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السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
إن الحمد لله ،
إن الحمد لله، نحمدُه ونستعينُه
ونستغفرُه وَنَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ.
ونعوذُ باللهِ من شرورِ أنفسنا
و من سيئات أعمالنا
من يهدِه الله فلا مضلَّ له،
ومن يضلِلْ فلا هادي له
وأشهدُ أنْ لا إله إلا الله
وحده لا شريكَ له
وأشهدُ أن محمداً عبده ورسوله
لا نبيئ بعده لا نبي معده
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا
اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ
وَلَا تَمُوتُنَّ
إِلَّا وَأَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ
فإن خير الحديث كتابُ الله
وخيرَ الهدي
هديُ محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم
وشرَّ الأمورِ محدثاتُها
وكلَّ محدثة بدعةٌ وكلَّ محدثة بدعةٌ،
وكلَّ بدعة ضلالةٌ، وكلَّ ضلالة في النار
معاشر المسلمين،
أًوصيكم ونفسي بتقوى الله،
فقد فاز المتقون
Indeed, Surah Al Ikhlas...
...is known
to all Muslims.
We have all memorized the surah.
It is a noble surah.
The Prophet ﷺ recited it
repeatedly in his daily life.
The Prophet recited it
when he was going to sleep.
The Prophet ﷺ recited it when
he finished the mandatory prayers.
The Prophet recited it when supplicating
in the morning and evening.
And the Prophet ﷺ recited it
when praying two rak'ahs before dawn.
And the Prophet ﷺ recited it
during the prayer witir.
Thus, the Prophet paid special attention
to this surah.
This surah is called Al Ikhlas
which means ...
... purification ...
... because it was specially purified
to discuss the attributes of Allah SWT.
قُلۡ هُوَ اللّٰهُ اَحَدٌ‌
"Say, He is Allah, [Who is] One.'"
اَللّٰهُ الصَّمَدُ‌
"Allah the Eternal Refuge."
لَمۡ يَلِدۡ ۙ وَلَمۡ يُوۡلَدۡ
He neither begets
nor is born.
وَلَمۡ يَكُنۡ لَّهٗ كُفُوًا اَحَدٌ
"Nor is there to Him
any equivalent."
All verses, from the first till the last...
...describe specifically about
our Lord of the Universe.
Therefore, reading Al Ikhlas ...
... gets reward like reading
one third of the Koran.
The Prophet ﷺ said ...
أَيَعْجِزُ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ
ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ فِي لَيْلَةٍ
"Is any one of you
unable ...
... reciting a third of the Qur'an
in a night? "
"قلنا", said the companions.
أَيُّنَا يُطِيقُ ذَلِكَ
"O Messenger of Allah, how could one
recite a third of the Qur'an (in a night)?"
Nobody is capable.
Then the Prophet said ﷺ:
اللَّهُ اَحَدٌ‌
اَللّٰهُ الصَّمَدُ‌
ثُلُثُ الْقُرْآنِ
"Indeed, the letter of Al Ikhlas
is equivalent to a third of the Quran."
معاشر المسلمين،
In this surah, there is Allah's name
a very noble one, Ash Shamad.
Allah's name, Ash Shamad.
Many of us who recite Al Ikhlas ...
... without really understanding
the meaning of Ash Shamad.
Among the most beautiful names of Allah
is Ash Shamad.
Linguistically, Ash Shamad
has two meanings.
As mentioned by Ibn Faris.
In Mu'jamal Qayishi Lughah.
The first meaning is ...
Al Qast which means the goal.
The second meaning is something
that is sturdy and strong.
Terminologically, this meaning is the same
as the meaning of Ash Shamad.
If we refer to Salaf's interpretation
about the meaning of Ash Shamad...
...linguistically, there are two meanings
of this word.
Among the interpretations of the salaf...
What is meant by Ash Shamad ...
Is...
الذي تصمد إليه الخلائق كلها
بحَوَائِجِهِا
One to whom all creatures return to...
... to convey their intentions.
And this is Allah SWT.
All creatures ask for their wishes
to the Lord of the Universe.
Because Allah is Ash Shamad [the Eternal
Refuge].
Among Salaf's interpretations
about Ash Shamad ...
الذي لا جوف فيه
There is no cavity in it.
And this is different from other matters
than Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
There is no cavity within Allah
so, Allah SWT ...
…does neither eat nor drink, and there is
no breath as explained by the scholars.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said:
وهو يطعم ولا يطعم
"Allah SWT provides food,
and Allah SWT is not fed."
Allah SWT said:
وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْإِنْسَ
إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ
مَا أُرِيدُ مِنْهُمْ مِنْ رِزْقٍ
وَمَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ يُطْعِمُونِ
"And I did not create the djinn and mankind
except to worship Me."
"I do not want from them
any provision."
Therefore, substances that have cavities,
need energy, need to eat and drink ...
... then, it is a substance full of
flaws.
As for Allah SWT, Allah needs
to neither eat nor drink.
Because He is the Most Wealthy ...
...and does not need His creators
at all.
Among the meanings of Ash Shamad ...
الباقي بعد خلقه
"He remains eternal after His
creatures."
Allah SWT said:
كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ
وَّيَبْقٰى وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ
ذُو الْجَلٰلِ وَالَإِكْرَامِ
"Everyone upon the earth
will perish."
"And there will remain the Face
of your Lord owner of Majesty and Honor."
In his hadith, the Prophet ﷺ
said about Allah:
هو الاول والأخر
"Allah is the First,
and the Last."
And "the Last" means
الذي لا بعده شيء
"There is none after Allah.
He is the Last. "
Among the meanings of Ash Shamad ...
As explained by Ibn Abbas RA ...
He said, "Ash Shamad ...
هو السيد الذي كامل في سؤدده
"He is the perfect Leader
in His leadership."
الشريف الذي كامل في شرف
"He is the Highness
and perfect in His Glory."
الحكيم الذي كامل في حكمته
"He is the Wisest,
perfect in His wisdom."
العلم الذي كامل في علمه
"He is the All-Knowing One
perfect in His Knowledge."
The point is Allah is the Most Perfect
in all His Attributes.
Of all the qualities of perfection,
the most perfect attribute is of Allah SWT.
And this is the meaning of Ash Shamad
which should be known by a Muslim ...
... when he reads
قُلۡ هُوَ اللّٰهُ اَحَدٌ‌
اَللّٰهُ الصَّمَدُ‌
The more we know Allah SWT ...
... the more we love
Allah SWT.
As the proverb says,
"Unknown is unloved."
When one wants
to love Allah SWT...
... want to be more dedicated 'in his
prayers ...
... want to be more peaceful
in reading the Quran...
... he should try to know
the names of Allah SWT.
And know the attributes of Allah SWT.
Among these, the name Allah
Ash Shamad.
أقول قولي هذا واستغفر الله لي ولكم
ولسائر المسلمين من ذنب وخطيئة
فأستغفره إنه هو الغفور الرحيم
الحمد لله على إحسانه،
والشكر له على توفيقه وامتنانه
وأشهد أن لا إله إلا الله
وحده لا شريك له تعظيما لشأنه
وأشهد أن محمدا عبده ورسوله الداعي
إلى رضوانه
أللهم صلي عليه وعل أله وأصحابه وإخوانه
معاشر المسلمين
When we know that among Allah's names
is Ash Shamad...
What benefits can we get
from our knowledge?
First, Allah SWT said ...
ولله الأسماء الحسنى فادعوه بها
And to Allah belong the best names.
So, invoke Him by these names.
Then, when we can get closer to Allah
using Allah's name Ash Shamad ...
... when we invoke something Allah SWT.
As in the hadith ...
سمع النبي صلى الله علية وسلم رجلا
يقول في دعائه
"One was praying
and the Prophet heard his invocation."
"This man invoked Allah by saying ...
اللهم إني أسألك
بأني اشهد أنت الله
للا إله إلا أنت
الأحد الصمد
الذي لَمۡ يَلِدۡ ۙ وَلَمۡ يُوۡلَدۡ
وَلَمۡ يَكُنۡ لَّهٗ كُفُوًا اَحَدٌ
A man invoked Allah by saying:
"O Allah, indeed, I invoke You."
"By getting closer to You,
and I testify."
"That You are Allah ...
... for which no one has the rights
to be worshipped, except You, O Allah."
"You are the Eternal refuge, the One."
"You do not beget and are not begotten."
وَلَمۡ يَكُنۡ لَّهٗ كُفُوًا اَحَدٌ
"And there is nonequivalent to You."
So, when the Prophet heard
this person's prayer ...
The Prophet ﷺ said ...
لَقَدْ سَأَلَ اللَّهَ بِاسْمِهِ الْأَعْظَمِ
الَّذِي إِذَا سُئِلَ بِهِ أَعْطَى
وَإِذَا دُعِيَ بِهِ أَجَابَ
"He has asked Allah
by His Greatest Name"
"if Allah is asked thereby Allah gives."
"If Allah is called upon thereby,
Allah answers."
Then someone shall invoke Allah
by putting on the name of Allah ...
الصَّمَدُ‌
Then, among the benefits of knowing
the name of Allah Ash Shamad ...
... that we know how heinous ...
... those who declare that
Allah has a child.
Because among the interpretations of
Ash Shamad from Allah SWT ...
...that Allah is the Most Perfect, none
is equal to Allah SWT...
الذي لَمۡ يَلِدۡ ۙ وَلَمۡ يُوۡلَدۡ
Allah does not beget
and is not begotten.
The word Allah in the hadith Quds
narrated by Imam Al Bukhari ...
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said:
كَذَّبَنِي ابْنُ آدَمَ
وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ ذَلِكَ
وَشَتَمَنِي وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ ذَلِكَ
"Verily, the son of Adam tells
a lie about Me."
"And he has no right to do so."
"And truly, the son of Adam abuses Me."
"And he has no right to do so."
فَأَمَّا تَكْذِيبُهُ إِيَّايَ
"And he lies in My name."
He says لَنْ يُعِيدَنِي
"That Allah will not recreate me."
This is a lie against Allah SWT.
Because for Allah, it is very easy
to recreate him.
وَأَمَّا شَتْمُهُ إِيَّايَ
"And his abusing Me...
فَقَوْلُهُ
...is his saying...
اتَّخَذَ اللَّهُ وَلَدًا
"That Allah has begotten children."
So, Allah SWT said ...
وَأَنَا الْأَحَدُ الصَّمَدُ
"I am the One."
"And I am
الصمد الذي لَمْ أَلِدْ وَلَمْ أُولَدْ
"I beget not nor was I begotten."
وَلَمۡ يَكُنۡ لَّي كُفُوًا اَحَدٌ
"And there is none like
unto Me."
Therefore, whoever says
Allah has a child ...
... then he has denied
the nature of Shamadiyah of Allah SWT.
And he is considered
to revile Allah SWT.
As he shows the lack nature of
that Allah SWT has.
If Allah had a child, then His child
will be equivalent to Allah SWT.
The next lesson that we can get
knowing that Allah is Ash Shamad...
… is that ...
اَللّٰهُ الصَّمَدُ‌
الذي تصمد إليه الخلائق كلها بحاجاتها
Ash Shamad means that all creatures...
...return to Him whenever
they ask help from Allah SWT.
All creatures need Allah SWT.
As Allah is the Richest,
and Allah is the Most Perfect.
His nature is filled with perfections.
When we know
that our Lord is the Most Perfect...
When we know
that we need Allah SWT...
We will strive not to ask anything
but to Allah SWT.
We will strive not to hope anything
but to Allah SWT.
We humble ourselves, plead,
invoke only Allah SWT.
So, woe to the people,
who when they are lost ...
... they ask others than Allah SWT.
They ask the wali.
They ask the Prophets,
they asked the sunan.
They asked the bodies in the cemetery.
And they leave Ash Shamad.
Allah the One, to Whom we ask everything.
Therefore, the Prophet ﷺ...
... taught some companions
that they shall not ask ...
... anything but to Allah SWT.
A companion said ...
عَوْفُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ الأَشْجَعِيُّ
كُنَّا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ
"We were next to the Prophet ﷺ.
"Around 9, 8, or 7 of us."
Then the Prophet said ...
أَلاَ تُبَايِعُونَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ
"Why don't you pledge allegiance
to the Messenger of Allah?"
"While we had recently pledged allegiance."
"We replied,
'قَدْ بَايَعْنَاكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ"
"We have already pledged allegiance
to you, O Messenger of Allah."
Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ
said again...
أَلاَ تُبَايِعُونَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ
"Why don't you pledge allegiance to the
Messenger of Allah?"
We stretched our hands allegiance
to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
"And we said,
'قَدْ بَايَعْنَاكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ"
فَعَلاَمَ نُبَايِعُكَ
"O Messenger of Allah, we have already
pledged allegiance to you."
"Now tell (on what things) should we pledge
allegiance to you, O Messenger of Allah?"
So, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said...
عَلَى أَنْ تَعْبُدُوا اللَّه
وَلاَ تُشْرِكُوا بِهِ شَيْئًا
"You must pledge allegiance.
"That you would worship Allah only."
"And you would not associate
with Him anything."
وَالصَّلَوَاتِ الْخَمْسِ
"And observe five prayers."
وَتُطِيعُوا
"And obey me."
Then the Prophet said
وَلاَ تَسْأَلُوا النَّاسَ شَيْئًا
"And you would not beg people
of anything."
فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ بَعْضَ
أُولَئِكَ النَّفَرِ
يَسْقُطُ سَوْطُ أَحَدِهِمْ فَمَا
يَسْأَلُ أَحَدًا يُنَاوِلُهُ إِيَّاهُ
"I saw that one of these people."
"When he was on his ride,
and his whip fell...
...he would not ask anyone to pick it up
for him, and he got down...
...to pick it himself.
He wanted to apply what he pledged
allegiance to the Prophet ﷺ.
لاَ تَسْأَلُوا النَّاسَ شَيْئًا
"Do not beg
people of anything."
The more one does not ask people
anything, the stronger his tawhid is.
The stronger his trust in Allah SWT.
The need for Allah is higher.
The more he does not need others.
The Prophet ﷺ also said
in Tsawban hadith.
مَنْ يَكْفُلُ لِي
أَنْ لَا يَسْأَلَ النَّاسَ
وَأَتَكَفَّلُ لَهُ بِالْجَنَّةِ
"Whosoever guarantees me
that he will not beg from people ...
…I will guarantee him Heaven. "
Then Thawban said, انا يا رسول الله
"ِI guarantee to you, I will not
ask people for anything."
Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ guaranteed
him Heaven.
Therefore, among the words
of the Prophet ﷺ,the Prophet said ...
أَتَانِـيْ جِبْـرِيْلُ
"Gabriel came to me."
فَقَالَ
"Then Gabriel said ..."
يَا مُـحَمَّدُ ، عِشْ مَا شِئْتَ
فَإِنَّكَ مَيِّتٌ
Gabriel said, "O Muhammad."
"Live as you wish, you will die."
وَأَحْبِبْ مَا شِئْتَ فَإِنَّكَ
مُفَارِقُهُ
"Love what you want, O Messenger of Allah.
You will part from it."
وَاعْمَلْ مَا شِئْتَ
فَإِنَّكَ مَجْزِيٌّ بِهِ
"Do as you wish.
"Surely you will be reckoned by Allah SWT."
Then Gabriel AS said...
وَاعْلَمْ أَنَّ شَرَفَ الْـمُؤْمِنِ
قِيَامُهُ بِاللَّيْلِ
"Know that the glory of a believer
is his night prayers."
وَعِزُّهُ اسْتِغْنَاؤُهُ عَنِ النَّاسِ
"And his glory is
when he does not need others."
Among the prayers taught
by the Prophet ﷺ ...
اللهم اكفني بحلالك عن حرامك
واغنني بفضلك عمن سواك
"O Allah! Grant me enough
of what You make lawful."
"So that I may dispense
with what You make unlawful."
واغنني بفضلك عمن سواك
"Enable me by Your Grace
to dispense with all but You."
إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ
يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ
يَاأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا
صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًا
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ
وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ،
وَعَلَى آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ
وَبَارِكْ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ،
وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
كَمَا بَارَكْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ،
وَعَلَى آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ
اَللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلْمُسْلِمِيْنَ
وَالْمُسْلِمَاتِ
وَالُؤْمِنِيْنَ
وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ
الأَحْيَاءِ مِنْهُمْ وَاْلأَمْوَاتِ
إِنَّكَ سَمِيْعٌ قَرِيْبٌ
مُجِيْبُ الدَّعَوَاتِ
وَيَاقَاضِيَ الْحَاجَاتْ
اللَّهُمَّ آتِ نُفُوْسَنَا تَقْوَاهَا
وَزَكِّهَا أَنْتَ خَيْرُ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا
أَنْتَ وَلِيُّهَا وَمَوْلَاهَا
اللهم اكفنا بحلالك عن حرامك
واغننا بفضلك عمن سواك
اللهم اكفنا بحلالك عن حرامك
واغننا بفضلك عمن سواك
اللهم اكفنا بحلالك عن حرامك
واغننا بفضلك عمن سواك
اللهم انا نسألك الجنة
اللهم ادخلنا الجنة
ونعوذ بك من النار
رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً
وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً
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