Explanation of the Three Fundamenta Principles

Do Not Expect a Life Without Trials

Do not ever expect Da'wah on the correct Manhaj, to be paved with red carpet and flowers. Do not ever expect that. Do not ever expect it to be paved with flowers and red carpet and lead you to a life of comfort and luxury. Establish yourself from now, that you need Imaan and Sabr to endure hardships if you are on the right path of Da'wah. We said in the University of Yusuf 'alayhis salaam, the seminar I gave, do not ever ask Allah for trials, ever. Rather, ask Allah to save you from trials but establish within yourself Imaan and Sabr, and that only comes through knowledge. That is why we learn knowledge, so when the trial comes you do not fail. Wallahi, I can number names that when they were inflicted with trials and how they failed, of our time, and popular people and people that you may have heard in the media.

Do not ever be like those who:

وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَن يَعْبُدُ اللَّـهَ عَلَىٰ حَرْ‌فٍ... 

And among mankind is those who worship Allah as they were on the edge. You see if you are walking on the edge of a cliff, like a narrow place, like on the edge of this table. If good befalls him and everything is going his way, ah I am a believer, I am content. If a trial befalls him, he turns back on his face, losing both this world and the Hereafter:

...فَإِنْ أَصَابَهُ خَيْرٌ‌ اطْمَأَنَّ بِهِ ۖ وَإِنْ أَصَابَتْهُ فِتْنَةٌ انقَلَبَ عَلَىٰ وَجْهِهِ خَسِرَ‌ الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَ‌ةَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ الْخُسْرَ‌انُ الْمُبِينُ ﴿الحج: ١١﴾

He lost this world and by him not being pleased with what Allah chose with him, he lost the life after. Allahumma Thabbitnaa, Allahumma Thabbitnaa. If he gets what he wants of wealth and fame and money and prestige and followers, he is with the general flow of the believers. If a test comes, suddenly a test comes, he leaves that path. You hear people now saying, Du'aat, I want to live happy, I want to go back to my wife and kids. I do not want problems no more, Fitan happened. And they did not even see Fitan, it did not even come near them, they did not even smell it. You are going to hear someone say this Da'wah is not for me. I just heard it actually a few days ago, if I am going to be scrutinised for going to the Masjid, I am not going to the Masjid no more.

أَحَسِبَ النَّاسُ أَن يُتْرَ‌كُوا أَن يَقُولُوا آمَنَّا وَهُمْ لَا يُفْتَنُونَ ﴿العنكبوت: ٢﴾

A Daa'iyah, a Muslim, follows the guided path and he accepts the baggage that comes with it. A Daa’iyah accepts the right path and the baggage that comes with it. Whatever outcome Allah has for him, he takes it with an open heart and a bare chest shouting I am a believer.

...وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ...

And We indeed tested those who were before them, you are not any better than them. We indeed tested those before you.

...فَلَيَعْلَمَنَّ اللَّـهُ الَّذِينَ صَدَقُوا وَلَيَعْلَمَنَّ الْكَاذِبِينَ ﴿العنكبوت: ٣﴾

And we are going to talk about what that means, Allah wants to know those who are truthful and those who are liars. The Prophets get tested and they get harmed, you are going to get harmed and tested. Comfort, luxury, red carpets in the path of Da’wah, it did not happen to a single Messenger. It did not happen for the most beloved to Allah of His creation, it did not even happen to any of the other Messengers and who do we look up to when we say Da’wah? When we say Da’wah, who is our example in Da’wah? The Messengers of Allah. Do you know any Messenger of Allah that did not live a life of hardship, from beginning to end? Those are the ideal examples that one looks up to in Da’wah. Now you see those who made Da’wah a job, a career, for fame, for luxury, for going with whatever the trend of that time is. Whatever makes you popular at that time, that is what their ideology is, that is what their Deen is, their religion is whatever is that. If you are on the right path and you have no enemies and you have no trials, then close the door in your house and double check what you are doing.

وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَا لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ عَدُوًّا شَيَاطِينَ الْإِنسِ وَالْجِنِّ يُوحِي بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍ زُخْرُ‌فَ الْقَوْلِ غُرُ‌ورً‌ا ۚ وَلَوْ شَاءَ رَ‌بُّكَ مَا فَعَلُوهُ ۖ فَذَرْ‌هُمْ وَمَا يَفْتَرُ‌ونَ ﴿الأنعام: ١١٢﴾

We appointed for every Prophet:

...لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ عَدُوًّا...

You have to have enemies. Shayateen, devils, some will say oh it is Shayateen, look what Allah specified. Not only Shayateen of Jinn, Allah specified:

...شَيَاطِينَ الْإِنسِ وَالْجِنِّ...

Mankind and of Jinn, so no one will say it was about the Jinn. Inspiring to each other adorned speech as a delusion, if Allah did not want, they would not have done it:

...شَيَاطِينَ الْإِنسِ وَالْجِنِّ يُوحِي بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍ زُخْرُ‌فَ الْقَوْلِ غُرُ‌ورً‌ا ۚ وَلَوْ شَاءَ رَ‌بُّكَ مَا فَعَلُوهُ ۖ فَذَرْ‌هُمْ وَمَا يَفْتَرُ‌ونَ

A very similar verse like this one: 

وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَا لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ عَدُوًّا مِّنَ الْمُجْرِ‌مِينَ ۗ وَكَفَىٰ بِرَ‌بِّكَ هَادِيًا وَنَصِيرً‌ا ﴿الفرقان: ٣١﴾

We made for every Prophet, enemies. He has to have enemies, the Sunnah of Allah, you cannot change the Sunnah of Allah. Disbelievers, polytheists, today you have the modernists and those who you know, Allahu A’lam what they are. Allah said:

...لِكُلِّ...

Every. This is for who, me and you? It is for those who are better than me and you, the examples of Da’wah. If Allah appointed for every Prophet, enemies, you expect a true Muslim on the true path to be free of enemies and problems and hardships and trials and tribulations? Explain that to me. Those fake ignorant heads we have today, the ones we see, the ones who have this assumption that they can get everyone to be pleased at them and everyone in their imaginary mind, they can get them into some big circle of unity. They think they are the new Messiah with such saviour powers and knowledge to get everyone in this circle, which the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam did not have. Everyone should be happy, together, and we are on the same page.

...لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ عَدُوًّا شَيَاطِينَ الْإِنسِ...

They want to bring the world together on the wrong pretext and on the account of displeasing Allah. Those need to learn the basics of Da’wah, not the basics of Da’wah but rather before that, the basics of their Deen. When you embrace Da’wah and you are affective on the true Manhaj, on the true belief, you must have enemies. And in a time like today, if your speech is true and your Tawheed is pure, you are going to have enemies from those who claim to be Muslims before the non Muslims. Was it mentioned in the Qur’an in vain two times?

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ أَجْرَ‌مُوا كَانُوا مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يَضْحَكُونَ ﴿٢٩﴾

We all know it, in Juzz ‘Amma. We all read Juzz ‘Amma and we all memorise it but do we contemplate it? Verily those who in this life committed crimes, used to laugh at the believers.

وَإِذَا مَرُّ‌وا بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ ﴿٣٠﴾

Whenever they pass by the believers, they wink at each other in mockery. This was talking about the non believers doing it to the believers. Today, we have those who claim to be believers doing it to the righteous believers of Tawheed.

وَإِذَا انقَلَبُوا إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِمُ انقَلَبُوا فَكِهِينَ ﴿٣١﴾

When they return to their people, they return jesting.

وَإِذَا رَ‌أَوْهُمْ قَالُوا إِنَّ هَـٰؤُلَاءِ لَضَالُّونَ ﴿٣٢﴾ ﴿المطففين﴾

And when they see them they say verily, these guys have been gone astray. They see the righteous people of Tawheed, the strangers, the true people on the pure Tawheed today are strangers among strangers among strangers. Those who are on the true Tawheed, verily, have gone astray, for example. How is that?

...إِنَّ هَـٰؤُلَاءِ لَضَالُّونَ

You know Dhaalloon? They are deviants. He is a Takfeeri, he is a Khawaarij, they throw their labels at them. Ok, you call them these names, come here buddy, what is the scholarly definition of a Takfeeri? They could not tell you. What is the characteristics that the scholars, the ‘Ulamaa of the Salaf mention on a Khawaarij? They do not know. What happens is, they hear the crowing of the roosters and they begin to crow with them. I am going to have a little but more respect, I am not going to say they heard the dogs barking so they began to bark like the dogs, I am going to say they heard the crowing of the roosters so they crow like them. Printed labels ready to be uttered at a moment’s notice, without fear of Allah. You as a believer, if you are on the true path and you are steadfast, you are going to be tested and you need patience.

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ أَجْرَ‌مُوا كَانُوا مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يَضْحَكُونَ ﴿٢٩﴾

Verily during the world before, those who committed the crimes used to laugh at those who believed. Keep these Ayaat between your eyes when you struggle, when people complain to me I am facing this, I am facing that. Yes, it is good to consult but keep these Ayaat in complaining to them. When you are on the guided path and they throw labels at you, and you are sure you are on the path of the Qur’an and the Sunnah, following the Sahaabah and those who followed them in guidance, they mock you and they are happy about you, pay attention to:

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ أَجْرَ‌مُوا كَانُوا مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يَضْحَكُونَ ﴿٢٩﴾

They make fun of you, they harm you, Allah says:

...مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا...

So what is the result if I am patient? Wait for this day, Allah tells you, wait for this day:

فَالْيَوْمَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ‌ يَضْحَكُونَ ﴿المطففين: ٣٤﴾

We are not going to mock no one now, in this life. But in the life after, those who believe will laugh at the disbelievers. Those who mocked you, then you can mock them back and laugh at them. Ibn al-Mubaarak said al-Qalbi narrated from Abi Saalih about the verse of Allah:

اللَّـهُ يَسْتَهْزِئُ بِهِمْ... ﴿البقرة: ١٥﴾

Allah mocks them. Abu Saalih said, this is the statement of Ab Saalih, the torment is in addition to the regular torment they get in Hell. The gates of Hell open and they are told to leave and the people in Hell quickly head to the doors, when they reach the doors, the gates of Hell close; as part of their punishment. When the believers see them, they begin to laugh at them. There is windows in Jannah that they see the people in Hell and Abu Saalih said that is the meaning of:

فَالْيَوْمَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ‌ يَضْحَكُونَ ﴿المطففين: ٣٤﴾

That is the day when the believers will laugh at them. Wallahi, there is nothing I look more forward to than the day we are Inshaa Allah called to an appointment to see the face of Allah subhaanahu wa ta’aala. That is the first thing I look forward to. The second thing I look forward to in Jannah, is the pleasant view from the windows of Jannah on the thrones of al-Araa’ik (الْأَرَ‌ائِكِ), with glasses of yoghurt and honey and water, on looking those in Jahannam who for so long relentlessly tortured and harmed and mocked and killed us. May Allah forgive our sins and keep us steadfast on the Straight Path, so we can get those ranks and levels Inshaa Allah Ta’aala. We do not mock in this life because there is a chance of repentance, there is always a chance to repent and come back to the right path. But there is a time in the life after where even if it is a relative, you are not going to feel any guilt for mocking them.

عَلَى الْأَرَ‌ائِكِ يَنظُرُ‌ونَ ﴿المطففين: ٣٥﴾

They get paid fully, for what they used to do, it is pay back time:

هَلْ ثُوِّبَ الْكُفَّارُ‌ مَا كَانُوا يَفْعَلُونَ ﴿المطففين: ٣٦﴾

You mock, you get mocked in the life after. We ask Allah subhaanahu wa ta’aala to unite us on al-Araa’ik overlooking those people who did this to us, Inshaa Allah Ta’aala.

In conclusion, not a single Messenger or Muslim or reviver who took on this task, except he was tested. That is the Sunnah of Allah so we need to strengthen our Sabr, work on our Sabr, and that only comes through knowledge. Or some may need to jump off the wagon and I do nut suggest that but that is the only two ultimatums, and I suggest Sabr and knowledge. May Allah keep us steadfast and away from guidance Inshaa Allah.