Last minutes sermon

Salam,

Below is my first sermon for Jumaah prayer in English. Its just for my record.

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Sahih International

Say, [O Muhammad], "If you should love Allah , then follow me, [so] Allah will love you and forgive you your sins. And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful."

One of the ways to manifest our loving of Allah, by following the Prophet (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) is to do those acts that he (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) advised his Companions, and the Ummah in general, to do. Its has been 16 days after ramadhan and we now in the another month of baraqah= syawal. How many days left? What are the special event that happen in this month? A sunnah which is certainly relevant to us in these days is his(salAllahu alayhi wasalam) practice to fast six days in the month of Shawwal. Fighting our bad desire & lust. A great battle of Ahazab battle was on the month of Syawal. After a battle of Uhud, prophet saw did mention abotu, we came from a battle to a greater battle: Sahabah asked prophet, is there any greater battle than this O Rasullullah? He replied, Yes, indeed How many levels of desires? Amarah (the lowest nafs)- i dont feel like doing any good Lawamah dan mutmainnah. Mutmainnah is the winner's trophy. Question :How to empower our naf so that we can win the trophy? Abu Ayyub al-Ansari narrated that Allah’s Messenger (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) said: "He who fasts Ramadan, and six of Shawwal, it will be (in terms of rewards) as if the fasted a whole year." [Muslim, at-Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, Ahmad, Ibn Majah]  So this is an established sunnah, which carries a great reward. In commenting on the above mentioned hadith, As-San'ani said in Subul us-Salam: "If the thirty days of Ramadan fasting are assimilated with the six days of fasting in Shawwal, it altogether makes 36 days. According to Shari`ah, each virtue is rewarded ten times. Therefore, if we multiply 36 with 10, it makes 360, a number which equals the days of a year. Some scholars are of the opinion that these six days of fasting in Shawwal must be completed in a continuous order right after the end of Ramadan. Others believe that is enough to merely complete six days of fasting in Shawwal (in any order, either successive or with intervals), an opinion which is deemed to be correct." We may also fast on Mondays and Thursdays, as in that case we would be following another Sunnah: A’isha (radiAllahu anha) narrated: "The Messenger of Allah (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) used to fast Mondays and Thursdays".  [an-Nasa'i] If it is easier for one to fast on weekends, then in that case one would still be following another sunnah at the same time: Umm Salama (radiAllahu anha)narrated that Allah’s Messenger used to fast mostly on Saturday and Sunday, and he used to say: "They are the festival days for the mushrikeen, and I like to act contrary to them."  [an-Nasa’i, Ibn Khuzaymah, who graded it saheeh, and Ibn Hajar agreed]

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2nd sermon

Dear Brothers in Islam,

Let us increase our taqwa to Allah Almighty. let us realize that this world is only a temporary place for us to live in and the life in the hereafter is the reality and eternal.

And of the ahadith that are jawaami', or comprehensive in nature, is the hadith of ibn Abbas radi Allahu anhu reported in the mustadrak of Al-Haakim, musnad Imam Ahmad, and others, with an authentic chain of narration. In this hadith the Prophet sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam said to a man while he was advising him:

Let us take this opportunity to strike for 6 days of fasting in the month of syawal

"Take advantage of five matters before five other matters: your youth, before you become old; and your health, before you fall sick; and your richness, before you become poor; and your free time before you become busy; and your life, before your death."