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Bismillāh ar-Raḥmān ar-Raḥīm. Alhamdulillāhi Rabbil ‘Alameen. Wa salātu wa salāmu ala ashrafil anbiyā’ wal mursalīn. Muḥammadur Rasūlullāh sallallāhu alaihi wa ala alihi wa sahībuhum sallam. Tasliman kathīran kathīran. Hamd ba’du wa abradu. Alhamdulillah. Today we are fasting for the, on Yawm al-Ashrā. And Nabi Sallallāhu alaihi wa sallam said, the one who fasts on this day, Allah will forgive the sins of one year. And this refers to the minor sins. We ask Allah to save us from all sins. All major sins have to be specifically repented.
The reason for the holiness and the reason for the importance of this day, many, many narrations are there, that Adam alayhis-salam came to the earth on this day. And Nūḥ alayhis-salam was relieved from the flood on this day. His boat reached land and so on. But the most and the only reliable dalīl is that Mūsā alayhis-salam and his people were freed from Fir’aun in Egypt. And that is the reason why this day is celebrated. It is celebrated. In that sense. And this is the day reason why also the Jews of Madinah is to celebrate it. Because this was the day of freedom from Fir’aun. Some people think that the holiness and the importance of this day is because of the shahādah of Sayyidina Ḥussain ibn ‘Alī. That is not true. Because Rasūlullāh Sallallāhu alaihi wa sallam was fasting on this day before Sayyidina Ḥussain. Because Rasūlullāh Sallallāhu alaihi wa sallam was born before Sayyidina Fāṭimah even got married. So, it’s not a question of that day. The shahādah itself is one of the most terrible calamities that befell this ummah. May Allah Ta’ālā save us from all calamities. It’s one of the worst. And it’s a good idea to think about that and say why would something like this happen. But that’s not the reason for the importance of this day. So, let us understand that.
And that does not detract from either the tragedy itself or from the gravity of that incident or from the lessons that can and should be learnt.
I’ll come to that in a minute. But to understand that we have to go back to the…
The establishment of Islam in the time of Rasūlullāh Sallallāhu alaihi wa sallam. When he was sent as the Nabī and the Rasūl and the last of them by Allah subhanahu wa ta’ālā. And if you read the history of the time of this place called Makkah. And you ask yourself a question and say what is it that Rasūlullāh Sallallāhu alaihi wa sallam brought. Which was so unique. Which was so revolutionary.
That immediate effect was that he faced the most severe opposition to that. And the longer term effect was that it completely transformed that society.
And made them into the leaders of the time.
And that was one single thing. Just one single thing.
And that was not Tawḥīd by itself. It was not the worship of Allah subhanahu wa ta’ālā alone by itself. Because people were worshipping. They were worshipping 360 Gods. And for people who worship multiple Gods to worship one more is no problem.
So that was not the earth shaking thing. The earth shaking thing was the concept and the reality of accountability before Allah. Allah subhanahu wa ta’ālā on the day of judgement. It was life after death.
This was the concept. It was not just worship Allah. They would be very happy to worship Allah. If that was all that Islam was. Worship Allah subhanahu wa ta’ālā and accept Muḥammad Sallallāhu alaihi wa sallam as the Rasūl of Allah. They would have done that in a short. Absolutely no problem.
If you look even here in India. We used to travel in the villages. And you have Christian missionaries come. And they convert people to Hindus to Christianity. Now if you go into those Hindu homes. And I have been into multiple of them.
In one room they have high up on the wall. They have a long shelf. And on this shelf they have pictures. Of the different Gods they worship.
So there is Rāmā. And there is Hanumān. And there is Lakshmi. And there is Sarasvatī. And whoever. Right.
And when they become Christian. They also put a picture of Jesus. Of Jesus and Mary. And none of these pictures are actual pictures. I am just saying pictures. What else to call them. They also put that. They don’t take any of the others off. Those are there. One more. So for people who are polytheists. To add one more is no big deal. For the people of Makkah. They were worshipping 360 Gods. In any case. In the Makkan.
We can’t call it theology. Because the Arabs didn’t have a theology. They just worshipped Gods. Unlike the Hindus. Unlike the Egyptians. Unlike the Greeks. And the Romans. All of these were polytheistic people. They had elaborate theologies. They had all stories. Concerning each of these Gods. And what they did. And for what they did not do. And all kinds of stuff. So elaborate theologies. They had elaborate rituals of worship. They had days of festivals. And you know. Do this. And do that. They had a complete priestly class. They had these priests. They did nothing. Only conducted worship. But the people of Makkah. They didn’t have any of this. There was no theology. There was no priestly class. There were no rituals. There were no festival days. And you know. They just sacrificed something. To these Gods. They just worshipped. In the sense of the. You know. They asked those Gods for favours. And so on. So for. In that time. And those people. The people of Makkah. They already worshipped Allah. As their head God. And they said. All the other Gods are. Sometimes they said. They are His daughters. Naudhu Billāh. Other times they said. They are the wasīlah. They are the way. To get close to Him.
Now that’s why. The whole issue of. Tawassul. Of wasīlah. And people go to this grave. And that grave. You know. We are not. We are not worshipping. This person in the grave. We are only asking Him. For something. To get close to Allah. That’s exactly. What the Makkah. Mushrik said. About their Gods. Anyway. That’s a different issue. But point. Point being. So for them. To have one more. Was no big deal. In any case. They had. The word Allah. Was familiar to them. They worshipped. Allah. As their head God. So it was nothing. New. What was. New. And which is. What. Completely. Turned them. Upside down. Was. The concept. Of accountability.
That. Every action. Of yours. Every speech. Of yours. Is monitored. And you will be. Called. To account. You will have. To answer. For what you did. And for what. You did not do.
Supposing.
This. Was. Completely.
Alien. To them. They. Refused. To believe. This. That was. The most. Difficult. Thing. For them. And imagine. Think. About. This. We. The. Same. Concept. Today. It. Doesn’t. Stop. Us. From. Doing. Whatever. We. Do. The. Problem. Is. Not. Problem. The. Unique. Thing. About. The. People. Of. Makkah. Was. Their. Sincerity. The. Politees. People. They. Were. So. Incredibly. Sincere. Because. They. That. If. We. Accept. This. Then. We. Have. To. Change. Our. Lives.
That. Is. What. They. Were. Fighting. They. Were. Today. We. Supposedly. We. Believe. In. The. After. Right. Believe. That. One. Day. We. Will. Die. And. We. Will. Before. Us. That. Does. It. Stop. Us. From. Doing. What. We. Do.
Does. That. Stop. Us. This. Our. Life. Has. To. Change.
That’s. Why.
They.
Saying. That. How. Is. It. Possible. That. We. Will. Die. And. We. Become. One. With. The. Earth. We. Become. Dust.
Now. Is. Happened. If. You. It. Back. To. This. Ashura. And. The. And. Family.
What. Is. Actually. Happening. There. Is. That. There. A. Bunch. Of. Muslims. Or. Who. Claim. To. Be. Muslims. Who. Have. Forgotten. The. Issue. Of. Being. Resurrected. And. Called. To. Account. Before. Allah. SubhanAllāh.
There. Is. A. Reason. Why. They. Did. That. Obviously. For. The. Banu Umayyah. For. Yazīd ibn Mu’āwiyah.
Say. That. Ḥussain ibn ‘Alī radi Allāhu anhumā was a threat.
E] To. His. Kingdom. Because. He. Was. Establishing. His. Father. Passed. Away. He. Became. The. First. Hereditary. Monarch. So. That. Was. The. Foundation. Of. The. Banu. Umayya. Didn’t. Last. Too. Long. It. Lasted. For. 89. Years. But. That. Was. The. Foundation. So. When. Are. Establishing. A. Kingdom. To. Have. A
Power. Structure. Or. A. Power. Source. Who. Is. Different. From. You. Which. Is. What. It. Was.
Sayyidina Hussain was from the Banu Abbas.
So. To. Have.
The. Banu. Abbas. And. This. Is. Any. Banu. Abbas. This. Is. The. Man. This. Is. The. Grandson. Of. Rasulullah ﷺ. There. No. One. Bigger. Than. That. There. No. One. You. Know. More. Powerful. Than. That. This. In. The.
Sense. Of. Allah.
But. Sayyidina Hussain was the direct descendant of His grandson of the Prophet. So. Historically. Politically. There. Was. A. Reason. But. At. Some. Point. This. History. Is. This. Political. You. Know. Need. For. Your. For. You. Or. Whatever. Greed. Or. God. Knows. What. You. Want. To. Call. It. I. Mean. Somewhere. You. Have. To. Wake. Up. And.
As. Did. Not. Kill. Him. Personally. It. Soldiers. Did. But. You. Was. The. King. Of. Telling. The. Responsible. And. The. People. Who. Actually. Did. The. Action. Actually.
Committed. did that actually. I mean, today if you just think back and say, how can anyone possibly do this? The only way that somebody can do it is because they forget the fact that they are accountable to Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala. They forget the fact that one day I will die. Today, this man who is the grandson of Rasulullah s.a.w., he is in a helpless position. We have the army, we have the force, we have the power, we can kill him if we want. But the point is, no matter how much power you have, you will be called to account before Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala. And at that time, how are you going to answer for this action which you are doing today? Now, alhamdulillah, in Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala’s mercy, that specific test, we will not be faced with because history has moved on. Alhamdulillah for this, because nobody can sit and say, I would have done differently. We don’t know this. We do not know this. Yazid was the son of a Sahabi of Rasulullah s.a.w. You are not a son of a Sahabi. So, if the son of the Sahabi can do something, who am I? Who are you? Right? So, the point is that we don’t know. Alhamdulillah, Allah ta’ala has moved us away. History has moved away. But we have our own tests. We won’t have that kind of a test, but you have other tests. And the secret of all that is to remember that we are accountable to Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala. Today, if there is, I always hesitate to make these statements of, I don’t know, you know, that one statement which defines everything. That’s not really true. But if I am asked to make that kind of a statement, I can say that every single problem that we have in this world today is because people do not want to accept the fact that one day they will answer to Allah. Every single problem, whether it’s a small problem, whether it’s a domestic problem between you and your wife, whether it’s the issue of your children, whether it’s whether you pay income tax or not. Whether you go through a red light or not. Whether it’s a war. You name it. Small or large. If you say, what is one root cause which covers everything? This is the root cause. The unwillingness to accept this reality, this absolute certainty that we will answer to Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala. I ask Allah to make this the biggest reality in our own lives. May we have this awareness. 24-7. Then, inshallah, this becomes, then this becomes, this awareness then becomes the shield. This becomes your armor. This becomes the protection which will protect you and me from the disobedience of Allah which is the biggest problem. If we have this awareness, alhamdulillah, we are safe. Because anything, whatever it is, immediate question will be, Allah is watching. Allah will ask me, Allah will call me to come. How will I answer this? That’s the shield. That is, that is the protection. So we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala to bring this awareness foremost in our minds and hearts. We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala to give Sayyidina Hussain bin Abi Ali radi allahu anhu and his whole family the highest darajat in Jannah, inshallah. I mean, they already have the highest darajat. We make dua for them. And we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala to save this ummah all forms of tests. May Allah have mercy on us. May Allah ta’ala cause us to remember him all the time and to remember him in this particular way that we will meet him one day. And on that day, we will be called to account.
Al-yawma nakhtimu ala afwahihim. About this day, Allah said, “Al-yawma nakhtimu ala afwahihim” (inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un). Wait, no, that was wrong. The verse is: