WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.660 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:24.300 --> 00:00:27.300 [In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.] 00:00:28.300 --> 00:00:40.219 How do we nurture in our children and those around us a love for Al-Aqsa? 00:00:40.219 --> 00:00:43.219 This is a highly important question. 00:00:43.219 --> 00:00:53.219 We have previously discussed how Ibrahim, peace be upon him, established with his progeny a community founded upon the oneness of Allah in that blessed land. 00:00:53.219 --> 00:01:01.219 They inherited the testament to realize servitude to Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, upon the soil of that sacred place. 00:01:01.219 --> 00:01:03.600 The Almighty says: 00:01:03.600 --> 00:01:08.599 “When his Lord said unto him: Surrender! he said: I have surrendered to the Lord of the Worlds.” (2:131) 00:01:08.599 --> 00:01:12.599 “When his Lord said unto him: Surrender! he said: I have surrendered to the Lord of the Worlds.” (2:131) 00:01:12.599 --> 00:01:34.370 “The same did Abraham enjoin upon his sons, and also Jacob, (saying): O my sons! Lo! Allah hath chosen for you the (true) religion; therefore die not save as men who have surrendered (unto Him).” (2:132) 00:01:34.370 --> 00:01:37.370 To answer this question, 00:01:37.370 --> 00:01:40.370 and to arrive at a truly practical answer, 00:01:40.370 --> 00:01:43.370 one that establishes a generation that loves this mosque, 00:01:43.370 --> 00:01:48.370 and is connected to it with a bond of creed and faith, 00:01:48.370 --> 00:01:52.370 we will mention two radiant, Quranic examples 00:01:52.370 --> 00:01:57.370 of two noble, sacred families who were joined by marriage. 00:01:57.370 --> 00:01:59.530 The first family: 00:01:59.530 --> 00:02:01.530 The family of ‘Imran. 00:02:01.530 --> 00:02:06.530 One of the noble, honorable, and righteous families in the Jerusalemite community. 00:02:06.530 --> 00:02:13.530 The wife of ‘Imran asked Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, for a child after she had reached an advanced age. 00:02:13.530 --> 00:02:16.530 Allah, the Exalted, answered her. 00:02:16.530 --> 00:02:19.530 As soon as she sensed she was pregnant, 00:02:19.530 --> 00:02:24.530 she wished for it to be a boy to serve the Holy House (Bayt al-Maqdis). 00:02:24.530 --> 00:02:27.530 She vowed him to be purely dedicated and freed for that service. 00:02:27.530 --> 00:02:30.629 This was a common practice among them. 00:02:30.629 --> 00:02:34.629 The Almighty says regarding the wife of ‘Imran in a majestic scene, 00:02:34.629 --> 00:02:38.879 which plants a great love for that land: 00:02:38.879 --> 00:02:41.879 When the wife of ‘Imran said: 00:02:41.879 --> 00:02:46.879 “(Remember) when the wife of 'Imran said: My Lord! I have vowed unto Thee that which is in my belly as a consecrated (offering). Accept it from me. Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Hearer, the Knower!” (3:35) 00:02:46.879 --> 00:02:50.199 "Accept this from me; 00:02:50.199 --> 00:02:55.199 indeed, You are the Hearing, the Knowing." 00:02:55.199 --> 00:03:04.360 “And when she was delivered she said: My Lord! Lo! I am delivered of a female - Allah knew best of what she was delivered - the male is not as the female; and lo! I have named her Mary, and lo! I crave Thy protection for her and for her offspring from Satan the outcast.” (3:36) 00:03:04.360 --> 00:03:07.360 “And when she was delivered she said: My Lord! Lo! I am delivered of a female - Allah knew best of what she was delivered - the male is not as the female; and lo! I have named her Mary, and lo! I crave Thy protection for her and for her offspring from Satan the outcast.” (3:36) 00:03:07.360 --> 00:03:10.360 "And the male is not like the female." 00:03:10.360 --> 00:03:15.460 "I have named her Maryam (Mary), 00:03:15.460 --> 00:03:24.699 and I seek refuge for her and her descendants in You from Satan, the expelled." 00:03:24.699 --> 00:03:28.699 “And her Lord accepted her with full acceptance and vouchsafed to her a goodly growth; and made Zachariah her guardian. Whenever Zachariah went into the sanctuary where she was, he found that she had food. He said: O Mary! Whence cometh unto thee this (food)? She answered: It is from Allah. Allah giveth without stint to whom He will.” (3:37) 00:03:28.699 --> 00:03:36.699 "And He accepted her with a good acceptance." 00:03:36.699 --> 00:03:39.699 And Zakariyya (Zechariah) took charge of her. 00:03:39.699 --> 00:03:43.699 “And her Lord accepted her with full acceptance and vouchsafed to her a goodly growth; and made Zachariah her guardian. Whenever Zachariah went into the sanctuary where she was, he found that she had food. He said: O Mary! Whence cometh unto thee this (food)? She answered: It is from Allah. Allah giveth without stint to whom He will.” (3:37) 00:03:43.699 --> 00:03:46.699 He found provision with her. 00:03:46.699 --> 00:03:51.699 He said, "O Maryam, from where is this [coming] to you?" 00:03:51.699 --> 00:03:55.699 “And her Lord accepted her with full acceptance and vouchsafed to her a goodly growth; and made Zachariah her guardian. Whenever Zachariah went into the sanctuary where she was, he found that she had food. He said: O Mary! Whence cometh unto thee this (food)? She answered: It is from Allah. Allah giveth without stint to whom He will.” (3:37) 00:03:55.699 --> 00:04:04.699 “And her Lord accepted her with full acceptance and vouchsafed to her a goodly growth; and made Zachariah her guardian. Whenever Zachariah went into the sanctuary where she was, he found that she had food. He said: O Mary! Whence cometh unto thee this (food)? She answered: It is from Allah. Allah giveth without stint to whom He will.” (3:37) 00:04:04.699 --> 00:04:10.280 The surprise was that the child she had been blessed with was a female, 00:04:10.280 --> 00:04:13.280 who, according to their customs, was not suited for the service she had vowed. 00:04:13.280 --> 00:04:17.279 But because she was sincere and purified her intention, 00:04:17.279 --> 00:04:21.279 and bore the responsibility toward the Holy House, 00:04:21.279 --> 00:04:23.279 Allah accepted her. 00:04:23.279 --> 00:04:26.279 She became the mistress of the women of the worlds, 00:04:26.279 --> 00:04:31.279 among the devout, the obedient, the humble, and the truthful. 00:04:31.279 --> 00:04:33.279 She is Maryam, peace be upon her. 00:04:33.279 --> 00:04:38.689 The second family is the family of Zakariyya, peace be upon him, 00:04:38.689 --> 00:04:42.689 which was joined by marriage to the family of ‘Imran. 00:04:42.689 --> 00:04:44.850 While he had reached an advanced age, 00:04:44.850 --> 00:04:47.850 and his wife was barren, 00:04:47.850 --> 00:04:49.850 he longed for offspring, 00:04:49.850 --> 00:04:52.850 so that the care for the Holy House would endure, 00:04:52.850 --> 00:04:57.850 and the believing generation would continue, realizing servitude to Allah within it. 00:04:57.850 --> 00:05:01.009 Let us contemplate how Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, narrated 00:05:01.009 --> 00:05:06.009 to us that beautiful story and those great moments. 00:05:06.009 --> 00:05:08.240 The Almighty says: 00:05:08.240 --> 00:05:12.620 "A mention of the mercy of your Lord to His servant Zakariyya." 00:05:12.620 --> 00:05:18.620 “When he cried unto his Lord a cry in secret,” (19:3) 00:05:19.620 --> 00:05:24.620 “Saying: My Lord! Lo! the bones of me wax feeble and my head is shining with grey hair, and I have never been unblest in prayer to Thee, my Lord.” (19:4) 00:05:24.620 --> 00:05:29.620 "And the head has flared with white hair." 00:05:29.620 --> 00:05:35.620 “Saying: My Lord! Lo! the bones of me wax feeble and my head is shining with grey hair, and I have never been unblest in prayer to Thee, my Lord.” (19:4) 00:05:35.620 --> 00:05:40.939 He was sincere to Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, in his supplication for offspring, 00:05:40.939 --> 00:05:44.939 and he humbled himself and showed his need before Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, 00:05:44.939 --> 00:05:49.939 with complete certainty and sincere faith in the answer. 00:05:49.939 --> 00:05:54.160 Then he, peace be upon him, appears and reveals his purpose, 00:05:54.160 --> 00:05:59.160 and his goal in requesting offspring in that blessed land: 00:05:59.160 --> 00:06:05.579 “Lo! I fear my kinsfolk after me, since my wife is barren. Oh, give me from Thy presence a successor” (19:5) 00:06:05.579 --> 00:06:11.579 "And my wife is barren." 00:06:11.579 --> 00:06:15.579 “Lo! I fear my kinsfolk after me, since my wife is barren. Oh, give me from Thy presence a successor” (19:5) 00:06:15.579 --> 00:06:19.579 “Who shall inherit of me and inherit (also) of the house of Jacob. And make him, my Lord, acceptable (unto Thee).” (19:6) 00:06:19.579 --> 00:06:23.579 "And make him, my Lord, pleasing [to You]." 00:06:23.579 --> 00:06:28.709 He had a forward-looking vision based on bearing responsibility, 00:06:28.709 --> 00:06:33.709 and a keenness for the continuation of a generation of faith, righteousness, and piety, 00:06:33.709 --> 00:06:38.709 to cultivate that land and the Exalted House in the best possible way. 00:06:38.709 --> 00:06:43.709 He defined the qualities of that offspring as being of guardianship and righteousness, 00:06:43.709 --> 00:06:50.709 and mapped out the path for him by following what his ancestors of the family of Ya‘qub (Jacob) were upon. 00:06:50.709 --> 00:06:57.959 Then the glad tidings come from the Lord of Might, may His Majesty be glorified, through the angels, 00:06:57.959 --> 00:07:03.959 in the place where Zakariyya, peace be upon him, used to worship in the sanctuary (mihrab). 00:07:03.959 --> 00:07:08.160 We said that Zakariyya called upon his Lord: 00:07:08.160 --> 00:07:14.160 “Then Zachariah prayed unto his Lord and said: My Lord! Bestow upon me of Thy bounty goodly offspring. Lo! Thou art the Hearer of Prayer.” (3:38) 00:07:14.160 --> 00:07:19.160 "Indeed, You are the Hearer of supplication." 00:07:19.160 --> 00:07:24.160 The angels called to him, 00:07:24.160 --> 00:07:29.160 while he was standing in prayer: 00:07:29.160 --> 00:07:37.160 “And the angels called to him as he stood praying in the sanctuary: Allah giveth thee glad tidings of (a son whose name is) John, (who cometh) to confirm a word from Allah lordly, chaste, a prophet of the righteous.” (3:39) 00:07:37.160 --> 00:07:43.160 "That Allah gives you glad tidings of Yahya (John), confirming..." 00:07:43.160 --> 00:07:50.160 “And the angels called to him as he stood praying in the sanctuary: Allah giveth thee glad tidings of (a son whose name is) John, (who cometh) to confirm a word from Allah lordly, chaste, a prophet of the righteous.” (3:39) 00:07:50.160 --> 00:07:56.160 “And the angels called to him as he stood praying in the sanctuary: Allah giveth thee glad tidings of (a son whose name is) John, (who cometh) to confirm a word from Allah lordly, chaste, a prophet of the righteous.” (3:39) 00:07:56.160 --> 00:08:02.509 Because he was truthful and had excellent purpose and intention, Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, blessed him with a boy, 00:08:02.509 --> 00:08:07.569 and favored him with many traits and qualities. 00:08:07.569 --> 00:08:14.569 “(And it was said unto his son): O John! Hold fast the Scripture. And we gave him wisdom when a child,” (19:12) 00:08:14.569 --> 00:08:21.569 “And compassion from Our presence, and purity; and he was devout,” (19:13) 00:08:21.569 --> 00:08:29.569 “And dutiful toward his parents. And he was not arrogant, rebellious.” (19:14) 00:08:29.569 --> 00:08:36.570 “Peace on him the day he was born, and the day he dieth and the day he shall be raised alive!” (19:15) 00:08:36.570 --> 00:08:42.799 Among the legacies of Yahya, peace be upon him, as established in the authentic hadith, 00:08:42.799 --> 00:08:49.799 is that he stood and delivered a sermon in the Holy House, gathering the Children of Israel until the mosque was full. 00:08:49.799 --> 00:08:55.799 He said, "Indeed, Allah has commanded me with five words to act upon, 00:08:55.799 --> 00:09:03.799 and I command you to act upon them: the first is that you worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him." 00:09:03.799 --> 00:09:08.799 And he commanded them to pray, fast, give charity, and remember Allah. 00:09:08.799 --> 00:09:15.919 The role of the family is very significant in planting the love of Al-Aqsa Mosque in the souls of children. 00:09:15.919 --> 00:09:20.919 It is essential to intrigue them and make them love our sanctities, 00:09:20.919 --> 00:09:25.919 and to encourage them to be attached to them through faith and to remember them always, 00:09:25.919 --> 00:09:29.919 especially those that are usurped in Palestine. 00:09:29.919 --> 00:09:37.919 It is of great importance to invest in social media, modern techniques, and technological development 00:09:37.919 --> 00:09:41.919 to plant the love of Al-Aqsa in the hearts of children, 00:09:41.919 --> 00:09:47.960 to build a generation connected to the issues of the Ummah, not separated from them. 00:09:47.960 --> 00:09:50.960 We do not suffice with the role of parents and the family, 00:09:50.960 --> 00:09:57.960 but the mosque, the school, educational institutions, and memorization centers also have a role, 00:09:57.960 --> 00:10:04.960 as do media institutions, especially those targeting children and youth. 00:10:07.960 --> 00:10:10.960 We are a sun that does not set, 00:10:10.960 --> 00:10:13.960 if the caller calls, we answer. 00:10:13.960 --> 00:10:16.960 We return the right intact, 00:10:16.960 --> 00:10:19.960 we support beloved Al-Aqsa. 00:10:19.960 --> 00:10:23.960 In it, the best of creation prayed, 00:10:23.960 --> 00:10:26.960 it is indeed a blessed place of prayer. 00:10:26.960 --> 00:10:29.960 The landing place of the trustworthy revelation, 00:10:29.960 --> 00:10:32.960 the sending place of the messengers, 00:10:32.960 --> 00:10:35.960 the qibla for the Muslims, 00:10:35.960 --> 00:10:39.960 the destination for the conquerors. 00:10:39.960 --> 00:10:42.960 In it, the best of creation prayed, 00:10:42.960 --> 00:10:45.960 it is indeed a blessed place of prayer, 00:10:45.960 --> 00:10:48.960 it is indeed a blessed place of prayer.