Bismillāhir-Rahmānir-Rahīm
South Africa - Capetown
26/06/15 Shaykh Kamaluddin Ahmed db
[missed starting five mins or so]
Who is the last resort who people call out to? - it is Allah swt. Some people understand this word ‘mudtar’ refers to the poor - but it can also mean anything else. Allāh swt gave us a special connection to the poor in this month; we also feel a little poor, a little tiredness. Another meaning of the word ‘mudtar’ means oppressed - this persons du’ā is also accepted by Allāh swt - only and only Allāh swt is the final true hope and resort.
One is to be oppressed by others, and another is to be oppressed by your ownself ‘allathīna zalamū anfusahum’ - they harm their own heart. Some of us fall in this category - you feel that I myself have been my own worst enemy. Instead of being grateful, sometimes we’ve used these same bounties in disobedience. We are also mazlūm, but we oppressed our own self - we start realising this in Ramadān - what have i done to my imān? what have I done these past 11 months? They make du’ā to Allāh swt that I am a victim, I am a slave, I have completely been oppressed by my own nafs - ya Allāh, free me from my nafs.
Khwaja Azīzul Hasan Majzūb rah, a poet, he says a beautiful thing- if you find your nafs keeps you busy in sin, and you make tawbah, and again your nafs brings you back into sin, and you make taw bah again, but again your nafs brings you back into sin - you should never give up and never give up hope. Imagine you are a prisoner in the cage of your nafs, so keep rattling the cage (you don’t have the ability to break free), but if you keep rattling, keep rattling, keep trying to break out then Allāh swt will set you free from this cage. The best month to break free is this month of Ramadān. Ya Allāh, the way you allowed me to leave the halāl things for you,allow me to also leave the harām things for you too.
Where do we learn how to make du’ā - we learn it from the anbiyā (as). My own shaykh wrote a beautiful book and it is being translated in English - ‘learn the adab from the anbiyā, and you will get the same closeness to Allāh swt’. Why not learn to love Allāh swt from the one who loved Allāh swt the most.
Rasulullāh ﷺ would call out to Allāh swt by using the word ‘rabb’ - the other anbiyā (as) also did the same. It means Allāh swt is the caretaker! When a kid calls out ‘mom’ - when he invokes the motherhood, the mum feels it. In the same way, when we say rabb, he invokes the rabb-abd bond, and the mercy of Allāh swt melts towards Him. Du’ā shouldn’t be recited from the tongue, but should be pleaded from the heart. The very first word (‘you had me from the start’ - we have this saying in English) we should use is Rabb. When the mother hears ‘mom/mum/ammi/ummi’ - she runs to the child. She won’t even know the need, but as soon as her motherhood is invoked, she will come straight away.
But our problem is we don’t feel it - we just roll it out from our tongue. Try to taste the sweetness of this name Rabb - pause on this. Say ‘rabbi, rabbi, rabbi’ - this is such a nice thing <3…that ya Allāh you are Mine! We start salāh with ‘rabbil-ālamīn’ then we end with ‘rabbiyal’ (my rabb) - it becomes personal.
The second thing we learn from the sunnah is that Allāh swt does grant everyones du’ās, but in different ways.
1) Exactly the way you ask for it.
2) Gives you some other good instead which He in His infinite mercy selected for you. You will see in this world when the wife chooses something for her husband and he says if you like this one better, then i will wear this.
3) He removes some sinful activity from us…and we will never know. We believe bil-ghayb - without seeing.
4) If none of these things happen...He doesn’t grant it in this world, but He will grant it on the DoJ. When everything has been weighed on that day, then Allāh swt will grant Him things for the du’ās He didn’t accept in the world. The man will then say ‘I wish none of my du’ās were granted in the world. I wish they were all accepted in the ākhirah’.
We will feel the generosity of Allāh swt even more. It becomes unveiled in this month.
If you see it, you believe it - you will see it in Ramadān!
Rasulullāh ﷺ said ‘dua is the essence of worship, its the marrow, its the core, the crux of worship’ - every ‘ibādah is a plea to Allāh swt. The mashāikh always make a short du’ā after every ‘ibādah. Try to get more practice of this in Ramadān. One important to make du’ā is accept it from me; allow me to continue doing this ‘ibādah. Ya Allāh, make me addicted to the Qur’an – make me get high on Qur’an. When we wake up for suhūr, talk to Allāh swt – its about du’ā.
‘hal min sā’il, hal min mustaghfir?’ – Is there anyone asking? Is there anyone seeking forgiveness? There is no mention of salāh in this hadīth.Allāh swt is announcing this EVERY NIGHT. The barakah of Ramadān means we’re up on this night. Even if you’re not up, make du’ā from your bed. If you’re awake in every way, form or shape, then you should make du’ā. At least make one du’ā.
People come to ask for du’ās – but if you don’t make du’ā for your ownself at this time, then why would you ask someone else to make du’ā for you?
When a persons shoelace snaps, Rasulullāh ﷺ says you should even make du’ā then. SubhānAllāh – become a person of du’ā. Make it your passion. Make it your habit. Make it part of your attribute. Make du’ā at suhūr, make it at iftār. Let yourself linger in du’ā. Lose yourself in du’ā. Make du’ā that oh Allāh, I ask You from You!
Allāhuma innī as’aluka minka iyyāka, ya Allāh – this should BE your main du’ā all the time, then you will get another joy in du’ā. You will feel this du’ā INSTANTLY. Watch in your heart, you will feel instantly that you got what you wanted. This is a major du’ā you should ask.
May Allāh swt make us people of du’ā! Aameen ya rabbal aa'lameen
By a mureeda from uK
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