Establishing an islamic home part 2

From the lecture series in Sri Lanka, June 2002
Abu Khadeejah Abdul Waahid


The second thing we need to establish an Islaamic household is to do as the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhe was salaam has done so we can achieve what he has achieved. And in this regard you have to bear in mind that RasoolAllah sallallahu alayhe was salaam is obeyed because Allah subhana wa ta’ala has ordered us to obey him. Disobedience to him is disobedience to Allah. Rejecting him or denying him is major kufr that makes a person leave the fold of Islaam, even if he claims that Allah is the only one to be worshipped. Why? Because he is not worshipping Allah in accordance to the final messenger that Allah has sent. And in the Quran, Allah has mentioned many matters of obedience to RasoolAllah sallallahu alayhe was sallam and told the results of disobeying him. For example Allah says in the Quran “ And whosoever opposes the Messenger after the clear guidance has come to him ,and they choose a path other than the believers(meaning the companions ) then Allah will leave him in that path that he has chosen and burn him in the hellfire and what an evil destruction. “
When Allah mentions his path , he doesn’t mean walking down the road. He is talking about a methodology. A Manhaj. And the Manhaj is the path Of the Salaf, meaning the path of the sahaba. So therefore to establish the Islamic home correctly you must be salafy. You must be upon the way of the sahaba. Other than their way you will not be establishing an Islaamic home. Even though you may have some aspects of Islam, you will not be truly Islaamic until you are Salafy. Take your understanding from their understanding and look at the religion like they looked at the religion. And you take the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhe was salaam , like they took him. So it is upon you to be Salafy and not to feel shy about this. Because to say that I am being shy to be Salafy, Is like saying I am shy to be Muslim. Or to say I am afraid or I am not sure of this is to say that I am shy of being a muslim. And you cannot be shy about being a believer , or of being Muwahidun( People of Tawhid) . So why are we shy of saying to people that yes we are muslims, this is all that Allah has given us, but we attribute ourselves to the Sahabah. And they are known as our Salaf.
As the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhe was salaam said “ The best of Mankind is my generation , then those that come after them , then those that come after them”. So this is the path of the Believers. The way of the first three generations. The Salaf and an Islamic home cannot be established up until we take their path. And we say to the People that we love Malik ibn Anas, and Imaam Ash Shafe’ee, and Ahmed ibn Hanbal, and Sfyan Atharee , Sufyan Ibn Uyaina, Imaam Bukhari, Imaam Muslim and those who came before them and those who came after them But we never take one over them to be blindly followed. Because the only one who has the right to be followed without any conditions is RasoolAllah sallallahu alayhe was salaam . The rest we take as an example to be followed. Due to their adherence of the Sunnah. Due to their understanding of the Religion. Because the further back you go , the Purer the religion becomes.
We are Salafy. And we are not shy of saying this. Because without having this call to the way of the salaf in your home you will never truly have an Islaamic home. For example many people say “ I will take from the Religion that which is easy for me, as for that which is hard ..I will not take . “ This is something that opposes the way of the Salaf, and this one cannot be Salafy. Allah says in the Quran “ And let those who oppose the Messenger of Allahs sallallahu alayhe was salaam command, let them beware. Just in case some Fitnah befalls them , or a painful torment is afflicted upon them . “
Why would they have some fitnah or a painful torment ? Because they oppose the Messenger of Allah sallalahu alayhe was salaam . Allah said in the Quran “ And Know that they will not truly believe until they make you O’ Muhammad the judge in all their affairs, and after you have judged that they do not find in their hearts any difficulty and they submit with complete submission.” If you can imagine an Islaamic home based upon this . The wife is upon this. The husband is upon this. The children are raised and nurtured upon this….what better recipe is their for an Islaamic home? You are Muwahidun. You are Salafy. You are ones who judge to the Book and Sunnah. You stick o the way of the Sahaba. What harm can approach you? When a difficulty comes upon you , even if its poverty then you know that Allah subhana wa ta’ala is with you. And he will look after you and provide for you . He is the one who gave you life and death . You trust in him, rely on him, you love him, fear him and you worship him. So what more can we ask for in our lives?
So these are the two matters that will establish the Islaamic home and we end on this hadeeth. The messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhe was salaam gave a sermon, such a sermon that tears came from our eyes and our hearts began to trmble. So we said “ O ‘ Messenger of Allah, it is as if this is a farewell sermon. So what do you advise us with ? “ So RasoolAllah sallallahua layhe was salaam said “ Indeed I have left you upon clear guidance, its night is like its day and no one strays from it except that he is destroyed. And whomsoever lives for long then he will see a great amount of differences. So what is obligatory is that you stick to my Sunnah and to the way of those after me and hold on to that with your molar teeth. And upon you is obedience even if the ruler is an absynnian slave. For verily the believer is like the submissive camel…wherever he is led he goes.”
So if you establish this in your homes , then know that you will see immediately and feel immediately tranquility, and ease and security in your homes and in your hearts. And this is the way to establish the Islaamic home. This is the way. Not the way of following desires and People of Bidah , those who oppose the way of the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhe was salaam and invent into the religion that which is not of the religion. Theirs is not the way and nor is the way of shirk. Nor is it the way of the people of misguidance, the modern groups, whether it be the soofiyah , or tableegheea, or ikhwaniyyah…it is not their way. Rather the truth comes by the way of the Sahabah. The only way is to follow the way of the Salaf. Obligatory upon you is dawahtus salafiyyah. Nothing else is obligatory upon you . Take their way and example in every single affair of the religion … without exception…in the modern society as well as in the past society. In the future as well as the present. Why? Because the religion that was revealed to them , and that which they were upon is something that does not change from time and it does not change with location. It is something that is pure then and pure today .
And anyone who opposes their path ( The messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhe was salaam and the Sahabah ) then we oppose them . And this is from Eemaan. It is not from being harsh. It is not from being hard hearted. It is from Eemaan that we oppose those who go against them. As Allah has mentioned in the Quraan “ You will not find a group of people who believe in Allah and they believe in the last day loving those who oppose Allah and oppose his Messenger even if they are your fathers , sons, brothers or from the same tribe as you . Upon their hearts Allah has written eemaan and Allah has strengthened them with a spirit from himself . And Allah will enter them into the gardens of paradise under which the rivers flow…to remain in it forever . Allah is pleased with them and they are pleased with him. And they are the party of Allah. It is the party of Allah who are the successful ones.”
And now if we have found this hard upon ourselves we need to question ourselves and not the salafies. Because the salafy, the one who sticks to the way of the Sahabah…he doesn’t question this ayat. He is upon it, he sticks to it in every affair of his life. He does not oppose it. Because the path of truth is one . There is one lord. .Allah. One worthy of worship…Allah . There was a Messenger…Muhammad sallallahua alayhe was salaam …the finality of them. And he left you upon a single path, and that is the path to be followed.
Ibrahim alahie salaam was one person. And he said to his father “ I am free from you and that what you worship and I am free from the people of shirk”. He didn’t say if I leave them I will be alone. He knew that his love for Allah was greater than his love for his father. He tried to teach the people and they wouldn’t accept….he never compromised. But we are not just one…there are many of us upon dawahtus salafiyyah. No need for you to feel alone, or disheartened. So if we call them to our ability , and if we aren’t able then we concentrate on ourselves and our families. And this is the way we establish the Islaamic Home.

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transcribed notes courtesy of Umm Aisha