The imam began by speaking of the reference to crying from\nSura Al-Isra, ayat 109 which is translated to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And they fall down upon their\nfaces weeping, and it increases them in humility.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dear brothers, if you ponder over this, there is a benefit\nto crying from fear or from submission to Allah SWT. Alongside this ayat, it\nwas also mentioned of a hadith in reference to this topic in which the Prophet\nSAWS is reported to have said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“If you knew what I know,\nyou would laugh little and weep much”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dear brothers, we can see that there is great benefit from\ndisplaying emotion when remembering Allah SWT. And the best time is during salah.\nHowever, for a lot of us, this is simply not possible. We find it difficult to\nconnect to our prayers and we find it difficult to connect to Allah SWT like\nthis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And for many of us, this topic is a taboo topic that we don\u2019t\nlike to think about as it causes us anguish and stress to think that our hearts\nare so dead that we are unable to feel the word of Allah or the presence of\nAllah in our recitation and in our daily lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dear brothers, this is an illness and the first step to this\nis to acknowledge that this illness exists. Insha\u2019Allah this is where we are at\nnow. So what do we do next?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The next step is to identify and acknowledge that there is a\nroot cause behind this illness being in our hearts. What is that root cause?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before that is explained, it makes sense to understand what the\nmedicine for the heart is when it is like this. Just like Allah SWT can cause a\nbarren land to bring out vegetation, He can also bring our hearts to life. And\njust like there is a solution to barren land, there is a solution to our\nhearts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dear brothers, we all know that rainfall nourishes the land\nto produce the fruit but what do our hearts need to nourish it and to bear the\nfruit of imaan and specifically to make us emotional during the recitation of\nQuran for example?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The nourishment comes in the form of remembrance of Allah\nSWT. It comes in the form of listening and understanding and pondering over the\nayats of the Quran. It comes from taking time in recitation and thinking of\nwhat each and every word means in your salah and recitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dear brothers, now that the solution is explained we go back\nto our root cause. What is it that causes this problem in the first place? And\nthis reminder ends with that answer. The root cause is our distractions and our\npriorities. We need to understand that this life is designed exactly to\ndistract us and to keep us occupied and that there is no man, woman or child\nthat is too busy to remember Allah SWT. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Each and every one of us can take some time out to recite\nthe words of Allah SWT, to take a translation of the Quran and ponder over the meaning,\nto listen to a lecture from scholars on what the ayats are telling us. There is\nno excuse. 30 minutes can be found by each and every one of us each day and we\nshould aim to start there. Skip a Netflix show, shorten your newsfeed surf,\nprioritise your time and make this at the top of your to-do list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And so, with the holy month of Muharram here and the start\nof a new year, what better time than today to start this habit and get your\nheart nourished and brought back to life. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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