Does it matter what I believe

Fajr Reminders - Mahmood Habib Masjid and Islamic Center

⚠️ AI-Generated Content: This transcription was automatically generated using AI. My brothers and sisters, sometimes the thought comes, some people ask this question, which is that what does it matter what I believe? Does it matter what I believe? The answer to that question is first of all asking another question, matter to whom? So if I say does it matter what I believe? The answer is, we begin with another question, which is matter to whom? What you believe, does it matter to me? No. Does it matter to anyone on the face of the earth? No. Then who does it matter to? It matters to you. It matters to you. What I believe matters to me. What you believe matters to you. And in the end, that is the only thing which counts because we are going to stand before Allah completely and totally alone. Nobody else will stand with us. Nobody. My very good friend, Rafib Baig, from India, he sent me this wonderful reminder, which is Farid versus Tahajjud. And I'm just reading what he sent me to share it with you all. It says, do you know the difference between Farid and Tahajjud prayer? Farid prayer calls, which is the other, are given in a human voice by the Muadhin, while Tahajjud's call is given by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala Himself. Second, the call for Farid prayer is heard by all human beings, while the call for Tahajjud is heard and felt by a few selected ones. The call for Farid prayer comes, it says, come for prayer, while the call for Tahajjud says, is there any seeker I will give? Hal min sa'ileen fa'atui. Is there any seeker I will give? Most Muslims, many Muslims pray the obligatory Farid prayer, but Tahajjud is performed and prayed only by a selected few who Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala chooses and blesses. In Farsala, there is the possibility of Riyadh, which is showing up, which means that it may not be purely for Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala with Ikhlas, but Tahajjud is prayed alone and quietly. Only Allah knows. In Farsala, there is a greater possibility of distraction of mind and thought and heart, as one frees himself from business of dunya to come to the prayer, while in Tahajjud, one is away from the routine tensions of dunya anyway and is only thinking of the akhirah. In Farsala, one may think of meeting someone in the masjid and so on, but in Tahajjud, it's about meeting and talking only to Allah, where you can tell Him all your problems and ask for His mercy. Lastly, Tahajjud is purely a special tawfiq from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, from whom He wants to listen and likes their crying and likes their asking of Him. And it ends with saying glad tidings for those who have this invitation every night. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make us among those who pray Tahajjud as if it is fard, every single night. It's something which I have said again and again. Alhamdulillah, may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make me among those who practice what we preach and may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make us those who worship Him, only and only for His sake. Therefore, what I began this with, which is as far as we are concerned, do we what we believe? It doesn't matter. Now, I gave you the example of Tahajjud because it links with that. Only the one who believes will pray and only the one who believes truly and sincerely will wake up in the night in Tahajjud and he will pray Tahajjud. And that is why Rasul Muhammad SAW said Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala loves the man who wakes up for Tahajjud and wakes up his wife. And he says Allah loves the woman who wakes up for Tahajjud and she wakes up her husband. And he said that if the person being woken up, the wife of the husband, if they are not getting up, he should sprinkle a little water on their face, which shows the importance of the Ibadah because after all, it is not a farad Ibadah. So why is Rasul SAW saying wake them up and sprinkle water on their face? It's because it is a sign of love that you want for somebody else something which you love for yourself.