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إن الحمد لله، نحمدُه ونستعينُه
ونستغفرُه وَنَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ
ونعوذُ باللهِ من شرورِ أنفسنا،
وسيئات 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 أصدق الحديث كتابُ الله
وخيرَ الهدي هديُ محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم،
وشرَّ الأمورِ محدثاتُها،
وكلَّ محدثة بدعةٌ، وكلَّ بدعة ضلالةٌ،
وكلَّ ضلالة في النار
معاشر المسلمين، أًوصيكم
ونفسي بتقوى الله، فقد فاز المتقون
One would say,
إن شرف العلم بشرف المعلومه
“A knowledge is noble according
to the object of its study.”
The more complex the object,
the more noble is the knowledge.
Hence, religious study
is a very noble science.
The object of its study
is the rules of Allah SWT.
It is even more noble when ...
... the object studied is the names
and the characters of Allah SWT.
Therefore, the knowledge that is
the most useful for a servant in his life...
... is the knowledge on the names
and the characters of Allah SWT.
وَلِلَّهِ الْأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَى
“Verily Allah SWT has
the most beautiful names.”
Among Allah SWT's names,
the most beautiful one is Al Halim.
Al Halim would mean that Allah SWT ...
... does not give immediately punishment
to His servant when he does sinful acts.
Or when His servant is a disbeliever,
or associates Allah to others.
But Allah SWT postpones the sentence
for them.
But Allah SWT postpones the punishment
for them.
Who knows? They might come to realize
and return to Allah SWT.
While in fact, it is easy for Allah SWT
to punish them.
Allah SWT said,
وَلَوْ يُؤَاخِذُ اللَّهُ النَّاسَ
بِظُلْمِهِمْ
مَا تَرَكَ عَلَيْهَا مِنْ دَابَّةٍ
وَلَكِنْ يُؤَخِّرُهُمْ
إِلَى أَجَلٍ مُسَمًّى
فَإِذَا جَاءَ أَجَلُهُمْ لَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ
سَاعَةً وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ
“And if Allah were to impose blame
on the people ...
... for their wrongdoing,
مَا تَرَكَ عَلَيْهَا مِنْ دَابَّةٍ
He would not have left
upon the earth any person.”
If all who do sinful acts,
Allah punishes them at once,
If to all who violate Allah’s rules
Allah’s sentence applies immediately,
none would have been left
upon the earth.
“But He defers them
for a specified term.”
“And when their term has come,
they will not remain behind an hour,
nor will they precede [it].”
Allah SWT also said,
وَرَبُّكَ الْغَفُورُ ذُو الرَّحْمَةِ
لَوْ يُؤَاخِذُهُمْ بِمَا كَسَبُوا
لَعَجَّلَ لَهُمُ الْعَذَابَ
بَلْ لَهُمْ مَوْعِدٌ لَنْ يَجِدُوا
مِنْ دُونِهِ مَوْئِلًا
Allah SWT said: “He is Allah SWT,
رَبُّكَ,
الْغَفُورُ ذُو الرَّحْمَةِ
He is Allah SWT the Most Forgiving
and the Most Merciful.”
“If He were to impose
blame upon them,
He would have hastened
for them the punishment.”
“Rather, for them is an appointment.”
This shows the characters Al Hilm
of Allah SWT.
Meanwhile, His servants do sinful acts.
Meanwhile, His servants are disbelievers.
Meanwhile, His servants associate Allah SWT
to others.
Allah SWT continues granting them
with His mercy.
Allah SWT continues granting them
sustenance.
Allah SWT continues granting them
health.
Who knows, one day, they will be aware.
Look at Pharaoh.
He disobeyed verily to Allah SWT,
and even proclaimed himself as god.
Allah sent him the Prophets
Moses and Aaron.
اذْهَبَا إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ طَغَى
“Go, both of you, to Pharaoh,
O Moses and Aaron.”
“Indeed, he has transgressed.”
فَقُولَا لَهُ قَوْلًا لَيِّنًا
“And speak to him
with gentle speech.”
لَعَلَّهُ يَتَذَكَّرُ أَوْ يَخْشَى
“Perhaps he may come to realize.”
“Perhaps he may be reminded.”
“Perhaps he may fear Allah SWT.”
Pharaoh was very mean, but Allah SWT
return to him with kindness.
But when the time comes
that Allah SWT considers ...
... there is no use to defer
blames upon His servants,
Allah will sent them punishment
accordingly.
This is Al Halim.
Many of His servants
saying that Allah SWT is
... a matter that has a child.
The Apostle ﷺ said:
لاَ أَحَدَ أَصْبَرُ
عَلَى أَذًى يَسْمَعُهُ مِنَ اللهِ
“There is none to show more patience ...
... at listening
to the most irksome things ...
... than Allah SWT.”
Allah is the Most Patient.
إِنَّهُ يُشْرَكُ بِهِ
“Partnership is associated
to Him (polytheism).”
وَيُجْعَلُ لَهُ الْوَلَدُ
“And (fatherhood) of a child
is attributed to Him.”
ثُمَّ هُوَ يُعَافِيهِمْ وَيَرْزُقُهُمْ
“But in spite of this
He protects them (people).”
“And Allah provides them sustenance.”
So that they will have time.
So that they can contemplate.
Who knows? They might come to realize
and return to Allah SWT.
Hence, when one does a sinful act,
he shall remember
that his Lord is Al-Halim.
The One who defers His sentence.
Allah SWT can apply His sentence
at any time.
But Allah is the Most Merciful.
Allah wants us to return to Him.
So that we come to realize and worry.
If suddenly ...
... Allah applies His sentence
and punishment to us.
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،
As Allah SWT is Al Halim,
Allah SWT likes it when His servants
are also Halim.
Thus, Allah SWT praises
some of His servants ...
... who are Al Hilm.
Such as the Apostle Abraham AS.
Allah SWT said in two verses:
إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ
لَحَلِيمٌ أَوَّاهٌ مُنِيبٌ
“Verily, Abraham is hilm.”
In another verse:
إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ لَأَوَّاهٌ حَلِيمٌ
“Verily, Abraham is hilm.”
See how forgiving
the Apostle Ibrahim AS was.
Even though he was being annoyed, tested.
He never asked Allah
to punish his people.
All people in the country
was hostile to him.
They captured him,
took off his clothes.
A big fire was lit on.
It is told that at that time,
No fire was ever lit on as big as
the one to burn the Apostle Abraham AS.
He was thrown into the fire.
But he never invoked Allah,
“O Allah, destroy them.”
The Apostle Abraham AS was chased away
by his father who was hostile to him.
لَئِنْ لَمْ تَنْتَهِ لَأَرْجُمَنَّكَ
وَاهْجُرْنِي مَلِيًّا
“O Abraham, if you do not desist,
I will surely stone you,
so avoid me a prolonged time.”
What did Abraham say to his father?
قَالَ سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكَ
سَأَسْتَغْفِرُ لَكَ رَبِّي
"Peace will be upon you,
O Father.”
“I will ask forgiveness
for you of my Lord.”
That was Abraham AS.
Afterward, he was chased away
from Babil, Iraq.
He went to Syam.
In Syam, he met people
who worshiped celestial objects.
They worshiped the Sun.
They worshiped the Moon.
They worshiped the stars.
They were hostile to him
and he was insulted.
The Apostle Abraham did not ask Allah
to destroy them.
That was Abraham AS.
The same thing when he had
a family problem.
When he married his second wife.
Hajar.
Sarah was jealous
that she wanted to hurt Hajar.
The scholars said, among them
Ibnu Hajar RA,
The Apostle Abraham AS was not angry
to Sarah.
The Apostle Abraham AS was not mad to Sarah
who wanted to hurt his second wife.
The Apostle Abraham preferred to succumb
and took his second wife to Mecca.
So that the situation would calm down
between the two wives.
The Apostle Abraham AS did these
because he was Al Halim.
Ibnu Abi Hatim reported in his narration,
from Ibnu Abbas
(may Allah be pleased with them),
If there was any one who hurt
the Apostle Abraham when he preached,
He would say
هداك الله
“May Allah guide you.”
He did not reply
with dirty words.
He did not avenge them by asking Allah
bad things for them.
That was Abraham Al Hilm.
While, if he wished to do so,
he could have supplicated Allah SWT.
Allah could have destroyed
at that instant.
Since Allah SWT is Al Hilm,
Allah likes His servants who are also hilm.
Allah is able to punish,
but He does not.
Allah grants them time for them
to come to realize and return to Him.
Then mankind shall do the same.
Do not get emotional.
Because being emotional,
easily provoked,
easily offended,
are bad characters.
A good character is being hilm.
And when one knows
that Allah SWT is Al Hilm,
he shall have that character
for Allah SWT.
Hopefully, Allah SWT is also Hilm
to him.
As one would say,
الجزاء من جنس العمل
“We earn what we give.”
If we do good to others,
but they hurt us, we shall be patient.
We do not immediately avenge.
We let them, perhaps they would understand.
Then Allah SWT would do
the same to us.
We do many sinful acts.
Allah SWT grants us time.
He does not take our soul
while doing a sinful act.
Allah does not make us su’ul khatimah.
We can still breath
despite our sinful acts.
Allah still takes us to meet
the holy month, Ramadan.
This shows the characters Al Hilm
of Allah SWT.
Then we shall be hilm to others.
Then Allah SWT would do
the same to us.
In a hadith, it is narrated,
that there was one ...
... in shahih Muslim.
From Abu Hurairah RA,
أَنَّ رَجُلًا
There was a man saying
to the Messenger of Allah يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ
إِنَّ لِي قَرَابَةً
“O 'Messenger of Allah! I have relatives ...”
أَصِلُهُمْ وَيَقْطَعُونِي
“... with whom I maintain ties
while they cut me off.”
وَأُحْسِنُ إِلَيْهِمْ وَيُسِيئُونَ إِلَيَّ
“I am good to them
while they are bad to me.”
وَأَحْلُمُ عَنْهُمْ
“I am forbearing towards them.”
“I am patient to them.”
“I do not avenge them.”
“I do not avenge their badness.”
“Their insults, their foolishness.”
وَيَجْهَلُونَ عَلَيَّ
“They behave foolishly towards me.”
What did the Apostle ﷺ say?
لَئِنْ كُنْتَ كَمَا قُلْتَ
"If things are as you said,”
فَكَأَنَّمَا تُسِفُّهُمُ الْمَلَّ
“It is as if you were putting
hot ashes on them.”
وَلَا يَزَالُ مَعَكَ مِنَ اللهِ ظَهِيرٌ
مَا دُمْتَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ
“Allah will provide you support.”
"As long as you continue being hilm
to them.”
You will not lack a supporter against them
from Allah as long as you continue to do that
We hope that Allah SWT grants us
with noble characters.
We hope that Allah SWT makes us,
His servants,
Who can really love Allah SWT,
so that Allah loves us too.
إنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ
يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ
يَاأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا
عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًا
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ،
وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ،
كما صليت على إبراهيم
وعلى آل إبراهيم إنك حميد مجيد
وَبَارِكْ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ،
وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ،
كما,باركت على إبراهيم
وعلى آل إبراهيم إنك حميد مجيد
اللهم أغفر للمسلمين والمسلمات
و المؤمنين والمؤمنات
الأحياء منهم والأموات
انك سميع قريب ﺃﺟﻴﺐ ﺩﻋﻮﺓ
ويَاقَاضِيَ الحاجاتِ
اللَّهُمَّ آتِ نُفُوْسَنَا تَقْوَاهَا
تَقْوَاهَا وَزَكِّهَ
أَنْتَ خَيْرُ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا
أَنْتَ وَلِيُّهَا
رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً
وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً
وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ