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اَلسَلامُ عَلَيْكُم وَرَحْمَةُ اَلله
وَبَرَكاتُهُ
انالحمد لله نحمجه و نستعينه و نستغفيره و نتوب اليه
و نعوذ ب الله من شور انفسن و من شيعت اعمالن
من يهده الله فلا مضيلله و من يدهله فلا هديله
اشهد ان لا إلهَ إِلاَّ اللهُ وَحْدَهُ
الاشَريكَ لَه
وأشهد ان محمدا عبده و رسوله لا نبيئ بعده
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ
حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ وَلا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلا وَأَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ
فإن أصدق الحديث كتاب الله وخير الهدي
هدي محمد صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم
وكل محدثة بدعة
وكل بدعة ضلالة، وكل ضلالة في النار
My fellow muslims, May Allah SWT bless you.
Indeed, among the worship practices that are
tremendously great,
Related to our heart,
is to have good faith to Allah SWT.
To have good faith to our Creator.
Who have blessed us with sustenance.
Who facilitate all of our affairs.
Allah SWT said:
وأحسنوا ان الله يحب المحسنين
Do good;
for Allah loves those who do good.
Ibn Jarir Al Tabari rahimahullah,
In his tafsir mentioned the story from Ikrimah,
He interpreted this verse.
وأحسنو وأحسنوا الظن بالله
Do Good
That is have a good belief in Allah SWT.
The Prophet ﷺ had said in his hadith:
لاَ يَمُوتَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ َ
إِلاَّ وَهُوَ يُحْسِنُ ظن بِاللَّهِّ
None of you should court death,
unless he has good expectations from Allah".
In the hadith Qudsi, Allah SWT had said:
أَنَا عِنْدَ ظَنِّ عَبْدِي بي
فليظن بعبدي ما شئ
I am to my slave as he thinks of Me,
Therefore, my Slave may have any thought
on how he wants to think of Me.
إِنْ ظَنَّ خَيْرًا فَلَهُ ، وَإِنْ ظَنَّ شَرًّا
فَلَهُ
If he thinks good of Me,
he will have it.
وَإِنْ ظَنَّ شَرًّا If he thinks evil of Me,
he will have it.
Ladies and Gentlemen, May Allah SWT bless you.
Indeed, when a person...
... has a positive think towards Allah SWT,
he will obtain the greater good.
Ibnu Mas'ud رضي الله تعالى عنه once said,
ما أعطي عبد مؤمن
شيئا خيرا من حسن الظن بالله
He said, “A slave will not,
Be given the greater good than
to think positive towards Allah SWT.
Hence, we, as Muslims,
Shall always have a positive thinking towards our
God
Especially under the following conditions.
The first one is when we commit a sin.
He shall then ask
for forgiveness from Allah SWT.
And he shall believe
that Allah will accept his repentance.
Allah SWT said:
أَلَمْ يَعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ يَقْبَلُ
التَّوْبَةَ عَنْ عِبَادِهِ
وَيَأْخُذُ الصَّدَقَاتِ
وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ لتَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ
Do they not know that it is God...
... alone who can accept
the repentance of His servants...
receives their gifts of charity,
and that Allah is verily He,
the Oft-Returning, Most Merciful?
Remember what the Prophet ﷺ said:
The Prophet ﷺ said:
أذنب عبد ذنبا فقال: اللهم اغفر لي
A servant committed a sin,
and he said: O Allah, forgive me my sins,
What does Allah SWT say?
علم عبدي ان له ربا
يأخذ بالذنب ويغفر الذنب
He came to realize that he has a Lord...
Who takes to account (the sinner) for the sin,
and forgives the sins.
غفرت له, and Allah said:
And I have granted this servant forgiveness.
ثُمَّ مَكَثَ ما شاءَ اللَّهُ And this servant...
... does not commit any sin for a while.
And he commits other sins.
فأذنب ذنبا آخر
Again, he lives in sins.
And soon he says,
اَللّهُمَّ اغْفِرْلِيْ "Dear Lord, forgive me."
And Allah says, علم ابدي
ان له رباانا له ربا يأخذ بالذنب ويغفر الذنب
He came to realize that he has a Lord...
who takes to account (the sinner) for the sin,
and forgives the sins.
And Allah says, غفرت له I forgive him.
ثم مَكَثَ ما شاءَ اللَّهُ And he commits no sin.
And he commits again other sins.
And he says with full certainty,
He thinks positive of Allah, he says,
رب اغْفِرْلِيْ "Dear Lord, forgive me."
And Allah says:
علم عبدي ان له ربا يأخذ بالذنب ويغفر الذنب
he came to realize that he has a Lord...
who takes to account (the sinner) for the sin,
and forgives the sins.
غفرت له and I forgive him.
Allah says: اشهدكم اني غفرت له
I testify before you that I forgive him.
In a story, Allah SWT says:
فليعمل عبدي ماشاء
O servant, do what you like.
The Islamic scholars believes that, as many times
as someone commits a sin and ask for forgiveness,
And commits a sin, and repent,
And meets the requirement for repentance,
Allah will always forgive his sins that many
times.
Therefore, when one commits a sin,
do not delay his repentance.
Be sure that Allah accept his repentance.
Once he asks for forgiveness, Allah SWT will forgive
his sins.
Remember what the Prophet ﷺ said:
الله أرحم بعباده من هذه بولدها
Allah SWT loves in fact His servants more than...
... a mother loves ...
... her own child.
The second condition demanding us to think positive
is...
...when we pray to Allah SWT.
We shall always pray...
... by believing that Allah will answer our
prayer.
How could it not be? Allah says in the Quran.
وقال ربكم ادعوني استجب لكم
And your Lord says:
ادعوني Pray to Me, ask Me.
استجب لكم It is certain that
I will grant your request.
In another verse, Allah says:
وَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ عِبَادِي عَنِّي فَإِنِّي
قَرِيبٌ
أُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ الدَّاعِ إِذَا دَعَا
And if my Servants ask, O Muhammad, about Me,
tell them that I am close.
I answer those who pray to Me.
the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
ادْعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَنْتُمْ مُوقِنُونَ
بِالْإِجَابَةِ
Call upon Allah while being certain
of being answered.
وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَسْتَجِيبُ دُعَاءً
مِنْ قَلْبٍ غَافِلٍ لَاهٍ
And know that...
Allah does not respond to a supplication from the
heart of one heedless and occupied by play.
He will not respond to a supplication from those
who does not think positive of Allah.
Who is not certain that
his prayer will be answered.
But, if one thinks positive,
And have faith that
Allah will respond to his prayer,
Then Allah will answer his prayer.
How could he not answer...
... A believer’s request who fears Allah?
Allah responded to Iblis’ prayer.
Iblis said:
فأنظر إلى يوم البعث
"Give me respite till the day they are raised up."
Allah said that He granted his request.
إنك من المنظرين (Allah) said:
"Be thou among those who have respite."
How can we su’udhan, have negative thinking of
Allah?
While Allah respond to unbelievers’ prayers.
In the Quran, Allah SWT says:
فَإِذَا رَكِبُوا فِي الْفُلْكِ دَعَوُا اللَّهَ
مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَ
فَلَمَّا نَجَّاهُمْ إِلَى الْبَرِّ إِذَا هُمْ
يُشْرِكُونَ
Now, if they embark on a boat,
And they endure the big wave,
دَعَوُا اللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَ
they call on Allah, making their devotion sincerely
(and exclusively) to Him;
but when He has delivered them
safely to (dry) land,
Allah said فَلَمَّا نَجَّاهُمْ إِلَى الْبَرِ إِذَا
هُمْ يُشْرِكُونَ
But when He has delivered them
safely to (dry) land,
behold, they give a share
(of their worship to others)!
What about those who has faith, who fears Allah,
who does prostrations, lows himself
before Allah SWT
who cries and prays in hope,
asks Allah SWT.
Moreover, he does that in the final third night,
When everyone is asleep?
How could the person’s prayer be not responded by
Allah SWT
while Allah SWT looks for His servants,
who prays in the last third of the night. Allah
said
هَلْ مِنْ مُسْتَغْفِرٍ فَأَغْفِرَ لَهُ
وهَلْ مِنْ سَائِلٍ فَأُعْطِيَهُ
Is there anyone seeking My forgiveness,
so that I may forgive him?'
"Is there anyone among My Slaves..
...ask Me, so that I may grant him his request?
Among the conditions that one shall have good belief
in Allah SWT,
Is that when he looks for sustenance,
He shall have good faith that Allah SWT...
... will grant him sustenance.
Know this, Ladies and Gentlemen, may Allah SWT bless
you.
This is an amazing case for a human being.
... Those who have bad faith toward Allah SWT...
Meanwhile in terms of sustenance, meanwhile he...
When they were still a fetus,
A fetus in their mother’s womb,
Allah gave him the sustenance through his mother.
and they are born, tiny, helpless,
he cannot do anything, until he's grown up.
and they go to school, they grow up,
they have diplomas,
and he earns his title,
and he obtains power,
And he has prejudice toward Allah SWT.
that Allah won't grant him any sustenance.
This is a misplaced prejudice.
When he was little, Allah provides him
sustenance,
How can it be, that he has strength,
Allah does not grant any thing?
He shall strive and fear Allah SWT,
And looking for causes sustenance,
both physical ones,
And the final judgment day one.
Most people, when they look for sustenance,
They only rely upon visible causes,
while there are divine causes.
The one that needs full attention is when
people hope to obtain the sustenance from Allah.
First, to fear Allah SWT.
Allah SWT said:
وَمَنْ يَتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَجْعَلْ لَهُ مَخْرَجًا
وَيَرْزُقْهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَحْتَسِبُ
وَمَنْ يَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّه فَهُوَ حَسْبُهُ
Allah says:
Whoever fears Allah,
He will make form a way out to his problems.
وَيَرْزُقْهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَحْتَسِبُ
And Allah will grant sustenance for him
from sources that he might not have thought of.
Hence, when one is looking for sustenances,
When all doors are closed
and he finds it hard to do it,
He does all means and without result,
He shall make himself better.
He shall not be over confident of himself.
He may have committed sins.
He might not have held his tongue, his gaze,
his heart.
He shall fear Allah SWT more.
Allah will provide him...
...from sources that he might not have thought of.
Hence, some Islamic scholars have said,
When one has granted with sustenance,
from sources that he might not have thought of,
That means that he fears Allah SWT.
Among other things that
might cause sustenance to come,
is to tie kinship.
The Prophet ﷺ said:
مَنْ أَ حَبَّ أَنْ يُبْسَطَ لَهُ فِى رِزْقِهِ
وَيُنْسَأَ لَهُ فِى أَثَرِهِ
فَلْيَصِلْ رَحِمَهُ
Anyone who wants to have his provision expanded,
and his term of life lengthened,
should maintain ties of kinship.
Be assured, that if you tie kinship, offer gifts to
your families, relatives and friends,
and most importantly, always
in relation with your parent,
Pleasing your father, pleasing your mother,
Be assured that all success,
will come to you when you...
... stay in touch with the persons who have the
right,
your parents.
Ladies and Gentlemen, May Allah SWT bless you.
Among those that grant us
with sustenance is sadaqah (give to charity).
The Prophet ﷺ said:
مَا نَقَصَتْ صَدَقَةٌ مِنْ مَالٍ
Wealth is not diminished by giving (in charity).
Allah SWT even said in the hadith Qudsi.
يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ أَنْفِقْ أُنْفِقْ عَلَيْكَ
Spend (on charity), O son of Adam,
and I shall spend on you.
The more we spend on charity,
be assured,the more Allah will provide us.
How? It is His business.
Ladies and Gentlemen, May Allah SWT bless you.
Among the condition
That need one to think good of Allah,
And this is important.
That is when he is dying.
In the hadith narrated by Muslim,
the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
لاَ يَمُوتَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ
إِلاَّ وَهُوَ يُحْسِنُ بِاللَّهِ الظَّنَّ
None
of you should court death,
but only hoping good from Allah.
That is when he is dying.
He shall strengthen his hope to Allah,
He shall remember Allah’s promises
that He has divine qualities.
Allah is Al-Ghafur, the Most Forgiving.
Allah is Ar-Rahiim, Ar-Rahmaan, the Most Merciful.
Allah said in the hadith Qudsi:
إِنَّ رَحْمَتِى سبقت غَضَبِى
My Mercy precedes my Anger.
وَرَحْمَتِي وَسِعَتْ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ
And My Mercy embraces all things.
Remember Allah SWT's promises.
That He is the Most Forgiving
and the Most Merciful.
When one is dying, he shall strengthen,
Strengthen his hope to Allah SWT.
Because Allah SWT had said:
إِنْ ظَنَّ بِي خَيْرًا فَلَهُ
In a hadith Qudsi, Allah SWT said,
If he thinks good of me, he will have it.
وَإِنْ ظَنَّ شَرًّا فَلَهُ
If he thinks evil of me, he will have it.
However, ladies and Gentlemen, May Allah SWT bless
you.
To think good of Allah is not easy.
Mostly for those who live in sins.
Their heart is wrapped in black.
That he always have prejudice toward Allah SWT.
It is that bad that... That is when he is dying.
he cannot think good of Allah SWT.
He thinks that Allah will torture him.
He thinks that Allah will put him in hell.
And if he has this evil prejudice,
then Allah will act,
in accordance with what he thinks.
أقول قولي هذا واستغفر الله لي
ولكم ولسائر المؤمنين وهو الغفور الرحيم
الحمد لله على إحسانه، والشكر له على توفيقه
وامتنانه
شهد أن لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له تعظيماً
لشانه
وأشهد أن محمداً عبده ورسوله
اللهم صلى عليه وعلى آله وأصحابه وإخوان
Ladies and Gentlemen, May Allah SWT bless you.
Another condition where we need
to think good of Allah,
is that when we suffer from misfortune.
A believer who fears Allah SWT.
who strives not to commit any sin,
Who strives to stay away
from Allah’s prohibitions,
Even thought some times he commits some,
violates Allah's rules,
but he continuously fear Allah,
if after he tries,
he suffers any misfortune,
he shall be certain that what Allah gives him is
the best.
what Allah has chosen for him,
what Allah has determined for him is the best.
Allah SWT said, وَعَسَى أَنْ تَكْرَهُوا شَيْئًا
وَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ
Perhaps you may hate a thing,
and it is best for you.
And Allah said, وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنْتُمْ لَا
تَعْلَمُونَ
Allah knows, and you do not.
Allah creates us.
He knows what is best for us.
He knows what is good for us.
A servant may have dreams.
A servant may have goals.
Hopes. But, sometimes, Allah's decision is
Not in line with his goals, with his hopes.
Be assured that what Allah has decided,
it is what is best for the person, for his future.
Because Allah knows better about his future.
Allah knows what is good for him.
Even sometimes, said Imam Ibnu Khoir RA,
Sometimes, grace comes from God in form of
misfortune.
Sometimes, Allah deliver a grace to His servant in
form of a misfortune.
And Allah provided examples in the Quran.
The first example is the story of Joseph A.S.
The Prophet Joseph, A.S.
How could he be one of the King,
a noble minister in Egypt,
After all the misfortunes he endured?
It turned out that all these misfortunes that came
one after the other
Is endowments from Allah SWT for him to be a
minister.
First, he was separated from his parents.
He was put inside a well when he was little.
First misfortune, he was separated from his
parents.
Then, one found the Prophet Joseph in a well.
He was taken out.
Instead of taking him to his parents’,
he became a slave to sell. The next misfortune.
After living in Egypt,
the queen dragged him, he was accused,
he was put in jail. The next mis fortune.
The next misfortune.
In the prison, two persons came,
asking him to interpret their dreams.
One was said to be murdered.
One was said to be safe.
Allah SWT said:
قَالَ لِلَّذِي ظَنَّ أَنَّهُ نَاجٍ مِنْهُمَا اذْكُرْنِي
عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ
And of the two, to that one whom he consider about
to be saved,
He was going to work with the king.
he said:
"Mention me to thy lord."
What did the Prophet Joseph mean?
He hoped, that when this person mentions Joseph’s
kindness,
the king would set the Prophet Joseph free, and he
would be returned to his parents’ home.
But, what did Allah say?
فَأَنْسَاهُ الشَّيْطَانُ ذِكْرَ رَبِّهِ
فَلَبِثَ فِي السِّجْنِ بِضْعَ سِنِينَ
But the person forgot
to mention [Joseph] to his lord,
Another misfortune for the Prophet Joseph.
And so he remained in prison a few [more] years.
It turned out that Allah wanted good for him.
Allah wanted the prophet Joseph
to interpret the King’s dream.
So, the Prophet Joseph was confined
in jail for years.
More years in jail.
Until came the day when the King had a dream.
إِنِّي أَرَى سَبْعَ بَقَرَاتٍ سِمَانٍ يَأْكُلُهُنَّ
سَبْعٌ عِجَافٌ وَسَبْعَ سُنْبُلاتٍ خُضْرٍ وَأُخَرَ
يَابِسَاتٍ
AND [one day] the King said:
Behold, I saw [in a dream] seven fat cows,
being devoured by seven emaciated ones, and seven
green ears [of wheat] next to [seven] others that
were withered.
وَادَّكَرَ بَعۡدَ اُمَّةٍ
It turned out, that the person who was saved or
whose dream was interpreted by the Prophet Joseph,
remembered that he was a dream interpreter.
Then, the Prophet Joseph was called,
to interpret the King’s dream.
Then the Prophet Joseph came.
Finally, the Prophet Joseph
was appointed minister.
See how nobleness was given to the Prophet Joseph.
It came through a series of misfortunes.
These misfortunes that came one
after the other turned out,
behind these everlasting misfortunes,
is an extraordinary grace from Allah.
He was appointed minister.
This is the first example. The second example,
where grace was given in forms of misfortunes
is what was endured by the Prophet Moses’ mother.
Allah said:
وَلَقَدْ مَنَنَّا عَلَيْكَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَىٰ
And indeed We conferred a favor on thee, O Moses,
another time (before). When?
إذ أوحينا إلى أمك ما يوحى
أن اقذفيه في التابوت فاقذفيه في اليم
فليلقه اليم بالساحل يأخذه عدو لي وعدو له
Allah says: "Behold! We sent to thy mother,
by inspiration, the message:
When she delivered little Moses.
We know that at that time,
We know that Pharaoh was looking for
young boys to be killed.
When the Prophet Moses came out
from his mother's womb,
he was told to be separated from his mother.
His mother carried him for 9 months in her womb.
She waited little Moses.
When he was born, they need to be separated.
Allah told her, “'Throw (the child) into the chest.”
And he was put in the chest,
Released in the Nile river.
A big river, with big waves,
there might even be crocodiles.
But she held strong upon Allah SWT.
After she did all that,
Allah took care of the rest.
Allah set everything
that happened to little Moses.
It turned out that Allah said,
فَالْتَقَطَهُ آلُ فِرْعَوْنَ
لِيَكُونَ لَهُمْ عَدُوًّا وَحَزَنًا
The basket passed Pharaoh’s castle.
The basket with little Moses,
Was taken by Pharaoh's wife,
Allah set up that Pharaoh’s wife is destined not to
have any child.
She fell in love with the Prophet Moses AS.
Even though the baby is an Israeli.
Then what? Pharaoh’s, who was looking
for baby boys to be killed,
had to say to his wife,
who found Moses dear to her.
And Pharaoh took care of the Prophet Moses AS.
Then what? Moses AS was nurtured
and taken care of,
In Pharaoh’s castle.
He was even adopted by Pharaoh.
Then what? As Moses was adopted
in Pharaoh’s castle,
Pharaoh looked for a woman
who could breastfeed little Moses.
No one was willing to.
The only one who would do was his real mother.
Allah says:
فَرَجَعْنَاكَ إِلَىٰ أُمِّكَ
كَيْ تَقَرَّ عَيْنُهَا وَلَا تَحْزَنَ
So We brought thee back to thy mother,
that her eye might be cooled
and she should not grieve.
Subhanallah. And Moses’ mother
was placed in Pharaoh’s castle
to breastfeed his son,
and be paid by the Pharaoh.
This is a grace that came in form of a misfortune.
If, his mother kept Moses,
Moses might have stayed
and safe from the Pharaoh’s kingdom.
He would have stayed in...
... the Israeli’s village, colonized and poor.
But Allah wanted his mother to endure,
That Moses can be taken care of
in the Pharaoh’s castle, in serenity.
His mother even stayed there.
Getting paid by the Pharaoh.
Therefore, ladies and gentlemen,
May Allah Swt bless you.
Should a misfortune came to us from Allah SWT,
Be patient, and have a good faith
toward Allah SWT.
Behind these misfortunes,
there are lessons that we might know of,
and the ones we don’t know.
إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلائِكَتَهُ
يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ
وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًا
اللهم أغفر للمسلمين والمسلمات
والمؤمنين والمؤمنات
الأحياء منهم والأموات
انك سميع قريب لمجد عيال دعوة
ياقاضي الحاجات اللهم اتي نفوسنا تقواها
وزكها انت خير من زكاها
انت وليها ومولاها
اللهم آتنا في الدنيا حسنة
و في الآخرة حسنة
و قنا عذاب النار
للّهم انا نسألُك حبَّك
وحبَّ من يُحبُّك
وحبَّ كلِّ عملٍ يُقرِّبُنا إلى حبِّك
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّا نسْأَلُكَ فِعْلَ الْخَيْرَاتِ
تَرْكَ الْمُنْكَرَاتِ، وَحُبَّ الْمَسَاكِينِ
وَأَنْ تَغْفِرَ نا، وَتَرْحَمَنِا
وَإِذَا أَرَدْتَ بعيبادك فِتْنَةَ
فاقبضنا إليك غير مفتونهم
رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً
وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ
وأقيموا الصلاة