Haqqani Suhbats: ' Protection in These Highly Political Times ' by Shaykh Hisham Kabbani q.s

Haqqani Suhbats: ' Protection in These Highly Political Times ' by Shaykh Hisham Kabbani q.s

Protection in These Highly Political Times
Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani
4 March 2011      Burton, Michigan





Jumu`ah Khutbah at As-Siddiq Mosque


Alhamdulillah, alhamdulillahee nasta`eenuhu wa nastighfiruhu was nastahdeehi wa na`oodhoo billaahi min shuroori anfusinaa wa sayyiaati `amaalinaa wa nashadoo an laa ilaaha illa-Llah, wahdahu laa shareeka lah, wa nashadu anna Muhammadan `abduhu wa habeebuhu wa rasooluh,...
ayuhal muminoon al-hadiroon, ittaqullaha wa ati`ooh. inna Allah ma` alladheenattaqaw walladheena hum muhsinoon.

Allah revealed to the Prophet (s) and the Prophet (s) mentioned to us in hadith that there will be confusions like chunks of dark nights; that means there will be huge confusions. Prophet (s) said:

laa yadree al-qaatil limaa qatal wa ’l-maqtool la ya`lam limaa qutil.
There will come a time when the one who kills does not know why he killed and the one being killed doesn't know why he was killed.

That is exactly what we are seeing today. The killer doesn’t know why he killed, except that he as pushed into it. And the one who was killed doesn’t know why he was killed, he was trying to make things better. During these confused and chaotic times, Prophet (s) said, “The one sitting is better than the one walking and the one standing is better than the one walking.” This means these days, don’t get involved in anything or take sides, because both sides have their own problems, defects, and faults. You cannot support one side over the other, leave the judgment to Allah (swt).

Prophet (s) said:
man ra’a munkaran fal-yughayyiruh bI-yadih fa in lam yastat`i fa-bi lisaanihi wa in lam yastat`i fa bi ’l-qalbi wa dhalika ad`afu ’l-imaan.
Whoever sees a wrong, try to change it with your hand; if you are unable, then try to change it with your tongue; if you cannot, then change it with your heart, and this is the lowest level of imaan.

So just sit and pray. Allah (swt) said:
كُلَّمَا دَخَلَتْ أُمَّةٌ لَّعَنَتْ أُخْتَهَا حَتَّى إِذَا ادَّارَكُواْ فِيهَاجَمِيعًا
kullama ja’at ummatun la`anat ukhtahaa hatta idhaa addarakoo feehaa jamee`an.
Every time a new people enters it curses its sister-people (that went before), until they follow each other, all into the Fire. (al-`Araf, 7:38)

wa hazama ’l-ahzaaba wahdah.
He is the One that demolished all different parties.

Allah doesn't like parties, He created human beings to worship Him. So we will go back to one of most important hadith of the Prophet (s):

“If there is a tyrant of a country (king or president), pray to Allah to change his heart from tyranny to moderation and peacefulness.”

Do not go and fight tyrants as you will end up in bloodshed. How many people have now been killed in the Middle East and for what benefit? One tyrant goes and another comes. We are now in the Last Days and there is fitnah everywhere, like dark nights with no end in sight. It started with Tunisia and began moving from there. So our duty is to sit in our places and make du`a. Today awliyaullah or sincere and pious shaykhs and scholars--not politicial shaykhs, they are running for their positions--will tell you, “Don’t be part of it as Allah (swt) will curse both sides, which are doing bloodshed.” And all of that comes from what? From corruption, it persists for a long period of time and at the end, blows up.

O Muslim Leaders! Those who don’t have problems in your country, try to give the rights to your citizens in order to avoid problems, confusion, and bloodshed!

The Prophet (s) was passing and saw someone whose cheeks were swollen and face red from anger. He said (s), innee `alamoo, “I know two sentences that this person can say that will bring him back to normal, ‘a`oodhu billahi min ash-Shaytaani ‘r-rajim. Bismillahi 'r-Rahmaani 'r-Raheem.’”  When Shaytan comes and you begin to feel angry you cannot stop yourself, you become like a drunk person.

Prophet (s) said to Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (r), al-ghadabu kufrun yaa Abu Bakr, “Anger is disbelief.” Anger turns a believer into an unbeliever as they might swear and may not even know what they are saying. Take anger away from your hearts! Give advice and let people live in peace, without making bloodshed for no reason! Everyone who killed an innocent is going to be responsible on the Day of Judgment Day. Muslims must not kill anyone! If you see people demonstrating, don’t join them. Also, don’t glue yourself to the chair; today leaders do not want to give that chair away. Allah doesn’t like someone who is so connected to something zail, not eternal, and these chairs are not eternal. Just sit on it for five, six, or seven years. Why do you want to sit for thirty or forty years and pass it on, from child to child? Give someone else a chance and the responsibility.

May Allah keep us away from these chairs and keep us connected to the love of Sayyidina Muhammad (s). That is the best of what we can try, in our meetings and in our congregations; to praise whom Allah praises. Allah (swt) said in the Holy Qur'an:
سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي أَسْرَى بِعَبْدِهِ لَيْلاً مِّنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ الأَقْصَى الَّذِي بَارَكْنَا حَوْلَهُ لِنُرِيَهُ مِنْ آيَاتِنَا إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ البَصِيرُ
subhaan alladhee asraa bi `abdihi laylan minal masjidil-haramee ilal masjid al-aqsa.
Glory to (Allah) Who took His servant for a journey by night from the Sacred Mosque to the Farthest Mosque. (al-Isra, 17:1)

Allah is praising Himself, and one can praise Allah as He praises Himself, to show the greatness of Israa and Mi`raaj, as that is not something you can just talk about. “O human beings! It is not as easy as you think! I am bringing the Prophet from Earth to qaaba qawsayni aw adnaa, by praising Myself by Myself.”

“Alladhee” goes back to Allah. He didn't say “subhaanAllah,” that is for us to say. He said, subhaanalladhee, (which means) Subhaanee maa `azham shaanee, “Glory be to My Greatness, how I brought My servant to qaaba qawsayni aw adnaa.”

Our duty to is to give praise to Prophet (s). Why be worried about, “This one made me a servant, disrespected me, made me a slave.” If that person made you a servant, then Allah made you higher, so be happy and open your hearts. I am speaking especially to African-Americans. Don’t keep that resentment in yourself that, “we were slaves;” that is a temporary position to take you to servanthood. Those who didn't taste slavery will taste it on the Day of  Judgment, and those who did will be raised to servanthood. So don’t put in your heart, “we are slaves,” when in fact we are all slaves to our ego.

Praise the Prophet (s) instead, saying, allahuma salli `alaa Sayyidina Muhammad (s). Man salla `alay marran salla biha `ashara, “Whoever praises the Prophet (s) one time, Allah will pray on him ten times.”

Allah's praises have no limits! Love whom Allah created. He created Creation and is the Best Judge. May Allah forgive us and bless us on this Friday.

istaghfirullah al-`azheem alladhee laa ilaha ill-huwa wa atooboo ilayh.

[Du`a]