Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim
If a
Witch you think I am,
And
witchcraft is my Art,
Then let
me show you the Wonders,
Of the
great Wizard,
Whose
staff ate away,
The
serpents of unfaith;
If him a
Wizard you label,
Then a
Witch am I for God's sake,
The fire
of Moses is burning within me,
For it
seeks to purify me,
To the Core of my Being;
True Oaths in Islam
And when My servants ask you concerning Me, then surely I am very near; I answer the prayer of the suppliant when he calls on Me, so they should answer My call and believe in Me that they may walk in the right way. [Al-Baqarah, 2: 187]
Islam teaches man to address
his Creator directly. There is no need to use any intermediary. There is no
need to go through creatures to join the Creator. It is on earth that man uses
this means to reach another person like him. For example, to join a Minister,
you have to make an appointment with his secretary and then later you join him
[i.e. the Minister].
This is the way [of doing] of man. But talking with Allah is so easy that you just have to call on Him, and He will answer your call. If someone offers a sacrifice (e.g. an ox, a hen etc.) to others besides Allah, he is committing Shirk. He has no right to say: “I am doing this sacrifice on the name of such Pir or such Saint.” It’s Shirk.
‘When We told the angels, ‘Bow down before Adam,’ they all bowed.’ (2:35)
These
exemplary servants of God are the teachers of mankind; they are the carriers of the Divine Light of
justice, compassion and love for fellow human beings and all other creatures in this world. As the trustee of the Divine mission on earth, such a saintly figure is worthy
of the respect, esteem, affection, assistance, submission and obedience of
their fellow beings. When such a servant of God appears, it is likely
that devoted hearts will bend down before him in veneration, and offer their
respects and offerings to him. At one
level, it is this conceptual principle that the aforesaid Qur’anic verse in Surah Al Baqarah embodies within it.
Alhamdulillah,
Summa Alhamdulillah, we are pleased to bring to the
attention of everyone a sublime sign heralding the special spiritual status of
the Khalifatullah of this era. On Monday, 18 April 2022, in the North of
Mauritius in the afternoon, a Great Divine Sign unveiled on the person of
Allah's Messenger, the Khalifatullah of this era, Hazrat Muhyi-ud-Din Munir A.
Azim (aba).
Describing the incident/ the
event of the great Sign, Hazrat Tayyeba Shaheeda Aliah Nasrine writes:
‘While he was walking on the
main road, suddenly a man came and cried out, addressing Huzur as: ‘JAI JAI GURU DEV, JAI JAI GURU DEV. His
cry attracted other people, who in turn also cried out JAI JAI GURU DEV, and they all fell down in prostration before Huzur.
They cried out: ‘GURU DEV KI... JAI!’
O you who believe! Fasting is prescribed for you, as it was
prescribed for those before you, so that you may guard (against evil).
(Al-Baqara 2: 184)
Alhamdulillah, Summa Alhamdulillah, we have entered the blessed month of Ramadan, and
today I continue the second part of my Friday sermon that I started last
Friday.
Hadith:
Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh) has said: “Fasting is a protection and a powerful
fortress.” (Ahmad, Baihaqi).
As I have mentioned last week, the month of Ramadan is a month wherein a Mumin (believer) must make a lot of sacrifice. The sacrifice he has to make is that he has to get up early in the morning to do the Salaat-ul-Tahajjud and take the Sehri. In my last week’s sermon I quoted this Hadith which shows the importance of Sehri. I also said that Roza [fasting] keeps us healthy. Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra) reported that Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh) said: “Keep the fast and you will stay healthy.” (Tibrani).
Before
I begin, I wish all my brothers and sisters in Islam, as well as my disciples
across the world, a Ramadhan-ul-Mubarak -for the month of fasting is
behind the door [i.e. close] - so that we let go of all our routines and focus
more on Ibaadat and multiply our good deeds.
First of all, what is fasting (Roza)? In Quran and Hadiths the word which defines fasting is “Sawm” which means “to abstain”. In our common parlance, this means that we do not drink and eat, and abstain from sexual relations from the beginning of dawn until sunset.
The trust that Allah
(swt) places on His prophet is that He sends His messages upon him from heaven
and Allah wants His prophet to spread the message of his Creator to all
mankind, in the four corners of the world. The sacred duty of this prophet is
to spread the divine message in the name of Allah and it is this verily that
will lead [people] to the right path.
O humanity! Do you not see how Allah created the seven heavens one above the other and placed the moon therein as a light and made the sun as a lamp?