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  • Be a slave – 3

    Be a slave – 3
    Jan 26 2026
    Auto-generated transcript: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. And peace and blessings be upon the most noble of the prophets and messengers, Muhammad and the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him and his family. Peace and blessings be upon him and his family. Brothers and sisters, we were talking about the issue of being Abdullah, the slave of Allah. And as I mentioned to you, the differences between being a slave and being a servant. We ask Allah to make us true Ibadullah, true slaves of himself. This was the first and foremost lesson that Allah, through his Prophet taught the Sahaba in Makkah, which was the lesson of complete and total submission and obedience to Allah without any exceptions, without bringing their own thinking and their own logic and their own feelings and their own inclinations into the equation. Whatever Allah orders, we do. There is no limit. There is no argument about that. There is no option in that matter. And we see this if you, that's the reason why it is so important to study, not just read. Unfortunately, we don't even read. We need to read, we need to study the Seerah of Rasulullah . Because this is the lesson we learn from the Seerah of Rasulullah that the first lesson was the lesson of obedience to Allah . And we must be obedient to Allah and to the Prophet . And this lesson was learned in Makkah. And it was learned in Makkah in some very, very hard and harsh circumstances. Because in Makkah the Muslims were persecuted. They were persecuted cruelly, persecuted mercilessly. They were tortured. Some of them were killed. they were deprived of their possessions, their property was confiscated, and eventually they had to leave Mecca permanently, their own home, their own vatan, where they were born, their motherland, they had to leave it and go away. And all of this they did only and only to please Allah SWT. And through that entire period of 13 years, you see it, they never once retaliated against the people who were oppressing them. Now when you see this Sira later on, if you take the battle of Badr, you take Ahad, you take different things, you can see very clearly that these were people who were capable of retaliating. So it's not that they were cowards and they were, you know, helpless or they did not know what to do. They knew. They knew they were not, they were, they were, they were brave people, they were noble people. And when they were permitted to defend themselves, when they were permitted to retaliate, they did that and well. They won battles. They won battles. The battle of Badr was against three times their number. Right? The enemy was three times the number of the Muslims, yet the Muslims won. So there was no doubt about their bravery and so on and so forth. So the obvious question is, same, very same people, why did they not do something in Makkah? You know, being persecuted, all things are happening, do something. Right? So this is what Abu Jahl is doing, take him down. This is what so-and-so is doing, finish him. No. Because that was not permitted to them. Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said, make sabar, have sabar. So, so, right? Even when something as, as heinous and as horrific as what happened with Sayyida Sumayya bint Khayyat, Radhi Allah anhu, and her husband, Abu Yasir, Abu Ammar Yasir, Radhi Allah anhu, they were murdered by Abu Jahl in the most, most horrific ways. Despite that, Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said, have sabar. Have sabar, Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la will give you better. Bilal bin Rabba Radhi Allah anhu, tortured daily, in public. All this happened in public. I mean, Abu Jahl was not, was not hiding anything. And, the people who were torturing, they were not hiding something. They, they did that, openly in public. The purpose of doing it in public, was to terrify and terrorize the other Muslims, to say, leave this religion. Leave this religion. But, that didn't happen. They did not leave the religion. And, they also, did not retaliate, because the order was not there. Now, this whole thing of, how, this message was, conveyed, it was taught, it was accepted, is, is, one of the, finest, examples of that, and the finest, dalail of that, is from the Quran itself. The last ayat of, Surah Al-Baqarah, we know from the tafsir of Surah Al-Baqarah, that, when Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala revealed, لِلَّهِ مَا فِي السَّمَوَاتِ مَّا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَإِن تُبْدُو مَا فِي أَنفُسِكُمْ أَوْ تُخْفُوهُ يُحَاسِبُكُمْ بِهِ اللَّهِ فَيَغْفِرُ لِمَنْ يَشَاءُ وَيُعَذِّبُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ وَاللَّهُ وَلَا كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala revealed this ayatul kareemah, and he said that, everything in the heavens and the earth, belongs to Allah. لِلَّهِ مَا ...
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  • Be a slave – 2

    Be a slave – 2
    Jan 25 2026
    Auto-generated transcript:I want to draw your attention to this word as the highest form of honouring Rasulullah. Because he said in Surah Al-Isra' Surah Al-Isra' If you take this ayah, Allah said, His Abdihi, His Abdi. Now there is no, even though, as I said yesterday, if Allah had said, The meaning is conveyed, he is the Rasul. Allah did not say that. Allah said, His Abdihi. So when Allah SWT is using a form of address, it means that this is the highest level of honour. So being the Abdi of Allah, being called Abdi, my slave, being called this, being given this title by Allah SWT, is the highest level of honour that any creature can get. And this was given to Rasulullah SAW. So what's the difference? Our problem today is that, Alhamdulillah, may Allah have mercy on us, we don't completely rebel. Against Allah SWT. We are not atheists. We don't say there is no God. What we do, is something which is, actually even more serious. I might say what is more serious than being atheist, but I'll tell you the problem with Dalail. I never express my opinions. It's a question of what is Dalil in the Quran, and the Sunnah. What we do is, what I call selective obedience. So we have this whole Deen of ours, Alhamdulillah, it covers every aspect of our lives. This is the beauty of Islam. Islam has not left anything uncovered or left to do whatever you like. Anything in life. From our birth to our death, every single thing is covered in Islam. At any stage in your life, at any question that we have, we ask ourselves the question and say, what should I do according to the Quran and Sunnah? There is an answer. But what we do is, from this, what are we supposed to do? First of all, Allah SWT told us very clearly, two things to understand. First of all, any ayat of the Quran which begins like this, is a hukum. This is an amr of Allah. There is no, no scope for saying, okay, fine, let me think about it. No. Amr of Allah. Ya ayyuha alladheena amanu is a hukum of Allah SWT. Second thing is, Allah is addressing the people of Iman and He is calling them the people of Iman. Ya ayyuha alladheena amanu, all you who believe. Right? Udkhulu fi silmi kafatan. Wa la tattabihi khutuati shaitan, innahu lakum adhum mubeen. Right? Allah said, O you who believe, enter into Islam completely. Enter into Islam totally. Udkhulu fi silmi kafatan. Now this is a simple question. I am a believer. Allah Himself is calling me a believer. Then what's the meaning of entering into Islam? I mean, according to me, I have entered into Islam. That's why I am a believer. If I had not entered into Islam, how am I a believer? You are saying I am a believer, which means what? I am in Islam. No. Allah is saying no. Completely. Completely. In another place in the Qur'an, Allah SWT said, Allah said, they have said, La ilaha illallah, but Iman has not entered their hearts. What must they do? He said, obey Allah, obey Rasulullah, he said, salam, he said, salam. So there is a difference between the two. The two, the two, the two, the two, the two. the two, the two, the two, the two, the two, the two. the two, the two, the two, the two, the two. The two, the two, the two, the two, the two, the two, the two. The two, So the point is that Allah is saying this is not sufficient. Enter into Islam fully. Our problem is, we want to enter Islam as per our convenience. So, it is convenient for me to pray. I will pray. Salatul Fajr, too difficult to go to the masjid. Right? Get up and get out of the house and this and that. Forget it. I will pray Fajr at home. Zohar, masjid is next to my office. Okay, I will pray Zohar in the masjid. Asar also, before I go home, I will pray. So, convenience. I want to buy a car. I have an option. I can buy a second-hand car. Good condition second-hand car. I have the money. No. I want to buy a fancy car. I want to take it straight from the showroom. New car. Do you have the money? No. So, what will you do? You take a loan on it. Interest. You take a loan on interest. You are buying NBT with Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. I can live in a rented house. I can accumulate some funds and then buy a house. May not be a big house, but enough for myself. No. I must have a big house. I don't have the money. What do I do? Go to the bank. I am doing some business. Then somebody will come. Do this also. Why don't you keep some? In America, the latest one is jelly beans with marijuana. It is haram. No, in the US it is legal. Being legal. Being legal. And being halal. They should be the same. But they are not. It is legal to live without marrying a man and woman. It is legal to live together. To have children. It is legal. It's not illegal. You won't go to jail. Is it halal? It is there. It is there. It is there. It is there. To live in that state is go for. And I tell people, you don't like what I say, don't listen. Go away. I don't make the rules. You have a problem, go talk to Allah SWT about it. We want to be members of this Islamic organization, that ...
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  • Be a slave

    Be a slave
    Jan 24 2026
    Auto-generated transcript:Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen. Wassalatu wassalamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wasallam tasliman kathiran kathira. Fumma baadu. My brothers and sisters. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala created this world. And sent us to live in this world. And sent us a complete plan, a road map of how to live in this world. From the beginning to the end, from the time you are born to the time you die. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala sent us a complete plan. There is no deficiency in that plan. There is nothing missing in that plan. Nothing has to be added in. Nothing has to be subtracted. And that plan is called Al-Islam. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala did not just send the plan and leave it to us to read it and interpret it and understand it according to our own understanding. But Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala also sent along with the plan. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala sent that plan with a teacher, with a guide. The plan did not come to us directly. The plan came to the teacher and the teacher taught it to us. And that teacher is Muhammad Rasool Allah sallallahu alaihi wa alaihi wa sallam. And that is why the Kitab and the Sunnah are the two guides for us to live our life in this world. There is nothing other than the Kitab and the Sunnah. Anyone who brings anything which is other than the Kitab of Allah, the Quran al-Kareem, and the Sunnah of Rasool Allah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, then this is something which is prohibited. It is a bid'ah which is haram. We are not permitted to use that, no matter who it is. We know Allah and we know His Nabi alayhi salatu wasalam. That's it. Anyone else we know through them. We respect the ulama. We respect the... Al-Quran. I hesitate to use the word awliya with respect to specific people because Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala did not specify any individual and say that this is my wali. Please understand this. This is a source of all kinds of confusion. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala specified the anbiya alayhi wa sallam. The prophets and He named them. Inna arsalna noohan ila qawmi. Allah did not say we sent a message. No. We sent. No. Alayhi salam. Right? And so on and so on and so on. Salih alayhi salam and Lut alayhi salam and Ibrahim alayhi salam and Musa alayhi salam and Isa alayhi salam and Muhammadur Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam to all of humanity. Allah mentioned them by name. But anyone other than that, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala did not mention by name and say, so and so is my wali or was my wali. Allah did not say this. About the awliya, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala made a statement where Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, Allah said, Allah is the wali of the believers. And what does Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala do when Allah is the wali? What does it mean? He says, He takes them out of darkness into light. Right? This is the sign of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala being the wali of the believers. Now the wali, in the Arabic language, there are many words to describe friendship, different grades of friendship. And in these grades of friendship, the closest of grades, of friendship is, wiliya, is wali. Wali is somebody who is, who is a party to all your secrets. That person has access to everything that you have. To the innermost part of your house, he has access to your bank account, he has access to your, all your secrets. So when we use the word wali with respect to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, we have to understand that there is a difference. Like there is a difference between, difference with respect to all the words that we use, connected with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Allah, we say Allah is al-basir. He is the one who sees. But the basarat of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is not like yours and mine. Allah sees, you also see. But we are not the same. The basarat of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is, in keeping with His majesty and grace. Allah is as-sameer. He is the one who, hears. But the samaat of Allah, is not like yours and mine. Allah is kalim. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala speaks. But His kalam is not the same as your kalam and my kalam. So when we say wali, when we have wilaya, the first and foremost thing in any friendship is, equality. With Allah there is no equality. Allah is our Rabb. And we are, the ibad of Allah. We are the slaves of Allah. And in this slavery, there is honour. The greatest honour is to be, a obedient slave of Allah. Abdan shakura. The Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam said about himself, should I not be a grateful slave? In the famous hadith of Aisha Siddiqua radiallahu anha, which is in Bukhari and Muslim, Mutafakun alaih. She said that, I asked Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam, she said that, the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam would stand in salah, and she said, for so long, that the skin of his blessed feet would crack. We're just standing in one place. The feet would swell. When you go on long flights and so on, you wear pressure stocks, so that ...
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