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Biography-Prophetic Biography- Understanding the Prophet's Biography- (Lesson 39-57): Hiraa Cave and the Prophet's Meditation in It Biography-Prophetic Biography- Understanding the Prophet's Biography- (Lesson 39-57): Hiraa Cave and the Prophet's Meditation in it Praise be to Allah, the Lord of Creations, and Peace and blessings be upon our prophet Muhammad, the faithful and the honest. Oh, Allah, w e know nothing but w hat You teach us. You are the All- Know er, the Wise. Oh Allah, teach us w hat is good for us, and benefit us from w hat You taught us, and increase our know ledge. Show us the righteous things as righteous and help us to do them, and show us the bad things as bad and help us to keep aw ay from them. O Allah our Lord, lead us out from the depths of darkness and illusion, unto the lights of erudition and know ledge, and from the muddy shallow s of lusts unto the heavens of Your Vicinity. The Prophet curriculum is a way of living: Oh respectful brothers, this new lesson of Prophet's curriculum, I'd like to remind you now & then that Prophet's curriculum( PBUH)doesn't literally mean Prophet's curriculum but, it means every Muslim's w ay of living. If w e only apply it (Prophet's curriculum, situations, directions w hether by w ords or deeds ) in our living ; our problems w ill all be solved, since Allah has sent him for our mercy and salivation The most important point is that your belief is lifted higher w hen you believe that our prophet is your example. On the contrary, you are far aw ay from true belief w hen you guess that his curriculum is not an issue of yours and that it w as aw ay of living just for the Islamic beginning, and for that nation of desert& simplicity ((in the beginning of Islam ))and that w e rather need very complicated rules and systems due to our complicated life. Verily,Prophet's curriculum is valid to all times and all places, for each condition and environment: the evidence is mentioned in the Holy Quran: "Indeed in the messenger of Allah(Mohammed PBUH)you have a good example to follow for him who hopes for ( the meeting w ith ) Allah and the Last Day." Now concentrate: A person seeks for many w ould have famous business men as his example w hen he listens to them talking about how they gain their millions and millions, his soul dissolves out of eager to be just like them. Who w ants to be a celebrity, accompanies celebrities and men of position, his soul dissolves out of eager to be just like them. Whose first concern is life pleasures, meets those w ho indulged in their desires and fancies, w hile listening to their adventures, their abnormality behaviors his soul dissolves out of eager to be just like them. And w ho hopes for Allah and the Day Of Resurrection, w hen ever listens to Prophet's curriculum (PBUH) his soul dissolves out of eager to follow his example and his path. So tell me w hat you think is great I tell you w ho you are. A believer believes that there's no one greater than his prophet, on the other hands, a non believer thinks, w ithout even realizing, in his inner feeling that strong people set example.. Who is fond of gathering money thinks of rich people to be his example, w ho seeks fame thinks of celebrities to be his example, w ho believes that life is just a pleasure, a drink and a w hore ; thinks of degraded indulged people to be his example. So tell me w hom you glorify, I tell you w ho you are. Tell me w hich curriculum you w ant to follow , I tell you w ho you are. It's a sign of your belief to see no one greater than our prophet (PBUH). The devoutness of the Prophet in the Cave of Hera' Oh respectable brothers, referring to an old subject, w hich is the devoutness of the Prophet (PBUH) in the Cave of Herra'. In w hich w ay are w e related to such a behavior ? A person leaves his w ife, children, home, security, and his bed, goes for 2 miles, that is 3 Kilos, in the toughest, most difficult path to reach to a natural cave dimentions 2X1 m2, sitting alone, w here there's no air conditioning, nor is a secure place, there w as no kitchen, no refregirator, no juice, no coffee, no tea, to satellite channel to bring amusement, not his w ife by his side, nor his children around, he is just among rocks, w hat is he doing? What do w e have to do w ith this? I s w ear by Allah –w ho there is no God but him- if you don't have Cave of Herra' you w on't be a believer. I'm not asking you to climb a high mountain seeking for a cave, I'm asking you to have some privacy alone daily in your home and to think w ho are you ? w hy are you here in this life, w here have you been before your birth? And w hat w ill you be after death? Why w ere w e created? Who created us? Why is life short? Why does a person suddenly die? What w ill happen after death? What is the substance of a soul?....these are the most dangerous things you must know . Thus, read Allah's w ords in the Holy Quran: "Say(O Muhammad PBUH): "Shall w e tell you the greatest losers in respect of (their ) deeds? * " Those whose efforts have been w asted in this life w hile they thought that they were acquiring good by their deeds." Haven't you ever thought of your leaving hour? I sw ear that I happen to know an 80 years old person from a country in Northern Africa, w ho has endless money yet, in the age of eighty, he w anted to establish a Casino, how does he think? "Say(O Muhammad PBUH): "Shall w e tell you the greatest losers in respect of (their ) deeds? * " Those whose efforts have been w asted in this life w hile they thought that they were acquiring good by their deeds." Oh,honorable brothers, w hen facts are discovered a person feels the great loss. A T.V program presented the image of Pharaoh; the proper Pharaoh of Prophet Moses; w as taken to Paris, w here his arm w as repaired from fungi and decay & w as w rapped by bandage, then I thought,he w ho said " I am your Lord, Most high." " I know not that you have an Ilah (God) other than me." When he w as about to draw , he said "I believe that none has the right to be w orshipped but he (Allah ) in w hom the Children of Israel believe." All your intelligence, championship and success is to think about the hour of leaving this w orld? Where w ill you go ? Thus, w hat did our prophet do w hen he w ent to Cave of Hera', he w as thinking of the Kingdom of Allah, this realm, the great facts. Oh honorable brothers, sometimes w e are consumed by life, a person's great concern is to reduce his taxes, to enlarge and decorate his home, to buy a car, to be pleased w ith life, to travel to meet others, to boast, to feel superiority upon others. But, What are Prophets' concerns? " By the star w hen it goes dow n * your companion (Muhammad PBUH) has neither gone astray nor has erred* nor does he speak of (his ow n ) desire* It is only a Revelation revealed." " While he Jibril(Gabriel)w as in the highest part of the Horison." You,What is your horizon ? Is it only your w orldly demands. A person w hose concern is to increase his earning is too little according to Allah's criterion, another person's concern is to recognize in Allah, other person's concern is to lead others to Allah, other's concern is to Please Allah. …. Tell me your concerns, I tell you w ho you are. What was The Prophet doing in The Cave of Herra' ? What did The Prophet (PBUH) do in The Cave of Herra? He w as w orshipping there for counted nights, he w as performing isolation a w hole month annually, and Mrs. Khadijah- His w ife- w as fetching him food and w ater Do you have Privacy w ith Allah? Do you have confidential talk w ith Allah? Do you have meditation ? " So, let man see from w hat he is created! He is created from a water gushing forth." What w ill happen after death? What is my fate? I gained a high certificate then,w hat? At last you'll die. w hether you w ere a doctor, an engineer, an advocate, a Haj (pilgrimage ), Head of a family,an ex. councilor, an ambassador …. After death, there's no embassy, no position, no rank there's nothing. "And truly you have come unto Us alone (w ithout w ealth, companions or anything else ) as w e created you the first time. You have left behind you all that w hich w e had bestow ed on you." Dear brothers, The Prophet's devoutness in Herra', w as a meditation about integrities of life.
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