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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
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوا رَبَّكُمُ
الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ مِنْ نَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ
وَخَلَقَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا
وَبَثَّ مِنْهُمَا رِجَالًا كَثِيرًا
وَنِسَاءً
وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ الَّذِي تَسَاءَلُونَ بِهِ
وَالْأَرْحَامَ
إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلَيْكُمْ رَقِيبًا
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا
اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَقُولُوا قَوْلًا سَدِيدًا
يُصْلِحْ لَكُمْ أَعْمَالَكُمْ
وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمْ
وَمَنْ يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ
فَقَدْ فَازَ فَوْزًا عَظِيمًا
أما بعد
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
Among the knowledge that is very useful,
that might improve one's piety,
to love Allah SWT more,
to have more fear in Allah SWT,
to praise Allah SWT more,
is the knowledge about His names
and His characters.
Hence, almost in all each page
of the Quran, Allah SWT ...
mentions His names and His characters.
So that His Servants continue
to glorify Allah SWT.
And Allah SWT has said:
وَلِلَّهِ الْأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَى
فَادْعُوهُ بِهَا
"And to Allah belong the best names."
"So invoke Him by them."
Among His best names,
there is الوتر (Al-Witr).
Allah is One.
Imam Al-Bukhari and Imam Muslim
narrated in their shahih.
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ:
From Abu Hurairah RA,
from the Apostle ﷺ,
the Apostle said:
لِلَّهِ تِسْعَةٌ وَتِسْعُونَ اسْمًا
مِائَةً إِلاَّ وَاحِدًا
لاَ يَحْفَظُهَا أَحَدٌ
إِلاَّ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ
وَهْوَ وَتْرٌ يُحِبُّ الْوَتْرَ
"Allah has 99 Names."
"He who memorized them all by heart
will enter Paradise."
"Allah is witr (one) and
loves 'the witr' (i.e., odd numbers).
الوتر means ...
... as explained by
Abul Abbas Al-Qurthubi rahimahullaah.
يُرَادُ بِهِ التَّوْحِيدُ
Al-Witr, the One is tauhid.
[To believe in His monotheism]
أَنَّ اللَّهَ فِي ذَاتِهِ وَكَمَالِهِ
وَأَفْعَالِهِ وَاحِدٌ
Allah SWT is One in His Essence.
Allah SWT is One in His Character.
Allah SWT is One in His Perfection.
Allah SWT is One in His actions.
يُحِبُّ الْوِتْرَ
Allah loves 'the witr' (odd numbers).
وَيُحِبُّ التَّوْحِيدَ
Allah loves Tauhid.
[the creation must believe in His monotheism]
Allah is not even, but He is One.
مَا اتَّخَذَ صَاحِبَةً وَلَا وَلَدًا
"Allah does not have
a companion nor a child."
If Allah has a companion,
than He is in pair.
If Allah has a child,
then there is one who is similar to Him.
Thus, Allah would not have been One.
Thus Allah SWT said:
فَلَا تَضْرِبُوا لِلَّهِ الْأَمْثَالَ
"So do not assert similarities to Allah."
فَلَا تَجْعَلُوا لِلَّهِ أَنْدَادًا
وَأَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ
"So do not attribute to Allah equals."
Equals would mean Allah SWT is not One.
هَلْ تَعْلَمُ لَهُ سَمِيًّا
"Do you know of any similarity to Him?"
Allah SWT said:
قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ (1)
اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ (2)
لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ(3)
وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ (4)
"He is Allah, [who is] One."
At the last verse, Allah said:
وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ
"Nor is there to Him any equivalent."
To perfection the sense of His Oneness,
Allah SWT makes His creation in pairs.
In pairs.
Allah SWT said:
وَمِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقْنَا
زَوْجَيْنِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ
"And of all things We created two mates."
لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ
"Perhaps you will remember (Allah SWT)."
"So that you will glorify Allah SWT."
سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي
خَلَقَ الْأَزْوَاجَ كُلَّهَا
مِمَّا تُنْبِتُ الْأَرْضُ
وَمِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ
وَمِمَّا لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
“Exalted is He who created all pairs."
"From what the earth grows."
"And from themselves,
and from that which they do not know."
Thus Allah creates everything in pairs.
Allah creates the sky and the Earth.
Allah creates heaven and hell.
Allah creates men and women.
Allah creates male and female.
Up and down.
Fire and water.
Gabriel and demon.
Moses and Pharaoh.
Allah creates everything in pair.
So that they know
that only Allah SWT is One.
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
The lesson we learn
why Allah SWT has commanded ...
... in His legislation odd numbers ...
... so that His servants always remember
Allah's Oneness.
He shall not be associated.
He has no pair.
He is Allah SWT, the One.
The Apostle ﷺ said,
أَوْتِرُوا يَا أَهْلَ الْقُرْآنِ،
فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ وِتْرٌ، يُحِبُّ الْوِتْرَ
“O People of the Quran."
"Perform Witr."
"For Allah is Witr."
"And He loves the odd (numbered)."
Thus Allah SWT has commanded
many things to be done in odd number.
Tawaf and sa’i for seven rounds.
It is recommended by the Prophet
to eat seven Ajwa' dates in the morning.
مَنْ تَصَبَّحَ سَبْعَ تَمَرَاتٍ عَجْوَةً
لَمْ يَضُرَّهُ ذَلِكَ اليَوْم
سُمٌّ وَلاَ سِحْرٌ
"He who eats seven 'Ajwa dates
every morning,
will not be affected by poison or magic
on the day he eats them."
And the Apostle ﷺ also said,
فَمَنِ اسْتَجْمَرَ فَلْيُوتِرْ
"if you use stones
to clean your private parts,
use an odd number."
Number of pieces
of shroud for the dead.
It is recommended to use odd number
of peices of shroud for the dead.
There are many other things that Allah
has commanded to be done in odd numbers.
So that we remember
Allah SWT's Oneness.
When الوتر is one of Allah's names,
then we may and
it is even recommended by sunnah ...
... to invoke Allah SWT by
الوتر.
For example, by saying اللهم يا وتر.
"O Allah the One."
Then he says his intention to Allah SWT.
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،
إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ
اَللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ
وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ
وَالْمُسْلِمِيْنَ وَالْمُسْلِمَاتِ
الأَحْيَاءِ مِنْهُمْ وَاْلأَمْوَاتِ
إِنَّكَ سَمِيْعٌ قَرِيْبٌ مُجِيْبُ الدَّعَوَاتِ
وَيَاقَاضِيَ الْحَاجَاتْ
اللَّهُمَّ آتِ نُفُوْسَنَا تَقْوَاهَا
وَزَكِّهَا أَنْتَ خَيْرُ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا
أَنْتَ وَلِيُّهَا وَمَوْلَاهَا
رَبَّنَا ظَلَمْنَا أَنْفُسَنَا
وَإِنْ لَمْ تَغْفِرْ لَنَا وَتَرْحَمْنَا
لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ
أَللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَنَا مَا قَدَّمْنَا
وَمَا أَخَّرْنَا وَمَا أَسْرَرْنَا
وَمَا أَعْلَنَّا وَمَا أَسْرَفْنَا
وَمَا أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنَّا
أَنْتَ الْمُقَدِّمْ وَأَنْتَ المُؤَخِّرُ
لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ
رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً
وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً
وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ