Suhaib Webb – Uqud alJum’an of Sheikh alIslam, Selim alBishri (Lesson Eight) Prophethood
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Welcome back to our reading of
So now after talking about
'al ilahiat'
those things related to the science of Allah
Subhana Wa Ta'la, God or Godhood if you
will in English.
Now he's moving on to the second subject
of Usuluddin,
which is anobuwat,
prophethood. Because after we affirm our belief in
the creator
and the Sustainer of all things, then we
have to know how to serve
that Creator, how to worship correctly.
So therefore,
the dispatching of the Prophets and the Messengers
is important as a means for us to
be guided.
As Allahu Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says in Surat
Baqarah,
That if there comes to you from me,
from Allah to us guidance and guidance here
means
books and prophets. Whoever follows that guidance,
Masha'Allah, will never have any type of anxiety,
stress or fear.
But as for those who reject and disbelieve,
then for them is a grievous punishment. We
ask Allah Subhana Wa Ta'la. In the hellfire,
we ask Allah Bilafiya.
So the sheikh, he says, wayajib.
It means it's an obligation for us to
believe this. To be Muslim, we have to
believe this.
It is an obligation upon him or her.
To
know.
That Allah
dispatched mbiyah. The word mbiyah,
we talk about this in the Essentials of
Islamic Faith comes from 2 words.
1 means
someone that informs you of information.
Allah
says
They ask you about this great news.
Also, the word
means,
which means,
something which is raised high,
because whoever follows the prophets is going to
be raised.
SubhanAllah.
That no no one is is greater
than what Allah has done when he has
raised the prophets to the highest Maqam.
That's why Allah
says
You, O Muhammad, are the
'ala hoduk' and this is istiara in rhetoric
we'll teach you in the future. This is
a form of a rhetorical usage to show
that above all good character
is Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam alahhuruk.
As though the Prophet rolls above all good
character, which we're going to talk about later
on today, which is very important.
If you're to look at good character, the
citadel would be Mohammed
Sallallahu
Alaihi
Wasallam.
Which is the plural.
And sent the messengers.
And sent the messengers.
And they gave good news to people who
obey them of paradise.
And they warned people
who disobeyed them of hellfire. And here we
understand something in activism
and the role of Islam in the public
square, that we cannot simply be Mubashireen,
always giving people good news. We cannot simply
be
always warning others we have to be balanced.
So if we if we look at our
dawah,
even to the non Muslims,
and we're only Mubashireen, we have failed to
hold up the responsibility of prophecy.
If we are only Mundhireen also we have
failed
because we have to see good in people.
As the prophet said, people are metal. In
order to see the metal, we have to
dig into the soil.
And we aided them with miracles. The word
'maajizat' is from the word 'ajiz'. We say
ajuz for an old woman
in the village, right, because the ajaz,
the one who's old,
is the one who is incapable. Right? They
don't have the strength anymore
to do what they used to be able
to do. So jizet is from the same
word
because
human beings
do not possess the strength to accomplish these
things.
Kharequl a'ada. You see these things that the
prophets did, for example splitting the sea, the
white hand of Sayyidina Musa glowing with light,
the staff turning into a snake, the Quran.
Human beings are not able to reproduce that
or even do it once. So it is
And Allah SWAN WA Ta'ala aided them with
clear signs.
And everything they brought is the truth.
And everything they informed us about
is also is also truthful.
And in fact, maybe a better translation
is
Everything that they
came with is a reality.
And everything they informed us about is the
truth.
Wa fa'ammaru, and this is a very important
point. Fa'ammaru bill imani wata'a.
They commanded us to believe and obey Allah.
And and a better translation here is in
everything they commanded
was related to Iman and obedience to Allah.
And everything
that they forbid
was in relationship to those things being disbelief
or sin.
So especially now in the era of postmodernity,
which is very much like the tree in
the time of Adam,
alayhi salaam. How
Shaytan La'anotullah
alayhi, deceives Adam about the reality of things.
Postmodernity,
it's changed definitions related to so many things
if you think about it.
And it's hard sometimes to know what's right
or wrong. So where do you where do
you find
that type of support? The teachings of the
prophets. Everything they said is right is right.
Everything they said is wrong is wrong. Everything
they said is right is obedience to Allah.
Everything they said is wrong is disobedience to
Allah. Khalaas. Mayyutir Rasulafaqatata
Allah.
So we're not deceived
and we're not tricked by even what's popular.
SubhanAllah,
don't
mix the truth with falsehood.
And that's why Allah says,
Right? Cling to the rope of Allah. The
habal
right, actually is a rope that people would
use to go down wells
in ancient times. Right? Because that rope has
to be strong and sturdy because you don't
know what's down in that well, those natural
wells. You never know. So you have to
have something that can support you and secure
you. The dunya is also unknown. The dunya
is also wrought with challenges and difficulties.
Yeah. Tasim bihabdillah.
Tasim bihabdillah. So hold on to the rope
of Allah. That's why Sayidna Shaltib says,
This
is very difficult to translate, but what Imam
Shaltibhi says in Harzabani
is that you should cling to the rope
of Allah
and use it like a net
mutahabilah,
to to capture things that protect you and
keep you strong from your enemies. Hibl al
Ida from your the plans of your enemies.
SubhanAllah.
So the first section
here, the Sheikh basically frames the purpose of
the prophets,
warners, bringers of good news, commanding iman and
obedience,
prohibiting sin and disobedience and disbelief.
We ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala yawakum
barakalawfeeekum
MusallAllahu Wa Salamara Sayedina Muhammad