Muharram 1436 Hijri
Alhamdulillah Summa Alhamdulillah, Allah (swt) has
chosen and given preference to certain days and times that are special and
sacred in our religion. As many of you may know by now, the sacred month of
Muharram (which begins the new Islamic year and which has been named “the month
of Allah” by the Holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) – reported by Muslim), has
started last Sunday 26 October 2014. We have thus entered the year 1436
Hijri, and today is the 06 Muharram 1436 Hijri.
Muharram is the first month of
the Islamic Calendar and it is during this month itself (the tenth of Muharram)
that Imam Hussein and his companions have been martyred at the hands of Yazid
and his soldiers. Thus, the month of Muharram, year 61 after Hijra, hearts
clashed; some were for the sanctity of Islam whereas the others were against
the very spirit of Islam. They pierced the heart of the tree of Islam and cut
to pieces its exquisite fruits. They tried to extinguish the Light of Allah
through all means at their disposal, but Allah persisted to render manifest His
Light.
On this note, by the grace and help of
my Rab I continue my Friday Sermon (Part 6) for today on the
same subject (The Heart), on how it is important to keep our heart
clean, white, and pure; such purification with a lot of repentance so that no
dot of hatred stay in the heart, so that another Yazid may not see daylight. It
is only after that kind of purification that we can set up our motto: “Love
For All, Hatred For None” like true believers, in such a way where
there is no hypocrisy, no show in our heart. You can make thousands and
thousands of signboards, stickers, t-shirts print of “Love For All,
Hatred For None” but if this is only for show, if only the outside
look matters to you, only to beautify the signboards, t-shirt, stickers while
at the same time you have a lot of hatred in your heart, and are applying
boycott against your Muslims brothers and sisters therefore this is purely
hypocrisy and the manifestation of an ill heart.
Verily, hearts also become sick. Just as the body
becomes sick, so does the heart. As crookedness enters the eyes, hearts also
become crooked. Allah Ta’ala draws our attention to these sicknesses of the
heart in the following verses of the Quran:
“Our Lord! Cause not our hearts to stray after You
have guided us and bestow upon us mercy from Your Presence. Indeed, You are the
Bestower.” (3: 9).
Regarding the Kafireen (non-believers),
Allah says:
“So when they went astray Allah sent their hearts
astray. And Allah does not guide the evil-living folk.” (61: 6).
Regarding the Munafiqeen (hypocrites),
Allah says:
“In their hearts is a disease, and Allah increase
their disease. A painful doom is theirs because they lie.” (2: 11).
On the occasion of ‘Ahzab’ (The
Combined Forces), Allah said:
“When the hypocrites and those in whose hearts is a
disease said: Their religion hath deluded them.” (8: 50)
Regarding the hypocrites, Allah says:
“And whenever a Surah (Chapter) is revealed there
are some of them who say: Which one of you has thus increased in faith? As for
those who believe, it has increased them in faith and they rejoice. But as for
those in whose hearts is disease, it only add wickedness to their wickedness,
and they die while they are disbelievers.” (9: 125-126)
That is, in whose hearts is a disease of hypocrisy
and doubt. Doubt in Islam is termed as disease since it is a dissension and
disturbance in the heart which is in need of cure. As there is a need to cure
diseases of the body, similarly there is a need to seek a cure for the diseases
of the heart.
The signs of hypocrisy and disease of the heart is
that man does not submit to the laws of Allah and His Rasul (pbuh).
Allah Ta’ala says regarding the Munafiqeen(hypocrites):
“And when they appeal unto Allah and His messenger
to judge between them, behold! A faction of them are averse; But if right had
been with them they would have come unto him willingly. Is there in their
hearts a disease, or have they doubts, or fear lest Allah and His messenger
should wrong them in judgement? Nay, but such are evil-doers. The saying of
(all true) believers when they appeal unto Allah and His messenger to judge
between them is only that they say: We hear and we obey. And such are the
successful.” (24:
49-52)
Allah Ta’ala has prohibited women to speak in soft
and sweet tones to strange men so that they may be saved against those men who
have evil intentions. And so that those whose hearts are filled with disease
and those who are slaves of their lust and evil diseases may not be misled by
the soft and sweet voices of women.
“Be not soft of speech, lest he in whose heart is a
disease should covet (you), but speak with appropriate speech.” (33: 33)
Thus like I also mentioned in my sermon last
Friday, those women who very casually and freely mix with men at various
functions, places of work, shops, learning institutions and who speak to men in
soft and sweet tones should fear Allah Ta’ala in this regard and they should
realize and remember the life after death where they will have to account for
their action to Allah Ta’ala. Those brothers, fathers, husbands and sons, if
they are truly believing men should take heed to these prohibitions of Allah.
Remember Allah is most modest and believers should be also modest in their
behaviour.
I end my Friday Sermon on this subject here for today
and I pray to my Rab, my Allah (swt) that He gives me
knowledge (Ilm) to henceforth explain to you the remedies for
the diseases of the heart. May Allah (swt) show me the right way to explain how
to cure the diseases of the heart in my next Friday Sermon, Insha-Allah
Ta’ala Al-Aziz.
Muhammad Sabir Sahib
Before closing my sermon, I need to inform you
about the saddening news concerning the accident of one of our devoted brothers
from Kerala, Muhammad Sabir Sahib which happened the day before yesterday, and
yesterday he had to undergo a big operation as he was in a critical state. I
request all the Jamaat Ul Sahih Al Islam members around the world to make
special prayers for our brother and his family members who are undergoing such
trying times.
Alhamdulillah, with duah and Sadaqua, despite the seriousness of
the situation, but Allah (swt) gave him a new lease of life so that he may live
with courage, hope and trust in Allah (swt), Insha-Allah. May Allah
give him, his wife and family members, as well as all members of the Jamaat who
have remained firm and comforting to him in such difficult moments patience and
trust in Allah, and may Allah remove all difficulties from their path and
reward them one day with the rewards, goodness of the eternal paradise, and may
Allah open their way in this world so that they may live their life like true
Muslims, Sahih al Islam like in the times of the Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad
(pbuh), who come what may fought to live their lives according to the divine
commandments, in submission to the will of Allah. Insha-Allah. Ameen. May
Allah make all the Jamaat Ul Sahih Al Islam Mubarak ! Ameen Summa
Ameen, Ya Rabul Aalameen.
-Extracts from the Friday Sermon of October 31, 2014 delivered by the Khalifatullah Hadhrat Munir Ahmad Azim Sahib (atba) of Mauritius