Fajr Reminders - Mahmood Habib Masjid and Islamic Center

https://youtu.be/UIWjuWzz4gk?si=DqkxARjEhhaQKdBQ Imam Ahmad (ra) wept A man once came to Imām Ahlus-Sunnah, Ahmad bin Hanbal and asked him, “O Imām, what is your opinion on poetry?” He replied, “Which poetry is this?” to which the man responded by reciting the following couplets: إذا ما قال لي ربي اما استحييت تعصينيIf my Lord asks me, “Have you shyness in disobeying me?وتخفي الذنب عن خلقي وبالعصيان تأتينيYou conceal your sins from my creation – and with sins you come to me.” Imām Ahmad took these lines and repeated them over and over again, and wept profusely to such an extent that one his students said that he almost perished due to him crying so much. “If my Lord asks me…”إذا م...

https://youtu.be/Mouyqr5_pUQ Auto-generated transcript: Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen. Wa Salatu Wa Salamu Alai Sharafi Al-Anbiya Wa Al-Mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Alaihi Wa Sahibi Wasallam. Tasleeman Kaseera Kaseera. Fammabadu, my brothers and sisters, that is the moon of the 15th of Shaaban. And that's about as big as I can get it. We are at this place, very nice place, which is on the bank of this lake in Bidar, in Karnataka. There is a sanctuary, a black buck sanctuary there in Bidar. And that's where we are. Some forest. Photos also I will upload in due...

Auto-generated transcript: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds. And peace and blessings be upon the honour of the Prophet and the messengers. And peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and upon his family and companions. And peace and blessings be upon him, and upon his family and companions. And after that, my brothers and sisters, sometimes people who are atheists and people who don't understand, even sometimes, may Allah have mercy on us, Muslims who don't...

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Auto-generated transcript:Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen. Wa Salatu Wa Salamu Ala Ashrafil Anbiya wal Mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Alaihi Wasallam. Tasliman Katsiran Katsiran. Fammamadu. My brothers and sisters, we continue with our reminders on things that we should thank Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala for. And we ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala to enable us to live a life of awareness and a life of thoughtfulness and not just, you know, randomly just live. Because to live is not merely to draw breath. Breathing is not living. Living is when it is done thoughtfully, consciously, and where...

Auto-generated transcript:Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen. Wasalatu wasalamu ala sharifil anbiya wal mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa ala alihi wa sahibu sallam. Tasliman kathiran kathiran. Muhammadu. Brothers and sisters, alhamdulillah, we are my partner in crime. Mr. Aliuddin Haider and I are going to Bidar, to the Black Buck Sanctuary, which is also famous for raptors and for owls. And the next two, three days we'll be there, inshallah. I believe there is no Wi-Fi there, so I am recording this on the way there. We are on the National Highway, going on Bombay Road. Alhamdulillah, I...

Auto-generated transcript: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. And peace and blessings be upon the honour of the prophets and messengers. Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him and his family, and peace be upon him and his family. And after that, my brothers and sisters, all human beings everywhere have only one basic desire. Every time of history, every period of history, every geographical location, every culture, every religion, every race, all people have only one fundamental basic desire. And all that they do...

Auto-generated transcript:In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. And peace and blessings be upon the honour of the prophets and messengers. Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him and his family, is a very peaceful and very much-loving person. And after that, my brothers and sisters, we are talking about the ayat of Allah SWT where he said, يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ وَلَا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَأَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ Allah said, which means, O you who believe, have taqwa of Allah SWT as it is His right. And do not die except in a state of Islam. We looked at the first part of the ayah. Today we look at the second part of the ayah wh...

Auto-generated transcript:Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim, Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen, wa salatu wa salamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen, Muhammadur Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam, tasliman kathiran kathiran. Fama ba'du, my brothers and sisters, we were talking about the ayat of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, which we hear in practically every qutbah, where Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, Ya ayyuha alladhina amanu taqullaha haqqa tuqatih, wa la tamutunna illa wantu muslimun. Which means Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, O you who believe, have taqwa of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala as it is His right, and do not...

Auto-generated transcript:In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and peace and blessings be upon the honourable Prophet and the messengers. Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and may he be the protector of the light, for him is much, much. My brothers and sisters, a friend of mine asked me to speak about the special nature of Salatul Jum'ah, because there is all kinds of confusion about how it is to be prayed and the rules that pertain...

Auto-generated transcript:Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen. Wassalatu wassalamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Tasliman kathiran kathira. Fammabadu, my brothers and sisters. We hear this ayat in every Jummah khutbah where Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said Ya ayyuha alladhina amanu ttaqullaha haqqa tuqatih wa la tamutunna illa wa antum muslimun. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said which means O you who believe, have taqwa of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala as it is His right. Haqqa tuqatih. Wa la tamutunna illa wa antum muslimun. And do not die except in a state...

https://youtu.be/H6-JI6ot5_8 Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen. Wa salatu wassalamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Tasliman kassiran kassiran. Fama baadu. My brothers and sisters, I'm sitting here in Tadowa National Park, Tiger Reserve. Yesterday we went out in the evening, in the afternoon for a safari. Beautiful. Saw some very good sightings of a young juvenile tiger, one of three cubs, who seems to have got separated from his mother, but he is capable of looking after himself, wandering around on his own beautiful...

Auto-generated transcript:Alhamdulillah I feel that the world is against me. I'm not saying you should say that. I'm saying that there are times when you feel this, that somehow the world is against you. And as I said, you would have evidence for that. You would have proof for that. People showing hostility to you for no reason other than that you are Muslim because people who show hostility to you are strangers. They don't know you at all. And yet, instead of showing friendship, they show hostility. Now, solution is, therefore we need to find a solution. What's...

Auto-generated transcript:Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim, Alhamdulillah Rabbil Alameen. Wa salatu wa salamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen, Muhammadur Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam, Tasliman kathirin wa kathirin. Humma baadu, my brothers and sisters, we are looking at the issue of being ibadullah, being the slaves of Allah SWT. And as I mentioned to you, I remind myself and you, that being a slave means to obey Allah. Obey Allah SWT without question. Wa itqala lahu Rabbuhu aslim qala aslamtu li Rabbil Alameen. The Prophet said about him, when his Rabb said to him, submit, he...

Auto-generated transcript: As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. This ayah was so heavy on the Sahaba, that they went to Rasulullah s.a.w. with a ma'ruza. They went to him with a petition, and they said, Ya Rasulullah s.a.w., Allah s.w.t. has revealed that He will hold us accountable for what is in our hearts. Whether we speak it or we don't speak it, Allah will hold us accountable for what is in our hearts, and Allah...

Auto-generated transcript: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. And peace and blessings be upon the most noble of the prophets and messengers, Muhammad and the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him and his family. Peace and blessings be upon him and his family. Brothers and sisters, we were talking about the issue of being Abdullah, the slave of Allah. And as I mentioned to you, the differences between being a slave and being a servant. We ask Allah to make us...

Auto-generated transcript:I want to draw your attention to this word as the highest form of honouring Rasulullah. Because he said in Surah Al-Isra' Surah Al-Isra' If you take this ayah, Allah said, His Abdihi, His Abdi. Now there is no, even though, as I said yesterday, if Allah had said, The meaning is conveyed, he is the Rasul. Allah did not say that. Allah said, His Abdihi. So when Allah SWT is using a form of address, it means that this is the highest level of honour. So being the Abdi of Allah, being called Abdi, my slave, being...

Auto-generated transcript:Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen. Wassalatu wassalamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wasallam tasliman kathiran kathira. Fumma baadu. My brothers and sisters. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala created this world. And sent us to live in this world. And sent us a complete plan, a road map of how to live in this world. From the beginning to the end, from the time you are born to the time you die. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala sent us a complete plan. There is no deficiency in that plan. There is nothing missing...

Gofundme link mentioned in the reminder: https://gofund.me/fa98ac89f Auto-generated transcript: Recitation of Surah Al-Baqarah Surah Al-Baqarah Surah Al-Baqarah Surah Al-Baqarah Surah Al-Baqarah everything I have. But give me this. But Alhamdulillah, Allah does not do these bargains. Allah is not telling us, sacrifice everything you have before I will send salam on you. So please understand this. The meaning of saying these things is not to say that Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala demands that, you know, all your family should die before He forgives you. No. Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala is just saying that whatever happens...

Auto-generated transcript:In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds. And peace and blessings be upon the honour of the Prophet and the Messengers. Muhammad and the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him and his family. And peace and blessings be upon him and his family. My brothers and sisters, the entire essence of Islam is collected in this very short ayat of Surah Al-Fatiha where Allah SWT said, إِيَّا كَنَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّا كَنَسْتَعِينَ The whole of Islam, everything in Islam is collected in these two phrases. إِيَّا كَنَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّا كَنَسْتَعِينَ We ask, we worship only you, Ya Rabb, and we ask help only from you. إِيَّا كَنَعْ...

Auto-generated transcript:Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen. Wasalatu wasalamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Tasliman kathiran kathiran. Hama baadu, my brothers and sisters, Allah SWT when He created Azam alayhi salam, before He created Azam alayhi salam, Allah SWT said, to the malaika, inni ja'ilun fil ardi khalifa. He said, I have decided to send on the earth a khalifa. Allah did not say, inni ja'ilun fil ardi malik. Allah did not say, I have decided to send on the earth a king, a khalifa. Who is a khalifa? A...

https://youtu.be/3a001miSN3o Auto-generated transcript:Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen. Wasalatu wasalamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Tasleemun kathirun kathirun. My brothers and sisters, this morning we talked about istighfar and tawbah. I want to elaborate on that to remind myself and you about the importance of istighfar and tawbah. A man came and prayed, started praying in masjid of the Nabi al-Sharif. Sayyidina Ali bin Abi Talib radhi allahu anhu was sitting there. So the man came and he stood and he said, O...

Auto-generated transcript: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. And peace and blessings be upon the most honorable of the prophets and messengers, Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, and his companions, with much peace and much love. Dear brothers, about the Ameer of the Believers, Umar ibn al-Khattab, said, I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say, The deeds are only by intention, or as he said, The Ameer of the Believers, Umar ibn...

Auto-generated transcript:Alhamdulillah. And some people also fast on the following day, which is today. I remind myself and you that in Islam, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, first of all, Islam is the worship of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Allah ki ibadat ka naam Islam hai. Now Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala did not leave this ibadah for us to do as we wish, when we wish, how we wish. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala prescribed specifically what is to be done, when it is to be done, how it is to be done. Specifically, that's why there is so much importance...

Auto-generated transcript:In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds. And peace and blessings be upon the honour of the prophets and messengers. Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and his family, and his companions. Peace and blessings be upon him, and his family, and his companions. From Abadu, my brothers and sisters, Alhamdulillah, today is Jammu Juma'ah. Allah SWT has granted us one more Juma'ah. It's a very special day of Allah SWT. With a special Salah, which is the Salatul...

Auto-generated transcript:In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds. And peace and blessings be upon the honour of the prophets and messengers. And praise be to Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. And peace and blessings be upon the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. From now on, my brothers and sisters, we are looking at a world which seems to be going from one stage of turmoil into a worse stage of turmoil. We ask Allah for goodness and well-being. And for protection...

Auto-generated transcript:Alhamdulillah Rabbil Alameen. Wa Salatu Wa Salamu Alaa Ashrafil Anbiya wal Mursaleen Muhammadu Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Alaihi Wasallam Tasliman Katsiraan Katsiraan My brother and sister began his Qalam by his word Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim and then he said Alhamdulillah Rabbil Alameen. All praise and all thanks are for Allah the protector, the creator, the sustainer, the Rabb of the worlds. Rabbil Alameen. Then Allah SWT in the Quran Allah said Wa Ista'azana Rabbukum la in shakartum la azidannakum wa la in kafartum inna azabi la shadeed Allah SWT said the one who thanks me I will increase...

Auto-generated transcript:In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds, and peace and blessings be upon the honourable, the most noble and the most exalted. Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and upon his family and companions, and a lot of peace and blessings. My brothers and sisters, Allah used words which mean people who think, people who can see. Allah said, Do they not reflect on the Quran? Do they not do tadaabur on the Quran? Allah did not...

Auto-generated transcript:Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen. Wa salatu wa salamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa ala alihi wa sahbih. Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. My brothers and sisters, Alhamdulillah. We worship Allah and we worship only Allah. And that is the essence of the Uhid, the essence of Islam. And we do that in the way of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. If anyone invents a different way of Salah, that way is rejected. It is not accepted by Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. The only way of Salah that Allah accepts is the...

https://www.youtube.com/watch\?v\=TFTthtR4_90 Auto-generated transcript:In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen. Wassalatu wassalamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen. Muhammadun Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Tasliman kathiran kathira. I'm about to... I'm about to finish this. I'm sitting here at the back of this lovely little lake in Narsapur. And it's a pretty chilly morning. So we have this lovely fire going. And we're contemplating on the khudrat of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. The lake at this moment, the water is like a sheet...

Auto-generated transcript:We mentioned the Ayat of Allah SWT where he said, Allah SWT said, After that Ayat Allah SWT said, Allah SWT said, O you who believe, take the help. Take istiaanah. Take the help of sabr and salah. Inna Allaha ma'a sabirin. Verily Allah is with those who have sabr. Now the question is, what is sabr? The usual understanding that we seem to have of sabr is to do nothing. Sabr karo. Tu kya kano? Kuch nahi kano. Whatever is happening, just bear it in silence. Now this is a completely false and totally wrong interpretation and...

Auto-generated transcript:In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. And peace and blessings be upon the honour of the prophets and messengers. Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and upon his family and companions. Peace be upon him and upon his family. Huma Baadu, my brothers and sisters, we were talking yesterday about how do you get close to Allah. The purpose of life is to get close to Allah. And we get close to Allah through knowledge. Allah...

Auto-generated transcript:As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu. Wa alaykum as-salamu alaykum. Bismillah wa alhamdulillah. Amdan kathiran tayyiban mubarakan fihi. Amdan yaliqu bi jalali wajhihi wa bi yadhim sultani. Wa sallallahu ala khairi khalqihi Muhammadin as-sadiq al-amin. Al-mab'uthi rahmatan lil'alamin. Wa ala alihi al-tayyibin al-tahirin. Wa ala ashabihi al-ghurri al-mayamin. Wa man tabiahum bi ihsanin ila yawm al-deen. Allahumma kthubna minhum. Ameen. Qarallahu subhanahu wa ta'ala. Ya ayyuhu alladhina amanu taqallaha haqqa taqati. Wa la tamutunna illa wa antum muslimun. We begin by praising Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala who is deserving of all praise. No matter how much we praise...

Auto-generated transcript:In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. Peace and blessings be upon the most noble of the prophets and messengers. Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and upon his family and companions. Peace be upon him, and upon many, many. My brothers and sisters, yesterday, one of my students, a revert from the U.S., Abdul Karim, he sent me a request, and very interesting way in which he worded it. He said to me, Sheikh, I want you to give...

Auto-generated transcript:Alhamdulillah Which means, as we discussed, Allah SWT said, Every living soul will taste death. Every living soul will taste death. And only on the Day of Judgment will you see, will you receive your full reward. And the one who is freed from the hellfire and entered into Jannah, only that person is successful. And the life of this world is nothing but deception. So we looked at the first three of these things in the last few days. Today we look at the last one. Omalhayatudunya, illa mata'ul quroor. Again, the bayan of the Quran, Allah...

Auto-generated transcript:Alhamdulillah Alhamdulillah Alhamdulillah Alhamdulillah Alhamdulillah Alhamdulillah Alhamdulillah Alhamdulillah Alhamdulillah Alhamdulillah Alhamdulillah Alhamdulillah Alhamdulillah Alhamdulillah Suppose you go to a bank manager, suppose you are an auditor, you go to the bank to audit the accounts, and you ask the bank manager, what is the balance, what is in your safe? He tells you, oh, I have lots of money. Are you mad? I mean, what kind of answer is that? What do you mean, lots of money? You go to the teller. What's your... Huh? How much do you have cash? No, I've got lots of money. I...

Auto-generated transcript:May Allah be with you. May Allah be with you. May Allah be with you. May Allah be with you. May Allah be with you. May Allah be with you. May Allah be with you. May Allah be with you. May Allah be with you. May Allah be with you. May Allah be with you. May Allah be with you. May Allah be with you. May Allah be with you. May Allah be with you. Allah said which means every living thing will taste death. Your full reward will be paid to you on the day of judgment...

Auto-generated transcript:Muhammad is the Messenger of God and His體 & his family. Peace and blessings be upon him & the those who are Copts. Also said in Sajsa consummation And yesterday we talked about the first part where Allah said, كل نفس ذائقة الموت Everything, every living thing will taste death. So what is death? ما هو موت؟ What is death? We think, generally people think, that everything ends with death. For example, if somebody is in pain, they are in hospital, they are suffering or something, at least his suffering is over. کم از کم تکلیف تو ختم ہوئی. بولتے رہیم. So we think death is the end of the story. But the truth, the reality is, death is the beginning of the story. موت زندگی کے...

Auto-generated transcript:In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. In one ayat, Allah SWT mentioned four things. The first thing He said is, Every living thing will taste death. Kullu nafsin. Whether the person is a good person or a bad person. Whether it is Pharaoh or the Nabi. Extremes. Whether it is rich or poor, healthy or wealthy, healthy or sick, whatever. Kullu nafsin da'ikhatul mudh. If it was born, it will die...

Auto-generated transcript:Resilience is the ability to be resilient. The ability to get up from a fall. And as the Chinese saying goes, if you fall five times, get up six times. The ability to get up from a fall, the ability to deal with failure. This is one of the most important things for success. Because failure is very much a part of life. Everybody fails at something or the other. To be able to get up from the failure, this is what spells success. Now in that context, I read a beautiful story recently, which I want to...