Bismillāhir-Rahmānir-Rahīm
4th July 2015 - Shaykh Kamaluddin db (Jo’burg)
We have to fix it! We must leave aside our own temperament, our own inclination, our tabīát. Imagine how hard hearted that person is who every single aspect changes, but they don’t fulfil the huqūqul ‘ibād!
These middle ten days are for MAGHFIRAH. Nabi (saw) said that be merciful towards others - what is mercy? It means to waive your rights from someone even if you are angry with them within your right. In the same way, we ask Allāh swt to have mercy on us though we are deserving of the hellfire. Forgive people. Huqūqul íbād isn’t a court of law where you prove to someone that you were wronged - okay, they may have wronged you, but still forgive them. What if Allāh swt acted like that with us - He swt forgives us anyway because he is Arhamar-Rāhimīn!
We make a mistake that we only forgive someone if they didn’t wrong you - or else, we would have a life long grudge. Remember, we are nothing.
Sayyidinā Anas (ra) - when he was ten years old, his mother came to Nabi (saw) and presented him to Nabi (saw) and said he is your khādim. SubhānAllāh. What kind of mother is this? How amazingly and wonderfully must she have raised him? I think she must have made this intention since before he was born. Nabi (saw) accepted him! For the first ten years, he was in the suhbah and khidmah of Nabi (saw). Hadrat Anas (ra) narrates that Nabi (saw) once asked him if he can do something for him. Anas (ra) obviously said yes. Nabi (saw) said every morning and evening, I want to remove every bad feeling you have for anyone in your heart. This is tarbiyyah - Nabi (saw) knew people would turn to Anas (ra) later. This is from his sunnah ‘ma ahabba sunnatī, faqad ahhabanī, wa man ahhabani, fa qad ma’iya fil-jannah’- this is what Nabi (saw) in this hadīth that whosoever loves my sunnah, loves me. Whosoever loves me will be with me in Jannah! Have you ever tried? Have you done this every day in at suhūr and iftār - I have never met a person who makes dua every suhūr and iftār that remove these ill-feelings from me. This is an aspect of taqwa.
Start talking in a nicer tone to your wife and children - speak softly. Mashāikh train their students by looking at their mannerisms and every tone. Don’t be lax about this - don’t adopt this slang! You may disguise it as jolliness, but they are actually immature. People in their 50s behave like they are in their 20s. They are physically 50, but 20 spiritually. Hadrat Anas (ra) was physically 20, but aged 50 spiritually. Ramadān is where you mature spiritually - it is like an incubator. Fasting is the least feature - it is the enabling act to get this taqwa. Its like the bumper on the car. We need to make our heart like his heart; it’s not enough to just fast.
One Shaykh says - make your outward virtuous; make your inner virtuous, and spend the rest of your life making your inner more virtuous than your outer! SubhānAllāh.
Allāh is Zāhir and Bātin. Nabi (saw) had an outer sunnah (his outward beauty, kindness, gentleness and compassion) and one was the inner reality of his heart which also should be inherited by this ummah. The greatest part of his 'uswatan hasanah’ is his qalb, is his heart. We need to try and be like this - otherwise, Ramadān will end and we will be the exact same.
Ramadān is the month where we work on our heart!
Where to start?
1 - Mercy and forgiveness (huqūqul ‘ibād) - make up, reconcile with people. Whatever you want from Allāh swt, be like that with others. You want mercy and maghfirah - have mercy and forgive others.
2 - Wallathīna āmanū ashhadu hubbal-lillāh. Those who believe are extremely intense and intensely extreme in their love for Allāh swt.
Pray out of love, fast out of love, make du'ā out of love- let it linger. Dwell upon it! Sahabā Kirām would keep repeating the same āyah the whole night! That is called love. Ponder, reflect and enjoy. This isn’t a month of express ‘ibādah - its a month of love. A person who is rushing, eats very fast. But those who enjoy the food, they enjoy the food, they enjoy the after taste. We must enjoy the ‘ibādah. Every word of Qur’ān has a nūr! When I prayed salāh in Pakistan - it was hot, we were melting praying in a non-ac masjid - but we enjoyed it!
Sayyidinā Fātima (ra) prayed all night and then she made du’ā oh Allāh, that your night is too short for your Fātima. Imitate this love. Pray like the lover; recite like a lover; make du'ā like a lover. Adopt the outer form, Allāh swt will grant you the inner! Make slow pondering lingering dhikr. Don’t think this is beyond your reach - don’t think its a special sufī thing! Wallathīna āmanū ashhadu hubbal-lillāh - BASIC bare minimum imān - basic entry believer - they are extremely intense in their love for Allāh swt. Taste this. How sad would it be that we fast and pray tarāwīh and you don’t get this love. Feel thirsty for it! May Allāh swt make us steadfast muminīn! Aameen ya rabbal aa'lameen
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