Allah said: "But he who does of righteous deeds while he is a believer.. " 20:112
".. he will neither fear injustice nor deprivation."
This indicates the importance of..
competing for the righteous deeds.
Blessed brothers, the righteous deeds vary..
Some of them, you have no excuse to leave doing them.
these are the obligatory deeds and the pillars..
which Allah commanded us to do them.
e.g. Salat, Zaka, Siyam and Hajj.
we have no excuse to stop doing them..
except within limits, and after a lawful excuse.
i.e. whoever was poor, he doesn't give Zakat..
and, whoever was ill, he doesn't fast..
and, whoever was unable to go to Al-Bait, he doesn't have to do Hajj..
and, there is no excuse to stop Salat, anyway.
These matters..
are from the greatest approaches to good deeds.
Then, there are good deeds..
that are between you and Allah.
And the more you could do your good deed, secretly..
the closer it will be to Allah.
the more in private the good deed..
the nearer it will be to Allah.
But, if you think that exposing the good deed.. is mandatory..
e.g. to avoid misunderstanding..
or to help others to worship Allah..
then, no problem.
But, the most essential..
is to hide your good deeds not to be seen by others.
And this can be achieved primarily..
when you stand in front of the Hands of your Lord, Almighty, at night..
Allah said to his prophet..
"And rely upon the Exalted in Might, the Merciful. " 26:217
"Who sees you when you arise. " 26:218
"And your movement among those who prostrate. " 26:219
So, Allah has mentioned here, two situations;
When you arise, alone, in your house..
No one is seeing you.
And your movement among those who prostrate..
i.e. when you pray with people in masjid.
So, You are with them..
they follow you during Salat, in Raku'a
and in Sujood..
and in standing.
So, in the verse, Allah has mentioned seeing him in two situations..
during his movement among those who prostrate.
and when he is alone, by himself..
with Allah, Almighty.
Any of your deed..
that Allah has destined..
to be seen by people..
try your best to do a deed similar to it, in secrecy.
All your deeds..
that were made public by Allah..
and people have seen them as yours.
Then, if you could..
do a deed similar to it, between you and Allah..
without being seen by others..
then, this is will better for you, when you meet your Lord.
Because of this, Allah has valued the night Salat..
because you would not be seen.
Sometimes, morning comes upon a person..
and his household do not know..
did our father pray Salat Qiyam last night, or not?
because he has hidden the matter..
he was seeking the approval of Allah.
And if his sons, his daughters, or his family saw him doing it..
then it is light upon light..
maybe they would learn a lesson after seeing their father.
maybe this would guide them..
maybe they would remember their father, after his death, with a good memory.
And, if they didn't see him..
enough is the honor he will have, as Allah, Almighty, has seen him.
Then, there are good deeds..
in relation to people..
in general.. e.g.
preventing abuse..
and giving generously..
and pardoning people..
and supporting them in adversities.
All of these are from the good deed..
that a person would save for himself..
with his Lord, Almighty..
All of these are included in the saying of Allah, Almighty..
"But he who does of righteous deeds while he is a believer.. "
".. he will neither fear injustice nor deprivation."
From the good deeds, that which occur between neighbours..
and, a person whom 4 of his neighbours would approve..
Allah, Almighty, would accept their testimony.
then Allah, Almighty, will say:
'And I've forgiven for him, that which they didn't know about him.'
And, as much as your neighbours would know about you..
still they do not know everything about you.
things that might be bad and wicked..
and you do not want anyone to know about them.
So, Allah, Almighty, made these people see the goodness..
and talk about it..
and it is from you..
and your bad deeds..
as a mercy upon you..
Allah, Almighty, will hide it..
and, no one will be able to see it.
And, if they didn't see it, then, they can't talk about it.
So, Allah, Almighty, will accept the testimony about the goodness..
and He will forgive..
your bad deed..
that your neighbors didn't see.
Blessed brothers, this is for you to know..
the extent of the Mercy of Allah, Almighty.
Blessed audience.. from the good deeds..
being benevolent to your parents..
the living and the dead.
Because, Allah has honored the parents of the person.
very greatly..
Allah said:
"But if they endeavor.. " 31:15
"..to make you associate with Me that of which you have no knowledge.. "
"..do not obey them.. "
".. but accompany them in [this] world with appropriate kindness.. "
So, you do not obey them..
in the matter of association with Allah..
".. but accompany them in [this] world with appropriate kindness.. "
i.e. neglect their attempts to make you associate with Allah..
and keep obeying them..
And, being dutiful to the parents will open a great door into Jannah.
This is granted by a favor from Allah, Almighty..
by His mercy and guidance..
so that a person would honor of his parents.
he respected his father..
and was merciful to his mother.
he respected his father..
and was merciful to his mother.
and served them both..
perfectly.. as they want from him.
And, from the good deeds..
is dhikr Allah, Almighty, much.
The prophet, SAW said:
"Mufarridun have gone ahead. "
They said: O Messenger of Allah, who are Mufarridun?
He said: 'They are those males and females who remember Allah much.'
And, he, SAW, said when they asked him:
Which speech is most beloved to Allah.
he said: 'That which Allah selected for His angels (to say):
‘Glory to Allah, and with His praise. Glory to Allah, the Great [Subhana Allah wa bihamdihi, Subhana Allah Al-`Azim.]. '
So, to exalt Allah, high above all that which is inappropriate..
is one of the great reasons of forgiving the servant, by Allah..
and one of the great reasons of elevation of the status of the servant..
that will be given by his Lord, the Exalted.
Then..
about the relation between man and his relatives.
Kindness and mercy..
If both were together..
they will lead man to that which is good.
And, if man was deprived of kindness and mercy..
he is rarely guided to goodness.
The prophet, SAW..
his daughter Zainab got married..
Abi Al-'As Ibn Al-Rabe'a..
and he was her cousin..
from the side of her mother Khadijah..
At the day of marriage of Zainab and Abi Al-'As..
Khadijah gave Zainab a necklace, as a present.
So, that was her wedding gift..
from her mother Khadijah, may Allah be pleased of her.
at the wedding day.
After the prophet, SAW, was assigned the message..
Zainab became Muslim..
and Abu Al-'As was a disbeliever, at the beginning..
Then, at the Day of Badr, Quraish fought against the prophet, SAW, and the believers.
and 70 of them have fallen in captivity with the Muslims.
and, Abi Al-'As Ibn Al-Rabe'a was one of them.
Then, the prophet, SAW, allowed Quraish to give ransoms for freeing their people in captivity..
Then Quraish sent the money..
to free the prisoners.
At that time, Zainab, the daughter of the prophet, may Allah be pleased of her..
she was in Makkah.
and she didn't have money to send..
to free her husband.
If this husband was tough on her..
rejecting to her..
unloving..
and, he is a disbeliever..
she wouldn't have cared to free him.
and even if he was a believer..
and unkind to her..
she wouldn't have cared to free him.
But, he was a disbeliever too.
and he deliberately came from Makkah..
to fight against her father..
who was the prophet of this Ummah..
Yet..
she sent her necklace..
with a man to Al-Madinah..
to free her husband, Aba Al-'As Ibn Al-Rabe'a..
When all the ransoms were brought..
with people from Quraish..
in the form of money..
and the prisoners.. by their names..
they were set free..
to return to Makkah.
The man who was sent by Zainab..
he came with the necklace..
the gift that Kadijah has given her daughter at her wedding day.
in Makkah, in the presence of the prophet.
Then, he, SAW, saw the necklace..
he felt sympathy with his daughter, and his eyes became tearing up..
he remembered his daughter, and his eyes became full of tears.
and the ransom was for a disbeliever.
Then, the prophet, SAW, asked him..
to promise him to send back his daughter.
and he agreed.
And later, he sent Zainab to her father, the prophet, SAW.
The last prophet said:
'Whenever forbearance is added to something, it adorns it.'
And he said: 'Be merciful on the earth, and you will be shown mercy from Who is above the heavens.'
So man, by making his household..
his family..
his wife, his sons and his daughters..
enjoying his kindness and his mercy..
the hearts will be connected..
ready to buy the happiness of each other, at any cost.
this will also guide them to knowing Allah..
Tabaraka His Name and honored His Attributes.
Allah, Almighty, said:
"The believing men and believing women are allies of one another.. " 9:71
And, as this is in a family, it is in the community..
and, as it is in the community, it is in the city..
and, as it is in the city, it is in the country..
And the believer, the more he is merciful with others..
protective and confidential..
Allah, Almighty, will keep his secret affairs, hidden at the day of Resurrection.
and the more he is forgiving..
Allah, Almighty, will forgive him.
and the more he is..
kind to people..
Allah, Almighty, wil be kind to him.
Because of this, he, SAW..
has instructed the officials..
Ameers, governors, kings and Sultans..
'Allahumma, treat gently those who rule over my Ummah with gentleness..
and, Allahumma, Treat harshly those who rule over my Ummah with harshness.'
So, the more the person is kind..
the more he is merciful..
he will be more humble..
in front of his Lord, Almighty.
In addition to that.. A person..
while reading Quran..
Allah, Said:
"And thus We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur'an.. " 20:113
he should think about the stories of people Allah has praised them..
then he can study their way and follow their method.
and he should learn about people who had evoked the anger of Allah..
and He resented them and cursed them..
Then he should be very far, away from their way.
When you go to bed..
think..
about the last thing you were doing..
before you sleep..
think where you were..
just before going to bed..
If this last thing..
was approved by Allah..
then, you are in a great position.
And, if it was other than that..
then be careful!
You might set..
with your colleagues.. talking about life.
No problem.
You might spend the evening with your wife, your children..
But, make the last thing to do in life..
before you go to bed..
is a thing that Allah loves..
a thing that Allah invites people to do.
Make..
by the side of your bed..
a place for praying, a corner with a prayer mat..
to motivate yourself..
everytime you see it, it will remind you of Salat.
And, before you lying your side down..
on bed..
pray two Rak'aat..
even if you were planning to do Qiyam salat afterwards.
don't do before bed time..
other than what Allah loves..
And, if you couldn't pray Salat..
then use your fingers and say Tasbeeh..
or, open..
open Al-Mus'haf and read from it..
Give charity..
before you enter your house..
make the obedience..
the last thing to do..
before going to bed.
because sleeping..
is a form of minor death.
and if that soul..
was caught..
while you were sleeping..
so, at least..
you can talk to Allah about these two Rak'aat..
or mention to Him this Dhikr..
or summon..
the reading from Mus'haf that you've done.
And Allah has planned this for you..
He will prepared you..
to the time you will meet him.
Allah..
when He loves a servant..
He will help him..
to be ready for meeting Him, Almighty.
When He loves a servant..
he will help him when he meets Allah, Almighty.
and, He will end his life, a very good ending.
may Allah grant us all the good ending of our lives..
may Allah make us upon those who would listen to the speech..
and follow the best of it.
And may Salat be upon Muhammad and his family.
nd all praise be due to Allah, Lord of the worlds.