 إن الحمد لله نحمده ونستعينه ونستهديه ونستغره ونتوب إليه ونؤمن به ونتوكل عليه ونعود بالله من شرور أنفسنا ومن سيئات عمالنا من يهده الله فلا مضلله ومن يضلله فلا هادئ له وأشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له وأشهد أن محمد عبده ورسوله اللهم السلي وسلم وبارك على سيدنا محمد النبي الرمي وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم تسليما كثيرا يا أيها الذين آمنوا اتقوا الله حق تقاته اتقوا الله حق تقاته ولا تموتن إلا وأنتم مسلمون يا أيها الذين آمنوا اتقوا الله وقولوا قولا سديدا يصلح لكم عامالكم ويغفر لكم ذنوبكم ومن يطع الله ورسوله فقد فاز فوزنا عظيمة أما بعد الحمد لله وشكر لله We thank Allah ﷻ We praise Him, we glorify His Sublime Name as the وجل we ask Him subhanahu wa ta'ala to send salutations and blessings and peace And tranquility upon the best of creation are master Muhammad ﷺ And his family and companions and folk and followers حتى نهاية الوقت ، رضي الله عنهما أشبعين ، سأقوم بعمل بإمكانكم الله أن نحن في first week we've completed the first week of ربي الأول and we are a few days away from the twelfth which is the mood the birth date of our blessed messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم and so in light of this special time it behooves each of us to recall and remind ourselves of the great blessing that we have in the messenger of Allah as being our teacher and our guide صلى الله عليه وسلم and so far as ابن عساكر رحم الله ونبده علمه and his Tadiq Dimash he relates a narration that even Sayyidina Musa عليه السلام Prophet Moses had asked Allah to be in this umma at the sharaf of not only being a believer in Allah and not only being someone who is testifying to the truthfulness of the Prophet of their time that is sent to them but in fact to be a umma specifically of this supreme Prophet the best of all prophets Sayyidina Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم this is something to really reflect and contemplate that the great Prophet Musa Moses عليه السلام wanted to be in our shoes so to speak he wanted to be a member of this umma كنتم خير أمة أخرجة الناس you are the best of communities brought out for people and so who are we to deserve this honor each of us should reflect just the blessing of being a Muslim but specifically a Muslim in this umma the umma of the best of creation صلى الله عليه وسلم and this is a time to remind ourselves to go back to because one of the things about the relationship between teacher and student is that the more beneficial the knowledge that the teacher imparts the more love and respect and honor the student will have in the heart for that teacher and so what greater teacher is there than the messenger of الله صلى الله عليه وسلم and what better knowledge is there than the knowledge that he imparted to this umma صلى الله عليه وسلم and so we should want this تعلق this connection of the heart to him صلى الله عليه وسلم the grandson of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم الحسن السبت رضي الله تعالى عنه he said Imam Tirmidhi relates in the Shama'il which is a book we should all have in our libraries the Shama'il of Imam Tirmidhi which is translated into English and more than one publication that he said I asked my uncle to describe the حلية for the description of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم وكانه وصافن and he was very good at painting a portrait he knew how to describe really well because in the حسن عليه السلام of course was young when the best of creation passed away صلى الله عليه وسلم and so he asks his uncle and what does he say and he says he says وانا اشتهى ان يسفى لي شيءا اتعلق به and I desired that he would describe something for me اتعلق به that I can connect my heart with and this is a Sunnah of the grandson of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and the Sahab in general to want this connection this تعلق in the heart with the best of creation صلى الله عليه وسلم this is why we remind ourselves of the blessed seerah this is why we remind ourselves of the blessed شمائل so the heart can be connected to the one that we are in love with صلى الله عليه وسلم for the sake of Allah through the through the love of Allah and so he says the first thing that he says هن بنا بحالة he says كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فخ من مفخ من صلى الله عليه وسلم he says the messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم was venerated was dignified فخم يعني عظيم مفخم معظم he was venerable and honorable and dignified in it of himself and recognized as such and this is the reflection of his two special names Ahmed and Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم Ahmed the one that is the the most praising the most praiseworthy and Muhammad the one that is receives the praise the most he praises Allah the most صلى الله عليه وسلم and his most receiving of praise amongst the خلق amongst the creation صلى الله عليه وسلم وكانه واجهه يتلأ لأهو and then he continues he says and his blessed face صلى الله عليه وسلم would glow and shine تلألو القمر في ليلة البدر like the shining of the moon on a clear night of a full moon صلى الله عليه وسلم this is the light that radiated from his blessed face صلى الله عليه وسلم and in the other when Abu Huraira was describing the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he says it's as if the sun were flowing in his face one analogy with the moon the full moon that sweet light and then the other great celestial light of our of our world the sun both used as descriptions of the Prophet then the light of his blessed face صلى الله عليه وسلم جابن in the other حديث جابر ابن صمره he says that he was it was he says that I was with I was with the messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم في ليلة إضحيان in a night that was it was there were no clouds and it was it was there was no clouds and it was bright إضحيان from دوحة it was bright from the full moon but without any haziness clouds to obstruct the full moon وعليه and and he says and the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم was wearing حلة حمراء a red cloak a red cloak صلى الله عليه وسلم how beautiful how how magnificent he says فجعلت أنظر إليه وإلى القمر and so I started looking at him and looking at the moon looking at him looking at the moon فله وأحسن وعندي من القمر and in my opinion والله he was more beautiful than the moon صلى الله عليه وسلم سبحان الله just the the light emanating the light إبن عباس in the حديث بإبن عباس رضي الله عنهما he says that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم كانه أفلج he had a gap between his front to say bless a teeth صلى الله عليه وسلم which is something that the Arabs considered very beautiful and he says فإذا تكلم خرج كنور روية كنور يخرج من بيني ثانا ياهو صلى الله عليه وسلم it was seen as if light were coming out from between his blessed teeth صلى الله عليه وسلم and the the the the the the light of his blessed face صلى الله عليه وسلم is a reflection of the light of his blessed heart صلى الله عليه وسلم the light of his blessed face صلى الله عليه وسلم is a reflection of the light of his blessed heart صلى الله عليه وسلم and what a heart reflect on the heart of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم what what what heart was this صدره the greatest the only locus in the cosmos that receives وحيد that can receive قرآن قولا ثقيلة this weighty word إننا سنلتي عليك قولا ثقيلة we will cast upon you a heavy heavy word where it sent down on the mountains they would have rent a Sunday but the blessed heart نزله على قلبك جبريل brings it down to your heart صلى الله عليه وسلم it can receive the قرآن this this blessed heart which in the seerah four times his sacred chest was split open by angels to wash that blessed heart we know of the famous incident under حني مساعدية who took care of the Prophet ﷺ in the desert in his first few years that the well-known incident in the seerah when he was four years old صلى الله عليه وسلم this is the first though of four according to the hadith it was not the only time in that time the angels came they opened the blessed chest صلى الله عليه وسلم they washed the sacred heart they had the golden basin with زمزم and they washed the blessed heart صلى الله عليه وسلم and they took out this black dot that every human being has in their heart every human being is born with the black dot in their heart this was removed from the Prophet's heart صلى الله عليه وسلم for the rest of people this is the point of access for شيطان for وصوصة and that he was to be so do it in us he makes the shaitan you know insights in the chest he whispers in the breasts of human beings but the Prophet ﷺ his he had the seal of Prophet Hood between his blessed shoulder blades a little bit to the left that's the point of entrance and the point of actual وصوصة is that black dot in the heart the seal sealed it the seal in the back blocked entrance and the black dot itself was removed صلى الله عليه وسلم why because he's معصوم صلى الله عليه وسلم he is divinely protected from anything negative from any thought of any thought of disobedience from any act of disobedience from any bad insinuation to the extent in the other hadith he says every person has a Qareen from the devils from the from the Jinn everyone has a Qareen a partner a companion that makes the وصوصة they said even you yeah رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم he says yes but mine Allah Ta'ala protected me from him فأسلمه and in one the other رواية فأسلمه that the Qareen of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم became Muslim and so in the other narration فأسلمه so I was safe the Prophet is معصوم صلى الله عليه وسلم this is manifested in this initial time at the age of four when the blessed heart was the blessed chest was open the blessed heart was washed صلى الله عليه وسلم but the second time he's in the حديث ابو نعيم relates in the دلائل النبوة with أبو هريرا رض العنو asked the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم what was the first أول ما رأيت من أمر النبوة what was the first thing that you can record that you recall that you saw when you came to when he when he grew up صلى الله عليه وسلم older of the matter of prophecy of the affair of prophecy of the affair of prophecy and he described صلى الله عليه وسلم that he was in the desert once at the age of 10 that's the second time and two angels came and again opened his blessed chest washed his blessed heart صلى الله عليه وسلم and in this in this in this instance what was removed because they were speaking to one another they said is he the one نعم هو هو yes he's the one and then they took out you know you know ill ill feelings grudges that one can have for someone else and then حسد ان في and Imam سبكي he says that whatever is removed in these narrations these are not actualities these are potentiality potentialities these are not actualities these are the potentials of those things because there is no actuality of anything wrong any any vice in the heart of the best creation صلى الله عليه وسلم again he is معصوم إمام سبكي says this is the قابلية the first time the the black dot is the قابلية the potential of receiving any negative what's what's from from the devils the second time the قابلية the potential of having غل and حسد holding a grudge or having envy because at the age of 10 this is when adolescents start entering into the teenage years was where these things become manifest normally for people this potentiality is removed what's the third time the third time of this reflecting on how special his blessed heart is صلى الله عليه وسلم the third time at the age of 40 right before وحي and this is related also by أبو نعيم and others in the دلائة النبوة in which the heart the chest was opened the heart was washed why they're allama say preparation and for extra strengthening why to receive وحي is about to start this is before he goes into the حرات to receive the beginning of وحي ربوليشن صلى الله عليه وسلم upon what upon the only thing in the cosmos that can receive this قولا ثقيلة this weighty weighty word that would shatter the mountains the امانة that all the other creation refused this is our teacher صلى الله عليه وسلم this is our guide صلى الله عليه وسلم this is our beloved صلى الله عليه وسلم الحمد لله وشكر لله this is our this is why muslims are always optimistic because we know who we're behind صلى الله عليه وسلم and so long as we can hold on to the foundations of faith and piety ايمان and تقوى whatever the exigencies of the moment whatever the vicissitudes of time that we are facing however bitter and difficult the قدر might be at any particular time the heart is filled with optimism every muslim should have optimism because of who our teacher is and because ultimately who is the sender of our teacher الله تعالى the creator of the heavens and earth the creator of every single moment كل يوم and he is the حبيب of الله تعالى صلى الله عليه وسلم and then the fourth time was right before the إسراء والمعراج and this is also from authenticated حديث and this time that the that the golden basin in the حديث it says مملوط حكمة وإيمان and it was that it was filled with wisdom and great faith certitude and again all of this is زيادة the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم is always ascending from the beginning of his life in حكمة وإيمان and تقوى in faith and certitude and wisdom صلى الله عليه وسلم but this is extra زيادات why because what's about to happen that moment is journey that moment is journey and what did the onama say the wisdom to fill with extra حكمة extra إيمان extra unimaginable certitude للتهيوة to prep prepare the sacred heart صلى الله عليه وسلم لما شاهد تلك الليلة for what he was to witness on that special night صلى الله عليه وسلم this is our prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم الحمد لله وشكر لله الحمد لله وشكر لله the heart of the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم what is this heart and this is where his that this is where all of that light was most intense such that the sahaba we're saying look at that safe blessed face صلى الله عليه وسلم it's better it's more beautiful than the moon it's like the sun is flowing in it it's like light is coming out between these beautiful teeth صلى الله عليه وسلم when he speaks any words سبحان الله اقولوا قولي هذا واستفر الله لي ولكم فاستفر الله إن الله ففر يا ايوه الذين آمنوا اتقوضاها حق تقاته ولا تموتنا إلا وأن تمسلمون in the authentic hadith that Imam Ahmad relates in the musnad that the prophet our mother عائشة رض الله تعالى عنها relates she says the family of the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم they had a wild animal that was like a pet they had this wild animal that was like a pet and she described she says فا إذا خرج رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم when the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم would leave the house in the day لعبة وزهبة وجاءة the animal would be very active and hyper it would be playing or bouncing around it'd be coming in coming out all over the place فا إذا جاء رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم but when he would come home صلى الله عليه وسلم ربض it would sit sit still in its proper place فلم يترم رم مادام رسول الله في البيت صلى الله عليه وسلم and it wouldn't dare to move so long as the messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم was home and subhanallah another of the secrets of his blessed heart صلى الله عليه وسلم is سكينة the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم is he has the most sakinah tranquility of his person and his being صلى الله عليه وسلم to the extent anyone in his presence can sense it it's so palpable it's so clear it's so potent one can intuit and recognize and sense the sakinah emanating from him صلى الله عليه وسلم to the extent that even a wild animal doesn't dare to move from its place so long as he is home صلى الله عليه وسلم but what's its nature when he leaves صلى الله عليه وسلم it's all over the place and some of these are subtle signs through as windows as to who he is صلى الله عليه وسلم the sakinah of his blessed heart the nur of his blessed heart what was the basis of this illumination is the remembrance of Allah تعالى and our mother عايشة also relates as إمام مسلم narrates in the in the Sahih our mother عايشة رضي الله تعالى عنها states كان كان النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يذكر الله على كل احيانه that the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم was always making remembrance of Allah in all of his states صلى الله عليه وسلم and that's one of the secrets of this light because continuous remembrance of Allah إمام حكيمة ترمذي one of the great metaphysicians of islam he says الله مسل الله صلى الله عليه وسلم حمد ما من نور في القلب إلا ومعه رحمة من الله تعالى بقدر ذلك there's never a light in the heart except that along with it commensurate to it is mercy from Allah descending on that heart فما دام العبد في ذكر so so long as the servant is making remembrance of Allah فرحمة نازلت عليه كلمطر then mercy is showering down upon that person like rain فإذا غفل قحد but when the person stops making remembrance of Allah there's a drought of the heart now again what's the heart of the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم كان النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يذكر الله على كل احيانه and so according to our scholars the light was always there commensurate to the mercy descending upon him continuously صلى الله عليه وسلم وما رسلناك إلا رحمة للعالمين we did not send you except as a cosmic mercy a mercy to all realms of being to all realms of the cosmos this is what the prophet represented صلى الله عليه وسلم and another great favor of Allah upon us as an umma is that he that our مراعيشة was his wife صلى الله عليه وسلم from an early age why because she how many prophets had wives as teachers of their umma we learned many things about the home life and what things were like in the home of this best of the best of creation صلى الله عليه وسلم of this sacred prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم because of سيداتنا عائشة one of the greatest scholars of all of islam of all history of human beings and so we're learning so much not just about the public life with the private life of him صلى الله عليه وسلم through her but this the remembrance and the mercy and this is what this is what it's all about this is why and we'll conclude with this in شاء الله is that ultimately the time of the motive is a reminder to us of the prophetic optimism because the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم was always optimistic in the end الله تعالى الرحمن على العرش استوى الله تعالى بمانفسته himself with the name الرحمن when he assumed the throne his تجلي with respect to the throne which encompasses the whole cosmos is one of mercy because رحمتي وسعة كل شيء my mercy encompasses everything it's not always apparent but it's there this is the promise of Allah and his messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم and it's manifestation may not be in the moment of calamity but it's there if we have a good opinion of Allah it's always there منظن انفكاك لطفه عن قدري فذلك من قصور نظري whoever thinks that Allah's subtle grace of mercy and comfort is separated from his harsh decrees and that's because they're short-sighted why because the final affair is always for the pious ones for the followers of the most pious of people the mercy is there it may not be manifest at that moment but it's always there if we intuit it the prophet also taught us as a basis of optimism that Allah تعالى says as بخاري relates in the authentic حبيث بُتسي أنا عند الزني عبدي بي i'm in the opinion of my servant of me وانا ما هو إذا ذكرني and i am with him so long as he makes remembrance of me and that also means that the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم had the معيئة بلا always صلى الله عليه وسلم but this is the basis بخاري also relates the حديث لما خلق الله الخلق كتب في كتابه هو يكتبه على نفسه وهو وضع عنده على عرشه when Allah تعالى created creation he inscribed in his writ in his book which is an inscription على نفسه that he made as if mandatory for him i.e. he promises to act in this way and it is in this writ is in the presence in his presence on the throne and Allah تعالى is not physical so this is not interpreted in that way and what's written in this writ fairly my mercy always dominates and outstrips and conquers my wrath my mercy conquers my wrath this is the basis of optimism whatever the trials that we're seeing as an umma as humanity in fact the rahmah of Allah conquers his wrath and it's always present ever present omnipresent and the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم is one of the most powerful manifestations of this because Allah تعالى said about him وما رسلناك إلا رحمة للعالم that we have not sent you except as a mercy to all realms of being صلى الله عليه وسلم ومن حسنا ذنه بالله أبو سليمان الداراني says whoever beautifies his opinion of Allah and that's the sunnah that we should revive in this blessed time what do we take away from the مولد let us revive in our hearts a beautiful opinion of Allah because that's what the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم always had because of all that light because of all that remembrance because of all that توكل من حسنا ذنه بالله whoever beautifies his opinion of Allah فقد فتح الله عليه باب الرحمة الله تعالى has already opened the flood gates of mercy upon that person just that good opinion means that the mercy is coming it's descending already because it's only by Allah's mercy that we can have a good opinion we can't create that on our own الله تعالى خالق كل شيء he's the creator of everything and so whatever goodness even with respect to our opinion of Allah that we have الله تعالى is the one that grants that توفي سبحان الله so the mercy is already in it's coming already and that good opinion then invites more it's exponential it's exponential and we'll conclude within a story that Imam al-Junaid رحم الله تعالى third century air of the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم was one sitting with his students and he says that إذا بدت رحم ذرة من عين الكرم والجود ألحقت المسيب المصلح وبقع عملهم فضلناهم he says to his students if a single atom if a single ذرة an atom of from the essence of divine mercy divine generosity were to be manifested then the sinner the sinful believer would be matched brought to the level of the pious believer and the differences of their deeds would just simply be extra credit and one of his students ابن عطاء says متى تبدو when will it manifest when will it manifest and Imam جنيد رحم الله says he abadia it's already manifest قال الله تعالى because الله تعالى has said in رحمتي سبقت غذبي my mercy has outstripped my wrath my mercy has outstripped my wrath we ask الله تعالى to revive his remembrance in our hearts we ask الله تعالى to fill our hearts with love of Allah and his messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم we ask الله تعالى to grant us the تعالق to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم in our hearts like his blessed grandson asked for when he asked for the description of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم we ask الله تعالى to fill our hearts with the beautiful opinion of Allah particularly in the most difficult of our times of our lives we ask الله تعالى to make those times the times when we have the most the most tranquility the most new the most the most the most reliance on Allah in those times the most beautiful opinion of Allah in those times we ask Allah تعالى to grant this to the entire umma we ask Allah تعالى to bring relief to the umma we ask Allah تعالى to bring relief to the people of california we ask Allah تعالى to send rain in california to put out these fires to to send comfort to the people that lost so much whether lives or property or or whatever وصدرات that the difficulties that they face we ask Allah تعالى to make relief for the entire global community of human beings بني آدم we ask Allah تعالى to to ward off the climate change that is posing a catastrophic global catastrophe for the entire human family we ask Allah تعالى to shower his mercy down in the most difficult of times we ask Allah تعالى to relieve the oppression that is being forced upon so many Muslims across the world whether in concentration camps in china whether ethnic cleansing in berma whether in the humanitarian crisis in yemen and across the world war torn countries in syria and all places innocent people victims of a prison industrial complex in this land we ask Allah تعالى to send down his mercy upon all of these people upon all of us the entire umma and all people that are disenfranchised and oppressed in the entire world الله وملائكته يسدون عن النبي يا ايها الذين آمنوا سدوا عليه وسلم تسليمه الله مسلي وسلم وباركة لسيد المحمد النبي اللمي وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم تسليم كثيرا والحمد لله رب العالمين وأقيم السلام