Al Fattah (Wa hua Khair Ul Fatiheen) 08th October, 2013 Introduction
K n o w i n g A l l a h A l F a t t a h 2 Allah Subhan Allah May Allah make us among those who follow Allah and His Rasool (Sallah ho alihi wassalam). When we know about Allah we get more light and more understanding. If you want to become a successful person in all your relations you have to know Allah. You are in competition with yourself. You should become a better person than before. You are in a journey to Allah and you need to be successful in His eyes. Your whole life is like a hajj. You need to ask Allah a lot. Perform Tawaf around the pleasure of Allah and pack taqwa along with you. You will look at Name of Allah as An Nasir. You don t need to repeat Allah s name again and again to gain something. You need to know Allah and love Him. You should have the color of Allah. We can ask Allah for forgiveness any time. We will all return to Allah. Everything is opening from Allah and it is the best for us. Without knowing Allah everything becomes worthless. Allah s name is not theories, it is practical. You will become a totally different person and you will react differently. You will become from
K n o w i n g A l l a h A l F a t t a h 3 the chosen people of Allah and those whom Allah blessed with guidance. When Allah judges then He gives victory. Allah mentions in the Quran that Humans are made to struggle and in difficulty. We are in a battle and we have enemies. Our greatest enemy is Shaitan. If Allah willed Allah could make everyone Muslim but life is not like this. Allah has sent us with wisdom we are all in test. Allah wants to see who the real survivors is. The real survivors are those whose heart is always attached to pleasure of Allah and whose limbs are hastening towards Allah. Sometimes you need to run more like in the month of Ramadhan and in the first 10 days of Zill hijjah. We need to hasten towards Jannah. We all face challenges and we need to fight this battle. Everyone around us is a test for us and we need to be best with them. The world itself is a test for you. You are tested by Allah that how do you use it for the sake of Allah. You cannot leave this world rather you need to face it and remain patient. The Fitnah is not people it is our reaction to the people. You need to just run towards Allah by knowing His Names and Attributes. Allah is the One who gives victory to whomever He wills. Our biggest enemy is this world. It can take away our mind from our main mission. Allah who is the owner of this world will take care of this world. Allah is taking charge to give you victory. He will open the ways for you and Allah will open your eyes to see the tests you face. Then Allah will tell you the ways to be victorious. Allah told us that Shaitan is our greatest enemy. He is after the humans and when the baby is born Shaitan pinches them. When you know the tricks of Shaitan then you will be able to fight it. Shaitan is behind all the problems. But he has no power over us and he is kahnaas so if you remember Allah then Shaitan cannot stand. So seek refuge in Allah from Shaitan. If you do not remember Allah then Shaitan will get stonger. Allah loves the most the Masjid because there we remember Allah and we are protected. The market places are the most disliked places as there are many fitnahs there. You need to keep reminding yourself of Allah. The Sahabas used to say that let s talk about Allah. This will make you away from shaitan and close to Allah. Shaitan wants on ruin our image on each other. Remembrance of Allah will keep the Shaitan away. We need to keep reminding yourself of Allah and keep attending the gatherings in which we should talk about Allah. Your faith will increase by talking about Allah. Shaitan does not want us to get close to Allah. Anything that makes you close to Allah will irritate shaitan so you might have a bad experience with the study circles. That will be a test in the beginning to check whether you are truthful or not. Shaitan will not go to people who drink and smoke because they are already on the wrong path. Shaitan will come to those who have faith. If you want to keep shaitan away then talk good. If you talk good then the Shaitan will keep itself away. Whenever we love someone for the sake of Allah then Shaitan will definitely create trouble because this is the defeat of Shaitan. We need to be extra careful with our speech when we love someone for the sake of Allah. You should try your best to save this relationship.
K n o w i n g A l l a h A l F a t t a h 4 You can keep moving through the reminders. Shaitan does not have power over the ones who fear Allah. The biggest tool of Shaitan is to beautify the sins in our eyes. He will make the sins easy and tempting and the right path difficult. This makes the test more difficult. We need Allah so much to win from the Shaitan. We need to know the weapons Shaitan use against us. Another weapon of Shaitan is to put us in doubt about our faith. Sins are ugly and Shaitan can make us look ugly things look beautiful. In the same way Shiatan can make girls without hijab look beautiful and appealing. Sometimes people have beautiful wife but they find women outside more beautiful who are not beautiful in real. Something haram Shaitan will make it Halal. Nafs Al Amaara is our most powerful enemy. Shaitan will just give you an idea but it is we ourselves who will commit the sin. For the Nafs its Amaara it will insist and keep on insisting till you commit the sin. The Shaitan will go away by seeking refuge. You are in Jihad with your Nafs. Only fleeing to Allah will make you fight this Nafs. When you are strong from inside then you can defeat all enemies. Ikhlaas means that you do good deeds and you don t expect any praise from anyone. This is also Jihad as you will want someone to praise you. In this life there is Jihad and the biggest battle is against yourself. You need to show effort to Allah and express your determination to Allah. Your Jihad will depend on your situation. You need to fight your own weak points. This struggle will take you to Paradise. You will have to fight against your nature. Allah will guide people to the best through this battle. You will go to Paradise through your weaknesses by fighting against them. This Nafs is your obstacle and if you cross it then you will enter Paradise. May Allah make us better than the angels by purifying us completely. We need Allah to fight this Jihad. He is the One who will show us the truth and the way to fight and get victory over all your enemies. The most beloved people to Allah is the strong believer. Allah will love you if you become strong and you are able to fight against your own Nafs.
K n o w i n g A l l a h A l F a t t a h 5 Allah says that He will victory to those who give victory to Him. So if you fight against yourself then Allah will grant you victory and Allah is able to do that. Allah will make them to establish in the land. They are those who establivh prayer and give zakat and do ihsan with people and spread well. There is no struggle, strive and victory without Allah AL Fattah. Allah can only make us defeat all our enemies in this life. You can be victorious by fighting yourself. When you know Allah you will taste the sweetness of faith. If you don t have these ayat then how will we know? We should ask Allah for His love and may Allah make us love those whom He loves and those deeds which Allah loves.