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After Hajj Supplication Should Be A Continuous Worship By Shaykh Ashraf Salah
After
Hajj Supplication Should Be A Continuous Worship
By Shaykh Ashraf Salah
Dear Muslims:
Allah (S.W.T.) has blessed us with Hajj season, and
bestowed His favor upon us with the performance of different acts of worship
and obedience to Him. We ask Allah (S.W.T.) that he accepts from those who made
Hajj this year as well as from all the other Muslims who asked for His
forgiveness during the foregoing blessed days.
Dear Brothers And Sisters In Islam:
Amongst the good deeds we have done
during Hajj days and we should always do is supplication. Supplication is one
of the most beneficial types of healing, it is the enemy of illness and
affliction - repressing it and treating it, preventing its occurrence, removing
it or at least alleviating it. It is the weapon of the believer as is reported
by al-Hakim in his 'Mustadrak' that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said,
"Supplication is the weapon of the believer, the pillar of the religion,
and the light of the heaven and earth."
Supplication
is the sign of worship and Allah (SWT) loves that His slaves should supplicate
to Him. He (SWT) says in a divinely revealed Hadeeth, “O My slaves! You are all
astray except he that I guide, so seek for my guidance, I will guide you. O My
slaves! You are all hungry except he whom I feed, so seek for provision from
Me, I will feed you” (Muslim). Allah (SWT) tests
his slaves with trials that drive them to supplicate to Him and this is in itself
a blessing. Total reliance on Allah is the actual wealth, the essence of
worship and the utmost goal. Allah (SWT) loves from His servants that they ask
Him, turn towards Him and manifest their destitution and lowliness in front of
Him. Allah (SWT) has made it a duty upon Himself not to send His servants back
disappointed and empty-handed, as His Messenger (PBUH) has informed us:
“There
is not a Muslim upon the earth that calls to Allah with a supplication except
that Allah gives it to him or He (SWT) removes some evil of equal proportion
from him, so long as he doesn’t supplicate for something sinful or to sever
family ties”, So a man amongst the people said: “What if we ask numerous
requests?” He (PBUH) said: “Allah is akthar (Able to respond to numerous
requests).” (at-Tirmidhi).
Dear
Muslims: Supplication is
also a characteristic of the prophets and the chosen ones. He (SWT) says,
(إنهم كانوا يسارعون في الخيرات ويدعوننا رغباً
ورهبا وكانوا لنا خاشعين)
“Verily, they used to
hasten to do good deeds and they used to call on Us with hope and fear and used
to humble themselves before Us.” (Al-Anbiyaa’: 90). Dear brother, be patient
with whatever happens to you for there is a relief with every difficulty, and
do not stop supplicating. Always praise your Lord and thank Him for all His
mercies.
Allah (SWT) says:
(وقال ربكم ادعوني أستجب لكم إن الذين يستكبرون عن
عبادتي سيدخلون جهنم داخرين)
“Invoke Me, I will
respond to your invocation. Verily, those who scorn My worship, they will
surely enter Hell in humiliation.” (Ghaafir: 60). Also, Abu Hurairah (RAA) reported that Allah’s Messenger (PBUH) said: “Whoever
does not ask from Allah, He become angry at him”. (Bukhari and Ahmed).
The effects of supplication can never be
over-emphasised. Prophets Nouh, Yoonus, Ibraahiem, Moosaa,
Sulaimaan and Daawood (PBUT) have all invoked their Lord and He
(SWT) answered their invocations. He (SWT) is the One Who cured Prophet Ayyoob
(PBUH) of his ailment when he supplicated to Him. He (SWT) gave Muhammad (PBUH)
victory over the infidels in the Battle of Badr in spite of the numerical
inferiority of the Muslim army.
O
you oppressed person! When all doors are closed against you, go to Allah whose
door is never closed against the weak and the oppressed. O fathers! Supplicate for your children, for your
invocations for them are accepted.
Dear
Muslims: It is through
supplication that one becomes high-minded, contented and respected. The more
one increases in sincerity the more his prayers are answered. One should not be
hasty and impatient. If the answer is delayed or slow in coming he should not
become frustrated and give up supplicating. This person is like the one who
sows a seed or plants a flower, watering it and tending to it, then when it is
delayed in appearing or flowering he leaves it and neglects it. Abu Hurayrah
(RAA) reported that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, "The supplication
of the servant will always be answered provided that he does not supplicate for
something sinful or supplicate to sever the ties of kinship and provided that
he is not impatient." It was asked, "O Messenger of Allah, what is
impatience?" He (PBUH) replied, "he says: 'I have supplicated and
supplicated but I have not received an answer' then he becomes frustrated and
leaves off supplicating." [Muslim]. Ibn Hajar said, ‘Every supplicant will
have his prayer accepted and it is only the forms of acceptance that will vary;
sometimes it is accepted in the form of what one really wants or it is accepted
in the form of a substitute to it.’
Dear Muslims: The servant
should combine in his supplication the presence of the heart and its being
attentive and devoting solely to Allah (SWT). One should have fear and
reverence in his heart, beseeching his Lord in a state of humility and
submissiveness. He faces the Qiblah and is in a state of purity, he raises his
hands to Allah and begins by praising and extolling Him, then he invokes peace
and blessings upon Muhammad, His servant and Messenger (PBUH). He precedes
mentioning his need by seeking forgiveness from Allah (SWT) and then he
earnestly and sincerely makes his request as one who is needy and impoverished,
supplicating to Him (SWT) out of hope and fear. He seeks the means of getting
close to Him (SWT) by mentioning His Names and Attributes and making the
religion sincerely for Him Alone.
Brothers And Sisters in
Islam:
I would like to end my today’s Khutbah by supplicating to Allah (S.W.T.) to save the Muslims from
their enemies and the danger around them. We ask Allah (S.W.T.) to remove the
hardships, difficulties and dangers from every Muslim. We ask Allah (SWT) to
spread peace and security in the whole world. May Allah (SWT) accept our good
deeds, forgive our faults and mistakes, and keep us on the straight path.
(Ameen).
