Hazrat Moulana Dawood Seedat Saheb Madrasah Isha'atul Haq · Albert Falls Albert Falls, KwaZulu-Natal
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Lessons From The Life Of Nabi Ebrahim (عليه السلام) | Hazrat Moulana Dawood Seedat Saheb
Lessons From The Life Of Nabi Ebrahim (عليه السلام) Hazrat Moulana Dawood Seedat Saheb
Hijri date 10 Zul Hijjah 1441
Date 31 July 2020
Duration 26:13
Venue Pietermaritzburg Summary Main Topic
The speaker discusses the immense spiritual significance of the Day of Arafah (9th Dhul Hijjah), the necessity of absolute sincerity (Ikhlas) in all acts of worship, and the deep lessons of devotion and family etiquette derived from the sacrifice (Qurbani) of Prophet Ibrahim (AS) and Prophet Ismail (AS).
Key Lessons
Differences in Dates and Moon Sighting : Variations in regional calendar dates for Arafah or Eid are rewarded by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala according to each individual's sincere intention (Niyyah).Importance of Sincerity (Ikhlas) : Deeds performed for show or ostentation (Riya) carry no reward and incur punishment, whereas sincere deeds—even if performed with physical flaws or poor pronunciation—are accepted by Allah.Balance of Hope and Fear : A believer's faith resides between fear and hope, where hope in Allah's mercy drives consistent worship while a small measure of fear prevents arrogance and ostentation.Greatness of the Day of Arafah : Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala emancipates more souls from Jahannam on Arafah than on any other day and boasts of His disheveled, humble servants to the angels.Avoiding Digital Distractions : Modern practices like recording videos or taking social media photos during Tawaf or Qurbani strip away the spiritual light (Nur) and focus of worship.Filial Devotion from Seerah : Prophet Ismail (AS) demonstrated extraordinary compassion and consideration toward his parents even while preparing for sacrifice, showing how believers must honor and care for their parents.
Quranic/Hadith References
Hadith on Arafah : The Prophet Sallallahu alayhi wasallam mentioned that there is no better day in the sight of Allah than the Day of Arafah, when Allah's mercy descends and He frees countless people from the Fire.Dhikr for Arafah : Recommending the Fourth Kalima: La ilaha illallah, wahdahu la sharika lah, lahul mulku wa lahul hamd, bi-yadihil khayr, wa huwa 'ala kulli shay'in qadir .Quranic Principle on Sacrifice : Mention of the verse stating that neither the meat nor the blood of the sacrificed animal reaches Allah, but rather it is the Taqwa from your hearts that reaches Him (Surah Al-Hajj, 22:37).
Practical Advice
Maximize Dhikr, Durood Sharif, and heartfelt Dua on the Day of Arafah, particularly in the blessed hours between Asr and Maghrib on Jumu'ah.
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0:03 Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. 0:09 Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. 0:13 Alhamdulillah. 0:16 Today is the 9th of Dhul Hijjah. 0:24 This day, 9th of Dhul Hijjah, is known as Yawm-e-Arafah. 0:34 Sometime people get confused also and they feel that Yomi Arafah 0:44 Is, you know, when it is the day of Arafah in Saudi for Hajj, etc. 0:55 So they feel that no, that is what you call the day of Arafah. 1:01 But the system of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is such that 1:06 Just like how the commencement of Ramadan, the day of Eid, etc., it is in accordance with the place that the person is staying according to the sighting of the moon, etc., etc. 1:21 So, in our country, 1:26 Now it becomes so difficult to even talk because now some people, for them today is Eid al-Adha. 1:35 Some people in our country, they have celebrated Eid today. 1:39 According to them, the sighting was a day earlier and others, according to others, the sighting was a day, you know, when the month started a day later. 1:49 So for us then, we are regarding today as the day of Arafah. 1:54 So everything is upon the niyyah of a person. 1:57 And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala's khazanah, Allah ta'ala's treasures are unlimited. 2:02 Those who took today to be the day of Eid al-Adha and they fasted yesterday considering it to be Yawm al-Arafah, 2:10 Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will reward them according to their niyyat etc. 2:15 And those who are considering the day of Eid al-Adha to be tomorrow and today is Yawm al-Arafah, today is the 9th of Dhul Hijjah, then Allah ta'ala will reward accordingly. 2:27 The main thing is that whatever we do, we must do it with guidance and do it with ikhlas. 2:33 Last night, 2:35 Hazrat Maulana Abdul Haq Maghda sahib, naum barakatuhu, in the majlis, he mentioned one ajeeb thing, one ajeeb incident, he was reading from the kitab of Hazrat Maulana Masihullah rahmatullahi alayhi, that there was one person, and whenever he used to talk about Allah Ta'ala, etc., he used to refer to Allah Ta'ala as Kareem. 2:59 Ya Kareem. 3:00 What a beautiful sifat of Allah Ta'ala. 3:02 And there was another person, 3:05 When he used to talk about Allah Ta'ala, so he used to also want to say Ya Karim. 3:11 But his pronunciation, etc. 3:14 wasn't too good. 3:15 So he used to end up saying Ya Kari. 3:18 Ya Kari. 3:19 Instead of saying Ya Karimu, he used to say Ya Kari. 3:22 Because he was ignorant. 3:24 He didn't know how to pronounce the name and he had problem with his tongue or whatever it may have been. 3:29 But the ajeeb thing is that these two people 3:33 The one who used to say Ya Karimu so beautifully, he was getting azaab after he passed away. 3:41 He was getting azaab in the qabar. 3:44 And the other person who was saying Ya Karim, he was being rewarded. 3:53 So, whether it was through Kashf or through whichever medium, Allah Ta'ala informed some pious bandha of his, or whichever way it may have been, but the person who was saying Ya Karimu so beautifully, 4:11 But he was doing so with Riyakari. 4:14 With show. 4:15 So there is no sawab for that. 4:17 In fact there is punishment for it. 4:20 And the person who was saying Riyakari, although his pronunciation was not too good, but he was doing it with ikhlas. 4:28 He was doing it with ikhlas. 4:30 So Allah Ta'ala rewarded him. 4:33 So, this doesn't mean that if a person does something wrong, but he got a good intention, then it becomes good. 4:41 No. 4:41 A guna will be a guna. 4:43 A wrong will be a wrong. 4:45 But our good deeds, we must do it always with ikhlas. 4:49 As I was mentioning last night, that iman is something that is between fear and hope. 4:56 But a believer must have a lot of hope. 5:00 Fear must be like salt in the food. 5:03 Fear must be like salt in the food. 5:05 Mustn't be too much. 5:06 The hope must be more. 5:08 But there must be an element of fear. 5:11 So when a person has hope, then he will be motivated to do more and more aamal. 5:16 Because Allah Ta'ala is accepting my deeds. 5:18 Allah is most merciful. 5:20 He has that hope. 5:21 But at the same time, 5:23 Because he's got that little bit of fear, that element of fear, so he won't develop riyah. 5:29 He'll also be afraid that, you know, my aamal are not worthy of presentation. 5:36 My aamal are not worthy of presentation. 5:38 But Allah Ta'ala in His mercy, in His, you know, magnanimity, but Allah Ta'ala will accept it. 5:47 So khair. 5:50 This day of Arafah, 5:52 Ninth of Dhul Hijjah. 5:55 We sometimes don't realize the greatness of this Mubarak day. 6:00 Right? 6:01 Now already half the day is gone, but whatever of the day is left, for us to realize the greatness, the auspiciousness, and to make qadr of it, 6:12 So we just mention a few things with regards to this day. 6:16 The Jamitul Ulama KZN, our Jamitul Ulama KwaZulu Natal. 6:21 So every day they give some nasihat, they send out some nasihat. 6:25 And we are very fortunate in this country of ours, you know. 6:28 We have so many different ulama bodies, so many ulama in their personal capacities, so many darul ulums, madrasas, 6:39 That, you know, on any topic we receive so much of guidance, so much of advice all the time. 6:46 All the time we receive so much of guidance, so much of advice. 6:51 So the Jamitul Udama KZN, they sent this little article on the significance of this day of Arafah. 7:00 Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam said that there is no day, there is no better day in the sight of Allah Ta'ala than the day of Arafah. 7:10 Allah Ta'ala's mercy descends to the lowest sky and he boasts to the inhabitants of the heavens 7:17 About the inhabitants of the earth. 7:20 Allah Ta'ala says to the malaika that look at my servants appearing disheveled and dusty, standing in the sun and not shading themselves from it. 7:31 They come from every distant place hoping for my mercy and they have not seen my punishment. 7:38 There is no day wherein more people are granted emancipation from Jahannam than the day of Arafah. 7:44 So obviously this is referring to the plains of Arafah when the people come from different different parts of the globe. 7:51 Well this year it's a little bit different. 7:54 Allah Ta'ala make it that we don't see this again. 7:57 That from next year again we must see those large numbers going for Hajj etc. 8:06 It's sad. 8:10 That sometime we get so caught up in, you know, nafsaniyat. 8:16 We get caught up. 8:19 That people are going for hajj. 8:22 Right? 8:22 Now the number is very, very small. 8:26 And they got all their protocols, etc. 8:28 I'm not going into whether that's right and wrong and all that. 8:31 That's not my, this thing. 8:33 But, there's so few people, right? 8:38 That you making tawaf, 8:40 And you actually, you know, you got a space. 8:44 You got your own line. 8:45 Nobody will cross your path. 8:49 The next person is like making tawaf a meter this way, a meter that way. 8:55 So you can have so much of concentration in that tawaf. 9:00 There's no ladies touching men. 9:03 It's unfortunate that the Saudi kingdom, they could do it now. 9:09 They couldn't do it all these years. 9:11 They find some system how you can separate the men from the women in the Tawaf. 9:17 Now they found a system. 9:18 With the small numbers. 9:20 Due to Corona. 9:21 So they found one system. 9:23 Right? 9:24 Allah Ta'ala give them the, you know, hidayat and the ability to find a system in the future for the Shariat. 9:33 For the purposes of Deen. 9:35 That they find some system where the ladies can make tawaaf separately and the men can make tawaaf separately. 9:41 When they were doing construction, they had the doughnut on the top. 9:44 They had the doughnut. 9:46 So they could have left the doughnut maybe. 9:48 Let the ladies make the off on the doughnut. 9:51 And let the men make the off down. 9:52 Or vice versa. 9:53 Or have times or whatever. 9:54 Everybody wants to be close to the Kaaba also. 9:57 So khair. 9:58 That's not the topic for discussion. 10:01 What I wanted to mention. 10:03 Building on to that Riyadh that we were talking on earlier. 10:07 That those people who are making Hajj this year. 10:12 So how nasibd are they? 10:15 And they got the whole place to themselves. 10:17 They can make tawaf in peace. 10:19 No worry about anybody pushing you. 10:22 Nothing. 10:23 But what they doing? 10:25 Busy making videos. 10:29 Allah Ta'ala made it such for those ladies too that they can make tawaf on a separate line but now the man is videoing his wife too. 10:40 And then sending it out on social media. 10:44 So this is what has happened to us is we're losing focus, you know, on the nur of all these ibadat, on the spirit of these ibadat. 10:54 We are just reducing it to some pictures and reducing it to some photos and some videos and we feel now, as long as the world knows what we did, we're okay. 11:05 It's on my Facebook page and it's on my this account and that account and the message got out to everybody, so we're okay. 11:12 Whereas, there could have been so much of connection with Allah Ta'ala. 11:17 You don't worry about any... 11:19 I'm just looking at Aslam. 11:21 Because the last time we were making tawaf together, then one wheelchair hit him from the back. 11:26 Now his foot started bleeding. 11:28 Now he had to go sort it out. 11:30 Uzo is broken also. 11:31 So now these people making tawaf now, they don't have any of those worries. 11:38 They don't worry about anything. 11:40 But in... 11:42 They don't know. 11:42 We're not looking down on them. 11:44 Maybe they don't know. 11:45 Right? 11:47 Instead of being connected with Allah Ta'ala, we're still connected with our phone. 11:52 Right? 11:52 Now tomorrow is the day of Eid al-Adha. 11:55 Now the same thing happens when we're carrying out our qurbani. 11:59 Right? 11:59 When we're carrying out our qurbani, and we are reciting the takbir, we're taking Allah Ta'ala's name, we're saying, Bismillah. 12:08 Allahu Akbar. 12:10 Hmm? 12:11 What what we supposed to be thinking about? 12:16 The greatness of Allah, Rabbul Izzat. 12:19 Then we slaughtering this animal for the pleasure of Allah Ta'ala. 12:25 There are so many virtues. 12:27 All these things supposed to be going through our minds at that time. 12:31 But so many people, even at that time, we are connected with our phones. 12:37 We are connected with our phones. 12:40 Rather we want to take picture of how fast I'm cutting the animal and this and that and make a video of it and send it out. 12:50 So we need to bring that Ruh into our Aman. 12:55 Bring that Ikhlas and that Ruh into our Aman. 12:59 Be connected with Allah Ta'ala. 13:01 It mustn't just be that we're just carrying out rituals. 13:05 We're just going through the motions. 13:08 At every step of the way, there must be that connection with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. 13:16 Sayyidina Anas radiyallahu ta'alanu says that the day of Arafah equals 10,000 days in virtue. 13:23 Imagine. 13:23 10,000 days in virtue. 13:30 Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam said that fasting on the day of Arafah is a means of forgiveness for my innocence committed in the past and the coming year. 13:43 The best zikr, one is today is also the day of Jumu'ah. 13:47 We should read a lot of durood, send a lot of durood upon Huzoor-e-Paq sallallahu alayhi wasallam. 13:52 But for the day of Arafah, the best zikr that a person must make is the fourth kalima. 13:59 La ilaha illallah. 14:01 Wahdahu la sharika lah. 14:02 Lahu al-mulku wa lahu al-hamd. 14:05 And then you say, Biadihil khair. 14:07 Normally, Fadkarima, you say, Laul mulku wa laul hamd. 14:11 Yuhyi wa yumeet. 14:12 So that yuhyi wa yumeet is not in the riwayat for the zikr of Arafah. 14:17 Normally, you can read yuhyi wa yumeet. 14:19 And if you read now, you're used to saying yuhyi wa yumeet and you say it also, there's no guna. 14:24 You'll get sawab. 14:25 But in the riwayat, it comes like this. 14:27 La ilaha illallah. 14:29 Wahdahu la sharika lah. 14:31 Lahul mulku wa laul hamd. 14:33 Biadihil khair. 14:34 Wa huwa ala kulli shay'in qadir. 14:38 So we should try and read this a lot while we're working, whatever we're doing. 14:42 Read the fourth kalima. 14:44 Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam said, whoever protects his ears, he doesn't listen to evil. 14:52 Ghribat. 14:54 All these things. 14:54 Doesn't listen to it. 14:55 Protects his ears. 14:57 He protects his eyes. 14:59 Doesn't look at haram. 15:01 Doesn't look at anything wrong. 15:03 Asr. 15:03 Asr. 15:03 Asr. 15:03 Asr. 15:03 Asr. 15:04 Asr. 15:04 Asr. 15:24 When shaitan is most humiliated. 15:28 Hazrat also mentioned last night that the day of Arafah is the day when shaitan is most humiliated. 15:35 So we must, you know, make qadr of this day. 15:39 Allah Ta'ala has given us hayati on this day. 15:41 Make qadr of this day. 15:44 Engage in zikrullah. 15:45 Stay away from gunas. 15:47 And very importantly is engage in dua. 15:52 And today is the day of Jumu'ah. 15:56 And the time between Asr and Maghrib on the day of Jumu'ah is a Mubarak time. 16:01 For acceptance of dua. 16:02 That's for a normal Jumu'ah. 16:04 And now when it is Arafah also, 9th of Dhul Hijjah, and also Jumu'ah, then Nooruna la Noor. 16:12 Nooruna la Noor. 16:14 So we should try and take out some time and engage in a lot of dua. 16:19 And then obviously everybody is preparing for tomorrow. 16:23 Eid al-Adha. 16:24 So as we've been mentioning the last few programs that one is the preparation now, our ropes and our hooks and our knives and all those things and the other is the ruhani preparation. 16:37 Because 16:38 Layyanalallaha luhumuhah waladima'uha walaki yanaluhu taqwa minkum. 16:45 The blood and the meat, that's not going to go to Allah Ta'ala. 16:48 It is the taqwa. 16:49 Allah Ta'ala is looking at our taqwa. 16:53 So we must keep in mind, you know, keep in mind the qurbani of Hazrat Ibrahim a.s., 17:04 That he had to take his son to go and slaughter. 17:07 Last week, Jumu'ah, we spoke about a few aspects of, you know, the sunnah of Nabi Ibrahim a.s. Then on Wednesday night, in the Wednesday night program, again we spoke about a few aspects. 17:21 Right? 17:25 But just to touch on one lesson. 17:31 Nabi Ibrahim a.s. 17:34 When he took his son, Nabi Ismail alayhi salam, to go to slaughter him, right? 17:44 The son is telling the father, telling the father that, see, what you do is turn me the other side. 18:00 So you don't see my face when you're slaughtering me. 18:05 Because, obviously, no matter how patient a person can be, but when the pain of the blade is, when you start experiencing the pain and the cutting and the life is coming out, so the face will become distorted, you know, the face will change, the cringing, whatever it is. 18:25 So he's telling his father, he says, turn me the other way so you don't see all of that. 18:33 Because the hukam of Allah Ta'ala needs to be carried out. 18:38 So it mustn't be that you... 18:41 He didn't say it in all these words. 18:43 He is giving a little bit of an explanation. 18:45 Mustn't be that you see my face now changing and then you are, you know, unable to follow through. 18:57 Then also he says to his father... 19:01 He said, there's seed to it that my blood doesn't mess you. 19:05 I don't want to give that taqlif, that my blood messed your clothing. 19:13 And also, if the blood is going to come on your clothing, and my mother is going to see that, then how will she feel, you know? 19:23 Her heart also will pain. 19:24 This is her child's blood. 19:28 So, don't let the blood come. 19:31 Be careful that the blood doesn't come. 19:35 And then, Nabi Ismail, he removes his garment also, and he says, give this garment to my mother. 19:50 She'll take solace. 19:53 She got my garment. 19:54 She'll take some solace. 19:56 It'll give her some peace, some comfort. 20:00 Now here is a situation where a father is going to slaughter the son. 20:08 They don't know that Allah is going to send a ram and all that. 20:13 Allah's hukam is this. 20:15 So they are going to do it. 20:17 They are going to carry it out. 20:20 So the father is going to slaughter the son. 20:22 That means in dunyavi terms, dunyavi terms we're talking now, the father is going to take the son's life. 20:32 We know nobody can take anybody's life. 20:35 A person will only pass away when Allah Ta'ala want them to pass away, right? 20:39 But if we talk in our terminology now, that the father is going to take the son's life. 20:46 And yet the son... 20:49 He's still showing so much of consideration, so much of affection, so much of muhabbat, so much of concern for the mother also who's not present there. 21:02 But even for the father, he's showing so much. 21:05 Yet the father is going to be the one to put the blade on the neck of the child. 21:11 But he's still showing so much of love for the father. 21:17 Let us ask ourselves, you know, what is my relationship with my parents? 21:25 What is my relationship with my parents? 21:30 And when there is just a little bit of fear, a little bit of fear, whatever the fear may be, a financial worry, a health issue, or whatever the... How many people are actually... 21:47 Avoiding their own parents. 21:50 Actually avoiding their own parents. 21:52 Leaving the parents one side. 21:55 Sometimes it's because of the love of the wife. 21:58 Sometimes it's because of the love of the children. 22:01 Sometimes it's because of the love of wealth. 22:04 Sometimes it's because of the love of life and health. 22:08 A person is actually pushing his parents one side. 22:12 And here there is a child 22:15 These are the lessons we have to take from the qurbani. 22:19 That here is a child who the father is going to slaughter him. 22:23 And yet he is still showing so much of muhabbat, so much of love, so much of consideration. 22:33 Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala give us tawfiq. 22:35 Allah ta'ala accept all the duas today. 22:37 Remember me also in your duas. 22:39 Remember the entire ummah. 22:42 Allah ta'ala accept all the qurbanis tomorrow. 22:46 Give us tawfiq to carry it out in the correct, proper procedure and the proper method, etc. 22:52 Treat the animals with kindness. 22:54 Don't sharpen knives in front of the animals. 22:57 And our children also, we must watch them. 22:59 Sometimes they get over enthusiastic and then they want to just pull the animals and all that. 23:04 We must teach them that they should treat these animals with affection, with care. 23:12 They are giving Allah Ta'ala made it like that. 23:14 Allah Ta'ala system that these animals have to give their life in order for us to fulfill our wajib. 23:26 They have to give their life in order for us to fulfill our wajib. 23:31 Right? 23:31 It's Allah Ta'ala's system. 23:32 Allah Ta'ala made it like that. 23:35 Hazrat Rahmatullah Ali will conclude on this. 23:38 He used to say, Hazrat Muhammad Ismail S.A.W. 23:42 Rahmatullah Ali used to say, when we're putting that blade on the neck of the animal, then at the same time, put the blade on the neck of our nafs. 23:53 Hmm? 23:55 Like how we sing Bismillah. 23:59 I'm just thinking now. 24:00 Like when we sing Bismillah that I begin in the name of Allah Ta'ala. 24:05 Right? 24:06 And we're slaughtering. 24:07 In the same way, now everything in my life, I must begin in the name of Allah. 24:12 If Allah Ta'ala never allow it, I mustn't do it. 24:15 If Allah Ta'ala doesn't want me to do it, I mustn't do it. 24:19 And Allahu Akbar, Allah is greatest. 24:22 Allah is great. 24:24 So I must fear only Allah. 24:26 My living, my dying, everything must be only for Allah. 24:32 Allah Ta'ala give me tawfiq, give you tawfiq. 24:35 Grand and high umma tawfiq. 24:37 There will be no Eid Salah taking place here. 24:51 You can find out in the different masajid, different venues, Eid Salah will take place. 24:58 And we will be having Eid Salah at Albert Falls. 25:05 5 Tauntree Road in Albert Falls, the new madrasah premises. 25:11 So we'll be having Eid Salah there. 25:14 Qatutu. 25:14 Yes. 25:16 Quarter to seven will be the talk and seven o'clock will be namaz. 25:21 InshaAllah. 25:23 And then we mustn't forget about our takbirat al-tashriq. 25:26 Started from this morning after Fajr. 25:29 And we'll continue. 25:31 So Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday till Asr. 25:36 We must read the takbir. 25:37 Allahu Akbar. 25:38 Allahu Akbar. 25:39 La ilaha illallah. 25:41 Allahu Akbar. 25:42 Allahu Akbar. 25:43 Walillahilhamd. 25:45 Once after every Farsana. 25:49 After every Farsana. 25:50 This is wajib on the ladies also. 25:53 So we must remind them that they are reading at home. 25:55 Nobody to remind them. 25:57 We sometimes we read in Jamaat. 25:58 We forgot. 25:59 Somebody else remembers. 26:01 So it's easy for us. 26:02 But remind them also that they must read the Takbir. 26:06 Allah Ta'ala il-Masjid.
Refrain from using phones to record or photograph sacred worship like Tawaf and Qurbani to protect your Ikhlas.
Treat sacrificial animals with kindness and mercy—do not sharpen knives in front of them, and guide children to treat them gently.
Concurrently slaughter the desires of the Nafs when slaughtering the animal for Qurbani.
Recite Takbirat al-Tashriq (Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, La ilaha illallah, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, wa lillahil hamd ) once after every Fard prayer starting from Fajr of 9th Dhul Hijjah until Asr of 13th Dhul Hijjah, reminding female family members at home as well. 
Hazrat Moulana Dawood Seedat Saheb