The formation of the Kerala Jamaat, as well as the annual Jalsa programme at the Noor’ul Islam Masjid-Mathra has vital importance in the spiritual lives of the believers in India. For in the annals of the Jamaat Ul Sahih Al Islam International, the Kerala Jamaat is one of the early Jamaats to evolve among the believers outside of Mauritius. With the official establishment of the Jamaat Ul Sahih Al Islam in the year 2008 after a few years of shaping up in the island-nation, the light of Tawheed emanating from the Divine Manifestation in Mauritius spread in the Indian state of Kerala; a number of brothers courageously declared their intention to recognize the spiritual claims of Hazrat Khalifatullah Munir Ahmad Azim (aba) and took the Bai’at at Alappuzha, Alhamdulillah.
Sunday, December 17, 2023
Kerala Jalsa 2023: Announcement
Saturday, December 16, 2023
On the Inner 'Shaytan'
Tawheed & Shirk- 3
Alhamdulillah, Summa
Alhamdulillah, I continue the
series of sermons which I began elaborating on the subject of Tawheed
and Shirk.
Today, I want to draw your attention to something: every day we say we will do something but we end up not doing it. And Allah is not pleased at all that you do not do what you have said you will do.
Whenever we start praying (Salat) and anytime we read the Holy Quran, we start by saying: Aouzubillahi Minash Shaytaan-ir-Rajim. This simply means that we seek protection with Allah against Satan the Cursed, the one whom Allah rejected. But many times people don’t reflect upon those words: What am I saying? Where is that Shaytan (Satan)? And where does he stay? They think: In what way will Satan come to me so that I can repel him?
Friday, December 15, 2023
Financial Sacrifice- 4
On Bait'ul-Maal
Alhamdulillah, Summa
Alhamdulillah, I continue today
the fourth part of my sermon on Financial Sacrifice.
Today, we will delve
into the meaning of the Bait'ul-Maal? The expression “Bait'ul-Maal”
is a combination of two words, namely “Bait” (which means “House”) and “al-Maal”
(which means “the Wealth”). The meaning of this compound name literally means
“House of Wealth” or “Treasury House”, where wealth is accumulated and
preserved.
Today we know the Bai'ul-Maal as a record of many financial transactions, whether it is in businesses, in governments, and especially also in the field of the Deen of Islam where many people contribute and all are recorded in many well detailed books and even deposited in the bank.
Thursday, December 14, 2023
'Tawheed' & 'Shirk'- 2
Is love for the Holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) against Tawheed or is it not?
Love for the Holy
Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) is not against the Tawheed;
on the contrary it supports the Tawheed.
The more the believers show love for the Holy Prophet (pbuh) and all the
prophets before and after him, it is a sign of Tawheed. It sources from logic and is not imaginary.
There is a relationship between Tawheed and love for humans. If as a result of love for someone, your love for Allah increases, that is not Shirk; it is pure Tawheed. On the other hand, if as a result of this, Allah’s love begins to diminish in you, the image of Allah fades from your vision, if you begin to recede and the love for humans conquers your heart, then it is purely Shirk and it had no relationship with Tawheed. A great sign of love for the Holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) is that it increases love for Allah in the heart. Therefore, Tawheed has a great relationship with love for the Messenger of Allah.
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Financial Sacrifice- 3
'Say, My Lord extends provision for whomever He wills of His servants and He restrains (it). And anything you spend (in His Cause) He replaces it, and He is the Best of providers.' (Surah Saba, 34: 40)
Today, Alhamdulillah,
Summa Alhamdulillah, I am continuing my sermon – series of sermons – on
Financial Sacrifice.
Like I read before you,
Allah is [initially] addressing Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh) in Surah Saba, Chapter
34, Verse 40, and telling him: Qul! (Say!) – Tell them that your
Lord, your Rab increases provisions for whomsoever He wants and He decreases
provisions for whomsoever He wants. And Allah puts emphasis on spending in His
path, for His Cause, and He says that each spending that His servants do for
Him, for His Cause, then He takes upon Himself to replace this by a better
reward for His servants, because it is Allah Who is the Best Provider – and it
is to Him alone that people must turn to and put forward their requests.
That is why in connection with this, Allah has established for His servants patience – they should have patience.
Tuesday, December 12, 2023
The remembrance of God- 7
The above verses stipulates
that there are such houses in which there reside true servants of Allah who day
and night they glory Allah and they have made their house become a Masjid (Mosque),
a pure sanctuary for the remembrance of Allah. They are so close to Allah and
have recognised the eternal essence and truthfulness of Allah that they are
ever ready to offer their submission to Allah in every way. They are those
people who do not let their houses become cemeteries! They do not let Satan
enter their houses. They do their best to inculcate in themselves the right
examples for people, and they first start with their house, with their family
members, educating them, giving them the right lessons to submit to One
God (Allah Tabarak Wa Ta’ala) and follow the path of His
prophets and if it happens that they are living in an era of a prophet of
Allah, they encourage their children to “Obey Allah and Obey His
prophet”. They are ever conscious of their duties to Allah, and they opt to
correct their way of living to fit the commandments of Allah (found in the Holy
Qur'an).
These believers are such ones whom Allah loves for they sacrifice their time in His worship, attaching themselves to Him and making every possible effort to please Allah. Nothing of the attractions of this world distracts these believers from the remembrance of Allah. They have made their houses, their homes become a haven of peace, a haven where only the words of Allah are recited. Such houses are blessed by Allah, for in such houses where the name of Allah is glorified, thousands of angels descend to bless the occupants of the house for their devotion to Allah.
Monday, December 11, 2023
Financial Sacrifice- 2
Elaborating on the theme of a Qur’anic verse identified at the beginning of the sermon (13:23), Hazrat Saheb (aba) notes that the true believers perform their social obligations and do all the services that they render only for the sake of God’s countenance: they do not do charity or other good deeds for selfish reasons, or out of pride or religious ostentation. Needy believers endure hardships caused by restricted means of livelihood, or other emotional deprivations, and yet they do not incline to evil and bad deeds, remaining steadfast in faith, in goodness and in fact, they also race to do good in their own way. Diligent in the performance of devotional prayer at prescribed times; disciplining the self and its inclinations in this temporary world; being mindful of the reckoning before the Lord on the Day of Judgement, true believers are hopeful of the enduring rewards of God’s pleasure and blessings in the Hereafter.