Yousef Bakeer – The Profound Dua Of Yunus
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The importance of worshipping Allah's teachings and not allowing oneself to die until under his command is emphasized. The mistakes made by Prophet Adam and Prophet peaceably lead to him being put on a higher status and causing lost hope. The speaker also discusses the importance of knowing the time and the desire for peace in the world. The speaker asks the audience to bring their children back safe and sound, unite them with their families, and preserve their brothers and sisters.
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I bear witness that there is no deity
worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad
is His servant and Messenger.
Allah says in the Qur'an, He
says all believers have taqwa in Allah, which
means that we should be conscious of Him,
we should be aware of Him, and we
should protect ourselves from His punishment and His
wrath.
And we should never allow ourselves to die
except in a state of submission to Allah.
I begin my khutbah by asking Allah first
and foremost to send blessings and prayers upon
our Habib, our Rasul, our Prophet.
My dear brothers and sisters in Islam, assalamu
alaykum wa rahmatullahi ta'ala wa barakatuh.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says in surah
al-anbiya, Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala refers here to Prophet
Yunus alayhi salam.
He said that there was a situation, At
some point, he was just angry at his
people.
So he went off and he left his
people thinking that Allah will not hold him
accountable for it.
Then he has made a dua in the
depth of the darkness, in the full darkness.
He has made dua to Allah and he
said, There is no God worthy of worship,
O Allah, except You.
Glorify You.
I was among the wrongdoers.
Beautiful dua and beautiful reminder for all of
us.
How Prophet Yunus alayhi salam went through that
phase of his life.
First and foremost, Prophet Yunus alayhi salam at
this point has made a mistake.
Because he kept giving dua to his people
and then people kept rejecting him to the
point that he was at his full capacity.
So he said, You know what, I'm just
going to leave.
But then Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is
addressing this.
That Prophet Yunus alayhi salam, what is so
different about Prophet Yunus?
That is different than Iblis for instance.
That's a prophet and that's a shaitan.
But what is the difference in this context?
Well, when Adam alayhi salam has made a
mistake when Allah has told him do not
eat from the apple and he did.
Also you will see something unique and how
he responded to it.
Very similar to Prophet Yunus.
But these are again prophets.
Let's look at Iblis and how he responded
to the mistake that he has made.
Because Iblis also made a mistake.
He said to Allah, I am better than
Adam alayhi salam.
You have created me from fire and you
have created him from dirt.
So I'm in a higher status at this
point.
So I would not prostrate to him.
And that was a command from Allah.
Go and prostrate to Adam alayhi salam.
Then he said to Allah, I will insist
to actually misguide your creation.
I will make sure that your creation are
going to hellfire.
Because I will keep whispering.
I will keep destroying their faith.
I will keep putting so much burden on
them to the point that they will give
up and they will lose hope in you
O Allah.
Now what is the difference here?
Prophet Adam alayhi salam and Prophet Yunus alayhi
salam first and foremost they admitted their mistake.
Prophet Adam said, Ya Allah we have wronged
ourselves.
We have made a mistake.
Ya Allah we want nothing but your forgiveness
and your rahmah.
Yunus alayhi salam same attitude.
Yunus alayhi salam said to Allah after making
this mistake he said, He
said, Ya Allah first and foremost I'm turning
my heart toward you right now.
Because this is a difficult moment, difficult time.
And I feel I disappointed you Ya Allah
so, When things really get tough.
When you are in a very difficult situation.
When you think that there is no one
can benefit you.
This is a moment where we should turn
our hearts and our minds to Allah Azza
wa Jal.
The one who is in full control.
He said, glorify you Allah.
You are perfect and I'm imperfect.
You have no flaws and I have flaws.
You have no shortcomings but I do have
shortcomings.
Subhanak, glorifying you Ya Allah.
How perfect you are Allah.
I've wronged myself.
I've made a mistake.
You see the attitude of the prophets.
And notice they say, Like we have wronged
ourselves.
Why?
Because you are not wronging really Allah.
Allah is not in need of your sins.
He won't be harmed from your sins.
And He won't benefit from your reward.
Allah is the one who is not in
need.
He is the Ghani.
And we are indeed in full need of
Allah Azza wa Jal.
So yes, at a personal level, as an
individual level, Yes, that's the attitude of the
prophets.
And that should be our attitude.
We go through this in life in different
manners and different fashions.
That's the methodology of the prophets.
That's the manual of the prophets, alayhimussalam.
And even as an empire or as a
nation, You have two attitudes, two ways to
do it.
When you think that you have the biggest
army or the strongest army in the world.
Or you think that your empire will never
fall.
Or you think that your civilization is unmatched.
And that nothing can destroy you.
That's an attitude.
Attitude of Iblis at this point.
Because he said it.
I'm better, I'm higher status.
خَلَقْتَهُ مِنْ تِينٍ أَوْ خَلَقْتَنِي مِنْ نَارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُ
مِنْ تِينٍ The way I was made is
different.
I was built different.
That's an attitude of Iblis.
So know then when a civilization or an
empire reaches to that point, Know that this
is the time where they're going to fall
down.
They're going to collapse.
And Allah has showed us this in many
different occasions in the history of mankind.
We know it by history.
We know it.
Once you reach to that point, Know that
this is the time where you will fall
down.
As a nation like I said, yes.
As a community, yes.
As an individual, yes.
That's the attitude of the believer.
This is Allah's sunnah.
Allah has certain universal sunnah in the world.
They won't change.
They will remain the same until the day
of judgment.
And the decision is ours.
Do we want to go and challenge Allah's
sunnah?
Or we want to follow Allah's sunnah, Understanding
Allah's sunnah and acting according to it.
May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make me
and you among those who will always admit
our mistakes.
And may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make
us among those who will never, Their arrogance
would never get in the way.
May Allah bless you.
I say this and ask Allah's forgiveness for
me and you.
Ya Allah, we ask you and we beg
you in this blessed moment of Friday, To
bring them safe and sound to their homes.
Unite them with their families.
Ya Allah, we ask you for all of
the refugees around the world.
For the refugees in Jordan.
They live very bad life right now.
They're in a terrible condition.
We ask you, Ya Allah, to return them
back safe and sound.
And unite them with their families.
Ya Allah, we ask you to preserve our
brothers and sisters in Palestine.
Ya Allah, we ask you to preserve our
brothers and sisters in Palestine.
Ya Allah, we ask you to bring victory
to our brothers and sisters in Palestine.
Allahumma ghafil lana dhunubana wa israfana fi amrina.
Thabbit akhdamana wa ansurna alqawm alkafirin.
Allahumma arina alhaqqa haqqan warzuqna ittiba'a.
Arina albaatila baatilana warzuqna ishtinaaba.
Rabbana hablana min azwajina wa dhurriyatina qurra ta
'ayin.
Waj'alna almuttaqina imama.
Wa aqim as-salah.
Inna as-salatakana ta'ala almu'minina kitaaban mawquta.