Transcript from the speech delivered by Daanish Ansari on the radio program, Focusislam.com, on AM770.

All Praises are due to Allah (SWT), the Supreme Creator of this universe, the one who control each and every breath in our body, the One who has made our origin a single seed in the mother's womb, the one who has made our origin regardless of our wealth or status from dust, and the one who verily will return us back to being in the dust of the ground.

I offer such praise to my Creator, Allah (SWT), the Supreme King, the Most Gracious and Most Merciful however the one quick in reckoning, that is only deserving of his praise and magnificent sovereignty.

Whomsoever Allah (SWT) has guided to the straight path, has deeply filled and enrooted his heart with iman, whomsoever has been honored to have an inclination towards the guidance of the Lord, Allah (SWT), whomsoever has selected the path of guidance, there is none who can misguide or remove him from that path.

The heart of the one upon whom Allah has placed an eternal curse and has thoroughly sealed, whomsoever has selected and chosen the path of misguidance, the eyes of the one as a result have left to blindness, the ears of the one who has been left to deafness, and the tongue of the one free from the dhikr of Allah (SWT) is indeed upon misguidance, and whomsoever Allah (SWT), the Supreme Lord, has indeed placed upon the path of misguidance, there is none upon the face of this earth who can bring him back to guidance.

And whomsoever Allâh wills to guide, He opens his breast to Islâm, and whomsoever He wills to send astray, He makes his breast closed and constricted, as if he is climbing up to the sky. Thus Allâh puts the wrath on those who believe not

I testify that none has the right to be worshipped except Allah (SWT) and I bear witness and testify that one who was sent as a mercy and illuminator to the whole of this earth, our Noble and Beloved Prophet Muhammad (SAW) is his last and final Messenger.

Oh believers! What has made us forget our Lord? Why have we turned upon our heels when it comes to the commandments of Allah (SWT). We must ask ourselves upon a daily basis, what is it that is making us far away from the remembrance of our Lord? Why is the filth of this life, and the forgetfulness of the hereafter, being deeply enrooted in to our very hearts?

My respected and beloved listeners, May Allah (SWT) guide myself and guide you to the truth. My Beloved listeners, verily it is a mercy and honor that Allah (SWT) has placed upon you, that you have taken time from your daily routines, you have taken the time from this Sunday afternoon, to listen and to be reminded of precious kalam of Allah, to be reminded of the precious and honorable guidance and ways of our beloved Prophet Muhammad (SAW). To be reminded for us to reassess and revaluate ourselves, to be reminded of the fact that we will one day pass this very life and face and meet Allah (SWT) the Lord, the One Quick in Reckoning, who will take us to account for the actions that we ourselves have chosen to commit.

During the golden era of Islam, at the time after the Prophet Muhammed (SAW), the small army of Abdullah ibn Az-Zubair (RA) was overwhelmed by the army of the Bani Ummayah, or the Ummayds, led by the great tyrant, Hajjaj ibn Yusuf.

This event had taken place right after the death of the companion of the Prophet, Muawiyyah (RA). Many people elected the great companion of our beloved Prophet (SAW) to be Caliph. However, the Ummayds nor the tyrant and the cruel hearted Hajjaj bin Yusuf, wanted to allow this justice to have ever taken place while they were living the midst of the companions of the Prophet (SAW).

Therefore, a great army was prepared, under the commandership of the tyrant Hajjaj bin Yusuf, to wipe out Abdullah ibn Az-Zubair (RA) and the small number of followers that he had at the time.

With the few supporters that were left with Abdullah ibn Az-Zubair (RA), he sought refuge in the Holy Sanctuary of Makkah, the Haram. Under these circumstances, Abdullah ibn Az-Zuabair (RA) done the wise thing to go and consult his honorable and precious mother, Asma bint Abi-Bakr (RA), the noble daughter of the great of friend of the Prophet, Abu Bakr As-Siddiq (RA), this was taking place during her old age while she was almost 100 years old at the time.

My beloved listeners, Brothers and Sisters, let us for a moment imagine the circumstances a woman who is of that great age would be going through. However, for this noble woman, the great companion of the Prophet (SAW), Asma bint Abi-Bakr (RA) the affairs of the hereafter were more crucial and important to her than her own well being in this life.

Abdullah ibn Az-Zubair, while under the circumstances of the war, goes to his noble mother Asma Bint Abi Bakr (RA). She asked him, "What brings you at such an hour when the war is on?" He said: "I came to consult with you." She (RA) then asked "Consult me one what?"

Abdullah ibn Az-Zubair (RA) the said: "Most of my supporters have betrayed me, either out of fear or greed. Only a few remain with me, and they will not be able to resist for long. Messenger have been sent by the Ummayyads proposing that I stop the fight, and they would give me whatever I asked for."

She answer, "It is up to you. You know yourself best. If you believe that you are right and fighting for a right cause, be preserving in the fight as were your supporters who died for it. But if you are after worldly gains, then wretched are you, and you have destroyed yourself and those with you."

Abdullah ibn Az-Zubair (RA) then said: "But I am going to be killed for sure." She said, "That is better then surrendering your head." He said, "But I am afraid that they might disfigure me." She (RA) responded "One should not worry over what happens after being killed. Skinning does not pain a slaughtered sheep."

Abdullah Ibn Az-Zubair (RA) was deeply pleased and comforted under such tyrant circumstances from the precious advice given to him by his beloved mother, Asma bint Abi-Bakr (RA) that he remarked, "May Allah bless you! I have only come hopping to hear what you have just said. I was not actually hesitant in the battle, nor was my faith in my cause flattering. I was only worried for the Sacred Place lest it be desecrated. I will continue the fight. When I die please grieve not."

Upon this, Asma (RA) answers, "I would only grieve only if you died for an unjust cause." With such courageous remarks, Asma Bint Abi Bakr (RA) bid farwell to her noble son, whom she had brought up as a hero. By her firm devotion, she had made his faith so stable and strong, that if he had to he would die for the message of La illah ha illah

My Dear listeners, our discussion today will be with regards to our women, upon whom Allah (SWT) has honored to hold important and key positions in our very lives. Verily, each and every one of us are born from a single woman, our mothers. Whereupon we are raised by our very mothers, then when Allah (SWT) wills to provide us with mates, Allah (SWT) grants us wives, and the ummah of our beloved Prophet (SAW) continues to the next generation.

Therefore what is binding upon us to realize, is the important and crucial role that a women, whether her title is a mother, or whether her title is a wife, sister, or daughter, the crucial role that a woman plays in our lives, in the lives of the ummah of Muhammad (SAW), as the backbone of the societies and communities that we live in. It is the very woman upon whom Allah (SWT) has honored and has granted her the title of a mother, or that very sister upon whom Allah (SWT) honors by granting her the responsibility of being a wife of the home, and the very crucial backbone of the life and affairs of her husband.

Very often, especially during our times, we have forgotten the guidance of our beloved and noble Prophet Muhammed (SAW), we have forgotten his ways, and this is the crucial reason behind the imbalance that is being posed in the community, this is the reason why we our very lives are being revolved constantly around misguidance. Allah's Messenger (SAW), the best of all guidances, use to allocate a single day of the week in order to teach and educate the women of this ummah.

Verily, there are some of the brothers in our community who place the complete blame of our misguidance and downfall upon the women of our ummah, however they have tended to forget the guidance of Allah's Messenger (SAW).

Let us imagine, for a moment, the extremely busy lifestyle of our Beloved Prophet (SAW), and the great burden that was placed upon him to deliver the message of Islam to us, full of his immense sacrifices. Under those severe circumstances, for him (SAW) to allocate a single day of the week, out of his precious time, to educate the women of this ummah, for him (SAW), was a great burden if we think about it, however he (SAW) would only do so if the action that he (SAW) was doing had great wisdom behind it.

After the Eid Salah, Allah's Messenger (SAW) would take Bilal (RA) and seperately address the women. An entire surah in the precious and noble Quran is entitled "The Women" or Surah An-Nisa.

My Dear sisters, I advice you to realize the great maqam, the great dignity, place and honor that Allah (SWT) has placed upon you.

Whoever works righteousness, whether male or female, while he (or she) is a true believer (of Islâmic Monotheism) verily, to him We will give a good life (in this world with respect, contentment and lawful provision), and We shall pay them certainly a reward in proportion to the best of what they used to do (i.e. Paradise in the Hereafter).

Oh respected mothers, oh wives, oh sisters, oh daughters of Islam, verily every bus has a driver, every plane has a pilot, every ship has a captain, and every group has a guide. For verily, the mode of transportation of your life should be Islam, and the guidance of your group must be the Prophet Muhammad (SAW), and those courageous and honorable women who were the nearest to Him (SAW), the Mothers of the Believers, the wives of the Prophet (SAW).

My respected Sisters in Islam, the one given a maqam, a certain stature, inevitably it is required of that individual to pursue his position of honor.

To further enlighten you on this matter, when Umar bin Al-Khattab (RA) was newly elected , and granted the maqam, the strature of being Caliph. He was given the position of holding the responsibilities of the affairs for the entire ummah, the entire nation.

This is why when the great companion of the Prophet (SAW), Saeed ibn Amr Al-Jumahi, upon hearing the news of his newly elected postion, was not quick in congratulating him for his new position. However he wrote precious words of sincere advice to him by saying, "Umar!" "I advise you to fear Allah in dealing with people, and not fear people in dealing with Allah."

For every key individual has a maqam, a certain strature, a position of a certain honor or dignity. Likewise, my respected sisters, the Lord of this Universe, Allah (SWT), the Creator has granted you a position of honor, he has granted you a high maqam, a high stature in the ummah. Therefore, the advice that I can give to you, my respected sister, is the advice the Saeed ibn Amr Al Jumahi (RA) gave to Umar bin Al-Khattab (RA), and that is to fear Allah in dealing with people, and not fear people in dealing with Allah.

My respected Sister, if Allah (SWT) has granted you to have the honor of being a mother, not only of a single child, however to be a mother for the whole of this ummah.

Do you want to live a life of honor or a life of humiliation? Do you not want to have a child obedient to Allah (SWT)? If one obeys his Lord, follows the ways of His Messenger (SAW), then he is automatically bounded to obey you and follow your way. He will follow the guidances given to him by his beloved Mother.

For every mother, my respected sisters, are role models for our children. It is absolutely true that a father plays a crucial role in the life of a child, however a father will never replace the role and honor given by Allah (SWT) to the mother. Therefore it is compulsory upon you, to realize your responsibilities, and to realize and reassess your relationship to Allah (SWT).

Regardless of you current stage in life, Allah (SWT) has honored you by holding the responsibilities of this ummah. If you are young, and you are a daughter of someone, you will be a mother of someone else tomorrow.

My Respected Sisters, you will never be better than the beloved daughter of Allah's Prophet (SAW), Fatimah (RA). Allah's Messenger (SAW), regardless how honorable she was reminded her of the facts by saying, "O Fatimah! the daughter of Muhammad, Ask me whatever you wish from my wealth, for I shall avail you nothing to Allah."

My honorable and respected Sisters, I advise myself and I advise you to fear Allah (SWT) in all aspects and walks of life. To fear him in the way you live, in the way you act, in the way you dress, and in the way you pursue your very lives.

My respected sister, Oh mothers or future mothers of the ummah of Rasullullah (SAW), everyone wants to achieve a level or a form of happiness in this life, for I am absolutely sure that you are not excluded from this. But I myself and I ask you, is the so called happiness of this life, its pomp, its glitter worth the price of the hereafter?

We guard anything dear or precious to us in our lives, what can be more precious then la illah ha illah?

If you have a diamond, you will not leave it around to let other people use it or pick it up, how then can you leave your precious faith, your precious la illah ha illah, your precious oath that you have given to Allah and his Messenger (SAW), how can you leave it for the evils, corruptions, and temptations of this life? How can you leave your precious faith, to be used and abused by Satan, the Devil, and those very Shayatin who are of him and follow him?

For Paradise, my beloved Sister, must be our ultimate goal, the very precious goal of our lives. Allah's Messenger (SAW) once said: "When Allah (SWT) created Paradise and Hell, He sent his angle Jibril (AS) to Paradise saying: "Go and look at it and what I have prepared therein for its inhabitants." So he went and looked at it and at what Allah (SWT)  prepared therein for its inhabitants. Then he came back and said 'By your Glory, no-one will hear of it without entering it.' So he (SWT) ordered that it be surrounded by forms of hardship, and said: "Go back and look at what I have preapred therein for its inhabitants.' So he went back and found that it was surrounded by forms of hardship. Then he came back and said: 'By Your glory, I fear that no-one will enter it."

Then He (SWT) sent Him (AS) to the fire of Hell, saying 'Go and look at it and at what I have prepared therein for its inhabitants.' So he looked and saw that it was in layers, one above the other. Then he came back and said: 'By you glory, no-one who hears of it will enter it.' So He (SWT) ordered that it be surrounded by desires, and said: "Go and see what I have prepared therein for its inhabitants." So he (Jibril (AS)) went and looked at it, then came back and said, "By Your glory, I fear that no-one will escape from entering it.""

I advise you, my respected sisters, to be patient and perseverant in the affairs of this life, when it comes to following the affairs of the hereafter, the way of the Supreme Lord of this Universe, Allah (SWT), and the precious guidance of his Messenger (SAW), and the ways and lives of the Mothers of the Believers, the wives of the Prophet (SAW).

The first one to accept the message of Tauhid, the Message of Allah's Oneness, when it was revealed to Rasullullah (SAW) was none other than His beloved wife, Khadijah (RA). Especially, since she was a merchant by background, and especially at a crucial time, when the whole of on the face of this earth did not know, the precious message of tauhid La illah ha illah.

After the first meeting of Allah's Messenger (SAW) with Jibril (AS), our beloved Prophet (SAW) experienced a deep discomfort and was extremely terrified because of the severe harsh experience that he (SAW) has to undertake.

He (SAW) rushed home from the cave of Hirrah, deeply trembling and freightened, that he (SAW) came home asking his beloved wife, Khadjjah (RA) to cover him and enshroud him.

As noble as she was, May Allah be highly pleased with her, to grant comfort to her husband and support the precious message of tauhid, of La illah ha illah, she asks her husband what the matter was.

After He (SAW) told her of the terrifying experience, she (RA) rest assured him by saying: "Fear not. For you are a man of Truth and kindness. I certainly feel that you will be the Prophet to our people. Allah will never forsake you. For you are good to your relatives, truthful in speech, a help to the weak, a hospitable host to your guests and a support to the needy." For verily, after that her beloved husband, Allah's Prophet (SAW) would experience severe and uncomprimising torture from the enemies of Allah and His Messenger, from those who chose to oppose the way of Allah and His Messenger (SAW). And it was his (SAW)'s beloved wife, Khadjiha (RA) who chose to stand with him, because she knew that if she was standing for Allah's Messenger (SAW), she was in fact standing for none other than Allah (SWT), the Lord of this Universe.

My respected sisters, this precious message of Tauhid, of La illah ha illah, is a message that we have with us due to the uncompromising sacrifices that the companions of the Prophet (SAW), whether women or men, had to undergo.

Dear sister, after all this, ask Satan what it is that he wants from you? Does he want you to be liberated? Liberated from what? From Allah and his Messenger? From the Quran and the Sunnah? From Jannah? From this deen that Allah chose for you? Do we want to purchase this at the price of the hereafter?

I advise you to repent to Allah (SWT), to think about the worst thing you have committed and to repent, and feel a deep remorse in your very heart, so that this softens and cleanses your heart, and your evil deed, by the will of Allah, Bi idhnillahi t'aala, is changed in to a good one.

I advice you, my dear sister, to increase your knowledge of your precious faith, that Allah (SWT) has granted to you, the very faith and fitrah that you were born upon. To strive and struggle to increase your knowledge of Allah's Book, the Holy Quran, and the ways of his Prophet (SAW), his pure wives, and the companions (RA).

As the great companion of the Prophet (SAW), Ali bin Abi. Talib (RA), Karrmmallahu Wajhu, May Allah be pleased with him, use to say: "A man should never expect anything save from his Lord, and have no fear except from his sins. A man who lacks knowledge should not shy away from asking about what he does not know, and a man of learning should never be too shy to admit his ignorance by saying: Allahu A'aalam (Allah knows best). Patience and perseverance are to faith like the head to the body. He who has not patience and perseverance has no faith."

Finally I leave you with nothing better than the very words of Allah (SWT) when he says in Surah Ahzab, Chapter 33 of the Holy Quran:

Verily, the Muslims (those who submit to Allâh in Islâm) men and women, the believers men and women, the men and the women who are obedient (to Allâh), the men and women who are truthful (in their speech and deeds), the men and the women who are patient, the men and the women who are humble (before their Lord Allâh), the men and the women who give Sadaqât, the men and the women who observe Saum (fast), the men and the women who guard their chastity (from illegal sexual acts) and the men and the women who remember Allâh much with their hearts and tongues. Allâh has prepared for them forgiveness and a great reward.

It is not for a believer, man or woman, when Allâh and His Messenger have decreed a matter that they should have any option in their decision. And whoever disobeys Allâh and His Messenger, he has indeed strayed in a plain error.