Invocations of God #12 What Motivates Servitude
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Channel: Abdullah Oduro
Series: Abdullah Oduro - Ramadan 2024 - Invocations of God
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The speaker discusses the importance of recognizing one's love for Allah and not just for something. They explain that the humility of Islam is a combination of the strong heart and the strong mind, and that individuals should be given a noble position in order to achieve their goals. The speaker also emphasizes the importance of loving Allah more than anything else and showing it in actions.AI Generated Transcript ©
So after Ibn Uqayyim speaks about love, true love and true debasement or complete debasement
for Allah, after understanding knowing the blessings of Allah upon you which brings love
and knowing your deficiencies which will bring debasement or lowering yourself in front
of him.
He goes on to talk about another particular issue and he says after Rahimullah faslun
وإنما يستقيم الله هذا باستقامة قلبه وجوارحه.
He says and verily this becomes upright, meaning that was previously mentioned of this love
and debasement and all this Allah SWT, باستقامة قلبه with an upright heart, a heart
that is firm and pure and upright to Allah SWT, وجوارحه and also his limbs.
فاستقامة القلب بشيء ايني.
He says so the uprightness of the heart is with two particular things.
احدهما ان تكون محابة الله تعالى تتقدم وعنده وعلى جميع المحاب
that the love of Allah SWT is preferred over all of it, all other beloved things.
فا اذا تعالى الحب الله وحب غيره سبق حب الله تعالى حب مسيوى.
So if the love of Allah SWT comes in contradiction or in contrast with something, some other
type of love, the love of Allah is preferred فرتب على ذلك مكتلا.
So from that, what results in that are the actions and this kind of coincides with the
verse of Allah SWT, Chapter Al Imran verse number 31, where he told the Prophet SAW
to say, قُلْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ تُحِبُّنَ اللَّهَ فَتَبِعُونَ يَحْبِبُكُمْ اللَّهُ
وَيَكْفِلْ لَكُمْ دُنُوبَكُمْ وَاللَّهُ وَفُرْرْهِمْ.
He told the Prophet SAW to say, if you truly love Allah, then follow me, Allah will love
you and forgive you for Allah's forgiving of all sins.
And this is important because the love of Allah SWT will differ with certain things that we
may love.
And that takes conditioning.
And that conditioning is what was mentioned earlier.
You notice how Ibn Qayyim has the Tasalsul Fikri, it's a chain of thought, but the way
he does it is so organic, SubhanAllah, he mentions one thing and this thing doesn't happen except
with this thing.
And this thing doesn't happen except with this thing.
And there are two particular things.
So that chain of thought is what gives you تقصيل علمي, what gives you firm foundational
knowledge and particularly of this, of the heart and its connection with Allah SWT.
So now he's talking about that you being humble, the humility, which he mentioned earlier,
the humility or recognizing your deficiencies makes you humble.
And recognizing the blessings of Allah increases your love of Him.
But that will not happen except with a firm heart.
And the firm heart and limbs, in the firm heart in particular, is loving Allah SWT
that is preferred over every other love.
So when you have that حُبُنْ كَامِل, that will not happen except with loving Allah
SWT more than anything else and shown by your actions.
And then he says, وَمَا أَسْهَلَ هَذَ بِدَعْوَ وَمَا أَصْعَبُهُ بِالْفَلْ
He says how easy it is to say but difficult to do.
I can sit here and say this, but how difficult is it to do when your face was something you
love and it contradicts with what Allah SWT loves.
That is the true test.
And that's why some of the salaf would say that this is the ayah of Imtihan, the verse
Imran 31, which is a standard in this or which is a milestone in this particular issue.
What do you love more?
Allah SWT, the Dean of Islam or what you have known to be good or what your heart inclines
towards.
And he says, وَعِنْدَ الْأَمْتِهَانَ يُكْرَ مُنْ مَرْءُ اَوْ يُهَانَ
He said for verily at the time of the test is where the individual is given nobility or
is despised or put in a lowly fashion.
And ultimately that is up to you.
That is the difference between us as human beings and all other forms of creation.
Allah has given us the faculty of choice and based on those choices, that is where we will
be given a noble position and noble lofty rank in front of Allah, not in front of mankind.
A noble and lofty rank in front of Allah or something that lowers us in front of him in
a displeasing fashion.
And this is important firstly.
So when Allah SWT is talking about استقامة القلب, the uprightness of the heart, it
firstly is, the first of the two is loving Allah more than anything else which will show
in our actions.
May Allah SWT make us of those that love him more than anything else and allow that to
shine and show in our actions.
In the holy yudalika.
As-salamu alaikum, it's-al-alameen-al-ka'atuh.