Am I a Mumim

Auto-generated transcript:In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds.
And peace and blessings be upon the honour of the Prophets and Messengers.
Muhammad and the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him and his family and companions.
Many peace and blessings be upon them.
And after that, my dear respected brothers and elders,
it is a great pleasure and honour to be here in your mosque.
I have been to Albany several times, but first time here.
May Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la cause this evening to be an evening of khair and barakah for all of us.
And to make it a means of guidance for me and for all of us.
The topic of my lecture is, Am I a Momin?
Am I a Momin?
Now, the purpose of Islam,
the purpose of all the ulum of Islam,
whether you are studying the Quran al-Karim,
whether you are studying the Hadith and Nabawiya Sharif,
whether you are studying Fiqh, anything,
the purpose of all of that is only one.
And that is to connect with Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la.
Because Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la said,
وَمَا خَلَطْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُوهُ
Allah said, we have not created the jinn and the inns, the humans,
for anything except our Ibadah.
The only purpose, the only reason that Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la created us
and created the jinn is to worship Him.
And as Imam Ghazali Rahmatullah Ali said,
you cannot worship the one you don't know.
Therefore, knowing Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la is not only critical,
but it is essential for us to be able to worship Him.
When we worship Allah, we are not worshipping some mythology,
we are not worshipping somebody we don't know,
we are not worshipping some mystery.
The question is, do we know Allah?
Do we know Allah? Who is Allah?
And that is the reason why Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la gave us a framework.
He gave us a metric.
He gave us a way of measuring the strength and the presence and the strength of our Iman.
So when I say, am I a moment?
The question you should ask is, how do I know that?
How can I know if I am a moment or not?
And my answer is, to know if you are a moment,
for me to know if I am a moment,
I don't need to ask anybody.
I do not need to ask anybody.
Because the Qur'an-ul-Karim gives me and gives you a metric.
A way of checking.
Now that way of checking, Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la mentioned in Surah Al-Anfal,
I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Satan.
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
Indeed, the believers are those who, when Allah is mentioned, their hearts are filled with joy.
And when the verses are recited to them, their faith increases.
And they rely on their Lord.
Those who perform the prayer and spend from what We have provided for them.
These are the true believers.
They have degrees with their Lord, forgiveness and noble provision.
Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la gave us a metric.
And that metric consists of five things.
Three of them are internal and two of them are visible, external.
The first thing that Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la said is,
They are the Momineen.
Verily these people are the Momineen, the believers.
Innamal Muminun.
Manhu.
Who are they?
Alladheena Yazkuroona Allah.
No.
Innamal Muminun.
Idhaa Dhukira Allahu Wajilat Qulubhu.
When the Dhikr of Allah comes before them,
when the mention of Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la comes before them,
their hearts shiver with the glory and majesty of Allah.
So first, self-test.
What happens to me,
when the name of Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la is mentioned before me?
What happens?
Does something happen?
What happens to me when the name of Allah is mentioned before me?
So let us do that. Let us test that.
Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la introduced Himself.
Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la said,
Allah is the One who is the All-Living, the All-Sustaining.
No sleep or sleep can take Him.
He has all that is in the heavens and all that is on the earth.
Who is He who can intercede with Him except by His ...