Yahya Rhodus – Our Relationship the Quran #2
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The importance of reciting the Quran in various ways, including hosting events, hosting events, and reciting it in a certain way, is discussed. The speaker gives a recitation guide for individuals, emphasizing the need to be in a state of will do and not let children in the room. The importance of sitting in a proper posture to improve physical health, prevent back problems, and prevent evil behavior is emphasized. Prayer at night is also discussed, and the importance of praying at night to fill our hearts with the love of our Lord.
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Mohammedan early he was Sahabi he was salam edge marine
Alhamdulillah this is the third day that we have observed this
fast. And in sha Allah Allah subhanaw taala will bless us to
continue to worship in a way pleasing to Him in this blessed
month of Ramadan,
we will continue on in our study of the look of the Illuma deen the
book Kitab till outer Quran on the proprieties of how to recite Allah
subhanaw taala his book with the intention of increasing our
relationship with his book with the Quran. And before I get into
the outward etiquettes that he knows that he offers, I want to
quote one very beautiful statement of even miss Odilo
and it dovetails very nicely into what we just heard from staff
enjoyed about the merit of the Quran and its virtues. And in this
statement he indicates how the person who is learning the Quran
and literally is carrying the Koran ie the one who has memorized
it should be
and we can extrapolate this meaning to understand that anyone
that takes the Quranic message seriously, there are signs of this
and this is reflected on various traits they have and how they act.
And so have been a mess. It was said yen been really hammered
Koran en so the one who has memorized the Quran should be
known to do what and you'll be Laylee the national moon. He's
known by how he is at night, when other people are sleeping will be
in a hottie the nurse you've grown and how he is by day, while people
are breaking their fast. Ie he is someone that prays at night. And
as someone who fasts regularly during the day will be hosting me
either now, so you have to hone in and in relation to his grief
internally out of concern for humanity in people, when people
outwardly are just constantly in a state of worldly joy. exulting
oftentimes in worldly things. The one who takes the Quranic message
seriously, is different. They will resemble the prophesy son who was
more tawassul Zan, he was constantly in a state of concern.
And you can even say sadness internally, over the condition of
people over the suffering of people over wanting good for
people in this world. And primarily in the next, while we
will carry the nurse had her cone. He's known by his weeping and how
he cries. When other people are laughing. He is someone who cries
abundantly. And the one of the greatest signs of a soft heart is
that tears flow from our eyes. One of the greatest signs of a hard
heart is that we never shed a tear. So this is the way that
people have been affected by the book of Allah to Allah should be,
you find them very quick to weep. And for those that have spent time
in the Muslim world and around righteous people know this to be
the case of so many of the pious, they cry so quickly. You mentioned
the prophets little licen him in with some of them and they just
start weeping. You mentioned a powerful story, and all of a
sudden you find one of them weeping. Something that we need to
take a lesson from, they've applied it and looked into their
own selves and they all of a sudden start weeping. These people
are living this deen and this is the way that the Quran recited and
the one who is embraced the message of the Quran should be
will be something he either Nastya Hold on, he shall be known by his
silence. When people are delving into a whole bunch of different
things. Men samatha Naja, our Prophet so the satellites and
whoever is silent, will be safe. I either salvation in silence
will be a whole show. He is a nice young tie alone. He is known by
his state of fear. This Reverend Shaw that is very deep in his
heart in the stillness that is on his limbs, as other people might
tread the earth arrogantly and walk with a strut and in a certain
way, they carry themselves in a very different way with dignity.
Hot and was Sakina and tranquility William Vidalia, Hamid Al Quran
and you're gonna sit Keaton Leenane the one who has memorized
the Quran, who is in varying Allah's book is that they should
remain silent often, but they should also be laying in they
should also be soft. What a beautiful word when I am buggy,
and there's certain ways that they shouldn't be in your corner Jaffe
and they shouldn't be course in hard. Well, Mo Madeon. Quick to
quarrel, what I say yeah, when they shouldn't raise their voice
and scream Well, I Sahaba and, nor so they shout, Walla, Hadid, and
nor should they be in relation to their temperament, quick to anger
and snap on people and things of this nature. These are all signs
that someone has embraced the message of the Quran and
especially the Quran reciter. And we should always hold those who
recite have memorized Allah subhanaw taala his book in high
regard, and there is abundant merit in doing so. And through the
efforts of these many, many people to these 1000s upon 1000s and
1000s of people to have memorized Allah subhanaw taala book at less
apartheid his book, that this is one of the main ways that the
Quran is preserved.
So Inshallah, let's now turn to
the second chapter of this book of the year, which is going to speak
about the ad daba tilava Allah Hara law and identity law, what
are the outward etiquettes of recitation of the Quran, and he
says that they are 10. So we will walk through these midnight to
Allah. So the first is the Highland Park in relation to the
state of the one reciting Quran. And in order for us to really
receive the fruits of recitation of Quran, we have to follow these
etiquettes. Of course, there are things that are an obligation, ie,
that we have to be in a state of greater ritual purity. So if
you've moved into a state of greater ritual impurity, you have
to take a whistle in order to purify yourself to even recite
Allah to add his book, if you're in a state of Geneva, greater
ritual period, you can't recite Allah subhanaw dadas book. So you
have to take a also a purificatory bath, and then you can recite, and
then it's recommended though, to be in a state of would do, even if
you are reciting Allah, so pandas book, as we will see, and of
course, to hold the most half, ie the copy of the Quran, in order to
hold it, you should make sure that you're in a state of widows. And
these days, when many of us are at home,
when we have a child, for instance, bring a copy of the
Quran to us, we should also make sure that they're in a state of
window. And we should not let a child that is young, ie lesser
than what they call the age of discrimination. So three, four
years old, they don't give a specific age four, but sometimes
five, and even as old as six, we need to make sure that they don't
handle the book of Allah, because we don't know how it is that
they're going to treat it. And once they get a little bit older,
then they're able to bring you a must have however, they need to
also be in a state of voodoo. That's an obligation. But what
we're talking about here are some of the etiquettes. So the first is
wahala. In Your Corner, Alan will know that someone being in a state
of purification, they be in a purified state. And what is meant
here is that they have should have lifted their ritual impurity. And
to be in a state of will do and we'll do is one of the great
blessings of the OMA of our Prophet salaallah adonus I'm you
sent him and it has a very profound spiritual and even
psychological and physical impact upon us. We're going to be very
clean, of course, if we're always washing ourselves, but there are
many other wisdoms as well, that are very powerful and very
amazing. And what we'll do is a protection. It's one of the great
ways that we can protect ourselves from all of the hidden evil that
you and I do not see. It is the Scylla of the believer. It is like
having arms in a shield whereby which we can ward off harm from
ourselves. And the word will do in the Arabic language comes from
well law, which is radiance. And the radiance then from placing
that water on the lens is what the Prophet SAW THE licen will see on
the day of judgment and it will be how he knows his OMA
The traces of where we made will do will be luminous, and there
will be shining in radiant and the prophesies and will know they are
part of his OMA Salah lies in him. So it's always good to be in a
state of voodoo but especially when we recite Allah subhanaw
taala his book, and then walk even Allah hated, Adobe was so caught,
and literally walked in means to stand. But whatever position
position that we're in as he's going to explain, we do. So you're
here is the way that you are,
how you are outwardly with a dub in sukoon. So it should we should
be sitting in a way or standing in a way that they're in the way that
we're sitting and standing, there's a duck. And because so
many of us have gotten so used to sedentary lives. And it's always
amazing how advanced in some ways we are in the modern world, but
how backwards we are in others, many of us don't even have the
ability to sit on the ground anymore. Many of us don't even
know how to have proper posture anymore. As a result of our
sedentary lives not exercising enough, the muscles in our back
aren't strong. We're not used to ever sitting without something
holding up our back. And so our posture is wrong. And then we
develop back problems as a result. And then it gets very complicated.
And all of these types of things. And all of this when you sit
properly. And when you sit upright, and you have your center
of gravity in the right way, and you actually sit with a personal
trainer that knows a little bit about this and you sit in the
proper way, one of the things that you'll find is it helps ward off
laziness helps ward off yawning, just by sitting outwardly with
others in a proper way. So that is good for you physically. It will
also it's also a part of a dub. And it will help you concentrate
more when you recite Allah subhanaw taala his book. So if
you're in a chair, the same thing applies, you should sit in a way
where your back is straight, and you are giving your full attention
to what it is that you are doing.
And if you sit sluggishly, and you slouch, that will affect the way
that you recite as well. And so Koon you should be still,
this is one of the things that you and I need to learn. This is one
of the things, the greatest things that we can actually bring to the
modern world Sukkot stillness, the modern world is moving so quickly.
People are so busy, we don't take time to rest, everything needs to
rest. Now as we transition in North America, at least into
spring, and it's now April, and it's been planting season for some
localities. For others, it's coming very soon. You can't plant
the seeds for what you hope to grow that year unless you let the
earth rest. For the months that have just passed, the Earth has to
rest, your body has to rest. There's a secret in this. And he's
busy lives that we live, unfortunately, don't allow us to
rest in the way that we need to rest. And then there's less
blessing when we actually do rest. And then the problem is
compounded. Now he's not talking about rest here, but it's from the
same word sukoon. But you and I need to learn how to be still,
we need to learn how to be still. And we should strive to sit still.
And if we can't sit cross legged to recite a juice of the Quran
that might take us 2530 Or maybe a little bit longer, maybe 40
minutes, then we really need to work on ourselves. We need to
start stretching. We need to start struggling with ourselves so that
we're able to sit quietly, without flinching and without scratching
it without itching, and all these other types of things that you
normally see younger kids do, because they're young is their
kids. And they'll have to learn that as they get older. But
adults, there's no excuse. I've been in gatherings where I've seen
my teachers sit in the same position. And maybe I'll even
change legs for two, three hours.
Or you and I gets more than 10 minutes. And oftentimes we have to
keep video short and less than short because people's attention
span. And nowadays with all these analytics, on the back end, you
can tell how much time actually people spend watching something.
And if it's anything more than a minute or two minutes, it's like
I'm out and they check out and they go to something else. Now if
we that there's nothing wrong with watching shorter videos
But we should accustom ourselves, if we want to grow spiritually to
being able to listen to an extended discourse, it might take
some time to fully roll out. So that we want our outward state to
be one of sukoon. We sit with etiquette, and we're still. So
whether we are caught human Oh God, Son, so we could be standing
when we recite, or we might be sitting.
We should also be mostakbal Qibla. So everything mentioned here is a
part of this first series of etiquettes is about the heart of
the car at the state outwardly, of the one reciting, we should be
facing the Qibla in the car practical this is you can bring
this directly into your life, try to always when you recite Allah to
add his book to be facing the Qibla. And there might be some
exceptions if you're in a group with other people and things like
that, but we should all try to have a masala at home. If you have
an extra room, turn it into almost London, and in library animal
sunlight, for instance. And if you don't have an extra room, make a
portion of one of your rooms on the Sunnah. And when you set up
your desk at home, try to always face the Qibla there'll be immense
back and that and I remember years and years ago reading to anyone
with the island by Imam
is a nosy. And there were two students that started studying
around the same time and they outwardly seem to be similar, but
one of them really surpassed the other. And one of the Sheikh said
perhaps that was partially due to whatever he studied, he always
face the Qibla. So we should always try to face the Qibla the
direction of prayer and the Qibla is the direction of prayer that
was gifted to our Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu sallam, Karnataka loob
taka Luba Huachuca for Summit, as we see that you looking up into
heaven Philando, Alia, Nikka capability and total Blaha.
Indeed, that we will direct you towards a Qibla that you are
content with, and is facing the Kaaba and we shall refer. And by
doing so outwardly aligning ourselves and our way, in that
way. We're aligning ourselves inward to be able to receive
blessings from Allah subhanho wa taala. So facing the Qibla. And
then he says, literally a pen, right. So if you can, your head
should be looking down,
your head should be looking down.
And I also highly encourage everyone to invest in some type of
Koran stand. I recently just bought a really neat one, from
Etsy, the online website, someone pointed me to that website, I
wasn't familiar with it. And there was this really beautiful Turkish
piece that you can adjust. And it keeps it a little bit higher, and
you can actually put it just as you want it. If not some other
type of Quran stand, some of those that are too far to the ground is
going to be kind of hard for you to turn the pages and read it, I
would find something that puts the most half in a way that's easy for
you to read.
And what that will enable you to do is to do exactly the minimal as
it sand, you'll have proper advice in terms of turning the pages,
it's lifted off the ground. It's not on your lap or anything like
that. And you're able to put that into practice where you can put
your head down and read from it. Mostly can or sohow. Read and
we'll talk a bit and what I'm a techie and what are Jellison Allah
Hey at the ticket bar. So he's mentioned ways that we should
actually not sit and previously in material but actually to sit cross
legged as I mentioned, and that really actually is a dispensation.
What email was suggesting is that we actually sit on our legs as
such, so it's hard to demonstrate right now. But not where we sit
cross legged, we're actually like sitting on both of our legs back
like that. That is what he's suggesting. And we actually should
not sit cross legged, which is also the way that people used to
sit in class traditionally, now the scholars at the in the later
period realized people's weakness, so they tolerate them sitting
cross legged, but we definitely shouldn't be leaning.
Okay? And yes, Allah Tata has praised those in the Quran, those
who remember him while they're leaning down, and in certain
cultures, that you find them doing this. In some cultures in place,
they study you find them doing this. So let's put everything in
its proper place. Some cultures, this is a part of their culture,
but in general, it's ideal to sit in the way that he's describing
it. And if at other times, and as someone gets older and something
like that, something changes, they don't have the strength that they
had before. We have to be tolerant and understand how this all works.
leads to different people in different places now, and he said,
nor shall we be sitting in an arrogant way. Okay? And that
there's a number of different ways that this could be the case.
No well that God sent under hated to cover where you can judo, so
why the hookah judo? See mania day of study. And so even when he's
alone, you should sit the way you would sit before one of your
teachers
because you're sitting to read the book of Allah. And you can use
that outwardly to remind you how would I sit in before one of my
teachers? Oh, that's the job that I should have. And this is how I
want to sit before Allah subhanho wa taala.
No, and then he says will offer a huali and Yakata of the sadati
have caught him in the very best state of all is to read Allah to
add his book standing in prayer.
When you confront mission even better than that is that that's
done in a mosque for that he Catman, often Allah ma This is
from the greatest acts of all. So when we hear things like this, we
might not be able to do this every day, or even regularly, we should
at least tried to do that once in our life, or sometimes in our
life, or at least when we do like a murder or hedge take that
opportunity to do it. But we as believers should have our hearts
attached to the massage. And the fact now that so many the masajid
are closed, and that we don't have access to them, this should rip us
into shreds internally, because we should love the masjid so much is
that whenever it is that we are away from you want to be back in
it. And we should take glad tidings that this is one of the
seven people that are Prophet taught us that Allah sent him will
be under the shade of the Throne of Allah on Yom Okayama is the one
whose heart is attached to the masjid. And this has to be at the
forefront of our minds in relation to our religious practice. So at
least once let's do this bonus try from time to time as well.
Standing in prayer reciting the book of Allah to Allah in a masjid
fan of Qatar Adelaide will do what kind of mythology and fee for us
follow Aidan Fondren? Well I can do Nevada, so if someone recites
Allah's book, even if they don't have the will do obviously not
carrying almost half a copy of the Quran, and they're laying down on
their bed, there's still merit in that what I can do doing it that
he could but it's not as great in reward as the previous state that
he mentioned.
Because he then quotes the verse that was mentioned Aladdin he has
called on Allah pm and Walker Odin when I let you know beam
in Surah Al Imran, those who remember Allah standing sitting in
on their sides for ethna Al Quran, Allah has praised all of them when
I can add the mill PMP vicar but Allah to add a mentioned first
though standing, so Mala code and then sitting some thicker
Monteggia and then those remembering laying down so the
fact that was mentioned in that order in the IEA indicated the
first is the greatest, the second is next best and the third is the
least great of the three but they're all good. And then he
quotes say Not even me thought of
as saying mental clutter or Quran will calm for Salah whoever
recites the Quran while he's standing in prayer can hold the
Coulee Hartford Mia to Hassan he will have with every letter, he
recites 100 Good deeds he will receive 100 Good deeds will cut it
Oh God sent the salah for home equally heartfelt home sunnah
Salatin, Hassan and whoever recites the Quran while he's
sitting in prayer that he's unable to stand for some reason or he's
taken the dispensation of sitting in a nephila prayer. Follow
because the heart of every letter he recites he received 50 Good
deeds woman cut off the radius Allah Allah will do. Whoever
recites the Quran outside of prayer, while in a state of will
do ritual purity for Hampson Sharona for Hamsun, what you
should only Hassan receive 25 Good deeds every letter he recites
Wallman ACARA who I love it will do for Ashleigh Hassan ad and
whoever recites the Quran. Without will do it will still receive 10
good deeds for every letter that they recite will not Cana minicam
but Elfo awful. And then if you want an even greater dimension to
that, you should pray at night. If doing this all at night. It's even
greater. Why a fella who the local
cuz the your heart in the middle of the night is less distracted.
And during the day, this is a time of our livelihood, we have people
calling us we have things that we have to attend to, we have
business, we have all these things going on. So we might be able to
sneak away for short periods of time but at night, hopefully it's
still and we are less distracted so that we can focus more. So
that's even an added dimension. So that if it could we could be
standing in prayer in a masjid at night. That's even better.
And then he says, odd I will not lie far you know the Allahu Anhu
in a catheter to sujood when the heart were in Ottawa, OPM will
lay.
And what he means by this is, is that,
that prostrating more by day, is what we should be doing in
standing longer and prayer at night. And either way, we still
want to bring worship into our days, and to also have them and
our nights but we as believers, should work on ourselves so that
night doesn't fall every night in May Allah subhanaw taala make us
like this, because of the way the righteous are. Night doesn't fall
in come except that we are longing to stand before our Lord subhanho
wa taala. In prayer, and what a blessing opportunity you and I all
have in the month of Ramadan, for 29 or 30 straight nights, we can
stand in prayer before Allah to Allah, and to hear the Quran
recited and even though many of us aren't able to do it in a masjid,
we can still pray at home. We can still pray behind someone else at
home and outside of Tada, we can also listen to the recitation of
the great reciters What a blessed opportunity in this month, May
Allah subhanaw taala give us Tofik and to bless us with all of these
different etiquettes of the state of the one reciting Allah subhanaw
taala as we look, I mean, we observe the utmost etiquette
inwardly and outwardly MLS opponent had to give us all great
openings and to fill our hearts with the love of his book subhanho
wa Taala attach our hearts to his book Subhana wa Tada and open up
the meanings of his book to us. I mean a lot to add up purify our
hearts, so that we have access to its meanings. And every year that
passes and every Ramadan that comes in when you experience many,
many Ramadan before we meet our Lord. Here we have an increased
understanding of his book, The Cradle of Afia will sell a lot as
he remembered and either add us Agha Salam Al Hamdulillah Ramadan
Amin