Reflections on the Book: "Elements of the Islamic Mentality"
Episode Five
Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds, and prayers and peace be upon the Imam of the Pious, the Master of the Messengers, sent as a mercy to the worlds, our master Muhammad, and upon all his family and companions, and make us with them, and gather us in their company by Your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful.
O Muslims:
Dear listeners, listeners of the Media Office Radio of Hizb ut-Tahrir:
Peace, mercy, and blessings of God be upon you. In this episode, we continue our reflections on the book: "Elements of the Islamic Mentality". In order to build the Islamic personality, with attention to the Islamic mentality and the Islamic psychology, we say, with God's help:
Muslim narrated in his Sahih that Ibn Abbas said: I stayed overnight in my aunt Maymuna's house and remained to see how the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, prayed. He said: He stood up and urinated, then washed his face and hands, then slept. Then he went to the water skin and loosened its rope - meaning he opened its mouth - then poured it into the bowl or dish and poured it with his hand on it. Then he performed ablution, a good ablution between the two ablutions, then he stood up to pray. I came and stood next to him, and I stood on his left. He said: He took me and made me stand on his right, and the prayer of the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, was completed, thirteen rak'ahs. Then he slept until he snored, and we knew him when he slept by his snoring. Then he went out to prayer and prayed, and he began to say in his prayer or in his prostration: «O God, place light in my heart, and light in my hearing, and light in my sight, and light on my right, and light on my left, and light in front of me, and light behind me, and light above me, and light below me, and make light for me, or he said: and make me light».
O Muslims:
Let us contemplate together two enlightening hadiths that illuminate our path to reach our goals, and our light walks before us and on our right:
As for the first hadith: Al-Tabarani narrated in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir from Abu Umama, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: «God Almighty said: Whoever insults a friend of Mine has declared war on Me. Son of Adam, you will not attain what is with Me except by performing what I have enjoined upon you. My servant will continue to endear himself to Me with voluntary deeds until I love him, and I become his heart with which he understands, and his tongue with which he speaks, and his sight with which he sees. If he calls upon Me, I will answer him, and if he asks Me, I will give him, and if he seeks My help, I will help him, and the most beloved worship of My servant to Me is advice".
In this hadith, there is an explanation of the way to God's victory and help, and assistance from Him, by drawing closer to Him and seeking His help, for He is the Mighty, the Exalted. Whoever He helps will not be forsaken, and whoever He forsakes will not be helped. God Almighty said: {If God helps you, there is none to overcome you; and if He forsakes you, who is there after Him that can help you? And in God let the believers put their trust}. (Al Imran 160)
He is close to His servant when he calls upon Him, answering him when he responds to Him. God Almighty said: {And when My servants ask you concerning Me, then surely I am very near; I answer the prayer of the suppliant when he calls on Me, so they should answer My call and believe in Me that they may walk in the right way}. (Al-Baqarah 186) He is the Subduer over His servants, and He is Kind to them, and He is the Wise, the Aware, the Mighty, the Exalted. God said: {And He is the Subduer above His servants, and He is the Wise, the Aware}. (Al-An'am 18). And He, the Most High, said: {God is Benignant to His servants; He gives sustenance to whom He pleases, and He is the Strong, the Mighty}. (Ash-Shura 19) So hasten, dear brothers, to the pleasure of God, to His forgiveness, to His paradise, to His victory, to success in both worlds. God Almighty said: {And for that let the competitors compete}. (Al-Mutaffifin 26)
O Muslims:
As for the second hadith: Imam Ahmad narrated in his Musnad from Hudhayfa who said: The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Prophethood will be among you as long as God wills it to be, then He will raise it when He wills to raise it. Then there will be a caliphate on the method of prophethood, and it will be as long as God wills it to be, then He will raise it when God wills to raise it. Then there will be a biting kingdom, and it will be as long as God wills it to be, then He will raise it when He wills to raise it. Then there will be an oppressive kingdom, and it will be as long as God wills it to be, then He will raise it when He wills to raise it. Then there will be a caliphate on the method of prophethood. Then he was silent.
In this hadith, there is good news that the caliphate is returning with God's permission, but it is returning like the first caliphate, the caliphate of the Rightly Guided, the companions of the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him. So whoever is eager for its return, longing to see it, let him strive for it with faith, to be like the companions of the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, or like them.
Dear listeners: Listeners of the Media Office Radio of Hizb ut-Tahrir:
We will suffice with this amount in this episode, on the condition that we complete our reflections in the upcoming episodes, God Almighty willing. Until that time, and until we meet you, we leave you in God's care, protection, and security. We thank you for your kind listening, and peace, mercy, and blessings of God be upon you.
