Control Your Jealousy Before You Come Against Ahlul Bayt (as)

October 30, 2015 August 4, 2023

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From the Realities of Mawlana (Q) as taught by Shaykh Nurjan Mirahmadi.

A’uzu Billahi Minash Shaitanir Rajeem
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem

I seek refuge in Allah from Satan, the rejected one
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful

Alhamdulillahi Rabbil ‘aalameen, was salaatu was salaamu ‘alaa Ashrafil Mursaleen, Sayyidina wa Mawlana Muhammadul Mustafa ﷺ. Madad ya Sayyidi ya Rasulul Kareem, Ya Habibul ‘Azeem, unzur halana wa ishfa’lana, ‘abidona bi madadikum wa nazarekum.

Imam Hussain (as) Set a Very High Standard for Us

In Muharram when we think of Ahlul Bayt (as), we always think of the event of Karbala. Today in this world, everywhere is Karbala. Everywhere there is unprecedented amount of slaughtering, slaughtering of innocents, slaughtering of people, and not caring for them, not caring for what they represent or what they stand for. There is no more humanity and that disaster is upon Mankind everywhere.

When we remember the life of Imam Hussain (as). For lovers of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ and those who are trying to gain faith, trying to increase their faith, increase their tasleem and submission, and reach to Maqaam alIhsan; that it has such an important symbol of faith, strength and perseverance. That he sets a very high standard, the pinnacle of belief, the pinnacle of struggling. And that has a tremendous symbol for us in our lives. It is not one night and one moment in our year of ma’rifah but, it is a constant reminder. All the Ashab anNabi ﷺ but for the Ahlul Bayt they have a special place in that reality.

They have a special understanding that the extend in which Imam Hussain (as) took upon an order of Allah (AJ). The extent of which seventy-three of the family and companions sacrificed themselves. The extent in which he took his women and children on that caravan and knowing that they are all going to be in difficulty. But the thought was always a sense of hope for humanity. That if they see us with our family and they see that we are not armed or coming to attack anyone, but we are coming to spread the love of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ.

Imam Hussain (as) Came to Uphold the Sunnah of Prophet ﷺ

Means in every aspect is a symbol for us that Imam Hussain (as) came to uphold the sunnah of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ. They were innovating and changing and doing things. And they asked, the people asked, “Bring that light of Prophet ﷺ, bring the sunnah of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ, bring the way of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ, that is your inheritance, bring it to our place and bring to our people,”. All they wanted to do was slaughter; slaughter him, his children, young boys, slaughter the women. They wanted to slaughter everyone and they didn’t care not to. We see that on the face of this Earth now, the Dajjal armies that are all over the world and claiming to be Islam, and whatever they are claiming to be. This is the battle of the Anti-Christ. These are the battles of Dajjal and the Dajjal armies that are upon the Earth now.

Ahlul Bayt Are the Symbol of Faith and Our Heroes

A reminder for ourselves is that they (Ahlul bayt) are the symbol of faith. Every time and all of us have our own examples in life, every time we’re struggling, you have to bring back his holy life. Every time we are struggling with something, we are not happy with something, something is not going our way, whatever it is and our tests in life, the importance is that they are our Heroes. So for those who don’t like to recognize, because Shaytan wants to take the symbol of the Hero away and put a rap star in its place from the pits of jahannam. But what they want, and what Prophet ﷺ wants for us from, “Atiu Allaha wa atiur Rasola wa Ulil amre minkum” is that: “use these heavenly people as Heroes.”

 ياأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَطِيعُواللَّه وَأَطِيعُوٱلرَّسُولَ وَأُوْلِي الْأَمْرِ مِنْكُمْ…﴿٥٩﴾

4:59 – “Ya ayyu hal latheena amanoo Atiullaha wa atiur Rasula wa Ulil amre minkum…” (Surat An-Nisa)

“O You who have believed, Obey Allah, Obey the Messenger, and those in authority among you…” (The Women, 4:59)

When Tested in Life, Remember the Difficult Test of Imam Hussain (as)

That remember their life, remember the symbol of their struggle. That it is always a Qibla, a way of constantly keeping an ‘even way’, an even path. That as soon as something becomes difficult, as soon as we have a complaint, as soon as things are not coming our way, you remember them. And you remember how insignificant you are and how your test is so ridiculously stupid compared to them.

They say, “Are you for real? You are coming to us with this ridiculous complaint? In the lap of your luxury, big homes, big cars, air-conditioning, food like abundant. Where people (at that time) were walking and looking to get something to drink and have nothing to drink, no food to eat. In 140F degree temperature, making hijrah, making Hajj. All the things that they were doing just a common day struggle was to find food and water for your family, to seek shelter from the heat of the sun. With all our luxuries and all our happiness. Mawlana always reminds even air-conditioning, can you imagine doing Hajj with air-conditioning? It is ridiculous. You feel ashamed. They were walking and struggling in heat. When they were fasting, they were fasting in 140F temperatures. And they were battling while fasting because, you can’t stop the Messenger of God. When people say, “they are going to stop the Messenger” it is like stopping postal services which is a Federal offense. Means you can’t stop what Allah (AJ) wants to be sent and they were fasting. How much their struggles were difficult and how ridiculous our lives are. But we find so many problems. We find things to argue about, to fight and become angry about.

The Devils Want to Destroy Anything that is Good & Pure

The reason for keeping them as an example is that their station so high, and the sacrifice so great. That they remind you: “put your petty issues down. These are blocking you from Allah’s (AJ) satisfaction. These are not problems that you think you are facing. They are nothing in comparison to what we went through and we are the family of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ.” You would expect with somebody who is the most beloved of Creation that their family would be treated like royalty on this Earth. They come as an example that no, we are treated like royalty in Heaven. But this Earth by its nature is filled with shayateen (devils) and all they want is to destroy anything that is good, anything that is pure, anything that is made from haq (truth).

They remind us. It means that everyday we keep that reminder of what we are struggling for. That if we can’t struggle through bad characteristic, that is the characteristic that caused Imam Hussain (as) problems. Because we have it every day. That is why they say everyday is Ashura and everywhere is Karbala.

Why Couldn’t They See the Light of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ in Ahlul Bayt?

That how is such an amazing bird of Paradise, the grandchildren of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ. That they were constantly kissed, constantly nourished by his ﷺ love. He ﷺ would kiss Imam Hussain (as) on his neck, and he would kiss Imam Hassan (as) on his lips signifying that: “I know that you (Hussain (as)) are going to be hit by the sword and you (Hassan (as)) are going to be poisoned.”

These are the birds of Paradise and they come into our lives that, why were they not able to see our light? Why were they were not able to see our relationship with Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ? Why weren’t they able to see the importance of our existence on this dunya (world)? Those people were calling azan (call for prayer) and praying. Forget about unbelievers, this has nothing to do with unbelievers. Unbelievers they don’t believe and they believe what they want to belief is okay. But through the people of so called ‘belief’, why weren’t they able to see the light of the Imam Hussain (as)?

Then Imam Hussain (as) comes into our lives and says, “Yes, because of bad character.” That bad character went to the extend of slaughtering the family of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ. So when people don’t think that their bad character is a problem, and say: “Why do I have to fight against my bad character? Why do I have to fight against my anger and my jealousy?” He says “all of those is what caused my Karbala. Why didn’t they see the light that they are carrying of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ? Because they had jealousy.

The Root of Every Badness is the Fire of Anger

They want us to understand that the root of everything is fire. So anybody who has a fire, when that fire sits in the heart, it’s like the ‘pilot light’ of your furnace. If we don’t take that pilot light out and destroy it, every bad characteristic is like a gas on that pilot light. That is why Salatun Najat and the importance of praying Salatun Najat. That after praying tahajjud and all the prayers that we have in Fajr (morning) time, Salatun Najat is the “prayer of salvation”. We pray that yaa Rabbi take away this anger, that fire, ‘the root’. The evil fire, not the fire of holding of what Allah (AJ) wants. This is the evil fire of anger that for no reason comes out.

Dua of Salatul Nejat – The Prayer of Salvation

يَا رَبِّي كَمَا تأكُلُ النَّارُ الْحَطَبَ هَكَذَا الْحَسَدُ المُتَأصِّلُ فيِّ يَأكُلُ جَمِيْعِ أَعْمَالِيْ. يَا رَبِّي خَلِّصْنِيْ مِنْهُ
وَمِنَ الْغَضَبِ النَفْسَانِي، وَمِنْ نَفْسٍ الْطِفْلٍ المَذْمُومَةِ، وَمِنَ الْأَخْلَاقِ الْذَمِيْمَة. وَيَا رَبِّي بَدِّلْ كُلُّ أخْلَاقِي
إِلَى أَخْلَاقٍ حَمِيْدَةِ وَأفْعَالٍ حَسَنَةْ.

Ya Rabbi, kama takulun narul hataba hakadhal hasadu mutassilu fi ya
kulu jam’i a’mali. Ya rabbi khalasni minh, wa minal ghadabin nafasani, wa min nafsit tiflil madhmuma, wa minal akhlaqidh dhamima. Wa ya rabbi, baddil kulu akhlaqi ila akhlaqin hamida wa af’aalin hasana.

O my Lord! Just as fire consumes firewood, in the same way the envy which is rooted in me consumes all my actions. Purification me, O my Lord, from it and purify me, too, from the anger of my ego. Rid me as well, O my Lord, of the blameworthy ego of the child and reprehensible manners. And, O my Lord, change all my manners to laudable manners and into good actions.

Control Your Inner Yazid Before it Comes Against Muhammad ﷺ,Ahlul Bayt & Awliya

That pilot light of anger as soon as jealousy comes, it is like an oil. That they became jealous of his station, jealous of his relationship with Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ, jealous of what he represents. Immediately that oil hit that fire and boom they were ignited. That jealousy blocked them from seeing what they were about to do. It blocked them from realizing what they were about to do. By the companionship of shayateen they went and annihilated, annihilated the family of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ. Many of which were the exact images of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ, the youth. That which they were calling to and calling the azan and praising and glorifying Allah (AJ), in front of them, they were slaughtering them. The extend in which Shaytan can play and destroy people.

So now imagine without seeing them, without being with them, without that holiness, what chance do we have? When the world is filled with fire and the world is filled with bad characteristic. Everybody wants their fire to continue to grow. Then they begin to abuse, beat and slaughter everyone. That is why it is the end of the world. That is why these important lives and these important events go beyond religious boundaries. It is not just okay this one religion; all of the religions remembered this story. It is a story for all of humanity. It is a timeless story that if you don’t control your anger, your Yazid and your Shaitan are going to come against Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ . And is going to come against the Ahlul Bayt of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ and come against the ulil amr of this dunya. As you see all over the world that is all they are doing now. They fight all pious people. They fight all the real Ahlul Bayt, representatives of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ on Earth. Shaitan making a full fledged attack. They even now going to all maqams and burning maqams and destroying maqams. The life and day in which we live is such a dangerous day.

Take Down the Bad Characters Before It Attack The One You Love

That is why you cry for these events but I think more important Imam Hussain is crying for us, and what we’re about to go through. That if we are not willing to take down our anger, if you are not willing to take down the bad characteristics. If you are not willing to come against jealousy, hasad, laziness, any type of bad characteristic, it is going to make you to come against that which you love most. Because you are going to come against Prophet ﷺ, you are going to come against the order of Prophet ﷺ. You are going to come against everything that you think you love. And in a blink of an eye you do something that you do something that you regret the whole of your eternity. How are they going to face Prophet ﷺ to describe what they did? Is there ‘a sorry’ that you can say in the presence of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ?

That is why the way of tazkiya and the way of purification is so important in our lives. To constantly take an account. Today it’s your boss you are fighting, people you work with you are fighting. Tomorrow it is going to be everyone, and everybody is going to be under the fire of that oppression.

We pray that Allah (AJ) grant us in this Ashura, the oceans of forgiveness, the oceans of light. If Allah (AJ) is happy with us and loving us, grant that love to Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ, Prophet ﷺ to be happy with us and loving us. That their lights to dress us, their qurb and their nearness, to bring us into their nearness and save us from these fires. Qul ya naroo koonee bardan wa salaamun `ala ibrahim wa ahlil nabi kareem, Habibul ‘Azheem, Sayyidina Muhammadul Mustafa ﷺ .

قُلْنَا يَا نَارُ كُونِي بَرْدًا وَسَلَامًا عَلَىٰ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ﴿٦٩﴾

21:69 – “Qulna ya naaru, kunee Bardan wa Salaman ‘ala Ibrahim.” (Surat Al-Anbiya)

“We said, O fire, be cool and Peaceful upon Abraham.” (The Prophets, 21:69)

InshaAllah Allah grant us from the lights of Ashura that we are nothing, we are daif, we are weak servants. But we are only coming through the door of love, love of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ, love of Ahlul BaytunNabi (as), love of Ashabun Nabi (as), love of Awliyaullah fis samaayi wa fil ard.

Subhana rabbika rabbal ‘izzati ‘amma yasifoon, wa salaamun ‘alal mursaleen, walhamdulillahi rabbil ‘aalameen. Bi hurmati Muhammad al-Mustafa wa bi siri Surat al Fatiha.

Special thanks to our transcribers for their help with transcribing this suhbah.

Original Date of Suhbah: Oct 24, 2015
Updated: Aug 22, 2022 & Aug 1, 2023

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