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).