Is Allah With Me? | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

And We Begin by praising Allah and bearing witness that none has the right to be worshiped or unconditionally obeyed except for him and we bear witness that Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam is his final messenger we ask Allah to send his peace and blessings upon him the prophets and Messengers that came before him his family and companions that served alongside him and those that follow in his blessed path until the day of judgment and we ask Allah to make us amongst them Allah I mean dear brothers and sisters as we come to the sacred occasion of Ashura there are many different things to decipher and to talk about but I wanted to focus on one thing that ties together the incidents both of the history calendar and the incidence of Ashura specifically and subhanallah there are many different things to take from this occasion that we could speak about in regards to the virtues of the day as it exists now which is obviously that first and foremost an opportunity to have your sins forgiven another Mercy from Allah that he has sent to us one of his nephehats one of his seasons of Mercy that the prophet salallahu alaihi wasallam spoke about that if a person fasts this one day then Allah expiates an entire year worth of sins may Allah forgive all of our sins I mean so another thing to thank Allah for but specifically when the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam enters into Al Madina and the messenger of Allah finds that the Jewish community of el Madina is fasting this day in gratitude to Allah for the victory of Musa Islam says we have more right to Musa Islam we are closer to Musa then you we love Musa and we celebrate as well and he ordered it to be a day of fasting but there is equality here and subhanallah we come into the Hijra which is of course what we Mark our years by and we come specifically into this tenth day and there is something that stood out to me about this and it ties what Ashura is attributed to in the athar and the narrations before this incident of Musa and what we know of what happened historically on this day all the way from whether the narrations of this being the day in which Allah and his people to the prophet saws making the hijrah to Musa being given Victory to Hussain and his martyrdom on this day on a day of Friday on the day of Ashura there's something that ties all of it together and that is with whom is Allah's favor and support and Aid and what qualities bring about Allah's support something striking in the Quran about that there are only two occasions in the Quran where Allah speaks about his Maria his being present with a people or with a person on the tongue of a prophet only two occasions and they both specifically tie into this span of two weeks that we're speaking about the Hijra of the Prophet salallahu Islam when Allah says that he is with someone he is with someone typically we find this with qualities in the Quran in Allah Allah is with the Believers Allah is with the patients Allah is with the people of piety in Allah Allah is with people who have taqwa who have piety and those who excel in Good Deeds Allah is with these categories of people but to specific incidents there are only two one of them is when the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam is in the cave with Allah in the Hijra as they are on their way to Al Madina and they hear the footsteps and they see the feet of those that are trying to kill them effectively this is the end of the journey and the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam says to His companion do not grieve Allah is with us so this is one occasion where we find Allah's being with someone on the tongue of a prophet of Allah being established with our messenger Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam in those moments where he and Abu Bakr is who can see the feet of the enemy and danger is imminence it's a matter of moments it's a matter of them looking down seeing them in the cave and ending them there was no secret about what their intentions were when they found the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam the intention was to kill him and the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam in those moments says Allah is with us and the other incident happens to be Musa the only other incident the prophet Moses peace be upon him when he is at the final moment of being pursued by the army of her own danger is imminent once again you are about to be killed and your people are saying we've been caught imagine hearing the army of firaun behind you and they make no secret of their intentions they will mutilate you they will cut you into pieces they will do all sorts of horrible things with you and in that moment says he says no no Allah is with me and he will guide me subhanallah the two incidents both tied to the moment that we are in right now of Ashura in the beginning of the hijri year both of those moments involved and both of them speak to the most vulnerable and dangerous and desperate moments when both of those prophets were able to say Allah is with us it's okay Allah is with us and when they say that Allah brings about the victory he brings about that goodness that courage that certainty that they had in those moments it is something that once again ties together all of the historical incidents that take place whether before the day in which Ashura becomes legislated or after that when Believers face their most desperate moments they are able to lean on the fact that Allah is with them so long as they exhibit the qualities that bring about Allah's favor upon them it's what ties the hijrah it's what ties Musa it's what ties and all of these incidents into one is Allah with us or not because if Allah is with you you are victorious whether that Victory is one that has a material consequence in this life or not is irrelevant to the discussion Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is being with someone does not always mean that that is imminent victory in the material worldly sense but sometimes it is and it happens to be so with Musa and with Muhammad sallallahu but if Allah is with you you don't lose you actually attain victory and subhanallah you then go into all of the qualities where Allah mentions he is with a people and as commenting on the Ayah when Allah says to Musa go you and Haroon to frown in I am with you I am your supporter I'm I hear I see I'm there with you with my knowledge and with my support you have my support as you go forward why do you have the support of Allah and how is this relevant to us it's very easy for us to look at these historical incidents and to say all we take from it is we are closer to Musa Islam than anybody else we love Musa we are closer to him we have a great right to Musa Islam therefore when Allah gives Victory to Musa Islam that is our victory alhamdulillah for that and indeed and as for the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam he is closer to the Believers than their own selves and so surely when Allah gives Victory to the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam then that is something that we celebrate and we are happy about and we are proud of but then you ask yourself do I have the qualities that establish Allah being with me see it's very interesting you know if you watch a uh you know a football game or a basketball game or when the when the winner comes out on top and the winner says if God is for you who can be against you right and everyone sort of claims God is with them right because I want a football game therefore God is with me when two people face off when two groups face off when two armies face off it's very easy for the one who is Victorious to say well God was with me therefore I want right for the believer you don't measure whether or not Allah is with you by the outcome of Victory or defeat you measure it by the qualities that Allah mentions in the Quran about whether or not he is with a person in their situation what does that mean when you're going through a hardship or a struggle when you're being oppressed when you're being wronged when you're facing a difficult long tribulation and you start to ask yourself is Allah with me or not how do you even determine that that's when you go back to the qualities now what are the qualities subhanallah they boil down to three qualities that are repeated over and over and over again in the Quran foreign what is taqwa to leave off sin to leave off sin no person can be engaging in disobedience in a dispute with someone else or in their own personal battle with the shaytan and claim that Allah is with them no matter what the material outcome is in those moments is Allah with those who murdered I know absolutely not murdered with those who won the Battle of absolutely not with the Zionist aggressors that killed more children of Raza today absolutely not we don't measure this stuff by outcome we don't measure the stuff by the way that it comes out is Allah with the person who's able to overcome someone by resorting to sinful tactics whether it's a dispute between Believers or not absolutely not Allah is with the one who leaves off sin therefore Allah is with the one who is seeking to overcome the shaytan their enemy even in a very personal battle with their shaytan so long as they don't engage in sin and Allah is with the good doers those who do good so those who leave off sin those who do good and more often than any other phrase Allah repeats in the Quran in regards to his being present Allah is with the patients and subhanallah there is a very beautiful way ties us together Allah is with those who are patients with their leaving off sin and doing good what does that mean that no matter what the circumstances are as they are evolving in our lives happening to us collectively or as individuals when we don't resort to what contradicts taqwa or leave off doing good and we are patient with that methodology of life patients with the leaving off of sin and the performance of Good Deeds patience with the adversity that comes with that Allah is with us how do I know if Allah is with me if I have the quality of taqwa and I am patient I have saber with those two qualities not by the outcome as a as it pertains to material success however I'll end with this does give those outcomes that are pleasing to us we respond to those outcomes with gratitude and subhanallah there is something very beautiful for you to take from this Insha'Allah for me to take from this as well if you saw the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam in a moment of sajdah in a moment of prostration I want you to imagine walking into a Masjid walking into the Masjid of the Prophet saws and seeing the prophet saws in a state of prostration and crying would you be able to tell if something really bad happened to him or if something really good happened to him would you be able to tell if he just got the news of having a baby or if he just lost a child would you be able to tell the difference if this was after bed that or after or the answer is absolutely not because the prophet salallahu alaihi wasallam in both of those outcomes whether Great Tribulation had come to him or great joy had come to him he was always in subjute it would lead him to a place of prostration and setting tears and showing either gratitude to Allah for something great that came to him or patience with something hard that had happened to him but the outcome of it with the prophet saws as himself was the same every time which was you would see him in sujud bawling his eyes out and remembering his Lord so the prophet saws exemplifies them what an amazing State the believer is always in and only the believer has this gift when something good happens to him he thanks Allah that's better for him when something bad happens to him he is patience and that is better for him what an amazing State of Affairs the believer is always in and so what's the lesson that underlines for us dear brothers and sisters when you hear Allah is with is Allah with me in the moment that I'm going through you you don't have to sit there and measure the outcome and say it's been this many years or this is happening or that's happening you measure your taqwa you measure your exam you measure yourself may Allah make us people of all of those qualities that he loves people of all those qualities that establish his presence and his support and his Aid Allah foreign

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Published: Fri Aug 05 2022