A great motivational lecture by #MuftiMenk on how to hold the levels of piety (Taqwa) that achieved after #Ramadan where he makes mention of once we have achieved this forgiveness and once we have achieved the levels of piety better than they were prior to Ramadan we should do post Ramadan as we are trained how to live for the rest of the months of the year with being accepted signs of Ramadan.
In this video clip #MuftiMenk makes mentions of the dua /supplication for the #Ummah from the Quran asking Allah, oh Allah fill our hearts with kindness for the rest of the believers. He adds that if we’ve had a dispute with someone of the Ummah we are asking Allah; o Allah do not let that malice come into my heart for another Muslim in light of Islamic teaching.
The dua is in the following: Arabic: رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لَنَا وَلِإِخْوَانِنَا الَّذِينَ سَبَقُونَا بِالْإِيمَانِ وَلَا تَجْعَلْ فِي قُلُوبِنَا غِلًّا لِّلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا رَبَّنَا إِنَّكَ رَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ – 59:10
Transliteration: Rabbanagh fir lanaa wa li ikhwaani nal lazeena sabqoonaa bil eemaani wa laa taj’al fee quloobinaa ghillalil lazeena aamanoo rabbannaaa innaka Ra’oofur Raheem
Translation: “Our Lord, forgive us and our brothers who preceded us in faith and put not in our hearts [any] resentment toward those who have believed. Our Lord, indeed You are Kind and Merciful.”
In the Friday Jummah Kuthbah (sermon) #MuftiMenk gives some powerful tips to learn not to react in a negative way to anything bad happened and being proactive to react the situation saying two things from the Quran Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un (We belong to God and to Him we shall return) & Hasbunal Laahu Wa Ni’malwakeel (Allah (Alone) is sufficient for us, and, He is the Best Disposer of affairs) . Mufti Menk ends with a plea from the bottom of his heart when you see negativity please react in the wise way; ask yourself how would Nabi Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam react…..
In this video clip #Muftimenk makes mentions of how to react against drawing Satirical cartoons (Astaghfirullah) against our beloved prophet Muhammed ﷺ. Mufti Menk insists us on being proactive and using the opportunity to educate people by quoting when they harmed Nabi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam in taif and in his life in his person, He ﷺ reacted with a beautiful du’a; he ﷺ reacted in a calm way as a result they turned to Islam wholesale. I want to tell you every time they have drawn cartoons or come out with blasphemous videos, scores of people have turned to Islam as a direct result of what they did. I guarantee you that….
In this video clip #MuftiMenk explains the importance of reading the dua for who turns at age of forty from the Quran.
The dua/ supplication is in the following:
Arabic: رَبِّ اَوۡزِعۡنِىۡۤ اَنۡ اَشۡكُرَ نِعۡمَتَكَ الَّتِىۡۤ اَنۡعَمۡتَ عَلَىَّ وَعَلٰى وَالِدَىَّ وَاَنۡ اَعۡمَلَ صَالِحًا تَرۡضٰٮهُ وَاَصۡلِحۡ لِىۡ فِىۡ ذُرِّيَّتِىۡ ؕۚ اِنِّىۡ تُبۡتُ اِلَيۡكَ وَاِنِّىۡ مِنَ الۡمُسۡلِمِيۡنَ
Transliteration: Rabbi aqzi’neee an ashkura ni’matakal lateee an’amta ‘alaiya wa ‘alaa waalidaiya wa an a’mala saalihan tardaahu wa aslih lee fee zurriyyatee innee tubtu ilaika wa innee minal muslimeen
Translation: “My Lord, enable me to be grateful for Your favor which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents and to work righteousness of which You will approve and make righteous for me my offspring. Indeed, I have repented to You, and indeed, I am of the Muslims.” Surah Al-Ahqaf [46:15]
This motivational content is created from the lecture of Mufti Menk and Sheikh Tawfique Chowdhury regarding How to deal the situation when a calamity strikes like going through divorce more than one, keep failing to get a job or suffering loss in a business .
#MuftiMenk makes mention of when a problem happens it’s not the end of the world but even if it was the end of the world who would you return to to Allah. So you say Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un; what’s happening you are doing something wrong, don’t react in that way the what’s happening you are doing something wrong, don’t react in that way the reaction of giving up #hope is not part of the dictionary of a mumin. A believer does not give up hope.
Sheikh Tawfique Chowdhury gives a powerful speech on how tawakkul (the Islamic concept of reliance on God or “trusting in God’s plan”) makes a believer strong on the earth with taking action little bit beyond his/ her means when none is helping him / her in this duynia (the world).
In this Jummah (Friday’s sermon) lecture #MuftiMenk points out some crucial matters why #Marriage #breaks and he gives some practical tips to save marriage as remedies for uprooting the problems in marriages.
In this Friday Jummah kuthbah (Sermon), #MuftiMenk points up why Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala makes #Hajj at one time; everyone has to go in the month of Dhul Hijjah to Mina and then to Arafah and why Allah decides that it has to be at a certain time when it comes to Hajj at certain place; Because He wants us to be together as an Ummah, He wants us to recognize each other to realize that you are but a number to realize that the arrogance, the haughtiness, the pride ,the wealth, the authority, the looks, everything becomes irrelevant you are in the saf (row) in salah, you are standing with whoever is next to you, you do not choose. So that’s how the objective of fulfilling Hajj (pilgrimage: fifth pillar of Islam) is a manifestation of #unity and a message for #humanity through achieving Hajj Mabrur (the signs of the accepted Hajj by Allah when one’s life is changed by quitting bad habits after performing hajj)
In this clip #MuftiMenk makes mentions of two amazing before going to bed – #sleepingdua ( sunnah dua of bedtime) narrating the importance of saying of these duas (supplications) for the given another chance by the Almighty letting us wake up in the morning to see the world once again as sleeping is a small death. These two duas are given in the following respectively:
Arabic: بِاسْمِكَ رَبِّي وَضَعْتُ جَنْبِي، وَبِكَ أَرْفَعُهُ، فَإِنْ أَمْسَكْتَ نَفْسِي فَارْحَمْهَا، وَإِنْ أَرْسَلْتَهَا فَاحْفَظْهَا، بِمَا تَحْفَظُ بِهِ عِبَادَكَ الصَّالِحِينَ
Transliteration: Bismika rabbî wadactu janbî wa bika arfacuhu. Fa-in amsakta nafsî fa-rhamhâ, wa in arsaltahâ fa-hfazhâ bi-mâ tahfazu bihi cibâdaka s-sâlihîn. Translation:
“In Your name my Lord, I lie down and in Your name I rise, so if You should take my soul then have mercy upon it, and if You should return my soul then protect it in the manner You do so with Your righteous servants.
” Arabic:بِاسْـمِكَ اللّهُـمَّ أَمـوتُ وَأَحْـيا
Transliteration: Bismika l-lâhumma amûtu wa ahyâ. Translation: “In Your name O Allah, I live and die.”
In this lecture #MuftiMenk makes mention of the bad consequences of #oppression / #wrongdoings to others from the surah AL FURQAN in the Quran. He talks about two types of oppression / wrong doing: one is shirk which is associating a partner or rival to Allaah in Lordship (ruboobiyyah), worship or in His names and attributes and other one is doing wrong amongst each other. When ones does wrong to someone, he / she has to taste the result of that wrong either now or later on. He further mentions that the #darkness is on the day of judgement / Resurrection will only be a result of people having wronged others and an oppressor or a wrong doer will definitely face the darkness of his/ her action , he/ she will face the darkness of his /her deeds in the light of a Hadith.
Mufti Menk Quotes “Allah says -be careful of the duaa the one you have wronged, it will have far-reaching effects. when we see things go wrong in our lives inshaallah mostly it is a test from Allah; it is a test if that thing brought us closer to Allah, it was a blessing of Allah; your problem brought you closer to Allah it was definitely the test from Allah. But if it took you further away from Allah frustrated you and angered you and made you lose your sleep to the degree that your mind is being lost and you becoming angry and you can’t sleep and you can’t eat and you can’t drink then it’s the punishment of Allah.”
The All-Loving 