Understanding the vocabulary of salah

WA’ FU ANA- ALAFOO, asking to OVERLOOK, to disregard,

WAFUANA- OVER LOOK FROM US THE MISTAKES WE MADE

WAGHFIRLANA—GHARAFA linguistically means to COVER
You can overlook something and NOT hide it

Forgiveness is one thing and its another thing to cover it up

We are asking O ALLAH OVERLOOK OUR SINS ANDDD HIDE THEM AS WELL, DON’T EXPOSE US.
WARHAMNAA AND HAVE MERCY ON US!
THE CONNECTON BTWEEN FORIGIVENESS AND MERCY

Example of why they go HAND IN HAND

GHAFURURAHEEM

IMAGINE your best friend in the world, you trust him with anything and everything, what happens is your best friend is going through a difficult time. Lost his job, cant pay bills

He is over your house one day and steals something for you

And you end up finding out

He confesses and says im sorry and that he should have known better. Explains how its been so rough and difficult for him
Aside from stealing , he betrayed your TRUST,

You say I cant deal with this

We cant hang out anymore

We are not friends anymore

I don’t want to talk to you
A few weeks go by

You get over it

But then you don’t hangout, not comfortable with him

Few more weeks go by and you come across him, salam dua, see him

At a distance

Then he apologizes again, Im really sorry, Ill do what ever it takes to make it up to you

You start talking on phone, start email and text messaging again time to time.

Its getting better

Then finally he calls you up one day, 6 months have passed since you were over it
He says what are you doing,

I’m free, you mind if we hang out?

Okay you say

When he comes over

YOU WILL HIDE EVERYTHING IN YOUR HOUSE, you laptop, watch, big screen on wall lol

He would be like,

“I THOUGHT YOU WERE OKAY?, YOU SAID YOU FORGAVE ME?...”
Overview:

Something changed in the relationship

EVEN THOUGH you forgave him, things weren’t the same
WE ASK ALLAH FOR MERCY AND FORGIVENESS

MERCY BRINGS YOU CLOSSER TO ALLAH

YA ALLAH

I made mistakes, I am asking you to forgive me and bring me closer to you, closer to you than before I made the mistakes!

SUBAHALAH ALLAH IS THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS THE ABILITY TO DO his

Only Allah can do this HUMANS CANT

ANTA MUALAANA- YOU ARE OUR TRUSTED ALLY

SO HELP US AGAINST THOSE

ONCE YOU ALLY YOURSELF WITH SOMEONE, ONCE YOU ARE LOYAL TO THEM ,ONCE YOU STATE YOUR ALLEGIENCE TO ALLAH, HIS ENEMIES ARE YOUR ENEMIES.
Look through the Quran, ALLAH NEVER demanded perfection from us

HE DEMANDS A SINCERE EFFORT

WE ARE HUMANS, WE WILL MAKE MISTAKES

THE KEY THING IS YOU DON’T DO IT INTENTIONALLY

This attitude of “I don’t care”
If you have student who does all the work and tries, asks you questions and for help and gets answers wrong

And then you have another student who just puts random answers with a smiley face on paper and turns it in…

6.03 SUPPLICATION OF ISTIKHARAH

Pg 30

It’s a practical application of salah

Basic points about istekharah

Istekharah might just be the most misunderstood acts of ibaadah

1. 
   Istkharah DOES NOT have to be done at 3 am on top of a mountain standing on 1 foot while wearing ihram lol. We have ALL THESE UNNESSASARY things we have incorporated into it
   

1. 
   Istekhara is a dua, supplication. It’s a word for word dua. The Prophet pbuh would teach us istekharah like Surah in the Quran
   
2. 
   Itsekhara is done after 2 rakah of nafl prayer and then read istkhara
   

ANYTIME in the day

THE RESPONSE of itkhara is the CONFIDENCE THAT YOU FEEL in doing what needs to be done

Also its NOT supposed to be FIRST thing you do

FIRST SIT THERE AND CAREFULLY THINK ABOUT THE ITEM AT HAND

Say you need to buy a car

RESEARCH IT

LOOK AT DIFFERENT PRICES and compare them to the FEATURES

TALK TO A MECHANIC and FAMILY/FRIEND who has the same car

CONSULT with others who have knowledge and experience regarding it

AFTER YOU COSULTED, you did your research, you think you want to buy a Honda, there are 2 otucomes

After doing istkhara you will feel confident and the process is easy for you (in buying a Honda)

OR after doing istkhara, there comes issues, there is THIS PROBLEM and THAT problem

And if you don’t feel confident after doing it once, DO IT AGAIN, do it as many time as you need

And keep doing it till you feel confident
Another point, YOU need to do istekhara for YOURSELF.

The person involved in the situation does istekharah

Its very simple!

DON’T COMPLICATE THINGS!

DEED IS SIMPLE
Hadith of Jabir

“Jabir narrates the Prophet pbuh used to teach us istekharah IN ALL OF OUR ISSUES just like he would teach us Surah of Quran. He would say “when anyone of you is concerned about something, is unsure about something, then let that person pray 2 rakah aside from fardh prayer, Then that person should recite:

ALLAHUMA o Allah

ASTAKHEERUKA- COMES FROM ROOT khay (TO SEEK GOOD)

BI ILMIKA- by Means of your knowledgde

WA ASTAQDIRUKA BI QUDRATIKA

AND I SEEK FROM YOU THE ABILITY TO DO WHAT I NEED TO DO

BY YOUR QUDRA

WA ASALUKA- AND I ASK YOU

MIN- FROM

FADLHLIKAL ADHEEM-

GREAT BLESSINGS

FA INA KA- MOST DEF YOU

TAQDIR- YOU ARE CAPABLE

And I AM COMPLETELY INCAPABLE

WA TALAMU WALAA ALAM

AND YOU KNOW EVERYtHING AND I DON’T KNOW ANYTHING, NOTHING

WA ANTA ALLAMUL- AND YOU

YOU ARE ALLAAM (SOMEONE WHO KNOWS EVEYTHING INSIDE OUT!)

GHUYOOB (THOSE THINGS THAT ARE HIDDEN, THOSE THINGS I CAN T SEE, YOU KNOW THEM INSIDE OUT)
ALLHUMA- O ALLAH

IN KUNTA TA’LAMU

IF YOU KNOW

ANA HATHAL AMRI

THAT THIS ISSUE THAT I HAVE, (THIS IS WERE YOU SHOULD VISUAL AND THINK ABOUT (don’t have to verbalize it, the issue that you are asking istekhara for)

KHAYRULI FEE DEE NI WA MAA ASHEE WA AAQIBADTI AMRI

IF YOU KNOW THIS ISSUE IS BETTER FOR ME, BETTER FOR MY RELIGION, FOR MY DAY TO DAY LIFE,

AND IN THE END OF AFFAIRS IN THE AKHIRHA

IF THIS IS GOOD FOR ME,

(AAJILI SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM)

IF THIS IS GOOD FOR ME,

FAQ DUR HU LEE WA YASIRLEE HU LEE THUMMA BAA RIK LEE FEE

THEN MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR ME, MAKE IT EASY FOR ME, SIMPLY IT FOR ME

AND PUT BARAQAH IN IT
LOOK AT HOW COMPREHENSIVE IT IS!

DON’T JUST MAKE IT POSSIBLE, WAYASIRHOO (SIMPLY IT FOR ME!)

DON’T JUST MAKE IT POSSIBLE, SIMPLIFY

Then after that PUT BARAQAH IN IT!)

What more could You ask for?
ALLAHUMA -O ALLAH

WA INKUNTA TA’LAMU

BUT IF YOU KNOW

ANA HADTHAL AMRA SHARUL LEE FE DEE NEE WA MA AA SHEE WA AA QIBATEE AMREE

THAT THIS ISSUE, PROBLEM OF MINE

IS BAD FOR ME

IN MY RELGION

IN MY DAY TO DAY LIFE

AND IN THE AKHIRA

THEN

FASRIFHOO A’NEE WAS RIFNEE AINHU