When Angel Gabriel Tested Prophet Muhammad's Knowledge

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Allahar ill.

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Sal fbar ill.

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Alhamdulillah ald.

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Sub.

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My dear brothers respected Elders beloved youth brothers and sisters we thank Allah subhana tala for keeping us alive one more day on the path of Islam on theim allowing me and you to enter his house and worship him in the manner that pleases him I ask Allah subh accept from me and accept from you the little we do in his path a mean and I bear witness there's no deity worthy of worship except for Allah subhana and Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam is his last and final messenger for surely who Allah subhana T choose to guide then can misguide and he choose to misguide guide him back to the path and we seek refuge in Allah from darkness of ourselves e and evil of our Deeds for Allah is all knowing and allseeing what his creation does I thought it was best fit to to talk about a Hadith in the light of the last sermon that I gave last week about having our UST in Allah subhana tala and and believing in him in in that that we are created as a weakling in our creation the creation of a man indeed is weak so the Hadith I I want to mention is and I don't think I've done a just based on a Hadith before so this would be interesting for me and you inshallah it's a long Hadith and that's why I chose it to be part of the it's a Hadith that is mentioned IM has mentioned it on the number two in his book right after the the Hadith on the intentions and the Hadith usually labeled as Islam andan so the Hadith was mentioned on the authority of.

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So is laying out the groundwork for this person who seems to be appeared out of nowhere the man has manifested himself literally out of a thin air he says this man shows up at the Masid as where theam is with the sahab and he here is jet black and it's blacker than the usual his clothes are extremely wide and he does not look he has traveled from anywhere now look going back to the time of if you traveled from somewhere your convenience is not a car or or enclosed vehicle so you're out in the open you know to to at the at the mercy of the elements right you're in the desert you're traveling so of course he's mentioning these things and then he goes on says nobody knows us nobody from amongst knows who this man is so it's not like he lives down the street he lives the next door open so where is he coming from and why is he so in pristine condition if he's a traveler from outside and then he says to me to me just the the amount of of detail that he mentions is always impressive and I think those who have heard me give a a a a on a a ex Jesus on this before it's the it's the it's the picturesque moment so to speak that that the prophet is sitting on the floor with his legs crossed crisscrossed and this man comes and sits directly in front of him in the same manner but not only that he then takes his hands and places on his thighs knees area so to speak right so the detail is just Immaculate and I want to mention that part is that it has that La Factor so here is a man because the sahab used to say besides abak nobody dared have the ability to look up to wasallam because they were always in awe and he looked back at them and and the amount of detail in this Hadith is amazing this man comes out of nowhere nobody knows him and then he proceeds to sit directly in front of him with almost his knees touching and then he takes his hands and places upon his thigh and the and the knee area so the bedwin that used to come tohi wasallam the the the people that were in the desert they came up most of the times they were not accustomed to the manners that were in the in the in around thei wasallam that would come and they would always act in a weird way and in this sense this man is doing the same so the idea for these people who are looking at him is that this man is not from the surrounding area so he says oh Muhammad teach me about Islam what does Islam mean he says teach me what does Islam mean soam gives him the Crux of the religion in literally one sentence he says that you bear witness there is no God but only one God Allah and then Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam is his last and final messenger and then you establish the five daily prayers and then you give arms from your your money with Ramadan you fast the month of Ramadan and you can make the pilgrimage which is during the Hajj time not omra pilgrimage once in your lifetime if Allah has given you the ability and to me that is the most beautiful thing that he says to this man I want to finish the next next sentence and I'll come back to it so the man who's asking the question that returns back to says back toam the prophet he says you're telling the truth so Omar says now we are confused he's asking the questions but then the question his anwers that he tells them you're telling the truth I mean if you if you ask a question what does it mean you don't know it if I know it why would I ask a question right so this man is asking questions and and and having the conversation withu Al wasallam so the Hadith itself and most of you have of listen to the Hadi before I've heard it before inshallah is known as the Hadith of J the the the Archangel Gabriel this is the Hadith on his name but most Scholars have named this Hadith also as just like is this is named as the foundation of the Sunnah meaning that the foundation of what we are practicing so to speak so there's a famous narration of Al wasam it mentions that one dayam was traveling with his companions outside of Medina and a a a bedwin who is on a on a camel disheveled and looks he's been lost for days comes upon the party ofat and he asks where is the road to Medina so wasallam looks at him and he says what do you have to do in Medina meaning what's your business in Medina so he says I'm looking for a prophet that has come to Medina and I want to talk to him so he says today is your is is is a blessed date for you I'm I'm the prophet that you're inquiring about what is it that you ask so he says now pay attention to this this is a bedwin meaning that that he has nothing illiterate so to speak so he says teach me how your lord has taught you andam gives him verbatim the same thing that when jiel is asking him he gives it to him and the man says to the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam he does not even say M I believe you you're selling the truth this is too much this is too little I can do this I cannot do this he just literally says I agree with what you have told me end of the story and the man enters into the fold of Islam on that admission not only that soon after that he dies and he's entered into Paradise because of the admission in if we have time tonight or tomorrow tomorrow we'll we'll discuss that that Hadith in detail I want to get to the Hadith because there's certain part I want to get to it and that's the main topic that I want to discuss what is Im so he says teach me about IM about about my belief what is the belief system he says the prophet says that you believe in Allah a monotheistic way and his angels in all the books that Allah has revealed there's a caveat on that one I'll come back to it and all the prophets that came before and the day of judgment and then you believe in predestin from Allah subh as as part of our saying muhammah as being a Muslim those are defaults that we agree with anybody who says I don't agree with that or I don't believe in that is not a Muslim and that's not my theory this is what our religion tells us if somebody says I don't believe in the Angels well that takes out part of your your your belief system and says I don't believe in the books that came before the Quran when again that's not part of the system we we accepted as now we do agree with the books that exist today in the matter they exist they have been tampered with so we don't take it as a whole sum at the face value we don't take it at the at the face value of that and then believing in all the prophets you know understanding Abraham Moses Jesus all were prophets that preached the same message and had the same message to be delivered to the folks to the people on the Earth that Muhammad sallu alaihi wasallam did SOI wasallam did not bring something that was out of the ordinary when when he was a prophet and then of course predestiny everything good and bad is predestined is from Allah subh tala of course there are certain things we can do to avoid it but ultimately that's the will of Allah and that's how the things roll so he says now this is the part I want to focus on today so once again he replies back toam he says you said the truth and then he asks so teach me about what is that's it and I think that's the definition that exists ofan that does not exist anywhere else regardless of how much you look for it so he says teach me about what isan what is excellence and he says to worship your God worship your lord in a way that you see him and if you cannot achieve that level then have this level that he sees you in all conditions and that's the part that we need to focus on as part of our daily practices that's the part I feel that we lag on when we talk about the Excellence says you know to to to defines in a sense he defines it as to return something that you got but in a better manner right so so you know somebody gives you a present right you take that present and then you give them something that is better than that right what we're taught simple we're taught what if somebody says asum what do you reply so that's you're adding on to it to give it back to them in a better and a beautiful way right that's literally the Crux of the definition and why is it important then when J asksam these questions why is it important so the commentators have mentioned that wasallam had by the way uham used to say to to sahab ask me questions about your religion ask me questions about your religion get those questions answered so you can perfect your religion you can perfect your religion but out of the the the the sheer respect of wasallam they would never approach these questions they would be afraid to ask this questions famous narration and I'm not going to go into the detail of the narration has an issue to ask about himself there's something of an issue that he needs to ask on a question but he cannot muster up the courage who's Ali come on he's the son oflaw ofi wasallam right not only that wasallam said You know that if the the the the city on the city of knowledge he's the door to it he cannot muster up the courage to askam directly so he asks one of his friends he says hey here's the here's the problem that I need to ask can you go askam see what he answers and then he he sits in the crowd hiding and listens to he answer has answered him so these people have in months immense respect and they're under a lot of stress from that factor that they're not Direct asking so Allah subhana tala had sent the the angel who came and asked this question on on behalf of the Muslims and you find that when know when you when we finish the Hadith out and the latter part of the Hadith it mentions it mentions this part that who this person is because people don't still don't know who it is so Imam Nai says this is the this this time when this has come and ask the questions it's right before the time wasam goes for so it's literally in the last time of his life that he's alive so he's asking the sahab ask me the question ask me the questions ask me so I can I can perfect it for you I can perfect it for you I can answer it for you let you know what those issues are but under the due due stress of course you know this is the the the this is the the prophet wasam you know I remind folks who go who go to to Medina and I advised some of them I said look you know when when you when you go to to the Masid nawi and you walk out of Masid nawi do not throw your your your your shoes on the floor put them down gently CU Allah subh has said you know if if you raise your voice above the voice of prophet sallallah alaihi wasallam I will destroy all of your actions so that's his last resting place even when you walk walk with respect you know I share a story and I conclude with this inshah you know I took my dad not too long ago and and you have to make an appointment on the app now and you have to scan QR codes and there were some issues and people were pushing and shoving and my father got a little anxious and he was trying to rush and I and I held his hand out I said stay back relax he said but people I said no no relax we'll get there and if we don't get there it's okay we're not we're not in that Rush we're going to get there we're going to walk there slowly we're going to take our time we're going to we're going to have be respectful and once we get there we're going to sit down quietly and then once we're called upon we'll do it and I swear to Allah subhana tala those people who rushed before us they it was time almost time for the Salah they were kicked out before that from that time and when we were a shardan into the the area of the of the Jenna the the piece of paradise there that's right in front of the we were we were held there from the time before the Adan was called out until after the Salah was over so we actually got more time to spend in that area alhamdulillah so respect is the main component of it once again in it is it is the fact ofan and let me conclude with this Allah subhana tala has mentioned and one according to one of the sahabah the most beautiful places Allah subhana he said when you read this Ayah when you read this Ayah this gives you the most this gives me the most joy in Allah subhana taala this gives me the most comfort in Allah subhana tala so they asked him what is the Ayah he says Allah subh mentions in he says this Ayah gives me the most comfort in Allah why because this Ayah tells you regardless of what your achievement is andan I'm talking about the top tier level right I'm talking about the VIP class I'm talking about that class that you know you know when you get to the airport right don't you don't get to the lounge right we're talking about that kind of class we're talking about that upper upper Crux he says even though we cannot achieve that but Allah is responding to us by saying he will return your he will return your sincerity with his sincerity this is this is a human sincerity right you know one day I like you one day I don't you right this is our this is these are human beings right one day the person wants to talk to you the next person I want to talk to you but this is your lord who has created us and when he responds or when he returns there how beautiful would that be so I remind myself and you as we're present today is that when we continue from today on to be in that best beautiful state every time we meet somebody we give the better of it I ask Allah subh to guide my Affairs and guide your Affairs that are better the path.

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Ald can I F request you guys move forward I see a lot of empty spaces so just just scoot forward please to that space fill that up we're getting full on the back there is a there is a beautiful Hadith mentioned one day is talking to the the giant of he says he says I'm giving you I'm giving you a reminder to follow I'm giving you something you should not let go so wonders what it is he says after every Salah and for some Scholars a differ opinion is it during the Salah or is it after the Salah and that's something we can discuss later inshallah there's not time for that he says do not leave the Salah until you make this Dua and what is the Dua he says he says make this Dua every single time you pray anything what is it ask oh Allah make me from the person make me from the people who are remind who are making your make me it's almost put me in charge as a person to perform this act what are those acts let me let me be the person who remembers you often and I and I give thanks to you right and it's not by the way saying thanks it's saying alhamdulillah we have confuse thanks thanks Shar thanks is to some person who returns that to you I know you know a brother is here you know if if you know I'm going to pick on F in Fahad is here you know if I give something do something nice for Fahad thank you I'm mad at now right it's a transactional deal alham is almost it's a it's a deal that you thank Allah because there is no way that he needs that from us it's not a transactional deal from us to Allah subhana tala it's a one-way Street for us only so we literally Praise Him in that man alhamdulillah and then the Perfection or the Excellence of My Worship so inshallah regardless of what side of the of the fence you are From the's perspective for some it is mentioned while you're in t this is the last Dua you make before you sayum for some it is mentioned and you can see the the thear is listed on the on the on the on the chart for after Salah and for them it says that regardless of which way you fall on this is the Dua I recommend for you to do not leave because as I mentioned last week if I remind you the Dua of the of the of the from last week he said Ya Allah you put me in this time in this world under these circumstances I didn't ask to be born in this era but then you told me to hold on to the Rope of Allah so how do I hold on to the Rope of Allah if you do not help me and that's the way to ask for help is to make Dua so if you want to achieve that level of and and in you ask Allah subh for that through the means that wasallam has told us ask Allah subhana tala to guide all of our Affairs to have better the path I ask Allah subhana T to cure the illnesses in our community first and foremost in the worldwide overall ask Allah to make us from the people who unite not divide we ask Allah to make from the people who meant hearts and not break hearts we ask Allah subh to forgive our forefathers and brothers and sisters and everybody else was passed before us may Allah Grant him with the highest abouts I was reminded before the Salah one of the sisters Auntie sh who has started the new organization has passed away we ask Allah subhana to elevate her status as in Hereafter oh Allah we all bear witness that he was a Muslim and a good muslima so Grant her we ask Allah subhana to ease her her and enter in the paradise without any accountability we ask Allah subhana tala to give her family the Allah has mentioned in the.

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Quran.

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Your lines fill the gaps in between may Allah mercy upon us Allah alhamd Al.

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Amen for.

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Allahar.

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Ahbar allahar allahar.

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Allahar alham.

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Aman.

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Him for.

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Allah abbar Allah abbar allar Allah akar.

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Alayum just reminders couple of reminders for you guys U there is an event in the gym tonight from what I've understood today that they are Beyond full so if you're coming for Isa prayers and subsequently for anything else just keep that in mind there'll be no more no after H thoughts tonight there'll be no youth activities inallah we'll reschedule them sometime but just be mindful they're expecting over about somewhere in the neighborhood of 250 folks so it's going to be quite busy tonight and the Mage so come accordingly be prepared and then please be be generous and park properly so others can have some some parking availability as well just a reminder for you guys as well the construction is going on on the in the extension so there was a donation box separately from the back the rahma school has a table setup outside you're more than welcome to stop by and get some information for kids and somebody else would be interested in that donate generously on the way out.