Zia Sheikh – Tafseer Of Surah BaniIsrael Session 17
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We are going through the Tafseer of Surah
Bani Israel.
And today, Insha'Allah, we are going to
be discussing Ayah number 78 and Ayah number
79.
Two Ayahs, but they have a lot of
detail inside them.
So, therefore, it's going to take a little
bit of time.
So, Insha'Allah, we are going to be
focusing on these two specific Ayahs, Insha'Allah.
Allah SWT addresses the Prophet SAW and gives
him a command.
He says, Aqimul Salah.
Establish the Salah.
And when the Prophet SAW is being given
a command, indirectly, we also are given that
same command.
The one who is being addressed is the
Prophet SAW, but indirectly, we also are being
addressed.
So, Allah tells him, establish the Salah.
And remember, I mentioned this many times before,
Allah SWT, whenever He talks about the Salah,
He uses the word, Aqimul Salah, Aqimul Salah,
and doesn't simply say, Salli or Sallu, which
is the actual meaning, the actual way to
tell somebody to pray.
Aqimul Salah, establish Salah, perfect Salah, complete Salah,
work on your Salah, be punctual in your
Salah.
That's what Aqimul Salah means.
And Iqamah means to actually build something.
So, Salah is something to be worked upon.
It's not something to be taken half-heartedly,
and just to basically do, to remove a
burden from oneself, but it's something that we
work on.
We work on the physical aspect of the
Salah, and we work on the internal aspect
of the Salah.
The physical aspect, we pray according to the
Sunnah of the Prophet SAW, and internally, we
try to make as much khushu and concentration
as possible, and think about Allah SWT throughout
the Salah.
So, this is what is meant by Aqimul
Salah, establish the Salah.
Liduluki shamsi ila ghasaqil lain.
And what are the timings of the Salah?
In this very brief statement, all of the
five Salahs become included.
Liduluki shams, from the time of the Dalk
of the Sun.
Dalk or Duluk, it means when the Sun
reaches its peak, and then crosses that peak.
What's that time called?
Who knows?
Zawal, right?
So, the time after Zawal is the time
when Dhuhr time begins.
So, this is also known in Arabic as
the time of Dalku shams or Duluku shams.
Ila ghasaqil lain, until the darkness of the
night.
Until the darkness of the night.
Ghasaq refers to the beginning portion of the
night, or the darkness of the beginning portion
of the night.
So, establish the Salah from the time of
Zawal until the darkness of the night.
So, how many Salahs are being mentioned here?
Dhuhr is included, Asr is included, Maghrib, because
this is the beginning of the darkness or
the sunset, and then the darkness itself, which
is Salatul Isha.
So, in this, Liduluki shamsi ila ghasaqil lain,
four Salahs become included.
Wa qur'an al fajr, and the recitation
at Fajr also.
And in this, you get Salatul Fajr.
So, all of the five Salahs mentioned in
one sentence, the Prophet is told to establish
those Salahs, and we indirectly are told to
also establish those same Salahs.
Now, what does qur'an al fajr mean?
This is specifically referring to the recitation of
the qur'an at Fajr time, because Allah
says after that, Indeed, the recitation of the
Fajr is something that is attended.
Attended by whom?
It is attended by angels.
So, if you ever, and I think that
probably most people come for Fajr here, if
you come for the Fajr, there is an
actual Noor related to Fajr, there is a
special blessing related to Fajr, which is not
found in any other Salat, and this is
what Allah SWT is saying here, The Prophet
SAW said in a Hadith, The person who
prays the Salah, The person who prays the
Salah, he is in the responsibility of Allah
SWT.
So, what does that mean?
Allah SWT takes care of him.
Allah SWT protects him.
He gets this peace within him, he gets
this tranquility within him, and he starts his
day in a beautiful way, because he started
the day in the remembrance of Allah SWT,
in the obedience of Allah SWT.
The person who misses his Fajr, he doesn't
pray his Fajr, then his whole day is
going to be done with difficulty, and internally
he is going to feel bad, internally he
feels something is off, so this is the
benefit of Fajr.
The Prophet SAW mentioned in a Hadith, It's
a Hadith narrated by Abu Hurairah, he says,
The Prophet SAW said, This is the time
of Fajr in which the angels of the
night and the angels of the day, both
gather and they come and listen to the
Quran at that time, so this is something
specific to Salatul Fajr.
And in another Hadith, Abu Hurairah RA, it's
a Hadith of Sahihain, Bukhari and Muslim, The
Prophet SAW said, The angels, they basically take
turns with you, they come and go.
They are the angels of the night and
the angels of the day.
And they all gather at the time of
Salatul Subh, meaning at the time of Fajr.
And also at the time of Asr.
The ones that stayed the night with you,
meaning the angels of the night, they ascend
to Allah SWT and Allah SWT asks them,
despite the fact that He knows everything, How
did you leave my slaves?
So they say, So
this is again the benefit of praying Salatul
Fajr, especially with the Jama'a, we should
try to do that.
And then after that Allah SWT says, First
of all, Indeed, the recitation of the Fajr
is attended.
And then after that, And at night, make
Tahajjud.
And Tahajjud is a difference of opinion about
what that actually means.
The actual meaning, if you look at the
root word of Tahajjud, it means to go
to sleep.
And this is one of those words, and
there are some words in Arabic like that,
that have exactly the opposite meaning.
So Tahajjud can mean to go to sleep,
and Tahajjud can also mean to actually wake
up.
So opposing meanings.
Based upon this understanding, some scholars actually say,
that a person, if he wants to pray
Tahajjud, he should go to sleep, and then
wake up in the morning, the last third
of the night, and then pray Salatul Tahajjud,
and then that would be regarded as Salatul
Tahajjud.
However, Hasan Al Basri, he says, that any
Salat which is prayed after Isha, that is
regarded as Tahajjud.
Okay, so basically you've done your Isha prayer,
you think that you're not going to be
able to wake up in actual Tahajjud time,
the last third of the night, so it's
recommended that you pray a few Rakat of
Nawafil, before going to sleep, and that will
suffice for you, that will be sufficient as
Tahajjud, and you will get the reward for
Tahajjud for doing that.
But the best part of the night is
the last third of the night, about which
the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, he's mentioned many
specific Hadith, which say that Allah SWT, he
descends to the sky of the earth, in
the last third of the night, and he
asks his slaves, Is there anyone who is
seeking forgiveness that I should forgive him?
Is there any person who is asking so
I should give?
So Allah SWT's special mercy descends in the
last third of the night, but having said
that, according to the opinion of Hasan Al
Basri at least, a person who prays his
Tahajjud even before going to sleep, it is
sufficient for him, and this will be regarded
also as Tahajjud.
After that, Nafilatallak, addressing the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam, this is a Nafila for you, a
Prophet of Allah.
Now, this has two meanings.
We know what Nafila means, right?
It means something which is non-obligatory.
But Nafilatallak, one opinion the scholars say is,
that this Nafil is specifically for you, which
means that this order for the Prophet Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam to pray Tahajjud was specific to
him, and it was obligatory upon him to
pray Tahajjud.
It was something which was specific for him,
and it was an obligation for him to
actually pray the Tahajjud.
So this is one meaning.
And the other meaning is, Nafilatallak means, it
is a non-obligatory worship for you, meaning
it's a bonus for you.
Why is it a bonus?
Because all of the sins of the Prophet
Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, all of the sins, future,
past, present, any sin that he committed, obviously
he didn't commit any sins because he was
Masoom, he was protected by Allah SWT, but
he didn't commit any sins, so therefore the
praying of Tahajjud was simply a bonus for
him.
So this is the second meaning.
One meaning, it's Nafilatallak, means that this Nafila
is specifically an obligation for you, and the
second meaning is that this is a bonus
for you, this is an extra reward for
you, for you to pray it, because obviously
you don't need to do anything because all
of your sins have been forgiven, so therefore
this is a bonus for you, O Prophet
of Allah.
And then after that, It's very close that
your Lord is going to resurrect you and
raise you in Maqam al-Mahmood, in this
praiseworthy station, in this praiseworthy position.
What is Maqam al-Mahmood?
This is the subject of a lengthy discussion,
which I'm going to talk about right now.
There's a few riwayat that I'm going to
mention, few hadith, which will give us an
idea of what this is referring to.
Ibn Jalil At-Tabari, he says, that the
majority of the scholars, they say, that what
does Maqam al-Mahmood mean?
ذلك هو المقام الذي يقومه محمد صلى الله
عليه وسلم يوم القيامة للشفاعة للناس It is
that position, that place, that specific place, in
which the Prophet ﷺ is going to stand,
and he's going to intercede on the behalf
of his Ummah, that is known as Maqam
al-Mahmood.
Huzaifa r.a says, يجمع الناس في صعيد
واحد يسمعهم الداعي وينفذهم البصر حفاء وعراء كما
خلقوا All of the people are going to
be gathered in one place, and there's going
to be a person who's going to call,
and people are going to be able to
see towards the end of the horizon, everybody's
going to be seen in this specific place,
where everybody's going to be gathered, everybody's going
to be حفاء وعراء They're going to be
naked head and naked body, كما خلقوا, just
like they were created.
And then, nobody's going to be able to
talk.
Just imagine billions and billions or trillions of
people, just standing, and it's deadly silent.
Deadly silent, nobody can speak.
And there's an ayat of the Quran in
which Allah SWT says, that you're going to
be only be able to hear the shuffling
of the feet.
This is when the people's feet are going
to be moving, that's the only thing you're
going to be able to hear.
So, this is what's going to happen.
And then, somebody's going to call out, يُنَادَ
يَا مُحَمَّدْ أَوْ مُحَمَّدْ فَيَقُولُ The Prophet SAW
is going to say, لَبَّيْكَ وَسَعَدَيْكَ وَالْخَيْرُ فِيَدَيْكَ
وَالشَّرُّ لَيْسَ إِلَيْكَ وَالْمَهْدِيُّ مَنْ هَدَيْتَ The Prophet
SAW is going to respond by saying, Oh
Allah, I'm present, all goodness is in your
hands.
Evil is not referred back to you.
And the guided one is the one that
you guide.
وَعَبْدُكَ بَيْنِ يَدَيْكَ وَمِنْكَ وَإِلَيْكَ Your slave is
standing in front of you, right in front
of you.
لَا مَنْجَى وَلَا مَلْجَى مِنْكَ إِلَّا إِلَيْكَ There's
no place for refuge, there's no place to
run except to you.
تَبَارَكْتَ وَتَعَالَيْكَ سُبْحَانَكَ رَبَّ الْبَيْتِ You are high
and you are blessed.
And how pure you are, the Lord of
the house.
So, the Mufassereen say that this calling and
this response of the Prophet ﷺ, this is
maqam al-Mahmood.
Ibn Abbas radiallahu anhu says, المقام المحمود مقام
الشفاعة Maqam al-Mahmood is the place of
shafa'ah or the position of shafa'ah
or the ability to give shafa'ah intercession
on behalf of the ummah.
Ibn Kathir, rahimahullah, who is the author of
the tafsir, he says, the Prophet ﷺ is
going to be given very specific and special
things and blessings that nobody else has been
given, nobody else will be given.
Nobody will be equal.
He will be the first one whose grave
will open on the Day of Judgment.
The Prophet ﷺ's grave will open the first
and he'll be resurrected the first on the
Day of Judgment.
And then he will come to the Mahshar
riding on something.
And then he will be carrying a flag
in which, which will be followed by Adam
ﷺ and everyone else behind him.
He'll be in front carrying a flag.
Everybody, all of humanity will be behind the
Prophet ﷺ.
Then he's going to get al-Hawd.
The Hawd, which is the spring.
الذي ليس في الموقف أكثر واردا من This
spring, which is known as al-Kawthar.
This will be something which will be visited
by the most people.
And then he's going to be given the
ability to intercede on the behalf of people.
And this will take place after people are
going to go to Adam ﷺ, Musa ﷺ,
Isa ﷺ, and they're all going to raise
their hands and say, we cannot do anything
for you today.
And then ultimately they're going to come to
the Prophet ﷺ and he's going to intercede
on behalf of people that have been destined
to go to the hellfire.
But the Prophet ﷺ is going to intercede
on their behalf.
And then he is, his shafa'ah is
going to be accepted.
His ummah is going to be judged the
first.
Our judgment is going to take place the
first.
And also, they'll be the first to go
on to the bridge which is across the
hellfire, which is known as the As-Sirat.
And basically cross over into paradise the first.
He's going to be the first one to
enter paradise, and his ummah is going to
enter the paradise before anybody.
So all of these things combined, this is
what maqamun mahmud means, according to Ibn Kathir,
rahimahullah.
As mentioned in a rebuke of Bukhari, Ibn
Umar ﷺ says, إِنَّ النَّاسَ يَصِيرُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ
جُثَاءًۭ كُلُّ أُمَّةٍ تَتْبَعُ نَبِيَهَا يَقُولُونَ يَا فُلَانْ
إِشْفَعْ حَتَّى تَنْتَهِيَ الشَّفَعَةُ إِلَى مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَى اللَّهُ
وَسَلَامًۭ فَذَلِكَ يَوْمٌ يَبْعَثُهُ اللَّهُ مَقَامًا مَحْمُدًا Every
person, every human is going to be resurrected,
and they're going to be juthaa.
Juthaa basically means they're going to be bent
over with the pressure of what's going on
around them.
And each one is going to go to
their Prophet and going to ask their Prophet,
إِشْفَعْ إِشْفَعْ Intercede for me, intercede for me.
And nobody is going to be able to
intercede until they come to the Prophet ﷺ,
and he will intercede on behalf of people.
In another riwaya, إِنَّ الشَّمْسَ لَتَدْنُ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ
الْعَرَقُ نِصْفَ الْأُذْنِ فَبَيْنَمَا هُمْ كَذَلِكَ إِسْتَخَاثُوا بِآدَمِ
فَيَقُولُ لَسْتُ بِصَاحِبِ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ بِمُوسَى فَيَقُولُ كَذَلِكَ
ثُمَّ بِمُحَمَّدٍ فَيَشْفَعُهُ بَيْنَ الْخَلْقِ فَيَمْشِي حَتَّى يَخُذَ
بِحَلَقَةِ بَابِ الْجَنَّةِ فَيَوْمَئِذٍ يَبْعَفُهُ اللَّهُ مَقَامًا مَحْمُودًا
In this riwaya, the sun is going to
be above the people's heads, and people are
going to be sweating, and they're going to
be drowning in their own sweats, until the
sweat is going to reach their ears.
And while they're in this situation, people are
going to be making استغافة, meaning seeking help
from Adam, and he will say, لَسْتُبِ صَاحِبِ
ذَلِكَ I'm not worthy of doing that.
And then Musa, he's going to say the
same thing, and then to Muhammad, and he's
going to intercede between the people, and he's
going to walk until he's going to hold
on to the ring of the door of
Jannah, and that is المقام المحمود, that has
been promised to the Prophet.
The next hadith is something that we should
all pay attention to.
It is something that is easy to do,
yet many people neglect it, and do not
take advantage of it.
What is that hadith?
Jabir ibn Abdullah radiallahu anhu narrates, أَنَّ رَسُولَ
اللَّهِ صَلَى اللَّهُ عَلَىٰ سَلَامَهُ قَالَ مَنْ قَالَ
حِينَ يَسْمَعُ النِّدَاءِ اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ هَذِهِ الدَّعْوَةِ التَّامَّةِ
وَالصَّلَاةِ الْقَائِمَةِ آتِ مُحَمَّدًا الْوَسِيلَةَ وَالْقَضِيلَةَ
وَمَعَثْهُمَا قَامًا مَحْمُودًا الَّذِي وَعَتَّهِ حَلَّتْ لَهُ شَفَاعَةِ
يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ The person who hears the Nidaa,
meaning the Adhan and basically he says this
Dua after the Adhan has finished which is
اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ هَذِهِ الدَّعْوَةِ التَّامَّةِ وَالصَّلَاةِ الْقَائِمَةِ آتِ
مُحَمَّدًا الْوَسِيلَةَ وَالْقَضِيلَةَ وَمَعَثْهُمَ قَامًا مَحْمُودًا الَّذِي
وَعَتَّهِ The Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam said whoever
reads this Dua, my Shafa'ah, my intercession
will be obligatory for him on the Day
of Judgment Very easy thing to do and
yet such a reward that the Prophet sallallahu
alaihi wasallam is going to intercede on our
behalf if we do this Dua This is
asking Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to give
the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam المقام المحمود So
when a person does that, he makes Dua
for the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam to get
this special status on the Day of Judgment
He himself will be benefiting from that special
status which will be the intercession of the
Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam on behalf of him
Ubaid ibn Ka'b r.a from the
Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam إِذَا كَانِ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَ
كُنْتُ إِمَامَ الْأَنبِيَاءِ When the Day of Judgment
takes place I will be the Imam of
all the وَصَاحِبُ شَفَاعَتِهِمْ غَيْرِ فَخْرٍ I will
be their Khateeb And I will be the
person whose intercession will be accepted غَيْرِ فَخْرٍ
And I'm not saying this out of arrogance
The Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam said It's not
that I'm arrogant about it But this is
a reality This is going to happen And
there are many many Hadith which talk about
this whole concept of intercession and people going
to the Anbiya alaihimu sallallahu alaihi wasallam and
being upset and worried and running around not
knowing what to do until it comes to
the Prophet alaihi wasallam The Prophet sallallahu alaihi
wasallam goes into Sajdah and makes Duas that
Allah SWT is going to put into his
heart and then after that Allah SWT is
going to tell him اِرْفَعْ رَاسَكْ سَأْلْ تُعْطَهْ
اِشْفَعْ تُشَفَّعْ Raise your head Ask, Allah will
give you And intercede, Allah will accept your
intercession Beautiful long Riwayat We don't have time
to go into them right now But basically
the summary is that the Prophet sallallahu alaihi
wasallam is going to be given this special
status on the Day of Judgement Just finish
off with a couple more Hadith Inshallah يُبْعَثُ
النَّاسُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَ فَأَكُونُوا أَنَا وَأُمَّتِيَا لَا تَلْلِنُ
The Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam said that people
are going to be resurrected on the Day
of Judgement and me and my Ummah are
going to be on a hill Meaning, this
Ummah is going to be specifically put on
a special place which is elevated and the
people are going to be around them وَيَكْسُونِ
رَبِّي عَزَّ وَجَلْ حُلَّةً خَضْرًا Allah s.w
.t. is going to make me wear the
green clothes of Jannah The green clothes of
Jannah are going to be put on me
ثُمَّ يُؤْذَنُوا لِي And then I'm going to
be permitted فَأَقُولُوا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْ أَقُولُ
And I will say what Allah s.w
.t. wants me to say فَذَلِكَ الْمَقَامُ الْمَحْمُودُ
This is what Al-Maqam Al-Mahmood refers
to Abu Darda r.a says that the
Prophet s.a.w. said أَنَا أَوَّلُ مَنْ
يُؤْذَنُ لَهُ بِالسُّجُودِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَ I'm going to
be the first person who is going to
be given permission to make Sajdah on the
Day of Judgement وَأَنَا أَوَّلُ مَنْ يُؤْذَنُ لَهُ
أَنْ يُرْفَعَ رَأْسُهُ And I will be the
first person who is going to be permitted
to raise his head from the Sajdah also
فَأَنْظُرَ إِلَىٰ مَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْكُ I'm going to
look at whatever is in front of me
فَأَعْرِفُ أُمَّتِي مِنْ بَيْنِ الْأُمَمِ And I'm going
to recognize my Ummah from between all of
the nations وَمِنْ خَلْفِي مِثْلُ ذَلِكِ This is,
and I will look behind me the same
thing, I'll recognize my Ummah وَعَنْ يَمِينِي مِثْلُ
ذَلِكِ On my right, I'm going to recognize
my Ummah وَعَنْ شَبَالِي مِثْلُ ذَلِكِ Also on
my left, I'm going to be recognizing my
Ummah A person said to the Prophet ﷺ
يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ تَعْرِفُ أُمَّتَكْ مِنْ بَيْنِ
الْأُمَمِ How are you going to recognize your
Ummah from between all of the nations فيما
بين نُحْ إلى أُمَّتِكْ There's going to be
so many people from Nuh ﷺ all the
way up to your Ummah So how are
you going to recognize them So the Prophet
ﷺ said هُمْ غُرٌّ مُحَجَّلُونَ مِنْ أَثَرِ الْوَضُوءِ
They're going to be غُرًّا مُحَجَّلُونَ because of
the effect of wudu غُرًّا مُحَجَّلُونَ refers to
those horses which have white patches on their
forearms and their feet That's what غُرًّا مُحَجَّلُونَ
means So, the Ummah they're going to be,
their body parts are going to be shining
just like those white patches on horses It
is very, very clear that you cannot differentiate
that you can easily differentiate between a horse
which has those marks and a horse which
does not have those marks The Prophet ﷺ
said, my Ummah their body parts are going
to be shining because of the effect of
wudu and I will recognize them So how
misfortunate is that person who doesn't make wudu
who doesn't pray the Salat The Prophet ﷺ
is not going to be able to recognize
him This is one of the pillars of
our Deen is the Salat It is one
of the foundations to make wudu and go
for Salat This is something that we should
be proud of and something which will make
us be different from the other people on
the Day of Judgment So, we should take
advantage of it as much as possible لَيْسَ
أَحَدٌ كَذَٰلِكَ غَيْرُهُمْ There's nobody like that other
than them that are going to have that
The Prophet ﷺ said وَاعْرِفُهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ يُؤْتَوْنَ كُتُوبَهُمْ
بِأَيْمَانِهِمْ They're going to be given their Book
of Deeds in the right hand وَاعْرِفُهُمْ تَسْعَى
مِن بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُمْ And I'm going to
recognize them that their progeny is going to
be in front of them Meaning Allah SWT
is going to reunite all of their progeny
and children on the Day of Judgment And
this is another one of the indications of
my Ummah that their progeny, their children are
going to be in front of them In
Sahih Muslim Rahimahullah The Prophet ﷺ said أَنَا
سَيِّدُ وُلدِ آدَمِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَأَوَّلُ مَنْ يُنْشَقُ
عَنْهُ الْقَبْرِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَأَوَّلُ شَافِعٍ وَأُوَّلُ شَفَّعٍ
I will be the leader of the children
of Adam on the Day of Judgment And
the first person whose grave will be opened
up on the Day of Judgment And I
will be the first intercessor interceder And the
first whose intercession will be accepted And also
the Prophet ﷺ mentioned about this Ayah That
مَقَامُ مَحْمُدُ وَهُوَ الْمَقَامُ الَّذِي أَشْفَعُ لِأُمَّتِي فِيهِ
This is the place in which I will
intercede on behalf of my Ummah And the
final hadith إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ مَدَّ اللَّهُ
الْأَرْضَ مَدَّ الْأَدِيمِ حَتَّى لَا يَكُونَ لِبَشَرٍ مِنَ
النَّاسِ إِلَّا مَوْضِيَ قَدَمَيْهِ Allah SWT is going
to stretch out the earth on the Day
of Judgment People are going to be standing
there But there is not going to be
any other space except for a person's feet
That are going to be there All of
humanity are going to be gathered And the
people's, the place is only going to be
for the feet قال النبي ﷺ فَأَكُونُ أَوَّلُ
مَن يُدْعَىٰ I will be the first one
who is going to be called وَجِبْرِيلُ عَنْ
يَمِينِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَىٰ Jibreel A.S. is
going to be on the right of Allah
SWT فَأَقُولُ أَيْ رَبِّ إِنَّ هَذَا أَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّكَ
أَرْسَلْتَهُ إِلَيْهِ فَيَقُولُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَىٰ صَدَقْ ثُمَّ
أَشْفَعْ فَأَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ عِبَادُكَ عَبَدُوكَ فِي أَطْرَافِ
الْأَرْضِ قَال فَهُوَ الْمَقَامُ الْمَحْمُودُ I will say
to my Lord Oh my Lord, this Meaning
Jibreel A.S. He informed me that You
sent him to me And Allah SWT is
going to say that Yes, he told the
truth and then I will intercede on behalf
of my Ummah And I'm going to say
Oh my Lord Your slaves, your servants They
worshipped you in all the corners of the
earth They worshipped you In all the corners
of the earth This is Al-Maqam Al
-Mahmood The fact that I will be standing
in front of Allah SWT And asking him
this And conversing with him This will be
Al-Maqam Al-Mahmood So basically the summary
is That Allah SWT is telling the Prophet
A.S. That Oh Prophet of Allah You're
going to get a special status On the
Day of Judgment This status is known as
Al-Maqam Al-Mahmood And when we hear
the Adhan We actually make dua for the
Prophet A.S. Oh Allah give him this
special status That you promised him And because
of that Allah SWT is going to Allow
the intercession That Prophet A.S. does for
people That will be obligatory On our behalf
Allah SWT is going to accept that intercession
And we will be blessed with that intercession
And Allah SWT will accept it So this
is the specific Thing and special status Of
the Prophet A.S. Which will be different
to all of the Prophets on the Day
of Judgment So we are in that Ummah
of the Prophet A.S. We should be
proud of that And we should be happy
That Allah SWT chose us To be in
this Ummah Allah SWT says Allah SWT actually
chose you And He didn't make Any haraj
Any difficulty in your Deen So the fact
that we are chosen And we are in
the Ummah of the Prophet A.S. This
is something that we should Be grateful for
And we should thank Allah SWT For as
much as possible And we will see the
true benefits Of that Insha'Allah on the
Day of Judgment I pray that Allah SWT
gives us tawfiq to understand And practice what
is being said and heard