 InshaAllah the focus of this Khutba today is going to be on the virtue of Tawakul or trust in Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala, reliance upon Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala. Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala says in the Qur'an, وَمَنْ يَتَوَقَلْ عَظَرْ اللَّهُ فَوْهُ وَحَسْبُمْ Whoever depends on Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala, whoever relies on Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala, he is enough for him. Allah suffices him. All we need is Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala. Another ayah in the Qur'an, Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala says, اِن يَنْسُرْكُمُ اللَّهِ فَلَا قَالِبَنَكُمْ If Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala gives you victory, who can give you defeat? Nobody. وَإِن يَخْضُلْ مَنْ لَلَّهِ يَنْسُرْكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِيْ And he foreshakes you, who after other than him can give you victory? وَعَلَ اللَّهِ فَلْ يَتَوَقَلْ مُؤِنُونَ So let the believers put their trust in Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala. Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala is our protector. Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala is our guardian. Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala says, وَعَلْتَسِّمُوا بِبْلَّا وَمَرُولَا كُمْ فَنِّعْمَ الْمَرُولَا وَنِعْمَ الْنَصِيرِ It is related that Imam Ali Al-Riba, he came to a city called Nishapur. And 20,000 people came out to meet him. And they said to him, حَدِثْنَ حَدِثْنَ حَدِثْنَ عَبَائِكْ Give us a Hadith from your forefathers. So he said, I heard from my father. I heard from my father, Musa Al-Qadim, who heard from his father, Ja'far Al-Sadaq, who heard from his father, Muhammad Al-Baqir, who heard from his father, Zayn Al-Abideen, who heard from his father, Al-Husayn Ibn Ali, who heard from his father, Imam Ali, Qalam Allah, who watched her, who heard from his father, Allah, Al-Habib Al-Mustafa, Sallallahu alaihi wa alaihi wa sallam, who heard from Jibril alaihi wa sallam, who heard from Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala, Taka Balam, Golden Chain and Golden Salad, who heard from Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala, who said, لا إله إلا الله حُسْنِي. لا إله إلا الله is my fortress. فَمَنْ قَالَ لا إله إلا الله دَخَلَ حُسْنِي. So whoever says لا إله إلا الله has entered my fortress. وَمَنْ دَخَلَ حُسْنِي. أَمِنَ مِنْ عَذَابِي. And whoever enters my fortress, he is protected from my punishment. However, being in Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala's fortress does not preclude that we will experience some hardships. Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala says, اَمْ حَسِبْتُمْ. اَمْ تَدْخُلُ جَنَّتَ وَيْلَمَّ يَعْمِنِي. يَعْمِ اللَّهُ مِنَّذِينَ جَاهَدُ مِنْكُمْ. وَيَعْمَ مَسْرَبِرِيْ. He said, do you expect to enter paradise? You just expect to enter paradise without experiencing struggle or showing patience. And the Hadith and Ahmad and their different narrations and timidity. The Prophet ﷺ was asked, يا رسول الله, are you a messenger of God? Who among the people will have the most severe tribulations? What did he say? He said, He said, What did he say? He said, He said, Listen to what he says. Keep in mind, he is the best of creation. He has the station of Mahabba. He is the beloved of Allah. He is the beloved of Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala. Listen to what he says. وَمَا يُؤْدَ أَحَدٌ This Hadith in Numaajah, I have been tortured for the sake of Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala. Like no one has been tortured. I have been frightened for the sake of Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala. Like no one has been frightened. So three days have gone by and the narration and timidity, 30 days have gone by. And Bilal and I have not eaten any food except for a little bit of food that Bilal was able to hide under his armpit. The context of the Hadith is driven by Muqata at ascension against the Bani Hashim. And he said, He said, Praise be to Allah in every state. I want to my youth, the first people called to paradise on the Yom Al Qiyamah and those who praise Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala in times of adversity and in times of prosperity. Why? Because they are the first people in times of adversity and in times of prosperity. Why? Because they had Tawakbun. Now, there is true Tawakbun. There is true trust in Allah and there is sooner trust in Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala. True trust has come to Wakbun. It's a four and five infinitive. But Tawakbun, a four and six infinitive, this is sooner trust. What is true trust in Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala? What is Tawakbun? Is that we do our utmost best in all things in Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala? We know the famous Hadith of Tirmiddin the betterment came into the masjid without hobbling his camel and it was running around outside in the Prophet's Somalani terms. So whose camel is this? It's my camel. I have trusted in Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala. He said, He hobbled her first, tied her down first then trusted Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala. They want to gain knowledge. They have good intentions. I want to gain in. I want to study sacred knowledge. But three hours a day, they're on their phone. Five hours a day, the average American spends five hours a week, that's us. The average American spends five hours a day watching television. Oh, beard of the masses. And they say, I want to gain knowledge. Don't insult Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala with the Tawakbun. One time, Saint Muhammad said, Go out and he said, What are you doing? And they said, We're not going to go out and ammo living. We refuse to go out and earn a living. Because we have trust in Allah. He censured them. and said, Get up and don't do something. Do you think it's over. Or going to descend from the skies for you? Not for you. We must do our best. The Prophet SAW said, I will fall into my grave in death. The intelligent one He is the one who suppresses his lower desires and works for whatever comes after death. What is the one who inflames his nafs to his desires and has vain hopes? Vain hopes in Allah SWT. I want to do the Jannah. His food is haram, his clothing is haram. He looks at the haram, he listens to the haram. Ahmed bin Ajeba, the great Moroccan scholar and mystic, he defines Tawakum. He says that Tawakum fitl tul qalb. He says Tawakum is confidence of the heart in Allah SWT. And that it relies on nothing besides him. Or ta'weelu alayhi fi kulli shayin anman. Or a connection to Allah SWT. Or a reliance upon him. Out of knowledge. Bi anna hu aani mun. Bi kulli shayin. Wa anta kulli bima fi yadil lahi. Awusakum minka bima fi yadik. And that you have more confidence in what is in the control of Allah SWT than what is in your control. In reality, Allah SWT controls everything. And then he says there's three degrees of Tawakum. He says fi anna hu. The lowest degree of Tawakum is to be with Allah like someone who entrusted his affairs to a kind and caring confidant. But he says even at that level, the lowest level, there's some iti ham. There's some suspicion there. And then he says, what's the tuhu? And the middle level is like a child being with his mother. And the child goes to his mother, but only when the child is in need. So he says, this is also deficient. He's only going to his mother, but only when there's a need, it's not full Tawakum. And he says, And the highest level is to be like a corpse, a dead body in the hands of an undertaker. Now, a Muslim relies upon Allah SWT in all times, but we should be especially cognizant of what Tawakum at certain specific times, according to our sacred texts. And I don't have a lot of time. I'm going to mention two of them. When we make a firm decision to do something, when we have azimah, when we analyze things, the pros and the cons, the good and the bad, and we make an informed decision, Allah SWT says, Speaking directly to the Prophet Muhammad, He says, It is so much going on in the Arabic. It is an incredible mercy from Allah SWT that you have gentleness. You deal with them with gentleness. If you were harsh or hard-hearted, you would have seen people flee from your presence. So overlook their faults. And ask forgiveness for them. And concern them in affairs of the community. And then when you have a firm decision, when you have a resolute decision, that Tawakum at Allah, then trust in Allah SWT, in Allah, you hit with Tawakum. For Allah SWT loves those who place their trust in Him. Second instance, when we should have extra Tawakum at Allah, is when we reach the limit of what Tawakum is. Of our intellects. The intellect has a clear jurisdiction. The author is very important, obviously. It's how we make sense of the world. It's how we live. It works in conjunction with the revelation. How many ayat in the Qur'an and the hadith of the Prophet, Salaamu Alayhi wa Salaam, encourage us to seek knowledge, develop our intellects. But sometimes we need to submit to Allah SWT, the intellectual understanding eludes us and trusts in Allah SWT. When Musa A.S. brought the Bani Israel out of Egypt, and we're standing in front of the Red Sea, and behind them is Tehran and his Junud. The Bani Israel, he said to Musa, We're done? This is what the intellect suggested to them. There's an ocean in front of us. Tehran is behind us. What are we going to do? They forgot who they were dealing with. Musa A.S. And who is Musa A.S. dealing with? Allah SWT, the one who said, If you ask Allah SWT, he will tell you, be comfortable. The one who said, whenever he decrees a matter, he nearly says to be and know it is. Musa A.S. to start the sea with your staff. As we know, Musa A.S. he didn't hesitate. He didn't think, what is that going to do? Let me think about that for a minute. He heard it. He obeyed. Because he trusts Allah SWT. He has to work good. One time the Prophet SAW was in the house of one of his companions, Abu Urbaid. And Abu Urbaid cooked the sheep for the Prophet SAW. And there were several companions there. So he said, Ya'aba, obeyed. Now really, I didn't get the shoulder of the sheep. He said, Do you give them? The Prophet took a few bites and passed it to the Sahaba. He said, Ya'aba, obeyed. Now really, I didn't get the shoulder. So he took a few bites, passed it to the Sahaba. Ya'aba, obeyed. Now really, I didn't get the shoulder. This hadith is indimity. Give me a shoulder. Ya'a Sula Allah. What kind of sheep did he get? How many shoulders of the sheep have? Listen to the response of the Prophet SAW. What did he not see in the head? By him who holds my soul in his hand. Now what can he not doubt? If you have just remained silent, you would have given me a shoulder every single time I asked you. We have to trust Allah on His Messenger. Even if it goes beyond our intellects. We have to have Tasleem. Islam. Islam means submission. Abdullah Al-Sabi says, It is from the necessities of good servitude. That the slave knows that the truth, he is the owner of everything by himself. The essence of rubudiyah is to have good etiquette, good adab, with Allah SWT. Now I want to share with you that running out of time one of the greatest manifestations of beautiful rubudiyah from the life of our Master Muhammad, Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam. In the year of sadness, Ahmad Huzun, the Prophet SAW lost his life partner. The love of his life. I say the Khadija Turqura, Alaihi Sallam. 25 years of marriage, over 25 years. She was his only wife. She passes away. And then Abu Dhabi passes away. Ostensibly, apparently. The protector of the Prophet SAW. And he was the chief of the Bani Hashan. And now Abu Lahab is the chief of the Bani Hashan. So the Prophet's situation in Mecca has become extremely precarious. So the Prophet SAW, he decides to go to Taif. In Taif and Mecca were sister cities. And in Quresh was the major tribe in Mecca. And in Bani Thakif was the major tribe in Taif. And if Abu Sufyan Ibn Harb was the leader of the Quresh in Mecca, Abu Masrood at Thakfi was the leader of the Bani Thakif at Taif. The Prophet SAW, he walks through the desert 60 kilometers. 60 kilometers. With Zayn Ibn Haritha, with one companion. They couldn't even afford a conveyance. Four days, five days he's walking. He gets a meeting with Abu Masrood and his leaders. And immediately he's rejected in five minutes. Can you imagine you have a job with you in London? You fly halfway around the world. The manager of the firm comes out, takes one look at you and says, no, you're a dismiss. But you were sitting on a plane drinking mineral water. The Prophet SAW has walked through the desert 60 kilometers. He's in the desert. And not only is he rejected, he's in the desert. He first went to the leaders and then he tries the masses. And he stays in Taif for a few days. And after a couple of days certain people began to gravitate towards him because he has a magnetic personality. He's in the desert. He's in the desert. And this angered the leaders of the Taif of Bani Thakif. So they turn loose on him. Slaves and children and the red flag in the tree corner. And they form two lines. Because the city was walled. They form two lines towards the exit. The Prophet SAW was forced to walk between them. And he was walking. They would punch and kick him. Knock him down. They'd kick him up by his shoulders and punch and kick him again until he left the city. Now he leaves the walls of the city because stones were hurled at him SAW. So he began to pick up the pace that they were aiming for his feet and his legs. Their intention was to disable them to force him to crawl because they wanted to pelt him more effectively with the stones. This was a murder attempt. They're trying to kill them. Zaid tries to shield him. The Prophet pushes him away. Zaid is bleeding from his head to his toe. The Prophet SAW is bleeding from his head to his toe. They follow him for three miles. Can you imagine a group of people chasing you for three miles throwing stones at you? The Prophet SAW said, I don't know where I was until I reached his sandals were soaked in his own blood. He says, according to Bukhari that the angel of the mountains called out to me and greeted me. He said, O Muhammad, if you want, I'll cause these two mountains to collapse from the bani taif, the bani taif of taif. This is what he said SAW that I urge you to leave Allah who worships Allah alone and do not harm Him at all. I have told them their descendants that they'll come and they won't associate with Allah SWT. When you make such a du'a that shook the heavens, we shouldn't forget a du'a silah al mu'min supplication. A du'a is the weapon of the believer. A du'a is the essence of worship. There is nothing more honored by Allah than a du'a. There is nothing more honored by Allah than a du'a. There is no barrier between it and Allah SWT. And His words are recorded even as Haqq records his du'a. And there is some weakness in the chain. But do you know what I'm saying? That it's very, very apparent that these words emanated from Qalbi His Sharif, Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam. And we take lessons from this. There is an etiquette and under, there is a du'a there is an etiquette and under when it comes to shakwa il Allah complaining to Allah SWT. We don't want to preach under with Allah SWT. We don't want to preach under with Ulama. This is something terrible. The Ulama say that this puts one in danger of Su'a khatima, of a bad ending. People who dedicated their lives to the sake of Allah SWT you disagree with them and suddenly you insult them. I don't know who they are. Hadith putsy, whoever declares war on my friend, take notice of war. For me, we have Adam with the Ulama and the Ulama. The Prophet SAW said and we complain to Allah SWT but there is an etiquette, there is an Adam. The Prophet SAW he said, Ashku dafafu wati to know Allah, I complain to you. The weakness of my strength he did not say O Allah, I complain to you because you have made me weak. He didn't say that. He tributes the weakness to himself Sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi wa salam. Yaqum alayhi salam is innama ashku ba'fi ba'fi wa huzni Yaqum alayhi salam he says to his people, I only complain about my grief and sorrow to Allah SWT not to the human beings but to Allah SWT whereas he believes when Allah SWT said he said because you did this to me because you threw me out listen to the Adam of the Prophet SAW Allah, I complain to you O Allah, I complain to you out of the weakness of my strength and my lack of resources my meanness of strategy wa hawani alal laas and my loneliness in front of the people Yaqum al-Rahineen Anta Rabbul Mustat Afeen O most merciful of those who show mercy you are the Lord of the oppressed and you are my Lord ila mantakiluni who will you entrust me to to whom will you entrust me to ila da'idin to a far stranger who is going to ill-treat me I'm ila aduwin or some narration to an enemy or to a relative manlattu hu'amri that you have given control over my affair and then he says something extraordinary he says if you're not angry with me then I don't care as long as you're not angry with me then I have no objection I'm willing to be rejected in stone and give my life this was his concern it's interesting we don't have time to go into the rest of the story but the Quraish they see him there too many people they don't care they don't care the Quraish they see him there two men from the Quraish they send them a Christian slave adas he interacts with the Prophet he's bleeding from his head to his toe adas is kissing his forehead and his feet his hands and his feet and he says Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala reminded the Prophet of Yunus alayhi salam at this low point of his prophetic career he said at this low point he has a rock bottom in his prophetic career but remember Yunus alayhi salam when he was fit he was in underneath layers of darkness and he made such a du'aj that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala gave him victory he gave him victory that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is about to give the Prophet of Yunus alayhi salam a great victory when Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala he took the Prophet from the lowest of the highest of highs from the lowest of the highest of highs so when you feel these low moments when we feel these low moments in our lives we should pour our heart out to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala as the Prophet pour our hearts out to神 to do the same to those who have given their lives in theirMR peace be upon him� peace be upon him peace be upon him peace be upon him peace be upon him Yes Allahumma Sagarum Muhammadin Walal Muhammadin Camasraika Al-Ibraheem Walal Ibraheem Filalameen Nakr Al-Halil Majeed Allahumma Dhalika Al-Muhammadin Walal Muhammadin Camada Raqad Al-Ibraheem Walal Ibraheem Filalameen Nakr Al-Majeed Allahumma Adin Asim Al-Hadeed Wa'athina Asim Al-Asaid Wa'tawalla Asim Anthawallee Wa'adak Lanasima Al-A'aleed Waqina Al-Sharrah Makatit Allahumma Inna As-Salu Kareem Al-Nafi'an Wa-Rizqan Wa-Sya'an Wa-Shifa'an Al-Kul Ligal Allahumma Inna As-Salu Kabi Noori Wa-Shikr Al-Kareem Al-Bi Haqq Al-Alih Qasna Al-Katim Al-Mamad Lama Wa-Ri'a Habalina Wa-Lijbi'a Al-Muslimin Ya-Rahama Al-Rahimin Wa-Bana La-Tuziq Al-Bana Ba'a Ad-Adha Ad-Adha Wa-Ad-Adha La-Lamina Al-Karahma An-Naka Anta Al-Bahar Wa-Bana Aatin A'f Al-Dumya Ha-Sana Al-Faraqat Al-Haqq Al-Hasana Wa-Qiyin Al-Arab Al-Nara La Ilaha Illaha Anta Subhanaka Inna Kunna Minathari Meen La Ilaha Inna Anta Subhanaka Inna Kunna Minathari Meen La Ilaha Inna Anta Subhanaka Inna Kunna Minathari Meen Rabbana Zalana An-Nusana Wa-Inna Anta Tafilana Wa-Taha Nana Kunna Minathari Fasilin Ya Mughal Diba Al-Qulun Wa-Aqsa Fabitul Kulun Al-Aha Adil Ya Mughal Diba Al-Qulun Wa-Aqsa Fabitul Kulun Al-Aha Faa'itik May peace and blessings of Allah be upon you, and may peace and blessings of Allah be upon the people, and may peace and blessings of Allah be upon you.