Yasir Qadhi – Angel Jibreel Is Coming
AI: Summary ©
The historical significance of J interim's visit to the Prophet Muhammad is discussed, including his use of the word "has been" to describe himself as a person of influence. The presence of J interim is seen as a blessing for the people of the Battle of BPD, and it is confirmed that J amortel will be there. The importance of praying at home and avoiding taking advantage of upcoming nights is emphasized, along with the importance of facing one's actions and not giving up. The speaker also emphasizes the need to be lazy and not take advantage of upcoming nights, and to face one's actions and not give up to achieve happiness.
AI: Summary ©
A shed on
Alhamdulillah,
all praises due to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
We praise Him and we seek His help.
And we seek refuge in Allah from the
evil of our souls and the consequences of
our actions.
Whomever Allah guides can never be misguided.
And whoever is misguided can never be guided
except through Him.
I bear witness and I testify that there
is no God other than Allah jalajalalahu.
And I bear witness and I testify
that the Prophet Muhammad salallahu alayhi wasallam,
alarabi
al Hashimi al Qurashi
is the final Prophet and His most perfect
worshiper.
As to what
follows, know all Muslims that Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala
has advised us and commanded us to be
conscious of Him When He says in the
Quran,
Dear Muslims, Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
chooses
and prefers
whoever He wants over others.
Allahu yastafi
minal mala ikati rusulalwaminal
nas Allah chooses certain angels to be more
blessed than others. And Allah chooses certain people
to be more holy and righteous than others.
And out of all of mankind, we know
that Allah has chosen our nabi, our Prophet
And out of all of the angels,
Allah has chosen
Jibreel
to be the best, to be the highest,
to be the most majestic.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
mentions Jibreel by name more in the Quran
than any other angel.
And there was a group of non believers
who mocked Jibreel in the time of the
Prophet shalallahu alaihi wasallam.
And Allah revealed in the Quran,
Whoever dares show animosity
to jibreel,
it is as if He is showing animosity
to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
praises jibreel
in so many verses in the Quran.
The Quran has been sent down by Rabbu
al-'alameen,
and it has been revealed through Arruh al
Ameen.
Allah calls Jibril Arruh al Ameen.
Arruh, of course, we know ruh means spirit.
And our scholars say,
Allah calls Jibreel
Arruh,
the spirit, because
Jibreel
has always brought the message to mankind
that makes them alive again. Jibreel brings the
ruh to the kalb. Jibreel
brings the ruh to our kalb.
Every single Prophet that has ever walked the
face of this earth, who brought the wahi
down to him? Who communicated with him? It
was none other than Jibreel himself. And Allah
calls him Arruh al Ameen, the trustworthy.
Jibreel did everything
that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala told him to
do. Can you imagine, dear brothers and sisters,
the history of Jibreel? Can you imagine Jibreel
was there and witnessed everything from the beginning
of time? He was there when Allah created
Adam. He was there to see the debacle
with Iblis. He was there when the Prophet
Lut alayhi wasalam was visited by his guests.
It was he who caused Sodom and Gomorrah
to flip over via his one wing. The
hadith tells us, he took one of his
600 wings and tapped the ground with them,
and the entire land flipped upside down. It
was Jibril who visited Ibrahim and gave him
the glad tidings of Ishmael and Isha. It
was Jibreel who saved Ibrahim from that fire
of Nimrud. It was Jibreel who communicated
with Musa alayhis salam, and who was present
and who was there when Firaun drowned. It
was Jibril who communicated with Maryam alayhis salam
that she would be blessed with Jesus Christ.
It was Jibreel who took Jesus Christ back
to Allah Subha'ala wa ta'ala. And of course,
it was Jibreel who came to our Prophet
Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam in Gharihira.
In this very week, in this very week
of Ramadan, he visited our Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam in Gharihira.
And the very presence of Jibreel
brought peace and comfort to our Prophet, salallahu
alaihi wasallam. We learned from the hadith
that when Jibril began coming to the Prophet
salallahu alaihi wasallam, the beginning of Makkah, the
beginning of Islam, the Prophet salallahu alaihi wasallam
was very excited to see him every time.
And once he asked him, O Jibreel,
why don't you come more often? I want
you to visit us more often, this hadith
and bukhari. Why don't you visit? I want
to meet you more. And Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala revealed a verse we still recite it
to these days in the Quran. This is
about the question of the
to Jibreel, I want to meet you more,
it's nice to meet you. And Allah says,
wamanatanazaloo
illabi amri rabbik. We can only come down
when Allah asks us to come down. We
don't just come down to visit, we come
down when Allah allows us to come down.
This is a verse in the Quran that
was revealed. Why? Because the Prophet salallahu alaihi
wa sallam was eager to meet Jibreel. And
our mother Aisha says that every time Ramadan
would come, Jibreel would come every
physically
prepare himself for the coming of Jibreel alayhis
salaam. And once he asked Jibreel, because Jibreel
would come usually in the form of a
human being, in the form of one of
the sa'abas named with dihi al kalbi, or
other forms. He would typically take the shape
of somebody that is recognizable.
So once the prophet shalallahu alaihi wa sallam
said, O Jibreel, let me see you in
your original form. Let me see you the
way how Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala created you.
And so Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala answered that
request. Our Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
became one of the very few people in
all of human history who saw Jibreel
in the way that Allah created Jibreel.
He saw him in his original form, and
that is something beyond our recognition, beyond our
imagination.
And the very act
of witnessing Jibreel
was so blessed, it was so holy,
that Allah revealed
Quran, praising
the Prophet shalallahu alaihi wa sallam for having
been gifted this blessing. Read surat and Najm.
Read the beginning of surat and Najm. Laqadaraamin
ayaatirabbihil
kubra.
The Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam saw some
of the biggest miracles of Allah. What is
this a reference to? When he saw Jibreel
on Isra wal Mi'raj in his original form.
The very
seeing of Jibreel became a miracle. And Allah
says in the Quran, Our Prophet salallahu alayhi
wasallam saw Jibreel in his original form, and
it was one of the biggest miracles,
one of the biggest ayaat of Allah to
see. So the very seeing of Jibreel, being
in the presence of Jibreel, is something that
is blessed and that is holy. And, subhanAllah,
when our Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam passed away,
and there was no wahi coming, Abu Bakr
and Umar one day decided to visit the
foster mother, or I should say the caretaker
to be more precise, of our Prophet sallallahu
alaihi wa sallam by the name of Umme
Aman. Umme Aman is a very interesting story.
One of the few, one of the very,
very few who was in the life of
the seerah from the time the prophet wasalam
was a child until after he passed away
from this earth. She was the lady who
took care of her when Amina passed away
on the way to Makkah. She brought the
Prophet back to Abdul Muttalib, and she was
a, at the time a servant or slave,
then the prophet freed her when he became
older, and she remained in the household of
the prophet as a loyal servant. So, Umme
Aman, this is a famous figure and persona
in the figure. Now in the Sira, now
she is over a 100 years old, elderly
lady. Abu Bakr and Umar said that now
that the Prophet has gone, let us visit
Umme Aman, like the Prophet used to regularly
visit. You know a motherly figure, she's a
person who took care of the Prophet He
would regularly go to visit. Now that he's
gone, Abu Bakr Nur Umar radiAllahu said, Let
us go visit like he used to visit.
So when they visited, the memories of the
Prophet
you know, the Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam is
with Allah, he is in a better place.
She said,
I know he is in a better place.
That's not the only reason I'm crying.
I'm also crying
because the wahi has been cut from this
earth, and jibreel no longer comes down. There
is no Quran coming down now. There is
no Jibreel coming down now. That is also
why I am saddened, that there is no
Quran and wahi, and there is no connection
with the divine. The prophet salallahu alayhi wa
sallam has now left, and this world doesn't
have those visitations.
It doesn't have the Quran coming. When she
said this, then the 2 of them began
sobbing with her as well because that is
a valid point. There is no wahi coming,
and there is no jibreel coming. So brothers
and sisters, why am I talking about Jibreel
right now in the last weeks, in the
last days of Ramadan?
Because as we all know,
this entity
who every single prophet spoke to directly,
this chosen of Allah,
the One whom Allah mentions by name,
and the One whom Allah says, Whoever takes
jibreel as an enemy has taken Me as
an enemy.
And the one whom Allah called aruhulqudus
and aruhul ameen.
Allah
granted us
one opportunity
every year to be standing in His presence.
1 and only 1. That very entity
to every single Prophet and Messenger.
Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala blessed this world. Allah
blessed this world to be in His mighty
presence
one day of the year. And that day
and that night is Laylatul Qadr.
Allah
mentions,
As Allah says,
Allah says in the Quran, the angels only
come when Allah wants them to come. So
Allah says, in this night,
warruhu,
the Angel Jibreel will himself come down on
this one night because Allah has allowed that
coming. Ask yourselves, oh Muslims, ask yourselves,
why did Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala link Laylatul
Qadr with the presence of jibreel?
Why did Allah incentivize
us to want to be excited about laylatulqadr?
Because one of the perks,
one of the blessings,
one of the biggest majestic signs of laylatulqadr
is the very presence of Jibreel.
Because
Jibreel is the chosen of all of the
angels. There is no angel more blessed and
more holy than him. His very presence brings
sakeenah.
His very presence brings Allah's rahma. His very
presence brings Allah's barakah. And there is one
night and only one night where that connection
is resumed to this dunya. Jibreel does not
come to this world anymore. There is no
Prophet, there is no Nabi, there is no
Wahib. But one night, this majestic creature of
Allah, the greatest of all angels. Once one
of the angels came to the Prophet salallam
and said to him, How do you consider
the people of the Battle of Badr amongst
the Sahaba? And the prophet salallahu alaihi wa
sallam said, These are the best of the
Sahaba. That angels said, So too, those angels
who participated in Badr, they are the best
of our angels as well. And who led
them in the angels of Badr? Jibril led
them in the angels of Badr, just like
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam led the sahabah
amongst the sahabah of Badr. Jibreel, this very
entity whom Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala praises as
a ruhul ameen
will be in Our presence
these very nights of Ramadan. One night, only
one night, He Himself will come,
and His presence will be in this sphere
of ours.
Do we not want that blessing to be
there? Do we not want the potential? What
happens when the angels see? What happens when
the angels see us pray? The Quran mentions,
the sunnah mentions, When the angels see the
believers pray, they ask Allah to bless the
believers. When the angels see the people making
dua, they say ameen to the duas of
the believers. We learned this from the Quran
and sunnah. The presence of the angels
indicates the presence of Allah's rahmah and blessing.
Wherever these angels go, Allah's rahmah and blessings
follow. Can you imagine if Jibreel is present,
and he sees a group of people praying,
and He makes dua for those people? Can
you imagine if we are saying a dua,
and Jibreel says ameen to my dua and
your dua?
If we know that there is only one
night He's going to come,
then how lazy can a person be
to not take advantage of that night?
How stingy can a person be that the
one night, this very being whom Allah has
chosen above all the angels,
Allah will bless us with His presence.
Allah will bless us with His presence.
And on that one night, if we are
standing in salah, if we're making du'a to
Allah, if Jibril happens to pass by, and
of course the night he is there, we
don't question how and why, but without a
doubt, he will go over the entire globe
that is praying at that time. And if
Jibril makes dua for us, where do you
think that dua will go in the eyes
of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala? And that is
why it is authentically narrated. These are multiple
stories from the Sahaba and Tabirun. I don't
have time to go into every single name,
but we have authentic reports from multiple Sahaba
and Tabirun that on these last 10 nights
of Ramadan,
they would dress up in their finest garment.
There was a tabi'i. He had the most
expensive perfume that had come from Asia. He
would keep it in a special box in
his apartment, his house. And only on the
last 10 nights he would use that perfume
on himself. And his wife would say, Why
are you spending this fortune perfume? Why are
you spending the most expensive perfume, and you're
praying at home? You're not even going outside.
And he said, SubhanAllah,
Jibreel is coming, shouldn't I dress up for
him? Jibreel is coming these nights, shouldn't I
prepare myself? Like the Prophet used to prepare
for the coming of Jibreel.
The Prophet would use mizwaq, and dress up,
and be excited because you want the angels
just like in any dignitary. Any VIP is
coming. You look your best, you are dressed
up. And by the way, brothers and sisters,
it's a part of our Quran and sunnah.
Allah says, Khudu zeenatakumindaquli
masjid, wear your finest garments in the masjid.
You're
up because you're standing in front of Allah.
Dress up and put on your perfume because
the angels love to just like we love
to look good, the angels themselves, Allah has
blessed them to be far more handsome and
good looking than us, and they appreciate when
we are also dressed up. So brothers and
sisters, of the perks and of the blessings
of Laylatul Qadr is the very presence of
Jibril. And of course, this is but one
of many of the perks of Laylatul Qadr.
The biggest one obviously is
the barakah that comes, that one night, or
I should say that 12 hours, or to
be more precise, 8 hours. 8 hours becomes
more than 85 years of worship.
That calculates to every minute being almost lifetimes,
almost many months of work. How can we
not take advantage
of these last nights? O Muslims,
try your best in these last nights to
exert the most you can possibly exert. Simply
10 nights, that's all that it is. And
of the 10, especially the odd. And of
the odd, the 23rd, the 25th, the 27th
in particular.
Even though we should try all 10, but
in particular, the 23rd and the 25th and
the 27th.
These are the highest candidates. And of course,
all of the odd nights are potential candidates.
Do not be lazy. Even if we have
to go to work the next day, sacrifice
ibadah. Take naps when you come home, but
try your best in these nights to give
more than you have given any other night.
Remember, you are competing against yourself. Don't tell
yourself, oh, there are people praying the whole
night, I have to go to work, I
cannot pray the whole night. Okay. Don't pray
the whole night, pray 2 hours, 3 hours,
4 hours, whatever you can do, Do what
you can do. And also brothers and sisters,
while it is good to come to the
masjid, if you feel that coming to the
masjid is not possible for you, then at
least pray at home. It's not a problem.
Pray tahajjud at home. Pray extra on these
nights. And remember, of the most powerful
acts of worship on this night is the
worship of du'a, Laylatul Qadr. One of the
reasons why it is called Laylatul Qadr is
because on this night, Allah's Qadr comes down.
Allah's Qadr, the decrees. So we should be
making dua for the best decrees. We want
the best Qadr for the upcoming year. We
want the best
fortunes from Allah for the upcoming year. So
stand in prayer, make du'a to Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala in these 10 nights. And the
most important du'a that you and I should
ask for is our own hidayah, our own
guidance. Ask Allah to guide us.
Mustateem. Ask Allah to make hidayah easy for
us. Ask Allah to make religiosity
easy for us. Ask Allah help to overcome
our sins, overcome our addictions,
overcome our weaknesses.
When we turn to Allah, Allah will turn
to us. And dear brothers and sisters, if
you are sincere and you genuinely raise your
hands to Allah, and you sincerely beg Allah
Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala for hidayah, InshaAllahu Ta'ala, every
night do so. Jibreel himself might be present.
Jibril himself might say ameen to your duas.
And can you imagine if Jibril says ameen
to your dua, where will your dua go?
May Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala bless me and
you wither through the Quran, and may he
make us of those who is verses they
understand and applies halal and haram throughout our
lifespan. I ask Allah's forgiveness. You as well
ask him for his Dhagafoor and the Rahman.
Alhamdulillah.
All praises due to Allah, the 1 and
the unique. He it is whom we worship,
and it is His aid that we seek.
He is the Lord of the oppressed, and
He hears the prayer of the weak. As
to what follows, dear Muslims, many of you
have heard in this month of Ramadan so
many khudbas
that deal with the historic victories of the
past. And this is a valid point, and
it is a true point. And there is
no question, there is no question that the
historic victories from the beginning of Islam that
have taken place in Ramadan
is a manifestation
of Allah's barakah and Allah's nazar in this
month. The very first battle of Badr took
place in Ramadan. 1 of the key battles
of the Seerahazab
took place in Ramadan. The conquest of Makkah
took place in Ramadan. The battle of Qadisiyyah,
one of the key battles, took place in
Ramadan. The conquest
in in Andalus took place in Ramadan.
The battle of Ain Jalut in which finally
for the first time, the Mongols and Genghis
Khan's army was destroyed by the Muslims, it
took place in Ramadan. The battle of Hittin
for the conquest of Salahuddin Ayubi and and
Baytul Maqdis, one of the key battles took
place in Ramadan, and we can go on
and on and on. There is no question
that Ramadan
is the historic month of victories from the
time of the seerah and throughout all of
Islamic history. So as we are seeing the
battle between good and evil take place in
the world, as we are seeing some of
the most pathetic scenes from the Middle East
coming out, we make du'a to Allah
that we see victory
from the righteous people in this side and
in this battle. And also brothers and sisters,
as we realize what is happening in the
world and the victories around the world, realize
one of the signs is that the fact
that victories have occurred in the past in
massive battles, battles indicates,
you and I, we can be victorious over
ourselves and our nafs. If
Abu Jahl could be defeated in the battle
of Badr,
if the unrighteous armies of Genghis Khan can
be defeated in the battle of Ain Jalut,
if all of the worst armies in the
world can be defeated in this month of
Ramadan, then how about me conquering my nafs?
How about
me defeating my own ego? How about me
battling my own inner shaitans?
This is the month of victory. And so
every one of us, O Muslims, as these
last 10 days began, and tonight is the
20th night, as you know, these last 10
nights are beginning, these last 10 nights begin
of Ramadan. Dear brothers and sisters, make it
your personal battle to win your inner battle.
Make it your personal
observant worshiper of Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala.
Dear Muslims.
Dear Muslims,
Ramadan teaches us the one eternal truth,
and that is there is nothing sweeter than
the worship of Allah. There is nothing more
noble than servitude to Allah. There is no
joy in life. There is no pleasure in
existence that is better and purer and more
wholesome
than the joy and the sweetness of worshiping
Allah. You and I, we all know this
right now. Well, then 10 days from now
when Ramadan finishes,
don't forget this fact. Do not forget this
fact that ultimate happiness only comes in turning
to Allah. And listen, oh Muslims, nobody is
perfect. You're not perfect. I'm not perfect. Allah
is not asking for perfection. If he wanted
perfection, he would have sufficed with the angels.
Angels are perfect. He's not looking for perfection,
but he is looking for sincere efforts and
trying. O Muslim, do not lose hope in
Allah's mercy. O Muslim, do not give up.
Keep on striving. Keep on struggling. Try your
best to be a better person. Just try.
And in that trying is your salvation.
In trying to be better, in wanting to
be better, that desire is what will save
you. Not your actions, not your sadaqa, not
your salah. Allah doesn't need the quantity of
actions. Allah wants to see the quality of
your iman. So, oh Muslim,
these last 10 days of Ramadan, and for
some of us, it might well be our
last Ramadan. For some of us, these might
be the last 10 days we ever have
of Ramadan.
Make them the best days of your life.
Make them the best nights of your life.
Turn to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala sincerely,
penitently,
ask Allah for mafiraq, ask Allah for hidayah,
ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to make righteousness
easy upon you. And when Ramadan finishes,
try your best to live a better life.
And in that trying and in that struggle,
that is where salvation will come. Allahumma innidaa'infaaminoo
Allahumma lataatafihadayombi
themban illaqa farta
Allahumma'aizal Islamawalmustimeen, Allahumma'aizal Islamawalmustimeen, Allahumma'aizal
Islamawalmustimeen, Allahumma'aizal Islamawalmustimeen, Allahumma'aizal Islamawalmustimeen, Allahumma'aizal Islamawalmustimeen, Allahumma'aizal
Islamawalmustimeen, Allahumma'aaradanaaaradanaaaradalismawalmustimeen
abusuwinafajal
Assalamu
Alaikum
Warahmatullah.