Asalamualikoum wa rahmatollahi wa barakato everyone welcome back to the Virtues of
Dhul-Hijjah. so a lot of times we fail to connect our good deeds the good deeds
done in following the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him and the way he did
these good deeds with the prophets that came before and doing so allows us to
connect at a at a deeper spiritual level with the prophets that came before the
Prophet (pbuh) also understanding the way that Allah
allowed these times and these deeds to coincide with one another so a lot of
people for example in Ramadan when I quote the hadith about how the Prophet
peace be upon him mentioned how all of the holy books were revealed within the
month of Ramadan in a way that coincided with the month of Ramadan not
just the Quran they'd be shocked so the Injeel the Torah the the tablets
of Ibrahim and Moosa were all revealed in the month of Ramadan as the Prophet
(saw) mentioned the Psalms of David of Dawood (as) all revealed in the
month of Ramadan now it coincided with the month of Ramadan right so Allah
allowed Allah who controls time Allah (swt) chose that time to coincide
with the time in which these books would be revealed
not just the Quran so there's a deep spiritual connection across obviously
with Hajj, Ibrahim (as) right you think of Ibrahim (as) the
Prophet Abraham peace be upon him raising the foundations but that's also
the first place of worship where Adam (as) and Eve (as)
Hawa', resided and the Angels built a place of the worship of Allah
Ibrahim raised the foundations we also find the Prophet (pbuh) mentioning
Prophets that visited the holy place that visited Haii at some point or that
made Hajj or Umrah, that visited the holy place in Mecca at some point in their
lives the Prophet (pbuh) mentioned Houd (as) and the Prophet (pbuh)
mentioned Musa (as) so imagine Musa (as) making tawaf around
the Ka'ba ,the place that was established by his grandfather and the
grandfather of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam, Ibrahim alayhi as salaam
right that Abraham raised the house with his son Ishmael and so other prophets
honored that as well so Musa alayhi as salaam the Prophet (pbuh)
mentioned Musa alayhis salaam visiting mecca he also there's a narration which
Musa (as) asked Allah what the best form of
remembrance was on the day of Arafah because there was a recognition of the
importance of the day of Arafah and he was told 'La ilaha illa Allah' the
testimony of faith simply bearing witness to the oneness of Allah subhana
wa ta'ala because when we we were extracted from the back of Adam (as)
on that day we all testified to the oneness of Allah so the best form of
remembrance the best form of dhikr on the day of Arafah
is testifying to the oneness of Allah in any way right and the best form the
Prophet (saw) taught us was he said I and the prophets have not said
anything better notice he said I and the prophets have not said anything better
on this day of Arafah than 'la ilaha illallah wahdahu la sharika la, laho
almolk wa laho al hamd, wa howa 'ala kol shay'en qadir'. So i bare
witness to the oneness of Allah just as we bore witness on that day when we were
originally extracted 'la ilaha illallah wahdahu la sharika' testifying that he
has no partner that he is alone in his dominion 'lahul mulku wa lahul hamd'
he's alone in his dominion and he is the most worthy of praise alone in being
praised in a way that a God would be praised
'wha-howo ala kulli shayin qadir' and he has power over all things so all of the
forms of the testimony of faith all of the prophets used to do that on the day
of Arafah to remember the day when we were
extracted from the back of the prophet adam alayhis-salam doing so so there's
another interesting connection in the plural and for us to think about that on
the day of her eat that is the day that Allah spoke to Moosa (as)
directly according to the majority of the scholars now what is this referring
to Allah mentions and the 40 days of Moosa (as) of fasting so this is
biblically in the exodus 34:28 it says Moses was there with the Lord 40 days
and 40 nights without eating bread or drinking water and he wrote the tablets
in the words of the Covenant as Muslims we also have in the Quran 'wa wa'adna Musa
thalatheena layla wa'atmamnaha b 'ashar' fatamam mekato
Rabi' we made an appointment with Moses for 30 nights and perfected them
by the addition of 10 so Moosa (as) initially had 30 days of fasting and
then Allah subhana wa ta'ala gave him an additional 10 days and in that he
perfected the he completed the 40 nights with Allah subhana wa ta'ala and then
Allah mentions at the end of that 'walama ja'a Moosa la mekatena wa kalamaho
rabo' that when Moses came at the time and place appointed by us and his
Lord spoke to him and that's when Moosa alaih-is-salaam said "rabi arini
anthor ilayk" oh my Lord allow me to look upon you show me yourself that I may
look on you so what is this referring to again Musa (as) had 30 days and the
scholars mentioned that the 30 days of Musa's (as) fasting was the date
were the days of Dhul Qi'da and then Allah gave him an extra 10 which
coincided with the tenth of Dhul Hijjah so those 10 days that Musa (as)
was fasting were the 10 days of Dhul Hijjah we have a relationship to this as
Muslims because we just finished not so long ago the 30 days of Ramadan or the
month of Ramadan and then Allah gives us another 10 days the most blessed 10 days
of the year after the most blessed month of the year and so we should think of it
in that same way that we draw close to Allah subhana wa tala with these 10 days
and at this point you know really think about how much withdrawal a person
starts to feel from Ramadan now you know you felt like you had your goals you set
your highs you thought you were gonna be able to persist in doing certain things
and then Ramadan ended and you fell off this is your chance now with these
additional 10 days that Allah has given you to come close to him to draw close
to him to make sure that you take the full advantage of it and as we go out on
the day of our Eid this day of the sacrifice, Youm al Nahr, now we should be
thinking about how Allah spoke to Moosa (as) directly Allah honored his
prophet Moses peace be upon him by speaking to him directly
on that day of our eid at the end of this period may Allah subhana wa ta'ala
allow us to meet him on the day of judgment while he's pleased with us
allow us to see him on the day of judgement while he is pleased with us
and allow us to be joined with all of the prophets and the highest level of
jannat al firdous staring and gazing upon Him Allahoma ameen Jazakoumallah Khayran
wa salamualikoum wa rahmatollahi wa barakato.