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The Heritage of Prophethood

Category: General - Da'wah Source: Publication Date: 11 Muharram 1434 (11/25/12)

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The Heritage of Prophethood is an honor: How can you gain it?

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T he Spirit ual and He alt h Be ne f it s o f Ram adan Fast ing

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The He rit age of Prophe t hood is an honor: How can you gain it ? In t he name of Allah t he Mos t Gracious , t he Mos t Me rciful All Prais e be t o Allah, we prais e Him and s e e k His he lp and forgive ne s s and s e e k re fuge in Him from t he e vils of ours e lve s and t he e vils of our act ions , whome ve r

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Allah guide s is not t o be mis le d, and whome ve r He mis le ads is not t o be guide d. We t e s t ify t hat t he re is no god but Allah alone Who has no part ne rs , and t hat Muhammad is His s lave and His Me s s e nge r. The Prophe t , pe ace and ble s s ings of Allah be upon him, has s aid: "on t he Day of Judgme nt t he s on of Adam will not s t e p away from his Lord unt il he is as ke d about five (t hings ): his life and how he has s pe nt it , his yout h and how he has wore it out , his mone y and how he has e arne d it , and in what he has s pe nt it , and how he has act e d upon what he has le arne d." [Narrat e d by At -Tirmidhi and aut he nt icat e d by Al-Albani] : Allah is jus t . He holds e ve ry man t o account according t o his capacit ie s and t he pot e nt ial t hat He has be s t owe d upon him. Thus , He doe s not call a mad man t o account for why did not he t e ach his family it s re ligious obligat ions But He holds t he wis e man re s pons ible e ve n if he doe s not know how t o do t hat . Allah holds him account able for not t rying t o le arn what Allah has e njoine d upon him while he is capable of le arning? He doe s not hold t he poor man ans we rable for not giving t he zakat (alms ), and s o on... As for t he one who has t he s cie nt ific and financial abilit y of calling t o Allah, it is

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ine vit ably t hat he will be as ke d about what he has done by t he capabilit ie s which Allah has give n t o him. Has he appropriat e d, e ve n a t iny port ion of his we alt h for t he s ake of Allah as an acquit t al of his cons cie nce ? Or is he jus t like cat t le , live s t o e at and t o fulfill his lus t rous de s ire s ? He will be as ke d about his life , how has he s pe nt it ? Has he s pe nt it obe ying Allah and wors hiping Him, including le arning, working and calling for Allah. Has he s pe nt it in t e aching his family, ne ighbors and frie nds t he right e ous de e ds ? Or has he s pe nt his life in front of t e le vis ions , on foot ball playgrounds , or in caf s hops ? He will be as ke d about his yout h, how has he us e d it ? Has he us e d it in le arning t he obligat ions t hat Allah has e njoine d upon him and in t e aching t he m t o his family and s ocie t y? Or has he s pe nt his yout h in following his lus t rous de s ire s and ple as ure s ? Ye s , we will be as ke d about t he prime of our yout h, how has we s pe nt it ? Eve ry one of us s hould be pre pare d for t he ans we r, by le arning and working. The s lacke r s hould make up for what he has mis s e d. He will be as ke d about his we alt h, from whe re has he gaine d it ? He re is t he major dis as t e r; he re whe re mos t fe e t s lip, e xce pt for t hos e whom my Lord has me rcy upon. He re we have t o s t op and ponde r, cons ide ring our
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t ragic condit ions nowadays . From whe re has he gaine d his we alt h? Has he gaine d his mone y from his job, t o which he goe s lat e or t hat he doe s not pe rform it hone s t ly? Has he gaine d it from s e lling cigare t t e s ? Or from s e lling magazine s and ne ws pape rs t hat publis h t he pict ure s of wome n dis playing t he ms e lve s want only, or publis h bad ide as and corrupt be lie fs ? Has he gaine d it from t he s hare s of banks and companie s t hat de al in us ury? Has he gaine d it by fraud and de ce pt ion, which he pract ice s in his t rade ? Has he gaine d it from s e lling alcohol and drugs ? Or by blinding his e ye t o e vil de e ds ? Has he gaine d it t hrough ways t hat are prohibit e d by Allah? Or has he gaine d it from le git imat e ways by which he will be s ave d whe n me e t ing Allah Glorifie d and Exalt e d, and by which he can dis pe ns e from pe ople , and by which he can be ne fit Allah's s e rvant s as long as Allah wills . So; you have t o as k yours e lf and call it t o account , be fore Allah holds you ans we rable be caus e your fe e t , o s on of Adam, will not move be fore you are as ke d about your we alt h from whe re have you acquire d it ? And he will be as ke d in what he has s pe nt it ? Ye s , for s ure , you will be as ke d about your mone y how you have s pe nt it . Eve n if you acquire d it from a le git imat e way, and t his part of t he que s t ion is t he mos t s e rious .
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Have you s pe nt it t o furnis h a s ple ndid huge home , while your Mus lim bre t hre n are dying from hunge r and home le s s ne s s ? Have you s pe nt it vacat ioning wit h infide ls in t he ir count rie s ? Have you s pe nt it on buying t e le vis ion s e t s , vide os and t ape s of pornographic movie s ? Have you s pe nt it t o buy advance d ant e nna s e t s t o bring in t he live broadcas t t o corrupt your mind and t he mind of your family, yours and your familys moralit ie s , and your re ligion and t he re ligion of your family? Or have you s pe nt it on t hings , which Allah has e njoine d, s uch as t he e xpe ns e you s pe nd on yours e lf and your family, wit hout e xt ravagance or pe nny-pinching, and paying t he zakat and charit y t o t he poor and t he ne e dy? Or have you s pe nt it in calling t o Allah? My brot he r, do you t hink t hat Allah has be s t owe d t his ble s s ing upon you in vain? Allah forbids ! In orde r t o unde rs t and t he purpos e of t he s e ble s s ings and t he re as on why Allah has be s t owe d t he m upon you lis t e n t o t he words of t he Me s s e nge r of Allah, pe ace and ble s s ings of Allah be upon him: Allah has ce rt ain pe ople whom He favore d wit h His ble s s ings t o be ne fit Allah's s e rvant s . He ke e ps His ble s s ings wit h t he m as long as t he y e xe rt t he m for t he be ne fit s of ot he rs , but if t he y pre ve nt t he m from His s e rvant s , He t ake s His ble s s ings off t he m and give s t he m t o ot he rs . [De clare d Has an (good) by Al-Albani]
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 This ble s s ing t hat Allah has be s t owe d upon us was wit h ot he r pe ople , but t he y did not t hank t he s e grace s dut ifully s o t he y have be e n de prive d from it . The y have not s pe nt t he m for t he be ne fit of His s e rvant s : by calling t he m t o Allah, t e aching t he ignorant t he ins t ruct ions of t he ir re ligion, or fe e ding t he hungry. The y did not do t his wit h t he grace s Allah has give n t he m. Rat he r, t he y have s pe nt t he m on t he ir lus t rous de s ire s and ple as ure s , as many pe ople do, e xce pt for t hos e whom my Lord has me rcy upon. The y forgot t hat Allah has ce rt ain pe ople whom He has favore d wit h His ble s s ings t o be ne fit Allah's s e rvant s . He ke e ps His ble s s ings wit h t he m as long as t he y e xe rt t he m for t he be ne fit s of ot he rs , and t hat He t ake s His ble s s ings off t he m and give s t he m t o ot he rs , as a t e s t for us . He re are t he ble s s ings among us in which we s wagge r and e njoy. Le t us as k ours e lve s what have we done t o re alize what Allah want s us t o do as re gards t he be ne fit s of His s lave s ? Inde e d Allah Almight y re s pit e s , but ne ve r forge t s . We have t o le arn t hat t his mone y in our hands is Allah's mone y t hat He has appoint e d us as His t rus t e e s in t his mone y, e njoining us t o give His due s in it , t o s pe nd it on ours e lve s , our familie s and in t he way of Allah. Allah almight y has s aid: {Be lie ve in Allh and His Me s s e nge r (Muhammad), and s pe nd of t hat whe re of He has made you t rus t e e s . And s uch of you as be lie ve and s pe nd (in Allhs Way), t he irs will be a gre at re ward.} [Al-Hadd 57:7]. } 7 :{
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Translit erat ion: Aminoo biAllahi warasoolihi waanfiqoo mimma jaAAalakum mustakhlafeena feehi fa a llatheena amanoo minkum waanfaqoo lahum ajrun kabeer un
Oh le t me n of unde rs t anding re ce ive admonit ion. He will be as ke d about what he has done in what he has le arne d? What we are wit ne s s ing t oday from t he brie fing, s crut inizing and publis hing of t he books of int e rpre t at ion of t he Qur'an, t he Sunnah and juris prude nce as we ll as t he s pre ad of re ligious knowle dge and s cie nce , are from t he gre at e s t ble s s ings be s t owe d upon us by Allah. The y are much more import ant t han we alt h, e s pe cially in t his e ra, in which large part s of t he Mus lim count rie s are s le e ping in t he darkne s s of ignorance of Allah's monot he is m and t he corre ct cre e d, as we ll as t he s pre ad of Bida' (innovat ion in re ligion), and s ome de viant ways . So, what have we done t o t hank Him for t his ble s s ing? What s hall be our re s pons e if Allah as ks us : "What have you done in what you have le arne d? Have we s pre ad Allah's monot he is m and t he corre ct Is lamic cre e d? If we have done s o t he n t he re would not have be e n pe ople s in broad s e ct ors of
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t he Mus lim count rie s , who know only t he grave s of what t he y call right e ous s aint s , t he y offe r s laught e rs by t he m and be g and s upplicat e t he m ins t e ad of praying and s upplicat ing t o t he King of kings , t he Might y of t he he ave ns and t he e art h. How would we me e t Allah Almight y and what will we t e ll Him? Would we s ay as t he Be douins have t old t he Me s s e nge r of Allah, pe ace and ble s s ings of Allah be upon him, whe n t he y lagge d be hind from going out wit h him (during a holy bat t le ): {Thos e of t he Be douins who lagge d be hind will s ay t o you: Our pos s e s s ions and our familie s occupie d us , s o as k forgive ne s s for us . The y s ay wit h t he ir t ongue s what is not in t he ir he art s . Say: Who t he n has any powe r at all (t o int e rve ne ) on your be half wit h Allh, if He int e nds you hurt or int e nds you be ne fit ? Nay, but Allh is Eve r All-Aware of what you do.} [Al-Fat h 48:11]. } 11 :{

Translit erat ion: Sayaqoolu laka almukhallafoona mina alaAArabi shaghalatna amwalunawaahloona fa istaghfir lana yaqooloona bialsinatihim ma laysa fee quloobihim qul faman yamliku lakum mina Allahi shayan in arada bikum darran aw arada bikum nafAAan bal kana Allahu bimataAAmaloona
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khabeera n
Allah knows be s t what is in our he art s and what is in t he ir he art s . Allah has warne d us agains t be ing dis t ract e d from what He has e njoine d upon us , and t hat which He has cre at e d us for. Allah Almight y has s aid: {And I (Allh) cre at e d not t he jinn and mankind e xce pt t hat t he y s hould wors hip Me (Alone ).} [Surat AzZriyt 51:56] 56 :{ }

Translit erat ion: Wama khalaqtu aljinna wa a linsa illaliyaAAbudoon i

Is wors hip: praye r, fas t ing and Hajj only? Nay, 'wors hip' is a colle ct ive name indicat ing all t hat Allah love s and is ple as e d wit h, including words and act ions bot h out ward and inward. He re is t he Prophe t , pe ace and ble s s ings of Allah be upon him, t hre at e ns t hos e who de s e rt e njoining what is good and forbidding what is e vil. He has s aid, pe ace and ble s s ings of Allah be upon him: By Him in whos e Hands my s oul is , you mus t e njoin good and forbid e vil, or e ls e Allah will s oon s e nd upon you His punis hme nt ; t he n you will s upplicat e Him and He will not re s pond t o you. [De clare d Has an (good) by At -Tirmidhi]

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 Do you imagine t hat t he Me s s e nge r of Allah, pe ace and ble s s ings of Allah be upon him, would pe rformance ? No, rat he r it is t he dut y of e ve ry Mus lim man and woman, e ach according t o t he ir abilit y. That who is able wit h his knowle dge it is t he ir dut y, and t hat who has t he financial pot e nt ial t he y mus t do it , and s o on. And t hus we s hould know t hat t he way t o t he call t o Allah is not a de s e rt e d one , be caus e t he prophe t s and t he right e ous have s e t foot on it be fore us . One of t he fruit s of t his call is t hat you will re ce ive a re ward be caus e of he who has conve rt e d on your hands unt il t he Day of Re s urre ct ion; he re he is s t aying up at night s praying while you are as le e p, he fas t s and you are not , he is pe rforming pilgrimage while you are re s ide nt in your home , and he is pe rforming t he jihad and you are s it t ing in your hous e ; Allah is gre at e r, what a gre at re ward. And he re are t he Chris t ian mis s ionarie s around t he world gat he ring hundre ds or e ve n t hous ands of millions in annual donat ions , by which t he y print books and s e nd out mis s ionarie s t o s pre ad t he ir dis t ort e d re ligion. What is t he mat t e r wit h us ? Why do we not do t hat and we are t he pe ople of t rut h and t rue re ligion! Le t e ach of us cat che s what he has mis s e d in t he pas t , and be gins t o work for t his re ligion be fore de at h ove rt ake s us while we are in t his s t at e of inat t e nt ive ne s s , t hus we re gre t on {The Day whe re on ne it he r we alt h nor s ons
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s uch a s t e rn t hre at

for le aving

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will avail,} [As h-Shu'ar' 26:88]. 88 :{ }

Translit erat ion: Yawma la yanfaAAu malun walabanoon a

Have I conve ye d t he me s s age ? Have I conve ye d t he me s s age ? O Allah, be ar wit ne s s . How do we do our dut y? Firs t : we re pe nt t o Allah Almight y and re t urn t o Him of what we have commit t e d of lagging be hind and ne glige nce in t he pas t . Se cond: t o t hink about what we can do t o s pre ad t he re ligion of Allah, whe t he r by calling our re lat ive s ; we s t art wit h t he clos e s t re lat ive s t he n t he clos e r one s or we ne ighbors . We can s e e k t he opinion of s he ikhs , s e nior s cholars and re ligious s t ude nt s who have e xpe rie nce in t he call t o Allah, t o give us advice . He re are my Mus lim brot he r and my Mus lim s is t e r, t he be s t ways t o call t o Allah and t he be s t me ans t o us e s ome of t he m, ke e ping in mind t hat t he call t o Allah has priorit ie s t hat it is ve ry import ant t o arrange t he m. Monot he is m come s
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be fore praye r, and praye r come s be fore zakat ... So we s t art wit h t he mos t import ant , t he n t he import ant . I as k Allah t he Mos t High, t he All-Powe rful by His be aut iful name s and His highe s t at t ribut e s , t o make our work pure ly for His Count e nance , and in conformit y t o His Holy Book and t he Sunnah of His Prophe t , pe ace and ble s s ings of Allah be upon him. The mos t import ant me ans of t he call t o Allah Almight y The me ans t o call t o Allah are nume rous and count le s s , but t he mos t import ant among t he m are : 1- The cons t ruct ive word Whe t he r t his word is a le ct ure , a le s s on, a s pe e ch, a s e rmon, or a pe rs onal advice be t we e n us and t he one be ing calle d t o Allah, or jus t a phone call, s pe cially wit h re gards t o t he is s ue of e njoining Al-Ma'rf (Is lamic Monot he is m, and following Prophe t Muhammad) and forbidding Al-Munkar (polyt he is m, dis be lie f and oppos ing Prophe t Muhammad). It is a mus t t hat we commit ours e lve s t o t he e t hics of advice : not t o advis e anyone in front of pe ople , but in privat e , if pos s ible ; whe re we t ake t he opport unit y t o be alone wit h our e rrone ous brot he r and advis e him in a magnanimous kind manne r. {Invit e (mankind, O Muhammad) t o t he Way of your Lord (i.e . Is lm) wit h wis dom (i.e . wit h t he Divine Re ve lat ion and t he Qurn) and fair pre aching,} [Al-Nahl 16:125] 125 :{ }

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Trans literation: alhas anat i 2- The Tape

OdAAu

ila s abe e li rabbika bia lhikmat i

wa a lmawAAit h at i

Es pe cially wit h pe ople who do not like or cannot re ad, s o you choos e for e ach pe rs on t he s uit able t opic. For t he one whom we find ne gle ct ing and at t ache d t o t his world, we give him a t ape re minding him of t he He re aft e r, de at h and re ckoning. But if we find s ome one doing s pe cific prohibit e d act ivit y, s uch as working in us ury-bas e d banks , for e xample , we s e arch for him for a t ape cont aining an advis ory opinion or a le ct ure on t he prohibit ion of us ury-bas e d banks and s o on. The re are in t he books hops of Is lamic re cordings ve ry s uit able price s for charit able dis t ribut ion. 3- Bookle t s We s e arch for a bookle t wit h an appropriat e s ubje ct for t hos e who can re ad wit hin t he limit s of 30-100 page s as t his e ns ure s t hat t he y will re ad it , be caus e pe ople are now in an age full of conce rns . We rare ly find anyone from t he ge ne ral public re ads a bookle t more t han 100 page s . The s e bookle t s are of acce pt able price t o t he public and t he y are available in mos t books hops . 4- The s mall me s s age s or t he s o-calle d flye rs It is a me s s age of fe w page s jus t like t hos e be t we e n your hands t hat de al wit h a part icular t opic. From it s advant age : t hat t he y are e as y t o re ad in a fe w
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minut e s , t he y are of at t ract ive appe arance , and t he y are ve ry che ap in price , part icularly t he volume s aime d at charit able dis t ribut ion. Me anwhile t he y are of t hin volume , which make t he m e as ie r t o be s e nt anywhe re by pos t . If e ve ry je alous Mus lim fulfille d his dut y wholly or in part , t he Is lamic re ligion would have a gre at e r numbe r of advocat e s and calle rs who s pre ad it s call and light among pe ople . Le t us re me mbe r t hat e ach bookle t , t ape , or flye r you give away t o pe ople is an ongoing charit y, whos e re ward may re ach you aft e r your de at h. And re me mbe r t hat e ve ry one of us is charge d wit h part icipat ing in t he call t o Allah, e ach according t o his abilit y. The calle r or t he s t ude nt is charge d according t o his knowle dge . The ordinary man is in charge of de live ring t he advocacy t ools of manuals or t ape s t o t hos e who ne e d t he m, according t o his abilit y. The me rchant is als o charge d wit h cont ribut ing his mone y t o print pamphle t s or t ape s for dis t ribut ion in coordinat ion wit h s ome of t he charit able books hops int e re s t e d in t hat . And s o on. Aft e r all t his , no one of us has an e xcus e t hat he could not find t he me ans t o do t he ir dut y t o t he call t o Allah. Allah Almight y has s aid: {O you who be lie ve ! Ward off yours e lve s and your familie s agains t a Fire (He ll) whos e fue l is me n and s t one s , ove r which are (appoint e d) ange ls s t e rn (and) s e ve re , who dis obe y not , (from e xe cut ing) t he Commands t he y re ce ive from Allh, but do t hat which t he y are commande d.} [At -Tahrm 66:6]. }
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Translit erat ion: Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo qoo anfusakum waahleekum naran waqooduha a lnnasu wa a lhijaratu AAalayha malaikatun ghila th un shidadun la yaAAsoona Allaha ma amarahum wayafAAaloona ma yumaroon a
The Prophe t , pe ace and ble s s ings of Allah be upon him, has s aid: s ave yours e lf from t he He llfire e ve n if it is by half a dat e ! [Agre e d upon]. Have I conve ye d t he me s s age ? Have I conve ye d t he me s s age ? O Allah, be ar wit ne s s . In conclus ion, I as k Allah t he Me rciful t o forgive our de fault , and t o he lp us t o do our dut y, for which we have be e n cre at e d, ame n. Pe ace and ble s s ings are upon His s e rvant and Me s s e nge r, Prophe t Muhammad who has s aid: If Allah would guide one pe rs on by you, t he n t his is be t t e r for you t han having a gre at numbe r of t he re d came ls [Re port e d by Bukhari]. And t he las t of our invocat ion is t hat all prais e be t o Allah, Lord of t he Alamn (mankind, jinn and all t hat e xis t s )
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Pre pare d by: R'id ibn Nas h'at Idrs Ibn Khuzaymah Hous e

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