Yasir Qadhi – Short Talk At Masjid Al-Aqsa

			It is such a great honor for all of us to be here today, each and every one that wishes to be more
comfortable and thankful to almost kind of irrelevant that he has allowed us to check off all the
list of all cities to a city that the fact of the matter is the majority of the Muslim world cannot
come to you. And unless you try to attend a facilitated or muster on this holiest of holy places,
this is a city that a lot mentions many times in the forum, but no one never mentions it by name. It
mentions it's by description, images and by adjectives and the adjective in the description that I
wanted to kind of what are they used, it is always one of two either Movado auto purchase. These are
		

			the two adjectives that allow users to describe this land either Malala homelessness, Baba is the
source of blessings. Mubarak is where Baraka consecrate, Mubarak is where something is used more,
it's extrapolated more, were a little bit of time a little bit of money, a little bit of vodka will
be extrapolated, so more people can benefit. And will park this is only a part of this is that which
is blessed and sanctified. So the place is only and the people who worship Allah here become holy.
So what this is all about is blessing. And a love describes in five or six verses this land as being
either romantic or partners. For example, Allah says in the most famous verse and it is a verse that
		

			you will read on top of them and then you will read it inside over here. And you will read it also
in the software or the the doodle of the walk. And that is the first person shooter he saw Superman
and daddy I saw the other day in a lab. All Praise be to Allah who caused the servant to undertake a
night journey I mean, unless you that are all even as student outflow from domestic our domestic
economies and backup to the mess to the Apple song to the heard this question. This is the version
of the song The first question and then how to describe it. Eva, how we have blessed the lag around
it is
		

			not just the question, we have blessed the land around it. So imagine when a law is saying we have
less the land around it, what will be the blessing of the question itself under the Baraka
		

			notices what the law is saying that all praise be to Him. So Hannah, why? Because he has taken this
service, from the nest to the parent to the masjid and up saw this journey, we're going to talk
about it a while is one of the reasons why we praise a lot
		

			of verses in the product that was sold is people yeah, oh my people who do sudo out by the desktop.
And through the lab that is all the all the photos out there. No Condorcet unless you catch up a
whole lot with Allah has tested this that for you, Allah has chosen this not for you. So it is
called an assessor. It is the holy that add in another suitor advisor, which had mentioned that what
a general rule, and we say rules will apply
		

			to the land that we have made Baraka in it. So there is Baraka around it. And there's Baraka in it
in order to develop that. And Allah subhanho wa Taala also mentioned, so Ibrahim has mentioned who
satisfaction here we have new to be mentioned. And now we have survey man and that will also mention
them in association with Islam. So Allah says with regards to the man was suffering, rehab, and we
gave to the man the power to control the wind, touching the pilot out into
		

			the wind would take him to the land that we have blessed meaning whatever so a man was, he could
come back to your land and listen, and this is right here in Jerusalem. So wherever a lot describes
this land, it is either holding or it is blessing. And there is no doubt that the holiest place on
earth is to heaven and the garbage There is no doubt. But the fact of the matter is that that land
was only known to be holding and declare to be only for a short period of time of the game. And then
at the top of our profits a lot more it was said, for the bulk of its history. Very few people knew
of its sanctity. It was only some of the Arabs who knew it was holding us for this land. This is
		

			Jerusalem and others. It was sanctified by each and every prophet from his half the Yahoo all the
way down until the Saturday and a lot of savage adventures with regards to loot.
		

			Allah told him to make a drop in an outfit that he has, he had an allergy to the lab that we have
made busted for the entire world. So Allah says this is the Holy Land for the entire world. Now
that's an accurate description, because the only lad that is considered holy by all of the
monotheistic religions.
		

			And Allah says, We have made this not only for the entire world, and look to this day, there's a
Jewish quarter, there's a Christian quarter, there was a Muslim Quarter, to this day, as we're going
to walk around tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, you will find Jewish pilgrims, you will find
Muslim pilgrims, you will find Christian pilgrims, there is no other site in the world that is
considered sacred by every major religion, no other sites. And the lavanchy says that this is a land
that we have made Obama get out of the meeting for the entire world. And there are so many ideas
about the blessings of this land, and about the sanctification of this land. And what are the
		

			outcrops of the law, it was seldom said to buy the shampoo, body shampoo, Body Shop, no calls here,
Sham, if the prophetic vernacular is this entire region, Sham, which we now call Syria, Sham is
considered to be this entire region, and its intellectual capital and its spiritual capital was
always us. So whenever you see Sham, mentioned in the ad, don't think of modern Syria. No. Think of
this region surrounded by modern Syria. Yes. But Sham primarily refers to for the state in the
heading when the Prophet mentions Sham, modern day Syria is included. Yes, but what is the primary
intention? What is the main focus, the main focus is Jerusalem. And then secondly, it is the
		

			analysis and all that is in between. So when the Prophet says Sham, you need to think of this region
right here. And yes, it also imposed, as I said, the modern country of Syria. So our Prophet system
said, less than a sham, plus it You shall listen to sharp. And then he mentioned, why is that
doesn't have been said. And he said that there is shall are the angels that have spread their wings
out. And they are protecting the people of shepherd. So the angels have spread their wings out, and
they have less than this region up a shop and our profits of a lot more than you would send them
said that when my mother was pregnant with me when Amina was pregnant with me, that the US shall be
		

			that is sharp tremble in a quake, it crumbled in a week, our scholars say, either as excitement that
the process of service coming, or as a fear that it's going to be conquered soon one of the two,
because both of them happen, that the prophecy sort of conquered. And in fact, our prophecy sort of
said count six things between me and judgment day, six signs count, which would be a judgement day.
Number one, my deck number two, the conquest of show. So the very second thing that you said after I
died, the next big event that's going to come and that's going to be cataclysmic, and it will be one
of the check marks, but judgment date will be the conquest of Syria. And that is why our prophets a
		

			little off and he said that he was eager to conquer the Sham and especially for last name, and
especially based on the bucket list. Even in his lifetime. They own the battle that was somehow the
fault in his lifetime against non Muslims outside of Arabia are interesting but error. Only father,
that was one who can tell me what's that battle?
		

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			the battle that was fought against the Romans. Now, why the book was another attempt. So motor and
the book were both attempts of the Prophet system to come to this region, both the north and for the
both of them south of the shaft right so above but the you know, below shaft mortality watercolors,
and both of them are at for the price, and this was the price. And that is why the first battle that
he directed the Sahaba to go fight as soon as he unified Arabia, the first battles were the battles
towards without the chef and that is why it was the first major conquest that took place. And that
was Jerusalem. It was conquered in the very last days of his life and the very first days of life.
		

			This was where the major conquest began. This was the greatest of the earliest victories. And then
after this came the victories against the Persians and the victories against other reasons. So the
prophecies that have to do they wanted this lab and then a walk up and then a robot on the
Leviathan. They were the ones who focused
		

			It Now we all know the famous story that doesn't involve himself in to accept the keys to the city,
our professor as well, he made a special case for this city being arrested. And he said, No one
should travel except to one of three places, there are only three places that are holding in and of
themselves. Number One must either cut off number two, he said my message in Medina and number three
is addressed to the Amazon, the famous political party and was not to shut down they have nobody to
travel except to one of three. What does this mean nobody should travel, it means there is no
spiritual journey. There is no journey that in and of itself is rewarded to go to the other place,
		

			ie the world or the lab is not fully except one of three places. Makkah Medina and Jerusalem.
There's no other place that is intrinsically holy. The journey might be blessing another god, you go
for knowledge, you go for visiting your parents, that journey is blessing, but not the land, the
land is not blessing. But what land is blessing only three, and that is welcome Edina and Jews. And
we all know that the blessings of Jerusalem and the prayers of Jerusalem are increased how much so
there's two headings on this. And they're both like the sort of weak, one of them is more authentic
than the other one has. It says that every salah and mentioned enough salt is equal to 500 solid
		

			outside. But the stronger narration says that every solid invested in upsource is equal to one
fourth of the salon industry that Debbie and that translates into how much between 250 and that is
the stronger version, nonetheless, as to whether it's 250, whether it's 500. The point is that every
salon here is multiplied more than other places except for Medina, and Mankato to the to places that
are holier than thou shall as well have the blessing of Elijah shall is it really what the sister
asked me about earlier today. And it's a moral ideal. To summarize, the prophecies have said that
when so the man built the temple, once the man built the temple, he completed the job on their own,
		

			he laid it all out. And he said, Well, what give me three things, and the headache is intimately and
it is slightly being punished with some of the scholars. I mean, it hasn't, so inshallah we will
accept it as being more acceptable. And so because they asked me three things, or a lot, number one,
give me a wisdom. Number two, give me a kingdom like no other person has had dominion, like no other
person has had. And then number three, this is the one that we're interested in, especially that
made this question of mine. So that's this place here. This is the land here. This must be the mind
such that anybody who comes to this question, and prays to regard only one to your reward, shall be
		

			forgiven a form of a sentence. And so this was a narration that is it could have been that our
proposition is narrating props to the man or the incident. And he said, he got the first two, so I
hope he got the third one. We know he got the first two, so inshallah he got the third as well, and
that inshallah he got the third is essentially greenlight groups, that whoever comes to the slab and
prays to God in this life at the least, that is just the reason he loves to kind of adapt. So
there's no need to show off, there's no need, you just want Allah blessings, then it is the only
place that where you pray to God, you will be forgiven of all of your sins. And that is why even
		

			Omar with your loved one, when he would come to Syria, when he would come to Sham when he would come
to me to love this, it is narrated at one time again, and we literally entered we're ready to rock
up and then left the city without even drinking a sip of water. Because he wanted to be so literal
to the honey, that he didn't even want to sip of water from the city. Now obviously that's even oma
that's why what is it an r1? Right? But the point is, he wanted to fulfill this idea so much that he
wants nothing from this world, or from this land, excuse me, other than to pray to God. And so
inshallah all of us are here and we're saying our prayers here we should make our near that our Nia
		

			is only to earn the rewards of Illustrator without him and so insha Allah insha Allah if that is our
name, we shall go back to our homes having all of our sins forgiven, having a clean slate, and that
is an equivalent to how much was paid off. That isn't equivalent to that, even though it doesn't
replace that much. But the rewards are the rewards of hygiene. as well. We learned that the Hadith
of the Prophet sallallahu Sallam entered this era, as we all know that this is where the blessing
metabolics took place. This is where our prophecies that went on the ascent. And maybe tomorrow
we'll give the lectures about this time around. We don't have time today to do that. We'll see
		

			tomorrow when time is possible, but briefly described there are two separate journeys that took
place on the same night. This raw and very large are two separate journeys that took place on the
same day.
		

			Islam is the journey from Makkah to Jerusalem. Mirage is the journey from Jerusalem to the heavens.
And so it's called Israel one mirage. So Israel from Mecca to Jerusalem, and then Mirage from
Jerusalem up in the heavens and instrument. They both involve which city Jews voted for Jews. And
the very fact that Allah subhana wa tada chose Jerusalem to be both Israel and America demonstrates
its sanctity. And our Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was physically here. This right marriage
was not a dream. It was not a dream. He came in body and soul, and spirit and mind and soul and body
is physical justice he himself so the law, how do you send them walk on this very lap, as what
		

			happened over here are all brought in here as we don't, I'm going to tell you the story challenge
for more details. Judy was here as well. And God told him to pray over here. And so God and the
processor are right here. And the Prophet says that I'm praise. And when he finishes, and he turns
around, what does he see? We all know, all 120,000 prophets over here, and they were all present. So
the only place that we know of where every prophet was present, simultaneously
		

			was this. Think about if God is the only must say, of both of us?
		

			If that was the only blessing, every single profit, where did they gather together? Where did they
it was on this very spot where they pray their solder together, and then our promises and as the
legend goes, we don't know for sure. But the legend goes, he went to that walk over there. And that
was when the Mirage took place. And tomorrow we're gonna go to the the Dome of the Rock was the top.
That's the legend that was and again, there were no eyewitnesses to tell us about your shower. But
that's what it is history as important because he went up to Mirage from that walk into the dome of
the wrong as well what other blessings are over you in the shop? Again, so many are mentioned. As we
		

			don't lose any set up. It was promised this land but his people, his people refuse to fight against
the advocates against the people that were living here and they became cowards and they said, No,
you go into your Lord fight. We're gonna sit right here. So what did he do? He prohibited for them
for how many years or 40 years and they wandered in the desert or silent they walked in there. Now,
when Moosa was about to die, you all know when prophets died, what happens?
		

			The angel has to do what for the permission to take so ask permission. So the only people who
basically choose their time is that by choosing I mean, they're asked, are the properties. So when
the Angel of Death comes to musallam, Allah says, Allah thought, let me go to at least gaze upon the
promised land. He knows he cannot enter the promised land, because a lot of millions of other faiths
that have will have Ramadan and even otherwise, unless that is how long for them for 40 years, they
won't wander in the earth, so Musab could not enter the promised land. But when he died when he was
about to die, he made a garage Oh Allah, at least let me look on the promised land. And so a lot of
		

			trouble to to go to such and such a mountain and Moosa went to this mountain. If we have time, then
everyone will pass by what the legends say wasn't a mountain again. There are no eyewitnesses a lot.
No so that's what what the legend say is the day after tomorrow we're going to we're going to be
seeing that that mountain that's where they say is the raven WUSA, and so moose died with his staff
in his head, staring at this very light. This is the line he was staring at when he died. And the
Prophet system said if I was there, now I could show you the very rock under which he is very tough.
If I was there, I can show you exactly that walk that he was standing on when he has to wait until
		

			he was very over there with the gays right on this very lap. So catalog Here we are. Right in this
lesson plan at being witness to history, so much history over here. This is also the lab that time
that was set up made this capital, right the kingdom of today and this is the famous kingdoms that a
lot less than with the that was the Prophet King, most King most prophets were not kings. Most
prophets were not rulers, though that would lead to Salah was one of the very, very few, very few
who chose to be a prophet advocate. By the way our prophets are set up to believe him and asked him
that Allah is asking you, do you want to be a humble prophet or do you want to be a mother You
		

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			medica and also the king Prophet.
		

			Do I want to be an analyst? I want to be an alphabet soup. I don't want to be a medic. I don't want
to be a team. So he chose not to