Zaid Fataar – Prophetic #10
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Bismillah Rahman Rahim alhamdulillahi, our man. Rahim
Alhamdulillah ra Allah mean? What should Allah? ILAHA, Illallah Wah,
the whole enemy, Muhammad, sallAllahu, alaihi wasallam Abu
asmaabad, as salaam alaikum, Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh a again
for granting us the opportunity that we're able to worship Him,
that we're able to understand this beautiful deen and bless Rawat in
Tasneem upon the Muhammad Sallallahu, alayhi wa sallam, as a
means of blessings. The last time we concluded by speaking about the
assistance that the nabali silam gave in reconstructing the Kaaba.
Of course, like we mentioned, the Ulama, they differ on whether the
Kaaba, who built it the first. So some of the alamah, at least
majority of them, they agree that Nabi Ibrahim alaihi salam is the
one that built the Kaaba. And then people go further. Some other go
further, speaking about Nabi Adam alaihi salam. And then, of course,
other arama said was the Mada ika that built the Kaaba al Musha
Rafa. The point being is that indeed, this is a blessed priest
that ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala has blessed. And that is baka
bibakatan Mubaraka. The Allah mentions it as a place that is
blessed today Inshallah, just to discuss, we recapture what we
covered the last week today, Inshallah, Tala, we go on and we
speak about the life of the rabbalish when specifically came
to seclusion khalwah. Now the rabali shasam, just before the age
of 40, the rabali shasam, while marriage, to say, the Khadija Raja
lanha, he was a person that was very to himself to a certain
level. He did not like too much of going out, and he did not like too
much of enjoyment and all of these things. So the nawali shastam
loved this time alone. He loved his time with his family. Loved
his time for all of these different things. But also it's
very important to always also not forget about yourself. You know,
sometimes in life, we become so busy that we help in this one, we
assist in that one, and we just forget about ourselves. And that
is a problem, because Allah says, if you want change in the
Allahumma be coming Hata urahiru, where we are fussim, that if we
want change for ourselves, it starts with ourselves, and the
Allah will grant us change. Now, one of the significant things that
we see in the life of the Rama Ali Shasta, before the revelation, the
ramaysa Sam used to love to go to one of the mountains which had a
cave called her. And then Ali sham loved his seclusion there. He
would take our time in order to sit with himself, ponder,
contemplate, and all of these beautiful things. And in Islam,
Allah subhanahu wa sin Islam, it is encouraged to halwa. It's
courage to have just that time for yourself. Because what happens if
a person secludes himself from community, from the people? He
starts to ponder about himself, he starts to think and carefully say
about measure, his D, his deeds. He tries to make muha Sabha, hold
himself accountable. All of these things happens within seclusion.
And I would, I would encourage, if you can today or you can tomorrow,
whenever, what day you choose, just for one hour. Cut yourself
off, completely off from the dunya. Put your phone away and
don't put it on Bible. Put it off.
Take your computer away. Take your laptop away, put off the TV. And
also, of course, with the due respect that you ask then tell
that your family, whether it's your wife, whether it's your
children, that you would like to spend just one hour alone. So Imam
Ashari says that if you want to be granted these beautiful things of
your chest being open, your heart being open and to be granted,
there is a God from Allah subhanaw taala, and then the person has to
go in seclusion. And Allah subhanaw taala says, What Taku
law, your Ali mukum, Allah, how the taqwa, Allah, Subhanahu and
Allah will teach you Alima Ghazali, he says, Abu khawa Idah
to her, what does khalwah benefit? Khalwa is there in order to take
your mind off the problems of the dunya, to just free your mind,
free your spirit. That is what khalwah is basically about. Well,
Bob to simmer Albas, and also to confine your year in a new scene,
because when you alone, you hear nothing, you see nothing. The only
thing that you're going to hear is maybe your heartbeat, the way you
breathe, and your own voice if you speak to yourself. Of course,
that's another case. But you're not going to hear anybody. You're
not going to see anybody. So he says this is to confine also the
year in and the Basar. Why? Because Allah subhanaw taala says,
On the Day of Qiyamah, we are going to be hold responsible for
every single small thing, what we hear, what we see, what we feel,
what we do, all of these different things. I mean, our Jul our skins,
are going to testify against us in the Day of Qiyamah, Allah Granth,
not against us, but for us. And of course, your year, in your sight,
all of these things are going to testify to Allah and what you have
been doing.
And hearing and seeing are gateways in order for us to gain
information. Everything that goes in, it comes through either
hearing or seen, and, of course, taste and feel and all of the
other senses. But these are methods in order for a person to
absorb things. So he says that in order for a person, the Khala is
there to benefit what to confine that absorbness, that you not
absorb anything to say. So he says, For in a legal it basically
purifies the heart this method. Why? Because the summer, in the
bustle, they can corrupt the heart. We know that Allah, AJ
Mudra, either facet of just a cool Allah will call that, there's a
piece of flesh within the body, that if that piece of flesh is
pure and good, the rest of the body will be pure and good. And
the body receives this thing, so what through its senses. So he
says that the senses can cause what the * is. Will call that
it can, you know, shake the heart. Well, Kal bucham Holden to him, he
says, the cold the heart is like in a in a bucket of water, he
says, and the person throws this dunya, basically is the bucket,
and your heart is in there. And he says that whatever you receive of
the dunya, it can be very corrupted. It can be very evil. It
can be all of these different things. So that is absorbed
through what through yearning and your sight, and it goes to your
heart. He says, carry her kardakara. I mean Anand hawas,
because it comes from your senses. So your heart is like that, that
that thing that absorbs everything and your year in your sins and
methods and tools in order to get that supposedly like dirty water.
He says he used the example of dirty water that it will enter
into that thing by these two things to the heart. He says, O
maksud Mia. And he says, halwa. This whole process of halwa is in
order to purify that water and cleanse it. Because a person, he
says, a person will never be able to clean a bucket if you
continuously throw in the dirty water all the time, meaning you're
exposed to certain things that are dirty. So he says, so that khalwah
grants you that opportunity to stop and block the water that's
coming that is dirty, and it gives you the opportunity to drain all
of that evil or that corruption that you find the facade out of
the person's heart, out of the person's soul, out of the person's
body. And he says, This is what khalwa grants you, that
cleansiness. And he says women are thin, and how Solomon and
sometimes also, like example, in order to clean a bucket baby, it
has water and a sand you can't continuously throw sand in and
water that has sand in and think that you can clean the bucket,
because it's not going to happen that way. You have to pause and
stop. So he says, This is how you clean the clean the dirt from it,
it why to get to the origin, state of the Bakken? What is it clean?
So he gets to the origin clears everything. The dirt is out, the
water is out, whatever is out. And now you see the purity of that
heart. You see the purity of how Allah subhanahu wa because He
created us on fitrah, which is natural inclination towards good,
to worship in Him, to his to hate, to his ta the obedience of
Allah. Subhanho wa taala. Okay, for Hello, engine. He says, How
can you clean a bucket when rivers are flowing in the bucket.
Because, as dunya is like a dunya, there is no end to it, and nobody
will able to overpower the dunya. People came, kings and queens came
and went and stole. Nobody was able to overpower this dunya. So
therefore, he says that it's like a river that's continuously flown
within the heart. You have to first block that that stream, and
after you'll be able to clean the heart, well, I say, well, he will
call what he says. And that cannot happen except by seclusion, that
you take time for yourself, you sit alone, and you make it that
Abu and this one had this get enough.
It purifies the soul. The halwa was yet a increaseman in
understanding, because we know that say Nahid Rana Islam. He was
not a NaVi, but he was a person that was most of the time alone.
He secluded himself from people. So ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala granted
him certain knowledge. We know that Allah subhana wa Taala says
in Surah Al Kahf, he says, Abdul mean Abu Asmaa, term Mina and
dinner, walam Nahum in laduna, Alma. Allah subhana wa Taala says,
he was a slave. From our slaves, we granted him for we gave him
some rahma, the Mercy of Allah subhanahu wa, and we taught him
mill. We gave him knowledge. Allah subhana wa Taala says, and we
know, like I mentioned, that ayah that Allah subhana wa Taala says,
What takula? Who are you? Ali mukumula, be conscious of Allah
subhanahu wa taala. Allah will teach you. And in khalwah, you are
conscious of yourself and of Allah subhanahu wa you're thinking about
what you have done. You're thinking about all your deeds.
You're making muha Sabah for yourself. You're holding.
Self accountable. And also halwa is not just holding one person
accountable, but it's also to increase your understanding in
your love for Allah subhanahu wa, because you look at the creation
of Allah subhanahu, you think about the creation of Allah
subhanahu wa, you see all of these signs, and it increases in your
iman and your tahit Allah subhanahu wa How did you get what
you got? Because an
Imam, Julien
about that he was one of the greatest alamah, not only alamah,
but the irifim Billah has a wajal. So they asked him, How did you get
what you get? And he says, rakala Biju til Athena, Salah. He says,
By sitting under that place there was a tree, by sitting under that
place for 30 years, just himself, it's just looking around, looking
at the the creation of Allah, subhanaw Taal, looking at the
Jiva, the mountains, looking at the skies, looking at the clouds,
looking at the animals, you know, just making it a double an
increase in your conviction of Allah subhanahu wa, like we said,
is very important holding yourself accountable, because Allah
subhanaw taala says,
Ya Allah dinomanu, Taku laha, well, tambuna from Goddammit,
levad. O, you who believe have that taqwa and Allah subhanaw
taala and see what have you prepared for tomorrow? See what
yourself. See what have I done? What am I considered by Allah
subhanho wa taala, our Alama always used to say the most
important question that you need to ask yourself at the end of the
day. Ke FAHA, Luka, ma Allah, how are you? How is your state? Will
Allah subhanaw taala, that is the most important question. So this
is in order for a person to be granted that opportunity to hold
himself accountable,
because Allah says, a fellow man. Allah says another ayafa, holy
cow, a
summer abuela, ardik a sutihad. Allah says, do they not look this
was seclusion helps us that increasement In your your your
tadabour, and you understand and you love to Allah. Allah says, do
they not look at the Sama that is above them, how we constructed it
as Ibri? Do they not look at the camel, how it was created while
sama Ike Fauci, and how the Sama is
lifted up, will abdicate for sutihad and how the Earth is nice
and flat. All of these things are Ayat Min ayatila. It is one of the
signs of Allah subhanahu wa has emphasized about tefs purifies one
soul on so many occasions. One of the ayah that comes to mind is
ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala says man Allahu alaminar in Allah says,
What first? What is the mission of the NABI? And this is the mission
of the NABI. Allah says, We have placed the favor upon the true
believers, for we have sent to them a Prophet from themselves. He
recites the Ayat of Allah, subhana wa Taala upon them. Does it end
there? To know just the Quran, to know the revelation, know why, use
a key him, and he also purifies him. That's the most important
thing. It's like a person. If they do not have if it's just
information with no transformation, then the person is
Kamath Yamaha as Farah. It's like a donkey loss. Muhammad Ali says
that's carrying books, because their books cannot benefit him,
cannot benefit him. So therefore it's not just the ayat, but it's
also that the Skia, that purification that a person needs
in order to purify and come to $1 that is loved and satisfied by
Allah. Subhanahu wa Taala says, in an ayah, could aflaqer, Asmaa
rabihila, and this is another important point of halwa ALLAH
SubhanA. Tala says, Indeed, the one that has received success is
the one that has purified himself. But what does he do? WA Rasma,
Rabbi Fasal Allah, and he remembers Allah subhana wa taala,
so they could Allah, very important, when it comes to the
halwa that you don't just make muhasabah. You don't just ponder
upon the creation, but you say your creator's name. You make
dhikr to Allah subhanahu wa taala. You say our Rahman or Rahim. Use
all the names of Allah subhanahu wa sallam, Ali wasallam, because,
you know, Salawat is one of the most southern things that it's
always accepted no matter what state you are, like salah, you
have to have wudu, Siam, you have to not eat. And you have to all of
these different conditions that is in place, Zakah, you have to reach
to a certain amount when it comes to Salawat, which is in ibadah,
because Allah says yaw Ladin, Amanu Sala alaihi wa sallam. Oh,
you who believe make salawat upon the name Muhammad Sallallahu,
Salaam in the Quran. So it's a commandment as an order. So it's
an act of worship. It's in ibadah. So that one Ibadah is accepted no
matter what state you are in, and the Nabi responds to you in no
matter what state you are. Subhanallah, this is the rahmah of
Allah, Subhanahu wa.
In Salawat upon the naval issue. Now his famous call you so we say
hi, Seba and Fusa come come unto high Sabu. Was he No? Amela come
Kabul and two, Alikum. He says, hold yourself accountable today,
before tomorrow you're going to be held accountable. When is that on
the day of Qi ama in that cupboard, when you're going to be
questioned about everything that you have done. And he says,
wazino, AAM alakum, and weigh your deeds. Mean, think about it,
measure it. See what have I been doing? Is it? Can i improve? Am I
doing something wrong? What can I do? Because a person that thinks
that he has already perfected something unfortunately, that
person is incorrect. Why? Because human beings were created in order
to always develop. And that's Allah created is imperfect, holy
cow inside of the aifah. So all the time you're developing, you're
developing. And no matter what what stage you come to, you can
still develop further. So he says that weigh and and hold yourself
accountable. Weigh your deeds. See how it is. Kaban two is an ALA
come before it is wait for you. Meaning, what another day of
again, when ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala is going to weigh all of our
deeds. Allah subhanahu wa also says, In the Holy Quran Yau
latinam, will talk Allah, Oh, you believe have Taqwa ALLAH SubhanA
wa Taala and see what you have you prepared for tomorrow. And then
Allah subhanho wa Taala says, What Taku LA, and have the taqwa be
conscious of Allah subhanahu wa when you do this in Allah Habiru,
Mima Tamara, indeed, Allah subhana wa Taala is well aware of
everything that we do. There is nothing that it can escape the
knowledge of Allah subhanahu wa Kabira, whether it's small or big.
Allah subhanaw taala knows everything, what was, what is,
what will be and what cannot be in existence. If it had to be in
existence, how it would be in existence? Allah knows everything.
Jamaat al Muslimeen, so therefore Allah subhanaw taala knows what we
do on this dunya, it is up to us in order to find out what exactly
we need to do to change, because Allah knows that it our situation.
Allah knows our hand. It's important for us. Do we know our
own hand? Do we know what state are we but Allah, subhana wa
taala. Am I known as a Sadiq? Am I known as Al saabir? Am I known as
Al mukmin? Am I known as all of these beautiful names? Or am I
known as Al Qaeda, or am I known as
Al kasla, and am I known as all of these other bad things, whether
I'm lazy, whether I'm a person that is a liar, whether I'm a
cheat, whether my
fraud, all of these things, is very important, and they say the
first step in order for a person to change is to identify the
problem. If a person thinks that there's no problems, they will
never be able to improve. Why? Because they will stay in that
state every single day. And the Rabbani shasam said, loss is a
person that does exactly the same thing, same thing every every day,
so meaning there's something now and then he does the same thing
tomorrow. The rabali shasam said that person is at a loss, so
therefore it's very important to hold ourselves accountable. And
indeed, no doubt that this is one of the indications to show the
greatness of the Rabb Ali shalam, that evens before revelation that
ra Muhammad, sallAllahu, alaihi wasallam practice khalwah. Why?
Because that is Allah trained in RAM that is Allah cleanse the
heart and the chest of the Rabbani sila. Because the ambiya, they are
Masum, they are sinless, and as well as the Navajo, salam,
sinless. So therefore this was the the way that Allah subhanaw taala
groomed the nabali sum to always be in the seclusion and holding
himself accountable.
Because to solve problems, you have to stand one side and see the
problem. If you want to solve a problem and you're within the
problem and you're part of the problem, you will never be able to
solve the problem. That's why, for instance, we find couples when
they have huge arguments, there's always a third person that comes
and he
consults, sits with them, and He speaks to them, and he has a
consolation with them, and all of these things. So therefore, it's
always important to take a step back, and then you will see what
will happen. And it gives a much more bigger perspective and a
better perspective to see exactly what is the problem, to identify
the solution.
And he says, Well, under the it says these are also why you cut
yourself off from basically everybody in that period is that
you will never be able to connect yourself to Allah subhanaw taala.
If the creation is keeping you down, there's nothing wrong
connecting the creation, but if they keeping you down, and they're
bounding you down, and you can't go forward, you're not able to
progress, then you will never be able to connect with Allah
subhanaw taala. So therefore, he said, cut yourself off or be her.
Yes, Dadu ha buchallah. And therefore with that, you will have
that increasement In love, Allah, subhanaw taala. But we need to
understand Jamaat al Muslimeen that the seclusion that the NA
Alisa performed and what is encouraged within Islam is not
cutting someone completely off from society. No, it was a.
A method of Dawa. It was a method of of curing. You know, because we
face problems, we face situations. So halwa is like a cure, and you
only use the cure if there's a sickness. And anybody, every
doctor, will tell you that you don't also over your dose yourself
with the medicine. Why? Because then it can work against you or
might have any effect. So what we're trying to say is that
khalwah, it's a cure. So a person is not encouraged to use it
overboard, to go extreme, to cut himself completely off from the
community. Of this are completely off from society. No, that is not
what the navadi Shasta did the radius. And when he went to
khalwa, he would go for a few nights, for a few days or few
hours, and he comes back to say the Khadija Raja lain ha. He
engages his family. Days go by and he goes again for the seclusion.
So what I'm saying is that a person does not cut himself and go
to the extreme by thinking that you're going to live in a cave for
the rest of your life. No, Islam is not an island on its own. Islam
is the sea that connects the islands altogether. That is what
Islam is about, and that is what Islam encourages. Java to
this process of halwa, the olimah gave a different terminologies.
One of them is tasca, which is comes from zakah, meaning to
purify another name for this is a meaning righteousness. And we find
that the hadith of Jibreel Ali Sadam, when the radius of some
Asmaa Hassan, another term that also the uses at the soul comes to
the word Sufi, a meaning pure as well. That Sufi comes from the
word pure to purify one's nafs, to purify one's ethics, his models,
and this is part of the din of Islam to purify yourself and to
make sure that you have a dab and akla. It's very important Islam
emphasizes on this. You know, one of my professors always told me
that if a person has,
you might, might have one foot in Jahannam, if you have, if you do
not follow that, I'm, of course, you know, say, but he says, But if
a person has a dab and a lakh or the deed, he says, then you might
have one foot in the Jannah, but not in Jannah. In Jannah. Why?
Because an Abu fokal character, moral ethics is above I am a
person that has no Adam and aflaq. There's no use for that. And
that's what the Nava Ali shasam before taking on this huge journey
of nubua, the Raba Alisa was first called what Asahi al Amin, the
most honest and most trustworthy person that was the Raba Alisa
before he deceived. So we find that some alamah, they give
different terminologies for this process of halwa. Some of them
call it tasca, which comes from purification. Others can call it
from the Hadith and the rabali susalam. When Jibreel I Salam
asked him, What is purification, at least what is, as he said, is
righteousness, and also another word for it, called at the sow of
meaning come from the word pure. Tas means AFI comes from the word
Safi means it's pure. Another understanding that me actually
gives. He says, Allah. He says that another understanding for
halwa, is a salute, meaning a path, a way that a person adapts
to, a way that a person takes on when it comes to his character and
his models. I just want to mention a few things. Inshallah, Tala is
that these benefits behind khalwa So much benefits and his countless
but some of them the Ulama, alibama, Abu Hassan ishaly, he
mentioned, he says the first thing is assalamu. Alaitih, listen that
it helps you by protecting your tongue. Is it assalamu? Alaiti
Nava, it helps you to protect your site. It says, have to call Abu as
only him. In Aria, it protects a person's heart from Pride, from
boastfulness. He says, hussy. Dunya, well, can I to fear? It
says it also grant you that that sense of and the feeling of
satisfaction whatever ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala brings you away
of whatever he has decreed as salaam a sukbatill, ashrad, it
also protects you from mixing with the wrong folk. He says, at the
FAR rule in ibadah, it says this grant you the opportunity to just
let yourself be alone with Allah and make vicar. It gives you that
opportunity which there would then halawat al Iman or thought, he
said, you'll find that sweetness more in your abada, in your title,
Allah, subhana, wa taala, with this Khala, he says, rahatul,
kalbiwa, burden. It will grant you that contentment within your heart
and in your body, so you had enough. So what? Dino Mina, Ko
Suma, it will also protect you from those that are trying to come
for you, those that want to attack you, those who want to harm you.
Is a Tama I better, or at the fuck, or while Atiba, he said, it
will grant you that opportunity to make that Abu to pund and
contemplate because Allah says afalaya to the Barun, and one
Hadith comes to mind, and how important is a person to have that
hallua alone with Allah subhanahu wa and maybe that they could, we
know the hadith of Alisa says, Sabaton you the lum Allahu ALA.
There are seven people that will be under the shade of Allah
subhanahu wa taala the day that there will be no shade. And one of
those people is rajalan.
That a person that remembers Allah alone and his eyes start to tear.
This is what this Dean is about. It's not about just the
information about the I know, but it wants transformation that will
lead to what illumination Allah, Allah grant us that transformation
and that illumination Allah subhanahu wa protects war wa
SallAllahu.