Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Delaying Deeds Until You are Free [Hikam 18]
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fora Arkin which means an intellectual smart person. There
should only be three things you should be taking your time and
occupying your time in. One is deservedly math, which is taking
provision collecting provision for the late for the later world for
the next world. Oh Mara Mattingly Mirage are some way of sorting out
your likelihood to get your daily bread. Oh look at me Lady Mohan.
Oh, none haram pleasure and then haram pleasure
this will learn Rahim Al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen wa Salatu
was Salam o Allah so you know Mohammed wider early he or
assaulted me he he Marina
the aphorism for today is on page 125 It's aphorism number 18 It's
hikma number 18. And in this one he says something very similar. He
says a harder to get a murderer Allah would you dill Farahi mean
Runa enough's just explains it in a different way.
It Hala tickle Armada would you deal Ferrari mean Runa enough's
your post, yo postpone your postponement of deeds, till the
time when you are free, is one of the frivolous frivolities of the
ego. It's just a way of your ego just deceiving you.
He's saying those things in just different words.
Your postponement of deeds, till the time when you are free is one
of the facilities of the ego. I have seen people who have made
such changes to their life where they actually now have a lot of
time.
But they usually they started doing something, if you're waiting
until you're gonna do it, until you're gonna get free, then
shaytan just brings in so much occupation. And the world is just
getting busier by the day
with all of these different technologies, and that just makes
you busier.
So your you can boil a kettle in much faster time. You can do so
many things with all of these things in much faster time. But
then there's just so much more to do.
So has life become easier. Just imagine your phone apps, the
reason why your phone will go slow after two years. One is the
battery may diminish. But the other one is that the up grades of
the apps, the updates of the apps, they just make it more heavier on
the phone, because they just use the latest. That's why the modern
day apps can't work on all phones. It just makes everything heavier.
So things do get faster, but does your life get any better? I don't
know. Allahu Allah.
So he says 100 to kill Armada Allah would you then for all for
you to you had a * of means for you to want to delay something and
postpone something. What the commentator says he says that for
anybody who wants to become a proper knower of Allah.
The one who wants to connect with Allah subhanho wa taala. He needs
to be completely he needs to be complete in his intellect. He
shouldn't be easily disprovable. He shouldn't be easily deceived.
He needs to be Cameron Arkell
and third people then. So you need to have perfect intellect and
needs to be sharp.
What kind of sharpness are we talking about?
So then he says that the way to find out whether you are sharp,
and whether you are intellectually enough for this is in the
household? Forseti Philomel?
That, are you taking opportunity of your time? Are you valuing the
time and taking advantage of it?
We'll move on mubadala to Rumery mean Radiata. Swift in Walla,
Amman, and for you to put your life, engage your life into it
without vain hopes, and delays and postponements. So your focus is
let me get the job done. So you get two or three different types
of people. There's some people they tell you they've got an
ambition and a goal. So what happens is, they tell you they've
got an ambition goal, and then you see them few years later, they
still haven't fulfilled is they're still sitting where they are.
There's others. They tell you about their goal. Within two
weeks, they've set it all up, whether that be a business or
whatever it is they've set it up. Now we're going to judge each of
these two people based on where we are. So if we're very fast at it,
we're not going to think that a person was fast that is fast, we
think is normal, and other person is too slow, right? But if we're a
person who's like the first person then we're gonna think this guy's
really fast.
There's some people you tell to do a job for you to assist you in
If something and they're fast, they they do the job faster than
you can think.
But what do I mean by that? Like you've told them and you expect
that you're going to deal with it in a month. They get things
rolling so fast and they're like, Okay, like what?
I thought that's gonna take you a week is one day have you started
thinking about it? He's like, what next? Tell me what's next? Tell me
what's next. These are productive people.
I'm not sure there's just some people Allah gives them that by
nature. Some people have learned to do that. But they are the
productive people. So if we can we need to do that for the hereafter.
Like we need to do that yesterday. Otherwise we like that person one
month and even one month I mean, even after you see them after five
years, they haven't done it.
Right. So he says that if you want to be RT like us genuinely
intellectual, you need to pursue this path to Allah subhanaw taala
very intellectually very smartly. And that means get it done
you know, just just get it done don't don't trick yourself.
Because the reason for that why is what what why is that connected to
inter intellect? Why is that not just talking about productivity?
Why is it intellectual to do that and sharp? Because if Marfa to
mean who la it was, because whatever has been missed, whatever
minutes and days have been missed, there's no way to regain them
anyway. So you've got that like, I need to take time to do this what
Maha Salah lauki Metalla. Now whatever else you did in that
time, there's no value for them.
If you're not doing something productive, then you're wasting
your time.
That's why the tells us from the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam he said that Allah we're in Allah, Allah Mattel actually, at
the Jaffe under real guru.
Know that that's one of the signs of the intellect. One of the signs
of being intellectual, is to distance yourself from the abode
of deception.
I mean, if you're intellectual, know what's deceiving you, you
don't get deceived if you're intellectual.
When Inaba, Illa died in collude,
and a return to the abode of permanence which is the hereafter
what there's a wiggly signal Qubool and taking provisions for
your stay in the grave what I hope Leominster show and preparation
for the day of resurrection for the Day of Gathering for the
hereafter.
Another thing that progress on the Lord Islam said is okay you swim
and Dan and if so who were Amira edema battle mode the smart one
intellectual one is the one who controls himself itself and works
and toilets for that which is to come after death. While money man
at bat Enough sir Who however, what Domina Allah Allah he'll
Amani and the foolish one, the idiot, the stupid one Allah
hammock is the foolish one is the one who lets his knifes go in
pursuance of his desires, it's okay, it's okay. It's okay. Right?
And then has all of these vain hopes with Allah subhanaw taala
Don't worry, Allah is the fool or and Allah does this and he forgave
him he should forgive me I'm not as bad as him
and so on.
I'm not as bad as the guy who killed 99 plus one people
for example.
I mean, who who is as bad as the 99 plus one. So it's a big
deception right.
But imagine is Tober imagine the sincerity that he wanted to come
out with that he says for Apple, which means an intellectual smart
person, there should only be three things you should be taking your
time and occupying your time in. One is the zone limit and which is
taking provision collecting provision for the late for the
later world for the next world. Oh, Mara Mattingly mirage or some
way of sorting out your likelihood to get your daily bread. Oh, let
the team in lady Muharram or non haram pleasure and non haram
pleasure.
While asking you you're gonna proceed on visa money. Macmillan,
Allah SHINee. Hello lovin have fatherly, really certainly.
An intellectual person has to have insight about the issues of his
time. And he should be focused on what concerns him and he should be
extremely protective over his tongue, because that's what gets
us into trouble.
In fact, another really beautiful wisdom swan is this woman hassy
baccala Muhammad amor de
la Colombo, Illa fimea. Any anybody who considers his speech
to be part of his action, because you know, we're more considerate
about our action than our speech. Because we let our speech go. We
think it's not a big deal. But if we physically have to do something
where more concern is that whoever considers his speech part of his
actions, then his speech will
only about will be only be about important unnecessary things
so he says that for you then to
leave your actions and delay them to another time in which you think
you're going to have more
time in your heart or your body he says this is absolute stupid
isn't it just doesn't come it's it I mean isn't he's not talking
about just it doesn't come or he's just gonna get worse the fact that
what you're going to miss in time is already squandered because
you're never gonna get this time again. It is part of your life
this time that in which you're waiting
whoa hood it's deception will mean it will occur and tossing the
illegal works where you're going to get back this time from
where you're going to get to that time actually that's what he says
first well mo to help you when it comes in high fidelity short
whereas death is just literally marching against you you know
without with no notice. Without you know even you knowing where
it's coming to you from so how do you know you're contending with
death? You may not get never get to that time. Okay, why that duck
video will Sonica la even if we assume that you get to that time
and you free yourself let that amendment Shogun in alpha Yeah,
we'll do like maybe another commitment will come up at that
time.
You suddenly think okay, I've done everything and suddenly another
component comes up
well Ferrara will issue a July Lehman hater who No, I mean, it's
a stunning your fundamental aspect of life. He said for you to get
complete free time is intrinsically very difficult to
get very few people get that
in fact, you have to give yourself to Allah to get that it's it's
really amazing the the answer to this and the actual solution which
will come about he said, that is nothing that is seldom anybody
gets that because the profit and loss I'm said net mentality, my
wound and fee Hema cathedral millionaires are set well for the
two bounties and the blessings of Allah.
Cathedral millionaires, like an abundant number of people are
deceived. Regarding Sahara and Faraj, which means
well being good health and having time.
They just think it's gonna, there's going to be more of it,
they think there's going to be more of it. They don't use this
one properly. So then he says that the province of Lord ism is saying
that the abundant number of people are misled about this, they conned
right by time and fraud. They literally that's the swindle by
this.
Because you'll see the majority of them, they just focus on the dunya
or in their own indulgences, or they're sick.
They're sick, they can't do anything.
And the implication of abundant people being involved in this is
that only very few actually have time and good health.
To use for the sake of Allah, there's only a minority that has
done.
So if you do inhibit your time with the obedience of Allah, then
you have done sugar.
You've been thankful and you have gained a huge profit.
And if you waste this time, then you have a clear loss. And what
you've done is you've done gopher with these two bounties, meaning
you're ungrateful to these bounties that Allah had given you.
So they shouldn't be taken away from you.
What an intellectual exercise this is, because of the time when you
could have done it and you didn't do it and do it. So because of
your
ingratitude for that they should be taken away from you now because
in credit, ingratitude deprives so they should be taken away from
you. But he said, the biggest problem is with all of that is
that's just a sign of Allah forsaking you so what's the point
of that? La ilaha illa Allah
a statement of a one of the pious people he says, Alhamdulillah No,
Kulu Kaitlan and tequila, our, our a cook. So Mala took Milady it is
absolute full,
full forsaking from Allah subhanho wa taala, that you have no
occupation,
but then you're still not willing to go to Allah subhanaw taala so
when you did have free time, you didn't go to Allah subhanaw taala.
So it is wajib upon the insan that he cut all of these occupations
that he have
He goes against his knifes. He goes against his desire and he
goes in starts to serve his loads.
You should not see him is that anybody who's serious about this
you should not see them except that they are occupied in thinking
about or contemplating or doing vicar or learning something or
doing hit not have some che who he thinks that he's going to get into
Allah subhanaw I'm not a charlatan shape, but you know, some good
shit some good teacher a shake that he thinks is gonna get. You
have to be occupied one of these things
is that I've said something I've said to some brothers wanted Alpha
ki rose, a Siddiq laser Oh fuqra tune one 111 Hadera.
The true seeker the true genuine seeker is the one whose only
concern and
all he's rolling on all his pursuing is being in the presence
of Allah subhanaw taala or anything that's going to take him
to Allah subhanaw taala
and Allah subhanho wa Taala knows best.
So that is, that is the meaning of this particular wisdom. And she
have the login go he says on this one, he says this statement, this
wisdom is similar to the aforementioned advice. When man
becomes involved in worldly affairs, there is no end to its
ramifications. When there is no end to man's worldly indulgences.
Especially nowadays where new products are coming out every day.
New discoveries, new news, new ideas, there's no internet. It's a
bombardment. Do you know that? In Rizal is time Imam was at his
time, a few 100 years ago, you could list literally master every
science which was out there. It was humanly possible to master all
the subjects of that time.
Before a few 100 years ago, throughout history, you could
master all the subjects of your time. People like Sue sue the
iblue Josie rule these people did that. If no Cena you know, whether
that be astronomy, whether that be medicine, they you can't even
muster medicine, that's where you have people are specialists. They
they'll tell you I have no idea with cancer. You know, I know the
basics of that. I don't know anything about that. Everything
has become so specialized, which is a benefit and but you can't
master everything. Just literature you probably can't master every
aspect of literature, every aspect of medicine, dentistry, you know,
optical science, whatever it is just so that everything is so
sprawled out you can never master everything. But then so I used to
be really when I used to read the biographies of these great great
teachers and like okay, they must have all assigned sort of the
template What do you mean how do you do that? That's not even
possible to be impossible. You can't even master one science
today
it's just so much research, so much research so much research and
development in every field. That is so difficult. Okay, there's
been a lot of good come out of that as well.
But it takes us it's just takes us away sometimes. I mean, just just
think about it. Many of you are driving cars with gimmicks and
gadgets in there that you will never use but you actually bought
it because it's got that even though you're never going to use
them many of you drive four wheel car four wheel drive cars that
you've never gone off roading
right many of you have cars that you know have these paddles to
change gears but you've never used them
they just these is that looked down as like you don't even need
them
but you still go and buy them just because you've got the money or
status symbol you don't like just buy only what you need
you know when they have an advertisement for for an X seven
or x five it's always off road. But people buy who are live in
cities never gonna go off road.
It's just where are we going with this just crazy. be functional in
this world rather than
just following the crease otherwise somebody is just making
money off you by enticing us be function. Be practical. It's just
the world has opened up so much so much that we don't even need it to
that level. But yet we still get it just because somebody else has
it or because it's an awful because we can have it.
So he says
when there is no end to man's worldly indulgences, it is simply
the indolent or it is simply the indolence or stupidity of his ego
to postpone righteous deeds, more reformation and spiritual
uplifting for the future under the notion of obtaining a time devoid
of worldly affairs. Man in this sense destroys his present time.
him, and in his stupidity waits to acquire a time of which he is
uncertain. Life can come to an end without a servant ever obtaining a
period of free time for death often makes a sudden appearance.
An intelligent man, therefore is the one who values the time he has
obtained, in the very moment that it exists, every moment of my
time, I'm going to have to do something, I don't care how busy I
am, I'm still going to make sure I do my salad, I'm still going to
make sure I'm going to do this much salawat and the prophets
Allah loves them each day, I'm still going to do 100 StateFarm
because I need to do it because I'm meeting with people I may be
saying or doing something wrong, and you still need to do my state
farm. I still need to do my solo ad and what is the lesson because
I still need blessings of Allah even during the in fact, I need
more blessing during this time, so that I can get out of this problem
where you can help me out. I still need to remember Allah 510 15
minutes a day in some kind of vicar because I need to reboot my
inside I need the battery of my heart to be nourished. I can't be
dead in three years. Until you know until I've fulfilled my
ambitions in five months or wherever it is. I need to carry on
doing this I need food. I need nourishment.
He does not postpone the work of the religion for a later time nor
does he wait in anticipation of free time the attainment of which
is improbable.
If however, the worldly affairs they that occupy one are
permissible activities,
one should continue there with an involve oneself simultaneous in
invocation and righteous actions.
If these affairs are unlawful, then one must abandon them
straight away.
May Allah subhanaw taala give us the Tofig May Allah facilitators
May Allah make it easy. May Allah make it easy, may Allah make it
easy. So next time you're looking for a car or whatever, don't think
that it might come and use it on a rainy day.
There's somebody I know he bought a Ford four wheel drive because he
went badly once and badly has a lot of hills.
And it was snowing. And
you know, he found it tough going up there. So I guess if you're
going badly every month, then it's probably worth it. But if you're
not going to go much too badly or anywhere else like that, then you
don't need it.
Use karma out
it'll come in use one day
long salada and they figured all of this out. So then they entice
you even though they know that a majority of people aren't going to
use any of this stuff.
Subhanallah Did you ever think about that, by the way?
Did you ever think about that? I don't really need all of this
stuff. So I don't really need it.
He needed? Absolutely. Go ahead. You need it. They need it. That's
why it's made for Allahumma Salli I don't even
really come a long way or
medical history. Yeah, Hernan Yamuna Allah Allah Allah subhana
que no, I mean just Allah why not Muhammad
Allah my feeling our home now are as you know, I've you know I was
looking at alone that you know, what have you been? How much I
know that eliminated y'all might have if yet yeah, Allah grant us
well being our law grant, grant us follow. Grant us your special
attention, your mercy, Your generosity, your benevolence, your
kindness, your special attention and your special focus. Oh Allah
bless us. Or Allah bless us. Oh ALLAH blessed us with the you have
blessed us with the deen of Islam and wintersun allah sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam as our messenger what a wonderful role model year
Allah allow us to love him, allow us to remember him allow us to
send blessings on him allow us to defend him allow us to defend his
Alma yeah Allah allow us to support his allow us to do that
which is right. Remove the oppression from our brothers and
sisters, especially in Palestine, our law remove them our law remove
their problems or Allah grant them their freedom grant them their
recovery, grant them their relief, grant them the
the freedom and the dignity and grant them the honor of law grant
them their honor Legon them steadfastness of Allah grant them
victory of Allah, grant them their steadfastness and grant them the
victory of Allah help us and assist us and Allah bring back the
humanity to the human being. Oh Allah those above us those who
rule those who make decisions in this world of Allah grant them
through understanding grant them the proper understanding grant
them compassion in their hearts, grant them humanity in the hands
of Allah Allah protect them from pandering to the wrong motivations
and the wrong kind of influences and guide them right yeah Allah
guide them right so Allah allow us to do that which is
correct and that is right and that is productive and that is function
of Allah protect us from becoming occupied with the wrong Oh Allah
allow us to remember you regardless of the situation of
Allah give us the strength to remember you regardless of the
situation at all times because this time will go and never come
back. Oh Allah and what a time of what a time that will be wasted.
Oh Allah allow us to be productive with our time. Allow us to take
advantage of our time. Oh Allah protect us and our children our
project is until the last day, Oh Allah, Allah in this world and the
hereafter allow us to stand and be excited to meet you and you want
to meet us. Oh Allah make that the best moment. Oh Allah make the
best days of our life the final days of our life. Oh Allah allow
us to leave behind the legacy. Allow us to change our course.
Allow us to have balance in this world and steadfastness in this
world and high hem and bravery and everything that is required of us.
Yeah, Allah those who are not married, ground them good suitable
righteous partners. Those who are married, enhance their marriages
and Allah grant them pious and righteous children of Allah those
who are looking for a job grant them a good Hello job. Those who
have a job, Oh Allah, grant them a good, grant them, grant them
steadfastness in their job and make it beneficial and productive
for them. And Allah those who have businesses give them blessing in
their businesses. Oh Allah, Allah, Allah allow us all to have halal
and Allah allow us to suffice with the halal away from the Haram and
give us blessing in what you have given us and our Allah do not
allow us this. Do not allow us to use this abundant blessing that
you have given us. Do not allow us to use it against you in
disobedience to you because of the mischief that comes with it. Oh
Allah protect us from that and don't make it a burden for us. Oh
Allah, Oh Allah Subhana Allah be karamba is that the AOC phone was
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