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Being the Community of Allah's Messenger Comes at a Price
Esteemed sisters and brothers
Endless praise be to Allah, the Most High
May our Lord allow us all to be of those who praise Him as He deserves
We have been made the community of Prophet Muhammad
This is a great blessing
A blessing the price of which cannot possibly be paid
Allah Almighty made us the community of His most beloved Prophet, the mercy to all the worlds, among 124,000 Prophets
The Qur'anic verses recited remind us of the Almighty's favour upon us
Everything has a price;
being a community to the Messenger of Allah also has a price
This is a great favour
We became a community to him gratuitously
We did not pay a price
This is completely a Divine grace
Being Muslim is a great blessing
Being included in the manifestation of His name, the All-Guiding
Being a community to him
It is not possible to pay the price for this
What does the Almighty demand from us?
He demands friendship
He wills friendship with Him
He wills friendship with Allah's Messenger, upon him be peace and blessings
Friendship means possessing common characteristics
This means to say, we too must receive a share in the Prophet's spiritual disposition in our worldly affairs, . . .
. . . morality and interpersonal relations, and balance ourselves accordingly
We must ask ourselves the question, "How close am I to Allah's Messenger?"
Friendship springs from togetherness
How together am I with Allah's Messenger in every stage of my life?
If he were here with me, would he have been pleased with my state?
We must think about his 23-year life of Prophethood
We must think about the Makkan period
How he endured every kind of torment to protect belief in Divine Unity
He went to Ta'if, taking the risk of being ***, and was indeed *** there
He suffered constant hardship
However, Allah Almighty bestowed upon him, in return, the Ascension, which no other Prophet had received
That is, the Most High constantly bestows the greatest reward in return
There was an Emigration to Madina
A Muslim society and state was to be established, where Islam would be practised
The customs of the Age of Ignorance would be abolished one by one
The verses of Divine Ordinances would be revealed
The Companions would say, "“We hear and we obey” to every verse that was revealed
With what would this be possible?
With love
A person obeys one whom they love
The prerequisite of obedience is love
Love is a line of current between two hearts
When we look at the Madinan period, we again see three snares
There are the Jews who are in opposition
There are the hypocrites - Muslim on the outside, but polytheist on the inside
And then there are the Makkan polytheists
The Companions, with Allah's Messenger first and foremost, spend ten years between these three snares
And how were the Qur'anic ordinances implemented within these ten years?
How was belief in Divine Unity protected?
The Messenger of Allah endured so many hardships
And the Companions were in a constant state of wholehearted obedience to him
In the face of every trial, they said, "May my life and wealth be sacrificed for you, O Messenger of Allah."
Each state of Allah's Messenger is more magnificent than the other
For instance, let us imagine
A simple example: The Battle of the Trench
The Companions were forced to dig a 5.5 kilometre trench
What bulldozer or roading machinery was available at that time?
What was there other than human labour power?
They were to dig a trench 5.5 kilometres long in order to avert the Makkan polytheists
Its width was to be 4.5 metres, with a depth of 3.5 metres
And the Messenger of Allah, upon him be peace and blessings, was to be involved with digging this trench
And break to pieces rocks that were too hard to be broken
Hunger, cold, etc. The thought was to even occur to the Companions: "Will Divine aid not come?"
That is how overwhelmed they were and how difficult conditions had become
After all that surrender
And the Banu Qurayza on one side
Abu Bakr says that they used to look out from hilltops
Are our houses in place?
Have the Jews attacked?
Are our children safe?
After enduring these trials, Allah Almighty sent a wind, a storm and unseen armies
In short, the Messenger's every state was constant
Again, another Companion once brought a handful of dates that he had washed
The Messenger of Allah asked him how he had come to obtain them
And he explained the difficulty with which he obtained them
How he was only able to receive one date in return for a bucket of water
And he said that that was the one he brought for Allah's Messenger
The Messenger of Allah said, "You must love me much indeed."
"Yes, O Allah's Messenger," he said
Allah's Messenger then told him to, in that case, be prepared for what would befall him
Again another scene: There was Sa'd ibn Mu'adh
Allah's Messenger, upon him be peace and blessings loved him a lot
He was a valiant Companion
He was martyred during the Battle of the Trench
The Prophet said that the heavens shook with his martyrdom
Look at the commendation sent down
Allah's Messenger did not leave his side
He performed his funeral prayer
He remained by his side until he was buried
At that point, the Prophet said something of great note
He said that the grave squeezed Sa'd ibn Mu'adh
The Companions asked Allah's Messenger
"O Messenger of Allah, you made a lot of prayers and readings by his grave. Why did you do as such?"
There are no details of which verses he recited
There is no information as to which prayers he read
Allah's Messenger said, "The grave squeezed Sa'd ibn Mu'adh; that is why I read certain prayers and his grave opened and expanded."
This is a mirror before us.
"All that is on the earth is perishable."
Every soul will taste death
However, preparation for this death will be in the world
We came to the world by being born of a mother;
we were in the arms of a mother and father, but did not realise this
However, we will be buried with our deeds and we will embark on a journey accompanied with these deeds
The Most High declares,
"Surely the noblest, most honorable of you in Allah's sight is the one best in piety, righteousness, and reverence for God."
Whether you are dark-skinned or fair-skinned, with yellow or black skin, that race will not matter in the least
It is Allah Almighty Who confers race
Only, how are we to be successful in this classroom of the world?
With piety and God consciousness
Allah Almighty declares,
The most esteemed among you in the eyes of Allah are those who are most pious and righteous
What is piety to be like?
How did the Messenger of Allah 'live' the Qur'anic verses, how did he live the Qur'an?
We need to practise those Qur'anic verses in the same way and transfer them to our lives
The Messenger of Allah says, "You are with those whom you love."
Again, it is stated in a Qur'anic verse, "...which of you is better in deeds."
Allah Almighty wants the best of deeds from us.
In other words, He does not want ordinary deeds from us
He wants the best
Allah Almighty wants the best of deeds of righteousness from us
Again, it is stated, "Assuredly, Allah has done the believers a great kindness..."
With what has He favoured them?
By sending to them the Messenger of Allah, upon him be peace and blessings
That is to say, a person does not forget that which they love
They keep their treasured things in the best of safes
How much room have we allocated to the Prophet in our hearts?
And this becomes apparent through demonstration
How much do we resemble Allah's Messenger in every stage of our lives?
This is the aim of celebrating the 'noble birth of the prophet (pbuh)'
Not forgetting the Messenger of Allah in any aspect of our lives
What kind of community to him am I?
What kind of community were the Companions?
How they said, in the face of the smallest and the greatest threats
"May my life and my possessions be sacrificed for you, O Messenger of Allah?"
They were Companions in essence and they demonstrated this with their deeds and their lives
This world was created for the human being
In any case, the world be destroyed along with the last human being on earth, the universe will explode and the mission of the world will be complete
Whatever is in the world, it is for us
The Prophets who were sent are for us
The Messenger of Allah, upon him be peace and blessings, is our greatest blessing
The Books and scrolls are textbooks for us in this world
The universe is a Divine laboratory, with there being a delicate balance in everything
These are the diverse magnificent manifestations of Allah Almighty's attributes the Originator and the Shaper
The servant is to deepen in contemplation
"Read in and with the Name of your Lord, who has created."
They are to remember their Lord in everything they see
They are to be preoccupied with gazing upon and contemplating the Divine art
This, of course, depends on the development of the heart
This contemplation is among the keys of belief
If you want to see Allah Almighty, behold His handiwork with an eye to learn lessons and gain wisdom
Observe in whatever is your profession
There is nothing in this universe, from the particle to the heavenly body, which does not show to us His wisdom and majesty
Everything is in the position of witness to Him
All things are witness to a Divine power
Of course, however clear the heart becomes, that is the extent to which blurriness therein is lifted
However, a gloom-stricken heart cannot be freed of blurriness
When the heart becomes clearer, it ponders deeply over a flower that it sees
Why did Allah Almighty create this flower?
From where does this scent, this colour, this harmony come?
They ponder what they eat. Where do these provisions come from?
What would have happened if the Almighty had not created these provisions?
What a great bestowal
What a great kindness
In short, Allah Almighty is at our aid
His Messengers are at our aid
And He honoured us with His greatest Prophet
He assists us with His Books and scrolls. He addressed us with His greatest Book
This universe is the manifestation of Divine grandeur
It is the Almighty Who bestows inventions and discoveries
If He had not conferred the human mind with this power, there would not have been such discoveries
And how does He make the Day of Judgement known to us?
At the single press of a button, whatever you want appears before your eyes
It will be said on the Day of Judgement, "Read your book! Your own self suffices you this day as a reckoner against you."
When the individual buttons of human beings are pressed, the cassette that they each filled will be revealed
In short, the human being is the full-length mirror of this world, . . .
the focus of the truths from Divine manifestations and, . . .
for a believer practising Islam, this life is a season of spring
The Angel of Death, Azrail came to Prophet Ilyas (Elijah), peace be upon him
Prophet Ilyas, peace be upon him, was startled
The angel asked, "Why are you startled. Do you fear death when you are a Prophet?"
Prophet Ilyas, peace be upon him, answered: "No. I did not fear death. I was in a state of worship, devotion, of conveying the message and in great tranquillity."
In other words, life was a season of spring
"However, now I am to remain in the grave until the Resurrection."
In brief, every breath of our lives, each and every split second is of a distinct worth
And how are we to determine the value of this?
May Allah grant this to us all
This is possible with the heart's advancement
Obedience is contingent upon love
A person obeys those whom they love
Allah Almighty wants us to be together with Him
In the Qur'anic verse from chapter Nisa, verse 80, it is declared,
"He who obeys the Messenger (thereby) obeys Allah."
This was the constant concern of the Companions
Am I in obedience to Allah's Messenger, not only in the religiously obligatory acts, but also in the necessary, sunna and the permissible?
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