Waseem Hendricks – Jumuah Lecture 24 November 2023
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Ahmed SallAllahu, alayhi wa ali. He was
abhi AJ Marini, subhanAllah, until Ali mu Hakim, I greet everyone
with the most beautiful greeting, the greeting of Islam, as well as
the greeting of Jannah as salaamu, alaykum, warahmatullahi, Tala wa
Barakatuh,
Alhamdulillah. From Alhamdulillah, thanks and praises are due to
Allah, Subhanahu wa, the Almighty Who has gathered us once again for
this beautiful day of Juma, in this wonderful hour that
inshaAllah, it is mentioned that in a narration that he there is a
particular hour on the day of Juma. And there are many
narrations when the time is in indeed, this is one of the times
that is mentioned, although we know that the most authentic is
Inshallah, right? You make dua that time, there's an hour that
will appear that your DUA will be musta Jabba. But in another
narration, this is also one of those hours that we might find,
the time that if we raise our hands and we ask Allah, Allah
grants, may Allah allow us to grant us all Abu, as it's good.
InshaAllah, Ameen, Aya, rabbal, Alameen, and today, masha Allah, I
always, actually want to start off with this. I'm always privileged.
You know, being an imam that comes some certain perks Allah give you.
You know, what's one of the perks? The one who greet first,
mashaAllah, he gets more rewards than the ones who respond. So
every Friday, when you respond, I'm getting so much rewards.
JazakAllah, for you, may Allah, bless you all. In sha. Allah, when
we exit, we'll try. We'll beat me in the greeting. No, you be you'll
win. Inshallah, may Allah, bless you all and grant you the greatest
of reward in this life and in the next time in your but today, it is
such a beautiful topic. Just researching it, Allahu, Akbar, how
it brings you closer to your almighty. The Quran is amazing.
The Sunnah of Muhammad, sallAllahu, alayhi, wa sallam.
It's amazing what it does to the heart and the soul of a believer,
if we just open it up and we're handing it over, as Allah says, We
do. Amri illallah, Allah is waiting for us. Place your matters
in the hands of Allah.
In Allah ibad, Allah knows what is our needs, and Allah wants to
fulfill our needs. And today we speak about being mindful of Allah
subhanho wa taala, and you will find Allah AJ with you.
How many times do we think that Allah is with us?
Whatever we are doing,
the life of a believer should be like that, that when I'm doing
good,
it should remind me that Allah is with me. And when that happens, I
make shukran to Allah. And when I'm busy with something
that will disappoint Allah subhanahu wa, that
will be disappointing not to Allah Jalal, but when we realize that we
have done that, the remorse in our hearts will also bring
disappointment to us.
Us. And when that happens and transpires, then what do we do? We
seek is still far from Allah, Subhanahu wa and what will that
teach us, that we are mindful of Allah, and when we are mindful
with Allah, Allah Subhan wa Taala mentions to us when AQ Rabu elay
him in Habil wareid, I am close to you, My servant, I'm so close,
closer than your jugular vein.
And the life of the believer is amazing, as Allah mentions masala,
mentions ajaban, the amrimin that strange is the affairs and amazing
is the affairs of a believer, whether good or bad occurs to him.
He understands that there's hearing that from Allah, and that
is being mindful of our Creator, Jala jalalu, but jamat Muslim, the
Ummah, will by no means find effective remedies
for its ailments and solutions to its problems Inshallah, in crisis,
except through the third understanding of the book of Allah
and the sunnah of our beloved Prophet Muhammad. Saw that is
something you know, subhanAllah, that we need to turn back to
today. We find solutions in everything besides Allah and His
Rasul, sallAllahu, Sallam and yeah, it's mentioned. Where would
we find that Salas. Where would we find that joy to turn back to
Allah and His Rasul, sallAllahu, sallam, to the book of Allah And
subhanAllah every time that a believer opened that book of
Allah,
the best speech ever. And we read that book, and we feel in our
hearts that Allah Akbar, my Creator, is liaising with me.
What is my response going to be? Subhanak Jamaat al Muslimeen, if
we open up our hearts,
we will feel that feeling that Muhammad Rasulullah sallallahu
Sallam felt.
And this is amazing Allah. The book of Allah is not just mere
reading. Allah subhanahu wa asked, Can we imagine the rhetorical
questions that Allah asks us in the Quran? It's amazing. And
then on top of that, Allah asks us afalaya. Tada Barun,
afalaya, tafa Karun, afalaya. Tada Karun. Allah continues to ask us
and remind us of Alaya Tada, Quran. How can we not if Allah
instruct us, you want the light and the Noor from this Quran to
enter you,
and once it enters afrikaan statement, but the heartfan Follow
us. Lubdi montan word, I was good in that Allah, Masha, Allah,
whatever is in the heart and is fold, you know, with that light
and that noor of Allah, Subhanahu wa, that will emanate, it will
come out, you know, in a beautiful manner. And this was Muhammad
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, when he spoke about Allah,
when he practiced his way of life, when he spoke about Islam, there
was a certain intention,
there was a purpose,
there was a vision. He was on a mission, and when he did that,
only
and Sauli, for the sake of Allah, Nur emulated from him, sallAllahu,
alasallam. And when people just looked at him, whether they knew
him or not, they would accept immediately that this is an
amazing person. I want to be like him. I want my family to be like
him. And let's not use because sometimes we think that Muhammad
SAW is some you know, it is way beyond us that we will not be able
to achieve in our times. A mother would send her non Muslim son. She
being a non Muslim, sending her children to the Muslim schools.
Why? What did she find different when he was in the West, when he
was troubled with friends that would take him off the path, he
would come home and have mannerisms unbefitting to a child
towards a parent. But then Subhanallah, she found that when
she changed his environment, she placed him in an Islamic school,
although he is not a Muslim, that when he returned home, he treated
her in the best and the most kindness and the Most
Compassionate of ways. What was the change? She said that, if my
child can have and treat me in this way, in this manner, then I
would rather prefer him to be at a Muslim school than to send him
into the darkness of this world. What was the change? Jamaat al
Muslimeen, the teachings of Allah is rasulallah. How come that is
not found within us?
When we have dealings, we are crooked in our dealings. When we
give our words, we break that words.
When it is upon us to be trusted, we break the trust in.
When it is to act like Muslim and mukmin, we do the contrary to
that, what do we expect the outcome to be? Jamaat al muslimin,
be mindful of Allah, and you'll find him with you.
Read the book of Allah, follow the Sunnah of him, sallAllahu, alayhi
wa sallam and inshaAllah, Allah, Subhanahu wa grant us inshaAllah
that we can be of the closest to the Almighty Allah, Jalla jalalu,
and may Allah subhanahu wa taala allow us to achieve that in sha
Allah, that closeness that we so much want in sha Allah, jamaatul,
Muslimeen. And when we speak about this, we must think about him,
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam,
that you know, when Abdullah ibn Abbas, and this is with regards to
our topic today.
You know, he found himself with Rasulullah sallallahu, alayhi wa
sallam.
And this is one of the most beautiful Hadith that we will ever
find inshallah. And when I read it, it reminded us, once again of
the beauty in the lifestyle of Muhammad, sallAllahu, ala Salam
and Abdullah Abbasid. He narrates that kuntu khalfa rasulallahuman
Sid,
that yalam in me or Ali mukha kalimat. Do you want me? Oh my
youngster and my young man, oh my youth. Do you want me to teach
you, or I will teach you some words and you. SallAllahu, alayhi
wa sallam, he mentions if
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SubhanAllah. This hadith comes in Sunan at Tirmidhi. Way you Salah
Salaam. You mentioned as Abdullah Abbas radila taala, and whom he
says that I was riding behind the mission to Salah Salaman when he
said to me, young man, I will teach you some words. And what was
it?
Be mindful of Allah,
and he will take care of you.
Simple words
to a youngster, be mindful of Allah, and Allah will take care of
you.
What is in the mind of our youngsters today?
Look at the teachings of very important teachings from young
what is, what is apparent in this clause, the reminder of Allah
being the greatest, the reminder of Allah you need to be obedient
to Your Creator or my child.
What? How are we as
the older generation of today. How are we taught? Yeah, Rob, you step
out of line. Immediately, you will be brought back online, whether it
will be physical or however it will it will just happen
because Allah subhanahu wa was instilled within the hearts of the
youth,
and many of us, Allah, but look how we're sitting. It's not
difficult for us to enter Juma. It's not difficult for us to be
here for Fajr. Asha, why Allah was made a priority by our parents?
Yafa, Allah, will take care of you, my child. The first thing
that comes to the child's mind, Allah, consciousness. Be conscious
of your Creator, Allah, if you are conscious of Him, He will take
care of you. Jala, jalalu, may Allah allow us that we do this
because our children are you know when once rafala comes, ya rabla,
what is unmindfulness? Once we are unmindful of Allah ya rab. Then
the test and the trials start coming.
Remember, many a times in the path I say you love anything more than
Allah, that will be your test. Allah will remove it from you,
whether it is your father or your mother. Don't love them too much.
I'm not saying don't love them. I don't love them more than Allah.
Allah must be the one who that's why, from a young age, we teach
our children love, Allah,
you'll
be mindful of your Creator, Allah,
once that happen and we install the consciousness within our
youth,
what Do we think our future generations would look like there
will be a force to be reckoned with, because they have Allah on
their side. Look at our Palestinian brothers and sisters,
everything in every word that you hear Asmaa keel, alhamdulillahi,
Alhamdulillah Quli lahina, Ilahi, Raja.
Own, whether he's 50 years old, whether he's 70 years old, whether
the child is she five years old, whether she is six years old,
whether she is seven years old. Even from the lips of the youth
Wallahi, we don't fear. How do you hear this from six year olds? Not
only boys. I'm talking about girls. They can come over and
over, we will not leave
so far.
Allah, Akbar, they say we will not leave so far. We will stay in
Romania.
Nothing will move us from the land of Palestine, ardul, muqaddas,
what was installed in these children's hearts, what was
installed in these elders' hearts, for as old as they are, they will
not leave their lands. They will give their life for these lands.
How is this possible to reach that state of iman? It is consciousness
of Allah. It is being mindful of Allah and walahi. Do you know what
Allah is with them?
If you don't have Allah with you, you think that Alhamdulillah will
be able to come from that mouth.
You think that husband, Allahu, Ana Wakil, will be able to come
from that mouth. You think that Illa you are ina Ilahi, rajahun
will be able to come from that mouth that will be a hard void
from Allah that will be a heart that is lost and Allah protect us.
So, yeah, be mindful of Allah you saw. Assalam said that Allah will
take care of you. Then he says, sallAllahu, sallam, be mindful of
him. Jala, jalalu, and you shall find him at your side. Just here,
anything that happens, you'll find Allah. You look to the right,
you'll see Allah. You look to the left, you'll see Allah. You look
to the front, you'll see Allah. From the back, Allah will be there
for you. From the top, Allah is there. You will find Allah in
every direction. Jalla, jalalu, although brothers, please don't
quote me wrong. I'm not saying Allah has any direction Allah. I'm
saying this in a way for us to understand that Allah will be with
us all the time.
Space and Time does not relate to Allah. Subhanahu wa the creator of
space. And Allah is the creator of time. Now Allah grant us the
understanding. And then you saw Salam give beautiful advice. He
says, if you ask ALLAH,
if you ask ALLAH, if you need help, seek it from Allah alone.
Seek it from Allah alone.
Look at the Palestinians.
What do they say? They say you are not helping us. We are helping
you.
We are the reminders for you. Look at where we are. Don't think that
you are invincible. Don't become complacent that our is incumbent
upon you. Call people to Allah.
We are found every day in naratres jamat.
Our importance are shown for so many things, although we
understand that the life of the believer is to follow Muhammad
Sallallahu. Alayhi
said, What will give us salvation is to follow Muhammad Sallallahu.
Alas,
the Palestinians teach us the world means nothing. We have
nothing, but we have everything.
Why? Because we have Allah. But
today we feel that we have everything. Why? Because we have
materialistic things.
And once we have it, we feel like I'm doing, you know how much I'm
doing your SubhanAllah? Sometimes we do it to ourselves. You know?
We are actually saying, yo, Masha, Allah did. I've done a lot.
Who gave you the ability to do,
who gave you the ability to do?
It is not for you to Blow Your Own Horn.
May Allah protect us. You know this is happening, and it's maybe
because of our weakness. We might not mean it in a bad way, but if
you follow the lifestyle of Muhammad, sallAllahu salah, then
you would see that he would never, ever praise himself. Salallahu,
alayhi wa sallam. He would always say something Bella faqr. He would
say he was no with no haughtiness. I'm saying this with no
haughtiness. Why? Why? He reminds us that everything is directed
back to Allah.
I'm doing nothing. It's directed back to Allah, the ANA niya
syndrome that we speak about me, myself and I, and what I have
done, what I have achieved, yeah, we must get rid of it. If I give,
give, you know, as the beautiful
Hadith sayfla, the upper hand giving is better than the lower
hand receiving.
Don't eat. Nobody should know once the right hand give, not even the
left hand should know. But how do we give? Oh, Lord, please put up
the plaque for us there. Masha Allah Malam gave Allah Akbar For
centuries, people will say, Oh, that Manu Asim was a great guy.
Masha Allah, look at that law
cast in gold. Allah Akbar, the next guy was casting.
So, okay, he gave a bit less. When a sim gave the most. Who was the
most generous?
Who is
the most generous? Allah?
In the time of Muhammad SAW who was the most generous? Salla
Salam, what did he have? Jamaat, Al Muslimeen, the wealth of this
world.
What? How do we interpret being the most generous of his kind? You
know, once this happen,
once you have,
what is the test once you have? The test is to give,
normally, those who have a lot
of very difficult for that Buddha to get rid of what he has.
Let's make an example of zakat May Allah grant us all to be
billionaires. I mean, first man I was seeing because he will help
you. I mean, I mean Inshallah, but why he wants you have the billion?
Imagine I have a billion rand
now, zakat time come,
what is of a billion rand? I don't know, 2.5%
of 1,250,000,000
something like that. Inshallah, who is going to give 250 million
of his wealth away? 2.5 million?
The lawyers, I'm going to lock you up. Let's make the right
calculations there. Please have fun for that. Jamal Muslimeen,
right? 2.5 million. So who's going to give this away? Is it easy to
give 2.5 million away to somebody, not even my brother? Lord, no
brother. Please go work Allah Akbar.
You know that that happens? Who is going to give 2.5 million away
just so must I tell you who a true believer in Allah? He's going to
think nothing of giving 2.5 million. But you know what Rasul
says? Teach us about this. What is in sin. Once you have you're going
to want double that 1 billion. I want to make a 2 billion. Then
Masha Allah wants to have the 2 billion next year. Oh, now it's
five, five and 5 million. I must give away now, right? Who wants to
give away five, 5 million? Now, I want 4 billion. Now, five times
four is 20 million. Jamaat al Muslimeen, Allah give. Allah's
generous, most generous. And you ask, and Allah give, but when it
comes your time to give back to Allah, Oh,
no, no, no, you know what, Brother, you must make sacrifice
and you must struggle go ask for a job, but I won't give him a job.
No, no, no, no, no, I won't give you the job. You must go look for
a job somewhere else, because this is mine. Ya Allah,
in the time of Rasul, as remember when you don't have,
when you don't have, and somebody come to us now it's even more
difficult because you have so little. Now it's more difficult,
but that is when Allah tests us. I have so little.
Look at our Masjid standing here, this Masjid that's standing here,
and that building standing at the back. We are so proud to say it's
because of our people, our community, who contributed.
Whether it was a five Rand, a 10 Rand or 50 Rand, no million was
given,
and that's what make us proud. No 2 million was given towards the
building. No 500,000 was given towards the building.
Allahu, Akbar, man,
our community worked for these buildings,
and that makes us proud. Why? Because, in the time of
difficulty, that's the time you need to make the choice, Ya Allah
giving for your sake. And you know when that happens, Allah
multiplies by 10
and more,
that is the time. Why do we say Muhammad saw him was the most
generous at this time? Was it because he had wealth? No,
he was wealthy as with Allah's Deen. He was wealthy with what he
came but with finances and with material six things, no, but what
he did, he gave everything. When he was asked, he asked Aisha,
Aisha, what is left for us? Ya Rasulullah, only a dry portion of
bread is not even sufficient for us. Give,
open heart. Give. Did he die of hunger? So as No?
Did our NABI die of hunger? No. But how did he die, leaving behind
a legacy
teaching us that this, what I have done, is out of Taqwa law, out of
the consciousness of Allah. And this is the greatest commodity
that we can possess. It is to build on our taqwa in Allah,
because Allah says in the akhirama Kum, in the Akira makum, that the
best in the eyesight of Allah, the Most Noble in the eyesight of
Allah, the most sacred in the eyesight of Allah. The best in the
eyesight of Allah is what in the light
the one that possessed the most aqqa, the most consciousness of
Israel, of Allah, a.
Where do we find ourselves with Allah today? Ask ourselves, what
is our situation? We are worried now Mullah is almost done. We must
leave now stop talking. Was our wealth,
right? Masha, Allah,
jamatul Muslimeen, he saw assalam, sometimes spoke,
sometimes the Sahaba waited for him to almost when the work
expired, but never was a question posed to him, when, how? Why? You
know, may Allah grant us understanding.
Our deen is superiority. Our deen is the highest level of success in
this life and the next, but we give so little to it. Our
consciousness is only in the world things, although we living in the
world, we understand there's laws and there's realities, but Jamaat
al Muslimeen, Our hearts must not be attached to that. The
constitution of this globe, world West, is so important to us, but
the constitution of Allah, Allah, ILAHA, illallah,
we will do anything to speak up against it, because there's some
wrong in it. There's never wrong in the constitution of Allah,
never
Allah. Allah was understanding, and he I'll end off by the words
of Muhammad sawallah. Sallam says, Ask Allah. Ask only Allah. Turn
back to Allah. Allah is our strength. Allah is the one that
will be with us if we are mindful of him. Know that support will
come after patience. He saw relief will follow affliction and
difficulty brings ease. This is Musnad Ahmed
shamatu, Muslim, when we find ourselves that we are trialed.
Know that Allah is trialing us because He loves us.
Trials does not happen because Allah dislike us. Trials does not
happen if anything happens to us, whether it is what, whether
challenged my work, whether I challenged at home, whether I am
challenged with my colleagues, whether I am challenged with my
Imam,
always, whether I am challenged with my communities, these are
things that Allah plays in your path. Today is you. What must you
do in that situation?
You lower yourself in humility to Allah. Ya Allah, this is your
choice.
I will not question you, ya rab. But what will happen? Allah will
raise you in that situation. And my time is abjema to Muslim and
Allah, bless you. Allah, grant us to be mindful of our Creator, Jala
jalalu. Inshallah, this topic will will discuss in a few weeks,
because there's a lot to say, and we need to become mindful of
Allah, and that is why I chose this topic. I want us to turn back
to Allah, Subhanahu wa and to become that nation, like Muhammad
SAW people in his time, is as Harab. They were mindful of Allah,
and Allah granted them to come from that slum that they lived in,
to become the greatest people of their time. And we possess that.
We have the ability to become the greatest people of our time,
especially how this ummah is trialed and tested. Now, why is
this ummah trialed and tested because Allah loves us. Allah
loves us. Jamaat al Muslimeen, when Allah plays these trials in
front of us, Allah wants us to gain closeness to him. Jala,
jalalu, Allah grant us closest to him. Inshallah, Kumar katu, this
one announcement I have announcement is one of my
students. You know, Abdul Samad. Masha Allah, he turned 15 years
old today. He's 28 Aja zahafi. Make dua for the two to go swiftly
for him. Inshallah, you know, this is our community. Masha Allah,
make dua for this community. Many of FAD must not come from here. I
mean, ulama must come from this community. Inshallah, may Allah,
bless you, Allah, and shukran for your contribution, because he's of
your DUA in your contribution. Your contributions that we can
produce this beautiful hafat, this beautiful ulama soon to come from
our community Inshallah, for the institutes also in this community.
May Allah, bless you all. Inshallah, Sunday, we have the
Kira function, please. We nobody should be absent from Sunday the
Kira ad program that will happen here after duha, great line of
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