O Muslims, mumins. Allah swt has given us Islam. If He didn’t want to give us Islam he would make us from another religion. But Allah trusted us. Allah trusted his sincere servants with the message of Islam. Sayyidina Muhammad (s) came to the most trustworthy people, because Allah said,
كُنتُمْ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ تَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنكَرِ وَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللّهِ
Kuntum khayra ummatin ukhrijat lin-naasi tamuroona bil-ma`roofi wa tanhawna `ani al-munkari wa tuminoona billahi…
-“ Ye are the best of peoples, evolved for mankind, enjoining what is right, forbidding what is wrong, and believing in Allah…[3:110]
And He said it in the past tense. It means from the time we were spirits, fee yawma alastu bi-rabbikum qaaloo balaa, the Day of Promises when we were spirits, junoodun mujjanadan. Those whom he wanted to be most trusted people the most sincere, were the ones who were given to Sayyidina Muhammad alayhis salaatu was-salaam.
And he trusted us and when Allah entrust you with something then you have to fulfill the trust you have been entrusted with. If I entrust you to look after my family and I am going away for 2-3 years you must take care and not cheat me. How many friends cheated their friends with their family. What is the highest trust in this dunya. It is to trust someone with your family.
Money - it comes and goes. Maal ad-dunya, the dirt and waste of dunya. You trust someone with a million dollars, and he eats it.
The highest trust is with a family. He trusts his neighbor with his family and when he comes back he finds his neighbor cheating him with his family.
That is still dunya.
What about Islam? That is with Allah.
When we trusted our neighbor or brother with our family and he cheated you, what is the worst you do: you get angry and you don’t speak and you leave your family and no one cares.
But with Allah you care. There is soothing boiling that you might be dumped in tit.
He trusted us with Sayyidina Muhammad (s), he sent him as a messenger, rahmatan li 'l-`alameen. He called him as a mercy for humanity and he called him Raufun Raheem from His attributes bi 'l-mu’mineen Raufun Raheem. He dressed him with His beautiful Attributes. And we accepted his hand on his hand, though we didn’t put our hand physically, but symbolically we did it when we took shahada. We signed a contract with the Prophet (s) that we accepted Islam and he presented that contract to Allah that we are muslims and Allah said this is rahmatan lil `alameen to you.
إِنَّا عَرَضْنَا الْأَمَانَةَ عَلَى السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَالْجِبَالِ فَأَبَيْنَ أَن يَحْمِلْنَهَا وَأَشْفَقْنَ مِنْهَا وَحَمَلَهَا الْإِنسَانُ إِنَّهُ كَانَ ظَلُوماً جَهُولاً
Inna `aradna al-amanata `ala as-samaawaati wa’l-ardi w’al-jibaali fa abayna an yahmilnaha wa ashfaqna minhaa wa hamalahaa a-linsanu innahu kana dhalooman jahoolan.
We did indeed offer the Trust to the Heavens and the Earth and the Mountains; but they refused to undertake it, being afraid thereof: but man undertook it;- He was indeed unjust and foolish;- [33:72]
I entrusted this trust to you. The trust is Sayyidina Muhammad. We have asked heavens and earth and the mountains to carry our trust, and I said to them (Allah is saying) I mentioned to them to carry that trust and they said, “No.” They weren’t liars lawyers. Fa-abayna wa ashfaqna minha. They said “Rabbana, O our Lord, we cannot.”
And what did He say? Fa-hamalaha al-insaan. “The human being said I will carry it and I will take it.”
You want to take it? Heavens said no. You said “yes” and you accepted the trust. Innahu kaana dhalooman jahoola. “He was oppressor to himself and ignorant.” Every human being, everyone of us, you cannot find, except a very few, they call them awliyaullah, that does not fall under that addressing. Other than awliyaullah everyone is proud of his intellect or mind, he does not accept any advice.
Open the door after prayer, everyone fight with everyone after the door is opened. No one accepts any other person. We must not be ignorant. Allah entrusted us.
What did ibn Masud say? He said, “The first thing you are going to lose is al-amaana. The trust is going to go from the heart.”
Sami`tu ibn masud qaala: inna Awwala ma yufqidoon al-amaanah. Trust from one to another. We already lost that. Already we are not trusting each other. You are not trusting your wife, she is not trusting you; you are not trusting yourself even, Shaytan is playing with you.
That is for granted. That is not what is meant.
What he meant is al-amaanah the trust between you and Allah, the trust between you and the Prophet (s) the trust between you and Islam
As soon as you say Allahu akbar, you lose your prayer as all kinds of gossips come to your mind.
When you lose the trust, the relationship between Allah swt and when you lose confidence in yourself, shaytan plays with you immediately.
What does he want to do, to make you lose your prayers. How many of you are not praying Fajr prayers. It is very simple. You can calculate.
Wa aakhira maa tufqidoon as-salaat - When you lose one prayer or five prayers it is the same. It means you did not fulfill the trust.[1]
So why are we then upset when all nations come against us? We are coming against Allah swt Allah trusted us. He trusted.
وَالَّذِينَ جَاهَدُوا فِينَا لَنَهْدِيَنَّهُمْ سُبُلَنَا وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَمَعَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ
Walladheena jaahadoo feena la-nahdeeyanahum subulana.
And those who strive in Our (cause),- We will certainly guide them to our Paths: For verily Allah is with those who do right. [29:69]
Those who were struggling in our way, coming against their bad desires for My Sake, I will guide them. We will show them our ways. But we are not doing that. We are not fulfilling our trust so Allah is revenging, punishing us. So what is happening? Everyone comes against us.
It is not as people say today, a few people did something violent, they did something wrong and they came against us. If Allah doesn’t want them to come against us never will they come against us. It is in Allah’s hands, it is not in any nation’s hands.
But because we are not fulfilling what Allah entrusted us with He is cleansing us in this dunya. That is a cleansing for Muslims.
Allah said,
كُنتُمْ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ تَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنكَرِ وَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللّهِ وَلَوْ آمَنَ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ لَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَّهُم مِّنْهُمُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمُ الْفَاسِقُونَ
kuntum khayra ummatian ukhrijat li 'n-naas. - tamuroona bi 'l-ma`roofi wa tanhawna `ani 'l-munkari wa tuminoona billahi wa law amana ahlu 'l-kitaabi lakaana khayran lahum minhumu 'l-muminoona wa aktharuhumu 'l-fasiqoona
Ye are the best of peoples, evolved for mankind, enjoining what is right, forbidding what is wrong, and believing in Allah. If only the People of the Book had faith, it were best for them: among them are some who have faith, but most of them are perverted transgressors. Al-Imran [3:110]
“You were, the best of nations that I have created.”
If we are best ummah, why are we losing everything?
حدثنا عبد الرحمن بن إبراهيم الدمشقي حدثنا بشر بن بكر حدثنا ابن جابر حدثني أبو عبد السلام عن ثوبان قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يوشك الأمم أن تداعى عليكم كما تداعى الأكلة إلى قصعتها فقال قائل ومن قلة نحن يومئذ قال بل أنتم يومئذ كثير ولكنكم غثاء كغثاء السيل ولينزعن الله من صدور عدوكم المهابة منكم وليقذفن الله في قلوبكم الوهن فقال قائل يا رسول الله وما الوهن قال حب الدنيا وكراهية الموت
Thawban narrated that the Prophet (s) said:
The people will soon summon one another to attack you as people when eating, invite others to share their dish.
Someone asked: “Will that be because of our small numbers at that time?” He replied: “No, you will be numerous at that time: but you will be like foam that is carried down by a torrent...”[2]
When they asked the Prophet (s), he said, “You are going to many but no one will be giving you importance.” They asked “Is it because of being few?” He (s) said, “No, you will be so much, but you will be like the foam.” You know how the foam of the dog comes from its mouth - that is the worst of character. By that I don’t mean the worst in creation, but that that character is of the worst type.
The Prophet (s) said, sa-tada` alaykum al-umam. – “All the nations will come against you.” Why? We did not keep the trust.
So don’t come and blame anyone, why we are (if feel shy to say) under the feet. Are we on haqq or on baatil? We are on haqq. But we are doing what shaytan wants us to do not what Haqq wants us to do.
What shaytan wants us to do we are doing. Sayyidina Umar (r) said, “The first that will be lifted from the people will be al-amaanah.” Umar bin al-Khattaab said that and ibn Mas`ud (r) said that. Are they wrong?
How many of us did not pray Fajr today? Are we on the right path?
And the last thing that will be left is the prayer. wa ruba yusalli laa khayra feeh. – “But perhaps they will pray but no goodness in their prayers.”
They don’t know what they are praying. Praying to Allah or praying for themselves or praying for Shaytan.
حدثنا محمد بن سنان: حدثنا فليح بن سليمان: حدثنا هلال بن علي، عن عطاء بن يسار، عن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: (إذا ضيعت الأمانة فانتظر الساعة). قال: كيف إضاعتها يا رسول الله؟ قال: (إذا أسند الأمر إلى غير أهله فانتظر الساعة (البخارِي في كتاب العلْم و أحْمد في مسْنده)
In another hadith Abi Hurayra (s) related:
A bedouin asked the Prophet (s) when the Judgement Day would occur. He said, “When the trust (al-amaana) is lost, then wait for the Judgement Day.” The bedouin said, “How will it be lost?” The Prophet (s) said, “When power and authority comes in the hands of unfit persons, then wait for the Judgement Day.”[3]
What did he say, the biggest muhaddith [of the Sahaba] Abu Hurayrah? He was always writing ahadith of the Prophet (s). He once came and requested a the Prophet (s) pray for him, in order that he would not forget and through the blessing of that du`a he would not forget even one dot from what the Prophet (s) spoke.
What did he report? He reported that the Prophet (s) said: idha du`iyat al-amaana, fantathir as-sa`at. – “When the trust is lost, wait for Judgement Day.”
It means the Judgment Day approaches. He said kayfa ada`thaa ya rasulullah? “How will we lose the trust? “
Qala rasulullaah idhaa usnid al-`amru ila ghayri ahli fantadhir as-sa`at. The Prophet (s) said, “When the leadership, when you give up your affairs to those who don’t know, are not up to that standard, and you give them to control your affairs, then that is where the trust is lost.”
It means, “You will have leaders who are the worst of people.” And today what do we have. Look at the Muslim countries. Leave the western countries. Show me one Muslim leader that is might be doing the right thing. You might find one, two that pray Fajr.
I know one Muslim leader he is a close friend to me, that doesn’t pray only Fajr, but wakes up for tahajjud one hour before Fajr, praying Tahajjud, salaat al-Wudu, salaat an-Najaat, salaat ash-Shukr, salaat-Tahajjud.
2 rakats salaat al-Wudu, 2 rakats salaat an-Najaat, 2 rakats salaat ash-Shukr, 4 rakats salaat at-Tasbih, 8 rakats salaat at-Tahajjud. That is before Fajr. Then he sits and does his awraad, recites Quran and makes his dhikr. Then he prays Fajr, then recites his awraad after Fajr. Then he goes to his office. He is the prime minister of a country. There might be on or two like that or three. Where are the others? When the leadership is given to those who are not qualified for it then wait for the hour.
Don’t say, “Why are we put down today?” Leadership is wrong. When that leadership is changed then everything will be in order…..
Why are we losing the trust today? Do you know the
Why did Allah support them?
When you tell children today there is superman on TV then they have to see that program and to dress like Superman. Who else? Spiderman. They have a symbol that they look at.
The Ottomans were known for this: When the name of Muhammad (s) was pronounced in front of them, they would stand up. Whenever the name of Muhammad (s) is brought up in a hadith they would stand up out of respect for Sayyidina Muhammad (s). What if you were to do that now? They would say, “Shirk!” But in Ottoman times even the Sultan would stand up.
They did not stand because it is obligation, but they stood up out of respect and out of love. Allah supported them because they stood up in respect for Muhammad (s) every time his name was mentioned. Today they throw stones at you for even thinking about it. That is why we are losing.