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The Three Fundamental Principles
By the Esteemed Sheikh
Abu Mohammad Al-Maqdisi May Allah Preserve him
All Praise is due to Allah Who Says :
"Every soul shall have a taste of death: And only on the Day of Judgment shall you be paid your full recompense. Only he who is saved far from the Fire
and admitted to paradise will have attained victory: For the life of this world is just an illusion of enjoyment" Qur'an 3:185
And May the Peace and Blessings upon the seal of the Prophets who says:
"Three things Follow the dead person
His family, His Wealth, and His Actions
Two Come Back, and One Stays
His Family and Wealth come back, and his deeds stay."
So Here, my Brothers, is the reminder of the afterlife
This is the location of reminder
for doing good deeds, and being prepared for the day of meeting (Your Lord)
The dead person is asked, in the first stage of the stages of the afterlife
He is asked about three
This is what our scholars have called "The Three Fundamental Principles"
He is asked, and he is trialed, and he is tested
So the one who is truly happy is the one who Allah gives Success and Guidance to Answer the questions firmly and correctly
And the One who is Miserable, is the one who is tried, and is blocked from giving the firm and correct answer
Know, my brothers, Know, May Allah bless you
That Success and firmness in answering correctly is not from memorization
Because a lot of disbelievers know this information
And a lot of the apostates, who claim they are Muslims know it too.
And a lot of those who fight this religion know these sayings as well
The success and firmness to say the correct answer, and to get to the path of those who are a happy , is to live these three
These three, to be asked about your religion, your Prophet, and your Lord
First you are asked, who is your Lord?
All of us know, that our lord is Allah
And all of us will answer this question if we are asked in this dunya (worldly life)
But, will Allah give him success, in that hole
Will Allah give him success to answer this question correctly, this question which we see as easy right now, when he lived his life away from Allah?
Will he be given success, when he hears Allah being insulted, Allah's religion being insulted, and Allah and his Messenger being fought against?
and he ignores it, and he doesn't defend the Shariah and Religion of Allah at all
Does he get Success from Allah to answer these questions, When he lives his life and dies, and he doesn't pray to Allah, He hasn't bowed or
Prostrated to Allah Once, and his face never changed colors (out of anger) for the sake of Allah's religion
and his heart never moved for the sacred things of Allah which are violated day and night
Will he be given success, to say, My lord is Allah?
In order for Allah to be your lord, you have to get angry for the sake of Allah, more then you get angry for the sake of yourself, your family,
your kids, your spouse, your parents. Right now, one of us, I mean a lot of people, I seek refuge in Allah for it to be one of us
A lot of people, his mother and father is insulted, his face changes colors, he gets angry, goes crazy, but
he might walk by, and hear the insult of Allah, and the insult of this religion, and the making fun of this religion, and making fun of the messenger,
this is the time (we're living in) that the generous Messenger is made fun of, Peace be upon him, and he does nothing.
He spends his life in play, and amusement, someone like that is not given success by Allah to give correct answers to these
three questions, to these three fundamental principles.
Who is your Lord? In order for Allah to be your Lord, you have to live for the Religion of Allah, and die for the Religion of Allah.
"Say: Verily, my Prayer, my Sacrifice, my Living, and my Dying are for Allah, the Lord of all that exists.
He has no Partner, and that is what I was ordered to do, and I am the first of those who surrender." Qur'an 6:162-63
In order for you to say My Religion is Islam, you have to live for Islam, and die for Islam
Don't live for your country, or for democracy, or for false hood, or for these tawgaheet, Live for the religion of Allah, you will be given Success
to say your Religion is Al-Islam.
Live upon the guidance of the Chosen One Peace be upon him
Following his Sunnah, Following his Guidance, Following his Life, you will be given Success to Say Mohammad is the Messenger of Allah
Peace be upon him
You have to live these three in your life, in order for Allah to give you Success to answer the Question Correctly in this place
The Issue isn't about memorizing the answers, The Issue is Living them, and implementing them in your daily lives
Your face color changes, and you are Angry for the sake of the Religion of Allah, You Love for the Sake of Allah, and Hate for his sake
Give for his sake, and Keep for his sake, advance for his sake, progress for his sake, for The religion of Allah You carry out your whole Life
and death, You Live for Allah, Die for Allah, The oneness of Allah, Allah, is our Goal, in the beginning, and in the end
As soon as you enter this religion, you enter with,"La illaha illa Allah" (There is none worthy of Worship, Except Allah)
and if You want to be of those who are happy, then you end your life with "La illaha Illa Allah"
as it came in the hadith "Whoever s last words were 'la illaha illa Allah' enters paradise"
So the oneness of Allah is not first only, it's first and last
Tawheed is First and last, Allah's Religion is first and last, Allah is first and last, not these modern terms that people talk about today
"Jordan is first" "Syria is first" "U.A.E is first" All this falsehood which they make fun of the people's intelligence with, Leave it.
Throw it behind your backs, and make the oneness of Allah, First and Last, if you want safety and happiness in this place(The Grave)
If you want to Answer these three questions correctly and firmly, and to fulfill these three fundamental principles You have to live for them
Live for raising "la illaha Illa Allah"
and for giving victory to the Religion of Allah, and Live upon the way and Guidance of The Prophet peace be upon him
or else, I swear by Allah, this life has no value, if we leave the religion of Allah being insulted in this time, and we leave The Messenger
being insulted, Peace be upon him, and our faces don't change, and we have put nothing forth for the Religion of Allah
I swear by Allah, The Hadith of the Prophet peace be upon him applies to us when he said :
"The hour will not come, until a person goes by the grave of another, and says, I wish I was in his place"
I Swear by Allah, the inside of the earth has become better then the outside of it
If we are quite when our Prophet is insulted peace be upon him, and The book of Allah being held back
If we are quite when the Religion of Allah is insulted right in front of us, we have to be, brothers, Truly the sons of this religion
We have to truly be worshipers of Allah, Our faces change Color, we get Angry for Allah's Religion, and we don't bring near except those who love Allah
We Humiliate those who Hate the Religion of Allah, and insults the Religion of Allah, even if he is the closest person to us
These milestones, are the greatest Milestones of this Religion, my brothers
The Milestones of Loving and Hating for the Sake of Allah, the Strongest bond of Faith
There are people who hold on to the bond of the voluntary acts of worship and the different branches and leaves the most trustworthy bond
This trustworthy bond, the strongest bond of faith,Loving for Allah, hating for Allah, Allegiance for the sake of Allah, enmity for the sake of Allah
Who are your friends? Who are those you love? Who are your protectors? Who do you bring close to you? And who do you ally? And who do you aid?
Ask yourself about these questions, Put yourself to account
Look at who you give too, and who you refrain from, your giving, your love, your restraint, your closeness, your distance, for Allah
The closest people to you, are those who give victory to this Religion
and those who Love this Religion, and those who Follow this Religion
And the farthest people from you, are the enemies of this religion, Those who fight this religion, even if it is your closest family member
Don't let any other scales, the scale of family, the scale of closeness, the scale of nationalism, and country, don't let these be your scale over
the Scale of Belief and Religion.
There is no scale above the scale of belief
And contemplate, the Messenger of Allah, the Kindest of creation, contemplate on his situation
How this religion, How this belief separated between a man and his son, and one of the greatest image of this is the Image of Noah, Peace be upon him
When Allah said to him about his son "He is not from your family, his conduct is not righteous" Qur'an 11:46
The Three Fundamental Principles, our scholars named it this because it is the Greatest of Principles
To Accomplish the Oneness of Allah, and Follow the Religion of Allah the way Allah loves and is pleased with, To Follow the Prophet peace be upon him
and to take him as a Role Model, and making his way your life and inner secrets
These three we should truly live them in this life, so Allah can give us success, and make us of those who are happy in this place (the grave)
and so we don't regret, in the hour when regret won't do us any good, I ask Allah Azza wa Jalla that he forgives our living,
and our dead, those who are here, those who are absent, our Men, and Women, and may Peace and Blessings be upon Mohammad, his family, and companions