Shaykh
Muhammad bin Saaleh al-‘Uthaymeen
[May Allaah have Mercy on him him]
[May Allaah have Mercy on him him]
Oh People! Fear
Allaah, the Most High and know that the time has been proportioned and it is a
storage for you deeds, so meet time with good deeds before it disappears from
you. Verily, every day, rather every hour, rather minute, rather every moment
that passes, escapes from you and it will never come back. Every day, every
hour, every minute, every moment that passes you shortens your life and hastens
you to towards your end.
So pay
attention, Oh Slave of Allaah to this reality! It is nothing but hours and
moments, then before you know it, it will turn into death and regret because of
the fact that you missed the opportunity to do good deeds in the time that you
had been favoured and blessed with, wishing you had occupied your time with
righteousness. This is the reality that most people are negligent of, so pay
attention to this point!
Oh people!
Teachers and students amongst us have their holidays approaching during these
days, which the end of the academic year and the beginning of the summer
holidays. So we should look and see how we should prepare to spend our
holidays?
There are some
people who spend it in their countries (i.e. Muslim countries), they don’t
leave nor travel however they use their time wisely during this period.
This lecture is
targeted at those people, those who seek to who wish to seek to build, those
who want a beneficial holiday, a holiday that will bring about benefit in their
lives and their religion, either by them revising issues of knowledge, or that
they gather to attend lectures, or that they spend their time in the libraries
to increase in knowledge, or that they spend their time doing something that
will benefit their Dunya, such as being with their families and the likes.
And there are
others who spend their holidays travelling, going to Makkah or al-Madeenah,
and how a wonderful journey that is. They go to Makkah or al-Madeenah,
either to perform ‘Umrah or to perform as-Salaah in these places,
visiting the grave of the Messenger [Peace and Blessings of Allaah be Upon him]
after he has prayed in the Masjid (i.e. his intention is to travel to al-Madeenah
for the Masjid and not to solely visit the grave), then these are from the most
virtuous of deeds. He has spent but he has built something with it. From an ‘Umrah
to an ‘Umrah is a expiation of sins, praying in Masjid al-Haram
is the best place to pray (in the world) and it is a place that has been singled
out with great virtue.
I want to
deliver my message to those who want to go to Makkah and al-Madeenah,
sincerely for Allaah, the Glorified and the Exalted. Those who wish to perform
these deeds being eager to do it with conformity with the Sunnah of the
Messenger of Allaah [Peace and Blessings of Allaah be Upon him] and following
his guidance. This is because acts of
worship cannot be considered as being correct unless if they meet two
fundamental principles; 1) Ikhlaas, that one is sincere in doing it for
Allaah, the Glorified and the Exalted, Alone and 2) that it conforms with the Sunnah
of the Messenger of Allaah [Peace and Blessings of Allaah be Upon him].
Those going must
make sure that they are eager to pray as-Salaah on its proper time,
shortening when they leave their cities until they reach their destination,
except if they pray behind an Imaam during their travels who prays in full then
they must also pray in full. Upon
reaching the destination, one must pray with the congregation but if they miss
the congregation then they may shorten, the Salaat which are usually
four Rak’aat are shortened to two Rak’aat.
So there are two
types of people during the summer holidays, those who travel and those who stay
in their home cities.
As for those who
travel, then there is one type of travellers who travel for a particular place
such as Makkah or al-Madeenah.
The second type
of traveller is one who travels for a Shar’ee purpose, such as one who
travels to seal ties of kinship or to seek knowledge or visit a poor person or
even to spread good amongst people.
The third type
is one who goes to preach to people about their religion.
The fourth types
of people are those who travel because Allaah has made it easy for them (i.e.
not for the sake of worship); and these are two types of people; those who
travel for the sake of relaxation. This is a favour from Allaah that the person
has taken, so this is permissible, in fact this person is helping the country’s
economy by travelling domestically, so this person helps the citizens of the
country by helping circulating money domestically. However, this person must be
advised to Fear Allaah and remember to fulfil what is obligatory upon him and
to stay away from sins, and to stay away from things that will immature and
that will deteriorate his intellect.
As for the other
type of people who travel (i.e. not for the sake of worship) then they are who
fall into a really dangerous area; to travel abroad to the lands of the
non-Muslims. Lands which have been ruined with Kufr, insanity, lewdness,
the intoxication of intellect, the corruption of hearts, places where you don’t
hear the Athaan or the Salaah is not held in congregation,
instead, you see the symbols of the Jews and the Christians so this person
comes back with his opinions polluted because of this journey. His Eemaan
has weakened, he has wasted his wealth and his intellect has been snatched away
from him because of the Fitnah of what he has witnessed there, because
of desire in seeking the splendour of this life of the Dunya.
This person is
like one who changes the favour of Allaah upon him (i.e. being in a Muslim
land) for something that is less (i.e. travelling to a non-Muslim land)! He
took the favour of Allaah of Rizq and he used his wealth and his health
to disobey Him! So this person is a loser in the Dunyaa and in his Deen!
Not only this, those who go there strengthen their economy and they enter into
their countries seeking to have a good time, whilst their countries (i.e.
Muslim countries) are suffering from illnesses, entrapped by those over them.
So the one who
has intellect must take caution and not to be from these people!
And know! Those
who travel to those lands, even though their bodies find enjoyment because of
what they do there, their souls are being shattered in the process, their
wellbeing is being taken away from them because of the tiredness they face from
their distorted opinion and intellect (that has resulted from them travelling
there). They even face worries and depression when they are forced to go back
to their countries!
It may even be
that they return with their minds stained and tarnished by what they hear and
from the lewd manners they have witnessed’. There is no doubt, that going to
such places and seeing these things will have an effect on the hearts of the
children that travel with them, because children have a characteristic of not
forgetting what they see and hear.
So they need to
Fear Allaah and command themselves! Fear Allaah in your families! Fear Allaah
in your communities! Verily, these types of pollution and contamination will
affect others when they come back to their countries, their other family
members, their neighbours and others they meet. So it upon us all to do what we
can to stay in our country so that it doesn’t get polluted with the likes that
those people bring from the lewd manners that they end up promoting.
My brothers! Be
cautious against this! Warn your brothers! Stay in your communities, there is a
great form of protection by doing this. By Allaah! This is a huge disease and
even though you may not know it now, this pollution that these people bring
will have an impact, if it’s not in a year then in two years but there will be
an impact!
I end my speech
with what Allaah, the Most High, has commanded His Believing Servants, where he
said:
“O
you who believe (in the Oneness of Allah - Islamic Monotheism)! Eat of the
lawful things that We have provided you with, and be grateful to Allah, if it
is indeed He Whom you worship”
[al-Baqarah 2:172]
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