Allah said in the Qur’an which means [No one is God except Allah,
and on Him let the believers rely].
Relying on Allah is having the trust in your heart in Allah, for, no
mobility or immobility occurs except by the will of Allah (nothing
happens except by the will of Allah). Hence Prophet Ibrahim peace be
upon him relied on Allah and adhered to the order of Allah. He laid
his son, the fruit of his heart, on his side to slaughter him in
obedience to Allah. He passed the knife on the throat of his son
Ismail, however the knife would not cut at all, because Allah did
not will for it to cut. Thus Allah protected Ismail and granted
Ibrahim a ram, a sheep, from paradise to sacrifice instead, and from
that it is Sunnah to sacrifice a goat on this day.
And today in this blessed morning, I shall tell the story of Sarah
the wife of Prophet Ibrahim may peace be upon them with the tyrant
king who wanted to dishonour her in adultery. That evil king used to
take the good looking women that enter his land to commit adultery
with them. When Prophet Ibrahim came with his wife to the land of
that tyrant king, Sarah was one of the most beautiful women. The
tyrant was told about her beauty, so he sent to Ibrahim and asked
him: who is that women with you? So Ibrahim was aware of his evil
intention and was concerned that if he told him about her he would
make an evil trick and kill him and would than take Sarah after
that, so Ibrahim told him she is my Sister which is true as he means
my sister in Islam. So the king thought that she is not married, so
he asked Ibrahim to bring her to his palace. Sarah then entered on
that tyrant after she had made Wudu’ and had asked Allah to save her
from the evil of this king. So when he saw her, he was impressed by
her and he extended his arm to grab her but it was immobilized. He
asked her to make supplication to cure his arm and that he would not
harm her, so she asked Allah for him, then his arm was cured and
returned to its original form after it had became immobilized,
however this evil tyrant followed his evil temptations and tried
again then it got more paralyzed again, so he asked her to make
supplication again and I would not harm you, so she asked Allah
again for him, then again his arm was freed again. When this tyrant
saw this, he returned Sarah to Ibrahim. Sarah then came to her
husband Ibrahim and found him praying. He asked her about what
happened with her, she told him “Allah stopped the evilness of the
Blasphemers”..
Dear brothers in Islam, Allah said in the Qur’an which means
[Worship Allah and do not associate partners to him, treat in good
the parents, relatives orphans and the needy..] Dear brothers Allah
also ordered us to [be Obedient to the parents and do the good deeds
with the relatives]. Also visiting the kinship (relatives) is a
great merit as Prophet Muhammad urged us to do so.
In this blessed morning and in these great days of the month of Dhul-
Hijjah, let us not neglect the good deeds in it. The good doings of
khayr has secrets, traces and blessings.
Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu ^Alayhi wa sallam said that “whoever
loves that Allah blesses his life, and expand the sustenance on him
and to have a good ending let him fear Allah and obey Him and visit
his kinship”.
Also be cautious from falling into the traps of Satan who would
mislead you by saying “So and so does not visit me, I will not visit
them. I will treat them as they treat me”. This is a reason for not
doing this good deed. The beloved Prophet Sallallahu ^Alayhi Wa
Sallam said “the one who visits his kinship is the one who visits
his relatives when they stop visiting him”. From this it’s asserted
that visiting the kinship that stopped visiting you is better than
those who did not, because such is from the good manners.
Brothers in Islam, Imitate the manners of prophet Muhammad, and
abide by the Qur’an. Push the anger away by patience, and ignorance
by wisdom, and the bad treatments from others by forgiving, and
visiting those who don’t’ visit you. This brings the hearts to each
other and puts them on self-betterment by the will of Allah.
I ask Allah to accept your good deeds وكل عام وأنتم بخير وتقبل الله
طاعاتكم .
