{"id":20392,"date":"2017-01-10T18:31:25","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T18:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mezquitadesevilla.com\/shaykh-ahmed-bermejos-khutba-if-you-ask-for-something-ask-allah-grenade\/"},"modified":"2017-01-10T18:31:25","modified_gmt":"2017-01-10T18:31:25","slug":"shaykh-ahmed-bermejos-khutba-if-you-ask-for-something-ask-allah-grenade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mezquitadesevilla.com\/en\/shaykh-ahmed-bermejos-khutba-if-you-ask-for-something-ask-allah-grenade\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaykh Ahmed Bermejo’s Khutba, “If you ask for something, ask Allah.”\nGrenade."},"content":{"rendered":"

Ibn ‘Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated the following: “One day he was riding behind the Messenger of Allah, Salla Allaahu ‘Alaihi wa Salllam<\/em>, when he said to me: “O young man, I will teach you a few words: Keep Allah, and He will keep you; guard Allah, and you will find Him before you; if you ask for something, ask Allah, and if you seek help, seek it from Allah. And know that if all people were to come together to benefit you in anything, they would not benefit you except in what Allah has written for you. And if they were to come together to harm you in anything, they would not harm you except in that which Allah has decreed for you. The calamamos have risen and the leaves have dried up.”<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Muslims, I urge you to have Taqwa from Allah. “You who believe! Fear Allah and abide with the truthful” <\/strong>(Tawba, 119).
\nServants of Allah, there are indeed many occasions when, because of the maelstrom of the life of Dunia<\/em> that we live, because of our problems, whatever they may be, we forget our principles.
\nWe forget our bases.
\nWe forget such fundamental elements as our purpose and function in this life \u2013 which is none other than to worship and know Allah.
\nWe forget what we were created for; but, most tragic of all, we sometimes forget the Power of Allah, subhanahu wa ta’ala<\/em>.
\nWe live so immersed in ourselves, in our home, our children, our family, we are so devoted to the means, we live so conditioned by what surrounds us, that we forget that the one who really has the power to benefit or harm us is Allah.
\nThat is why my responsibility in this place and in this hour is to remind you of the foundations of our journey, what we have spoken of so many times, the steps that we have taken so many times but that, no matter how many times we have done it, there are also many times in which we forget it.
\nThis matter that we sometimes forget is what the Messenger of Allah taught to His Companions.
\nAnd he did it with the old and the young, without getting tired of repeating it at any time, without missing any opportunity to do so, because he, salla allahu alaihi wa sallam<\/em>, knew the importance of these bases, he knew that these matters are on which our belief is built, and, therefore, he repeated them constantly.
\nThis was the case with Ibn ‘Abbas, may Allah be pleased with both, who narrated the following: “I was one day riding behind the Messenger of Allah, Salla Allaahu ‘Alaihi wa Salllam<\/em>, when he said to me: “O young man, I will teach you a few words: Keep Allah, and He will keep you; guard Allah, and you will find Him before you; if you ask for something, ask Allah, and if you seek help, seek it from Allah. And know that if all people were to come together to benefit you in anything, they would not benefit you except in what Allah has written for you. And if they were to come together to harm you in anything, they would not harm you except in that which Allah has decreed for you. The calamamos have risen and the leaves have dried up.”<\/strong>. Servants of Allah, how forgetful we are, how quickly we forget. How often do we forget the basis of our whole affair! How many times do we forget that the one who really gives us and the one who really takes from us is Allah! If we want something, who do we ask for? We have to ask Allah, and if we want Allah to answer that request, what we must do is what He teaches us in this Hadith<\/em> the Messenger Muhammad, Salla Allahu Alaihi wa Salllam.<\/em>.
\nGuarda a Allah.
\nProtege a Allah.
\nTen presente a Allah.
\nGuarda aquello que Allah te ha mandado guardar.
\nCumple con las obligaciones que Allah te ha impuesto y, al mismo tiempo que lo haces, al\u00e9jate de todo aquello que te ha prohibido Allah; si lo haces, ver\u00e1s c\u00f3mo Allah te guarda y te protege a ti; si lo haces, ver\u00e1s c\u00f3mo Allah te protege en tu persona, en tu riqueza y en tu Din; ver\u00e1s c\u00f3mo Allah te protege del mal comportamiento y de los shayatin<\/em> de los genios y de los hombres.
\nSi eres capaz de guardar a Allah en tu vida de dunia<\/em>, Allah te guardar\u00e1 a ti en dunia<\/em> y en \u00c1jira, Guarda a Allah.
\nTen presente a Allah, y lo encontrar\u00e1s ante ti, lo encontrar\u00e1s junto a ti.
\nSi vas caminando hacia Allah, \u00c9l ir\u00e1 hacia ti corriendo; si te acercas a \u00c9l un palmo, \u00c9l se acerca a ti diez.
\nGuarda a Allah, y tendr\u00e1s Su compa\u00f1\u00eda, Su ma’iya<\/em>.
\nSer\u00e1 tu protector y tu guardi\u00e1n.
\nEstar\u00e1 a tu lado por muchas dificultades que tengas, por muy oscura que veas la situaci\u00f3n.
\nSi no te olvidas de Allah, \u00c9l no se olvidar\u00e1 de ti. \u201cRecordadme, y yo os recordar\u00e9\u201d<\/strong>. \u201cSi pides algo, p\u00eddeselo a Allah\u201d<\/strong>.
\nSi tienes alguna necesidad, si quieres algo, p\u00eddeselo a Allah, b\u00fascalo en Allah, ya que \u00c9l es realmente quien todo lo puede, quien todo lo tiene y quien todo lo da.
\nS\u00f3lo a \u00c9l debemos pedirle, y \u00c9l es quien nos lo dar\u00e1 utilizando los medios o las personas que quiera usar como intermediarios; no le pedimos m\u00e1s que a \u00c9l, puesto que \u00c9l est\u00e1 en todo momento cerca de nosotros.
\n\u00c9l sabe qu\u00e9 es bueno para nosotros y qu\u00e9 no lo es.
\nPor esta raz\u00f3n, es a \u00c9l a quien debemos pedirle, y si lo hacemos con sinceridad, Allah nos dar\u00e1. \u201cY cuando Mis siervos te pregunten sobre M\u00ed…, Yo estoy cerca y respondo al ruego del que pide cuando Me pide; as\u00ed pues, que ellos Me respondan y crean en M\u00ed. \u00a1Ojal\u00e1 se gu\u00eden rectamente!\u201d <\/strong>(Baqara, 186).
\nNo pidas nada al hijo de Adam, p\u00eddele a Aquel Cuyas puertas no se cierran.
\nAllah se enfada si dejas de pedirle, mientras que el hijo de Adam, si se le pide, es \u00e9l quien se enfada. <\/em> The next piece of advice given by the Messenger of Allah to the young Ibn Abbas is: “If you seek help, seek it from Allah.”<\/strong>
\nLook for it in Allah, for Allah does not need us and we are the ones who need Him.
\nIt is a detached help, without hidden interests, and that is wonderful.
\nWe need His help at all times and in all situations.
\nNo one but Him can give us the help we need, for He is the One Who created us and the One Who truly knows our needs.
\nAllah’s help is the only one that can truly benefit us, both in this life and in the next.
\nHis help is what we seek because His help is the real one.
\nIt is something that we repeat whenever we recite the Fatiha : “Iyaka na’budu wa iyaka nasta’in”,<\/em><\/strong> “Only You do we worship, only in You do we seek help”.
\nBecause Allah’s help is the real help, it is the help that we really need, it is the help that we seek and the help that we need, and we ask Him alone.
\nAllah says in His Book: “If Allah helps you…, there will be none who can defeat you; but if he forsakes you, who but he will help you? In Allah the believers trust” <\/strong>(The Family of ‘Imran, 160). “Know that if all people were to come together to benefit you in anything, they would not benefit you except in what Allah has written for you. And if they were to come together to harm you in anything, they would not harm you except in that which Allah has decreed for you.”<\/strong>
\nThis last piece of advice is the basis of all our knowledge, the foundation of our path.
\nIt is that which our day to day life in Dunia<\/em> makes us forget.
\nIt is the belief in the Decree, to be aware that everything that happens to us, that everything that is happening in this world, both what we see and what we do not see, comes from Allah, whether it is good or bad, sweet or bitter, whether it is joy or sadness, whether it is difficulty or ease.
\nIt is knowing that once Allah has determined that something will happen, it will happen without any doubt just as He has decreed; No matter how much people get together and try to benefit you in something, they will not be able to benefit you.
\nIt is impossible for them to benefit you except in that which Allah has decreed for you.
\nAnd the reverse is true: no matter how much they gather, plot against you or make plans against you, none of it will harm you unless Allah has decreed it for you, for the real power is from Allah. “They plan and Allah plans, and Allah is the one who plans best.”<\/strong>
\nThis is the basis of belief in the Decree: everything happens because Allah has so determined, both good and bad, wars, peace, death, life, poverty, wealth, difficulty.
\nAllah is the One who decrees and what He has decreed is what is fulfilled.
\nAllah says, addressing His Prophet Muhammad, salla allaahu alaihi wa sallam<\/em>: “Say <\/strong>(O Muhammad) : Only what Allah has written for us happens to us.
\nHe is the One who watches over us.
\nAnd may the believers trust in Allah.” <\/strong> And, O Allah, we ask You to make us one of the believers who trust in You.
\nShaykh Ahmed Bermejo Khutba, Great Mosque of Granada, January 6, 2017. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ibn ‘Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated the following: “One day he was riding behind the Messenger of Allah, Salla Allaahu ‘Alaihi wa Salllam, when he said to me: “O young man, I will teach you a few words: Keep Allah, and He will keep you; guard Allah, and you will find Him …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8457,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-khutbas","category-conocimiento-en"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mezquitadesevilla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/imamgranada.jpg?fit=652%2C330&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mezquitadesevilla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mezquitadesevilla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mezquitadesevilla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mezquitadesevilla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mezquitadesevilla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mezquitadesevilla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mezquitadesevilla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mezquitadesevilla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mezquitadesevilla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mezquitadesevilla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}