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My brothers and sisters, today we are living in a world where there is a constant escalation
of violence and war and strife and all kinds of things and Muslims seem to be in the receiving
end of everything.
So the question that I get asked, you know, wherever I go is what is the solution?
What should we do?
If I ask you a question, I say if you have a fire which is happening, what is the fastest
way of putting out the fire?
The fastest way is to cut the oxygen, right?
Throw something over it, an asbestos sheet over it or throw a thick blanket over it or
something, cut off the oxygen.
It will die off.
Similarly, if there is the electric wire, high-tension power wire, if it breaks and
falls to the ground, there was a time when they did not have automatic circuit.
There was a time when they did not have automatic circuit.
There was a time when they did not have automatic circuit breakers.
So this wire, live wire would be lying on the ground.
Anyone touches it, it’s gone.
Now they have automatic circuit breakers.
As soon as the wire breaks and falls on the ground, the electricity, the electric supply
cuts off.
So the wire is no longer electrified and it’s a life-saving device.
Now what are we looking at here?
We’re saying here that if there is a problem, to solve the problem, you have to go to the
root.
Why is this problem happening?
If you don’t go to the root of the problem, you try to keep on solving the problem by
looking at symptomatically, it will never get solved.
Now what is the root?
As far as we are concerned, the kitab of Allah is crystal clear with regard to problem solving.
So the first question I ask myself and I ask you to ask yourself is, who can solve
our problem?
Very simple.
Whether it’s a domestic problem in your house, whether it is a problem with your children,
whether it’s a problem in your marriage, whether it’s a problem in your job, whether
it’s a problem in the country, whether it’s a problem in the world, who can solve the
problem?
Right?
What is the answer?
Allah SWT.
Is there anyone else other than Allah who can solve the problem?
No.
Right?
So my submission is, first of all, understand this and make this problem a reality.
Make this yakin.
Get your…
Because I say this, but I don’t think we believe it.
May Allah have mercy on us.
I don’t think we believe it.
Because if we really believed that only Allah can solve my problem, believe me, Allah would
have solved our problems.
But I say this because we are, you know, all of us are Muslims and so on and so forth.
And I call this my Sunday school answer.
Right?
This is what we learned in the madrasah, maktab.
So we have to give the answer.
Who solved it?
Allah SWT.
Okay, very good.
Do you really believe that?
So first of all, convince yourself.
Do you really believe that Allah said,
Nobody can do anything.
No one has any power, no authority, no irada, no nothing except Allah.
Illa billah.
So convince yourself that only Allah and only Allah can solve our problems.
Whether it is the smallest to the largest, there is no one other than Allah who can solve
our problem.
So this is one of the fundamental.
Principles of our aqeedah.
The fundamental principle of tawheed is that tawheed begins with nafi.
Tawheed begins with denial.
What is the kalima?
What is the kalima?
Bolo.
La ilaha.
La ilaha.
Begins with denial.
There is nobody worthy of worship.
Illa Allah.
Then there is isbaat.
Except Allah.
The same thing could have been said,
Verily Allah is the only one who is worshipped.
You might say, well, what is that?
I will not say la ilaha illallah.
I will say,
Allah is the only one who is the deity.
Who is the deity?
Who is?
Who is worthy of worship?
That’s not the kalima.
The kalima begins with denial.
There is nobody.
La ilaha.
There is nobody worthy of worship.
Nobody.
Illa Allah.
Except Allah.
So the same thing we have to convince ourselves.
That there is no God.
There is no God.
There is no God.
There is no God.
There is no God.
There is no God.
Just like there is no’s
remind myself and you we need to work on this we need to think about it and reflect on it and work
on it only then will we make rojo illallah only then will we return to allah only then will we
turn to allah subhanahu wa ta’ala with the class to ask allah for help now help of allah allah
subhanahu wa ta’ala told us very clearly very simple principle
very simple principle very very simple principle no complication
in surah talaq allah said the one who was takwa allah will solve his problems allah did not say
he will help him to know allah will solve
the one who has takwa allah will remove him and extract him and find a way out for him
from his difficulties
and this is a blanket statement allah did not say allah will find a difficulty out for him for his
political problems but if he’s stuck in a spiritual problem you know sorry you can’t help you no no no
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any problem
the one who has takwa allah will remove him and separate him and take him out of his difficulties
allah will do it conditional statement
which comes first takwa or solution
solution is for the mutaki it’s not for the fasiq and fajr it’s not for the rebellious person it’s
not for the person who is inventing his own deen it’s not for the person who is disobeying allah
subhanahu wa ta’ala knowing what is wrong he still does it he knows what is haram he still does it
no solution is for the one who respects allah subhanahu wa ta’ala and the respect of allah
subhanahu wa ta’ala is not singing respect for allah is to obey allah is to have takwa of allah
is to fear to disobey to fear to displease the one who we love the most and then allah said
why
and he will provide him from sources he cannot imagine
because sometimes we sit and think now how can there be a solution this is an impossible thing
it’s impossible for you it is impossible for you it’s not impossible for allah and allah
said i will provide you sources i will provide you from sources you cannot imagine
when musa
needed to cross the sea with his people allah did not remove the sea allah parted the sea
allah created a path in the sea
when ibrahim was to be thrown into the fire to burn allah did not remove the fire allah did not
put out the fire allah subhanahu wa ta’ala caused the fire to be burden was salaman alai ibrahim
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It doesn’t have to be Allah will make it for you.
But provide condition is what?
Taqwa.
وَمَن يَتَوَكَّرَ عَلَى اللَّهِ فَهُوَ حَزْبُوهُ
And the one who has
Tawakkur Allah, Allah will become sufficient for you.
It begins with Taqwa.
Now what is Taqwa?
Taqwa begins with Tawbah and Istighfar.
Taqwa is when the person faces himself and says,
May Allah have mercy on me, I am the problem.
I don’t have a problem, I am the problem.
I don’t have a problem, I am the problem.
We like to talk about the great Mojizat.
We say so and so, he raised his hands and the Malaika descended.
An army of Junud al-Malaika, they descended.
And we saw Jibreel-e-Salam on his horse and we saw his lance.
And the sun was shining on the tip of his lance.
And his Amama, the tail of the Amama was in the air, flying in the air.
Ask yourself, who made that Dua?
Me?
Who made the Dua?
Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala caused the earth to open and swallow Qarun with his Kunuz, with his treasures.
On whose Dua?
Your Dua? My Dua?
The Dua of Musa Kalimullah.
So we have to get to the level, I am not saying we get to the level of Musa Kalimullah, that is not going to happen.
But we have to have some excuse to go before Allah.
Rasool Allah raised his Dua, raised his hands.
He said, I am the one who made this Dua.
I am the one who made this Dua.
And Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala sent the Malaika and Badr.
The Sahaba raised their hands and Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala sent Malaika in Yarbuk.
The Sahaba raised their hands and Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala made the horses of the Sahaba cross over to Bahrain.
Who was making Dua?
The Sahaba.
It has to start with Istighfar and Tawbah.
Fakultu istaghfiru rabbakum innahu kana ghaffara yursilissama’a alaykum idrara wa yundidkum bi amwali wa baneen wa yaj’al lakum jannati wa yaj’al lakum anhara.
Nu alayhi salam.
The people have difficulties because they were disobeying Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala.
They were rebellious people.
Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala has punished them.
They came to him.
When he first called them, they don’t come.
Then when he calls them, they come.
And they say, this is the problem.
We are having these problems.
Please help us.
What does he tell them?
Fakultu istaghfiru rabbakum.
Make Istighfar, Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala.
He did not say, I will make Dua for you.
He said, no, no, no, you make Istighfar first.
You are the problem.
You don’t have a problem.
You are the problem.
Straighten yourself out.
You are attracting difficulties like a magnet attracts iron filings.
Right?
You are a disaster magnet.
All the disasters floating around in the air, they come to you because you are attracting them.
Become a disaster repeller.
You are a disaster magnet.
Cut off the supply.
Okay?
Fakultu istaghfiru rabbakum.
Make Istighfar.
Innahu kana ghuffara.
We make Istighfar with the belief in Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala.
Ya Rabb, whatever I did, Ya Rabb, please forgive me.
InshaAllah, Allah will forgive.
Then what will happen?
Yursilissama’a alaykum idra’a.
Allah will send rain to you in abundance.
Bayumdidkum bi amwaal.
And Allah will help you with wealth.
Babaneen.
And with children and support.
Wa ya’j’alakum jannatin wa ya’j’alakum anhar.
Allah will give you gardens and He will give you rivers.
You know, all the dunya stuff.
Allah will give you more wealth and power and everything.
Condition is Istighfar.
Turn towards Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala.
Hasan Basri rahmatullahi alaih was sitting with some people, his own, his students and so on.
A man came.
And he said, I have a lot of difficulty.
I am very poor.
I have got no money.
I am destitute.
He said, go make Istighfar.
He left.
Another man came after some time.
He said, I have no children.
You know, I am desperate to have children.
He said, go make Istighfar.
After some time, another man came.
He said, we are living in a place where there is no rain and there is, you know, crops are drying and this is happening, that’s happening.
He said, make Istighfar.
He said, make Istighfar.
Now his students said, you three people came to you with three different problems, completely different problems.
You are giving the same solution.
Make Istighfar.
He decided his ayat.
Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala said,
faqul tu astaghfiru rabbakum inna hu kaana ghaffara
yursi is sama’a alaykum midr’ala
You will get your rain.
wa yumdidkum bi amwaal
You will get your money.
Wa money in, you will get your children.
Hey!
So I remind myself and you.
Instead of having pointless, fruitless discussions about what is happening in Iran and what is happening in Israel and what is happening in Pakistan and what is happening in this town and that town.
Instead of wasting your time with all that, let us make Istighfar.
Number one.
Let us look at our own lives and say, what in my life is against the orders of Allah?
Right?
You know and I know what that is.
It is not a mystery.
You don’t need a great mufti.
If you want a fatwa, go to the mufti, he will give you the fatwa.
You know what you are doing, what you are earning.
Is it halal or haram?
You know this.
Nobody has to tell you.
And believe me, if you are earning haram, you can have an amama the size of the gumbad of, you know, of the dome of the rock.
It won’t help you.
Okay?
You can pray tahajjud all night.
It won’t help you.
You can give a million dollars in charity.
It will not help you.
That charity will not be accepted.
It will be thrown back in your face.
There is no charity.
There is no zakat from haram income.
Please understand this.
People think, oh no, you see, we are, so what if you are earning haram?
We are giving money to the masjid.
You can go and put money inside the Kaaba.
It won’t help you.
Forget the masjid.
What you are eating, make sure it is halal.
Zabiha, hand slot, hand slot, hand slot.
You know what?
You are eating halal.
You are eating halal.
You are eating halal.
You are eating halal.
You are eating halal.
What you have has not yet been accepted.
You are tahlukhaat with your parents, your relationship with your brothers and sisters.
Which world you are living in?
Why can’t the Shia and the Sunni come together?
The Shia and the Sunni will come together when you and your brother come together.
Is it really?
I mean, where are we?
Are we living in some fantasy world?
You want countries to come together.
And you cannot talk to your brother because he offended you?
I know people, I know people who do not talk to their own brothers.
I know people who do not talk to their fathers.
This is Muslims, all Muslims.
And then you want to, when I raise my hands, the malaika will descend.
You raise your hand, the shaitan descends.
Which malaika?
Please correct, let us correct ourselves.
Clean up your act.
Because without that, as I told you, ibadah not accepted, worship not accepted, you can
pray tarawih till you die, it is not accepted.
You can pray tahajju till you die, not accepted.
You can read Quran, not accepted.
You can give charity, not accepted.
You can give zakat, not accepted.
You can make an umrah every day, not accepted.
Your hajj not accepted.
Nothing is accepted.
Because the income that is going in your belly.
The income.
Which is going to fund all this is haram.
You are raising children on haram.
Please understand this.
We have to start from ourselves.
Forget about Iran, forget about Iraq, forget about this one, that one.
Look at yourself.
Clean up your act.
Halal earning, halal eating, halal relationships.
You know Sheikh Wissam used to say, may Allah bless him.
He used to say.
In this country, everything you do is halal.
You can do whatever you want.
Which is true.
That is their concept of freedom.
But that is not the Islamic concept.
In Islam, there is no absolute freedom.
Freedom to do what Allah has commanded us to do because that is good for us.
So please let us get our act together.
Clean up our act.
Then stand before Allah.
And then stand before Allah.
Be a witness.
As Allah is my witness, Allah is my witness.
I can say this for Allah and Allah is my witness.
The malaika, the junood al-malaika have not- Allah has not retired them.
No.
They are there.
The angels are there.
And Allah , He knows.
The help of Allah is there.
The help of Allah will come.
But we have to be people who attract the help of Allah.
Let us make the effort.
I don’t imagine, I’m not saying that we all will become like Sahaba.
We will not.
We don’t have to.
That is the benefit.
Alhamdulillah, Nabi Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said,
a time will come when people will do 5% of the Deen
and Allah will give them Jannah.
5%.
Let us try, start that.
If you have a shop selling Haram,
from this Masjid, get up, go there, shut the shop, lock it.
Clean it up, start a Halal business.
Don’t put a condition.
Don’t say, no, show me something.
No, no, no, show me something.
When the alcohol became Haram,
the Sahaba did not say to Nabi Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam,
Ya Rasulullah, show us an alternate business,
we will give it up.
No.
It is Haram, they finished it, threw it off.
Go shut the shop.
Don’t eat one piece of bread which comes,
which came out of that shop’s income.
Take all of that.
Donate it.
Give it to the, I’m not saying throw it.
Don’t throw food.
Give it to the homeless shelter.
Then you go and buy Halal food with Halal income.
Really, I’m telling you seriously.
If I have a solution, I’ll tell you.
This is the solution.
The solution, I gave you the Dalail of the Quran
and the Dalail of the Sunnah.
As far as I’m concerned, my job is over.
I have informed you.
It’s now up to you.
It’s up to you to do what you want to do.
But if you want the help of Allah Subhanahu wa ta’ala,
there is no other way.
The only way is to become Muttaqeen.
We ask Allah Subhanahu wa ta’ala to make it easy for us.
We ask Allah to fill our heart with khashiyah and with his rahmah.
We ask Allah Subhanahu wa ta’ala to open the doors of khair and barakah for us
and enable us to do Halal business and eat Halal
and raise children in a Halal manner and have a Halal society.
And then we ask Allah Subhanahu wa ta’ala for his help.
And may Allah bless the noble Prophet and his family and his companions.
May Allah bless you all.
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