Yousef Bakeer – The Importance of The Day of Ashura
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While early he also here salam to Sleeman kathira.
Today marks marks in the calendar than ninth day of Mahara. We call
it yo Mutasa and tomorrow will mark Ashura. Ashura, it comes from
the word Ashura like the number 10 in Arabic language. So tomorrow is
gonna be a very special day.
And in today's hotter insha, Allah Tala, you want to cover two
things. Why are we fasting the day of Heart Chakra? Number two, what
is the virtue or the reward or the benefit of fasting that day? So
number one, why are we fasting this day? Just like we all know
when Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Sallam came to Medina. And then he
found the Jewish community fasting this day. And when he asked, he
told him that this is the day when Allah subhanaw taala has saved
Prophet Musa alayhis salam. And then he said Nana, Huckabee Musa
minim, we should honor you know, Prophet Musa alayhis salam, he is
our Prophet, and we should honor him. Now, what exactly are we
celebrating? We're celebrating the resilience of Prophet Musa Allison
and we can summarize his life, his experience with these two words,
resilience and your clean. Look at the life of Prophet Musa alayhis
salam from a spoiled little child in the palace of Pharaoh in Egypt,
to somebody who all of a sudden was exiled from Egypt, you know,
accused by a crime, somebody who is going lost in the desert, find
a place where he sit down under a tree, and he was homeless and
hopeless. And then he asked Allah subhanaw taala to take care of
him, his experience at some point he was scared, he was afraid. And
then the experience itself Subhan Allah we all can relate to the
experience of Prophet Musa alayhis salam, because Allah subhanaw
taala has given has given him this, this idea of Sakina and
tranquility and peace in his heart, you will find that an
occurring theme in the story of Prophet Musa alayhis salam in the
Quran, always Allah constantly reminds him latter half don't be
scared. latter half. Allah subhanaw taala was talking to
Prophet Musa and Harun before they go to speak to Pharaoh Lata ha ha
ha talk of the theme when he was you know, getting the stick. Just
take it and don't be scared. Allah subhanaw taala canister constantly
instilling this idea of clean in his heart. So we can all relate to
this, we'll all have at some point in our lives, go through
difficulties and hardships. And sometimes it gives us this
tranquility in our heart believing that Allahu subhanaw taala is up
there and Allah subhanaw taala will take care of you and me.
Prophet Musa alayhis salam went through this experience, the last
scene of his life. He was right in front of the sea. And his you
know, soldiers and Bani Israel told him
we the goddess, the army of Pharaoh just right behind us and
they see the Red Sea is right in front of us. There is no way out.
And then Prophet Musa alayhis salam told them Kela that will
never happen. Now I have this certainty and in Allah subhanaw
taala I went through so much, and I learned that I can rely fully on
Allah subhanaw taala he said Kela in Amaya bisa Deen. Allah is with
me. Allah will guide me Allah who will show me a way out. So that
was the the summary because that you know the life of Prophet Musa
lesson I'm subject to so many lectures. This is just a summary
of the life of Prophet Musa al Salaam. Now, what is the right
word of fasting this beautiful day? And and what is the virtue of
fasting? Obviously, as we are fasting tomorrow in sha Allah to
Allah Yo Ma sha Allah. First we want to remind ourselves and
remind our children, why are we fasting? What exactly what event
took place in this day? Why are we celebrating the life of Prophet
Musa alayhis salam? And then the other man, the scholar said, there
are two rewards high rewards of fasting this day number one.
The ultimate scholar said obviously Rasulullah sallallahu
sallam said that whoever fast is this day, we all know that we're
fastest this day. Allah subhanaw taala will wipe out will erase all
of our sins from the previous year. So
This is obviously a huge word. But the second one that sometimes we
you know, we neglect or overlook is this idea of Tosa. Now what
Kelsea means and other be language it's a beautiful word Telsa
dosa means when you are in a very tight place and then all of a
sudden you go to another place where it's very spacious and
beautiful and big an expansion just like what we're doing
expansion here in this facility insha Allah Tala to make a bigger
and more beautiful, this is Tosa right. So Rasulullah sallallahu
sallam said, Man was Salah and FC were and he whoever brings this
joy and happiness and make this day a special day to himself or to
his family members. Allah subhanho wa Taala will give him that they
will sell the rest of the year Subhanallah the surface solid one
of Salah said I've tried it 40 years he said I've tried it for
years. And Allah never failed me in these years. And the year that
I don't do Tosa, I see the result I see the consequences. So let's
let's let's actually make this day tomorrow, a very special day.
Bring that joy to your family members. Make that this this meal,
you know the Iftar tomorrow a special meal for families into
food and make it very special. If you you know you know that when
you if you take them outside you go to a lake or make it very
special seven or eight, right? It's a day when we really need to
be happy. We need to feel this joy and happiness in this day in sha
Allah Allah. So think about something that you do different
for tomorrow. Then the last thing the idea of risk because the LMS
connected tomorrow by fasting and give out for tomorrow give sadaqat
make it a special, the ultimate connected to the idea of risk.
Subhanallah I'll even have you thought about the Alon who said at
risk now and the risk. Now I'm two types of risk. He said he said
risk on top LuBu a risk that you strive for you seek what is con
yak lawbook an arrest that seeks you looks for you. It will come to
you. So he said I'm Mariscal Ledi takanobu As for the risk that you
seek, if I say it felon Yeti like inlab beside it will never reach
you unless you put the effort the pursuit. So you you you work hard
you think of you know other ideas of investment. You make your
income higher you put all of your your effort your pursuit your
energy to see CRISC
America Escuela de occlude and then he said the second type of
frisk that seeks you first at La ko Allah, Allah Basik it will come
to you, it will reach you. Even if you're very weak, even if you're
in a remote area, there is no nothing out there. You can even
work it will teach you it will he this risk will find you
right and then he said well I will add lumen Allah the first risk
that you seek is justice you put your effort you get your risk,
with any fog moment Allah as for the second one is a favorite from
Allah subhanaw taala. So the alumni connected this to the
armoire showed up tomorrow. Because if you were to give out,
you know, give sadaqa and make this day special for your family
members and bring this joy, then you will get the second Frisk, the
ally of Nabi Ptolemy spoke about
a recap of this quarter a we're celebrating this day because we
are, you know, celebrating the resilience and the cleaning of
Prophet Musa alayhis salam.
B we are celebrating this day and we're fasting this day because
there is high the word from Allah subhanaw taala it raises your
previous year. And then if you do Tosia in this day and we learned
what that means, then Allah subhanaw taala will give you that
the rest of the year, Allah subhanaw taala make me and you
among those who fast tomorrow the best way that Allah subhanaw taala
will be pleased with and may Allah subhanaw taala bless us all with
acceptance Desikan la Hieron Salaam Alaikum Warahmatullahi
Wabarakatuh