30/04/2025
"Surely, there has come to you, from your midst, a Messenger who feels it very hard on him if you face a hardship, who is very anxious for your welfare, and for the believers he is very kind, very merciful."
(Quran 9:128)
Fikr - The Worry for Humanity - The Forgotten Sunnah
(Please read carefully and tag as many people as possible)
We all wonder why we are going through so much problems, calamities, devastation and disasters as an individual, as a family, as a community, as a country, the world over and as an Ummah. The reason why this is is because we have forgotten our purpose. We know the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam is the last and final Prophet but have we asked ourselves well if he's the final Prophet, who's going to save these people from the fire of Hell??? So Allah answers this in the following verse
"You are the best Ummah ever raised for mankind. You bid the Fair and forbid the Unfair, and you believe in Allah." (Quran 3:110)
Only when we have this much worry and concern that we are unable to sleep properly and get up to cry to Allah in Tahajjud for the safety of the Ummah from Hellfire including firstly ourselves and the Muslims, Jews, Christians, Hindus, Bhuddist, Sikhs, Zionists and all of Humanity, only then will all our problems be solved. When we walk up and down worrying for the Ummah only then will our Dawah have effect, only then will we be prepared to sacrifice everything just like the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam and His beloved Sahaabah did and then all our problems will be solved. One only needs to look at their lives and it's all there. When we realise the Ummah has forgotten Allah and the reason why Allah sent us to where we are and realise that as a result the Ummah without realising filled their lives with mountains of sins by obeying and following Shaitan and are preparing the hellfire with their own hands only then will we turn to Allah in repentance and remain steadfast. Only then will his studies, his business, his job, his walking, his sitting, his character his hobbies and whatever Islamic organisation he belongs to will all be motivated to invite people to Allah and only then will we be fulfilling our purpose of life.
My brothers and sisters when we do this only then will we see the help of Allah come like Allah says
"O you who believe, if you will help (the religion prescribed by) Allah, He will help you, and will stabilize your footings." (Quran 47:7)
and become successful like the Sahaabah who became successful in both this world as well as the hereafter. Allah has made them shining stars so that we realise that this is the path to follow.
The greatest Sunnah of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaiahi Wasallam is His worry and concern for the Ummah. As a result He made dua for His enemies after being stoned and covered with blood at Taif, He prayed and cried for all of us in the middle of the night whilst everyone was asleep. As a result of this fikr for the whole of mankind till doomsday the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam bore patiently all the taunts, suffering and hardships.
"Surely, there has come to you, from your midst, a Messenger who feels it very hard on him if you face a hardship, who is very anxious for your welfare, and for the believers he is very kind, very merciful."
(Quran 9:128)
My brothers and sisters to make this fikr and worry for mankind till doomsday is such that Allah will make you shine and be an example for mankind to observe and to revere and to learn from. This fikr is such that Legends like Ameerul Mumineen Umar ibnul Khattab, Khalid bin Waleed, Imam Abu Haneefa, Imam Bukhari, Salahudden Ayubi of our times will be born. This fikr is such that it will impact the entire globe. This is why Ulama urge us again and again to go out in the path of Allah regularly for 4 months, 40 days, 3 days so that we realise and understand and remind ourselves that we have a mission in life. They urge us to make sacrifices in order to go out. When we do this we will see the help of Allah and our fikr will increase and our Dawah will have power.
Make fikr brothers make fikr and call the Ummah to make this fikr and put your differences aside and unite on this fikr. We are all different in our thinking and understanding of deen. Let’s discuss to understand each other, Learn from each other, you don’t have to follow their opinion or even agree but let’s maintain the unity of the Ummah and Work to save each and every human being from the fire of hell regardless of what branch of the tree of Islam their upholding. So let’s make this worry and concern and think which direction the Ummah is heading...
Please listen very carefully to this lecture by Shaykh Suleman khatani who will elaborate on this topic:
https://youtu.be/riRSF8FvY8c
“Who can be better in words than the one who calls towards Allah, and acts righteously and says, “I am one of those who submit themselves (to Allah)?” (Quran 41:33)
Maulana Sulaiman Khatani from South-Africa
