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Thursday, 2 Dhu 'l-Hijjah 1433 AH / 18th October 2012 CE

Elements of Allh's Protection

by Husayn ibn 'Abdul 'Azz Aal Sheikh
Rab ul-Awwal 12, 1423 (May 24, 2002)

All praise is due to Allh, Lord of all the worlds. May peace and blessings be upon the Messenger, his household and
companions.
Brethren in Islm! The Muslim nation is now undergoing a state of weakness and disarray while the wise men among
them are searching for a future that can save the nation from its despicable state. The educated elites, politicians and
writers have all presented their opinions and theories. But it is time for all Muslims regardless of their classes and groups
to see the reality and open their eyes to the only successful solution in the light of their established values, and
fundamentals of their religion. The Muslim nation cannot find solution to its myriad of problems except through the correct
understanding of the Book of Allh and the Sunnah of His Prophet.
Brethren in faith! Let us spend a few moments with a great legacy that emanated from the teacher of mankind while he
was giving to the ummah an everlasting admonition by which its life could be fruitful and its hereafter successful. It is an
admonition that should be held tenaciously to and given a total control over all our actions. It is an admonition that does
not give priority to the interest of a particular people or race. It is an admonition that has emanated from him who does not
speak of his own but from what is revealed to him. The admonition is a light that raises the ummah to all that is good,
glory and strength.
Allh says,
O you who believe! Obey Allh and answer the Messenger when
he calls you to that which will give you life (Al-Anfl 8:24)
Yes, it gives comprehensive life to individuals and societies, to souls and valued things; a life based on the power of mn
that is indispensable in confronting crisis. It is a life that means a revival in all senses. It is a life that actualises happiness,
peaceful and secured coexistence, blessings and progress in all aspects of life.
Fellow Muslims! The honour and glory in this world and the hereafter are guaranteed by implementation of the contents of
this admonition.
Allh says,
We have sent down to you (O mankind!) a Book (the Qurn) in
which there is an honour for you (if you follow its teachings). Will
you then not understand? (Al-Anbiy 21:10)
He also says,
Then whosoever becomes pious and righteous, on them shall be
no fear nor shall they grieve. (Al-Arf 7:35)
If the individuals and societies fail to implement the admonition, loss and perdition will become their lot. For it is an
admonition that links the Muslim to his origin and draws a relationship between the decisive laws of Islm and necessities
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admonition that links the Muslim to his origin and draws a relationship between the decisive laws of Islm and necessities
of the age. Its implementation is the only guarantee against challenges that face the ummah and threaten its values.
Umar said, You preceded other people only by your help for the cause of this religion.
Let us now listen to that great admonition and everlasting legacy. Ibn Abbs narrated:
I was behind the Messenger of Allh one day when he told me, O lad, I am going to teach you some
words. Preserve the rights of Allh, Allh will preserve you. Preserve the rights of Allh, you will find Him
in front of you. When you ask, ask from Allh only and when you seek for help, seek it from Allh only.
Know that if all the people gathered together in order to benefit you with something, they cannot benefit
you except with something that Allh has already written down for you and if they gather together in order
to harm you with something, they cannot harm you except with something that Allh has already written
down against you. The pen has been raised up and the paper has dried. (At-Tirmidh)
In another narration, the Prophet said,
Preserve the right of Allh, you will find Him in front of you. Know Allh in the time of prosperity, He will
know you in the time of hardship. Be aware that, whatever you have missed has initially not been decreed
to be yours and whatever comes your way would not have missed you. Know that victory goes with
patience, relief goes with distress and that with every hardship there is easiness.
People of knowledge said,
This hadth contains great and important principles of the religion.

One of them said,

I reflected over the meaning of this hadth and it amazed me that I was almost bewildered. It is a pity that people are
ignorant of it and have little understanding of its meaning.

Fellow Muslims! Preserving the rights of Allh means being conscious of His limits, fulfilling His rights, carrying out His
commandments and abstaining from His prohibitions.
He says,
It will be said (to those who obey Allh): This is what you were
promised. It is for those who are oft-returning (to Allh) in sincere
repentance and those who preserve their covenant with Allh;
those who feared the Most Gracious in the Unseen and came (to
their Lord) with a repentant heart. (Qf 50:32-33)
It is a preservation that includes guarding ones head and stomach. The Messenger of Allh said,
Feeling ashamed in front of Allh entails preserving head and all that it comprehends and the stomach
and all that it contains.
It is a preservation that should prevent limbs and all senses from committing sins. The Prophet said,
Whoever guarantees the protection of his tongue and private parts from what is unlawful, I will guarantee
for him Paradise. (Al-Bukhr)
It is a preservation that prevents mans desires from leading him astray and diverting him from noble values and traits.
Allh says,
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And the men and women who guard their chastity (from illegal
sexual acts) and the men and women who remember Allh much,
Allh has prepared for them forgiveness and great reward. (AlAhzb 33:35)
Dear Muslims! It is among the basic principles of the religion that recompense shall be in accordance with the deed.
Hence, whoever preserves Allhs rights as mentioned earlier, he will get the protection of Allh in his worldly life and the
hereafter; he will realise all his needs and will be guarded from all harms. A scholar said,
Allhs protection of His slave is of two types:
One: His protection of him in his religion and mn (faith) by protecting him against misleading ambiguities and forbidden
desires, and putting a barrier between him and all that can damage his religion. Allh says about Prophet Ysuf, Thus it

was, that We might turn away from him evil and illegal sexual intercourse. Surely, he was one of Our
chosen (guided) slaves. (Ysuf 12:24)
Two: His protection of him in his worldly affairs, by protecting his person, children, family and wealth.
Allh says, For him, there are angels in succession, in front of him and behind. They guard him by the

Command of Allh. (Ar-Rad 13:11)

Ibn Abbs said, The angels protect him by the Command of Allh, but when what has been destined for him comes, they leave
him. Of the wonderful protection of Allh for him who preserves His rights is that, Allh makes the naturally harmful
animals protect him from harm as was the case of Safnah the Prophets freed slave when his riding animal broken down
and he went out into the desert. He then saw a lion who walked with him until he showed him the way. The Messenger of
Allh confirmed this kind of divine protection in this exhortation when he said,
Preserve the rights of Allh, you will find Him before you.
So, whoever observes the limits of Allh and His rights, Allh will protect him, bestow His favour on him and help him.
Allh says,
Truly, Allh is with those who keep their duty to Allh and those
who are good-doers. (An-Nahl 16:128)
Qatdah said,
Whoever fears Allh, Allh will be with him, and whoever Allh is with him, such is with a group that can never be
defeated, a protector that does not sleep and a guide that does not go astray.

It is by this type of protection, that Allh protects the posterity of His righteous slave after his death. He says about the two
boys whose property was preserved, And their father was a righteous man. (Al-Kahf 18:82)
It was said that both of them were protected by the righteousness of their father.
Whoever Allh protects in his youth and time of strength, He will also protect him in his old age and time of weakness and
make him enjoy his hearing, seeing and strength. A righteous predecessor who was past hundred and still enjoyed his
physical strength and intelligence one day made a strong leap. When he was asked about that he said,
We preserved these limbs from sins when we were young, so Allh preserved them for us when we became old.

Fellow Muslims! Whenever this ummah individually and collectively preserves the religion of Allh, actualises the truthful
mn, surrenders to Allh in all its affairs, frees itself from whims and desires and bases all its political, economical, social
affairs on the path of Allh and the Sunnah of His Messenger, it will win the protection of Allh from all undesirable things,
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affairs on the path of Allh and the Sunnah of His Messenger, it will win the protection of Allh from all undesirable things,
difficulties and crises and then have peace, stability, glory and victory.
Allh says,
Those who believe and confuse not their belief with wrong (by
worshipping others besides Allh), for them only there is security
and they are the guided ones. (Al-Anm 6:82)
When belief in Allh and guidance of the Prophet go deep is well established in the life of the Muslims and direct all their
affairs, they will have all forms of security: security from enemies and evil thoughts; security from fears, and political,
economical and social security.
Whenever the Muslims follow their religion, shun whims and desires, work sincerely for the sake of Islm and take the
necessary means and provisions, Allh will give them authority in the land, strengthen them, instil their fear in the hearts
of their enemies and make blessings, justice and peace reign among them. The All-Mighty Allh says,
Allh has promised those among you who believes and do good
deeds, that He will grant them succession (to the present rulers) in
the land as He granted it to those who were before them, and that
He will grant them the authority to practice their religion which He
has chosen for them. And He will surely give them in exchange a
safe security after their fear, (provided) they worship Me and do
not associate anything in worship with Me. But whoever
disbelieves after this, they are the rebellious. (An-Nr 24:55)
Fellow believers! Whenever the Muslim ummah is afflicted with a calamity and then seeks for relief, security, glory,
authority, and stability; it can achieve none of that except by giving absolute obedience to Allh, giving and submitting
willingly to His law and following His favoured path. It is then that its corruption, fears and stability can be removed and no
power on the face of the earth will stand in its way.
Allh says,
And whoever follows My guidance, there shall be no fear on them
nor shall they grieve. (Al-Baqarah 2:38)
Brethren in faith! Any Muslim nation that goes against this right path will always be backward, humiliated, deprived of
authority and hunted by fear and enemies. Allh says,
(What is matter with you?) When a single disaster smites you,
although you smote (your enemies) with one twice as great, you
say, from when does this come (come to us)? Say to them, it was
from yourselves (because of your evil deeds). (Aal Imrn 3:165)
Brethren in Islm! The promise of Allh is standing, however
different are times and situations as long as the condition is found.
Let whoever wants to have Allhs promise accomplished firstly
fulfil the conditions.
And who is truer to his covenant than Allh? (At-Tawbah 9:111).
It was when the companions of the Messenger of Allh and other righteous predecessors of this ummah followed this path
with trust in Allh, strong faith, resoluteness, perseverance and emulating the Prophet with continuous good deeds that
Allh established by them the edifice of this religion and the strong Islmic state in all parts of the earth. For, they kept this
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Allh established by them the edifice of this religion and the strong Islmic state in all parts of the earth. For, they kept this
life in its due position and were not deluded by it; they knew the Hereafter and gave it its due estimation.
Ibn Kathr narrated that in the year 463 A.H, the Roman king came with a great number of soldiers like mountains and a
huge war weapons with a resolution to exterminate Islm and Muslims. He was met by the then Muslim ruler with an
almost 20,000 men. This Muslim ruler feared the great number of the polytheists, but the great scholar, Ab Nasr
Muhammad bin Abdul Malik Al-Bukhr advised him to commence the war at noon when the Imm would be on the pulpit
praying for the Mujhidn. When the two armies confronted each other, the Muslim ruler came down from his horse, made
a prostration for Allh, invoked Him and asked Him for victory. Allh gave victory to the Muslims and granted them upper
hand over the polytheists. And it was a great victory. Praise be to Allh.
O you who believe! If you help (in the cause of) Allh, He will help
you and make your foothold firm. (Muhammad 47:7)
Brethren in Islm! Days are passing while our brethren in Palestine are suffering from unforgettable killings, persecutions
and expulsions. They are suffering from terrorism in its most heinous form at the hands of the murderous Zionist
occupiers. Cant the world resolution issuers see these evils that are committed under their very noses?
Let it be known to all the world that the only solution to this problem is in giving back the rights to whom they are due,
fostering justice between mankind and protecting human dignity that Islm preaches.
Fellow Muslims! The situation is very critical and our responsibility in helping our brethren in Palestine and elsewhere is
very great. Let each and every one of us carry out his part of this collective responsibility according to his ability. Let us
spend generously for our brethren and make a good and sincere invocation for them.
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