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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.
Peace and blessings be upon the honour of the Prophets and Messengers,
Muhammad and the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him and upon his family.
Peace and blessings be upon them.
And after that, my brothers and sisters,
it is very important after the first prayer to do the Masnoon adhkar of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him and upon his family.
All the adhkar, all the dhikr the Prophet used to do after the first prayer, it is very important to do that first.
Before anything else, before the khatira, before anything which the Imam wants to say or any haddars or hadiths or anything else.
Finish the adhkar of, these are all Sunnah Mu’akkadah.
They are almost as important as the first.
Finish that, then do whatever else you want to do.
So the Prophet said, first and foremost, after you finish your Salah, you say Astaghfirullah three times.
Astaghfirullah, Astaghfirullah, Astaghfirullah.
And then you say Allahumma a’inni a’la dhikrika wa shukrika wa husni ibadatika.
And then if you like, you can say Allahumma takabbal minna innaka anta as-sami wal-alim wa tuba’ilina innaka anta at-tawabur raheem.
And then you recite Ayatul Qursi.
The recitation of Ayatul Qursi,
after the Salah,
the first Salah,
Rasulullah said, the one who recites Ayatul Qursi after the first Salah,
the only thing that is between him and Jannah is his death.
Meaning, as soon as he dies, he will go to Jannah, InshaAllah.
So simple.
Ayatul Qursi after the first.
So, the Ulema have said that this could mean Ayatul Qursi immediately after the first,
or it could mean Ayatul Qursi as the last thing,
before you say Salah.
So after Atayat and after Dhurut Ibrahim and after the Dua’s,
you recite Ayatul Qursi and then you say Salam Alaikum, Salam Alaikum.
In the Salah.
So the Afdal way is to do that and immediately after Salah also.
So after you say Salam, Salam, then Ayatul Qursi.
And then SubhanAllah, Alhamdulillah, Allahu Akbar, 33, 33, 34.
And then La ilaha illaAllah,
Wa a’dahu la sharika lahu, la huma al-mulk, la huma al-hamdu, wa ala kulli shay’in qadir.
So this is the minimum.
And then of course, if Allah gives us tawfiq,
La ilaha illaAllah, wa a’dahu la sharika lahu, la huma al-mulk, la huma al-hamdu,
yuhi wa yumeet, wa huwa ala kulli shay’in qadir.
That addition of yuhi wa yumeet.
Huwa ala kulli shay’in qadir, ten times.
And after that,
Allahumma la ma’aleh ala ma’atayta, wa la muti lima manata, wa la yanfawzal jaddah minkal jaddah.
These are the little one lines.
This we must memorize and we must say this.
Right?
Then you do your, whatever else you want to do.
The dars or anything else.
But until you finish the adhkar,
don’t be in a hurry.
If you do not even have,
peace of mind and sukoon in salah, in the masjid,
where will we have it?
That this life is full of all kinds of tensions and this and that.
At least in the masjid, let us be, stay with peace and khair.
InshaAllah Allah Ta’ala will give us khair.
The key thing is to understand that Allah Subhanahu wa ta’ala gave us this deen
in order to give us sukoon.
The purpose of the deen is what?
To give you trouble or to give you,
deen is not meant to give,
deen is meant to solve our problems.
Deen is meant to give us sukoon.
But anything is beneficial only if you use it.
You can have a beautiful house
and in that you have, for example,
you have an air conditioner in your bedroom.
But here in Hyderabad in the summer,
the temperature is going to 40 degrees Celsius
and you are sweltering in the heat,
burning in the heat.
You are trying to sleep in the bedroom and you can’t sleep
and it’s so difficult.
And somebody says, why don’t you turn on the AC?
You have the AC, it is installed, it works.
Why don’t you turn it on?
You know, this example sounds stupid,
but that is exactly what we do with our religion.
We have it, alhamdulillah.
All of us, at least all of us here in the masjid are born Muslims.
Our parents were Muslims, their parents were Muslims,
until Allah knows when.
We must ask ourselves, what good is that?
I’m not saying it’s not good.
I’m saying, what benefit am I getting from this?
I’m burning in the heat.
I have a beautiful air conditioner in my room.
I have the remote control in my hand.
I won’t turn it on.
What chance does it make?
But that’s exactly what we do with our religion.
Allah gave us a beautiful system of life, whole life.
Start with salah, which is why it is five times a day,
reminder, reminder, reminder, reminder, reminder.
How must I live my life?
The way you do salah.
You don’t pray any way you like.
You pray, you pray.
How do you pray?
Prophet said what?
Sallu kamar ayyitumuni usalli.
Pray as you have seen me pray.
Not any way you like.
I cannot invent my own method of praying, which I think is very beautiful.
No, no, no, no.
If it does not follow the method of Rasulullah exactly,
then that salah is not acceptable to Allah .
It is trashed.
So how must I live my whole life?
The way I pray.
First principle is do it like the Rasulullah deal.
How must I treat my family?
The way Rasulullah treated his family.
How must I do business?
The way Rasulullah did business.
How must I drive my car?
You might say he did not have a car.
He didn’t have a car.
But how did he walk on the street?
How did he ride his mount on the street?
Did he ride it in the middle?
Did he ride it in a way which caused problem for other people?
Did he dismount and tie the animal somewhere where it’s a nuisance for everyone?
No.
It’s not a question of whether it’s a car or a camel.
The question is how do you behave?
What do I do with inheritance?
What did he do with inheritance?
What is the usool of Islam?
What about business dealings?
I give somebody my word.
I have a deal.
What should I do?
Fulfil it?
Don’t fulfill it?
Five times a day, five times a day we are reminded.
God is the best.
He is the best.
He is the best.
He is the best.
So, Salah is not only about Salah.
Salah is the reminder for the whole of my life.
It’s not only about Salah.
Salah is a tool.
Today, one of the problems we have is
either we have people, may Allah forgive us,
who leave the Salah itself.
They won’t pray.
We have Ramadan Muslims and this, that.
They don’t pray.
They don’t pray.
This whole masjid will get full in Ramadan.
The rest of the time, Allah bless all of you,
who come on a regular basis, but that’s it.
Mashallah, beautiful faces, but only the same,
five, six faces, 10 faces, that’s it.
So we have Ramadan Muslims, then we have we Muslims.
Then we wonder why are Muslims getting beaten up
all over the world?
You tell me why.
You tell me why.
Everyone is walking there and everyone is getting wet.
You have an umbrella, you don’t open the umbrella,
then you say, why am I getting wet, right?
You are supposed to open the umbrella, keep yourself dry
and help somebody else, right?
Imagine you have this umbrella, which is extendable.
Take other people also under them,
let them also see the beauty of Islam.
Just see how today is,
which is the fastest spreading religion today?
Which one?
Islam?
Nope.
The fastest spreading religion today is commercialism.
Commercialism.
How many of you have a mobile phone, have a smartphone,
how many of you have a mobile phone, have a smartphone,
How many of you have a mobile phone, have a smartphone,
in your pocket. Everyone, right?
I’m sure
you also have some version of the Quran
on this phone.
You also have social media.
Which one do you see more?
Which one do you look
at more?
Simple.
If you tell me, you don’t have to tell me.
I’m nobody. This is between you and Allah.
If you say seriously,
I read the Quran
more than I look at my social media,
I’m not a Hindu.
I’m a county among the Auliya.
Who does it? Do I do it? I also don’t do it.
So which is the,
if I’m choosing between social
media and the Quran, and social
media, I’m watching six hours a day, the Quran,
if I read one choose a day,
how long does it take? Half an hour?
So which is the
fastest spreading religion?
Now,
the social media
which is on my phone,
which is the
Tableti Jamaat of Commercialism,
the evangelical
part of commercialism,
is social media.
Whether it’s Facebook, whether it’s Instagram,
whatever,
you have the influencers, you have this one,
that one, you have ads, you have
schools, you have all these things.
Scrolling, scrolling, scrolling.
Drawing you towards
buy this, buy that,
have this opinion, have that opinion,
that’s the purpose, right?
Tell me, who forced
you or me to put that
on the phone?
Did somebody force us?
Did the government issue
a geo to say
everyone must have these
things on their phone?
Is the police standing there
and catching your phone?
Open your phone, show me.
Do you have this Facebook?
Okay, good, you can go.
No Facebook? Go to jail.
Is it happening?
Did somebody bribe you?
What’s his name?
Was that a guy?
Who looks like a fish?
What’s his name?
Huh?
What’s his name?
Facebook guy?
Mark Zuckerberg.
Mark Zuckerberg.
What is the name of the
general who commanded the army
which conquered
Persia?
Battle of Khadzia.
Who was the general?
Which is the fastest spreading religion?
Islam or commercialism?
Zabi of Rasulullah,
you don’t remember.
Sa’ad bin Abi Waqas.
What is the name?
Sa’ad bin Abi Waqas
Radiallahu anhu.
Biankar or Nabi Salam.
Commanded the army
and the battle of Qadzia.
We don’t know Mark Zuckerberg.
We don’t know Sa’ad bin Abi Waqas.
This is how powerful it is, brother.
It’s an ism.
Commercial ism.
What’s an ism?
An ism is a religion.
It’s a religion.
It’s a religion.
It’s a religion.
It’s a religion.
It’s a way of life.
It’s something which impacts your values
and your ethics and your morals.
It’s something which gives you icons.
I did this in the masjid in Massachusetts
where I am.
One evening I was eating
and a whole bunch of young men
and all of them, big beards.
Everyone’s got big black beards.
A whole bunch of them.
A whole bunch of them.
So I said to them,
name for me three icons.
Your icons.
Who are the three people,
role models that you have.
This is in the masjid.
All of them,
they come from families
who come to the masjid regularly.
These boys also come to the masjid regularly.
And these are not Ramadhan Muslim.
They are there every day.
I see them.
At least one Salah a day,
they’re all there.
Ishaad Salah, they’re all there.
And I am the Imam.
I am asking the question in the masjid.
Who are the three people
that you have?
That is the honesty.
Three role models.
Who do they name?
Elon Musk,
Jeff Bezos,
Warren Buffet.
There’s not Abu Bakr and Omar
and Uthman and Ali and Talha
and Zubair and Saad bin Abbas al-Qass
and Saad bin Mu’adh
and Mu’adh bin Jabal
and Radhi Allah Anama Jumain.
Nobody.
Nobody.
Nobody.
And I say,
nobody.
Nobody.
Nobody.
Nobody.
Nobody.
Nobody.
Nobody.
Now, the question is
why is this spreading so fast
Even though nobody forces us
Even though nobody bribes us
Even though nobody tells us
Nothing.
We go and take it ourselves.
And think about that.
You are scrolling on Facebook
six hours a day.
Who’s getting rich?
What do you call something on which you spend six hours a day?
What is the name for that thing?
Any activity on which you are spending six to eight hours a day?
What is it called?
What is it called?
Job.
Job.
That is supposed to be your employment, right?
Six to eight hours a day is a job.
What do you get for a job?
What is it called?
Salary.
Exactly.
What is a salary?
If I tell you to come work for me for free six hours a day, what will you ask me?
What is a salary?
No salary, free.
You will tell me, are you crazy?
Which world are you living in, Sheikh?
You want me to come work for you six hours a day and you won’t pay me anything?
Yeah, because you are working for Mark Zuckerberg six hours a day, he is not paying you anything,
why should I pay you?
You think I am crazy?
You think I am crazy?
You think I am crazy?
Why should I pay you?
You think I am crazy?
Why should I pay you?
Why should I pay you?
Try and hire a maid, a cook here, to come and work for you two hours a day and say I
won’t pay you any salary.
The privilege of working for me.
She’ll laugh all the way back to the…
My question is, you are working for Mark Zuckerberg?
You are working for Elon Musk?
You are working for all these guys?
Six hours a day?
Six hours, eight hours a day, they are not paying you anything.
So how come you don’t want to work for me?
People take what they find benefit in, even though the benefit may not be a benefit.
There is no benefit.
I can prove to you by scientific articles, by scientific research papers, by data, that
social media is harmful, harmful, harmful.
Who is convinced?
Nobody.
You are destroying yourself psychologically, destroying your children psychologically.
You are buying the phones and giving it to the aunt and then they are getting depressed
and they are committing suicide, not cancer.
But we have this beautiful religion which will take us out of all this, which is designed
to give us r葉ah.
And it will give us some peace.
You arevis this.
You are our Ever Name combined with Allah, take heart, then flow over to the
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You will not sing this out loud until the brahmanood appears from our body in our
hearts, Allaha raped us, then take us out
Allah is saying this, I am not saying this, not my words in the Quran.
Allah is saying this slowly in the dhikr of Allah, there
is peace of mind.
Right?
And we are looking for this itmina nulaal qalba
Allah is saying this, but you can’t do that, if Allah is saying it only,
God is saying this, if Allah is saying it only in between ,
And all of you worship Allah to seven times that iswhere .
So keep going with the calli a full and complete silence, on Jesus.
and I will call him everywhere except in the Zikar of Allah.
So I remind myself and you, let us become Muslims, actual Muslims,
not the kind of Muslims that we are, that I am and others.
May Allah protect you all from this and protect us from this.
Rasmi happened to be born in a Muslim house by, I have a so-called within quotes, Muslim name.
I have a beard, I have a topi, therefore I am a Muslim.
All of this is good, alhamdulillah, you should have a beard, you should have a topi,
nothing wrong with that, but
the point is, Islam must be visible in my life.
Then I can benefit, then I can taste the sweetness of Islam.
The others who come into contact with me, like they smell perfume,
they smell the perfume of Islam.
It is just like people, if you wear a good perfume, somebody will say,
Kyaap, wasaitha laga, which perfume is it?
Smell some rice, can I have some?
That’s how Islam spread.
Islam spread because people saw the beauty of Islam in the lives of the Sahaba, the Tabi’un and others.
Abdullah bin Mubarak, Rahmatullah Ali, one of the great scholars of Islam,
among the Tabi’in, he and Hasan Basri, Rahmatullah Ali,
they used to be called the Raees of the Tabi’in, the leaders of the Tabi’in.
So Abdullah bin Mubarak, he heard that his neighbor, who was a Jewish man,
was selling his house, and he had marked up the price of the house twice, the market price.
And people asked him, he said, it’s a good house, but you know, this price is double the price of the
market price, why are you charging so much?
He said, do you know who’s my neighbor?
Who’s your neighbor?
Abdullah bin Mubarak.
So if you buy my house, you get my neighbor.
That is worth the price of the house.
Can you believe it?
To be the neighbor of Abdullah bin Mubarak, and this is a Jewish man, he’s not a Muslim.
He said, it’s worth the price of the house.
That’s why I’m asking you double the money.
So Abdullah bin Mubarak went to him and he said to him, why are you selling the house?
I want you as a neighbor.
You are my neighbor.
I love you very much.
He said, I need the money.
He said, I’ll give you the money.
He said, I’ll give you the money.
He said, I’ll give you the money.
He said, I’ll give you the money.
Don’t care about me.
He said, I’ll give you the money.
I’ll give you the money.
Pay me back when you can.
If you can’t pay me back, alhamdulillah.
We stay here.
Don’t sell the house.
Really, I tell you, this is a, we should…
We have to convert this from telling stories.
We are all good storytellers.
Alhamdulillah.
May Allah have mercy on us.
Tell good stories.
Every bayaan should be at least three hours.
In Hyderabad, the bayaan is one and a half hours, two hours, oh Mashallah Mashallah.
Islam is not storytelling.
Islam is to be lived and enjoyed and benefited from for ourselves and everyone else.
If that is not happening, there is something very seriously wrong with us.
Believe me, nothing, nothing, nothing is wrong with anybody else.
Please understand this.
Don’t blame anybody.
Whatever is happening to us is not because of the Zionists and not because of the BJP
and not because of RSS and not because of the Hindu and not because…
It is us.
It is us.
The day we straighten ourselves out, the day we start living like the Sahaba or Rizwan,
like Muhammad , like Rasul .
Believe me, everyone who is against us will become our wali-un-hamim.
Allah said, they will turn to you.
They will become your closest friends.
It has to come from us because we are the people who received the Quran al-Kareem.
It is us.
It has to come from us.
If we correct ourselves, the world will get corrected.
Allah sent us into this world to spread light, to spread the Nur of Hidayah.
But that will happen only if we light ourselves up.
We are like dead lamps.
I am talking about myself.
May Allah have mercy on us.
Like dead lamps.
It is a lamp.
Nobody can deny that.
It is a lamp.
It is a lamp.
But unless you turn it on, unless you light this lamp, it is worthless.
As good as not having it.
You are sitting in darkness.
So, I remind myself and you, let us light ourselves.
Let us appreciate this day not by seeing some nasheed or something but by actually practicing
it.
And we ask Allah to accept our dua’s, to protect us from all harm, to protect us from
all evil, to enable us to be of benefit to ourselves and to everyone around us and to
become icons of beauty and goodness of Islam and true followers of Muhammad Rasulullah
.
And may Allah bless the Prophet and his family and his companions.
May Allah bless you.
Bye-bye.