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What to do on 'Arafah | Khutbah
Here is how to maximize the reward of ‘Arafah and realize its deeper goals.
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This transcript was auto-generated using AI and may contain misspellings. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and that there is no partner for Him. He is the possessor of all the wealth and all the praise. He gives life and causes death, and He is the Ever-Living, the Ever-Living. He is the possessor of all good, and He is the All-Powerful. I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and His Messenger, and that he is pure and pure. He has fulfilled the trust, and conveyed the message, and advised the Ummah, and exposed the darkness. He has left us on the white path. Its night is like its day, and nothing more can be added to it than this. So, it is best for him that we pray, and that we submit to him. Wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa man astanna bi sunnatihi ilay yawm ad-din. Allahumma ja'alna minhum wa minal ladhina aamanu wa aamilu al-sanihaati wa tawasaw bil-haqqi wa tawasaw bil-sabr. Ameen. Rabbil alameen. Wa ooseeekumu nafsi bitaqwa Allah wa qad amrana bil-haq. Wa qala ta'ala ya ayyuha ladhina aamanu taqwa Allah haqqa tuqatihi. Wa laa tamootunna illa wa antum muslimoon. Ya ayyuha al-naasu taqwa rabbakumu allathee khalaqakumun nafsin wahida. Wa khalaqa minha zawjaha. Wa batha minhuma rijalan kathiran wanisa'a. Wa taqwa Allah ladhee tasa'aluna bihi wal-arhaam. Inna Allaha kana alaykum raqeeba. Ya ayyuha ladhina aamanu taqwa Allah haqqulu qawlan sadeeda. Yuslih lakum a'malakum. Wa yaghfir lakum dhunubakum. Wa may yu'ti'illaha wa rasoolahu faqad faaza fawzan azeema. Thumma amma ba'd. We begin by praising Allah and bearing witness that none has the right to be worshipped or unconditionally obeyed except for him. And we bear witness that Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam is his final messenger. We ask Allah to send his peace and blessings upon him. All of the prophets and messengers that came before him. His family and companions that served alongside him. And those that follow in their blessed path until the day of judgment. And we ask Allah to make us amongst them. Allahumma ameen. Dear brothers and sisters, this Monday is literally the best day of the year. A time that if Allah gives us the ability to see it. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala allow us to live to see it. And allow us to be accepted on that day. May never come back to us.
And it's a day that the prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam described as khayru yawmin tala'at feehi ash-shamsu yawma arafah. The best day that the sun has risen upon is the day of Arafah. The day that you come to know your Lord. Every single year. The prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam said khayru du'a du'a yawmi arafah. That the best supplication is the supplication on that day of Arafah. Wa khayru maa qultu ana wa nabiyyuna min qabli. And the best of what I and the prophets before me have said. Meaning all of the prophets were guided to this day. They said on that day la ilaha illallah wahdahu la sharika lah. Lahul mulku wa lahul hamd wa huwa ala kulli shaytan qadeer. There is only one God. Wahdahu la sharika lah. Alone with no partners. Lahul mulku wa lahul hamd. To him belongs all praise. To him belongs all blessings. Wa huwa ala kulli shaytan qadeer. And to him belongs power over all things. This is what all of the prophets would say on this day. The day that marks. Yawma ashhadahum ala anfusihim alastu bi rabbikum qalu bala shahidna. The day that marks the moment. That we all stood in front of Allah. And just as you look around and you see all of these people spread out today. All of us stood before Allah on that day. And it was upon us that an oath was taken. Allah asked each and every single one of us, Am I not your Lord? And all of us say, bala shahidna. Yes, we bear witness. We bear witness. The dua, or that oath that the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam mentions, that Allah refers to in the Quran when he says, shahidin wa mashhood. The prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said in an authentic narration, that al yawm al mawood, the promised day, is the day of judgment. The shahid, the witness,
is sayyidul ayyam, yawmul jum'ah, the best of all days of the week, which is the day of Friday. And mashhood, the day of the witnessed, is the day of Arafah, where Allah calls the angels, and says, look at all of these people around the world, calling upon me, invoking me in their languages, coming to the place of Arafah, which we'll talk about in a moment, covered in dust, exhausted, their sleep schedules off, each one of them with their own unique duas, each one of them with their own hopes, calling upon one God. The day that the angels witnessed that Allah has forgiven all of us, may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make us amongst those that are forgiven. Allahumma ameen. The day that represents one of the five pillars of Islam, this is very interesting, that of the five pillars of Islam, the first pillar, which we will witness today inshallah ta'ala, is when someone testifies to the oneness of God, for the very first time. ashhadu an la ilaha illallah wa ashhadu anna muhammadan rasool Allah One pillar of Islam, fulfilled by one statement, one testimony, in which you turn the page with your Lord. Everything that has been done before is forgotten. You come back to your origin and enter into that fitrah. That's the first pillar of Islam. And the last pillar of Islam is hajj, where you go back to your Lord in an enactment of death, wearing the clothes of death, once again testifying, la ilaha illallah, labbayk Allahumma labbayk, Here I am, O Allah, responding to your call, affirming your oneness, uncorrupted and undistracted by everything that the world has thrown at me, recognizing my purpose in life is to worship you. wal hajju arafah And hajj is arafah. That moment where once again you stand in front of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala saying throughout the day, la ilaha illallah
You are only one. And I'm coming to you fully acknowledging that. On my terms, responding to you, O Allah. And the Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam is teaching us that throughout the day of arafah, the best thing that you can do is renew that covenant over and over and over again. Before you think about your du'a wish list, before you think about all the things you want to ask your Lord, throughout the day, la ilaha illallah, la ilaha illallah, alastu bi rabbikum bala You are my Lord, wahdahu la sharika la continuously renewing your covenant with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala throughout the day. And the word arafah means to come to know. To come to know who? To come to know your Lord. wa man arafa rabbahu, arafa nafsahu And if you know your Lord, then you know yourself. wa man arafa nafsahu And if you know yourself, i'tarafa bi dhanbihi wa naqsihi ma'a Allah azawajal Then once you know your Lord and then you know yourself, then you will naturally know your own shortcomings in regards to your Lord. The blessings that He has bestowed upon you are a prerequisite to you understanding the deficiency with which you have responded, which then leads you to the most sincere version of your supplication. Realize that the du'a that we say throughout that day does not just have an acknowledgement of Allah's oneness, but a praise for all of the blessings that He showers upon us throughout the year. And the Prophet Sallallahu alaihi wasallam taught us, Sayyid al-istighfar, the Chief of Seeking Forgiveness, Allahuma anta rabbi, la ilaha illa ant, khalaqtani wa ana abduk, wa ana ala ahdika wa wa'dika ma istata'tu, a'udhu bika min sharri ma sana'tu, abu'u laka bi ni'matika alayya, wa abu'u bi dhanbihi, fakhfiri li fa innahu la yakhfiru dhunuba illa ant. O Allah, You are my Lord, You created me, and I am Your slave. And I am upon the promise, the oath, the covenant
that I have taken with You. I will perform to the best of my ability. I seek refuge in You from what I have done. And I admit to You all of Your ni'm, all of the blessings that You have descended upon me, wa abu'u bi dhanbihi. And how I have responded in a way in which shortcoming is inevitable, due to the magnificence of You and the blessings that You have descended upon me. And subhanAllah, throughout the day, on the day of Arafah, You are acknowledging that as well. Because You can't know Your own deficiency unless You acknowledge His blessings upon You. The same way that You can't know that You are His slave if You don't acknowledge Him as Your master. The same way that You can't negate all of the other gods unless You acknowledge and affirm the oneness of God. The God of Abraham, the God of Moses, the God of Jesus, the God of Muhammad, salallahu alayhi wasalam. May His peace and blessings be upon all of His prophets. You cannot do one without the other. And look at the similarity of those duas as they come together. Now, here's the thing. A lot of times, when you think of Arafah, you think of a place. You think of the place of Arafah. Arafah is so much more spectacular when you're actually there, in the maqam, in the place. And you see the pilgrims covered in dust. You can envision what the hadith is telling you about the humility of the people that are coming before their Lord, leaving everything behind, acknowledging His oneness, sleep-deprived, but hopeful in His mercy. You can see it when you're there in Arafah. But as Ibn Rajab, rahimahullah ta'ala, he said, Arafah is maqam and zaman. It's a place and a time. وَمَنْ وَقَفَ فِي عَرَفَةٍ جَمَعَ فَضْلِ الْمَكَانِ وَالزَّمَانِ And if a person is blessed to stand in the place of Arafah, may Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la allow us all another opportunity to stand in Arafah,
then he combines or she combines the blessing of the time and the place. But you have to remember that the ibadah of Arafah, the worship of Arafah for the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, for seven years before hajj, was fasting. It was fasting the day of Arafah in Medina, longing for the opportunity to stand in Arafah just like we long for it. It was a remarkable day, a special day to the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam and the Muslims every single year without hajj. And we have to renew that in our hearts that this is the best day of the year. You know, you think about what you would do, sometimes it just takes our own drive to then dictate the way that we achieve our goals. You think about what you would do if you had the most important day of your life, right? Which we'll just say, for the sake of it, your wedding. The day that you have a child or your spouse gives birth to a child. The day of your child's graduation. That day is a momentous day on that year's calendar. You're looking forward to it. You are longing for it. And as Ibn Rajab Rahim Allah Ta'ala points out, how amazing is it that like Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala in Ramadan, we don't know which of the last ten nights is the last ten nights. So the best night of the year is concealed, so we strive for all ten nights, right? But we know exactly when Arafah is. We know exactly when Arafah is. We know the day. We know the time. We can plan for it. We have no doubt that this is the best day of the year. We have no doubt that everything the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said is happening, is happening in those moments where Allah is boasting to the angels and forgiving his creation. As Ibn Rajab Rahim Allah Ta'ala said, العتق من النار The prize of being forgiven on that day. عامل جميع المسلمين That is for everyone that is observing the zaman of that day, the time of that day. That is not just for the people standing in the mekan, in the place of Arafah. The forgiveness from Allah
that comes on that day covers everyone that is renewing that covenant with Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala on that day. So what do we do on that day? Well, first and foremost, the intention. Comes back to the intention. From now, Ya Allah, I'm going to worship you on that day. Ya Allah, I'm going to fast that day. And you know what? If you can't fast for any reason, the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam assured you that the reward is there anyway because you had the intention. And if you were prohibited by means or by circumstances that are out of your hands, then Allah has written down for you the full reward. So I'm going to fast that day. I'm going to observe that day. I'm going to look forward to that day. Everything before that day, as I planned for that day is ibadah, is an act of worship. You know when Mu'adha bin Jabal رحمه الله تعالى رضي الله تعالى عنه says, إِنِّي لَأَحْتَسِبُ نَوْمَتِي كَمَا أَحْتَسِبُ قَوْمَتِي That I seek the reward for my sleep the same way I seek the reward for being awake. Why? Because I sleep so that I can be more energetic in the worship of Allah and in the performance of charity and all good deeds in the service of Allah and His creation. The sleep is with the intention of energizing myself. So you know what? You're sleeping early on Sunday night is a form of ibadah. It's an act of worship. Go to sleep early on Sunday night. Get yourself ready on Sunday night. The suhoor that you wake up for. The Prophet ﷺ said the angels send their prayers upon the people as they're doing the suhoor. Start off your day with the suhoor on that day. And subhanAllah if you think about hajj because there is a parallel. يوم التروية The day before Arafah the Prophet ﷺ would take the sahaba to Mina and what would they do? Nothing. Rest. Rest. I'm going to rest. I'm going to nourish myself. That in and of itself is part of the worship of the day of Arafah. I'm gonna think about my du'as on that day.
I'm going to prepare with Allah ﷻ. You know you're renewing your covenant with Allah. So here's a challenge for you. One major change that you're going to make in life on the best day of the year. It's worth it. What are you signing the contract with this Monday? What's the change you're making this Monday? And if you can't think of a change we have a bigger problem. What's the change you're making on Monday? What are you signing that contract with Allah ﷻ? That covenant that you are renewing on Monday? It's a day of covenant. Not just a day of supplication. A day that brings us back to Ya Allah! I am going to live my life the way that you have commanded me to live my life in hopes for what you have promised me in the next. What's the covenant? What's the contract that you're signing on Monday as you come to Allah ﷻ? Starting off the day with Fajr in jama'ah in congregation. This masjid better be as full on Monday at Fajr as it is right now for juma'ah. And to make it easy for you we'll have a halaqah after Fajr talking about the virtues of la ilaha illallah wahdahu la sharika lah lahul mulk wa lahul hamd wa huwa ala kulli shay'in qadir so that when you repeat it throughout the day you'll remember it. And you stay till sunrise you have hajj written down for you on the day of Arafah. So make sure you're here on Monday morning insha'Allah ta'ala. If you're in the community live stream is not allowed for you. Find a way to cut it off for Dallas. You need to be here. The mala'ika, the hajj is here insha'Allah ta'ala. You start off your day with Fajr in jama'ah. Start off your day with the remembrance of Allah ﷻ. Start off your day with the two rak'ahs of duha, sunrise with Allah ﷻ. And then spend the day in du'a and be certain in Allah ﷻ. Call upon your Lord while you are certain in the answer. Don't say as the Prophet ﷺ say Oh Allah forgive me if you want to or if you will. No.
Call upon Allah with complete certainty in His answer on that day. The Prophet ﷺ spent that whole day in du'a. If you can't think of what you're going to say for the hours of that day start getting your list together. But let the top of that list be what? The dhikr that the Prophet ﷺ taught us and then forgiveness from Allah ﷻ. The greatest thing that you could ask from Him on that day. And then what's your contract? SubhanAllah I want you to think about this. All the du'as. All the ahadith about du'a being accepted from Allah. All the verses in the Quran. قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ وَدِعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ Your Lord said call upon me and I will answer you. وَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ عِبَادِي عَنِّي فَإِنِّي قَرِيبٌ When my servant asks about me then I am close. All of that. How much is it multiplied by on the best day of the year when the du'a is more accepted on that day than any other time of the year. How close are you to Allah on that day when you make your du'a. And yes certainty in Allah's mercy is not complacency with your own sinfulness. What are you signing the contract with? What's the change you're making on Monday? And I want to end insha'Allah ta'ala with this beautiful athar this beautiful narration which subhanAllah I want you to put yourself in the scene the mekan of Arafah. May Allah take us back to the place of Arafah. Abdullah ibn Mubarak rahimahullah ta'ala the great scholar great ascetic great sage He saw Sufyan al-Thawri rahimahullah ta'ala who he gave several khutbas about this scholar and sage and teacher of sincerity. He said, I came up to Sufyan al-Thawri on the day of Arafah wa huwa jathan ala rukbatayhi the scene by the way he was on his knees and it was towards the end of the day of Arafah and he was on his knees
crying in front of Allah subhanAllah ta'ala his eyes were flowing with tears his hands were raised his knees were on the ground this is Sufyan al-Thawri rahimahullah ta'ala the school of sincerity the teacher of how to be an ascetic and Abdullah ibn Mubarak rahimahullah he sees him and Abdullah ibn Mubarak used to alternate one year in hajj one year he'd go out and battle subhanAllah always fee sabeelillah He said, I walked up to him on that day of Arafah and I said to him, Oh Sufyan as the sun was about to set on the day of Arafah man aswa'a hadhal jami'i haala who is the worst person or who is in the worst state amongst all of those that are amongst us today aswa'a hadhal jami'i haala the worst person in this gathering on this day as the mercy of Allah is descending and he responds allathee yadunnu annallaha la yaghfiru lahum the person who thinks that Allah will not forgive him as the worst person on the day of Arafah is the person that thinks that Allah will not forgive them subhanAllah the mercy of Allah is that the mekan of Arafah the place of Arafah if a person showed up right before the 10th day then they are counted amongst those that observed Arafah what then of the person who spends their entire day on the zaman on the time period of Arafah making dua schedule it from now place your dua there from now start the day right end the day right end the day right because the best part of Arafah by the way is the time between Asr and Maghrib the last hour of Arafah just like if you were there in Arafah and the sun is setting and you are trying to catch those last duas that you suddenly remembered as the sun is setting the day of Arafah is special especially in its last moments may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala allow us to observe it and count us amongst the forgiven may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala allow us to be sincere in our dua in our supplications and answered in everything that we come to him with may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala forgive us for our shortcomings
on that day and always Allahuma Ameen I say this before I leave and I ask Allah for forgiveness for you and the Muslims so ask forgiveness He is the Forgiving, the Merciful All praise is due to Allah and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family and companions and those who follow him Allahuma Ameen المؤمنين والمؤمنات والمسلمين والمسلمات الأحياء منهم والأموات إنك سميع وقريبن مُجيب دعوت اللهم اغفر لنا وارحمنا واعف عنا ولا تعذبنا ربنا ظلمنا أنفسنا وإن لم تغفر لنا وترحمنا لنكون لنا من الخاسرين لا إله إلا أنت سبحانك إنا كننا من الظالمين اللهم اغفر لوالدينا رب ارحمهما كما ربونا صغارا ربنا اهبلنا من أزواجنا وذرياتنا قرة أعين وجعلنا للمتقين إمامة اللهم أصلح أحوال إخواننا المنكوبين في كل مكان اللهم أهلك الظالمين بالظالمين وأخرجنا وإخواننا من بينهم سالمين عباد الله أن الله يأمر بالعدل والإحسان وإيتاء ذي القربة وينهى عن الفحشاء والمنكر والبغي يعظكم لعلكم تذكرون فاذكروا الله يذكركم واشكروه على النعماء يزد لكم وَلَذِكْرُ اللَّهِ أَكْبَرُ وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا تَصْنَعُونَ وَأَقِمَ الصَّلاةُ
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