Reminder by brother Omar Suleiman
What About Al Aqsa?
How do we talk about Al Aqsa?
Allah talks about this land very specifically and talks about this masjid very specifically, Allah calls it. The land that we have blessed from within and we have blessed what is around it not just blessed the land itself. We have blessed what is around it as well. Allah SWT refers to it in the words of prophets that came before Al-Ard Al-Muqoddasa. The Holy Land. And There is something very specific about that Imam Al Binxhozi (R) says it is Called Al-Muqodassa. The Holy land because it is Al Mutahirah. It Purifies you of all of your sins. When you go to that land and you pray on that land. A place where Ibn Abbas (R.A) said the land of the Prophets not a single foot span.
Now realize when youre watching those images of stun grenades and youre watching those images of bullets and youre watching those images of settler extremist chanting out that this is theirs and desecrating people in the land and you see that there’s not a hand span there. That a prophet did not stand in think about that. A Prophet has stood in every single hand span of that land and so every part of it is holy. And what they brought is even more scared and more holy and Musa AS. There’s a reason why when he was dying The Prophet Saw said he was prohibited from it, due to the actions of his people but he asked Allah “O Allah” his dying wish imagine Musa AS dying wish was let me die as close to it as possible. Where I could throw a stone and it would reach that land. So if it hurts us that we are prohibited from Al Aqsa. If it hurts those of us who are Palestian in particular who can’t visit the land of our parents. While colonialist and their enablers can. Then know that prophet Musa AS the most spoken about man in the Quran. Also was prohibited, and the Prophet Saw said if I were there, i would show you his grave under the red dune. Where Musa AS was granted that request to be as close to it as possible and as muslims while we pray to Makkah today and we know that this was the first qibla of the muslims there’s a reason why Allah Swt didn’t just appoint Al-Kaaba to be the Qibla in the first place. He could of done so, in his glory and his majesty but Allah wanted to honor that place and Allah wanted to honor our Prophet Saw. The Prophet Saw leading the prayer towards the qibla of Al Aqsa and leading the prayer towards the qibla of Al-Kaaba. Shows that he is Imam Al-Mursaleen.
The Imam of the Prophets and the Messengers it was a way of honoring our prophet and it was a way of honoring those places. That Al Aqsa should always remain in the hearts of the muslims even though they pray towards Makkah. When they pray their hearts are attached towards Al Aqsa as well, to the point that the sahaba who prayed towards both qiblas like Annas (R.A) who used to say No one remains on the earth today who prayed towards the two Qiblas. Except for me, he could of honored himself by saying no one lives amongst those that prayed. In Makkah and Medina, no one lives among those that accompanied the Prophet Saw here and there. But He mentioned it as specific honor that I am the last person that exists on the face of the earth that prayed towards both. The Qibla of Al Aqsa and towards the Qibla of Al Masjid Al Haram. May Allah SWT enable us a trip to both of them, Allahumma Ameen.
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