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<b>SufiLive.com</b><br> <a href="http://www.sufilive.com/The_Profound_Significance_of_Sajda-4020.html">http://www.sufilive.com/The_Profound_Significance_of_Sajda-4020.html</a> <html><head><script type="text/javascript"> (function(){(function(){function d(a){this.t={};this.tick=function(a,b,c){this.t[a]=[void 0!=c?c:(new Date).getTime(),b]};this.tick("start",null,a)}var a=new d;window.jstiming={Timer:d,load:a};if(window.performance&&window.performance.timing){var a=window.performance.timing,b=window.jstiming.load,c=a.navigationStart,a=a.responseStart;0<c&&a>=c&&(b.tick("_wtsrt",void 0,c),b.tick("wtsrt_","_wtsrt",a),b.tick("tbsd_","wtsrt_"))}try{a=null,window.chrome&&window.chrome.csi&&(a=Math.floor(window.chrome.csi().pageT), b&&0<c&&(b.tick("_tbnd",void 0,window.chrome.csi().startE),b.tick("tbnd_","_tbnd",c))),null==a&&window.gtbExternal&&(a=window.gtbExternal.pageT()),null==a&&window.external&&(a=window.external.pageT,b&&0<c&&(b.tick("_tbnd",void 0,window.external.startE),b.tick("tbnd_","_tbnd",c))),a&&(window.jstiming.pt=a)}catch(e){}})();})() </script><script type="text/javascript">var KX_timer = new window.jstiming.Timer(); KX_timer.name = 'published';</script><title>MSH.23 DEC 2011.POST.ENG(2)</title><style type="text/css"> body { font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; margin: 0; } iframe { border: 0; frameborder: 0; height: 100%; width: 100%; } #header, #footer { background: #f0f0f0; padding: 10px 10px; } #header { border-bottom: 1px #ccc solid; } #footer { border-top: 1px #ccc solid; border-bottom: 1px #ccc solid; font-size: 13; } #contents { margin: 6px; } .dash { padding: 0 6px; } </style></head><body><div id="header">MSH.23 DEC 2011.POST.ENG(2)</div><div id="contents"><style type="text/css">ol{margin:0;padding:0}.c7{max-width:468pt;background-color:#ffffff;padding:72pt 72pt 72pt 72pt}.c2{margin-right:5pt;height:11pt;direction:ltr}.c0{font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"}.c3{margin-right:5pt;direction:ltr}.c13{direction:rtl;margin-left:0pt}.c5{font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"}.c10{height:11pt}.c11{text-align:right}.c1{font-style:italic}.c15{font-size:18pt}.c9{font-family:"Times New Roman"}.c6{text-align:center}.c8{font-weight:bold}.c12{margin-left:5pt}.c14{direction:rtl}.c4{direction:ltr}.title{padding-top:24pt;line-height:1.15;text-align:left;color:#000000;font-size:36pt;font-family:"Arial";font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:6pt}.subtitle{padding-top:18pt;line-height:1.15;text-align:left;color:#666666;font-style:italic;font-size:24pt;font-family:"Georgia";padding-bottom:4pt}li{color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial"}p{color:#000000;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:"Arial"}h1{padding-top:24pt;line-height:1.15;text-align:left;color:#000000;font-size:24pt;font-family:"Arial";font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:6pt}h2{padding-top:18pt;line-height:1.15;text-align:left;color:#000000;font-size:18pt;font-family:"Arial";font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:4pt}h3{padding-top:14pt;line-height:1.15;text-align:left;color:#000000;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Arial";font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:4pt}h4{padding-top:12pt;line-height:1.15;text-align:left;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial";font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:2pt}h5{padding-top:11pt;line-height:1.15;text-align:left;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial";font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:2pt}h6{padding-top:10pt;line-height:1.15;text-align:left;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial";font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:2pt}</style><p class="c4 c6"><span class="c15 c9">The Profound Significance of </span><span class="c1 c9 c15">Sajda</span><p><p class="c6 c4"><span class="c5">Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani</span><p><p class="c6 c4"><span class="c5">23 December 2011 Jakarta, Indonesia</span><p><p class="c3 c6"><span class="c5">Masjid Agung Sunda Kelapa </span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c0 c1">A`oodhu billahi min ash-Shaytani 'r-rajeem. Bismillahi 'r-Rahmani 'r-Raheem.</span><p><p class="c4"><span class="c0 c1">Nawaytu 'l-arba`een, nawaytu 'l-`itikaaf, nawaytu 'l-khalwah, nawaytu 'l-`uzlah,</span><p><p class="c4"><span class="c0 c1">nawaytu 'r-riyaadah, nawaytu 's-sulook, lillahi ta`ala fee haadha 'l-masjid.</span><p><p class="c4"><span class="c0 c1"> </span><p><p class="c13"><span class="c5">أَطِيعُواْ اللّهَ وَأَطِيعُواْ الرَّسُولَ وَأُوْلِي الأَمْرِ مِنكُمْ</span><p><p class="c4"><span class="c0 c1">Ati`oollaha wa ati`oo 'r-Rasoola wa ooli 'l-amri minkum.</span><p><p class="c4"><span class="c0 c1">Obey Allah, obey the Prophet, and obey those in authority among you.</span><span class="c0"> (4:59)</span><p><p class="c2 c12"><span class="c0 c1"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c0">O Muslims, worshippers, believers, and doers of good! We thank Allah (swt) for His favors and His generosity and we pray on the best of men who came with verses and examples. </span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c0">O Brothers and Sisters in Islam! It is not easy to speak; it is very difficult to speak to the heart. You go to a doctor to check what kind of sickness or disease you have. That doctor then checks you, makes a diagnosis and gives you the proper medicine. Similarly, the speaker has to know what everyone in this big </span><span class="c0 c1">masjid</span><span class="c0"> or clinic has, in order to give the proper medicine that can heal the patients. </span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c0">Allah (swt) favored Sayyidina Muhammad (s) and gave him dignity. He raised and praised Prophet (s), and gave him what makes him happy. Allah (swt) sent him as Rahmatan li 'l-`Alameen, Mercy to all the worlds. He made him infallible, </span><span class="c0 c1">ma`soom, </span><span class="c0">dressed him with </span><span class="c0">all the best characters, and sent him as the role model for all humanity. And He ordered us, “If you love Me, follow Muhammad (s); the role model and the one with the best of characters.” </span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c0">But “best” is not sufficient to describe the perfection of Sayyidina Muhammad (s). Prophet (s) said, “You have to follow me in order to reach Allah (swt).” Why did Sahaabah (r) follow the Prophet (s)? Because they wanted to reach the reality of this perfection that Allah bestowed on Sayyidina Muhammad (s), in order to enter into the Divine Presence. They wanted to be in that reality of:</span><p><p class="c12 c14"><span class="c5">فِي مَقْعَدِ صِدْقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ </span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c0 c1">fee maq`adi sidqin `inda maleekin muqtadir;</span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1 c9">In an Assembly of Truth, in the Presence of a Sovereign Omnipotent. </span><span class="c9">(al-Qamar, 54:55)</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0 c1"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c0">T</span><span class="c0">hat is the Seat, the Throne, the Just Chair. You will be given the Just Place, where your name is written, like under government protocol you must sit in your specified, reserved place where your name is written. Similarly, the followers of Sayyidina Muhammad (s) have their assigned places and chairs which are ready at any moment. </span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c0">The chair that Allah (swt) gives you depends on how many </span><span class="c0 c1">sujood, </span><span class="c0">prostrations,</span><span class="c0 c1"> </span><span class="c0">you have made in your life. As we said last time, </span><span class="c0 c1">`ibaadah </span><span class="c0">is to make</span><span class="c0 c1"> sujood</span><span class="c0">.</span><span class="c0"> So if you have made many </span><span class="c0 c1">sujood</span><span class="c0">, your chair will be in the front. For example, if you make one </span><span class="c0 c1">sajda </span><span class="c0">in this</span><span class="c0 c1"> masjid,</span><span class="c0"> Allah (swt) will send angels to make </span><span class="c0 c1">sajda</span><span class="c0"> with you at that same place. The evidence of this is that you have two angels always with you, on your right and left, so when you make </span><span class="c0 c1">sajda</span><span class="c0">, they make </span><span class="c0 c1">sajda</span><span class="c0"> with you. An angel's </span><span class="c0 c1">sajda</span><span class="c0"> is not like ours because they are </span><span class="c0 c1">ma`soom</span><span class="c0">, infallible. But our </span><span class="c0 c1">sajda </span><span class="c0">is mixed like a soup, with sins and many other things. So where you make a </span><span class="c0 c1">sajda</span><span class="c0">, that soil is going to witness for you that at that moment and precise place on Earth you made a </span><span class="c0 c1">sajda</span><span class="c0"> in this </span><span class="c0 c1">masjid</span><span class="c0">!</span><p><p class="c2 c12"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c0">Allah (swt) said in the Holy Qur’an,</span><span class="c0"> </span><span class="c0">“On the Day of Judgment, human beings’ bodies will witness on them all what they have done.” We made </span><span class="c0 c1">sajda </span><span class="c0">in </span><span class="c0 c1">jama`ah</span><span class="c0">, with our two angels. So we say to Allah, “O Allah! Reward us more than once, because we made </span><span class="c0 c1">sajda </span><span class="c0">in </span><span class="c0 c1">jama`ah</span><span class="c0"> with these angels who have no sins.” What then do you think about the reward that Allah will give you? It is beyond description! And when you make </span><span class="c0 c1">sajda </span><span class="c0">in one place, after one minute it will be in a different place. With each passing hour, the place of that </span><span class="c0 c1">sajda </span><span class="c0">will move. Why? Because the Earth is constantly in motion revolving around the sun, so as the Earth turns, that place of </span><span class="c0 c1">sajda</span><span class="c0"> changes. For example, if you made </span><span class="c0 c1">sajda</span><span class="c0"> at Maghrib time with the two angels, that place is also changing and the new place will bear witness for you that you made </span><span class="c0 c1">sajda </span><span class="c0">there. </span><span class="c0"> </span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c0">Every </span><span class="c0 c1">salaat </span><span class="c0">is in a different place because as Earth is moving around the sun, changing places. So every prayer in your life is making </span><span class="c0 c1">sajda</span><span class="c0"> to Allah (swt) and no one but Allah knows where these </span><span class="c0 c1">sujood</span><span class="c0"> have been made. The whole solar system is also moving in space with the speed of 300,000 kilometers, which means your </span><span class="c0 c1">sajda </span><span class="c0">is everywhere in this universe! Where your chair will be depends on how many </span><span class="c0 c1">sujood</span><span class="c0"> you have made to cover this universe, from the time Allah (swt) created you to the time you die.</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c0">Islam is not only the five pillars; it consists of knowledge together with the five pillars and six pillars of </span><span class="c0 c1">imaan </span><span class="c0">and one pillar of </span><span class="c0 c1">ihsaan</span><span class="c0">. Allah (swt) says:</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c4 c11"><span class="c5">فَوَجَدَا عَبْدًا مِّنْ عِبَادِنَا آتَيْنَاهُ رَحْمَةً مِنْ عِندِنَا وَعَلَّمْنَاهُ مِن لَّدُنَّا عِلْمًا</span><p><p class="c4"><span class="c0 c1">Fawajadaa `abdan min `ibaadinaa aataynaahu rahmatan min `indina wa`allamnaahu min ladunna `ilma</span><span class="c0 c1 c8">.</span><p><p class="c4"><span class="c0 c1">So they found one of Our servants, on whom We had bestowed mercy from Ourselves and whom We had taught knowledge from Our Presence.</span><span class="c0"> (al-Kahf, 18:65)</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c0">For example, one person here now was reciting </span><span class="c0 c1">qasidas </span><span class="c0">in one place, and as the Earth moves around the Sun, this </span><span class="c0 c1">qasida</span><span class="c0"> will never stop because sound never stops; it is composed of electromagnetic waves that are moving. If I say here, “</span><span class="c0">Allah,”</span><span class="c0"> it continues moving all the way to the people back there, because of the microphone system, but Allah has a heavenly microphone, the angels that are reporting to Him that I said, </span><span class="c0">“Allah.” </span><span class="c0">Their heavenly microphone will keep saying, </span><span class="c0">“Allah, Allah,”</span><span class="c0"> from here to no end, because the Prophet (s) mentioned, “When the angels see a group of people praising Allah, they join them and make </span><span class="c0 c1">dhikr</span><span class="c0"> with them,” and this never stops, until the Day of Judgment. </span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c0">So when someone is praising Allah (swt) or Prophet (s), or praying, or saying “Allah,” that sound and its energy never dies. If you say “Allah” in front of a computer and press a key, it will keep repeating. If the computer is repeating, then isn’t our body also repeating that? Angels will repeat, “Allah, Allah” until the Day of Judgment. The same way </span><span class="c0 c1">mureeds </span><span class="c0">were just praising here just now: the whole universe heard them as they are on Earth, which is moving, and all of Allah’s (swt) Cr</span><span class="c0">eation is hearing it until this whole universe hears it! The repetition of Allah’s Words can be heard; that is why </span><span class="c0 c1">jinn</span><span class="c0"> heard the Qur’an:</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c14"><span class="c5">قُلْ أُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ أَنَّهُ اسْتَمَعَ نَفَرٌ مِّنَ الْجِنِّ فَقَالُوا إِنَّا سَمِعْنَا قُرْآنًا عَجَبً يَهْدِي إِلَى الرُّشْدِ فَآمَنَّا بِهِ وَلَن نُّشْرِكَ بِرَبِّنَا أَحَدًا</span><p><p class="c4"><span class="c0 c1">Qul oohiya ilayya annahu ’stama`a nafarun min al-jinni faqaaloo innaa sam`inaa qur’aanan `ajaban, yahdee ila ’r-rushdi fa aamanna bihi wa lan nushrika bi rabbanaa aahada.</span><p><p class="c4"><span class="c0 c1">Say</span><span class="c0">, “</span><span class="c0 c1">It has been revealed to me that a company of jinns listened (to the Qur'an). They said, 'We have really heard a wonderful recital! It gives guidance to the right, and we have believed therein. We shall not join (in worship) any (gods) with our Lord</span><span class="c0">.’” </span><span class="c0">(al-Jinn, 72:1-2)</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c0">So the prayers you are making here in the </span><span class="c0 c1">masjid</span><span class="c0">, in your house or on the street will be a guidance for others in the Unseen universe that Allah (swt) is The All-Seeing and The All-Knowing. </span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c0">The circumference of this Earth is 40,000 kilometers. It rotates once every 24 hours, which is calculated to be 86,400 seconds. If you divide 40,000 by 86,400 you get an estimate of 0.5 kmps, the distance in which Earth revolves around its axis in one second. So if I am praying at a certain place, with every second it is as if I prayed 0.5 kilometers further down because our prayers are moving 0.5 kilometers down every time we pray! </span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c0">Allah (swt) ordered us to pray five times a day and there are also five pillars in Islam; both are equal. Why? It is for our benefit, so with our five pillars we can cover this Earth and at every moment continually perform our obligations so Allah (swt) bestows us with continuous rewards. So do not miss one prayer or else your chair will be moved back! Every time you miss a prayer or a fast, your chair will get moved back until it goes all the way to Hellfire, but if you move forward, it will be towards Paradise. Therefore, make your choice: do you want </span><span class="c0 c1">dunya</span><span class="c0"> or </span><span class="c0 c1">akhirah</span><span class="c0">?</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c0">There are five pillars in Islam, the first being </span><span class="c0 c1">shahaadah</span><span class="c0">. Why is it first, not second or third? Because first you have to accept that Allah is One, </span><span class="c0 c1">Laa ilaaha illa-Llah Muhammadan Rasoolullah. </span><span class="c0">W</span><span class="c0">hen we accept, then we come to </span><span class="c0 c1">`ibaadah</span><span class="c0">, our prayers. When you do your </span><span class="c0 c1">`ibaadah</span><span class="c0">, then Allah (swt) wants us to help those who are in need, so </span><span class="c0 c1">zakaat</span><span class="c0"> came third. He wants us to feel for those who are hungry and that’s why He ordered us to fast in Ramadan. When you have completed your Islam, Allah wants you to wrap it in a nice package; that is why He ordered you to make Hajj, because in Hajj you have </span><span class="c0 c1">shahaadah</span><span class="c0">, </span><span class="c0 c1">salaat</span><span class="c0">, </span><span class="c0 c1">zakaat</span><span class="c0"> </span><span class="c0">and even sa</span><span class="c0 c1">wm</span><span class="c0"> (if you are doing hajj </span><span class="c0 c1">mufrad</span><span class="c0">). So Allah (swt) ordered Hajj to be the fifth pillar so you can put all the other pillars inside and it gave you a certain routine to follow. </span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c0">Don’t come against the country. We are in peace here. Look at Arab countries: in one day they killed 250 people! We are here in peace and safety, so pray for your rulers. Thank Allah for your peaceful country. You have a nice country! Look at other places where they are killing their people. Here, your government is looking after you, so may Allah bless the authorities. You have a nice place to sleep, and they are not sleeping because they are worried they might make a mistake, so pray for them. </span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c0">May Allah (swt) forgive us and bless us.</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c0 c1">Wa min Allahi 't-tawfeeq, bi hurmati 'l-habeeb, bi hurmati 'l-Fatihah.</span><span class="c0"> </span><p><p class="c2 c12"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c4 c10"><span class="c0"></span><p></div><div id="footer"><span>Published by <a target="_blank" title="Learn more about Google Drive" href="//docs.google.com/">Google Drive</a></span><span class="dash">–</span><a href="//docs.google.com/abuse?id=127dDXb9cVLVtXAOzjuAUehqFP0aE8IzphohXZsT1N9I">Report Abuse</a><span class="dash">–</span><span>Updated automatically every 5 minutes</span></div><script type="text/javascript"> (function(){var e=!1;if(window.jstiming){window.jstiming.a={};window.jstiming.b=1;var k=function(b,a,d){var c=b.t[a],g=b.t.start;if(c&&(g||d))return c=b.t[a][0],void 0!=d?g=d:g=g[0],c-g},p=function(b,a,d){var c="";window.jstiming.pt&&(c+="&srt="+window.jstiming.pt,delete window.jstiming.pt);try{window.external&&window.external.tran?c+="&tran="+window.external.tran:window.gtbExternal&&window.gtbExternal.tran?c+="&tran="+window.gtbExternal.tran():window.chrome&&window.chrome.csi&&(c+="&tran="+window.chrome.csi().tran)}catch(g){}var f= window.chrome;if(f&&(f=f.loadTimes)){f().wasFetchedViaSpdy&&(c+="&p=s");if(f().wasNpnNegotiated){var c=c+"&npn=1",l=f().npnNegotiatedProtocol;l&&(c+="&npnv="+(encodeURIComponent||escape)(l))}f().wasAlternateProtocolAvailable&&(c+="&apa=1")}var m=b.t,t=m.start,f=[],l=[],h;for(h in m)if("start"!=h&&0!=h.indexOf("_")){var n=m[h][1];n?m[n]&&l.push(h+"."+k(b,h,m[n][0])):t&&f.push(h+"."+k(b,h))}delete m.start;if(a)for(var q in a)c+="&"+q+"="+a[q];(a=d)||(a="https:"==document.location.protocol?"https://csi.gstatic.com/csi": "http://csi.gstatic.com/csi");return[a,"?v=3","&s="+(window.jstiming.sn||"_s")+"&action=",b.name,l.length?"&it="+l.join(","):"","",c,"&rt=",f.join(",")].join("")};window.jstiming.getReportUri=p;var r=function(b,a,d){b=p(b,a,d);if(!b)return"";a=new Image;var c=window.jstiming.b++;window.jstiming.a[c]=a;a.onload=a.onerror=function(){window.jstiming&&delete window.jstiming.a[c]};a.src=b;a=null;return b};window.jstiming.report=function(b,a,d){if("prerender"==document.webkitVisibilityState){var c=e,g= function(){if(!c){a?a.prerender="1":a={prerender:"1"};var f;"prerender"==document.webkitVisibilityState?f=e:(r(b,a,d),f=!0);f&&(c=!0,document.removeEventListener("webkitvisibilitychange",g,e))}};document.addEventListener("webkitvisibilitychange",g,e);return""}return r(b,a,d)};window.jstiming.reportDone=function(b){if(window.jstiming.b<=(b||1))return e;for(var a in window.jstiming.a)return e;return!0};var s=function(b,a,d,c){return 0<d?(c?b.tick(a,c,d):b.tick(a,"",d),!0):e};window.jstiming.getNavTiming= function(b){if(window.performance&&window.performance.timing){var a=window.performance.timing;s(b,"_dns",a.domainLookupStart)&&s(b,"dns_",a.domainLookupEnd,"_dns");s(b,"_con",a.connectStart)&&s(b,"con_",a.connectEnd,"_con");s(b,"_req",a.requestStart)&&s(b,"req_",a.responseStart,"_req");s(b,"_rcv",a.responseStart)&&s(b,"rcv_",a.responseEnd,"_rcv");if(s(b,"_ns",a.navigationStart)){s(b,"ntsrt_",a.responseStart,"_ns");s(b,"nsfs_",a.fetchStart,"_ns");var d=window.external&&window.external.startE;!d&&(window.chrome&& window.chrome.csi)&&(d=Math.floor(window.chrome.csi().startE));d&&(s(b,"_se",d),s(b,"sens_",a.navigationStart,"_se"));s(b,"ntplt0_",a.loadEventStart,"_ns");s(b,"ntplt1_",a.loadEventEnd,"_ns")}}}};})() </script><script type="text/javascript">KX_timer.tick('tl'); if (document.location.protocol == 'https:') {window.jstiming.report(KX_timer, undefined , 'https://gg.google.com/csi');} else {window.jstiming.report(KX_timer);}</script></body></html>
