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Friday Khutbah

Shaykh Alauddin ElBakri (unverified)

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I mean we thank Allah we praise him and
we bear witness that there is no God but
Allah
and we bear witness that Muhammad
is his prophet and messenger he conveyed
the message he by living it he showed us
the straight path that will lead us to
success in this world and in the
Hereafter May Allah's peace and
blessings and salutations be upon his
beloved prophets
subhanallah my dear brothers and sisters
it cannot be better than this when it
comes to timing today is
is a blessed day
is
the best day of the days of the weeks
even though we came after the Nations
you know Allah gave the Jews the
Saturday the Christian Sunday we were
supposed to be on Monday but the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wasallam spoke about
that specifically and he said we are the
last to come but Allah put us first and
Allah saved this day as a gift for me
and my um
so that's one and the other thing it's
the first in Ramadan so it's double and
today
there is the prophet sallallahu said
there is an hour in your Juma that no
one makes
it will be answered and there is another
Hadith he specified the last hour after
meaning the last hour before sunsets
that is a specific time for Dua
and also towards the end of the day
before you break your fast it's also the
time for you to make Dua is
so today also the last hour of Friday
and the last hour before breaking your
fast is also a combined blessed day
and this is what you see across
the teachings of Islam but when Allah
chooses something he puts Baraka in it
now we want to know what is Baraka
Baraka comes in two forms one is in the
quality and one is in the quantity why
do we need Baraka us human beings
because our lives are short
yeah any well the life of the Prophet
sallallahu alaihi wasallam 63 years
by
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and who died at 63.
died at 63.
died at 63
is the only one who made it to the 80s
so if we take 63 and we remove the first
13 years on average the first thing in
13 years as you haven't had puberty yet
so what are we left with 50 years
50 years of what
50 years of lousy deeds and actions may
Allah forgive us 50 years of salawat
that you did not focus on 50 years of
fasting that God knows what you did when
you were fasting 50 years of agelessness
50 years of add to that sinning
between minor sins and major sins and
then you think you're coming on the day
of judgment like
alhamdulillah I prayed five times a day
I'm ready to go to Jannah the prophet
sallallahu give us a realization none of
you will enter Jannah because of your
deed only because of Allah's Mercy the
sahaba were so shocked they said not
even you you are rasulullah
this is a this is a big moment now this
question is Big Moment
like the answer is not to be taken
lightly this is the best of mankind this
is someone Allah praised them again and
again and again and again in the final
word
this is
he says not even me
not even me
unless Allah includes me uncovers me
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What About Us
we will not be able to make it without
barakah now I want you to see how
important this concept of Baraka that's
anything that Allah chooses Allah's mark
that he puts Baraka in something when he
chooses it look what Allah said about
the holy places
two out of three in the Quran when it
comes to Mecca Allah says
it's a place of Baraka you go there you
go there to Makkah you pray one raka
Allah gives you the reward of 100
000
that number kept on going in my head
making circles and I asked people until
I found someone who gave an interesting
answer
if you take the number of your years
like you live 67 years minus before
puberty leave the rest and see how many
salawat on average you would pay in a
life of 60 to 70 years you would pray
five times a day you will pay around 100
000 praka one hundred thousand Salah
one Salah in the presence of the Kaaba
is equal to your entire lifetime Salah
this is what Allah says
in it and it's so much
you know that everything around it and
when we talk about it we're not talking
about the small villages right we're
talking about countries surrounding it
it's all Mubarak it becomes
so when Allah chooses something so much
explained that in his Masjid
when Hadith says two one thousand one
Hadith says 50 000 Masjid
and another way depends on the level of
the Hadith and then in another
hadithi better than four salawat in and
so if it's a thousand tears 250 here if
it's four thousand there it's one
thousand a year 50 000 there 12 500
years so it's it's a it's an equation
nevertheless wherever you won't pray in
any of these three places Baraka you
need Baraka your life is short you don't
you don't have enough time
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people don't have food they'll bring the
little food that they have says
this eat from it thousands will eat from
it
and that also happened with Satan
Muhammad
this is
so when Allah chooses people he makes
them Mubarak when he chooses places he
makes a mubarakim when he chooses times
times he makes that particular time
Mubarak
what is the description
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night better than 83 years back again to
the equation your entire lifetime
like if you are lucky you live 80 years
plus if you're lucky right and you let
them healthy right Masha Allah you know
the Arabs Yusuf used to say yes
I live long life and have all the
problems of life and if you live for 80
years you will be bored of life you will
be ready to go
the Arabs used to say 80 years
the word in Arabic refers to 80 years so
in Arabic there is one year 10 years
decade uh
um
a hundred years
is 80 years they will stay in their
lifetimes
one night better than 83 years one night
better than 83 years what would you call
that Baraka
so what do you need in order to get this
Baraka in your life because we really
even on a mathematical equations we're
not going to make it on the day of
judgment take back again the 63 years
even if you want to make them 73 80
years go ahead chop off the first 10 15
years of your life or you know these
before puberty then come to the last 10
15 years I mean when you become older
Allah said
because Allah knows when you get older
you cannot even fast properly you cannot
pray properly so God knows the last 10
15 years of your life you're fasting or
not
so what are you left back again you're
left with 50 years in the middle
50 years 24 hours in the day
if you put all the five daily prayers
together in the modern world between
Urdu and Salah five minutes five times
five twenty five half an hour half an
hour Salah for you for your own benefit
to Allah to say thank you Allah
half an hour 23 hours and a half you're
doing sleeping eating working having fun
driving this and that and you're
complaining
half an hour in comparison of 23 hours
and a half yeah and you're not getting
one over 24.
when it comes to Siam
11 months
before eat and drink but don't one month
from dawn to Sunset not the whole day
from dawn to Sunset be careful when you
tell non-muslims we fast the month of
Ramadan because they will never become a
Muslim after them
just tell them we fast from dawn to
Sunset not the whole month right
seriously one person told me I did not
become a Muslim because I thought I have
to fast for one month I can't do that
literally Wallah this happened with me
in the state of Indiana when I was Imam
there subhanallah so the situation is
when you're looking at that one month
from dawn to Sunset one on 12 but it's
not one on twelve it's half on 12th why
because your fasting half of the day
2.5
97 and a half percent of your money is
for you
manage it correctly give subhakat from
it two and a half percent and you're
complaining lifetime lifetime
one time in your lifetime you go to Hajj
if
afford it and you're complaining
and we are complaining about what
exactly instead of complaining about oh
this is too much we should complain this
is too little and even the little we
don't do a good job how many of us have
crucial five times a day
so you need Baraka that's why Ramadan is
a Monumental month it's a life-changing
literally life-changing and when I say
here life-changing not only life of your
60 70 80 years life changing forever
two times confirming the meaning
they shall stay in there forever for
eternity how are you gonna earn eternity
in Jannah with your lousy 50 years
in which your Salah no focus and on the
top of that there is sinning we didn't
even talk about major sins and minor
sins that's why I
to Allah
a month of Ramadan is a month in which
you take it seriously Allah knows
people and people Allah knows that
people will be attached with the first
gifts you know
you know you you get hired in a company
they send you your your your uh your you
know signature signing the contract
bonus you know some people who are very
important they get a bonus for signing
the contract imagine you get signing the
contract bonus and you think that's the
whole thing oh my God and then you
forget about your job because you got
the fine you didn't even receive the
salary yet
that's just the bonus man that's the
before the job
when Allah gives us Dunya Allah is
first time he described himself he
didn't describe himself as Al Karim it
is himself as
the most generous we look at this jannat
mountains rivers oceans Seas this and
that and then we said that's it and
Allah says that's not it is
what you see is Khalid what is coming is
the winning is not now but here I will
show you a sample sample there oh you
don't know what's coming
as Allah said in the Quran
put in us the seriousness my dear
brothers sisters it's a call for
seriousness and Allah knows that people
will be attracted to Dunya and and
attracted so Allah speaks your language
in the Quran sometimes Allah uses human
logic your language what is your
language we are in the Bay Area we're in
the startup company world
even the big companies Facebook Apple
you know Twitter uh uh uh Google all of
them were started a small company now
they're big
what is the culture of the startup
company is you work so hard yeah and I
look at my brothers and sisters who have
started their companies they're working
10 hours a day seven days a week
and they're like it's okay it's okay
it's in the beginning it's okay it's
okay it's in the beginning because in
the beginning even if you want to open a
grocery store you will have to work 12
hours a day you open a restaurant forget
it you have to work 16 hours a day I
mean our brothers and sisters in the
restaurant business especially in
Ramadan
you know you're having fun eating but
our sister Umar is fasting like you and
cooking 12 hours a day for you to it and
and we don't even remember making
Allah
in her health and in her children
my dear brothers and sisters and that's
not to forget all the other restaurants
now I will get so many complaints may
Allah bless all the cafes and the MCA
and their owners and all the restaurants
in the area this is not an advertisement
for anyone she just came to my mind as
first but may Allah bless you all and
give you barakah and your restaurants
and inshallah you we're spreading the
culture of Halal alhamdulillah my dear
brothers and sisters Allah said based on
the language of business
or you who believe shall I invite you to
a business look Allah knows what he's
talking about he knows your mindset he
knows what you want he knows you
understand the language of business
a business that will save you from pill
punishment you believe in Allah and his
messenger and you struggle
struggle for the sake of Allah with your
wealth and with yourself look at the
word struggle why people when they read
that they are not connecting the word
struggle with business business is a
struggle tijara is a struggle you know
people when they are an employee they
wish that they are a business owner
until they become a business owner they
wish they are an employee
right so Allah is saying
you struggle for the sake of Allah why
because businesses struggle so brothers
and sisters you work at these high-tech
companies most of you or you own a
business and either way in the Bay Area
you're talking about 10 to 12 hours a
day
take that mindset and bring it into
Ramadan
before Ramadan started shaytan did his
final hitch at you hit and run because
he's going to be locked what did he do
he ruined your knee before you start
Ramadan what is everybody talking about
before Ramadan not everybody but many
people oh my God Ramadan is coming it's
gonna be very hard we work and I don't
know how to survive without a coffee and
then I get dehydrated and then I don't
get enough sleep and I'm a student yeah
can I break my fast in the finals no you
cannot
you understand what is that coming from
it's all shaytan before shaytan gets
locked up this is his last chance at you
he throws the thought and then now you
build on it build on it build on it
shaytan is locked up right now clear the
near between you and Allah and let me
give you an advice just to remember for
the rest of your life don't look at your
own resources yes when you look at
yourself you're used to sleep eight
hours seven hours six hours in Ramadan
you barely lock
you know you log in four to six hours
okay I get it you're sleeping less
you're eating less you're dehydrated I
get it but there is a problem you're
looking at your own resources in life
you're looking at yourself but look what
your Dean is teaching you is teaching
you to say
I'm not looking at my power and my
ability to changing things I'm looking
at the ability and the power of Allah
because he's the only one who's able so
don't look at your own resources and at
your own health foreign
because if you're gonna rely on your own
strength you're not gonna go far
but when you say Allah
and to worship you in the best way any
beautiful this and beautiful ibada and
you know and Perfection
look at that
what do we say I don't we don't say oh
rely on yourself depend on yourself
believe in yourself no no what do we say
has no sense
Allah is enough for me and he's the best
one for me to rely on not I rely on
myself
what do you say
I belong to Allah
Allah help me
the way we think as Believers we don't
think like everyone else
and let the people call us crazy because
they've called us crazy for 1400 years
until in 2016 a Japanese scientist made
his research on the cell and found out
that the best healing prevention for
cancer healing for cancer or anything
any other disease and for you to look 10
to 15 years younger is autophagy
self-eating the self-eating mechanism
when does the cell self eats itself and
produces a new cell and cleans all of
the cancer inside it when does it do
that when you go through intermittent
fasting
what is intermittent fasting you don't
eat for 16 hours you eat a good meal
then you don't eat for eight hours you
eat a good meal then you go back 16 18.
sounds like you're if you really really
really
you're coming and teaching us two meals
a day and you're calling it intermittent
fasting and I see a lot of our brothers
and sisters instead of turning it into
an actual fasting when this they're
doing intermittent fasting
without fasting your life is short if
you're doing intermittent fasting you
might as well turn it into fasting
you don't have much time in your life to
waste on trying all of these diets your
life is very short
and this Japanese scientist who took the
Nobel Prize in 2016 he said that it's
not enough to fast you have to stress
the cell Mr Japanese scientist how do we
stress the cell he said don't drink
either
yeah and you really really come on
they've been making fun of us and
tomorrow God knows when they're done
discovering quantum physics and in
quantum entanglement they will then
start talking yeah you can actually have
energy from somewhere else and you're
gonna have energy we already discovered
that before they talk about this may
Allah
the end of it has a sentence that
relates to our subject the prophet
sallallahu says
of yourself in this month of Ramadan
some goodness some seriousness brothers
and sisters yes you're tired but yes
in my sleep in my food in my energy let
me be able to fast and pray and make
that one and do all of this brothers and
sisters this is the month of Ramadan and
part of the seriousness is we realize
that Allah created us because in the
Ayah that I mentioned about tijara Allah
mentioned wealth and self so from now I
want you to think and prepare yourself
mentally this is our Mothership the MCA
this is where we come for ourselves for
our houses for our children this is
where we raise our kids together this is
the village right this is the village I
saw a video on YouTube a woman said you
all guys
say it takes a village to raise a child
can someone give me the number
where is that Village
I can't find it people out there are
feeling lonely raising their kids alone
do you know how blessed we are we are
thousand kids running through the Masjid
on the weekend and on the weekdays
being raised together this is the
village so from now brothers and sisters
we have a lot of tasks this Ramadan
developer this is in Syria and turkey in
all over the world but we need to
remember that it's part of you your
monthly budget just like you provide
food and drink for your wife and
children or your husband and children or
your you know your parents and children
part of their rights upon you is to give
in Islam and Iman and this is what this
place represents puts it in your mind
that inshallah you will have a donation
towards MCA and then you will come and
volunteer and then you will come and do
community service because that is what
Ramadan is all about may Allah have
mercy upon our brother
may Allah
this brother passed away in Pakistan
look you're alive I'm alive he passed
away he's a human he was like you and me
eating drinking walking wife children
he's dead
consider yourself you died before
Ramadan
when the angel of death came to you and
took your soul you cry to Allah Allah I
was very close I would have picked it so
much hasanat he had so much did this and
then Allah answered your Dua and brought
you back to life like Allah answered the
Dua of Musa when the 70 people died he
said yallah bring them back to life
Allah brought them back to life so here
you are back to life what are you gonna
do this Ramadan
we are all dead you know that we're all
dead the only reason why we're not dead
is because Allah gave us another day
so this Ramadan be serious brother and
sisters don't take it lightly this is
the month of you and Allah not the month
of socialization this is the month of
fasting not the month of eating this is
the month of praying not the month of
sleeping this is the month of not the
month in which you're shopping bill goes
up we should have a shame from Allah
that we don't eat more in Ramadan and
spend more on food than Ramadan that
more should be spent on the poor not on
you you're fine someone else that cannot
eat so let's take it seriously well
let's declare our tawba to Allah Allah
Allah

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Published: March 25, 2023
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Length: 28:17
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