dhikr.
Show us,
the general
universal
application of dua and dhikr,
whether in good times or bad times, whether
in a group or whether in alone,
as well as the proper etiquette and edeb
when we remember Allah and supplicate Allah.