Asr Khatirah – Asking For Removal Of Grudge Against Believers
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The conversation discusses the context and significance of the Quran and Jesus's actions, including his focus on being a gracious father and the importance of being true to oneself and not attached to anyone. The speakers emphasize the need to prioritize one's needs and protect oneself from selfish ego and du-use. They also emphasize the importance of creating du-use for those who promise to protect themselves from product liability.AI Generated Transcript ©
Today our dua from the Quran comes from
Surat Al Hashir.
Surat Al Hashir, chapter 59,
ayah number 10.
Before we get to the I will let's
read the ayah first and then we talk
about the context of it. Allah subhanahu wa'ala
says here,
This is Allah
is saying and and those who come after
them will pray and make dua. Our lord,
forgive us
and forgive our fellow believers who preceded us
in faith and do not allow bitterness into
our hearts towards those who believe
our Lord, indeed, you are ever gracious most
merciful.
So, this beautiful dua is when you make
dua to your brothers and sisters in their
absence,
and those who came before you, and those
who have sacrificed themselves before you, those who
set the stage for you alhamdulillah, to enjoy
being a believer today. That's simple dua, but
it has a story, of course, the context
for it comes in Surat Al Hashr. And
I don't know how many of you know
about Surat Al Hashir, but Surat Al Hashir
tells us about a story happened in the
time of the prophet in Madinah. Which story
Surat Al Hashir covers? Anyone knows?
Starts from the beginning of the surah.
Man.
Banu Nadir.
It was the tribe of Banu Nadir, the
Jewish tribe of Banu Nadir,
when they
plotted to assassinate the Prophet
in Madinah, which is obviously, it's an aggression
that's considered an act of war.
So, the Prophet
he ordered the believers to besiege the fortress
of Ban al Nadir
and they were forced to be expelled out
of Madinah,
And, they were ordered to remove nothing
except what they can carry on the back
of their camels.
Which they did, by as a matter of
fact, ruining their own
places. They were taking the window frames out,
the doors out, and breaking things cause they
don't want anything
for the believers to benefit from SubhanAllah.
So, Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala spoke about
the worst spoils that came
from this battle.
And he spoke about a concept called which
is basically when you win after a siege,
whatever that you collect from there
becomes the property of the fighters themselves and
the distribution in a certain way and so
on. So, Allah
spoke about the believers and their shares, and
this and their shares from that.
And then part of the share from that
goes
The poor,
the immigrants. And he speaks about the who
came from Madina, from Mecca to Madina and
elsewhere in the Arabian Peninsula,
leaving everything behind
for the sake of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
coming with nothing perhaps but what they were
carrying on their bags, their shirts on their
backs. That's it.
So, Allah
obviously to alleviate the suffering of those
after leaving everything behind,
they were given priority in terms of shares.
Those who've been forced out
from their homes, from their wealth,
becoming poor, becoming refugees.
Why do they do that for? Why do
they leave everything behind?
Because they're seeking the pleasure of Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala.
The pleasure from Allah
and they came to aid Allah and his
Messenger.
They came in response to the call that
was given to them by the Prophet
come and join me in Madinah, and they
did.
And Allah
Those
are the ones who are truthful.
Like, look, when Allah said about them they
were truthful,
that's a great testimony jima.
Like Allah Azza testifies that the Muhajireen,
they were truthful.
That's silk in their heart.
And, we spoke about what does it mean
to be truthful, subhanAllah, it's an unbelievable testimony.
They're coming from the Lord
So, he said they deserve to get their
share from that,
from the faith, and then now he speaks
about the
hosts.
And those who resided and settled in that
city from before.
And he speaks about, of course,
who later on became the
They love those brothers and sisters who migrated
to their city.
They love them,
and in our modern term we call them
refugees.
Now, of course there's a difference between people
migrating for prosperity,
for money, for dunya,
for
God knows what they're coming here for,
versus those who truly come for the sake
of Allah
and do the right thing.
So, he says, They
love them.
They love their brothers and sisters who migrate
to their town
And their hearts are not attached to anything
from what they possess in their hands. Like,
the the things that have in their hand,
their wealth, their homes, their money, their
they don't they don't attach their heart to
it.
And they prefer others,
they prefer other people's needs over theirs.
Even though they have themselves, they have which
means they are in need themselves.
Look, I have a need of what I'm
giving,
but you know what I can handle it.
I'll give it to somebody else Insha'Allah.
So, they were given what they need
because they want their word from Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala.
And, he's speaking about one special quality in
whosoever is saved from the selfishness of their
own selves,
it is they it is they who are
truly successful.
This is falls under what we call the
ego today.
And, if you can be spared and protected
from your own ego, you'll be the most
person.
Ego is your enemy, you have to understand
that.
Ego is selfish,
ego is biased,
ego will try to make you feel good
at all costs. It doesn't matter, you know,
if it's gonna be apathetic or empathetic.
As long as it makes you feel better,
I don't care.
That's what ego is about. And the Allah
says, if you can be protected from the
selfishness of your ego,
then you're the most successful person.
Why? Because if you're gonna be given charity,
what is it? What are your ego gonna
tell you?
Wait a minute, why?
That much? This much? Of course not. What
about this? What about that? So, your ego
is gonna eventually try to prevent you from
doing good and Allah says,
Those who are protected against the selfishness of
themselves, they are the most successful ones, which
is another testimony to the ansar.
What is the testimony that Allah is speaking
about the ansar?
That
they protected themselves from the selfish of their
own selves. Like Allah said, these people they're
generous, they don't have that problem,
that's why they're given everything without any reason.
Then he says,
now,
that speaks about you and I.
Speaks about the generation that came after the
sahaba,
after the mujahideen,
after the ansar.
What do they say when they look back
at the sacrifice of the believers?
What would they say? They say Jazahumullah khair
or say like, Why they did that for?
Why they couldn't this for? If I were
there, I would have done it this way
or that way.
Similarly, for example, in our society here, Alhamdulillah,
Alhamdulillah,
the Muslim community in America, Alhamdulillah, we are
at a certain position.
Some of us, they just maybe arrived in
this country not too long ago,
and what do they see?
Wow, the Muslims here are like, you know
what, they don't have akhlaq, their Muslims are
this
easy, I have you. You barely arrived in
the country, Annie.
And if you look back
in the 19 fifties and 19 sixties at
the very beginning when the Muslims arrived here
comparing to what we are today,
what would you see?
So much khair. So, for us, those who
have been living here all these years, we
look back at the 19 sixties seventies, the
pioneers
of the Muslim community in America who is
right now in their seventies, probably their eighties,
older people,
and no one even knows their name anymore.
You couldn't even tell
who started Ikhna, Ikhna,
you know, who built this measure, that community,
we don't even know they are anymore.
But if it wasn't by the grace of
Allah
for their sacrifice
and being the pioneers to put their energy
and their effort and their blood and their
sweat into this kind of project, we wouldn't
be enjoying today Alhamdulillah, Masajid that is multi
$1,000,000
facilities.
We won't.
But but that's by the grace of Allah
Azar. So, that's why Allah says
and those who come after them.
They would say,
You Allah forgive us, our Lord forgive us
and forgive the belief, our fellow believers who
preceded preceded us in faith, those who came
before us,
those who did this for us.
Our Lord,
do not allow bitterness
into our hearts towards those who believe.
Subhanallah, nowadays people
they become Muslim or they return to Islam
after a different path in life. Suddenly now
they found guidance.
And what is the first thing they start
doing?
Start scrutinizing people,
those who are right, those who are wrong,
those who are true Muslims, those who are
not true Muslims.
These are hypocrites, these are this, these are
that. That's what they do.
Who are you? I mean, these people have
been doing dua'a over the past 20 years,
30 years.
What do you know about the sacrifice they
had to go through? What do you know
about the circumstances?
So, here he says Allah is telling us
that we should have that kind of empathy
and making that dua of rahma and mercy
for those who proceed with us because, again,
if it wasn't for their effort,
we wouldn't be here today. SubhanAllah.
So, that's very important to make dua for
those who always always
been before. So, when ever wallah, whenever you
go to a masjid, alhamdulillah, something I love
to do all the time because I travel
a lot and I visit different communities.
So, whenever I go to a masjid, I
make dua for the founders,
I make dua for the brothers who did
that, and
even sometimes Muslim businesses like a grocery store,
like, I remember
when I first arrived over here,
you couldn't even find anything.
You couldn't find Halal Meen until you have
to travel to different city,
different city, different state even to get it
to a place
from wherever you lived, and
then, alhamdulillah, right now it's all over the
place for the light of warakota. That's nirma
that you're able to consume halal and find
something, alhamdulillah, that you protect yourself from product
that is completely haram and so on. All
All these are blessings. So, you make a
dua for those who made it possible for
you. So, remember whenever you,
you start making dua for these last 10
nights, put in part of your,
dua list those
did well and sacrificed for the deen locally,
nationally, internationally,
today, yesterday, 10, 100 years ago, just make
du'a for the believers that may Allah
reward them for all the that they have
let's make this du'a, InshaAllah.
let's make this du'a, InshaAllah.