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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds.
And peace and blessings be upon the noble and noble messengers.
Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, may peace and blessings be upon him and his family,
and many, many peace and blessings be upon him.
My brothers and sisters, I remind you and myself
that we have a religion of love.
Love for Allah and love for his Rasul, peace be upon him.
We do not have a religion of convenience.
My brothers and sisters, the religion of love is not an easy religion.
The sign of love is the acceptance of the afflictions
of the beloved.
The sign of love is to accept the afflictions,
accept inconvenience for the sake of the beloved.
Any number of examples where we have the Rasul, peace be upon him,
peace be upon him,
and his Sahaba going through all kinds of difficulties
for the Rida of Allah.
Take everything in Islam.
Take, for example, I always give the examples of the five Arqam of Islam.
Right?
Take Shahada.
For somebody to accept Islam itself,
I’m not talking about people like us,
who are Muslim,
who are born into Islam.
That did not take any Taglif.
That’s a fortunate, lucky accident.
I’m talking about the people who come into Islam.
Is it easy for them?
It is the most difficult decision.
There is no decision which is more difficult than to change the religion of your forefathers.
And almost all of them accept, maybe some accept,
but almost all of them,
they face all kinds of hardship.
I remember one question which one lady asked one of the Shukh.
She said,
is it permissible to pray,
to make Salah in the toilet?
So I thought,
what kind of a question is this?
People ask any kind of stupid question.
My immediate, you know, reaction,
what kind of a stupid question is this?
You know?
So the Shaikh said to her,
why are you asking this question?
This shows that you must have some patience.
She said, why are you asking question?
She says, because I am the only Muslim in my house.
And if I pray where my parents see me,
they will kill me.
I fear for my life.
If I pray and my parents know I’m a Muslim,
they will kill me.
I cannot leave my house and go anywhere.
I don’t have that ability.
But I don’t want to miss Salah.
So the only place I can pray
without them catching me is inside the toilet.
So am I permitted to pray in the toilet?
What is the fatwa?
So,
Kaliwa,
very inconvenient,
full of Taglif.
Then becomes a fatwa.
So,
Salah.
Tell me,
would it be convenient to pray one time a day or five times a day?
No brainer, right?
Obviously,
one time is this.
Or even five times a day at any time convenient to you.
I am praying.
Why should I pray at this time?
Rasool Allah ,
they asked him,
what is the best deed?
He said,
Salah,
ala waqtiyah.
Salah,
ala waqtiyah.
The best thing is to pray two rak’ahs of nafil between adha and nikamah.
Bilat akhir,
without delay.
Time comes in,
pray.
Nabi Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said,
there is time for two rak’ahs of nafil between adha and nikamah.
He didn’t say pray Talabhi between Aghab and,
Two rak’ahs of nafil.
How long does it take?
Give that time.
Pray.
It is not only for one.
On all the Salah,
this is the,
Kaur of the Rasool alaihi salatu wasalam, not my opinion.
So very inconvenient, right?
No, you can’t do all this.
You have to pray at the time.
You can’t pray when it is convenient, I can come, I can’t come.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
You pray at the time of the sala.
And not going into the ijazah of this, ijazah of that and the, you know, the whatever people
have done.
No, I am saying this is the hadith of the Rasool alaihi salatu wasalam.
So sala, five times a day at its time.
Convenient or inconvenient?
Very inconvenient.
On top of that, which is the sala for which Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala descends to the
first heaven and Allah announces, who is there who wants me, wants something from me, let
him ask.
Who is there who wants my protection, let him ask.
Which sala is that?
Qiyam ul-layl tahajjud.
I am working hard all day, I am studying all day, I am just, I have just come, I had, I
slept late, I am sleeping at midnight.
How convenient is it to sleep at midnight, again get up at two o’clock or three o’clock?
Is it convenient?
No.
It’s not even fardh, it’s a nafil.
But see the reward.
The reward is for what?
It’s for the taklif.
It is for the izaaj.
It is for the difficulty.
Allah is saying, no, when you give up your sleep for me, I will give you whatever you
want.
Ask me, I will give you.
Inconvenience.
Take some fasting.
Is it convenient?
For no rhyme or reason, one whole month, you cannot eat, you cannot drink and so on and
so forth.
That also Allah did not say pick the month.
Do it in whichever month is convenient for you.
Complete 30 days in 365 days.
One day here, one day there, two days there.
Finish it like that.
Don’t need to do together.
No, no, no.
30 days in the month of Ramadan.
Ya Allah, why can’t I do it in Dhul-Hijjah and I combine the 10 days of Dhul-Hijjah and
then I will do other 20.
No, no, no, no.
In the month of Ramadan.
Ya Rabb, I live in such and such a place.
Month of Ramadan will come in the middle of summer.
Let it come in the middle of summer, middle of winter, month of Ramadan.
Convenient or inconvenient?
And the reward of that is?
Man saama Ramadana, Imanan wa ihtisaban, ghafu gufiral hu, dham.
That’s it.
All these sins are forgiven.
Takleef.
Inconvenient.
What about Zakat?
Is it payable only once in your lifetime?
Every year.
Gold and jewelry and so on?
Every year.
Every year you find out the value of the gold and silver in the jewelry and you pay Zakat
on that.
I paid last year.
I paid last year.
I paid last year.
I paid last year.
I paid last year.
I’m just keeping the gold and silver and so on in my safe.
I’m not even wearing it every day.
I paid the Zakat.
Now this year I’d pay again.
Yes, you would pay again.
So logically you can say that if my gold is worth $100,000 and I live to be 100 years.
You know what I’m saying?
So effectively the value of the gold, you’re giving it and give it until that gold which
you have is what?
Free.
Free.
Then you have to pay now Zakat.
To keep the gold you have to pay money.
Because the gold is still there, you still have to pay Zakat.
Does it make within quotes economic sense?
Zakat.
What about Hajj?
You have to go at a particular time.
Why do we think we have all these big problems?
Two million people, three million people.
Why can’t we spread it throughout the year?
So many people in the year.
Everyone can be comfortable.
You know, go and do the Hajj.
I’m not saying I won’t do it.
I will do it.
But no, no, no, no.
There is a time.
On the 9th of Dhul-Hijjah, if you are not standing in Arafat, there is no Hajj for you.
Khalas.
Whether it’s hot or cold or crowd or no crowd.
No, you have to be there.
You have to be there.
You have to be there.
You have to be there.
You have to be there.
You have to be there.
You have to be there.
You have to be there.
You have to be there.
You have to be there.
You have to be there.
And that also.
Can I wear some nice Hoka walking shoes?
No.
I must wear a kind of slipper which does not cover the top bone of the foot.
Why?
Why don’t I wear a nice, you know, a pair of shoes?
Why?
Because I wear a nice, you know, t-shirt and I wear sweatpants, right?
Comfortable, proper underwear and everything else.
No.
You have to wear the Ahraam.
Is the Ahraam a beautiful, graceful, glorious piece of clothing, very fashionable?
No.
One around your waist.
One around your neck.
One around your shoulders.
Khalas.
Cannot cover my head.
Is it convenient?
The most inconvenient, the most inconvenient of all the Ibadat is the Hajj.
Most inconvenient.
But the reward is the greatest.
May Allah grant us all the, whoever has not done Hajj to do Hajj and whoever has done Hajj
already, do more.
May Allah grant us Makbul Hajj and we at the end of it, you come out as if you are, you
are born that day.
Free from sin.
This is a Deen of Hubb.
We do it because we love Allah.
We do it because we love Rasulullah .
Not because it is convenient.
Right?
The reason I’m saying is because today we live in a world where we have, we want everything
according to our suhoola.
Like the usual nonsensical debates we have about moonsighting.
We’re coming up to the next one now.
So we’ll open a book.
I’ll give you odds.
Ten is to one.
Moonsighted on this day or that day.
Put some money into it.
La halala khuwat allah wila.
Hadith of Jesus very simple.
See the moon, start.
See the moon, stop.
No, no, no, not enough.
We must argue.
We must fight.
We must have divisions.
We must fight.
We must fight.
We must fight.
We must fight.
We must fight.
We must fight.
We must fight.
We must fight.
We must fight.
We must fight.
We must fight.
We must fight.
Do you
get those divisions?
Why?
No, it’s not convenient.
Let me ask something.
Anyone who tells me that it is not convenient, it would be more convenient on this day or
that day.
Let me ask you a very simple question.
When you travel, almost everybody here is an immigrant who came from somewhere, so you
go to your homeland.
Whenever you travel, do you take the trouble when you are booking your flights, do you
take the trouble to check if it is in your country?
If there is a Friday, that you might miss your Juma.
If there is Eid, do you take the trouble to check whether Salat or Eid,
whether you will get it in this country or that country?
Or you’re going to be up in the air somewhere so you can’t pray?
Or will you find a fatwa to say, oh, you see, after all in travel, Juma is not far.
You find a fatwa for your convenience.
I’m saying if it is so important for you, why don’t you say, I will change my travel dates.
Will you change your travel dates?
If someone tells you to change your travel dates, you will say, you’re insane.
What kind of, what kind of, you know, dakhya knows are you?
You’re living in which century?
You want me to change my dates because of some Juma in the middle?
Islam is a religion of convenience, brother.
Don’t make it difficult on the people.
Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam said, don’t make it difficult.
They find all the convenient hadiths.
Please, my brothers and sisters, ittaqullah, have fear of Allah.
This is the deen of the love of Allah and Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.
By all means, do whatever you want to do.
Have your valise.
Don’t fight.
Don’t create divisions.
Do not argue with people.
Don’t create divisions.
You want to follow whoever, go follow.
I don’t care.
Follow Sri Lanka, follow Timbuktu or follow who you want.
No problem.
Don’t fight.
Don’t create divisions.
That is very important.
Right?
And don’t look for convenience.
This is not a deen of convenience.
Allah said, what did the people say when the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam was going in the Qazwa?
They said, la tanfiru fil harr.
Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala replied and said what?
An-naaru jahannama.
Ashadu harra.
He said, why do you want to go out in the heat?
Allah is saying the fire of jahannama is very hot.
No convenience.
We go out in the heat because the Nabi Ali sallallahu alaihi wa sallam said go.
Not because it is convenient.
I ask Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala to help us to keep our priorities in order.
And to give importance.
To what Allah gave importance.
And to give importance to what Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam gave importance.
Not what our nafs tells us.
Because remember,
Inna nafsa la amma ratum bisu.
Illa ma rahima rabbi.
Truly my nafs takes me only to one place which is amma ratum bisu.
Takes me towards sin.
Illa ma rahima rabbi.
Except the one on whom Allah has given importance.
Except the one on whom Allah has given importance.
Except the one on whom Allah has mercy.
Except the one on whom Allah has mercy.
And who is saying this?
The Nabi of Allah, Yusuf Ali sallallahu alaihi wa sallam is saying this.
So if Yusuf Ali sallallahu alaihi wa sallam is saying that about his nafs.
What about my nafs?
What about your nafs?
Where do you think it is taking us?
So I remind myself and you, let us fear Allah.
Let us fear the day when we will be six feet under in a hole in the ground.
Where all of these nice beautiful brothers and sisters who are sitting here.
Who will leave you.
Who will leave you there and throw dirt on your face and they will walk away.
Say, Assalamu alaikum.
Nice to know you.
Now you are with your Rab.
Eh?
Nobody will say, oh my brother, I love you so much.
I’ll come and lie down next to you.
No.
Let us fear that day.
And let us remember that day will come.
There is no doubt about this.
That day will come.
Whether you like it or not, I like it or not.
That day will come.
When we will face Allah.
When we will face the truth.
Where all our stories or whatever we made up will not be there.
We will see the truth as the truth.
And that is why the dua.
Allahumma.
Arina al-hakka haqqan.
Wa arzuqna al-tiba’a.
Wa arina al-ba’tila ba’tilan.
Wa arzuqna al-jtina’ba.
Wallah show me the truth as the truth.
And enable me and grant for me that I follow.
And show me falsehood and lies as falsehood and lies.
And protect me and do not let me follow them.
Wa sallallahu ala nabiyyil kareem wa ala alihi wa sahbihi al-mahim.
Bi rahmatik ya Rahman wa Rahim.
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