WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.129 In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. 00:00:04.129 --> 00:00:07.129 We are a sun that never sets. 00:00:07.129 --> 00:00:10.130 If a caller calls, we respond. 00:00:10.130 --> 00:00:13.130 We restore justice, whole and sound. 00:00:13.130 --> 00:00:17.129 We support the beloved Al-Aqsa. 00:00:17.129 --> 00:00:20.129 In it is the best of creation, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:00:20.129 --> 00:00:24.129 It is indeed an excellent place of prayer. 00:00:24.129 --> 00:00:28.129 An excellent place of prayer. 00:00:28.129 --> 00:00:37.299 What are the most important divine and prophetic glad tidings concerning Jerusalem? 00:00:37.299 --> 00:00:44.310 Among the merits and characteristics of that blessed, good land 00:00:44.310 --> 00:00:49.340 is that Allah, glory be to Him, revealed many glad tidings within it, 00:00:49.340 --> 00:00:52.340 until it became a gathering place and a land of glad tidings. 00:00:52.340 --> 00:00:59.340 This provides a clear indication and sign of what a Muslim should be, 00:00:59.340 --> 00:01:04.340 and the optimism and anticipation of Allah’s victory and conquest he should carry, 00:01:04.340 --> 00:01:08.599 as well as the liberation of that land from occupation and usurpation. 00:01:08.599 --> 00:01:13.599 In this segment, we will mention two categories and divisions of these glad tidings. 00:01:13.599 --> 00:01:22.599 The first: the glad tidings that Allah, glory be to Him, gave to His prophets, peace be upon them, therein. 00:01:22.599 --> 00:01:28.599 The second: the glad tidings that our Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, gave 00:01:28.599 --> 00:01:30.599 concerning this blessed land. 00:01:30.599 --> 00:01:34.760 Among the divine glad tidings in the Holy Land 00:01:34.760 --> 00:01:43.760 is that Allah, the Almighty, gave glad tidings to Abraham, peace be upon him, after he settled there, of righteous offspring. 00:01:43.760 --> 00:01:47.760 He made them prophets and leaders for those who would come after them. 00:01:47.760 --> 00:01:51.760 The Almighty said regarding Abraham, peace be upon him: 00:01:51.760 --> 00:01:54.760 "My Lord, grant me [a child] from among the righteous." 00:01:54.760 --> 00:01:57.760 "So We gave him good tidings of a forbearing boy." 00:01:57.760 --> 00:02:00.760 This was Ishmael, peace be upon him. 00:02:00.760 --> 00:02:06.760 A "forbearing" (halim) person is one who is broad-minded, patient, and forgiving in every matter. 00:02:06.760 --> 00:02:10.759 Forbearance is the pinnacle of righteousness and the root of all virtues. 00:02:10.759 --> 00:02:18.139 While the angels were on their way to bring down punishment and retribution upon the people of Lot, 00:02:18.139 --> 00:02:24.139 they passed by as honored guests to Abraham, peace be upon him, in Jerusalem. 00:02:24.139 --> 00:02:28.139 As Allah, glory be to Him, informed us in His saying: 00:02:45.099 --> 00:02:51.099 And the Almighty said in another Surah, giving glad tidings to Abraham, peace be upon him: 00:02:51.099 --> 00:02:56.099 "And there came Our messengers to Abraham with good tidings." 00:02:56.099 --> 00:03:02.490 And in the same context, the same glad tidings were given to Sarah regarding Isaac and Jacob. 00:03:02.490 --> 00:03:14.490 “And his wife, standing by laughed when We gave her good tidings (of the birth) of Isaac, and, after Isaac, of Jacob.” (11:71) 00:03:14.490 --> 00:03:20.490 “And his wife, standing by laughed when We gave her good tidings (of the birth) of Isaac, and, after Isaac, of Jacob.” (11:71) 00:03:20.490 --> 00:03:25.939 Meaning, a child of hers who would himself have children, descendants, and progeny. 00:03:25.939 --> 00:03:28.939 For Jacob was the son of Isaac. 00:03:28.939 --> 00:03:34.159 Among the subtle and wonderful glad tidings in the Holy Land 00:03:34.159 --> 00:03:39.159 is the glad tidings given to the Prophet of Allah, Zechariah, regarding his son John (Yahya), peace be upon them both. 00:03:39.159 --> 00:03:42.159 Zechariah had reached an advanced age, 00:03:42.159 --> 00:03:48.159 and his soul longed for a child to inherit from him prophethood, knowledge, and wisdom, 00:03:48.159 --> 00:03:54.159 and to establish servitude to Allah with his people in that blessed spot. 00:03:54.159 --> 00:04:00.580 Zechariah, peace be upon him, prayed to his Lord, even though his wife was barren. 00:04:00.580 --> 00:04:07.580 “And Zachariah, when he cried unto his Lord: My Lord! Leave me not childless, though Thou art the Best of inheritors.” (21:89) 00:04:07.580 --> 00:04:14.580 “And Zachariah, when he cried unto his Lord: My Lord! Leave me not childless, though Thou art the Best of inheritors.” (21:89) 00:04:14.580 --> 00:04:23.250 “Then We heard his prayer, and bestowed upon him John, and adjusted his wife (to bear a child) for him. Lo! they used to vie one with the other in good deeds, and they cried unto Us in longing and in fear, and were submissive unto Us.” (21:90) 00:04:23.250 --> 00:04:28.250 After she had been barren, her womb unfit for childbirth, 00:04:28.250 --> 00:04:31.250 Allah restored her womb for pregnancy. 00:04:31.250 --> 00:04:37.500 Allah, the Exalted, mentioned this wonderful story at the beginning of Surah Maryam: 00:04:37.500 --> 00:04:42.819 "A mention of the mercy of your Lord to His servant Zechariah." 00:04:42.819 --> 00:04:48.819 “When he cried unto his Lord a cry in secret,” (19:3) 00:04:48.819 --> 00:04:55.399 “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) 00:04:55.399 --> 00:05:01.399 "And the head has flared with white hair." 00:05:01.399 --> 00:05:07.399 “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) 00:05:07.399 --> 00:05:13.399 “Lo! I fear my kinsfolk after me, since my wife is barren. Oh, give me from Thy presence a successor” (19:5) 00:05:13.399 --> 00:05:20.399 "And my wife has been barren." 00:05:20.399 --> 00:05:25.399 “Lo! I fear my kinsfolk after me, since my wife is barren. Oh, give me from Thy presence a successor” (19:5) 00:05:25.399 --> 00:05:30.399 “Who shall inherit of me and inherit (also) of the house of Jacob. And make him, my Lord, acceptable (unto Thee).” (19:6) 00:05:30.399 --> 00:05:34.399 "And make him, my Lord, pleasing [to You]." 00:05:34.399 --> 00:05:42.399 "O Zechariah, indeed We give you good tidings of a boy whose name will be John." 00:05:42.399 --> 00:05:48.850 "Indeed We give you good tidings of a boy whose name will be John." 00:05:48.850 --> 00:05:54.620 “(It was said unto him): O Zachariah! Lo! We bring thee tidings of a son whose name is John; we have given the same name to none before (him).” (19:7) 00:05:54.620 --> 00:06:00.620 This boy possessed many qualities, characteristics, and merits. 00:06:00.620 --> 00:06:06.709 Allah, glory be to Him, mentioned him in Surahs Al 'Imran and Maryam: 00:06:06.709 --> 00:06:10.709 "O John, take the Scripture with determination." 00:06:10.709 --> 00:06:14.709 "And We gave him judgment [while yet] a boy." 00:06:14.709 --> 00:06:20.709 “And compassion from Our presence, and purity; and he was devout,” (19:13) 00:06:20.709 --> 00:06:23.709 And he was righteous. 00:06:23.709 --> 00:06:31.709 And dutiful to his parents, and he was not a disobedient tyrant. 00:06:31.709 --> 00:06:39.709 “Peace on him the day he was born, and the day he dieth and the day he shall be raised alive!” (19:15) 00:06:39.709 --> 00:06:42.319 And the Almighty said: 00:06:42.319 --> 00:06:58.420 “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) 00:06:58.420 --> 00:07:21.420 “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) 00:07:21.420 --> 00:07:28.089 Just as Allah, glory be to Him, gave glad tidings to Mary, peace be upon her, the Virgin, 00:07:28.089 --> 00:07:33.089 the devout, the worshiper, the humble, the truthful, the chaste, 00:07:33.089 --> 00:07:36.089 regarding the last of the prophets of the Children of Israel, 00:07:36.089 --> 00:07:42.089 the Word of Allah and His Spirit, Jesus the Messiah, son of Mary, peace be upon him. 00:07:42.089 --> 00:07:46.089 His birth was a dazzling miracle. 00:07:46.089 --> 00:07:56.470 “She said: Lo! I seek refuge in the Beneficent One from thee, if thou art Allah-fearing.” (19:18) 00:07:56.470 --> 00:08:06.470 “He said: I am only a messenger of thy Lord, that I may bestow on thee a faultless son.” (19:19) 00:08:06.470 --> 00:08:12.139 As for the greatest glad tidings that occurred on the soil of that blessed land, 00:08:12.139 --> 00:08:16.139 it is that which came from the tongue of Jesus, peace be upon him, 00:08:16.139 --> 00:08:24.139 giving glad tidings of the best of creation, the Prophet of mercy and honors, Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:08:24.139 --> 00:08:28.139 Our Lord, glory be to Him, said: 00:08:28.139 --> 00:08:39.179 “And when Jesus son of Mary said: O Children of Israel! Lo! I am the messenger of Allah unto you, confirming that which was (revealed) before me in the Torah, and bringing good tidings of a messenger who cometh after me, whose name is the Praised One. Yet when he hath come unto them with clear proofs, they say: This is mere magic.” (61:6) 00:08:39.179 --> 00:08:55.179 “And when Jesus son of Mary said: O Children of Israel! Lo! I am the messenger of Allah unto you, confirming that which was (revealed) before me in the Torah, and bringing good tidings of a messenger who cometh after me, whose name is the Praised One. Yet when he hath come unto them with clear proofs, they say: This is mere magic.” (61:6) 00:08:55.179 --> 00:09:05.179 “And when Jesus son of Mary said: O Children of Israel! Lo! I am the messenger of Allah unto you, confirming that which was (revealed) before me in the Torah, and bringing good tidings of a messenger who cometh after me, whose name is the Praised One. Yet when he hath come unto them with clear proofs, they say: This is mere magic.” (61:6) 00:09:05.179 --> 00:09:09.940 And from the hadith of Al-'Irbad Ibn Sariyah, may Allah be pleased with him, 00:09:09.940 --> 00:09:13.940 the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: 00:09:13.940 --> 00:09:17.940 "I am recorded with Allah as the Seal of the Prophets, 00:09:17.940 --> 00:09:21.940 while Adam was still kneaded in his clay. 00:09:21.940 --> 00:09:27.940 I will tell you the beginning of my affair: the prayer of Abraham and the glad tidings of Jesus, 00:09:27.940 --> 00:09:31.940 and the vision of my mother, which she saw when she gave birth to me, 00:09:31.940 --> 00:09:38.100 when a light emerged from her that illuminated the palaces of Ash-Sham for her." 00:09:38.100 --> 00:09:46.100 Here is a subtle indication and a beautiful, strong link to the universality of his mission, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:09:46.100 --> 00:09:50.100 and the close relationship between the Sacred Mosque (Al-Masjid Al-Haram), 00:09:50.100 --> 00:09:56.100 in which Abraham prayed for the sending of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:09:56.100 --> 00:10:00.100 and Jerusalem, in which were the glad tidings of Jesus. 00:10:00.100 --> 00:10:06.649 They are united by the light that illuminated the palaces of Ash-Sham; so reflect upon this. 00:10:06.649 --> 00:10:08.649 Among the important glad tidings 00:10:08.649 --> 00:10:12.649 is his, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, glad tidings of the conquest of Jerusalem. 00:10:12.649 --> 00:10:16.649 As he, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, says: 00:10:16.649 --> 00:10:19.649 "Count six things before the Hour: 00:10:19.649 --> 00:10:23.649 my death, then the conquest of Jerusalem..." 00:10:23.649 --> 00:10:24.649 The hadith. 00:10:24.649 --> 00:10:31.840 He, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, also gave glad tidings of fighting the Jews at the end of time and being victorious over them. 00:10:31.840 --> 00:10:34.899 Ibn Baz, may Allah have mercy on him, says: 00:10:34.899 --> 00:10:38.899 "Jesus, peace be upon him, will fight him," 00:10:38.899 --> 00:10:40.899 meaning the Antichrist (Dajjal), 00:10:40.899 --> 00:10:42.899 "and the Muslims will be with him, 00:10:42.899 --> 00:10:45.899 and he will kill him at the Gate of Ludd," 00:10:45.899 --> 00:10:49.899 a gate there in Palestine near Jerusalem. 00:10:49.899 --> 00:10:53.899 "He will kill him with his spear, as stated in the authentic hadith, 00:10:53.899 --> 00:10:55.899 and the Muslims with him 00:10:55.899 --> 00:10:58.899 will kill the Jews in a great slaughter." 00:10:58.899 --> 00:11:03.029 It came in the hadith from the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:11:03.029 --> 00:11:06.029 that the Muslims will fight the Jews, 00:11:06.029 --> 00:11:10.029 and they will kill them and be given power over them, 00:11:10.029 --> 00:11:12.029 until the trees and stones will call out: 00:11:12.029 --> 00:11:15.029 "O Muslim, O servant of Allah, 00:11:15.029 --> 00:11:18.029 this is a Jew, come and kill him." 00:11:18.029 --> 00:11:21.029 Then Jesus will kill the Dajjal, 00:11:21.029 --> 00:11:23.029 and his affair will end. 00:11:23.029 --> 00:11:26.100 An excellent place of prayer 00:11:53.100 --> 00:11:56.100 for the Muslims, 00:11:56.100 --> 00:11:59.100 the destination of the conquerors. 00:11:59.100 --> 00:12:02.100 In it is the best of creation, may the peace of Allah be upon him. 00:12:02.100 --> 00:12:05.100 It is indeed an excellent place of prayer. 00:12:05.100 --> 00:12:09.100 It is indeed an excellent place of prayer.