Friday Prayer - Sheikh Abdulrahman Chirri

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[0:00]Oh, who Talk about her.

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[0:46]Ashuan Ash had an Hey, I listen.

[1:32]Hey son.

[1:42]Hey.

[1:50]Hey.

[2:00]Hey.

[2:01]Hana.

[2:03]for London.

[2:31]Lord, Alhamdulillah.

[3:44]I seek refuge in Allah, the all hearing and the all knowing

[3:48]from the accursed Satan.

[3:50]In the name of Allah, the most merciful, the most compassionate.

[3:55]All praise is due to God, the first before creation and life,

[3:59]and the last after the annihilation of all things.

[4:02]He is the all knowing who does not forget those who remember

[4:06]him, does not diminish the reward of those who thank him, does

[4:10]not disappoint those who call upon him, and does not suffer the

[4:16]hope of those who place their trust in him.

[4:19]I bear witness that there is no deity but God alone without

[4:21]a partner.

[4:23]And I bear witness that Muhammad sallall.aii wasallam is his servant and

[4:29]messenger.

[4:28]He sent him with guidance and the religion of truth to make

[4:33]it prevail over all religions even though the polytheist may dislike him.

[4:37]Oh Allah, send your blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad

[4:42]and bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad and have mercy on

[4:45]Muhammad and the family of Muhammad in the best way.

[4:46]You have sent blessings, bestowed blessings and showed mercy upon Abraham and

[4:52]the family of Abraham.

[4:55]Indeed, you are praiseworthy, glorious, and you do what you will.

[4:59]Servant of God, I advise you and myself to be mindful of

[5:04]God the Almighty, to follow his commands, and to avoid his prohibitions.

[5:10]In this month, we have a number of occasions that we are

[5:16]blessed with.

[5:19]Just last week we had the birthday of Im Al Jawad Alisam

[5:25]and it is great to remember the imams on this occasion on

[5:32]many different levels.

[5:32]Some people say that what we have to take from the imams

[5:38]is their teachings and others say that their history and their lives

[5:42]is just as important as well.

[5:43]And others believe that just saying their praise is what we're supposed

[5:47]to be doing.

[5:48]But of course combining everything together is always the best way if

[5:56]all of them have benefit.

[5:56]This is just like when it comes to hadith and you have

[6:02]two a hadith two narrations that seem to contradict one another.

[6:05]The possibilities that we have is either to reject both of them

[6:09]because we can't figure out which one is correct.

[6:12]They're both let's say but there's a principle when it comes to

[6:15]this that the scholars have places that to combine them together and

[6:23]to find a way where you can reconcile the both both of

[6:26]the meanings is always better than eliminating.

[6:29]So reconciling is always better than eliminating.

[6:32]And this is an this is applicable to almost a lot of

[6:37]things in life.

[6:36]It's true that the might have mentioned it when it comes to

[6:41]hadith, but you can also include it in your personal life.

[6:43]If you have a dispute with two people, you don't just eliminate

[6:47]them because you can't figure out which one is the correct one.

[6:52]You try to reconcile.

[6:54]For example, so when it comes to things like this, it doesn't

[6:57]always have to be black and white.

[6:59]If we find benefit in one thing and benefit in another thing

[7:05]and they seem to conflict with one another, then reconciling them and

[7:11]having the benefit of both might be more beneficial.

[7:14]So some people are used to only mentioning the merits of and

[7:19]the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam in these occasions.

[7:21]But it's good to do that and it's also good to combine

[7:25]it with their teachings because this is what they came for.

[7:27]The imams came as our teachers.

[7:29]It's important to know them and to know their status because it

[7:35]has a benefit on our souls as well.

[7:39]When we take the knowledge from them intellectually we have to be

[7:43]aware who we're taking things from because as human beings we have

[7:45]different faculties that have to be fulfilled.

[7:48]Right?

[7:49]We have an intellectual faculty so we need to feed the intellect.

[7:53]We have an emotional faculty.

[7:55]So we need to feed the emotions.

[7:57]We have an imaginative faculty.

[7:58]So we need to feed the imagination as well.

[8:03]We have to perfect ourselves on each and every level.

[8:09]And this is why was sent.

[8:11]He wasn't sent as a prophet only to deal with the let's

[8:18]say the rulings of life.

[8:19]He was sent as a messenger to perfect our whole being starting

[8:24]from the inner depths of our soul going to our intellect and

[8:32]our imagination as well.

[8:33]These are all faculties that have to be perfected in order for

[8:36]us to journey towards Allah subhana wa tala.

[8:39]If my intellect is perfect but on a spiritual level I'm lacking

[8:43]then I lack perfection.

[8:46]I might not be able to move forward correctly.

[8:48]It's like a person who has a car and the tires are

[8:52]brand new, the muffler is excellent, and the motor is not working.

[8:59]It doesn't help that your tires are very well.

[9:01]Sorry, I don't know all the car parts, but this is three

[9:06]things that I know.

[9:06]So, the the motor, the engine, if it doesn't work, there's no

[9:12]benefit in having a brand new car, right?

[9:15]It's going to stay where it is.

[9:15]And the same thing if the motor's working but you have no

[9:17]wheels you might say okay it's only a tire it doesn't cost

[9:21]that much it might not be very significant but small things are

[9:23]very significant to move you as well right even a small screw

[9:27]sometimes um if it's not there in the car the thing can

[9:32]fall apart right so when it comes to the human being the

[9:35]same thing I might perfect my intellect I might might be a

[9:40]very smart individual I might be someone who's excellent at debating I

[9:44]might be an activist and I'm pro- social justice and I'm out

[9:47]there and I'm I'm fighting for justice but I'm lacking in my

[9:54]spirituality here.

[9:53]I might move but I might not move very well.

[9:57]I might not move at all.

[10:00]I might even move backwards if I have some type of hypocrisy

[10:03]in my life.

[10:05]So when it comes to fixing ourselves, we have to understand that

[10:10]the prophet didn't only come to amend one segment of our lives.

[10:14]And a lot of people make this mistake when it comes to

[10:19]commemorating the imam's events.

[10:19]They say, "Oh, it's not important to talk about their merits or

[10:22]it's not important to cry over their death.

[10:24]It's not important." They're neglecting an essential part of our humanity, for

[10:30]example, the emotional part.

[10:31]And you find these people talk about being a logical religion and

[10:35]everything is about logic.

[10:38]Yes, it is in its own right.

[10:40]When it comes to logic, that's to feed your intellectual or rational

[10:43]aspect of your humanity.

[10:46]But there are other things that if you neglect, you are less

[10:49]of a human and not as worthy and you're not fulfilling the

[10:53]message that the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam came to fulfill.

[11:02]So when it comes to imam I'm going to share a few

[11:07]from the im in the sermon and then I'll dedicate the next

[11:12]sermon to IM Ali since we are also enjoying his birthday in

[11:14]few days in these in these days.

[11:18]Im Jawadam a lot of his hadith are related to social relations.

[11:23]If you look at the hadith that are mentioned, of course not

[11:26]all of them, but a significant portion of his a hadith are

[11:32]related to social relations.

[11:32]Because as the Muslims progressed during the years, a lot of things

[11:38]were being built from the foundation up.

[11:42]And one of the aspects that was lacking during the Imam's time

[11:48]was knowing who to associate yourself with.

[11:51]So it wasn't just friendships on a social level or on a

[11:54]small level.

[11:56]It was also social relations on a larger scale.

[11:59]Basically, if there's a movement, let's say a political movement or a

[12:05]social movement, those were very prevalent during the Imam's time because the

[12:08]Umayads had governed for a period of time and then the Abbasids

[12:15]took over.

[12:16]So there were significant changes in the Islamic history until it reached

[12:22]the time of Imam Al Jawad Alisam.

[12:24]A lot of ideas were introduced and people began to focus a

[12:29]lot on creating theories and meaning of life.

[12:32]So the imam has to get involved and emphasize the necessity of

[12:37]building strong relations and bonds in a community.

[12:41]And this is something that we have to always remind ourselves even

[12:45]in our communities over here that social relations are essential to have

[12:51]but they have to built be built based on certain criteria.

[12:55]So number one the imam talks about the close friendships or the

[13:02]close relations.

[13:03]One of the criteria that the imam gives us is the following.

[13:08]The im says imam says, "He who conceals the path of proper

[13:17]conduct from you in making you follow that which you desire is

[13:23]indeed your enemy." You have a friend who talks to you about

[13:27]a problem.

[13:29]they're seeking your advice or they're having a discussion with you and

[13:33]you know that this friend is in the wrong that they're mistaken

[13:38]when they're describing this conflict that they had with someone else but

[13:42]because you want to please them you want to make them happy.

[13:48]You don't want to disappoint them.

[13:50]You go along with this.

[13:51]The im says, "A person who does this for you is like

[13:57]your enemy.

[13:57]Concealing the truth instead of advising you when knowing you are wrong

[14:03]in order to please you is someone who seeks your destruction.

[14:06]It's a person who doesn't sincerely and genuinely care about you.

[14:10]So it's very important in our lives when we are with friends

[14:16]that we are careful in knowing and choosing and selecting these types

[14:20]of friends.

[14:22]And this is a test that we can use.

[14:24]If you're always telling someone a story and they're always agreeing with

[14:28]you, always justifying what you're doing, never pointing to a mistake that

[14:33]you could be doing, then you have to be wary.

[14:38]That might not be a true friend.

[14:39]If we combine this with the other hadith that we have where

[14:42]the imams tell us that our true friends are those who tell

[14:47]us when we make mistakes that make us cry instead of make

[14:52]us laugh when we're doing something wrong.

[14:52]They point to our mistakes because they care genuinely care about our

[14:57]well-being.

[14:57]A true friend is the one who wants the other person improving

[15:03]in their life so that when they see them making a mistake

[15:05]they point it out so that they can fix it.

[15:08]A person who sees someone who's falling in error and ignores it

[15:14]or con or accepts it and says that it's okay and it

[15:18]and says that this is you know justified is someone that doesn't

[15:23]truly care about you.

[15:23]And when it comes to spirituality, it's very important to choose someone

[15:27]that will always be wary about your soul and cares about your

[15:31]soul.

[15:31]That's why some of the teachers when it comes to spirituality, they

[15:38]say that have a close circle of friends who care about their

[15:41]spiritual being and your spiritual being.

[15:43]Because sometimes you might not realize you're making a mistake, right?

[15:46]It's a habit or something that nobody has ever told you is

[15:49]a wrong thing.

[15:51]But if you have this companion in your life who also cares

[15:54]about your soul, then get close to them because they will point

[15:59]to things that you have to amend and fix in your life

[16:01]so that you may perfect yourself.

[16:04]Another hadith that I'm going to share on a much broader level

[16:10]tells us, he who approves of a wicked deed part in it.

[16:19]This is on a social level.

[16:24]If there's anything that's wrong and you as an individual seem to

[16:28]give approval to it, even though you might not do that thing,

[16:32]if somebody killed an innocent individual, even though that person, let's say,

[16:37]you disagree with and you don't like and they got killed, but

[16:42]they got killed unjustly.

[16:42]If you approve of that then it is like you committed the

[16:48]crime as well because your heart is accepting that thing.

[16:53]And we have to be very careful of this.

[16:55]When we see something wrong, we have to disapprove of it because

[16:58]as soon as we approve of it, we're going to be counted

[17:00]among those who did that action.

[17:03]And we have a hadith where the prophet tells us the meaning

[17:05]of the hadith that on the day of resurrection people are going

[17:10]to be asked by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala about certain sins that

[17:13]they have not committed in their lives.

[17:15]Allah might tell them you have killed a thousand people.

[17:20]And the person says ya Allah I never killed anybody.

[17:26]You've stolen a thousand shops.

[17:27]And the person says I've never stolen in my life.

[17:31]Then the answer would come that there was someone who did that

[17:34]and you approved of their action.

[17:35]So you you parttook in that action.

[17:38]So it's very important that if you cannot do something on the

[17:42]outside at least don't let your heart accept something that is wrong.

[17:47]And this has to do with a lot of haram that's happening

[17:49]in our era as well.

[17:52]A lot of forbidden things.

[17:52]If you belittle them and you approve of them saying oh you

[17:55]know it doesn't matter.

[17:57]This is okay.

[17:57]This is just how life is nowadays.

[18:01]Your approval means that you are partaking in these as well.

[18:04]So important.

[18:05]It's important at least if you see something wrong and you don't

[18:08]want to speak against it, at least don't make it seem like

[18:11]you're okay with it because then that will lead to more corruption

[18:17]and wrongfulness.

[18:31]Muhammadham.

[18:47]Alhamdulillah.

[18:52]I praise God.

[18:54]Yet no speaker can articulate his praise.

[18:57]No reckoner can count his favors.

[18:59]And the most diligent cannot give him his due.

[19:04]Soaring thoughts cannot reach him, and deep minds cannot fathom him.

[19:07]He cannot be described for he is beyond the limits of demarcated

[19:12]boundaries, existing depictions, tallied times, and protracted lifespans.

[19:17]The first part of religion is knowledge of God.

[19:21]Knowledge of him is perfected by belief in him.

[19:24]And belief in him is perfected by the declaration of his oneness.

[19:29]Declaration of his oneness is perfected by sincere allegiance to him.

[19:34]And sincere allegiance to him is achieved by negating all attributes ascribed

[19:38]to him.

[19:38]I bear witness that there is no deity but God alone with

[19:43]no partner.

[19:44]And I bear witness that Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam is a servant

[19:49]and messenger.

[19:48]Oh Allah, send your blessings upon Muhammad, the seal of the prophets

[19:52]and the master of the messengers.

[19:56]And send your blessings, oh Lord, upon Ali, the commander of the

[20:00]faithful, and upon Fatima Zah, the lady of the woman of the

[20:02]worlds, and upon Al Hassan and al- Hussein, the masters of the

[20:08]youth of paradise.

[20:07]Oh Allah, send your blessings upon the imams of the Muslims.

[20:15]Ali Hussein Muhammad Ali Muhammad Musaf Ali Muhammad Ali Muhammad Al Hassni

[20:21]and aaitedham may Allah make us among his supporters and helpers inshallah

[20:34]we live during the days of the birth of Im Ali Ali

[20:41]am the commander of the faithful and I won't take too much

[20:48]of your time but I wanted to share a few a hadith

[20:50]from the teachings of the imam and it's very important for us

[20:55]to build that connection with the Imam it's important for us to

[21:00]read his sayings this beginning of the sermon that I recited were

[21:05]the words of the imam in his in a sermon that he

[21:11]mentions The peak of eloquence is what they translate it as.

[21:15]And in that he says that the first level of knowing Allah

[21:21]is the first level of im is to know Allah subhana wa

[21:24]ta'ala.

[21:25]Knowing God is very important and the same applies to the imams.

[21:30]You have to get to know them to build a connection with

[21:34]them.

[21:35]And we don't believe that the imams have died and they've ceased

[21:39]to exist.

[21:41]The Imams continue to be living because their souls are alive and

[21:46]they have not been disconnected from this world.

[21:49]Allahh in the Quran talks to us about certain individuals who have

[21:53]not died only their bodies have died but their souls continue to

[21:57]exist.

[21:58]And the more aware a person is existentially, the more perfect that

[22:03]individual is, the more they're able to connect to this world even

[22:07]after death.

[22:08]So knowing the im is essential for any person seeking spiritual perfection

[22:12]because he is the wii the individual who the prophet had appointed

[22:21]as his successor not only in the uh outer governance matters but

[22:27]more importantly in the spiritual matters and this is why most of

[22:31]the Islamic spiritual paths whether they're Sunni or Shia they go back

[22:36]to Imam it's enough for us to look at the imam's supplications,

[22:40]a supplication like dua, a supplication like the morning dua to see

[22:47]the level and status of his spirituality.

[22:51]Even though we can never fathom what he's saying when he speaks,

[22:53]he's speaking at a different level.

[22:54]When we read it, we understand it according to our own level.

[22:57]But even with our own limitations, we realize how beautiful and how

[23:02]uh great his his a hadith are.

[23:05]Another aspect that the imam was perfected in was his eloquence.

[23:10]The way he would describe things, the wisdom that he had.

[23:13]This is in addition to the justice that he was known for

[23:19]where the second caiff of the Muslims used to say the most

[23:23]just individual amongst all of us is this is an aspect the

[23:29]im was very prominently known for.

[23:30]If you take the book and every individual has to have this

[23:35]book in their home.

[23:38]It's been translated numerous translations.

[23:41]Look at which one is a better translation and choose that and

[23:44]read this book.

[23:46]Towards the end of the book, there are these short sayings of

[23:50]the imams.

[23:49]More than a hundred sayings of wisdom that the im has given.

[23:57]Acquaint yourself with the im.

[23:57]He he said these things not because he wanted to fill in

[24:02]his time with something to do.

[24:04]Every word that the imam had mentioned was a lesson and prescription

[24:07]for our souls.

[24:10]He talked to us in order to save our souls to help

[24:15]us improve ourselves before us.

[24:16]We have these hundreds of things that are from the im.

[24:18]How many of them have we read?

[24:20]How many of them even if we have read have we applied

[24:24]in our lives?

[24:26]A true follower of the Im is one who listens to his

[24:29]words first of all and secondly applies them.

[24:32]So try before you sleep at night to take one of these

[24:38]sayings and read them and say that this week this is going

[24:40]to be the theme of my week.

[24:44]I'm going to work on applying this specific teaching of the im.

[24:47]If a week is too short, make it a month.

[24:51]The point is actively try to change yourself self by looking at

[24:55]the hadith of the imams and use them as guides towards perfecting

[24:59]your own souls.

[25:01]If you're wondering how do I become a better person?

[25:04]How do I reach Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala?

[25:06]How do I do this?

[25:06]How do I do that in my religion?

[25:08]It's very simple.

[25:11]The prescriptions are there.

[25:12]Read them and implement them.

[25:13]A lot of people used to ask for so many different spiritual

[25:17]teachings.

[25:18]They want to go try psychedelics.

[25:20]They want to try this.

[25:21]They want to try that.

[25:25]Everyone's eager to reach that perfection or reach that experience of spirituality.

[25:29]Yet they neglect the most simple of things.

[25:32]If you are not applying the words of the imam, why are

[25:37]you seeking something that's beyond that, the most basic of things?

[25:41]So I'm going to share a few hadith here or a few

[25:44]sayings from the Immiam just as an example for us to benefit

[25:49]from and inshallah this will push you towards acquiring this book.

[25:52]You can find it online as well.

[25:53]You don't have to buy it but try to make it a

[25:57]part of your program inshallah.

[25:59]One of the sayings the imam says the tongue is a wild

[26:10]beast let loose attacks.

[26:14]The tongue of a human being.

[26:16]Look at how the im describes this.

[26:18]It's so beautiful.

[26:18]He said that your tongue is like a wild beast.

[26:22]If you let it, if you let it loose, it's going to

[26:27]attack and bite.

[26:28]The most dangerous thing that we have, maybe one of the most

[26:34]dangerous in our bodily organs is the tongue.

[26:36]The tongue has to be controlled.

[26:38]It has to be tamed.

[26:38]It has to be tied.

[26:41]As soon as you start speaking that tongue as the im and

[26:44]another saying tells us that sometimes one word that we say destroys

[26:51]our whole life and we've seen it many times amongst those around

[26:55]us.

[26:56]One word that they say a person builds a career their entire

[26:59]life.

[27:00]They become famous.

[27:04]They become wellknown.

[27:03]Everybody likes them.

[27:05]Then that fame takes over.

[27:08]They have no self-control.

[27:08]they become arrogant.

[27:10]So one day they say something that is arrogant and everybody suddenly

[27:15]turns against them and their whole reputation becomes destroyed.

[27:17]When we speak with individuals, we have to be very careful what

[27:22]we say.

[27:23]I might say a word that might harm an individual and destroy

[27:25]their life and therefore I will be responsible in the day of

[27:28]judgment for destroying that person's life until I personally amend it and

[27:35]fix it for them.

[27:35]This is the only way of repentance.

[27:37]So this tongue is what brings a lot of misery towards you.

[27:42]And the im describes it as a wild beast because if you

[27:45]don't control it, you're going to start talking and talking and talking

[27:49]and the more you talk without control, the more mistakes you're going

[27:53]to make.

[27:52]So the im teaches us if you want spirituality, if you want

[27:58]perfection, if you want a good life, control this tongue that's in

[28:02]your mouth.

[28:03]Think about what you want to say before you say it.

[28:05]When you want to say something, is Allah subhana wa tala pleased

[28:09]with what I'm saying?

[28:11]Can I make the intention that I will say this in order

[28:13]to get closer to Allah subhana wa tala?

[28:16]If you can't make that intention, then whatever you're saying is questionable.

[28:19]It's better not to say it.

[28:23]Practice, teach yourself how to control your tongue.

[28:27]Another saying that I want to mention here and I'll end with

[28:34]this inshallah.

[28:32]The imam says every breath is another step towards death.

[28:41]This is one of the most beautiful saying that the imam has.

[28:47]Every breath that you take is a step towards death.

[28:49]We're breathing every moment.

[28:52]But a lot of us don't realize, we're not aware that we

[28:55]are breathing towards the end of our life, right?

[28:59]We're moving towards the end of our lives.

[29:00]A lot of us are living thinking that we're going to live

[29:02]here forever.

[29:03]Even though we know that death is real and we see it

[29:08]around us all the time, but consciously we're not aware of it.

[29:11]Consciously we think that we're living to eternity.

[29:14]So the imam says that in order for you to be an

[29:17]individual who is wary, who is pious, who is spiritually an aware

[29:25]individual, then you have to be conscious that every breath that you

[29:28]take is moving you towards death.

[29:29]And that should be enough of an alert for you to perfect

[29:35]yourself to awaken you from your sleep.

[29:37]How do I improve myself knowing that every single moment I'm moving

[29:41]towards the end of my life?

[29:42]Have I achieved my goals here?

[29:46]My afterworldly goals.

[29:47]Have I achieved my worldly goals?

[29:48]Have I perfected myself?

[29:50]We might not be able to reach perfection in this life, but

[29:53]am I at least striving towards reaching that so that Allah subhana

[29:57]wa ta can count me amongst the perfect ones because he saw

[30:01]in me the sincere intention of wanting to become better and wanting

[30:05]to change.

[30:07]This is someone who is really aware of every existence and every

[30:13]reality of existence.

[30:12]Imam who were living during the days of his birth right now.

[30:19]The best ways to connect with him is to look at these

[30:21]teachings and secondly to implement them in our lives.

[30:25]This one itself the tongue one for example you can take that

[30:29]and that requires a long time for you to perfect and control.

[30:32]Take it as a theme.

[30:35]I'm going to work on controlling my speech.

[30:37]And honestly, if you f if you fill your whole year trying

[30:40]to perfect this, it might be too little for you.

[30:43]It's not an easy task, but put it as your goal.

[30:48]Every single week or every single month, your goal is to observe

[30:51]yourself throughout the day.

[30:53]Before you speak, practice.

[30:55]I'll delay my speech a little bit just so I can think

[30:59]about every sentence that I'm saying.

[31:00]Analyze it.

[31:01]Is it something that's good to say?

[31:03]Is it something that's not good to say?

[31:05]If it's good, you say it.

[31:07]If it's not then remain silent.

[31:07]Practice this slowly.

[31:10]You'll be you'll grow the habit of controlling your tongue and then

[31:14]it will become much easier as time goes by.

[31:17]We ask Allah subhanaa tala to grant us the ability to control

[31:19]our tongues inshallah and to learn and benefit from the teachings of

[31:23]the imams.

[31:26]Alhamdulillah.

[31:40]Honorbahillah illallah illallah.

[32:25]Allah fell.

[32:30]Um,

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