Virtues of ‘Ashura

Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm

Sohbah on 18th August 2021 by Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil Ar Rabbaniق

May the day of ‘Ashura be blessed. May Allah ﷻ let us reach many more years.

Today is among the days honored by our Holy Prophet ﷺ. Whoever fasts today will attain 10,000 Thawab.

There are other favors of Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla granted today. Most Prophets reached salvation on this day. And it is the day our Holy Prophet ﷺ got married to Sayyidatina Khadijah. Khadijah al-Kubra is the mother of Sayyidatina Fatimah and the mother-in-law of Sayyidina ‘Ali. She is the grandmother of Sayyidina Hasan and Sayyidina Hussain.

Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla is actually referring to this day as the day of salvation.

It is a holy day and there are more favors in it. Some people consider it as a bad day but it is not so. This day is the day of salvation from Fitnah and the day of reaching the highest rank in the sight of Allah ﷻ.

Sayyidina Hussain and his followers became Shaheed. The Sahabah and Ahl al-Bayt reached the highest ranks. There is no higher rank.

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ says, “No Prophet has suffered as did I” And he received the highest rank in return for that. Ranks increase according to the sufferings.

Therefore, do not miss the Thawab of this day by doing other things; don’t miss it by making Fitnah. Fitnah has started after the time of our Holy Prophet ﷺ, even during his ﷺ time.

Shaytan didn’t want Haqq and has always fought against Haqq. Shaytan said, “I will take all people with me to hell” Therefore, don’t lose the Thawab of this beautiful day for Fitnah. Don’t fall into Fitnah.

Most of the Sahabah of our Holy Prophet ﷺ, more than half of them became Shaheed by making Fitnah to each other. It is not our business to interfere in their matter.

As they were following the right way, each of them is an Imam. Each of them is like an Imam of Madhhab, for they were with our Holy Prophet ﷺ. Accordingly, they had their own Ijtihad, and they went on this way.

We don’t even know how to make proper ablution. So it is not for us to interfere with that matter.

What we must do is perform our worship and mind our own condition. May Allah ﷻ protect us. Our condition is bad. We beg Allah ﷻ that He forgives us and not test us. May Allah ﷻ not test us.

As we said, apart from our Holy Prophet ﷺ and Sayyidina Abu Bakr, Sayyidina ‘Umar became Shaheed, Sayyidina ‘Uthman became Shaheed and Sayyidina ‘Ali became Shaheed.

As we said, many Sahabah, thousands and ten thousands of the Sahabah became Shaheed. Sayyid al-Shuhadāʾ Sayyidina Hussain and Sayyidina Hamza also became Shaheed. To become a Shaheed is not bad, Fitnah is bad.

Therefore, may Allah ﷻ protect us from the Fitnah that came afterwards. One Fitnah can destroy a whole country, but Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla will keep His religion and no Fitnah can affect it.

Only the people who make Fitnah will lose. But most people will be protected by Allah ﷻ. They will be in the safety of Allah ﷻ. Do not fall into Fitnah.

Today is the day of worship, as we said.

There is a four Rakaʿāt prayer, you read

• 1 time Fatihah and 11 times Surat Al Ikhlāṣ in each Rakaʿāh. And then

• 70 times “HasbunAllah wa ni’mal wakeel ni’mal Mawla wa ni’man Naseer.”

Then there is its Du’a.

We don’t remember it by heart, but it is written everywhere – the Du’a of Ashura.

Also

• recite 1,000 times Surat Al Ikhlāṣ.

• Salawat and

• La ilaha illAllah.

• Give Sadaqah.

• Do shopping for your family so that your days pass with Barakah.

• Make full ablution to have a healthy year.

• Apply Kohl in your eyes. Who cannot find Kohl may use other things with the intention of Kohl. They say radish juice is good for the eyes. You may wipe your eyes with it, and it will be counted as Kohl.

• Do a lot of charities today.

In short, do good things. Give Salam to people and make Dua for them. Allah ﷻ will accept it insha’Allah.

May Allah ﷻ bless this day. May Allah ﷻ let us reach many more years. May Mahdi ‘alayhi s-salam come and end this Fitnah insha’Allah.

There are calamities, wildfires, floods and destruction everywhere. Allah ﷻ will protect them today insha’Allah. Allah ﷻ will protect them from disasters. May they stop wherever they are for the honor of this day insha’Allah. May the soldiers of Islam and Muslims be protected.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.

Al-Fatiha.

• Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbaniق

18th August 2021 / 10 Muharram 1443 AH

Lefke Dergah, Cyprus

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