Isra wal Me’raj

Auto-generated transcript:Alhamdulillah. And some people also fast on the following day, which is today. I remind myself and you that in Islam, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, first of all, Islam is the worship of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Allah ki ibadat ka naam Islam hai. Now Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala did not leave this ibadah for us to do as we wish, when we wish, how we wish. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala prescribed specifically what is to be done, when it is to be done, how it is to be done. Specifically, that's why there is so much importance. Why is there so much importance, for example, on Tajweed, which I keep saying all the time. You cannot say the name of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala any way you want. And after being told, after being corrected, if you still do the same thing, it's a major sin before Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. You will be punished for taking the name of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in a way different from how it is to be taken. That is the importance of Tajweed. Right? Just pronunciation. Similarly, Salah prescribed specifically when is it to be done, how is it to be done. Right? All of this. As far as Isra'ul-Maraj is concerned, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, the first ayat of Surah Bani Israel, Subhanallazhi Asra' bi'abdihi laylam minal masjidil haram ilal masjidil aqsa alladhi barakna hawlahu linuriya hu min ayaatina innahu wa samiul basir. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, All glory and majesty to him who took his slave from masjidil haram to masjidil aqsa, barakna hawlahu, the place which he has put barakah, and blessing all around it, linuriya hu min ayaatina so that he may show him his signs, innahu wa samiul basir, and he is the one who is all hearing and all seeing. Right? Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala did not say that he took him on such and such a night. Laylam minal masjidil. Which layl? Allah did not mention. Is it 27, 26, 28? Allah did not mention. Also, with the Arabs, they did not have a calendar of their own. They used to use the Roman calendar or the Persian calendar. And it was not a custom among the Arabs to note specific dates. They had names for years. They had the names of the months. But specific days and dates, it was not their custom. So, for example, the day on which Rasulullah s.a.w. was born is not known. There are many narrations. Maybe this day, maybe that day, maybe that day. But there is no doubt that he was born. Which means he is human. Similarly, with Isra wal Mi'raj, there is no doubt that Isra wal Mi'raj happened because Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said it happened. And Allah said, I took my slave from Masjid al-Haram to Masjid al-Aqsa. Allah did not say he went in his dream. Allah did not say symbolically, No, I took my slave. Means physically, he was taken from Masjid al-Haram to Masjid al-Aqsa and then into the heavens. Physically, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala did that. This is our Aqidah. If people say, No, it happened in my dreams, it happened in my dreams. It is Kufr. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, I took my slave. How? Allah knows. Allah knows. We don't have to conjecture and guess about how it happened. It happened any way that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala wanted it to happen. But Allah did not mention a specific date. So therefore, to celebrate that on a particular day or night has no basis in the Quran or Sunnah. Number one. So what should we do? What is the importance of this? Is it some story which happened? Or does it have any importance to this day? The biggest importance, there are many, many things, but the biggest importance of Al-Isra and Al-Mi'raj is what Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala gave His Rasul alayhi salatu wasalam in a manner which suits His Majesty and Grace when the Nabi alayhi salatu wasalam was presented before Him. And what was that gift? Salah. Salah. Salah. Salah. Salah. Salah. Salah. Salah. Salah. Salah. So we celebrate Isra and Al-Mi'raj, but when it comes to Salah, the Salah is the gift. The purpose of Isra and Al-Mi'raj was to give the Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam the Salah. This is the only hukum of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, which was given above the seven heavens. All the other hukum of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala came down on the earth. The only hukum that was given above the seven heavens is the hukum of Salah. And we have the entire narration of that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala gave him 50 Salah per day and then Musa alayhi salam's advice, it was reduced and so on and so on and so on finally to five Salawat. So, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, of 50. So, 1 is to 10. So 50 Salat means that these 50 Salat is in the sense of you are free and your people are free to come into my presence at any time. If you take 50 Salawat and divide by 24 hours, divide by that, it's every half an hour. Every half an hour. Which means 24 hours, anytime you can come. So I remind myself and you the importance of this Salah. The importance of Sajidah before Allah SWT. The purpose of Salah, the point I want to make for myself and you is all the Ibadat which Allah has made for the parents. These are tools. These are ways of achieving something. The Ibadah is not for itself. Salah is not for itself. Allah SWT says, Allah said the purpose of Salah, the Salah what does it do? It takes you away, separates you, protects you from Al-Fahsiat and Al-Munkarat. From? From all shameless things and from all disobedience of Allah SWT. The purpose of Salah is this. So after praying, if you are still lying and cheating and cursing and using bad language and watching pornography and drinking and gambling and God knows, may Allah have mercy on us. We have not left anything. Everything we do. Alhamdulillah. Allah SWT has declared war on the one who deals in interest with glitter�. No problem. So, then, what is the.. what is the Salah doing? What is the point of Salah? 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Has he stopped praying? They said, no, he is praying. Rasulullah s.a.w. said, tell him to continue to pray. Tell him to continue to pray. Why? Because the Salah separates you from sins. And sure enough, after some time, he came back to the masjid. And he said, Ya Rasulullah, Alhamdulillah, I made this taqwa, tauba, please make dua for me. And I had fallen into bad company, I was doing this thing, I have now stopped, I am back. So I remind myself and you, let us monitor our lives. Alhamdulillah, Allah s.w.t. gives us tawfiq, we come and pray Salatul Fajr by Jama'at in the masjid, Alhamdulillah. What is the reflection of this in my life? What is the reflection of this in my actions? What is the reflection of this in my speech? What is the reflection of this in how I treat people? What is the reflection of this in my mu'milat? And the mu'minat? And my akhlaq? Right? In my dealings, in my society, and in my manners and behavior, is there a reflection? There is supposed to be. We will talk about other Ibadat later, but as far as Salah is concerned, and this is true for all the Ibadat. The purpose of, why is it? It's a tool. To do what? To clean up our act. The purpose of Salah is to clean up our act. Is it being cleaned? So if it is not happening, I am not saying, stop praying. No, I am not saying, stop praying. I am not saying, stop praying. No, we should pray. But also monitor the prayer. After all, Alhamdulillah, Allah has given us the office. We are getting up in the morning, and early morning, and making wudu, and going to the masjid. Some people, for them, Alhamdulillah, Allah has blessed them. Masjid is right next door. Some people, they come from a distance. Allah bless them for coming from a distance. But all this effort, is it worth something? So the gift of Isra wal Mi'raj, the purpose of Isra wal Mi'raj is this Salah. Where Allah Subhanahu Ta'ala established a direct connection between the Rabb and the Abds. Between Himself and His Ibadat, and His slaves. Direct connection. We don't need anybody else in between. There is no Pujari, there is no priest. You don't go and say, please pray for me, no? You pray for yourself. The Imam only leads the Salah. Imam is not praying for you. He is praying for himself. You have to pray, you have to pray for yourself. You cannot say, no, Imam has khushu, I don't have to, I don't need khushu. I can look here and there, I can think about everything. Huh? Can you do that? Can I go and say to the Imam, please pray Salah to Zohar for me. Here is 10 rupees. La wa la khut. No, no, no. His Zohar is for him, my Zohar is for me. If I don't, if I don't pray for him, his Zohar is not there. I can't tell him, do it for me. No, there's no do it for me. Allah has given each one of us the honour of coming into his presence, by ourselves. So let us remember the purpose of Al-Israa wal-Mihraj is the Salah, is the connection with Allah . Let us respect that connection. Let us look at ourselves and say, am I doing this correctly? Am I doing this right? Am I doing this wrong? Am I doing this,