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When you talk about the vastness of the mercy
of Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la and his bounty,
what you realize is that sometimes you come across
these authentic ahadith.
And at first you might even be a little suspicious
about whether or not they're authentic
because the reward that is mentioned is so great
for seemingly very simple things.
And then you realize that the Prophet
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam as he talks about these deeds
that are otherwise inaccessible to us,
or these rewards that are otherwise inaccessible to us,
the deeds that he does SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
are always regular habits that we can adopt in our lives.
And who knows how many Hajjs
and how many rewards we will find on the day of judgment
bi-idhnillah Ta'ala
if we sincerely undertake those deeds.
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First and foremost, the sincerity of intention.
And, you know, sometimes,
especially for those that make the intention of
Hajj, it doesn't really hit them that, you know,
inshaAllah you had the niyat so bi-idhnillah Ta'ala
because you have the intention,
sincere intention it counts, but I didn't feel it right.
I didn't get to go to Madinah and go to Mecca.
I didn't feel the struggle of Hajj.
And so it's hard for me to conceive
that perhaps I actually would have the reward of Hajj
May Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la granted to all of us,
who made the intention for Hajj
or Umrah Allahumma Ameen.
And then you look at this particular
hadith where the Prophet
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam chose to talk about
the people who wanted to go to Tabuk.
Now remember Tabuk was a difficult journey.
It was in the heat of the summer,
and it was a journey that the hypocrites
did not want to go on because it just required so much.
And they made all sorts of excuses
and the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
is speaking to those who actually went to Tabuk,
and they actually encountered all of its hardships.
And he says, "There are people that are not with you."
habbasahum al marad, That they were held back
by some sort of sickness or al eudhr,
They had some sort of excuse,
but they have the same reward as you.
So the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
is saying that to the people that went under
that huge journey, that undertook that huge journey,
with all of its hardships.
And he's saying SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
"Look, there are people that have the same reward,
even though they did not struggle
the way that you struggled."
So the sincerity of intention is important.
And it's something that we have to
always remind ourselves of that
innamal ammalubinniyaat
that actions are but by intentions.
It's not just some sort of a comfort
that the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam gives to us
when we can't fulfill a deed,
it's something that requires work.
Like you have to actually work on your intention,
and make sure that as you intend to do something
that you sincerely intended for Allah
Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la
and then the reward is assured
from Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la.
Now, one of the things that we see
with the sahabah
is that when moved to al Madinah, for example,
they were unable to make it to Mecca,
and they missed umrah.
And we see the wisdom of the Hadith
of the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
where he says that, "Whoever makes wudu in Madinah,
and then he heads out Masjid Quda,
the first Masjid in Islam to pray two rak'ahs,
that that will equal Umrah."
That that will actually equal Umrah.
So imagine if you just moved to Madinah,
and you now have that comfort
from the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
that going out to Quba
is like going to Mecca and getting the reward of Umrah.
So that's something that we still do today
because in the mercy of Allah,
though there might be context to these things,
they are not restricted in their reward.
This is something that is available
to the entire ummah.
And so you have one of the most hopeful hadiths.
Not just about attaining the reward from Hajj,
but Hajj with the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
Imagine if you lived in Madinah,
and everyone came back and you missed out, right?
Think about the few people that did not get to go on Hajj
with the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
and it's being referred to as Hajjatul wada'
the farewell Hajj, there's a chance that the Prophet
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam won't go out again.
And so people are really remorseful
and regretful that did not go
with the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
And there's this particular woman,
Umm Sinan Al-Ansariya radiAhlahu ta'ala Anha
who was so sad because she wanted to go on Hajj
with the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
but she was unable to.
So she goes to the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
and she complains to the
Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam about her situation.
That, "Ya Rasulullah,
I missed Hajj with you."
So this is after the Hajj,
and the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam says,
"Well, what stopped you from doing Hajj
with us O Umm Sinan?"
And she said, "My husband only has two camels.
He used one for himself to go out with Hajj for you.
And the other camel is for irrigating our land,
so I had no way to actually go out with Hajj or for Hajj
with you SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
could have given her a specific answer to her situation.
He could have said to her for example, that you know,
"You had the sincere intention, so inshallah it counts."
And that would have been true to everything
that the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
had already said about so many other things,
but instead a gift
to the entire ummah.
The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam says to her,
"If you can go out in umrah in Ramadan
fa inna umratul fi Ramadan, taqdi hajjatul ma'i
"If you do Umrah in Ramadan,
it is equal to doing Hajj with me."
Notice the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
did not tell her to go to Hajj next year,
because the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
knew that he would not be around for Hajj next year.
But he gave a gift to the ummah,
may Allah reward Umm Sinan
for asking the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
that question because when you see
the Haram in normal circumstances
full in the time of Ramadan,
and the people flocking from all over the world,
know that that is the reward of Hajj
with the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
Now you have all of these various deeds,
and this is something that I want to end the series with
because these are things that are accessible
to all of us bi-idhnillah Ta'ala,
and they all equal Hajj.
And these are all authentic narrations
that I'm going to share with you.
What are the deeds
that the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
mentioned equal Hajj?
Number one, the most famous and the most common.
The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said,
"Whoever prays in jama'ah,
whoever prays in congregation,
and remembers Allah from Fajr.
So prays Fajr in congregation,
and remembers Allah until sunrise."
So they make dua
or they do dhikr,
they remember Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la
in one of the legislated ways.
"And then they pray two rak'ahs after sunrise."
Salat'ul Duha The Prophet
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said
"That that person has the reward of Hajj,
tamaa, tamaa, tamaa
complete, complete, complete.
The reward of Hajj and Umrah,
complete, complete, complete."
So that's something that you can do on a regular basis.
You could pray Fjar, and you could stay until sunrise.
And that is the reward of Hajj and Umrah.
And that's something
that the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
mentions authentically.
Then there are other narrations, all of them authentic.
One of them, the Prophet
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
said, man masha ila salatin maqtubatin fil jama'ah
"Whoever walks to one of the obligatory prayers
to pray in congregation.
fahiha kahajjah
Then that is the reward of Hajj."
Wa man masha ila salatin tatawuh'
"And whoever walks to pray a voluntary prayer in the masjid,
then that is our Umrah."
And in one narration,
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam specifies,
Salatul Duha
So if a person one day decides
that they want to go to salatul Duha,
or they wanna go pray two rak'ahs
in the masjid, Salatul Duha
or a voluntary prayer,
then that is the reward of umrah.
And when a person walks to the mandatory
salah,
and the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam says,
"That is like a Hajj complete, complete, complete."
Well what about the other things?
And notice they all surround the masjid here, right.
The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said,
in another authentic hadith,
min ghada ilan masjid, la yurridu illa anyata allama khayra
auyu allima
"Whoever goes out to the masjid
and what they want, the only thing that they want
is to learn something good, or teach something good."
So both the student and the teacher,
when there's a hajaqah,
and you go out to the masjid,
to one of those circles of remembrance.
And think about this by the way,
in the age of everything being virtual now,
especially post COVID, right?
When things open up and you actually have the opportunity
to go and listen to something in person,
attend a class live,
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said,
"kana lahu kaajlhi Hajj."
"That that person has the reward of a person
who went out for Hajj, taama."
And he said, "All together, complete, complete, complete."
Why is the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
keep saying tamaa?
Because you might be thinking to yourself,
"Come on Ya Rasulullah, really?
The entire Hajj?"
The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam is saying,
"The reward of Hajj complete, complete, complete."
So these are things subhanAllah
that surround the masjid,
that a person could do on a regular basis.
Praying Salatul Fajr,
and staying until Salatul Duha.
Going to the obligatory prayer,
or going to pray a voluntary prayer specifically,
perhaps Salatul Duha
when they have the opportunity to do so.
Or a person going to the masjid to learn or to teach.
May Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la
make that reward accessible to all of us,
Allahuma ameen.
And then there's one more narration
that I want to share with you in this regard
also an authentic narration
from Anas ibn Malik radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu.
A powerful narration.
He says that,
"A man came to the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam"
attarajun Nabi SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam afaqal, inni
ashtahil jihaad.
He said that, "I want to go out
and fight for the sake of
Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la.
I desire to go out and fight for the sake of Allah
Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la to struggle
in the path of Allah.
Wa inni la akdhiru ilaihi
But I don't have the means to do so.
So I can't go out in Tabuk.
I can't go out in Hunayn.
Ya Rasulullah I'm unable to do so.
What was the answer
of the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam?
He said,
"hal baqi ahadun min walidayk? Are either
of your two parents still alive?"
"qala ummi"
He said, "My mother."
The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said,
fa ablil laha udhran fibirriha
The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said,
"Then show your closeness to Allah,
come close to Allah with your intention,
strive and struggle by obeying her, by showing her goodness,
by giving her good companionship, by serving her
and the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam."
And of course, we know that when it comes to jihad,
this is the famous narration
of the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
He sent the young man back, and he said,
fafihi ma fajahaddun
"Strive in your parents, right?
Strive in their favor, that go back to your mother,
heaven is under her feet."
But here in this particular narration,
which is authentic narration,
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam says,
fa innaka idha faaddhadhalik
"That if you do what I just told you,
if you honor your mother,"
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said,
fa anta hajj wa mu'tamur
"You are a person who is amongst those who do Hajj
and mutamir
you are one of those who has done umrah
wa mujahid fi sabilillah
So subhanAllah if one of your parents
is alive, honoring your parents is like jihad
and Hajj and Umrah all together."
And this is an authentic narration
from the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
subhanAllah we find this
throughout this entire series
and throughout everything that the Prophet
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam was doing in Hajj,
Rasulullah SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam did not want to
restrict our Islam to a single gathering
but rather to transform our entire lives.
And that's something that we take,
even from the ultimate gathering that happened in this world
with the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
May Allah resurrect us in the ultimate gathering
in the hereafter in his companionship,
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam and allow us to be
his neighbors in Jannatul Firdous.
Allahumma ameen, Jazakumullahu khairan
Was Salaam Alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuhu
In these days, as we exert ourselves
with all sorts of good deeds
that our Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
taught us, we invite you to spend in the way
of Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la
so that we may all further ourselves along this journey
and draw closer to him.