Three Things about the Beauty of Faith

قَالَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:
ثَلَاثٌ مَنْ كُنَّ فِيهِ وَجَدَ حَلَاوَةَ الْإِيمَانِ، أَنْ يَكُونَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِمَّا سِوَاهُمَا، وَأَنْ يُحِبَّ الْمَرْءَ لَا يُحِبُّهُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِ، وَأَنْ يَكْرَهَ أَنْ يَعُودَ فِي الْكُفْرِ كَمَا يَكْرَهُ أَنْ يُقْذَفَ فِي النَّارِ

(صحيح البخاري)

Rasulullah S.A.W declared:
“Three things, in which whoever has them will receive the magnificence of Faith, the person who loves Allah and His Prophet more than anybody else, and he will not love anyone unless because of his love towards Allah, and he hates to revert to atheism as much as he doesn’t want to be thrown into fire.” (Shahih Bukhari)



قَالَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:
ثَلَاثٌ مَنْ كُنَّ فِيهِ وَجَدَ حَلَاوَةَ الْإِيمَانِ، أَنْ يَكُونَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِمَّا سِوَاهُمَا، وَأَنْ يُحِبَّ الْمَرْءَ لَا يُحِبُّهُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِ، وَأَنْ يَكْرَهَ أَنْ يَعُودَ فِي الْكُفْرِ كَمَا يَكْرَهُ أَنْ يُقْذَفَ فِي النَّارِ

(صحيح البخاري)

Rasulullah S.A.W declared:
“Three things, in which whoever has them will receive the magnificence of Faith, the person who loves Allah and His Prophet more than anybody else, and he will not love anyone unless because of his love towards Allah, and he hates to revert to atheism as much as he doesn’t want to be thrown into fire.” (Shahih Bukhari)


ImageAssalamu’alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh
All Praise Be to Allah S.W.T The Most Magnificent, Who has encouraged our souls to come and attend Who has given a chance for us to sit together as the guests of Allah, to be the visitors of The Love of God, The Blessing of Allah, The Gentleness of Allah, The Love of Allah, The Light of God’s Mercy and the visitors of Sayyidina Muhammad S.A.W. Allah S.W.T declared “Laa uqsimu bi yaumil qiyamah; wala uqsimu binnafsillawwamah; ayahsabul insaanu allannajma’a i’dhaamah; balaa qaadiriina a’laa annusawwiya banaanah; bal yuriidul insaanu liyafjura amaamahu yas’alu ayyaana yaumul qiyamah” QS. Al Qiyamah: 1-6. Allah declared, “I swear in the name of the Resurrection Day” QS. Al Qiyamah: 1. The day of the destruction of the whole earth, the day of the destruction of the whole space and at that time, all the living things but Allah will die. Only left The Most Living Soul and The Most Magnificent and The most Perfect, He is Allah. I swear in the name of the Resurrection Day, The Creator of the kingdom of earth and sky, swear for the unbearable destruction.

“Wala uqsimu binnafsillawwamah,” and I swear in the name of human souls which constantly change; QS. Al Qiyamah: 2. From good to become evil, from virtues to sins, from holiness to degradation and vice versa, most of human being will always change in terms of faith. One time he is truly obedient towards Allah, other time he is betrayed towards Allah, and Allah is The Most Knowledgeable.

“Ayahsabul insaanu allannajma’a i’dhomah,” Does humankind think I couldn’t gather their bones again and unite them; QS. Al Qiyamah: 3. When a man’s dead body has dissolved to become dust and soil, Allah rebuilds his body again the way Allah rebuilds a cell of an egg until it becomes a perfect human being, Allah rebuilds humankind.

“Balaa qaadiriina a’laa annusawwiya banaanah” Indeed I am able to gather all of them together and return them back again from the dust; QS. Al Qiyamah: 4. “Yas alu ayyana yaumul qiyamah” They ask, when is the Resurrection day?” QS. Al Qiyamah: 6. “Balyuriidul insaanu liyafjura amaamah” They insulted Allah in front of Allah; QS. Al Qiyamah: 5. They insulted Me in front of Me, declared Allah S.W.T. It means, each sin and mistakes is always monitored by Allah.”Yuriidul insaanu liyafjura amaamah, Yas’alu ayyaana yaumul qiyaamah” Are they willing to insult Me in front of Me. And they ask, when is the resurrection day? Without they are thinking what will happen if the resurrection day occur? “Faidza bariqal bashar; wakhasafalqamar; wajumi’al syamsu walqamar” hence when the eyes wide open (of fear); the day when all eyes opened wide of fear, they day when the moon has no longer shine; the day when the sun and the moon collide; QS. Al Qiyamah: 7-9. The only things afire are human’s eyes from their fear frantically witnessing the destruction of the whole world. And the sky is being destroyed while the sun and the moon collide, hence at that time Allah declared, “fayaquulul insaanu yaumaidzin ainalmafar” then the people who live just then ask, where should we go to find protection? QS. Al Qiyamah: 10. They witness the ocean billow up to the surface of the earth together with the lava from within the earth, hence the water from the sea has changed into the hottest water of thousand degrees Celsius, coming up to the earth while the burning stars and meteors fall down, the whole world fall apart. “..ainalmafar” they keep on crying for help, wehre to find protection. “Kalla laa wazar” be well understood! There is no protection or shelter on that day; QS. Al Qiyamah: 11.

“Ilaa Rabbika yaumaidzinilmustaqar; yunabba’ul insaanu yaumaidzin bimaa qaddama wa akkhar” Hence Allah replied, on that day, Allah is the only place to return to, Allah wants to gather all the living things to return to the presence of Rabb Jalla Wa Alla; QS. Al Qiyamah: 12-13. “Ilaa Rabbika yaumaidzilmustaqar” the only place to return to and the only place available is in the presence of Allah. “Yunabbaul insaanu yaumaidzim bimaaqaddama wa akhkhar” has been informed towards mankind, what have they done and what will they receive thereafter.

Ladies and gentlemen being glorified by Allah,
“Balil insaanu a’laa nafsihi bashirah; walaw alqaama’aadziirah” The mankind just then witness what sins they have committed which they have never seen before; although they come up with so many reasons to deny it, they couldn’t deny it. QS. Al Qiyamah: 14-15. Because sins are never visible but just then all the sins are revealed, how bad, how humiliating, how decayed and how disdainful their sins are and they will see how magnificent their good deeds are, their merits and all their devotions towards Allah and they will see how the sinners go to hell and how the pious go to heaven. Looking into oneself that he has done this and that and that he will get this or that. “Walaw alqaa ma’aadziirah” Whatever he does, although he comes up with so many reasons, Allah The Most Knowledgeable and God’s Essence has witnessed and the whole surface of the earth witnessed of whatever has done by humankind, either good or bad. When these verses were revealed, Prophet S.A.W trembled when reciting them. Thus Allah continued His commandment, “laa tuharrik bihi lisanaka lita’jala bihi; inna a’lainaa jam’ah wa qur’anah; faidza qura’nah fattabi’ qur’anah; tsumma inna a’laina bayaanah” QS. Al Qiyamah: 16-19. Don’t you speed it nor tremble when reciting these verses O’ The Prophet S.A.W, and don’t rush it, We will guard these noble verses, if we have recited them hence follow the recitation to be declared towards your followers to guide them towards dignity.

“Kalla bal tuhibbuunal ’aajilah; watadzaruunal akhirah” Indeed O’ all humankind, most of you love the temporary life (world) and you leave behind the eternal life in the after life; QS. Al Qiyamah: 20-21. My beloved audience, these words are not the cruelty of God but the valuable lessons from Rabbul Alamin The Most Magnificent in order for us not to be coned in this temporary life while forgetting the eternal life. What will we see in the after life O’ Rabb? “Wujuuhun yaumaidzin naadhirah; ilaa Rabbihaa naadhirah,” QS. Al Qiyamah: 22-23. The brightest faces shone with lights. Not the sun nor the moon, but the faces of the servants of Allah. Their bright lights are no longer seen in the world but those faces are looking at Allah. Those faces are brimming with the most beautiful light. “ilaa Rabbiha nadhirah” looking at the magnificent of Allah S.W.T; QS. Al Qiyamah: 23. May I and all of you are included within the group of those brightest faces.

“Wa wujuuhun yaumaidzin baashirah” and those of dark and depressing faces; QS. Al Qiyamah: 24. “Tadhunnu an yuf’ala bihaa faaqirah” they will receive endless misery because they know they will be given the eternal misery; QS. Al Qiyamah: 25. “Kalla idza balaghatittarafiya; waqiilaman raaaq” Remember!, declared Allah. Once your breath has reached your throat; who is going to help you by then? QS. Al Qiyamah: 26-27. “Fadhonna annahulfiraq” no mankind can help you; QS. Al Qiyamah: 28. If he is breathless, though he is given the oxygen he will still die, and if he is starving and is given the food or drink he will still die, or even given the machine to support his heartbeat, he will still die. “Waqiila man raaq; fadhonna annahul firaq”. At that time, he knows exactly that he will be separated, separate from the nature of his body, separate from family and friends, separate from wealth and status, separate from all that he sees and hears.

“Waltaffatissaaqu bissaaq; ilaa Rabbika yaumaidzinilmasaq” QS. Al Qiyamah: 29-30. Hence each person is united with their legs and shoulders tightly close to each other. It means from the massive and crowd of the Mahsyar field (place of Resurrection), together walk towards the presence of Allah S.W.T. By that time Allah S.W.T declared, “Falaa shadaq walaa shallaa” At a great loss those who are avoiding giving alms, far from performing shalat, praying and conducting good deeds. “Awlaa laka fa awlaa; tsumma awlaa laka fa awlaa”, it is indeed a great loss for him, a great loss for him and a great loss for him; QS. Al Qiyamah: 34-35. “Walaakinkadzdzaba watawallaa” he then belied this religion and turned away from piety; QS. Al Qiyamah: 31-32. “Tsumma dzahaba ilaa ahlihi yatamaththaa” he only passes by the life in this world without caring for The Owner of this life and he enjoys his life as if nothing will happen, with his family and ignore the eternal pleasures offered by Allah and the calls from God’s Love; QS. Al Qiyamah: 33. Hence he is at a great loss, a great loss, a great loss.

“Ayahsabul insaanu ayutrakasudan” Has mankind thought that Allah will leave him just like that? QS. Al Qiyamah: 36. Allah S.W.T delivered this verse to gratify those of faithful people and as a warning to those who are not faithful. Do they think that they will be ignored? It means, has each of their sujud is not appreciated by Allah? Do they think each of their prayer and dzikir are not appreciated by Allah? Being ignored just like that, and those who are not faithful think their atheism will be ignored after they commited it on this earth? “Alam yakunuthfatammaniyin yumnaa; tsumma kaana a’lafatan fakhalaqa fasawwaa” isn’t it Allah who creates him from sperm; then Allah makes it a lump of blood, then it becomes a piece of meat, until a life is given to his body: S. Al Qiyamah: 37-38. “Faja’ala minhulzaujaiinil dzakara wal untsa; alaisa dzalika biqaadirin a’laa ayuhyiyalmautaa” And Allah makes them as couple and have offspring, and by these all, they still have yet to believe that Allah can make the dead body alive again? QS. Al Qiyamah: 39-40.

Allah has given the dead soul a life again; awaken them from denial, darkness, mortification, atheism, towards the beauty, holiness, devotion, forgiveness and the Light of Allah. May Allah awaken us with the happiness on earth and beyond; that is the life after.

Now we have come to this noble hadits, “tsalatsun man kunna fihi wajada halawatal iman” 3 things in which whoever has them will receive the sweetness of Faith. What does it mean? How magnificent the faith he will feel if he has these 3 characteristics; the most noble characteristic of all characteristics loved by Allah. “An yakunnallah wa Rasuluhu ahabb ilaihi mimmaa siwaahuma” how? He loves Allah and His Rasul (Sayyidina Muhammad S.A.W) more than anybody else. He loves Allah and Rasul more than anything else. This is the first, and it is indeed hard for us. We will continue explaining it, “Wa an yuhibbal mar’a la yuhibbuhu illa Lillah” and he will not love anyone unless because of his love towards Allah.

What does it mean? It means when he has a friend or family or relative or whoever commits sin, he loses his respect towards that person, and the self pride of that sinner is low in front of him though he doesn’t hate him. Because The Prophet S.A.W never hates the sinners, on the contrary he prays for the sinners, though their self pride is low in front of The Prophet because they commit sins. And he S.A.W will not glorify anyone that he loves or respect unless because of Allah S.W.T. He doesn’t want to become atheist as much as he doesn’t want to come to the fire. Atheism here means converted from Islam.

My beloved audience being glorified by Allah,
Hujjatul Islam wabarakatul anam Al Imam Ibn Hajar Al Asqalani in Fathul Baari bisyarh Shahih Bukhari explained the meaning of this haditsm that this is the one which reveals the degree of the most perfect hadits for all faithful people, so when someone heard about this hadits, as if he is struggling to reach the nobility of this hadits. And Imam Ibn Hajar explained, those who are struggling to reach it have received the merits although they haven’t reached it, because they are trying to love Allah and Rasul more than anything else.

Ladies and gentlemen, if we know the essential of God’s Love towards us, we will never love anything or anybody more than our love Allah and His Prophet S.A.W, because their love towards us is more than anything else in this world. Allah S.W.T loves us, if not we will never be able to pronounce His Name, we will never be able to bow down in His presence. My beloved audience, “Innallah binnaas raufurrahiim” indeed Allah towards humankind is gentle (QS Al Hajj 65). Allah S.W.T saw Fir’aun (Pharaoh) pronounced himself as The Only God and said, “Ana Rabbukumul a’la” I am your God The Most Sublime. Allah still assigned Prophet Musa alaihi salam to go to Fir’aun. Came to him politely and said in gentle words expecting him to repent, but Fir’aun kept on rejecting it. Hence Allah S.W.T gave his torments.

My beloved audience, we know that devil (Satan) is the creature that Allah hates most. When Satan prayed to Allah "Rabbiy andhirniy ila yaumiyub’atsuun,” O’ Allah, kindly suspend my tortures until the day of resurrection, Allah replied, “fainnaka minal mundharin” your torture is suspended, O’ Satan. Unfortunately Satan didn’t repent because of his arrogance. If he repents certainly Allah will accept his atonement, but he rejected it. And Allah shows His Love towards us. This verse is repeated 3X in Al qur’an, the incident of Satan being suspended his torture and being accepted his prayer by Allah.

What about us who pray and have yet to be granted by Allah? Or Allah might have granted our wish with the opposite of what we asked for. Indeed Allah The Most Knowledgeable and Give us more than what we ever ask for. If we ask Allah and being granted but not only been granted by Allah but also being added with merits and His Blessings. And if it is not granted, it means Allah gives us the more magnificent one.

Juts like the prayer of Sayyidatuna Maryam’s mother, the wife of Imran who asked Allah to give her a baby boy who would be a warrior, Allah didn’t grant her prayer, instead Allah gave her a baby girl, hence she uttered, “I have birth to a baby girl while I asked for a baby boy”. When she was pregnant, she prayed, “Rabbiy inniy nadzartu laka maa fi bathniy muharraran fataqabbal minniy” O’ my God, I beg You that the baby in my womb will become a warrior and kindly grant my wish. (QS Ali Imran 35) But Allah gave her a baby girl, why? Because Allah wanted to give her more than her wish, and when she asked, “O’ Allah why I gave birth to a baby girl? And Allah is The Most Knowledgeable that a boy is not the same as a girl”. What I wished for is a warrior, and it is impossible for a woman to be a warrior. But in fact, her daughter had become the mother of Nabiyullah (Prophet) Isa alaihi salam. Allah didn’t grant her wish, but Allah multiplied it even greater from her prayer. She got the religious daughter, Sayyidatuna Maryam, one of the most noble women on earth who gave birth to Nabiyullah Isa alaihi salam. She had given more than she ever asked for.

My beloved audience, there are even more examples when someone prays for something but he has received what he doesn’t ask for, it has even greater blessings. And Imam Ibn Hajar explained to us, those who are trying to reach this, they are already received the merits, even a grain of intention in our heart to love the ones who love us most in this world and beyond, they are Allah and our Prophet Muhammad S.A.W. Once we love Allah and Rasul, hence we will certainly be loved by Allah and Rasul. Because Rasul S.A.W mentioned the statement from Allah in hadits qudsiy as written in Shahih Bukhari “man ahabba liqa’i ahbabtu liqa’ah” whoever is longing for meeting with me, I long for meeting him. Therefore when the longing feeling arises from our soul, hence the longing feeling has arisen from Allah towards us.

My beloved audience being glorified by Allah,
And Al Imam Ibn Hajar Al Asqalani explained that this hadits is used for tahalli to reach out pleasure, beauty, and magnificence of loving Allah and His Rasul. The higher his degree is, the more he will receive the magnificence of faith. May all of us will not die unless we reach the peak of perfection of faith. May the end of our breath later in will be touched by the perfection of faith. And we will not love anything more than our love towards Allah and His Rasul and we will not love someone unless because of our love towards Allah and we will hate atheism as much as we don’t want to be thrown into fire. O’ Rabbiy, kindly ensure such characteristics shelter our days especially at the end of our breath later. As mentioned in hadits qudsiy written in Shahih Bukhari that on the resurrection day, when the natives of heaven have reached heaven, Allah S.W.T declared to explain such episode, “I have prepared for My faithful servants whatever have yet to be seen by eyes, whatever have yet to be heard by ears, and have yet to be crossed in their deepest mind”, the beauty that they have never seen before, for whom? for those of His faithful servants. What about me and all of you? What about us? Certainly we still have hope, because those who are trying to reach the degree of faithful people, they already receive the merits. The more we try, the greater the merits of faithful people we will receive. And never forget, “someone is together with the one he loves”, therefore lucky are those who love Sayyidina Muhammad S.A.W.

Allah S.W.T, when all people have entered to His heaven, Allah declared “do you all want Me to give something more beautiful than this?” the warmest welcome from The Supreme Being The King of the Whole World. And Allah declared, “I allow you to receive My Love and My blessings and I will never be wrathful towards all of you, forever. The Blessings and The Love of Allah go far beyond the magnificent of heaven. Hence it is always within the prayer of The Prophet S.A.W, “Allahumma innanas aluka ridhakal wal jannah, wa na’udzubika min sakhatika wannaar”.

My beloved audience being glorified by Allah,
The most holy soul and always wishes for the wellbeing of all of us, Sayyidina Muhammad S.A.W, as written in Shahih Bukhari has told a story that a Prophet, when he was fought by his people, until his face was bleeding, that Prophet said, “Allahumma firli kaumihi fainnahu la ya’lamun”. Al Imam Ibn Hajar quoted other story that in this hadits The Prophet told a story of a Prophet, while in fact it was about himself, because it never happened in a history, an incident of a Prophet being attacked by his own people but to Sayyidina Muhammad S.A.W. This incident occurred during the Uhud war, when the blood ran down from his face, as written in Shahih Bukhari, Sayyidatuna Fatimahtuzzahra radiyallahu anha and Sayyidina Ali karamallahu wajhah wa radiyallahu anh wiped and tried to stop the bleeding from the face of Prophet S.A.W. and Imam Ibn Hajar quoted from other story, when the blood ran down, The Prophet S.A.W tried to stop it from falling with his tongue and his hands so that the blood wouldn’t drop to the ground. Hence the comrades who surrounded him asked, “O’ Rasul let the blood drop, don’t hold it with your hands, the most important thing is to heal the wound to stop the bleeding”. Rasul replied, “in the name of Allah, if there is even one single drop of my blood falls down to the earth, Allah will pour disasters onto the people who fought me. Allah is furious if there is one drop of my blood falls down to the earth, Allah will plunge them all into misery while praying “Allahumma firli kaumihi fainnahu la ya’lamun”. This is the most magnificent character of the most magnificent person, Sayyidina Muhammad S.A.W.

Ladies and gentlemen being glorified by Allah,
In such moments will be seen on the resurrection day, how magnificent the degree of the faithful people, those who love Prophet Muhammad S.A.W. Majelis Rasulullah S.A.W is built in the spirit and aims to be the positive instrument towards Sayyidina Muhammad S.A.W and the path towards blessings from Allah and His Prophet.

My beloved audience being glorified by Allah,
Lucky to those who love Allah and His Prophet at that time, as they are within the highest dignity. As written in tsigah story about Sayyidatuna Fatimatuzzahra radiyallahu anha, that on the resurrection day, humankinds are ordered to go through the ashshirat bridge. Once they see the bridge, they are taken aback and nobody wants to go first. Hence there is a summon from malaikatul muqarrabin “ya ahlul jannah, Ghuddhuu absharakum, wa nakkisuu ru’uusakum, Fatimah binti Muhammad tamurru alassshiraat” O’ all of you on the mahsyar field, bow down and bow your head, pay homage towards Fatimah the daughter of Muhammad who will pass through the shirat bridge. All heads bow down to respect the daughter of Sayyidina Muhammad S.A.W. During the last days of his life, (as written in shahih Bukhari) he S.A.W called his daughter Sayyidatuna Fatimatuzzahra, “O’ Fatimah I ask for permission, I will leave you”. Hence Sayyidatuna Fatimatuzzahra radiyallahu anha cried and Rasul S.A.W said “you are the first person who will follow me O’ Fatimah”, hence Sayyidatuna Fatimatuzzahra was quiet, Rasul S.A.W said, “don’t you feel blessed and happy, that you become the most dignified woman leader in the heaven of Allah”. Sayyidatuna Fatimatuzzahra smiled happily. All muhadditsin (the expert in hadits) said that Sayyidatuna Fatimatuzzahra was not happy being the most dignified woman in heaven, but what made her smile was the degree she reached as the most dignified woman in heaven made the Prophet S.A.W happy. Hence she smiled because she could make her father proud and happy.

My beloved audience, we perform silent prayer towards Allah S.W.T, may Allah lights up our days with the Light of His Blessings, with the Light of His Happiness, with the Light of His Prosperity, in the world and beyond, in our body and soul. Rabbiy Rabbiy we are longing for the highest degree in the world and beyond within Your blessings. And we are worried about the upcoming disasters in the world, in barzah (the world between death and resurrection) and yaumil qiyamah (the resurrection day), hence kindly release us from all trouble, and disasters in the wolrd, barzah, and yaumil qiyamah. Rabbiy Rabbiy we want and long for pleasure in the world, barzah, and the judgment day. YOU are The Giver of all pleasures hence kindly give us such pleasures in this world, in barzah and in yaumil qiyamah. Rabbiy Rabbiy this is the prayer, this is our silent prayer, kindly answer and grant all our wishes and prayers.

Faquuluuu jamii’an (recite this together) Ya Allah, Ya Allah..Ya Allah..Ya Allah..
Faquuluuu jamii'an (recite this together) Laillahailallah Laillahailallah Laillahailallah Muhammadurrasulullah

We continue with praying together to pray for all Moslems, as declared by Rasul S.A.W and written in Shahih Muslim, “whoever prays for his Moslem brother, angels reply “amin walaka mitsluh” hence whoever prays for all Moslems, he will receive nobility from the number of prayers of all Moslems in this world. Let us pray together and also we pray for having good authorities and leaders, who will fight tyranny, who love faithful people, who fight for dignity and justice and bring peace for all of us. Ladies and gentlemen, I ask for permission because tonight I have to go to the airport to fly for Yemen to meet up with our Noble Guru Al Musnid AL Hafidz Al Habib Umar bin Hafidz. His call, I still have no clue why he asked me to come as soon as possible, therefore tonight I must take the flight at 00.30. Therefore I must rush to the airport now and kindly not to force yourselves to shake hand with me tonight. My beloved audience being glorified by Allah, Insya Allah I will extend our warmest regards towards our Noble Guru and I will ask him to pray for our nation and our country, may it will be blessed with peace and prosperity. Insya Allah I will return in a couple of days. The closing prayer will be led by Al Habib Musthofa. Tafadhol masykura.

Washollallahu ala Sayyidina Muhammad Nabiyyil Ummiy wa Shohbihi wa Sallam.
Wassalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.