Curious Listening

Curious Listening
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(Dr. Ibrahim bin Mohammed Hoqair)
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December 22, 1445
June 28, 2024 AD
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) Praise be to Allah, the Merciful, the Owner of the Day of Judgment ( [الفاتحة: 2-4]; He is the most grateful to the minds, eyes and ears of mankind, and the most generous to those who believe in Islam, faith and mercy. We praise Him greatly and thank Him with greater gratitude, and I bear witness to this. He is not God, but God alone, without partners. He used the blessing given to the children of Adam as a test for them and an excuse to oppose them. If they use it to obey him, he will be happy with them, and if they use it to disobey him, he will be angry with them. I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and messenger. He always remembers God Almighty and thanks Him in all circumstances. Acknowledge His blessings, fulfill His rights, and strive to thank Him. May God’s prayers and peace be upon him and his family, companions and followers until the Day of Judgment.

As for what follows: Fear Almighty God and obey Him, remember Him when He guides you, praise Him for His love for you, thank Him for what He has given you, and use His blessings to do what pleases you with Him, and be careful of those things that displease Him. If His taking is painful, His punishment is severe. The torment of the brothers is the day when the people gather together, and it is the day of testimony. [هود: 102- 103].

O man of the world: One of the greatest blessings is the blessing of hearing. Because through it, a person knows what is good for him and what is bad for him. Children learn from their parents, young people learn from their teachers, and servants learn many sciences and knowledge through it, and it becomes easy for them to get along with others. You can be grateful. [النحل: 78]On the Day of Resurrection, the servant will be asked about what he heard: was it permitted or forbidden? Did he use the blessing of hearing to obey God Almighty or disobey Him? “Verily, hearing, sight, heart are all that are questioned about him.” [الإسراء: 36].

People are troubled by strong curiosity listen Some of them are forbidden, some of them are unwelcome, some of them are just gossip and do no good at all to the people who do them.

What is curious is that listen Muharram: listen Mocking Islam, criticizing any of its rulings, delving into Islam without knowledge, analyzing what is forbidden or omitting obligations; Because the silent listener – even if he is polite – is satisfied with what he hears, and the one who is satisfied with what he hears is like the one who said this, God Almighty said: “This has been revealed to you. The scriptures say that when you hear the scriptures of God, they will be met with disbelief and ridicule, so do not be afraid to go back with them until they have another conversation, and then you are indeed like them. God has gathered the hypocrites. And the disbelievers are all together in hell. [النساء: 140].

What is curious is that listen Muharram: listen What doubts are raised by the enemies of Islam and the enemies of the Sunnah; whether it is the doubts of atheists or the doubts of the saints of Islam. Or the doubts of the innovators against the Sunnis? listen It is dangerous for its owner, especially if he knows little about the Islamic law. Similarity is a hook to the heart. There are many words from the predecessors that warn against this, let us consider this strange behavior of the respected follower Muhammad ibn Sirin: “A man came to him and asked him about his fate. Muhammad said: ‘Indeed, Allah commands justice and goodness. He forbids immorality, abominations and illegal acts, and he advises you to remember them. [النحل: 90]So he repeated these words to him, and Muhammad put his hand in his ear and said: Let them leave me, or I will leave him, so the man left, and Muhammad said: Indeed, it is by my words, not in my hands, if he sends something to my heart that I cannot get rid of, I will feel insecure, and it is better for me not to hear his words: If this great scholar is afraid of hearing doubts, then what about those who don’t have him? ? How can they ignorantly listen to those who question their religion until they are trapped in their hearts and cannot get out? !

What is curious is that listen Muharram: listen Music and singing, using it to kill the heart and thereby arouse desire, are the lies that Allah Almighty says: “Those who do not bear witness to a lie.” [الفرقان: 72]Mujahid said in his explanation: “They cannot hear singing.” Ibn Masood (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “Singing breeds hypocrisy in the heart like water breeds plants, and remembrance breeds faith in the heart like water breeds plants.”

What is curious is that listen Muharram: listen Slander, gossip, slander, these are great sins, and many of them are often talked about in people’s gatherings today. He who hears these reprehensible things either joins those who talk about them and falls into the trouble they fall into, or he keeps silent when he hates it and is able to condemn it with his tongue and does not deny it. Shame, then he is a sinner. Because he heard an evil thing that he could have rebuked, but he did not rebuke it, or he rebuked it when it was the least of the people, and this person enjoys retribution safely. Whoever listens to a slanderer, listens to his gossip, the slanderer destroys his relationship with those who are closest to him, perhaps severing his family ties, hurting his family members, and ruining his home. The slanderer will only hurt him, even if he gives him sincere advice.

What is curious is that listen Muharram: listen Telling lies knowing that they are lying is common among storytellers and storytellers. To entertain the audience or make them laugh. They designate people for this purpose or encourage those who continue to lie by showing their faith and interacting with them. Making people laugh through lies is a serious threat, as the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Woe to him who speaks and tells lies in order to make people laugh with him.” Ahmad narrated: “Woe to him.” Whoever encourages liars to tell lies is a participant in lies, and whoever indulges in these gatherings, whoever indulges in listening to lies, his life becomes closer to jokes than to a serious life. This is not the work of a believer in his world, and the life of a believer is not a frivolous divinity. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “O people of Muhammad, if you knew what I know, the two sheikhs narrated: “You would laugh little and cry a lot.”

What is curious is that listen Muharram: listen As for those who hide their conversations; According to the hadith of Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with both of them, he said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah’s prayers and peace be upon him, said: “Whoever listens to their conversations when the people hate him, Ahmad narrated. Some people always have the habit of lowering their ears to listen to the speakers around them. To listen to what they are saying, whether he knows them or not. This is a forbidden and reprehensible curiosity that offends chivalry and its owner is hated by the people and they are afraid to see him and talk to him.

We pray to the Almighty to protect our ears and senses from things that displease Him and to enable us to use them successfully for things that please Him. He is the Hearer and the Answerer.

I say this to ask Allah to forgive me and you…

Second Sermon
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Praise be to Allah, a very good and blessed praise, as loved and satisfied by our Lord, I bear witness that there is no god besides Allah, no partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger, may the Messenger of Allah be blessed. Prayers and peace be upon him, his family, companions and all those who are guided by them until the Day of Judgment.

As for what follows: Fear God Almighty and obey Him, and protect your ears and limbs from harm. It is foolish for you to bear witness: “Until they come there, and their hearing, eyes, and skin bear witness to what they do.” [فصلت: 20].

Everyone: Out of curiosity listen What I hate: listen What distracts a person from his religion and the interests of the world, such as flipping through radio stations, channels or newsletters and listening to them without any goal other than wasting time, is more common among people. And listen Because the Sunnah of the Sanhedrin is useless, Allah Almighty praises those who believe in it, it is the language of the Sunnah, so glory be to Him. [المؤمنون: 1-3]God Almighty says, “When they overlook idle talk, they pass by with glory.” [الفرقان: 72]God Almighty says, “When they hear gossip, they turn away from it.” [القصص: 55].

How much nonsense people hear in this age, either it is forbidden and they commit sins by listening to it, or it is hateful and they waste their time and life in it, and the servant will be asked on the Day of Resurrection about his life and how much he spent. He should use his hearing to benefit his religion and the world, and there is no reason for anyone to do so listen What is in his favor; The electronic space is filled with many recitations, beautiful voices, multiple readings of the Quran, its interpretations, readings of the Sunnah of the Prophet and its interpretations, jurisprudence and tawba lessons, and biography of the Prophet, etc. It is difficult for anyone to seek anything useful in any science unless he finds a record of what he can do. listen For him, he spends his time, uses his hearing to benefit him; Listening is the door to the heart, what the servant hears penetrates his heart, if he listens to the Qur’an and sermons, his heart benefits; if he hears something forbidden or doubtful in religion, it pollutes his heart, until it rots, rusts, and relapses. Let us beware lest our hearts be scattered, and the careless Aben* whose hearts are scattered. [الأنبياء: 1-3].

Pray and greet your Prophet…

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