Will We Pray at Al-Aqsa Soon?

Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah, dear people.

Faces of Goodness and the Sunnah of Victory

In what has happened in recent days, there are faces of goodness. However, if the nation wants victory, there are sunnahs (traditions) that cannot be overlooked. "Expect good and you will find it" is neither a hadith nor even a correct rule, but the correct approach is: "Work for good and you will find it."

To be weak in taking the means and then be content with watching events without serious effort to influence them, and yet some of us encourage each other with the approach of victory, this is blameworthy reliance on fate and negligence, not good expectations of Allah as some think. The incapable one is he who follows his desires and wishes upon Allah what is not meant to be.

The Danger of Contemplation Without Action

We have experienced before that those who contemplate without action become psychologically depressed later and doubt Allah's promise. I say this because of what I see of the state of contemplation and commenting on near dates that prevail among many, even at the level of some preachers, and we think that it will bring victory to a nation that has not supported the religion of Allah as it should. Victory must be reminded of these meanings before someone says, "Why did what we hope for not happen?" Say, "It is from yourselves."

The Meaning of Praying at Al-Aqsa Soon

Does this mean that we will not pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque soon? No, this means that we should not wait for someone to say to us, "We have liberated Al-Aqsa for you, come and pray in it." This means that we should not be in the role of spectators from afar, but we should seek the way to the victory of the religion of Allah as much as we can. As it is said: Allah's victory is near, but it is we who approach it or move away from it. "Verily, the mercy of Allah is near to the good-doers."

The Equation of Victory

The equation is clear: "If you help the religion of Allah, He will help you." Therefore, instead of saying, "O Allah, give us the victory You promised," we say, "O Allah, help us to obey You so that we may deserve Your victory." Allah blesses at that time, prepares the means, empowers us, and raises us. Our last concern at that time is the strength of our enemies and their superiority, for Allah plots against them and nullifies their schemes. We are not at that time among those who exclude victory and see its delay until so and so of the long times.

A Call to the Youth and Individual Work

There are young people who have started to straighten up after these events or are about to repent because they feel the nearness of relief, but they become lazy and return to what they were if they feel that victory has its sunnahs and causes that they must take and strive for. We say to him, "And whoever turns back on his heels will not harm Allah at all, and Allah will reward the grateful." And we say to him, "And if you turn away, He will replace you with another people, and they will not be like you."

Come, approach and do not turn away, and make your repentance one of the causes of the victory that Allah will permit one day, the separation between truth and its people, falsehood and its people, and the support of the oppressed as much as we can with a long breath, determination, and high resolve. May you have a project with which you serve your religion.

How to Begin?

Okay, how? Where do I start? Can I? By Allah, my brothers, I see with my own eyes how one can greatly influence people's love for their Lord, their glorification of Him, and their pride in their religion, and this is the beginning of the road. We see from Allah blessings in all of this. The beginning of all this is that a concern for your religion is cast into your heart, an awakening after which there is no heedlessness. Strive against yourself and your desires, and Allah will show you the ways leading to Him. "And those who strive for Us, We will surely guide them to Our ways. And indeed, Allah is with the good-doers."

Conclusion

In conclusion: The question "Will we pray at Al-Aqsa soon?" is not a question about information in which we have no role, such as when a meteor will pass through the sky, for example, but we are part of the answer.

Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah.