 فشرف بالشتغالي بالعلم ولا تبغي به ما عشت يا بدا بدا وياله من شراف عظيم إن الحمد لله نحمده ونستعينه ونستغفره ونعوذ بالله من شرور أنفسنا ومن سيئات عمالنا من يهده الله فلا مضلله ومن يضلل فلا هادي له واشدوا الله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له واشدوا أن محمد عبده ورسوله يا أيها الذين آمنوا اتقوا الله حق توقاته ولا تموتن إلا وانت مسلمون يا أيها الناس اتقوا ربكم الذي خلقكم من نفس واحدة وخلق منها زوجها وبث منهما رجالا كثيرا ونساء واتقوا الله الذي تساءلون به ولا رحام إن الله كان عليكم رقيبة يا أيها الذين آمنوا اتقوا الله وقولوا قولا سديدا يصلح لكم أعمالكم ويغفل لكم ذنوبكم ومن يطع الله ورسوله فقد فاز فوزا عظيم أما بعد فإن أصدق الحديث كتاب الله تعالى وخير الهدي محمد ابن عبد الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وشر الأمور محدثتها وكل محدثة بدعة وكل بدعة ضلالة وكل ضلالة في النار My beloved brothers and sisters at this time of the year the emails that come through the questions that the people ask are generally regarding sadness, depression they ask those questions and our religion of Islam observes time, situations that the ummah are going through every situation that the ummah are in the Quran and the Sunnah has a cure and a solution for them the NHS for instance they coined a term and they called it Seasonal Affective Disorder which basically is a type of depression that the person goes through and it comes and it goes on a seasonal pattern when the sun is not out the person's depression goes up and they become sadder more and more so what does the Quran and Sunnah say about this الله سبحانه وتعالى and the way he has created this universe and the way he made this world الله سبحانه وتعالى has created it for him to test and to put people through trials and tribulations this is the Sunnah and Allah el-Kounia it's the universal signs of Allah سبحانه وتعالى and the reason why Allah does that is اختبارا Allah wants to test you سبحانه وتعالى and Allah also wants Allah wants to purify you and get rid of your major and your minor sins that you have come with and he wants to see who is sincere and truthful about their faith which they claim ولي ذلك الله سبحانه وتعالى he says in the Quran he says ولي نبلوكم we are going to test you Allah says اما ونبلوكم بشيء ولي نبلوكم we test you وما ونبلوكم we will test you and test you بشيء من الخوفي some fear we will test you with وَالجُعِ will test you with hunger and poverty ونقص من الأموالي we will test you with reduction in your wealth وَالسَمَرَاتِ in the crops Allah will reduce it from you and then Allah says وَبَشِرُ الصَّابِرِين give glad tidings to those who are patient give glad tidings to those who come with patience with this test that they are put through الله سبحانه وتعالى he also says وَنبلوكم we will test you بشرء الله says we will test you with harm and evil so Allah put the sharpest وَالخيرِ الله will test you with good and some people only assume and think that the harm and the calamities are what tests is but the truth of the matter is even when you are giving children and Allah gives you wealth and things are going according to how you want it it's also a form of a test it's also a test from Allah سبحانه وتعالى and then Allah says وَإِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَا and to us you will come back also Allah سبحانه وتعالى he says أَلِفْ لَاَمْمِيمَ الله أعلمُ بِمُرَادِه Allah knows what He means by that أحسيب الناس who do the people assume do they think and you trust that they will be left and يقولوا أَمَنَّا that when they say we believe do they think they will be left for that claim if everybody who says I'm a believer will be left and we're not going to be tested did you think that Allah will leave you with this statement I'm a believer and you won't be tested no that statement of yours needs to be tested is it true or is it not وهم لا يستنون and then Allah tells us that He tested those who came before us ولي ذلك the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he said إذا أراد الله if Allah wants and wills سبحانه وتعالى بعبده He's slave الخير if Allah wants for Him good عجل له العقوبة Allah hastens for Him عقوبة بحام and calamities Allah hastens it for Him سبحانه وتعالى في الدنيا in this world if Allah wants good for you He hastens the pain and the agony in this world for you and He doesn't hold you or does not bring anything to you for the day of judgment everything will be brought to you in this world وإذا أراد الله بعبده if Allah wants for His slave الشره evil سبحانه وتعالى سبحانه وتعالى يوم القيامة will be punished based on that also the Prophet said إن عظم الجزاء that the great reward is in accordance to عظم البلاء is in accordance to the great calamities that a person goes through وإن الله very little Allah إذا أحب قومن if Allah loves a slave or a slave or a slave or a slave or a slave or a slave or a slave or a slave or a slave or a slave or a slave if Allah loves them إبت لهم الله test them سبحانه وتعالى فمن رضية فله الرضاء anyone who is pleased with what Allah has brought them then Allah will be pleased with them سبحانه وتعالى ومن ساخيطا and anyone who shows discomfort and hate towards the calamity that he's been put through now فله الصخط he will gain Allah سبحانه وتعالى his anger the greatest people who ever walked on this earth were tested when a little calamity is brought to us best people أكملوا الناس ايمانا the people who are the greatest form of of iman were tested rather their tests were the severest and the hardest that's why the prophet said اشدوا الناس بلا and the people who are tested the most are who the prophets ثم الصالحون and then the righteous ones ثم الأمثل وفلأمثل and those who come after and after يوبت لرجل a person is tested على حسبي ديني in accordance to his religion the test that comes to you is in accordance with your religion فإن كان في ديني يصولبه if this person's religion is strong and there's upright and steadfast اشتد به بلا the test will become more the calamities will become more you're being tested more and as you all know when the gold is burnt it shines even more the believer the more calamities that he endures the more hardship he goes through the more he shines the more his iman comes وإن كان في ديني رقطا if his religion is light and it's not strong and he's not upright or steadfast يبتولي على قدر ديني he will be tested in accordance to wherever religion he has فما يبراح البلا pay attention the person will be tested so much so that he will be walking on this earth حتى يتركه يمشي على الأرض وما عليه خطية all of his sins would go through the calamities that he has endured and the hardship that he has gone through let's take examples of prophets and how they were tested and how much calamities that they were put through الله سبحانه وتعالى يتوزن القرآن he says وقد آتينا موسى الكتابة وقفنا من بعده بالرسل and after him came messengers and prophets وآتينا عيسة من مرية ملبيناتي نبي الله عيسة was also given clear co-evidences you have to realize brothers these prophets they came to this world to save the people from the hellfire this is their job they shouldn't be put through calamities by the people somebody who's helping you who's trying to save you from the punishment of the hellfire who's working towards your salvation your prosperity in this world and hereafter and you are harming him prophets went through that وليدارك الله then says وعيدناه بروح القدس نبي الله عيسة ونبي الله موسى they were supported within جبريل فكلما جاءكم الله says every time it comes to you رسول a messenger بما لا تهو وأنفسكم that is not in accordance with your desires every prophet comes and he tells you something that goes against your desires and what you want إستكبرتم do you become arrogant and become hard headed ففريقا كدبتم a group of those prophets you disbelieve in them وفريقا تقتلون and another group you kill them وليدارك the prophets for them was never to be followed their job and their aim was only for them to disbelieve in them that's the minimum and if they want they actually took it a step further وليدارك they came to the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and they set him أحيدة we took an oath with Allah سبحانه وتعالى اللى نؤمن لرسول حتى يأتينا بقربان تأكله النار we have taken a covenant with Allah a promise with Allah that we will never believe in a prophet unless a fire comes from the sky and it takes our spoils of war then the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم was set him say to them قل say to them a prophet قل قد جاءكم رسول من قبل messengers have come to you before me they have come with clear evidences and they also came with what you guys are claiming what you are asking for فليما قتلتم why did you kill them why did you get rid of those prophets in those prophets many prophets were killed on the people's hands these are people Allah can protect رعدالك الله was testing them سبحانه وتعالى a prophet will come the day of judgment and no one will follow him يأتي نبيون وليس معه أحد a prophet will come and there is no one with him is he not right he is right is that not what he came with was wrong what he was preaching was not wrong the way he preached was not wrong but it was a test from Allah سبحانه وتعالى وليدالك الله سبحانه وتعالى he told us in the Quran نبي الله موسى also said to his people وإضقال موسى لقوم يا قوم موسى when he said to his people لما دونني why are you harming me for why are you putting me through hardship and pain why are you doing that to me وقد تعلمون and you all know أن رسول الله you know that why are you choosing to harm me إليكم فلما زاغوا أزاغوا الله قلوبهم والله لا يهد القومة الفاسطين the same is when بله إبراهيم what did they say قالوا حرقوه بابهم وانصروا آلهتكم and give victory to your idols ban this man get rid of him and give victory to your idols your idols need you today get rid of this man ينقونتم فاعرين and then Allah tells us in the Quran يا نارو كوني برداً وسلاماً على إبراهيم الله made the fire which they put نبي الله إبراهيم خليل الله the five chosen from one of the five chosen prophets نبي الله إبراهيم was thrown into the fire but then what did Allah do الله سبحانه وتعالى took away from the fire the heat that it would give الله then says وقرادوا به كيداً they plotted and they planned against نبي الله إبراهيم فجعلناهم الأخسرين and we made them the losers and those who were beneath his feet I say what you hear and I ask forgiveness of Allah for you and the Muslims from all of them so ask forgiveness indeed he is the Forgiving الحمد لله رب العالمين له الحمد الحسن وثناء الجميل واشد أن لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له يقول الحق وهو يهد السبيل واشد أن سيدنا ولمين محمد صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وأصحابه والتابعين لهم بحسان إلى يوم الدين ألمام ابن القيّم هي سيز نسكتاب الفوائد يقول الطريق طريق تاعب فيه آدم The path is a path for which Adam exerted himself وأناح لأجله نوح This path of calling the people to the religion of Allah is a path that نبي الله Adam exerted himself and it's also a path which نبي الله نوح he cried ورومية في النار الخليل and it's the path in which نبي الله إبراهيم للدبح إسماعيل and it is the path in which نبي الله إسماعيل was laid on the earth to be slaughtered وبيع يوسف and it's this path in which نبي الله يوسف was sold بثامن بخسن ولبث في السجن بضعسنين he was sold for a very small small amount of money and he remained for a great portion in prison ونوشل بالمنشار زكريا وزكريا was split into two وذوبي حسيد ويحية ويحية was slaughtered and killed ونبي الله أيوب lost his loved ones lost his children and his wife and all of his kids and his health went also وعالج الفقراء وأنواع الأدى محمد ونبي الله محمد he went through poverty and hunger and every type of pain they were ولي ذلك ونبي الله محمد came with his message and he first came out ورقة ابنو نوفل said to him يا ليتني فيها جدعا he said I wish that day that you're coming out that I would be a young man ليتني أكون حيا if only I was alive إذ يخرجوك قومك the day when your people are going to expel you from Mecca and then the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم was shocked he looked at ورقة ابنو نوفل and then he said to him اموخرجيهم are they going to truly expel me from my own hometown Mecca are they going to take me out قال لنعم the prophet said لم يأتي رجل ايمان ها never come قطن بمثني ما جئت به no one has ever come with that which you have come with محمد إلا عودي except that he was he faced great hostility from the people when you dricken if I reach موارقة يومك that day which you're لئن I will give you victory نصلا مؤذرا I will give you victory and support a great amount صلى الله عليه وسلم محمد was told this at the early stages but والله الحمد لله every test الله puts a people through always comes good طرد الرسول صلى الله عليه وسلم من مكة the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم was kicked out of Mecca and what did الله bring about with that فأقام في المدينة دولة he established in the city of مدينة a government that he didn't have so when he got kicked out الله broke about good for him and the world heard about his governor his leadership his prophet his army they heard about it عليه صلى الله عليه وسلم سوجنا أحمد ابن حنبل الإمام و أحمد ابن حنبل was imprisoned و جوليدا he was whipped but that whipping went towards something what did he go towards فصاره إمام و أهلي السنة he became the إمام of أهلي السنة والجماعة ووضع السرخسي the great مالي كسكولا سرخسي أحن في سكولا he was placed in a well he was placed in a well he was imprisoned in a well and all he had with him was pens and papers what did he do فأخرج عشرين مجلدن he bought out 20 volumes in فق ابن أثير was also house imprisoned فصنفه he authored two great books جامع الأصول أن الكتاب النهاية في غريب الحديث شيخ الإسلام ابن تيمير was imprisoned and he finished the Quran 83 times and he died on the statement of Allah إن المتقينة في جنات ونهر يبقن عند مليك مقتدر ابن الجوزي was kicked out of Baghdad his own home town and he came back and he studied and he memorized the 10 قراءات of the Quran every calamity that comes الله سبحانه وتعالى always brings a good out of it you might not see it today no tomorrow, no the day after but it might be one day come have good faith in Allah سبحانه وتعالى the people when it comes to the calamities that they are brought to are three types the first people are محروم the person who is who is being taken away from this time to benefit from it to come with patience he is prevented from it so what does he come with صوء ضني بالله he has bad thoughts of Allah سبحانه وتعالى and then he starts to suspect and accuse the Qada why me why is it being done to me that's the first type of people the second type of people are he is a موافق Allah has given him the ability he responds with this calamity he responds with patience and endurance and forbearance that's how he responds to it but the third is the greatest of all the way he responds to the calamity is beyond and greater than patience he is pleased with it he is actually happy he is enjoying the calamity and the pain he has reached درجة الربع he has reached a level of being pleased with the calamity and the praise and he has actually become a person who shows gratitude every person goes through the calamities in different forms some people are being put through calamities through their health and their well-being and their illness Allah takes away from them their illness what is needed from them is صبر to be patient to show endurance الله سبحانه وتعالى has become wisdom behind every action that he does sometimes we see that wisdom Allah shows us the wisdom and we come to know what it is and sometimes we're never shown it and just because we don't know the wisdom behind Allah's actions doesn't necessarily mean there's no wisdom behind it Allah does everything with a reason and the reason why he chose you there's a reason behind it everyone of us another person is tested through their children their loved ones they have children that they love they're trying to raise their children and they show so much love to their children but Allah has tested them with their children their children are choosing not to listen to them they will also need to come with patience and endurance and know Allah سبحانه وتعالى is not absent and he is not unaware of your calling and your begging at night when you're asking for Allah to guide your child there are other people Allah سبحانه وتعالى has engraved them into debt and financial problems that's where their pain and their struggling is in and other people have gone through it in other forms of shape I ask Allah سبحانه وتعالى that he turns our hardship and our pain into ease and good for us الله مغفل لنا ذنوبنا وإصرافنا في أمرنا وثبت أقدامنا وانصرنا على القوم الكافرين الله مغفل لنا هزلنا وجدنا وخطأنا وعمدنا وكل ذلك عندنا يا رب العالم الله ملا تجعل الدنيا أكبر همنا ولا مبلغ علمنا ولا تصلط علينا بذنوبنا من لا يخافك فينا ولا يرحمنا ربئات نفوسنا تقواها وزكها أن تخيل من زكاها أن توليها ومولاه ربنا أتل في الدنيا حسنة وفي الآخرة حسنة وقينا عذاب النار وقين الصباح