How do I call upon Allah subhanahu wa’ta’ala using His entire name’s in my supplication? so that I’m connecting to Allah from all of these different angles because at the end of the day to bring all of the 99 back together in our hearts in our minds and our thoughts, on our tongues is to completely overwhelm ourselves right with the contemplation of Allah who Is and how we connect with Him.
‘And to Allah belong all the best names, so call Him by them’ -Quran 7:180. How do I start to bring about all of the names of Allah into my supplication?
If we had a proper understanding of the name names of Allah, then the issues of faith that have been made primary will be rendered secondary. They’ll be turned into peripheral issues because you have such a trust in a faith in the name of Allah subhanahu wa’ta’ala in the names of Allah and the attributes of Allah subhanawTaala. – Shaykh Omar Suleiman
Umar (Ra) was being a teacher, a mentor to Jabir Ibn Abdullah [r] and was basically saying to him look just because you have unlimited access to limited resources that others don’t doesn’t mean that you should Grant yourself that unlimited access to those things doesn’t mean that you should purchase whenever you feel like purchasing because you have the means to do so, right?
We have limited resources. We have an inherent scarcity and just because we have access easy access to those things or we might be amongst those that have easy access to those things doesn’t mean we should always use that access to make things as easy as possible for us and treat ourselves as much as we want to these blessings that have been made available to us.
We’re meant to be restricted. We’re meant to be limited. And if Allah has blessed us to this point to where we never had to think that way then let’s think that way now in sha Allah tala and take advantage of these moments to discipline ourselves spiritually With the blessings that were so readily available to us before. – Shaykh Omar Suleiman
Laa ‘ilaaha ‘illallaahu wahdahu laa shareeka lahu, lahul-mulku wa lahul-hamdu, yuhyee wa yumeetu, wa Huwa hayyun laa yamootu, biyadihil-khayru, wa Huwa ‘alaa kulli shay’in Qadeer. None has the right to be worshipped but Allah alone, Who has no partner. His is the dominion and His is the praise. He brings life and He causes death, and He is living and does not die. In His Hand is all good, and He is Able to do all things. Reference: At-Tirmithi 5/291, and Al-Hakim 1/538. Al-Albani graded it good in Sahih Ibn Majah 2/21 and Sahih At-Tirmithi 3/152.
دعاء دخول السوق- قال الرسول : « من دخل السوق فقال: “لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له، له الملك وله الحمد يحيي ويميت وهو حي لا يموت بيده الخير وهو على كل شيء قدير” كتب الله له ألف ألف حسنة ومحا عنه ألف ألف سيئة ورفع له ألف الف درجة » وفي رواية: « وبنى له بيتا في الجنة » [ رواه الإمام أحمد والترمذي وابن ماجه والحاكم عن ابن عمر].
It is stated in the hadith that if a person reads the above du’aa in the market place, Allaah writes ten lakh rewards for him and forgives ten lakh sins and raises his status by ten lakh, and a house is prepared for him in Jannah. N.B. one lakh = 100,000 (Tirmidhi) Note: Whoever recites this du’aa [in the market place], Allaah will reward him with a million virtues (hasanah), forgive a million of his sins and elevate his rank by a million Reference: At-Tirmithi 5/291, and Al-Hakim 1/538. Al-Albani graded it good in Sahih Ibn Majah 2/21 and Sahih At-Tirmithi 3/152
Masjid being taken away from us and may Allah subhanahu wa’ta’ala allow us to return to His houses , when the masjid reopens here is how my commitment to it is going Change, here’s what I’m going to do different…
Let’s obsess over whether our hearts are open to Allah right now so that when those houses are reopened to us, our longing Hearts will do right by them this time around…
People come to the prophet (saw) and say who do you love the most? and can you imagine Ali and Fatima (ra) asking the prophet (saw) which of us to do you love more? but now it’s Ali and Fatima (ra) asking the prophet (saw) by the way, who Do You Love More? What do you think the answer of the prophet (saw) was? both… the prophet (saw) had the most eloquent answer. First of all the prophet (saw) can’t lie. Alright. his heart is attached to fatima (Ra) He loves fatima (Ra) and fatima (Ra) was very special to him. But at the same time he doesn’t want to answer that question in a way that would hurt Ali (ra) Who he also raised like his own son. Right? And he loved Ali (ra) like his own son. He’s a son, he’s his cousin.
He’s his brother in Medina. He’s so much to him. So they asked the prophet (saw) Which of us two is more beloved to you? So he looked at Ali (ra) and he said she is more beloved to me than you but you are more precious to me than her. So he gave them an answer that they could both take some pride in right? of course, there are certain connotations to that what he means by that and you are more beloved to me o Fatima because the prophet (saw) truly loved her that much, now the first problem that arises in this marriage: Is not that they had an argument, it’s not that they… the poverty got to them. It’s the distance from the prophet salallahu alaihe wasalam Once they got married, realized they were poor, they were distant from the messenger Sallallahu wasallam, their home was far away and they felt a distance from him. Fatima (Ra) grew up as the daughter and then ….. the mother of her father , of the prophet (saw), Ali (ra) also felt the distance from the prophet salallahu alaihe wasalam, and if you look at an old map of Medina, you’ll That the …. the apartment of the Prophet (saw) if you will the small homes of the Prophet (saw) where you would see his grave now, so his…. where his grave is actually the room of who? the appartment of Ayesha (ra) that’s where the home of the prophet (Saw) and ayesha (Ra) was and then you you have these small homes that run to the left side of the Masjid, right?
And they run two by two, taking up that That area and the house was far away from the prophet (saw) house. Now all of the homes of the prophet (Saw) actually belonged or were built on the land of one man. And his name was… and his name doesn’t come up. I’m not even going to bother asking if someone knows that MashaAllah, but it’s a very hard name to find. His name is Haritha Ibn an-Nu`man’ (Ra) Haritha Ibn an-Nu`man’…. He’s not that well known from the companions, but he owned a huge piece of land. Next to the area of the Masjid. So whenever the prophet (saw) would get married. He’d give him a new extension of the land so that the prophet (saw) could have a home there. So when Ali and Fatima (ra) got married the prophet (saw) was too embarrassed to ask Haritha (ra) for more lands so that he could have a home for fatima and ali (Ra) close to him. So Haritha (Ra) saw in the prophet (saw) one day, some sort of emotion some longing, so he said to him do you miss your daughter Fatima (ra) and the prophet (saw) said yes, and he knew what he was indicating. He said that I was too embarrassed to ask you because you’ve already given us so much. so, how are this is the humility of the prophet (saw) he could snap his finger and everyone will throw everything at him, right? But he doesn’t want to take advantage of the kindness of Haritha, so he said I didn’t want to ask you for more and Haritha said by Allah the land that I give to you is more beloved to me than the land that I keep with me. I love giving you lands, you could take all the properties that you want. It’s okay. So he told the prophet (Saw) why don’t you take this piece of land which is right across from your house with ayesa (Ra)? Okay. So why don’t you take that piece of land right across from your house with ayesa (ra) So the prophet (saw) smiled and he made Dua for him.
He prayed for him that Allah would give him a palace in Paradise. So fatima and Ali (ra)’s home was then built. adjacent to the house of the prophet (saw) and ayesa (ra) in fact, the only window that you have in those small. If you look at the models of how those homes were built. It was only one window, the window of ayesa (ra) and the window of Fatima (ra) were facing each other, right? So it’s very close to the house of the Prophet salallahu alaihe wasalam, so they moved close to him, but then you had the problem of poverty. As I mentioned in the story of Ali (ra) and Ali (Ra) was always poor, always in poverty, right his whole life is defined by intense poverty and the prophet (saw) himself lived in great poverty. So it’s not like the prophet (saw) made it and then left his daughter in poverty, no, the prophet (saw) himself was in deep poverty until the day of his death, right? the prophet (saw) never moved into a palace. He never ate more than a meal a day and it was usually just some dates and water. Prophet (saw) was in poverty. So Ali and fatima (ra) reached the point of extreme poverty and Ali (Ra) developed back pain and fatima (Ra) developed blisters in her hands because of the amount of work that they had to do just to stay afloat and she was exhausted. And Ali (ra) said to Fatima radiyaallahu ana why don’t you ask the prophet (saw) if he could provide a khadem.. a servant. And a maid, someone help out in the home and fatima (Ra) said that I’m too embarrassed to ask him. Ali (Ra) said why don’t you just go and just inquire just see if the prophet (saw), you know the prophet (saw) had high emotional intelligence, he could tell what his daughter would want or.. you know, and he would be able to read it and prophet (saw) would likely as we know his character would likely go ahead and say Yes fine, you know, here you go and so fatima (ra) went to the house of the the prophet (saw) after Salatul fajr, after the fajr prayer, the next day and found the Aisha may Allah be pleased with her and inquired about the prophet (saw) and ayesa (ra) said that the prophet (Saw) had not come home yet. So he was still in the Masjid doing, remembrance… He was praying, he was remembering Allah. He was supplicating, as he would do for a long time after the morning prayer after fajr up until the time of sunrise. So she went home, now on the prophet (saw) came home, Ayesa (Ra) told the prophet (saw) that fatima came looking for you today. prophet (saw) immediately went to the house and he knocked the door and Ali (Ra) man, who is it?
So the prophet (saw) said, that it’s it’s me. Ali (Ra) said ya rasulallah … He said o messenger of Allah wait, they wanted to get the house ready. It was nighttime. Okay, and they wanted to get the house ready and you know be a little bit more presentable, right? when the messenger of God comes to the home. the prophet (saw) said he said just stay as you are, stay seated as you are. Now, if you remember last week the house of Ali and Fatima (ra) had one bed. It was also their couch. It was also where they fed their animals from, so they literally sat up on the bed and the prophet (saw) said don’t get up just stay right there and it was a cold night. Okay, so the prophet (saw)…..they were kind of wrapped in the blanket. the prophet (saw) went Inside and he sat between them and he looked at Fatima (ra) and he said yeah fatima and she said yes o messenger of God. He said did you come looking for me today? So she said yes, oh my father. he said fatima what is it that you’re asking for?
Oh Fatima, what caused you to inquire? So she said to the messenger of Allah sallallahu alaihi wasallam that I heard that maybe you had a servant or a maid or someone that could help me. Maybe there was someone that could help me because it becomes difficult in the home. the prophet (saw) said who told you that there might be some servants or there might be a maid or someone to be able to help you out. She didn’t want to throw Ali (ra) under the bus because Ali (Ra) was the one that told her that I think that he might… he might be able to provide a servant or a maid or khadem to help you.
So she just said someone told me. so the prophet salallahu alaihe wasalam said shall I not o Fatima shall I not give you something that is greater, that is more beneficial than a servant or maid to assist. So they both said of course, now the thinking was that maybe he’s going to give you know, he’s going to.. he’s going to find a way to have multiple needs or multiple servants to help them out. the prophet (saw) is about to make the situation really good for them. Right? the prophet sallallahu wasallam instead said when you go to sleep say subhanallah 33 times, just to glorify God so say subhanallah 33 times, say alhamdulillah, 33 times meaning praise Allah 33 times and say Allahu Akbar 34 times. Okay that God is greatest 34 times. So glorify him 33 times, praise him 33 times and declare his greatness 34 times, which would make a hundred. They said … Allah will do that yeah rasulullah and then they said well and also…. is there a servant the prophet (saw) said and this is powerful because it shows you the ethics and the Integrity Of the prophet (saw). He said I can’t give you a khadem (servant) I can’t provide a servant for you and leave the people of .. which were the homeless people that slept in the Masjid. Okay, So the majid had homeless people …… for the people that slept in the back of the masjid. He said I can’t leave them and the orphans from the Battle of Badr empty-handed. Okay, so they were orphans from the battle, prophet (saw) that I can’t give them, I can’t.. I can’t help you and then leave them in their way, but the prophet (saw) said if you say the these words every night before you sleep Allah will provide for you in ways that are far greater than anything that you’re asking for. Ali (ra) said that I never missed there was not a single night, a single night that I did not say those words after that, subhanallah 33 times, Alhumdillah 33 times, Allah Akbar 34 times and he said I swear by Allah that we were increased in strength and sustenance and we never felt like we needed a khadem or needed a maid or a servant after that that Allah I had enriched us in this situation or gave us the strength so that we didn’t need anything after that.
Fatimah (Ra) after the prophet (saw) died immediately went sick, immediately became ill, right? It did not take but a few days for her to become ill as well and you have to ask yourself. Why did she loved her father so much? did the prophet (saw) spoil her with wealth and riches and throw things out at her, used his position of power to privilege her or was it that intense love that the prophet (saw) showed to her right? that was something and that’s a lesson for parents as well. the prophet as a father, the prophet as a parent that what you give to your child of love is so much more than anything else. You can give to them. How much did the prophet (saw) give her of himself despite being the messenger of Allah, despite having all that he had on this plate that made her love him so much.
So, when did she die RadiAllahu anha, It was the first Ramadan after the death of the Prophet (saw). Imagine Medina first Ramadan after the death of the Prophet (saw) you know, when you talk about anniversaries or things that come up or whatever It is after the death of a person that brings back all the pain, ramadan in the Medina and the prophet (Saw) is alive, leading you in prayer how, I mean look at Masjid in Ramadan how amazing was ramadan with the prophet (saw) among the people and this is the first time that they’re going to have to go through ramadan and the prophet (Saw) is dead and is burried Fatima (Ra) in the very first Ramadan as that Ramadan came around, she was the third day of Ramadan that she goes out to her Courtyard. So meaning right outside the home, She lays at the heavens smiling. She looks up at the skies and she’s smiling, now that to….Asma bint Umais (Ra) She called for Asma bint Umais may Allah be pleased with her.
She told Asma bint Umais (Ra) She said listen when I die. I want to be buried at night. So that not too many people come and no one will see my figure. And you know what she meant by that was that she wanted a very modest, very modest departing, Right, and some of the scholars said, she was of course known for her Haya.. She was known for her modesty and she literally meant it as that I don’t want my figure to be exposed. So bring a cloth that is white that will cover me and let me be buried at night so that very few people would attend so that it wouldn’t cause, it wouldn’t have too many people around at that time and Allah would conceal me. So Asma bint Umais (Ra) told Umm Salama (Ra) , Salama was one of those that furnished the house of Fatima, right and Ali may Allah be pleased with him.
So umm Salama brought her a cloth from habesha from abyssinia from the migration to abyssinia. Those are very thick cloth and sealed her with it and she was happy with it. She looked at that cloth. She said this is good and then she called for Ali (ra) right, So her last moments are actually with her family RadiAllahu anha and she called for Ali (Ra) and they shared some moments of love and she she actually told Ali (Ra) that I want to… she actually told Ali (Ra) who she wants him to marry after she dies, to take care of the kids. So she told Ali (Ra) to marry Umamah bint Zainab who was the daughter of of her sister Zainab? So that she could be a caretaker for the kids. She said she’s a motherly woman. She’s a loving woman. So when I die, I want you to marry Umamah because she would take care of the kids. She would take care of Hasan, Husayn, Muhsin, Zaynab, Umm Kulthum not just her thinking about her children. She Embraces her family and subhanallah.
She leaves this world laying out looking at the heavens. And the angel coming to her and taking her with a nur (light) on her face with with the smile, on her face with just complete peace fulfilling what the prophet (saw) had said, which is that she would be the first of the companions to die after the prophet (saw), the very first person to leave this earth from the family of the Prophet (saw), from as close companions that would join the messenger salallahu Alihi wasalam after his death. Ali (ra) Just lost the prophet (saw) Now he lost fatimah (ra) and Ali (Ra) assisted in the washing of her and he cried frequently at her washing and Ali (Ra) had to have the grueling experience of doing what the prophet (Saw) did with khadiza (ra) which was to actually get in the grave and receive her body and to bury her. And it was extremely difficult on Ali (Ra) to do so and Ali (Ra) led the janazah of his wife fatimah (Ra) and this is going back to the prophet (saw) bearing Khadijah (ra) It feels very similar. Right? I mean that closeness that tightness between these two and Ali (Ra) he actually said he said nothing exhausted me, more in my entire life than the death of my to beloved ones within that short period. I lost the two most important people to me in my life within that very short period, Ali (Ra) said everything I’ve been through in life battles, Wars, khalifa, fitna, all of it.
He said nothing consumed me and took more for me than the death of the prophet (saw) and fatima (Ra) in that very small, you know period of time And this is a… end on a sad note because but there’s something to be to be said about this that when you read the poem that Ali (Ra) recited at the graveside of Fatima (ra) There’s nothing happy about it. There’s nothing about it. That is hopeful, it’s just pain, it’s raw pain when you read what Ali (Ra) said at the graveside of fatimah (Ra) but that shows you that love and that humanity and that rahmah, prophet (saw) said that’s the mercy of the heart, that is mercy,Right? remember when his own son died and the prophet (Saw) was crying and they said you know, how could you be crying yeah rasulAllah, he said it’s a Rahmah,
This is the compassion that Allah puts in our hearts for one another and so the words of Ali (Ra) when Fatima (Ra) died pure pain on I mean unfiltered raw pain. There’s nothing else that’s given except for pain. It’s a very strong poem. He had finished burying her he stood by her graveside and And he recited the following. He said what is wrong with me standing at the graveside saying Salam to the one who has passed, the grave of my lover, but she’s not responding to my greeting, and he calls out and he says my lover why are you not responding to my Salam, have you forgotten all of the intimates? He said have you forgotten all of the intimate moments that were shared between the two of us? And then he actually says in this poem he starts to respond with what fatmah (Ra) would be saying back to him and he says my beloved one responded and said, how can I respond to you? And I’ve become a prisoner. I’ve become now consumed by stones and by dirt and he cried RadiAllahu anhu and he responded again. He’s still speaking. He says the dirt has consumed my beauty and that is why I have moved on and I’ve been Veiled from my family and my beloved ones and so he said… and so she responded and she said and so my Salam back to you and to them meaning to those that I’ve left behind, those intimate moments have now passed. These are painful words. They are raw expressions of death. There is nothing about them.
That is we’ll meet again in Jannah, nothing about them that I’m okay. It’s pure pain and that is actually is an expression of that love that deep love that Ali (Ra) had for fatima (Ra) Ali (ra) who did not go back on his faith. He didn’t become, you know resentful to Allah. He knows the way that this works. He knows the process of death and afterlife, but that doesn’t mean that he didn’t feel pain and I think that’s actually something that’s very important when we lose our loved ones. We’re not Expected to not feel pain. That’s not what sabr is, sabr is not patience, is not to not feel pain and not feel loved and not feel that distance when you lose your loved ones. patience is to not say anything not to say anything except that which is pleasing to Allah and to use that pain to do good for them. Right? like the prophet (saw) with khadiza (Ra) visiting her friends, spending on her behalf, maintaining those relationships. That’s what it is. And I think it’s only fitting that you go through that you just see it’s just love and pain and Ali (Ra) is actually imagining a conversation between him and fathima (Ra) at that point And that’s the deep love that he had for her, RadiAllahu `anha. Of course what we know what the prophet (saw) mentioned of the Gathering of the souls of the Believers. We have no doubt being that they’re both from those promise jannah (Paradise) ******* the masters of the Youth of the people of paradise that they are gathered again in the presence of the Prophet (saw) in The Realm of the righteous Souls. We asked Allah to gather us with them and to allow us to be like them. We ask Allah subhanaw Taala to put that love in that Mercy in our hearts and to put that Rida with Allah that pleasure with Allah has decreed in our hearts and to unite us with our families and to unite us with this blessed family and the highest level jannatul ferdous, allahumma Ameen.
The prophet salallahu alihi wasalam said that the example of people upon whom the Revelation Falls are like the different types of lands. Some people are like hard lands that shaped in a way That’s like a rock. The rains is hits it. It doesn’t absorb it. The rock doesn’t absorb it. The surface doesn’t absorb it nor does it benefit anybody or anything else around it. Then the prophet (saw) said but there’s then a surface that’s like it’s hard but it’s bowl-shaped or it’s shaped in a way that I could carry some water but none of the water is absorbed. then he (saw) said there is surface, That’s like soil.
It takes in the water. It absorbs it. And you know if you think about this in terms of benefit, by the way, right? the the bowl shaped surface that carries water right away offers an immediate sense of gratification and benefit to everything but itself. but once the water is gone, it’s just like the first type of land, right? it’s exposed for its bareness and for its hardness, that type of person the prophet (saw) said is like a person who benefits others with the Revelation but does not benefit themselves, meaning for a short while you’re able to get something out of it and you’re able to offer something from it, but the water gets drunk really quick and then there is nothing left to it. You never actually absorbed it you, just gave others something of it to benefit from. but that other person that’s like soil when the soil absorbs the water. That means that first and foremost. The primary beneficiary of that water, of that Revelation is the person themselves.
That it went deep inside of me, it penetrated. The other implication of that is that it’s going to bear fruit and bear vegetation in the long run. So while the surface that carries the water and that’s a hard surface in the short-term gives people an immediate sense of benefit. The soil doesn’t provide immediate benefit put it provides long-term benefits. And that type of benefit is not just to other parties but it starts off with you. You soak it in, your heart gets saturated by it. And subhanallah, you know, what else? That type of vegetation whatever comes out of that, you might be able to break a branch or break a tree. But it’s so deeply rooted in the soil of your heart that even if people are able to get you momentarily. You’ll just grow something else back. When you talk about how you are meant to represent Islam, I recognize the immense pressure upon young people in particular to have to represent Islam, especially when they have not been able at times to absorb it and it’s most beautiful sense. Make sure that as you’re interacting with religion. in a time when people immediately hear and speak; receive and show; make sure that you’re taking some quiet time to actually try to absorb and appreciate the profound transformative nature of this message. Make sure that you’re actually taking time for yourself, Make sure that before you preach it you practice it, you know with every other form of knowledge. You learn it and then you teach it and Islam you learn, you implement, Then you teach, you learn, Implement, teach and that process never can be interrupted. It has to be that in between your learning and your teaching there is some level of implementation and for a person that has to interact with a broader society that has such ugly Impressions about this beautiful religion what that means is making sure that you allocate some time to read by yourself, to meditate upon the meanings of this religion by yourself at times. No social structure is going to fill that void of your own,. your own ability to sit and to ponder upon the meanings of the Quran and the Sunnah of the Prophet (saw) what the …..not does is it reinvigorates you it motivates you, it gives you the tools so that you can do that on your own, but Take a step back. And actually try to absorb it. To be a person of substance.
Because if the only way you’ve interacted with the Quran is listening and reciting and the only way you’ve interacted with the Sunnah of the Prophet (saw) is treating it like a reference so that you go and you get the Hadith that you need or you get the lecture that you need so that you can give it to somebody else, at no point in that process. Was there a moment for you to actually absorb it to sit with yourself and actually absorb it. you know, a lot of people think that the reason why I don’t need to do that is because I’m already living or demonstrating some of those meanings. But the reality is that you you’re just that bowl that’s giving water to other people but you haven’t given it a chance to actually penetrate deep into your heart. sometimes even in your hardest moments Allah gives you an opportunity for growth, to grow out of that hard moment. And the idea here is that you don’t really know that you’re a person of substance or What You’re Made Of until you’re put through something that shakes you. And that’s where it comes out. You know anything about good character and Sunnah when I say the word Sunnah. usually it’s something that is external and its nature and the practices of the prophet (saw) the external practices are important. the sunnah as we understand them are important. I am not saying the deen does not Encompass those in that.. They’re not important part of our religion. Your exterior does matter, you know, there is something about it, but When the prophet (saw) was described what that you are upon an exalted standard of character and the prophet salallahu alaihe wasalam was described as Mission as that. I was sent only to perfect good manners.
There’s something deeper about his person, the character of the prophet (saw) was special. But as I said, you don’t really know what you’re made of until your shook, right? You want to know what the greatest test of good character is? the greatest test of your good character is how you deal with people with bad character. Imam al-ghazali (rah) said the greatest test of good character is how you deal with people with bad character. If you think about the person of the Prophet salallahu alihi wasalam his character shines brightest when it was challenged. It’s very easy to be nice to someone who’s being nice to you. It’s very easy to embody Ramah and mercy when it’s with someone who’s really deserving of Mercy around you. It’s very easy to embody empathy when it’s someone that naturally gives off a sentiment solicit that sympathy just by there being, it’s very easy to be for justice. When it forces someone that’s on your team, when you like the person that you’re standing justice for when it’s a popular cause of Justice, all of that is easy, but when you’re challenged and the only incentive that you have is to please Allah subhanahu wa’ta’ala and you have to access that inner self. That’s when you know what you’re made of. That’s when you know whether you’re a person of substance or not. How do I get there?
I recognize that I am constantly Muslim in training, the word for a person who does ehsan is what? moshen All of the qualities that the prophet (saw) embodies, you have to ask yourself. Look. I’m not at the moment. I don’t think that many of us have Abu jahal in our lives. If you do you need help. All right, like I don’t think any of us are experiencing some of the major episodes of challenge that the prophet (saw) experienced and a lot of times. Here’s the disconnect. There are two sides to this. One of them is there are words of what you’re supposed to do and say if you are in a situation that test your character in a major way, words that you’re supposed to recite, words that you’re supposed to do, words that are stories that are good metaphors that are good analogies that a good parable, that are good examples for you, if you end up in this difficult situation or the situation that challenges your character, challenges your substance.
The disconnect is this, every single day of your life is a chance to actually Bridge those two worlds to where you act upon those words. In the most simple ways and in your daily life so that when that comes to you and really test what’s on the inside, just like a person that’s been lifting weights. You’ve been building character. You’ve been building character along the way, you know inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi rajioon is not something you just say when somebody dies. Inna ma’al usri yusra (Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease) is not just with hardship comes ease is not just when a major tragedy strikes you, patience is not just when you have a life-altering tragedy in your life, gratitude is not just when someone gives you an out of the ordinary gift or bestows a blessing upon you in that way.
Prophet Sallallahu wasallam said whoever doesn’t thank Allah for the small things. It’s not going to be able to thank Allah for the big things. Whoever doesn’t daily or practice gratitude on a daily level, Is it going to understand how to really thank Allah subhanaw Taala when major things happened? Why is it that every single time you eat You say alhamdulillah? Why is it that every single time you wake up in the morning, And you say alhamdulillah you start off your day with praise? And a lack of entitlements, Alhamdulillaahillazi ahyaanaa ba’da maa amaata-naa wa ilaihinnushuur”.
All Praises be to Allah who gave us life after death and to him as the ultimate return. you start off your day with a sense of praise and with no expectation or entitlement of the day the tests that come to you the moments that offer opportunities for gratitude our patients the ability to practice the Sunnah of the Prophet (saw) that our character oriented that are not in the capacity of someone trying to kill you or someone killing your family, all of those things Bridge those two together the word and those major virtues that the prophet salallahu alaihe wasalam was able to capture what this means for how we interact with the world around us, dear brothers and sisters enough talking about the prophets. It’s time to act like the prophets, enough expecting people to Understand who the prophet (saw) was just because he was factually amazing and more of demonstrating those virtues of the prophet Salallahu alaihe wasalam in Your Capacity as a follower of the Prophet salallahu alaihe wasalam .remember yourself as a moshen in training. We ask Allah subhanaw Taala to make us all people who Excel, to make us all from the Mosheneen, to make us able representatives of the Prophet salallahu Alihi wasalam, to allow us to be the prophet salallahu alayhi wasalaam what he was to the Quran, to allow people to see him in us and in seeing him in US be attached to that which generated the beauty in him and us in the Holy Quran, Allahuma ameen.
Every day after fajr Abu bakr (Ra) would go in an opposite direction of his house and he would go deep into the desert was very curious. I’m going to go follow him and find out what he’s doing.
He said I saw him go into this beat-up old house and he said he spent a long time in there, wasn’t like a short amount of time. So, umar (Ra) said I waited until I could no longer see him meaning he made his way back to Medina.
omar (Ra) said I knocked on the door. Okay, and he said this woman opened the door. She was elderly she was frail. She was blind and they were a bunch of little kids running around. And she said that I’m a blind woman. And I have no one to take care of me.
Umar (Ra) said who is that visitor that comes to you every single day? The answer she says, I don’t know who he is. He never once shared his name with me. umar (ra) said, what does he do?
May Allah reward him. Every morning, He comes, Listen, by the way, she details it. She says he cleans my home. He washes our clothes. He grinds our wheat. He bakes our bread. He cooks our breakfast and then he leaves, SubhanAllah, think about that. if this was the only Only narration we had about abu bakr (Ra) it’s incredible.
Oh Abu bakr (Ra), you’ve exhausted us. Anyone that comes after you is exhausted.
Barakah, Umm Ayman (ra) is a woman that is unlike any other woman, in fact unlike any other human being is that and that she was literally with the prophet salallahu alaihe wasalam from the moment that he was born until the moment that he died. There is no one else that could actually claim that distinction.
She was from Abyssinia and she actually was a slave from Abyssinia. She’s one of three women who would nurse the prophet salallahu alaihe wasalam, that is authentically narrated, it of course. This is the mother of the prophet (saw) Aminah bint Wahb and Baraka Um Ayman and thirdly Halima saida (ra).
At the age of 25, the Prophet became married to Khadijah. He said to her:
“This is Barakah, she is my mother after my mother”.
The second woman to believe in the prophet.Salallahu alaihe wasalam was this woman Umm Ayman (Ra). The prophet (saw) asked her how are you. Listen to the answer that she gave. She said as long as Islam is good, I’m good.
She was the person who would make the prophet (saw) Laugh.
Ask yourself that question, when we do work for this higher purpose of Deen, right? And someone asks you how are you and you are what……, what her answer was; I’m good, as long as Islam is good. Meaning, you know for the cause that I’m dedicated to, I’m okay. – Shaykh Omar Suleiman
6:39 in the town of Amwas, Caliph Omar Ibn Khattab (ra), the Muslims had just entered into Jerusalem. And suddenly this plague breaks out, taeun breaks out.
This one taeun (plague) Amwas was not nearly as significant as that except that it took hundreds of sahaba, thousands of TABAYYUN.
Umar ibn khattab (ra) was the khalifa’. He heard about it. Umar ibn khattab (Ra) decided to make his way over to al-Sham to be with his people. Umar (ra) was a man who if the people were suffering he wanted to suffer with them. As he was about to enter, some of the sahaba came to meet him to sort of inform him about the situation as is taking place.
Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah (Ra) who was of course the leader at that time. He came out to Umar (ra) and Umar (ra) asked him about the situation. Abu Ubaidah (ra) said we are falling like sheep. People are dying right and left. So Umar (Ra) started to take shura (consultation) from the people started to consult from them about what his next step should be. Most of the people told Umar (ra) it’s important for you to go back to medina And even if you survive this then you might take some of its effects back to Medina and imagine this spreading through Medina as well.
So, Umar (ra) listened to the to them and when the stakes were not just his health, but the stakes were the entire ummah that this means that Medina could suffer that the khilafah could fall apart that so much could happen… Umar (ra) obviously thinking about the survival of Islam. He’s not thinking about himself. So Umar (ra) said if that’s the case, then we should go back. Abu Ubaidah (ra) says a very famous statement to him. He says, yeah, Amir al-Mu’minin Oh commander of the Believers. Are you running away from the decree of Allah subhanahu wa’ta’ala?
The most famous moments of Umar (Ra) entering into Jerusalem we are people who Allah honoured through Islam. if we seek it through other than Islam Allah will humiliate us.
Umar (ra) said we are fleeing from the decree of Allah To the decree of Allah. , tawakkul, trust in Allah is not foolishness. Trust in Allah is to do your part and then put your trust in Allah (swt) To intentionally Put Yourself In Harm’s Way, or to not take harm seriously because you say it’s okay. Allah will take care of it. It’s all right, that’s not courage. That’s not trust in Allah (swt). Allah tells us to do our part to protect ourselves and to do what’s best to avoid harm.
Abd al-Rahman ibn ‘Awf(ra) approached the Gathering. Abd al-Rahman ibn ‘Awf (ra) said I have some knowledge of this from the prophet salallahu alaihe Salam. He said I heard the prophet (saw) says if you hear about that plague has strucka land then do not enter into that land and if it strikes a place and you are in it then do not leave that place.
That’s the key word right, quarantine right, this idea of trying to contain the harm in one place as much as possible. Be patient seek, the mercy of Allah subhanahu wa’ta’ala and everything will proceed as he decrees.
This is pretty much what the prophet (saw) the hikmah, the wisdom of the prophet (saw), the mercy of the prophet (saw) in the way He’s teaching us to keep things contained into areas as much as possible.
when something similar struck Medina Umar (ra) went out of his way to suffer the worst of what the people suffered, So Umar (ra) almost died in the the drought that would strike Medina. In fact, subhanAllah has a beautiful statement from Umar (ra) that once he was sitting was so hungry. Death was so imminent. He hadn’t eaten for so long that his stomach was making noises. Omar (ra) he’s tapped his stomach and he said you could growl or not growl. I swear you will not be filled until the Muslims eat.
The All-Loving 