Yousef Bakeer – Reflections Isra wal Miraj

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who was Samuel bossy? He said Subhana Allah, the Astra Allah is

perfect. He said the word Subhana first. And why did he start with

this word because Allah want us to acknowledge one aspect, and that

is our limitations as human beings because what we are about to hear,

and that is the miracle of Israel is something that our brains

cannot comprehend. So as if he's telling us listen, I know that you

may not get it, the whole concept of Israel El Mirage, but that's

why I am perfect Subhanallah the Astra and then he said Astra Astra

in Arabi language means walking in the night. A say route filet,

ASTRA B or D or D is who? Prophet Muhammad Salah Salem, Laila middle

Masjid Al haram, Al Al Masjid Al Aqsa. So Allah is telling us here

one incident one life event that happened at the time of Prophet

Muhammad Sallallahu wasallam and that is an Israeli El Mirage al

Israa was mentioned in the Surah obviously mission the Quran, El

Mirage was not mentioned in the Quran, but it was mentioned in

Albuquerque and another books.

Now, at Israel mirage in terms of the date of Israel mirage. When

did this happen? The scholars have differences of opinions about it,

some scholars said it is in the ninth of 27th and Rajab 27th. Some

other scholars had different opinions about it. For me, I knew

what matters are the reminders that we can actually learn and

gain throughout this event, and destroy our marriage. That's what

matters the most. Now, why Israel El Mirage took place. Now, I think

there are two main things that we can really focus on when it comes

to oil marrows, two gifts that Allah has given the Prophet

sallallahu Sallam and has given the entire Ummah, me and you,

number one gifts, Allah has given the Marchesa, the miracle of an

extra El Mirage to the Prophet sallallahu wasallam. Because of

support and guidance, what I mean by this, if you have if you heard

my heart the last time, Prophet, Salah Salem went through a series

of hardships with his people, he was humiliated, he was kicked out

of his city, all of what happened to him along with his Sahaba. So

the Prophet wanted that support that emotional support. And Allah

subhana wa Taala has given him a beautiful gift. And that is it the

fact that he got to meet all the prophets, Allah He was stolen, and

he learned about what other prophets went through. And that

was so important to the Prophet to learn, because all the other

prophets went through even tougher, you know, incidents, then

the Prophet sallallahu Salah Prophet know Khaled Salam, you

know, 950 years given our all of what happened to Prophet Muhammad

Salam, all the prophets went through really serious hard times.

So in one hand, the Prophet sallallaahu, Selim needed to learn

about the other prophets, and Allah said it in the Quran

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we are going to reveal to you what happened to the prophets before so

we make your heart firm. And so the Prophet really needed to hear

everything that the prophets got to say on that night, Laila to

Israel, you got to meet the prophets have lit Salah with all

the prophets, and then he got to go to Allahu Subhana wa Taala in a

mirage. Now, like I said,

support meaning what meaning emotional support? What about

guidance? One of the Western African scholars said something

beautiful about the meetings that the Prophet sallallahu Sallam had

with the prophets. So he said, Allah was sitting up Prophet

sallallahu Sallam for success, the rest of his life by those

meetings. And then his students said how so? He said, listen, the

first prophet that the prophets Allah Salam has met was who Adam

Alayhis Salam. And Adam Alayhis Salam was the one who left his

house left Jana, and then went to the earth to the earth. And the

Prophet sallallahu sallam was about to make a similar, you know,

decision and that is leaving Mecca and going to El Medina. And then

he has met Prophet

It's a salad salad and profit as I was dealing with who, with Ben who

is robbing the people of salad and Prophet Mohammed Salah Selim, the

first people he's going to be dealing with when he arrives

Medina is who? The people of Israel and then Prophet Muhammad

Sallallahu Sallam has met Prophet Yusuf and Prophet Yusuf alayhi

salam has a very important incident in his life when he was

reunited with his siblings. And then after everything that they

have done to him, he said to them, letter three ballyhoo Yong go

you're free.

And Prophet Mohammed Salah Salem when he actually first entered

Mecca Batphone Medina, he is going to read a be reunited with his

people. And he's going to say the same exact thing. It has to tilaka

go you're free. And then he has made profit Yeah, he Alehissalaam

and profit Yeah, hey, Ali Salam is the first prophet he got to read,

we got to write with a pen use the pen. And the Prophet sallallahu

Sallam will be sending those, you know, messages to the kings to

invite them to Islam. And then finally, he has met prophet who

Ibrahim alayhis salam and Prophet Ibrahim alayhis salam is known by

what by performing the hajj, and by all of those monastic and so

Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Sallam the last theme of his life with

with the believers was what has your true SubhanAllah. So this is

the first the first gift that Allah has given to Prophet

Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, he was showing him some

phases of his life that he's gonna go through second gift, Allah is

more, in my opinion, it's not only a gift for the Prophet is a gift

for everybody. We all know that prophet was very close to Allah

subhanaw taala. And he went back and forth to talk about prayer.

And the Prophet got the honor to be that close to the to Allah

subhanho wa taala. But you know what, there is actually a greater

gifts that Allah has given the Prophet and the OMA. And that is a

way that we can actually get to talk to Allah subhanaw taala and

communicate with ALLAH subhanaw taala in a daily basis, five times

a day. And that is the prayer Subhanallah if you think about the

prayer, it meant so much to the Prophet sallallahu sallam, he used

to say, Joy Allah to curato high enough salah I consider Salah is

just like a coolness of my eyes. You know, what does that mean? You

know, I'm from Egypt, and in the desert, if you were to stay a

little bit in the desert, a lot of you know, sand will get to

eyelashes. And once the sands get to your eyelashes, it really

hurts. It's painful.

And so the only wind the only way to get some relief is to get cold

water and you wash your face with it.

The Prophet sallallaahu Salam, as if he's trying to tell us that

this relief that you feel when you wish when you wash your face with

this cold water to give you that comfort and that relief. It's the

same exact thing for me that I experienced in a five times a day

with my salah, but salah, Salah salem said, I escape from

everything can either fuzzy, I mean, Emeril, the Hubble salah, I

escape from everything to prayer, when I really find myself anxious.

When I feel this anxiety, when I feel that I'm going through a lot,

and it's so much to handle. I leave everything, and I escaped to

prayer. I go to the prayer for escape. It's a gift. It's a gift

that I get me to talk to Allah subhanho wa Taala What a beautiful

gift not only to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, but

to the entire Ummah, many, many gyms we can actually unpack from

an Israel El Mirage May Allah subhanaw taala make might make us

among those who really take those gifts strongly. And may Allah

subhanaw taala make us among those who actually acknowledged the

importance of Salah and may Allah subhanaw taala make me and you

among those who follow the legacy and the sunnah of our beloved

prophet muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam just icon located on

salaam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato.