MSH.9 MAR 2010.PREPOST.ENG

Try to Reflect the Sunnah of Prophet (s)
Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani
9 March 2010     Nairobi, Kenya
Dhuhr at Sahabah Masjid, Eastleigh (Somali Mosque)

(Partial translation of the Arabic suhbah. Qadiri followers were also in attendance.)

As salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. Of Qadiriyya, we hope that you will be in optimal health and wellness. As-salamu `alaykum.

Alhamdulillahi Rabbi 'l-`Alameen. Allahumma salli wa sallim wa baarik `alaa habeebika wa nabeeyika, Sayyidina Muhammad (s). Thanks to Allah (swt) who has honored us with Islam and to be in the nation of Prophet Muhammad (s). And thanks to Allah (swt) who powered our tongues to recite shahadah, Ash-hadu an laa ilaaha illa-Llah, wa ash-hadu anna Muhammadan `abduhu wa habeebuhu wa rasooluh, for Allah (swt) does not guide those who are idle.

We are pleased to be from a group that we hope Allah (swt) will accept in the circle of the beloved and circle of love and circle of Prophet Muhammad (s), and grant us to be with him in dunya and in Akhirah. Allah (swt) brings us to meet while we are alive, brings us together with any worldly things,  and in the afterlife (He brings us to be with) his beloved Prophet (s), to see him in a vision or in reality! Don't think that it is difficult for Him to do that! If Allah (swt) wants something, He commands it.

We, the Ahlu’l-Sunnah wa’l-Jama`ah, we all cry, "O Allah! We are your servants ... no one can give what You withhold and no one can withhold what You give! O Allah! Give us the vision to see the Prophet (s) in Reality, and not only in a vision."

We say we are on Haqq, the Truth, and Allah (swt) is always with Haqq, and Prophet (s) is with the People of Haqq! If we are on Haqq, then we have to be special, we have to be above backbiting and gossiping, and we must avoid all what Allah (swt) dislikes.

In Sahih Bukhari (book of hadith), it is narrated that Prophet (s) said to his Sahabah (r), "Who is the bankrupt?"

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(Story of) the Bedouin who asked Prophet (s), "Tell me about giving the account (to Allah)." Prophet (s) asked him, "What have you prepared?" He answered, "Only my love of you, yaa Rasuloolullah!" Prophet (s) answered, "It is enough."  This was enough for a Bedouin, his love of the Prophet (s), which is our refuge, and enough to enter Paradise. If we want to enter Paradise, we must love Prophet (s)!

You must respect the large and small.

O Muslims! We are Sunnis, and in the community some of you help each other to tyranny and disobedience to orders of Rasoolullah (s)! Evildoers beware, we will survive because we are on Haqq! We will survive with Allah's (swt) support on the Prophet (s) and we hope to be under his feet. We ask Allah (swt) to help us and fix our minds and make us an example!

Prophet (s) said, "If you love Allah, follow me (my sunnah)."

Astaghfirullah. Alhamdulillahi Rabbi 'l-`Alameen. Yaa Allah! Make the first rendezvous of this honor and mercy and forgiveness. Alhamdulillahi 'l-ladhee tawada` kulli shayin li-`azhamatih,Hi sakana kulli shay'an al-hikmat.