Al Asr – 2

Auto-generated transcript:We spoke about the first ayat of Surah Al-Asr. Allah said, Allah took an oath by himself, by time, and he said that truly all humankind, all human beings are in a state of loss. Today let's talk about the next time, maybe let's see how far we get. Then Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala put, gave us criteria. Everyone is in loss except, إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُ إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُ Except those who have, have faith. So this also we spoke about in the last Khatira, what is the meaning of faith. Then Allah said, وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ And those who do good deeds. Now it's very important to understand what constitutes a good deed in Islam. For a deed to be good in Islam, there are three conditions. One is the Niyah. It is the intention of the deed. Why are you doing this deed? If the intention is not good, then even though the deed itself may be good, it has no value and in some cases it might actually become a bad deed. To give you an example, reading the Quran, is it a good deed or a bad deed? Good deed. But if I am reciting or reading the Quran, when my intention is that I am doing it because people are watching and people will think, oh Mashallah, what a holy man and what a pious man is reading the Quran, then what happens to the deed? Gone, right? It's real. It's not only does it nullify and cancel the deed, but it makes it into an action which is haram, which nullifies. Same thing for Salah. Same thing for charity. Same thing for charity. You take the whole lot. We have the very famous hadith of the Salahs, the three people who will be presented to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala on the Day of Judgment. The first of them is a scholar of Islam who learned the Deen and who taught the Deen and so on. The second one is a philanthropist, somebody who Allah gave a lot of wealth and he spent it in the path of Allah. And the third one is a person who was a fighter. He was a soldier. He was a warrior. And not only did he fight, but he fought and he was killed in a battle between, you know, with people who were evil. But all three, and I'm condensing that hadith. I'm not narrating it in detail. But all three, Nabi Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said, will be the first of them. The first of the people to be consigned to Jahannam will be these people. Okay. And the first of those will be the one who is actually a scholar, Islamic scholar, because of Nia. So the Nia is a very, very important, very first condition of the acceptance of any deed. And therefore, we need to continuously check our Nia to see what is our Nia. The Nia is like carrying, imagine that you are carrying a packet of money in your pocket and you are going through a very crowded marketplace. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. I think. Okay. So Nia, as far as making Nia, how do you see it Humans? Who say Nia that they will get stolen from the home, Nisha after this. What did you do so far. Why did you say what you say we are not going to bring more like a Harmonize? What is this so that we may have some. interesting letter to Sheikh Hussain Rahimahullah Itaada, where this man wrote and he said, Sheikh, I recite Quran well, so people put me forward for Imamate. Now, when I am praying, I make the intention that I am going to say, for example, I make the intention that I will recite 20 ayats. But when I am reciting and maybe I have recited three ayats or four ayats, I get a thought to say, you are reciting to please the people because your recitation is good. You are reciting well. So people will say, oh, mashallah, mashallah, what a great Qari. So he says, when I get that thought, I immediately, you know, shorten my recitation. Instead of reciting 20, I decided I have only five. Maybe I recite one more and I go into ruku, complete the rakat. What shall I do? And the reply of Sheikh Hussain Rahimahullah Itaada is very, very nice. He says, He said, when you get that thought, he said, immediately make istighfar. So internally say, astaghfirullah al-hadhim. He said, then increase the number of ayat. So you decide to recite 20, he said, decide 30. Because shaitan is trying to corrupt your niyyah. He is trying to put fear into you because he sees that because of your recitation, people behind you, they have khushu. They are connecting with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Shaitan wants to spoil that whole show. So he's trying to shut you down. Don't do that. Expand. Do more. Similarly, if you are giving charity and you are, you know, you are going to give some money and then the thought comes, oh, you see, you are doing this because you want people to know what a generous person you are. Immediately make istighfar and give even more. Right. Or if you are giving publicly, don't give publicly, give privately, but give even more until shaitan runs away. So the first requirement for a good deed to be good in Islam is the niyyah. Ikhlas wa niyyah. The niyyah must be only for the pleasure of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Second requirement for a good deed is that it must be in accordance with the orders of Allah. There is no good deed which goes against the ahkam of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. So this again is a very important point to remember. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. These are all people who drink beer anyway They are not Muslims Is it allowed for you to do that? As a Muslim can I serve beer to somebody? No Let me give each one a cigarette Because they smoke anyway What they do anyway or don't do anyway Is not your problem You as a Muslim Your action must not go against the Hukum of Allah SWT Against the orders of Allah SWT I have a party I would like to invite all my friends And so on and so forth After all everybody is together Let them all be together Men, women, everyone together in the same room Sorry No, no, no You see but this is the culture of the country That makes no difference The culture of Islam is the culture of Islam Irrespective of which country The culture of Islam does not change Because I am in America or I am in Indonesia Or I am in somewhere The culture of Islam is the culture of Islam This is the beauty of this deen We have one deen from Allah And To be lived by according to the sunnah Of our Nabi SAW Does not change with the time Does not change with the country Does not change with You know society and so on and so forth So the action must be in accordance with the Ahkam of Allah SWT The orders of Allah SWT Third thing is That the action must be according to the sunnah Of Nabi SAW Or at least it should not be against the sunnah Right you might say well every action cannot be According to the sunnah Because new things have come in But no problem But the action must not contradict the sunnah Even if it is not exactly You might say well you know where did Nabi SAW do He did not do this But it is not an action which is against the sunnah But is it something which is According to the sunnah or at least not against the sunnah Right so that is again something very important for us to To remember and to do the work of Allah SWT That is make sure that the actions are In accordance with the sunnah or at least not against the sunnah So three things Niyah must be must have ikhlas sincerity only for Allah The action must be in accordance with the Ah orders of Allah and the action must not be against the sunnah of Rasul Allah SWT This is what constitutes a good deed And people who do those good deeds This is the second condition of In Surah Nasr So we have Iman alhamdulillah We have Iman in Allah SWT We do not make shirk We do not ask help from anyone other than Allah And we want to do good deeds Then check the good deeds to see Do my good deeds satisfy these conditions Niyah Ahqab of Allah Orders of Allah And the sunnah of Nabi SAW If they do that Alhamdulillah it's a good deed If that is not the case Then we need to correct ourselves and make sure the Deeds are good inshaAllah The rest of it Wa tawasab ilaq Wa tawasab isawr inshaAllah We will do it in the next khatrah We ask Allah SWT to help us to Have the correct aqeedah I'tikhaad And to have To live our lives in a way Which pleases him Which is to do good deeds That Allah SWT likes And peace be upon the noble Prophet And upon his family and companions And upon his family and companions