Yaser Birjas – The Mujahada Of The Prophet In Ramadan

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Alhamdulillah rabbil alameen wa sallallahu wa sallam wabarak
a'nabiyyin wa muhammadin wa a'la alihi
wa sahbihi wa sallam tasliman kathirathim man ma
'baad Sulaiman ibn Abi Rahimahullah is still speaking
on the Mujahidah, means the striving for the
cause of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and
struggling for the cause of Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala.
And he is bringing the best example, the
example of Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.
Last night we talked about one hadith, this
time specifically the Mujahidah of the Prophet sallallahu
alaihi wa sallam, the Mujahidah of the Prophet
sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, in Ramadan.
In hadith number 99 in Riyad al-Saliheen,
Aisha radiallahu ta'ala on her, said, In
this hadith, Aisha radiallahu anha, she reports that
the messenger of Allah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam,
she said, within that exclusive season.
Ramadan is an exclusive season of the year,
and the last ten is an exclusive season
within that season.
So what he did, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam,
When the last ten nights start, his Mujahidah,
his struggle in that cause for Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala, would increase, would increase, would
go up.
How?
Which means he stays up all night.
All night.
Some of us might say, well alhamdulillah, I
do this right now.
Yeah, but what are you doing in the
night?
Yes, salamu alaikum.
Should have noticed you before.
Subhanallah.
So, what do we do these nights?
We spend most of the night up, and
then we regret all these hours that went
for nothing.
But the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, means
what?
And then the whole night he will be
up.
Does it mean he will be praying the
entire night?
Not necessarily.
But he would do between salah, qirat al
-Qur'an, dhikr, du'a, you know, reflection.
Like the entire night is collection of ibadah.
Alhamdulillah, we try to do that here in
the masjid.
In the last ten nights, that's what we
try to do.
We diversify between khatira, and the hajj, and
private time, and community time, so that we
keep the whole night, alhamdulillah, up.
I remember the first few years when we
started this, about 15 years ago, there was
skepticism in the community.
Is that going to be possible?
Who's going to be coming to the masjid
all night?
I mean, we have jobs, we have work.
15 years later right now, if you come
to the masjid at 3am, at 2am, in
the last ten nights of Ramadan, whether it's
a weekend or a weeknight, it's the same.
That's tawfiq from Allah Azza wa Jalla.
That Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala brings the
people to come and spend their special seasons,
their special nights, in ibadah and in ta
'a.
So that's an extra mujahid right now.
The second thing she said he would do,
qad wa ayqada ahlah.
So the first 20 nights, if he wants
to make his ibadah and his family go
to sleep and get some rest, he wouldn't
mind it.
The last ten nights, he would wake them
up.
He said, it's enough sleeping.
You have enough time after Ramadan.
Get up right now.
Get up and stay up.
To do what?
Same thing, ibadah.
Like, increase your mujahidah.
So the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, he's actually
pushing his family to also increase their mujahidah
for the sake of Allah Subhanahu wa Ta
'ala, ta'a and ibadah.
And the third one she said, wa jadda.
Jadda, which means he put extra effort.
He's basically become more studious and serious about
that ibadah.
It's not like the nights before or the
entire year that is open.
No, in that particular time, he would put
that extra effort, jadda.
So he says, ijtihad.
And then, wa shadd al-mi'zar.
Shadd al-mi'zar, in the literal translation
of it, is that it means that he
would basically tie his belt or his loincloth
around his waist.
He would tie that up very well.
Now that's in the Arabic culture is an
expression for one of two things.
Number one, it means when you get serious
about something.
You know here, what do we say in
English?
Roll the sleeves up, right?
Back then they would say, shadd al-mi
'zar.
Like saying, roll the sleeves up, means that
he's tying his belt well.
Because he doesn't want to get bothered by
the loincloth keep slipping, right?
So that's what it means.
So just like sometimes you grab it from
the bottom and you tuck it in, in
the belt, making sure it wouldn't bother when
you move.
Because it's going to be serious now.
That's one interpretation.
He became very, very serious about it.
And the second interpretation means tie his belt
up completely, meaning he would avoid the pleasure
with his spouse during the last nights of
Ramadan.
Even though it's halal to be intimate with
your spouse, but because he is going to
be now all night doing ibadah, he would
definitely specify this time for that ibadah itself,
which is mainly try to be awake and
in ibadah during the special night of al
-Qadr, Layat al-Qadr.
Now one of the things that Prophet shallallahu
alaihi wa sallam would do in the last
ten nights is what, Jamal?
Special, what would he do?
Itikaf.
Itikaf, which means he would dedicate himself in
the masjid.
Like he will take himself out of the
house, stay in the masjid all these ten
nights because he doesn't want to miss a
moment.
Not even a moment.
And that's how people have different, of course,
energy level, different, you know, time and work
schedule.
But if anybody can dedicate their nights in
the masjid and stay there for the ibadah
and for the ta'a, you should.
So that's just an example on how the
Prophet shallallahu alaihi wa sallam he would increase
his mujahidah based on the season.
And you should do that.
Not just in Ramadan, Jamal.
In almost every season.
Like we said, this is not a winter
time, alhamdulillah.
The day is short still, although it's increasing
right now, but at this, this is short.
It's cool so you can fast more often.
So instead of just fasting Mondays and Thursdays,
I will do every other day, for example.
Increase it.
I usually do tahajjud on the weekends.
But now, mashallah, even the night is, alhamdulillah,
is long, I can still spend a few
times, a few hours after isha' to finish
whatever's left from my work.
And then I can still go to sleep
and wake up an hour early before fajr.
And I start my day early with tahajjud
and ibadah and ta'a.
Basically, always remember to take yourself from one
level to the other one.
Increase your mujahidah.
That's the instruction that the Prophet salallahu alaihi
wa sallam was given when Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala said to him in surah al
-sharh, qal fa idha faraghta fansab.
When you're done, he said to him, then
stand up in ta'a until you feel
the fatigue.
Usually when someone does something studious and strong
and powerful, what do you tell them after
that?
Mashallah, get some rest.
That was good, now relax, get some rest.
But here, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is
telling the Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam the
opposite.
He said, when you're done with your da
'wah out there with the people, now you
need to increase your stamina.
Your spiritual power needs to increase so that
you will endure the hardships that you're dealing
with.
Meaning, you need to have your emotional muscles,
your spiritual muscles, and your mental muscles to
grow every single day to be better than
the day before.
How much do you read every day to
increase your mental and intellectual muscles?
How much dhikr you make, and tadabbur, tafakkur,
to empower your spiritual muscles as well too?
How much ibadah you do so that you
go into the routine of the ibadah and
the ta'a?
How much of this do you practice every
single day?
Al-mujahidah means trying to struggle and strive
against every weakness that you have to become
a better person inshallah, one day at a
time.
May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make us
some of those who listen to the speech
and for the best of it, Ya Rabb
al-alameen.
We ask Allah to give us the ability
to practice this mujahidah, Ya Rabb al-alameen,
and make our future always better than the
day before, Ya Allah.
We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to
make us among those who wake up in
tahajjud, Ya Allah, and they'll dedicate their day
and night for the ta'a and the
ibadah of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to
help us live until we live, until we
go through Ramadan, and we grow through it,
Ya Rabb al-alameen.
We ask Allah to give us the ability
to worship in the last ten nights of
Ramadan, and be among those who win, Layatul
Qadr, Ya Allah.
We ask Allah to forgive us our shortcomings,
our sins, and we ask Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala to guide our hearts to that
which is most pleasing to Him, Ya Rabb
al-alameen.
Alhamdulillah.
Salaamun nabiyyuna Muhammadin wa alihi wa sahbihi wa
sallim.
Any questions?
Yes?
Say it again.
He would wake up his family?
He's in Itikaf.
Where was their house, most of the house
of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam?
His house is attached to the masjid, with
Aisha radiallahu anha, another actual family.
And the rest, he simply just sends to
them somebody to wake them up.
Like he doesn't wake them up personally, but
he would send somebody to go make sure
they're awake.
Let them know to get up to make
tahajjud.
So even if you're doing Itikaf here, call
your family, or send some of your relatives
to go and wake them up.
Make sure to be available for the time
for the Ibadah.
Wallahu a'lam.
Subhanakallahumma bihamdik ashharu an la ilaha illa ant
astaghfiru katuburik.
Salaamun alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.