 Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuhu. Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim in the name of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala Most gracious, most merciful Alhamdulillahi wassalatu wassalamu ala Rasulillahi wa ala alihi wa ashabihi ajma'in We praise Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala We send blessings and salutations upon Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam His household, his companions may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala bless every one of them and every one of us And may Allah grant us goodness and give us forgiveness during this beautiful month Brothers and sisters, we are going through supplications and dua through the revelation of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala And the reason is every one of us has our needs It's important for us to look at how the blessed, those who were granted blessings of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala Confirmed blessings such as prophethood were addressing this matter How they called out to Allah, the words they used, what happened as a result I'd like to move today to know alaihi salatu wassalam at a certain point in his life The du'as that he made You and I know that he called out against his people after so many years Thereafter Allah instructed him to do something that was to build the ark And that was to take the people with him And whatever other creatures Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala wanted to be in the ark with him But something interesting is when he got onto that ark, he thanked Allah Many of us we call out to Allah When Allah does that for us, we forget to thank him I spoke about how important it is to follow up the dua with obedience Now we're talking about you having received what you asked from Allah What do you do? Let's look at this beautiful verse where Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says In suratul mu'minun When you, O Noah, and your people get onto the ark Say, all praise is due to Allah who has saved us from the people who are oppressive Wow! Allah is saying, once you achieve what you have asked for We want you to call out to us by saying All praise is due to Allah who has saved us from the people who are oppressive And then we want you to continue Say, O our Rabb, grant us the best of landings Let the landing be a blessed landing Just picture this for a moment You have a flood, you have an ark that is moving in the water It has to land somewhere, where is it going to land? O Allah, let it be a blessed landing Let this landing be a blessed landing And indeed you are the best of those who cause a beautiful landing Amazing du'a Amazing du'a that is mentioned here in the Quran in suratul mu'minun And this is verse number 29 Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is teaching us That when you have asked him for something, follow it up Many times people ask Allah when they get they forget Allah We ask Allah for cure When he cured us, no more salah We ask Allah for a job, we got the job We are out in the pubs and clubs, astaghfirullah This shouldn't be the case We should be those who are more obedient We are reminded to be grateful to Allah And this is why something that lasted a very very long time To this day we call out with these supplications Do you know what they are? Whenever we sit in a motor vehicle Ready to go on a journey, on a train A bicycle, the back of an animal Aircraft, there is a du'a that we make Do you know that du'a is in the Quran? It is a supplication from the Quran And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says He has created the animals Some of them are in order to ride Some of them are in order to consume etc And then there is a verse in surat al-zukhruf Where Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says Allah blessed you with all these animals So that when you ride, when you sit on the back of that animal And you are now ready to actually go forth In order to start your journey You need to remember the favor of Allah A lot of us don't do that You know you jump into your car You just say the du'a Without remembering the favor of Allah Imagine you did not have the car Imagine you did not have the mode of transport Imagine you did not have the donkey to ride Imagine you did not have the aircraft to fly That is the favor that you are supposed to be remembering Allah says You should all remember the favor of Allah Once you are sitting on your mode of transport That should make you say the following Subhan Allah Glory be to Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala Who has made this or facilitated this mode of transport for us Subhan Allah We are praising Allah We are declaring His greatness For having facilitated this mode of transport for us Look at how this du'a was meant to be Right up to the end of time Because Allah says He didn't say this animal This ship This car Because then it would have been It would have been inapplicable If we were to be on For example a concord Or a spaceship Or a drone for example But here Allah is telling us clearly We praise Allah who has facilitated this for us This whatever mode of transport we are on right now And we thank Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala for it Yet we were unable to control it We are not in control of this thing It's Allah And then the second part of the du'a Is to remind you that your ultimate journey is another one Allah Akbar Have you ever thought of that? When you are making a du'a As you are embarking on a journey You are saying O Allah I thank you for giving me this mode of transport But I want to reiterate that my real journey is to you Allahu Akbar It means ultimately I am moving through this world in a way That I am going to end up passing away And getting to you Wa innah all of us Ilah Rabbina to our Rabb Lamun Qalibun are going to return So we want to bear witness That while we are happy That this journey is being facilitated by you Through this mode of transport O Allah We confirm that we belong to you We are going to be returning to you That might just be your last journey So many people have passed away on journeys Accidents So many May Allah grant them Jannah and Firdaus And make it easy But don't we think for a moment That the du'a is so powerful Reminding us That while we are on this small journey The bigger journey is actually unto Allah Subhanallah The day that happens May Allah grant us paradise May Allah open our doors My brothers and sisters This is an amazing du'a It's amazing because look at how It's so fresh on our tongues And the tongues of our children Subhanallah Wa inna ila Rabbina Lamun Qalibun I want to actually make mention of a hadith In Sahih Muslim Narrated by Abdullah ibn Umar He says The prophet says When he used to ride upon his mode of transport And he's going out He used to say Allahu Akbar three times Then he used to read this du'a That I've just read now From the Quran Subhanallah Wa inna ila Rabbina Lamun Qalibun And then he used to say Allahumma inna nasaluka fi safarina hadha al birra wa taqwa O Allah We ask you in this journey of ours That you grant us righteousness And God-consciousness We're asking you on this journey To grant us righteousness And God-consciousness Wa minal amalima tarda And you make us do deeds That will please you alone Allahumma hawwina alayna safarina hadha O Allah Make easy for us This journey of ours Wa twi anna bu'adah And crumple the distance of the journey for us That means make it short You know sometimes You have a long journey ahead of you Five hours, six hours And it feels like it was just 30 minutes an hour That was Allah crumpling it for you He crumpled the journey for you Subhanallah So he made the distance shorter Whereas in real life It was the same distance But it seemed that way So we're making a dua O Allah Grant us consciousness of you Grant us righteousness Make us do good deeds while we're on the journey And O Allah Make this journey easy for us And crumple the distance for us Allahumma anta sahibu fis safar O Allah You are the companion The ultimate companion on the journey Subhanallah I always tell people When you're going to use your audio device Video device on your journeys Be it an aircraft Be it a vehicle Make sure it is something very beneficial Because you may die in that condition In that state You may return to Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala So don't use it in the disobedience of Allah Rather listen to the Quran Listen to something beneficial The melodious recital of the word of Allah What better way can there be To pass away while you were listening To the words of Allah I recall many years ago When I was living in Medina Munawwara There was a brother who passed away In a motor vehicle accident His car was written off But you know what? The audio cassette device Was still playing with the words of Allah Beautiful recital of the Quran The man had passed away The car was a wreck Everything was destroyed completely May Allah give him Jannah But in my heart I said this is a good death It's a good ending You've ended May Allah grant us all a good ending In a way that you were listening to the Quran It could have been anything else Something dirty I mean if it was an aircraft And we were watching a video It could have been something That we would not be proud about And that's your last moment Imagine So when you're on a journey It's even more important to ensure That you are being obedient Hence the importance of this du'a O Allah Why did the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam Repeat O Allah give me righteousness God-consciousness Make me do good deeds Make it easy for me Make the journey easy for me O Allah you are the best Companion on a journey It's so tempting sometimes To do things wrong Or to cut corners and shortcuts But O Allah you remain with me And the du'a continues O Allah you are the best Who could be left behind With the family To take care of my family You know The one whom I've left Behind with my family You're the best You are the best companion In my journey You are the best whom I've left behind With my family as well Which means O Allah While I'm out Take care of my family Take care of my loved ones I'm out Whether you're at work Whether you're gone out For whatever else it was Some people go for hajj Umrah They worry about their little babies That they're going to be leaving Behind me O Allah make it easy for you I had a brother Who was asking me He says I've been accredited For the hajj I have a little baby Should I go? Shouldn't I go? I said brother Pause for a moment You know hajj Aleyha Salatu wa Salam Ibrahim Aleyha Salam Left his baby As a result Allah granted them sustenance Because that was For the obedience of Allah It's different If you're going on holiday Leaving your baby I would not recommend that At all It's different If you were going for Something not necessary Not important And you left your family Members behind But here You fulfill A pillar of Islam You have a 6 month old 9-1 year old Well That's exactly The same type of baby Who was left By Ibrahim Aleyha Salatu wa Salam And hajj Aleyha Salatu wa Salam Was alone And in fact She had left him as well Allah provided sustenance And water for him In a way That became known As the city of Mecca Amazing So don't leave What Allah has Instructed you to do Simply because You have children He may take you away When Allah takes you away He does not consider The fact that you have Or don't have children Remember that Your time is up Your time is up What will happen To those children The same that happened To Muhammad The same that happened To everyone else Who were orphans They were taken care of Sometimes better Than you could Have taken care of them I know Of a poor man Who left And he passed away His children Were looked after By a wealthy family Subhanallah Even better Than he would Have been able to do If he were there Allah has taken care Of them Allah put them In the world In the first place So he will take care Of them Look at this beautiful Du'a Oh Allah We leave you With our family As well To take care of them Allahumma inni A'udubika min wa aathai Saffar Or you could say Allahumma inna Na'udubika min Wa aathai Saffar Oh Allah We seek Protection From you From the hardship The difficulty Of journeys That which is not soothing To the eyes You know It includes so many things And a bad ending Of our wealth And our family members Something bad That may happen to them We seek protection In you From a bad journey The difficulties And hardship Of journeys That which is not Soothing to the eyes You know It includes so many things And a bad ending Of our wealth And our family members Something bad That may happen to them We seek protection In you To see We seek protection In you You have to trust You have to take risks My brothers and sisters You have to leave things It doesn't mean That I need to stay With my family In order For me to ensure That they're okay When I know I have to go to work And come back Yes, if there is a Danger That you know about Then definitely You have to take care Of them As best as you can Still You might have to Go out To get something And you make a Dua So look at how Powerful this Dua Is And look at how Beautiful this Dua Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala Has taught us Such a blessed Dua I want to repeat This beautiful Dua In the Arabic language The Prophet Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam Used to say Allahumma inna na Nasaaluka fi safarina haadha Al birra wa taqwa Wa minal amalima tarza Allahumma hawwina alayna Safarana haadha Wa twi'anna bu'adha Allahumma anta al-sahibu Filsafar Wa l-khalifatu fil an Allahumma inna na Aoudubika min wa atha Is safar Wa ka'abatil manzar Wa su'il munqalab Fi l-mali wa l-an So we diverted And went into The Sunnah Dua Because of Nuh alayhi sallatu wa sallam Having been instructed To make the Dua As well When he was on That particular journey Of the Ark And another one Nuh alayhi sallatu wa sallam Used a different wording For the same purpose And Allah makes mention Of this in Surat Hud Wa qalar kabufiha Bismillahi majereha wa mursaha Inna rabbila ghafoorur rahim Allah says Or he said He said Ride in it Ride in what? Ride in the Ark Bismillahi in the name of Allah Majereha wa mursaha Those of you who speak The Arabic language Who might have come across This Dua Notice the majere Re is generally not An Arabic dialect Of the proper Elegant Arabic The classical Arabic Rather it is more Of a colloquial dialect But in the Quran here Allah wants us to Say it that way In order to express The precise way it was said So Bismillahi majereha wa mursaha We are in the name of Allah We start the journey We will end the journey That's one translation In the name of Allah Who is going to send Who is going to take control Of this mode of transport And who is going to send The wind in order To be able to move it And this was in the case Of an Ark But generally the one Who is in control The one who is making it move And who shall make it stop So if it's an animal For example Allah makes it move And Allah makes it stop If it's a car Allah makes it move Allah makes it stop A few years ago When the auto cruise You know Defects happened And vehicles were not stopping I remember this Dua I said wow SubhanAllah it's Allah Who actually starts it And stops it Most of the time He gives us the energy To put a foot on a pedal But if he wants And that pedal won't work Ask Read the stories online About the times When pedals have not worked People are pressing The brake and the car Is not stopping What do you do? It's very scary So that's why Bismillahi madreha Wa mursaha Inna Rabbi La ghafoorur raheem Indeed my Rab Is most forgiving Most merciful Indeed my Lord Is most forgiving Most merciful So that is A beautiful Dua That is made Now I want to show you The result of the Dua Many times we make a Dua O Allah grant me a blessed journey Make it easy for me You know Let it start in a nice way Let it end in a nice way And so on We've seen all these Dua The blessings Achieve from the Dua Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says As a result of his Dua To us We called out to him Ya Nuh Bi Ta Bi Salamim Minna O Nuh We want you to land In peace from us When you land Nobody is going to harm you All those who are harming you Before will no longer be And everything is going to be Calm and easy And everything is yours Whatever you asked for You've been given Imagine He made a Dua To say O Allah Let me land in a nice way Do you remember that Dua We spoke about earlier In this session You are the best O Allah grant me a good landing You are the best Of those who cause landing So Allah says We called out to him We told him O Nuh Land in a beautiful peace From us And we want you to Achieve the peace The blessings That we are sending on you Subhan Allah Nuh Called out to Allah Asking him to make his journey easy And grant him a good landing Allah says Wait We are going to give you The blessed landing And shower you with our blessings We want you to taste the peace No more harm Etc So it's a beautiful verse Verse number 48 of Surat Hud As a result Allah made Nuh A person who was filled With peace Tranquility Calmness Those who were with him Were the followers They were convinced about Allah And about Allah's power And the promise of Allah And Allah says Wa jaalna durriyatahu humul baqeen Verse number 77 of Surat Al-Safat Allah says And we made his offspring We made his offspring The offspring that remained The rest of them became extinct So Nuh Was blessed in such a big way That those who were with him in the ark None of them had children And offspring He was the only one Who had children and offspring So by right We are actually the family Of the prophet Nuh Aleyhi salam All the blessings that came Thereafter Were on and upon Nuh Aleyhi salatu wa salam Imagine We calling out to Allah When Allah gives He gives you much more Than you've asked So many things we have in our lives My brothers and sisters I want you to consider the following So many things Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala Has bestowed upon us Without us asking him for them We only ask for things We feel we really need But so many things We need more desperately But we feel we don't need them Because we already have them Who gave them to us It was Allah Do we thank Allah For all of that Oh Allah forgive Our shortcomings Forgive our short-sightedness Forgive our sins We have so many things Take a look at the eyes The nose How many of us have made a dua Oh Allah help me breathe In a proper way Very few of us Only when you have a breathing problem Do you make that dua Oh Allah help me taste My food in a beautiful way We don't make that dua Because we taste it without It's a given But when you don't have it You call out to Allah So I want to end the session By saying my brothers My sisters Remember to thank Allah For what he has already bestowed upon you Remember to thank Allah for that Because without thinking And pondering deeply Over the favors of Allah upon you You are not going to be able To be thankful to Allah How many of us say Oh Allah give me a good sense Of feeling You know the senses My five senses that I have Oh Allah help me see Correctly with proper eyesight When you don't have a problem With your eyes You don't call out to Allah Oh Allah help me chew my food Help me to digest Help me to do this Do that No So we need to learn this My brothers and sisters Noo alaihi salatu wa salam What a beautiful lesson We learned today That we call out to Allah And we achieve so much more In return So keep calling out to Allah My brothers and sisters Indeed this is the way We will earn the pleasure Of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala I'm really looking forward To seeing you again tomorrow With another lovely session Speaking about supplication Supplications from revelation And learning lessons there from May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala Really make us from amongst the Favid I say this And peace be upon you And peace be upon you And peace be upon you