Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Introduction to Imam Sha’rani’s Code of Companionship Series
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Whether it be the science of the jurists, or anything that's in
existence, and if you look at it carefully with the right intent
and the right focus, you will find it to be an indicator towards
Allah subhanho wa taala.
So Imam Ghazali thought about that. And then he retracted his
words, he retracted his words, basically, probably acknowledging
that the way I was studying it, the reason for which I was
studying, it was the wrong reason. It wasn't the problem with the
knowledge, it was the problem with the way I was looking at it. And
the province of Ulsan told us this, in a hadith, that anybody
who studies who studies a masala goes and studies a hadith or a
point of fit or anything, so that Leo Murray be Hiller Adama so that
he can go and compete with somebody, he can go and argue with
a scholar, he can go and argue with somebody, you know, that, for
example, this happens generally, when there's a debate in the
community, and especially when this happens with Obama as well.
But it can happens even more when it comes to none of them. Because
they don't have the background of the knowledge already. They get
really hyped up about a particular issue, whether that be the moon
issue, the timetable issue or some other issue. And now because they
want to argue their case, they go and they're looking for Hadith
just to back the issue. They're not doing it to gain some
realization. They're very stubborn about their point of view, they
just looking for a hadith so that they can substantiate their point
of view so that it can go on argue with somebody else about it. Now
this is the totally wrong reason to study Hadith Whoa, this is not
going to take you to Allah subhana wa Tada. Then we've just made it a
worldly thing like any other worldly thing.
This Bismillah Hawkman Rahim Al hamdu Lillahi wa Salatu was Salam
ala so you didn't know Muhammad Umar either he or softly heat over
ko seldom at the Sleeman kefir on Illa Yomi Dean Amma back
last in the last one, we discussed the Moksha Irani his great
personality and
where he was from and what his activities were during his life
and his benefits, the benefit that he managed to convey to so many
different people. So this is his book called adda was saga. There's
a number of names that this book has been titled under. It's been
published under various different names, a double sofa, which means
the etiquette of companionship. It's also been called Anwar Rafi
other the saga, and then there's even a longer name Anwar, which
means the lights
with regards to the etiquette of companionship, regardless of that.
Our main objective is obviously with the content of this book. So
the way the author begins his book is he says, All praise is to
Allah, the Lord of the world's Al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen. Wa
will sell you all Salam, ala sayyidina, Muhammad, and Nouriel
mobian.
And I send blessings. And I send peace I ask Allah to send peace on
our Master Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and Nouriel
Roubini the clear light, the clear light, the clear light of
guidance, why Allah says it will be even more saline while he was
being vegetarian, and on all the prophets, all the messengers, all
their families and all of the companions, this book is about
companionship, and thus he preys upon the companions of all the
prophets, all of them. He says how the rissalah Tune ik Tabata al
batalla This is a small treaties a small piece of work, which
is
we which has been written due to the demand of chivalry, due to the
demand that this be written, because of the importance I
mentioned last time in the last session, that bathala can mean two
different things. It could either mean people wasting their time. So
it's possible that the author means intends that meaning that
I'm writing this to try to remove the wastefulness and the
idleness, people just sitting around doing nothing. That's a
possibility. Or it could mean that this is just something that needs
to be written because of the demand of the time. He says the
STEMI to Allah Salah 34 Solon, three chapters This book will have
three chapters is treaties will have three chapters, whatever, and
it will also have a conclusion. And then he says something very
interesting which seems to indicate towards his intent he
says, us Allah, a yen for IB her Johanna, lastly Why aneema Who
I ask Allah
Subhana wa Taala that he benefit by this, he give benefit by this
to both the ignorant one of this time of these times the ignorant
people at these times, and it scholars. So this is a book that
is not written for the ignorance. And it's not written just for the
scholars, it's written for all people and all people can benefit
from this because the contents of this book actually transcends
beyond just normal everyday things it's about the higher reality.
It's about our connection with Allah subhana wa Tada and how best
to gain that connection. What are the best ways to learn who Allah
subhana wa Tada is and the system that Allah subhanaw taala has
placed in this world in that regard.
It's mentioned that Imam Ghazali once said,
I found he said God Virginia or Louisville fuqaha equaled the
hijab.
I found that all the knowledge that the jurist have all of that
is just a veil from the true knowledge of Allah subhana wa Tada
for ya eternal, do Romana
Oh, why did i Why did we waste our time? And why did we waste our
time in the knowledge of jurisprudence?
So for Carla who battled it in
one of the people of Allah subhanho wa taala, one of the
earlier who had the recognition of Allah subhanaw taala, who had the
knowledge and the Gnosis he said to him, Why are you shaking your
hijab? Why are you making the books the knowledge of the jurists
avail from Allah subhanaw taala Why do you say that?
Fellow notifii How have you coalition infill would use the
word shut the hood, no agenda who the Leland Adela into Baraka
Allah, because whether it be the science of the jurists, or
anything that's in existence, and if you look at it carefully with
the right intent and the right focus, you will find it to be an
indicator towards Allah subhanaw taala.
So Imam has already thought about that. And then he retracted his
words, he retracted his words, basically, probably acknowledging
that the way I was studying it, the reason for which I was
studying, it was the wrong reason. It wasn't the problem with the
knowledge, it was the problem with the way I was looking at it. And
the prophets of Allah and told us this, in Hadith, that anybody who
studies who studies, a masala goes and studies a hadith or a point of
fit or anything, so that Leo Murray be Hiller Allah so that he
can go and compete with somebody, he can go and argue with a
scholar, you can go and argue with somebody, you know, that, for
example, this happens generally, when there's a debate in the
community, and especially when this happens with Obama as well.
But it can happens even more when it comes to Nevada, because they
don't have the background of the knowledge already. They get really
hyped up about a particular issue, whether that be the moon issue,
the timetable issue or some other issue. And now, because they want
to argue their case, they go and they're looking for Hadith just to
back the issue. They're not doing it to gain some realization.
They're very stubborn about their point of view. They're just
looking for a hadith so that they can substantiate their point of
view so that it can go on argue with somebody else about it. Now
this is the totally wrong reason to study Hadith, whoa, this is not
going to take you to Allah subhana wa Tada. Then we've just made it a
worldly thing, like any other worldly thing. Just because
something is is intrinsically sacred, doesn't mean that anytime
we read it, we will always take it in a sacred way. People have used
the Quran for the wrong reasons sometimes to justify certain wrong
ideas. That's why Allah the Prophet of Allah Islam said that
the Quran is the book by which Allah subhanho wa Taala will raise
certain people and put others down which will act as a hedge against
them, although that's in a slightly different meaning. So
Imam Hassan Ali then says it mentions then about Imam was early
that when he retracted he retracted that opinion and then
after that, he began to say that Allah Aliamanu Quran, knowledge is
a light, all knowledge is a light. And if you have that true
knowledge, it will remove the veils from between between you and
everything. Then you will start seeing things in the world as
Allah wants you to see them. Not the way your knifes your lust,
your greed, your ambition wants you to see them. The biggest
problem we have today is that we see everything based on the color
that dominates us.
I just recently met an older man very
mashallah
respectable older man, he says that his grandfather was a big
land owner and property tycoon in those days.
But he said, unlike today, where property tycoon generally are
intoxicated with rent, rent rent, they want to, you hear about
especially in London, which were the crazy is at its peak right now
that you get people buying a house and converting it into more flats
than you'd ever imagine they could do so small cubicles so that they
can maximize the rent, right? Give it to different individuals so
they can maximize literally like, you know, chicken coops or
something like that, that they make them. So the focus is totally
the it's the it's about today, it's all about trying to wring as
much money out of it as possible. He says that my grandfather used
to send me to collect the money in those days, one and a half rupees,
three rupees, two rupees rent, Sauron food in India.
And he said, we used to, I used to go and the man used to say the
owner, the renter, the person was renting, the tenant would say, I'm
really sorry, I don't have the money today. So I would go back as
a child, go back to my grandfather and say I don't have it, he would
then send me again in a few days, the person would say, come back
tomorrow, come back in three days, I would go back, this time, my
grandfather would say that you are going today. And you're going to
stand by the door. And don't leave until they give you the money.
swear at them 10 times if you have to. I don't agree with that part.
But basically what he's saying is does gala dinner, if you have to
swear them 10 times if you have to, but make sure you bring the
money today. So I would do that I would bring the money.
A week later or so. Some days later, he would make a package of
either some money, some food, whatever it is, and say come in,
go and take this to such and such person's house, same person.
He's telling me and he's teaching me when it comes to more Camelot.
When it comes to deals and agreements and transactions, we
need to be firm. Otherwise, if you say it's okay, pay next week, next
week, next month, whatever and you will you allow that to happen like
that, the habit will deteriorate. They will have bad intentions
afterwards, the system will break down. But he says my grandfather
despite being the land owner and the property tycoon as he was, he
kept tabs on everybody. He knew how much they earn. Because in
those days, these things were much more transparent. You knew where
people worked. Everybody knew everybody else. And he knew
exactly what their status was the same money he'd be getting, he
would probably give back to them.
But he wanted his rent on time. But then he would support them
with a similar amount of money, if not more.
So there's a whole different mindset here. They're looking at
the money they're receiving,
not with greed, but with a view to help and it wasn't just those
people his tendency helped. He helped lots of people. So it's all
about a mindset. And this gives us some indication of that. That's
why he says lol manuring Yep, she for Angela Abdi and Cujo. That n
is that knowledge which will remove the veils when you have
that true knowledge. And then you will start seeing the dunya for
how Allah wants you to see it, how a wali of Allah sees it, how a
Friend of Allah sees it in a way that is going to benefit us in the
hereafter where it's to the benefit of the hereafter.
We're in the Maya Kunal hijab and Adam and Lamia loosely, Allah He
has his own agenda on Muslim yo FileZilla he has his own agenda
fita alumi What are demon and it's only this types of knowledge is
only going to become a veil between a person and Allah
subhanaw taala for the one who does not have a class, who is not
doing it sincerely, who is not sitting for the right reason in
his studying or in his in his education, in his teaching, in his
the bleed in his propagation, whatever work that the person is
doing. He starts off by saying
he wants to lay out some ground rules he wants to clarify certain
things. For some people, this may
not be what they were looking for, but just wait for this small
introduction to finish. Then he gets to that ahaadeeth And, and
other aspects. But here he says what's happening Allahu wa er to
Ilana your head and the Sahaba of Allah, Allah mean oath of your
oral Islam. I mean, act very aware. Belhaj you
know,
that companionship for the sake of Allah.
Be being with somebody for the sake of Allah, associating with
somebody for the sake of Allah, sitting in their company for the
sake of Allah. That's what this is all about.
How do you get benefits from other human beings? How do you get
benefit from their company and in between his advisors that may
Allah give me and you the Tofik to do that which pleases Him.
And then he says, No that companionship sitting with
somebody and associating with somebody for the sake of Allah
subhana wa Tada is mean opha Kia Ora Islam.
It is from it is one of the most firmest steadiness and more solid
links that you can have for Islam. Meaning, it is something that if
you hold on to your Islam will be preserved if you hold on to the
right persons Islam.
If you hold on to the right persons companionship and faith,
you stick together with some other MA with plenty of Allah, who is
stable, secure, who is stable and pious and righteous. That is one
of the greatest benefits that you will have. I mean, a quality of
work being played. And it's one of the greatest doors of all goodness
and virtue. Lots of doors of goodness will open up for you to
be in the company of pious people were called Raha Aretha ofI,
herself and Mahadevan and this is not something new, he says. This
has been encouraged by both the amount of the past and the other
mother came later. What a mom and hover I mean, her you will find in
some books you will find in some books, and from some scholars,
that they have warned against companionship, don't have too much
companionship in general. I want to clarify this thesis
because they said that in the Lucilla the Acropolis Salah
multimedial efforts were a bad omen damn Moodle hope we hope you
feel Mohana thoughts. Well, Aksum lil ish Divali bit torrents,
because not having too much Association, staying alone,
isolated has three benefits. What are the benefits of isolation now,
benefits of staying away and alone and aloof? Number one, you stay
away from calamities when you deal too much with people, you're going
to say something wrong, maybe maybe you're gonna hear something
wrong, maybe you might do something wrong, you know, you
might break something, you might do something, you might hurt
somebody's heart. So there's more possibility of some kind of
calamity coming upon you.
You may be affected by somebody negatively. There's all of these
possibilities. It's also
by staying alone you will be saved from you won't have to fulfill too
many rights of others. When you associate with others, you have to
invite them you have to gift, you have to do things, you have to
mourn with them, you have to be happy with them, all of these
things are necessary. And if you can't do that, then you're not
fulfilling their rights. So by staying alone and away, then you
at least benefit in that sense. And the third benefit is that you
have more time to your own worship.
You have more time to your own worship. But as you can see here,
the whole point of isolation, the whole point of staying away and
staying aloof and not associating with people who point of it is a
Dini reason is a religious reason. Right. The last of those reasons
was so that the person can do more worship. So yes, some Allama have
mentioned that.
But then Imam Shah Ronnie's saying,
association with the pious is the greatest door to goodness. So how
do you reconcile both of these points? Is isolation better for
those benefits? Or is Association better? So then he says, for him
number 30. GFI, Huckle moody the Madonna Costiera isolation and
staying aloof and not mixing too much. He's not saying stay at
home, don't combustion, right? He's saying, you know, you have to
do your Ferrari than your YG. But of course, which involves coming
to the message. He says that is for the one who has just started
on the path and who is not complete and accomplished yet.
That person if he mixes with too many people, he's struggling
already. He has no time for his own worship, and he's going to
deserve it and he's going here, he's going there. Then he's going
to waste his time for the beginner of the path who is not solid who
is not firm in his routine in his understanding in his Iman, then
for that person, then obviously, for that person is better that he
focuses first focuses first, for even the hustler people who are
cannula how to be unsought, Yasha de la Mata Houthi gun and affable
if you have to he and Hello, when in how to be happy mentally,
otherwise, you better come accord about who he says. However, when a
person is accomplished in this regard, they become mature in this
regard.
Such that now they see things as Allah wants them to see he's they
see Allah as working in the community. They see how Allah
subhanho wa Taala does things in the world. Their focus is on Allah
subhana wa Tada. They have become those who can witness Allah's
actions in the world. Then for them, it's superior that they
mixed with people so that they can benefit people that accomplish
people
In fact, according for some of these people, it's worth it for
them it's necessary for them to rather than stay away but to be
with the people like Rasulullah sallallahu it was someone who
always mixed with people to teach them he had his own time, but then
he also mixed with people.
Then after that, like in the Latifi our hear your own where he
I know he knows why that he can be dire can be dire. However, a
person who is close to Allah subhanaw taala finally at the end
towards the end of their life, they will start cutting away from
people again, just to focus fully again on Allah subhanho wa Taala
because that's the way they're going to prepare for the
afterlife. So the focus is less Association more focus in the
masjid more focus in anti cough more focus on a bother more focus
on personal worship like that, while fulfilling the immediate
rights that they have to fulfill anyway.
For Leia see ruler who worked on yes Arness in the end, any person
who's serious about dying like that, they are not going to have
time. They're not going to have time for people. They're not going
to have time for people. Come on, walk it Rasulullah sallallahu
alayhi wa salam Marina, on Zillow to Allah He saw to NASA, when this
is exactly what happened. Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam when the Elijah nostril Allah he will fit what are eaten
nursery and Haroon if he Dini ly of wotja for sunbae behind the
rock because Stubblefield in the hookah and at awaba was revealed.
After that. Allah subhanaw taala is saying, once the victory has
come, the assistance of Allah has come and the victory has come.
This is after the conquest of Makkah. What are eaten Nasir the
Hurunui De La Jolla, Florida and now you're seeing people come in
throngs into Islam, they've accepted because they were just
waiting for Makkah. When Macau was conquered, they realize now that
no punishment came, no calamity came. That means whoever conquered
it must be on the right path. So now the faith that they had that
was hovering over the surface suddenly went into the roots of
their hearts. They accepted the faith. So many people came into
Islam. But Allah tells us that allah sallallahu alayhi wa salam,
your mission in that sense, maybe nearly over there. But your
responsibility now is is stuff here was sub B, this B is too far.
This is to raise your status and this is what we're supposed to do.
Towards the end of our life. This is what we're supposed to do
definitely all our life but especially towards the end of our
life. So this happened with also Allah salAllahu alayhi wa salam as
well.
I in 99,
Maulana Abul Hassan Ali netherby,
one of the greatest scholars of recent times,
he wrote both in Arabic and Urdu, and he was well respected pretty
much throughout the world. He'd won awards from so many different
places. Yet, all of those awards were donated in the path of Allah
subhanho wa taala. He was a founding member of many, many big
organ international organizations of the world. He was in Lucknow in
India. And he was also the principal of the Nativity Allama
madrasa at the seminary in Lucknow. He, just to give you an
idea, when he passed away, in he passed away, interestingly, in
19 99/31, December 1999, end of the millennium, that's when he
died. That's when he passed away. It was Ramadan, the 22nd of that
year, Ramadan, the 22nd of that year was Ramadan time he passed
away in Lucknow in India, just outside Lucknow in
the clear color,
which is by ripe by, I think by Brady Ribery. I think
anyway, what's most interesting thing is that he passed away just
before Joel Salatin that day in Ramadan, the 22nd of Ramadan. He
woke up that morning and he had read the scene quite a few times
already made dua and then he asked for a Quran so that he could do so
little calf taking a bath and everything is prepared. As the
Quran was being brought, he started reciting Surah Yaseen as
his waiting, and that's when he passed away.
By the evening his Janaza prayer was about 10 o'clock that evening,
which was the 23rd of Ramadan,
his Janaza prayer. It was a huge number in India that attended the
janazah
A few days later, 27th night, this hardly happens. Many people die in
this world. Many people die in this many big scholars die in this
world.
But
in Masjid Al haram
in Masjid Al haram
in Makkah, Makara on the 27th night, about 2.4
Over 2.5 million people pray this Janaza prayer. In absent here, you
know, they pray the Gentiles
and Madina Munawwara 1.8 million people prediction as a prayer. On
the 27th of the night on that night, we're talking about 4
million people praying Janaza prayer for him.
Now, that's an amazing thing. That's an amazing thing. Anyway,
the point I'm trying to make is that some months before he passed
away, I was studying in India in that year, he that he was in the
east of up I was in the west of up in Simon port, he was in another
room. So we heard that he'd become sick, he'd become, he was quite
sick now. And you know, there were these discussions because he was
about 70 years old,
or more. So I went, I decided that I must go and visit him and ask
him for his ijazah. So I was inside and poor with my wife and
child who was about just over a year old. It was very difficult to
get a train journey, a train ticket in those at that time,
because it was some kind of holiday period or something and I
had two days to go then come back so that I don't, I can get back
from my classes. So got a ticket, a general ticket, took an O is a
nine hour train train got him and managed to only speak to the
ticket master and many he managed to give us one sleeping berth. You
know one sleeper from my wife and turn it and I had no other place
to so in between the seats on the floor, I put out sheet and just
slept on there. That night. I don't think I could do that again.
But at that time, it was something which didn't seem too difficult to
do. And those trains in Indian nice cleaners, the trains here, by
the way, so
I don't know how we did that. Anyway, we got there. The point is
that when he got there, he was told that there's somebody here
who wants your Hadith ijazah Hadith authorization. So he said,
Okay, tell him to come tomorrow at
10 o'clock, if I remember correctly. So
I was there before 10 o'clock, waiting for him. He's sitting in
the main room, I'm sitting in the other room waiting for him. He's
sitting on this bed, and he's doing his vicar. He's reading
something.
And past 10 o'clock, maybe 20 past and help us 10 I can't remember
exactly, but he's not making a move at all. Right? I'm sure he
knows that I'm there, but he seems to be so engrossed. He seems to be
so engrossed, that
I didn't want to disturb him. I did feel very envious. So maybe
one day inshallah Allah will give me the trophy to do this kind of
vicar where, you know, you enjoying it so much. Most people
when we do thicker, you're like a fish out of water. Just about
managed to finish at the speed and run. Right? So he's enjoying his
somebody went to remind him that somebody is waiting for you says
just ask him for some more time. I felt really bad and disturbing
him, but you could tell that he was really mashallah engaged.
Finally, then, you know, he put it down and invited me in and then
made me read some Hadith and so on. But basically, that's what you
see, towards the end of the life, this is how people should
definitely be, if they can't be like that from before, you can
only be like this at the end of your life, if you make some
preparation, if you direct yourself in that direction from
before, very difficult to take a U turn, or a site turn at the last
day of your life. And this is a topic from ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada,
we have to direct ourselves in the right, we can't be going in this
direction. And towards just a few days before a few months, before
we ever suddenly take a turn like that. It's just not going to
happen. The car's gonna carry on going in that direction. So we
need to go as close as possible in that direction. And may Allah give
us that Sophie? So then he says, to reconcile between is isolation
better or is Association better? He says, For me what I know now
you call
a Lucilla to afternoon, McLaughlin, what a halter to
Abdullah McLaughlin. So you can't say, in general, that isolation is
always superior, in general, or association is superior in
general. Sometimes it's this sometimes is that it depends on
the person and the state at the time.
He mentions a few other things, which is very interesting. And
this is especially interesting for those of us who want to do
something in this world. Everybody wants to do something, but I mean
is when somebody wants to do something for the dean, whether
that be as a scholar to lecture to guide as at the bleak to give the
bleak to people to propagate to people, whether that means working
as part of the Isaac or MSA of the university, whether that means
having an association or a masjid
committee, job, or an organization, whether that be
helping the poor or whatever. Now, there's an aspect of that where
you're in a leadership type of position. It comes with a lot of
challenges, challenges, physical challenges, practical challenge,
political challenges. These are the external
challenges. The other challenge is the internal challenge. The other
challenge is the internal challenge a person is constantly
challenged by the knifes
to curb the intention to it for fame and gain. And that is the
problem. That's why he says, anybody who wants
to do something for the sake of Allah subhanaw taala, who is on
the path of Allah, especially the part of the souk.
If for some reason this person becomes very famous quickly, and
is not yet accomplished spiritually. That is the most
deadliest thing for this person.
For person is not accomplished spiritually to some level, and
they become very famous at the beginning of their work for Islam,
or their path of Sulak. Then it's very, very dangerous because the
whole path will be corrupted. Intention will be incorrect.
They'll constantly be doing things to show people to gain fame,
renown, recognition, honor and dignity. And in the in the eyes of
people.
That's why they should constantly remember woman accent,
woman accent or coal amendment, Dara Illa Allah He was AMITA
Saleh.
Allah didn't just say Who better than the one
who, who better in their speech than the one who invites to Allah,
not just invites to Allah, wa amela salejaw Does his own
practice does his own righteous deeds. They can only be righteous
deeds, if they're right ly motivated from the heart.
So Allah subhanho wa Taala is so perfect in his expression. So you
can't just be quoting to Allah, but your heart isn't there. You're
not doing your own deeds for the right reason.
You may be praying but if it's not for the right reason, if it's not
with the right intention, then it's in vain. It's rated from
ignorable so the Allahu Anhu.
You remember how you relate says, I'm going to do the Allahu anhu,
used to ignite Abbas says, and in bustling was very young. He was
not one of the oldest army, he's one of the youngest. He says that
he used to bring me in into the gathering with the oldest Sahaba.
So you know, in the committee, the modulus of aroma or the ALLAH and
he had all the big shots that he used to bring up the leg, not a
bus. He's the youngest, my youngest one of them. And some of
these older ones, they used to feel a bit bad about them. Why is
he What's he doing here?
So
I'm one of the Allahu Anhu wanted one day to show them and clarify
to them why he brings him in.
So
he asked the question one day, he says, what do you what do you
think is the Tafseer? The objective of this surah, Elijah
and Azula, he will forget.
What do you think is the objective? So some of them, they
said, they seem to be a bit caught off guard, they hadn't probably
thought a bit of it. In that perspective, you have to use the
Sahaba were talking about right? It's just sometimes you ask the
question, you haven't thought about it as a question in that
perspective? Doesn't mean you don't know. It's just that you
haven't thought about it like that. Right? So
one of them responding Oh, it means that we are told to praise
Allah and seek forgiveness, when he assists us that they thought
about it very literally, when he assists us. And when he gives us
conch conquest and victory, then we need to praise Allah and do so
far. Which is there that's in the verse as well, that will be
applying to us as well. But that's not why the surah came down in the
first place, that it's a universal message is that for all time, but
when it came down, it came down for some other reason. So what are
the Allahu Anhu? Said?
Others they didn't say anything they couldn't risk they didn't
respond in bother they, you know, they didn't try to give a
response. And one of them said to him a cathodic Coolibar bus? Is
that what you say as well? Is that your opinion about this as well? I
said, No. What do you say them? This is speaking about the time
coming for a solo Lasala lorrison to depart this world. This is what
this sort of is signifying specifically, at that point in
time, that this is the closest of Rasulullah sallallahu Aeneas in
which Allah is telling him about Look, your time is coming close do
is stick far do this be so I'm going to the Allahu Anhu confirmed
that yes, that is exactly what I have also understood from this
what I know about this soul that's also what I know.
So for a person to do so far, and that is a focus on the hereafter
to extend our bounties in the hereafter our station our status
in the hereafter.
That's why a crema relates to ignore bacilli, Allah one that was
allah sallallahu Sallam for other be assured the maca and aka to
each geography Emeril Akira, which among top Ronnie relates that then
the promise of awesome really worked very hard to put his
efforts behind
so there's a poem a poet says what the total insanity how you mean
jellies Soo In the who were jellies will hide the high room in
Corona del Mar Eva who, which means for a person to stay alone
is superior than to be sitting with an evil companion.
So if you're going to just waste time at a snooker club, or just
hear people swearing and partying and things of that nature than for
you to stay alone is better than that kind of company.
But to be sitting with a good companion from which you can
benefit is superior than you sitting alone.
So that just that's sums it all up for that
Shahabi length a summer candy Rahmatullah it says, if a person
is in such a state, that if he's alone, his Dean is going to be
more protected.
If he stays away, his Dean is going to be better protected,
because he's wrong people that are around him,
then that's what he should do, because that's superior for him.
But nowadays, this is very difficult.
So if a person though, is in a state that if he's alone,
and the shake is saying is Tavella Bill was worse, and the person is
then going to be overcome with what's wasa and whisperings and
bad ideas. If it was only that much, we may have been able to
even able to deal with it. But now you have a whisper in your mind,
you have a desire in your mind sheet on puts an idea.
Everything is to your access more than what's available easily
outside nowadays with the phone and the internet with the with the
screens and the internet. So this is been magnified many times over
fellow Muhammad, Allah who have done so it's better for him to be
with good people rather than stay at home with the computer. Miss so
many people today have this problem, that they're stuck on
their devices. They don't meet with people.
They don't know how to meet with people, they've lost social
skills, they're happy with their own, they're happy speaking to
people online rather than on the phone.
That's why they'll be in the same room. Sometimes we'll be texting
each other.
You get a text message, if it's from across the room.
People aren't used to the people losing social skills.
I get really bothered if I recently receive a text message
from somebody who, you know, for example, somebody's coming to your
house, they get right down now in my my place that you have to buzz
from downstairs, you can't just knock on the door because we're
upstairs.
They get right to the bottom and then they send you a text message.
What's your buzzer number? Come on, man. I don't look at my text
message every minute of the day. Don't think that just because you
have your phone in your hand or by your ear or your eyes all the time
everybody else does. You're standing downstairs, you're gonna
text me I'm gonna see after 20 minutes or 15 minutes if you're
lucky, right? Just give me a call man.
You know,
some people they just saw into their text messaging. They think
it's more polite sometimes maybe in some cases is a bit more polite
than calling somebody. But sometimes this pure silliness, I
think, the way people do it.
So then he says yes, if a person is going to be overcome with
what's worse and desires and haram and so on and so forth by staying
alone, for him to be with somebody is superior, then in that case, as
long as he looks after their rights and takes care of those
rights on there.
Then he says
that when we talk about companionship, there are different
types of companionship. When you've got a person who is staying
in the company of some elder, somebody more respectable, a
scholar,
somebody higher than him. Then although that's companionship, see
when you say companion, generally companionship software refers to
being equal on equal par. But in this case, clearly you're not an
equal Pi you this relationship is not really companionship it's
actually more of a relationship of teaching nurturing, tarbiyah and
learning. That's what he's saying that I just want to clarify some
malaria and a sorbitol adenylyl Allah Lisa B. soccabet, infill
happycow when a person of a lower status is accompanying somebody of
a higher status than that is not really Samba we're in nama hiya
Tara and Iman were hidden. That's being of service to the person and
studying with the person is saw hidden inside
Norma, you're shoveling bad here but you're here to be McCauley
because the companion of someone is generally somebody who's on
equal par and footing with them. For it local software banal moody
will shake your Sahabi your Rasool the clock on my jersey EULA happy
pinion. That's why when we use the word software between a seeker and
the teacher, and the sheikh, and the sahabi, and the messenger,
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, then we use this word in a figurative
sense, not in a literal sense,
either. And in the Dalek, now that you've understood this, all of
this terminology, we've got the technicalities out of the way.
Basically, you're saying, let's get to the main part of the book
for nobody to add a cache a minute. Bernina worried that if he
found that in a motor has been a Fila, the unknown called by Jaqua
be it bill it Tila yada delille now, we will bring to you some of
the generations that have been transmitted about the virtue of
people who love each other for the sake of Allah. You can only be in
the companionship with somebody if you love him for the sake of
Allah.
Because the reason why will bring you these evidences is because the
heart becomes strengthened by knowing evidences when you know
evidence that this is in the Quran and the Sunnah, you will be more
prepared and you will feel more strengthened in this regard.
So in sha Allah,
one of the oldest mentioned some of the evidences from the Quran,
which he has not mentioned, about brotherhood, Allah says, Yeah, you
will Adina wanna talk Allah will Kulu Masada, oh people who believe
fear Allah, and be with the truthful ones as much as possible
be with the truthful ones. That truthfulness will color you as
well. will bend it this way human beings we are effected by people
we sit with.
We are effective and if we sit with the right people for long
enough,
we will feel ashamed about saying we are things are funny things.
Our demeanor, our attitude when insha Allah become more softer,
gentler, according to the people we sit with Allah says what's been
lovesick Marlena ruiner a bone belladati When she was better
enough suck constrain yourself you may find it difficult to do that
but go and constrain yourself go and do some suburb persevere
with those people who call on to Allah day and night go and sit in
their company you might feel like a fish out of water you might feel
it's too hot in there
it's too difficult let me go I can't wait to go I need to do this
text messages coming I'm hearing the the ring I'm hearing this the
light is flickering difficult but now what's good enough said my
Olivia Ronaldo Mila that you will actually
constrain yourself and Allah is uses the word sober because
there's an element of He knows the hearts of people. This is how we
are we'd rather be doing something else or musalla doesn't want to we
don't want to be on the masala for more than the forecasts we have to
do can't wait to get off it.
And if you have to sit there for five minutes of recurrent seems
extended.
Five minutes seems like 15 minutes.
Allah says Allah Allah yo may even bow humbly bow DiNardo when Elon
McDuffie
friends on that day will become enemies. People who you think you
have friendship with in this world will be on that day enemies to
you. Everybody will be independent, selfish. If you want
to see selfish people, you'll see them on the Day of Judgment. We're
all going to be selfish in little McDuck in
except the people of Taqwa
except the people who have Taqwa there are people who will
Inshallah, if they're cleared, say, Where's my friend gone? I
don't see him around here. I used to hang around. He used to come
and sit with me in the world. Why is he gone today?
Allahu Akbar. Allah subhanho wa Taala then tells us an example. He
wanted Musa alayhis salam to learn something that he did not know. So
what did he do? He sent him to go and accompany another servant of
his heart there at a salon. Haider Ali Salaam. Hello at Toby Rocha
Allah and that's why Musa is somebody got to him. What did he
say? He said,
A terbuka. Allah and to Alemany Marin named Arusha. Can you teach
me of that?
Which you have been taught, of the matters of guidance that you have
been taught? I don't have them Can you teach them to me? And there's
many other indications towards this as well. But these are the
pertinent verses, and in sha Allah, then one of the most famous
Hadith in this regard is the one that's rated by Imam Bukhari and
Muslim
Most of you will be aware of this Sobrato you only know whom Allah
Who He will he'll Mala will the Illa will look seven people that
Allah subhanho wa Taala will shade in his shade on the day when there
will be no shade except his shade. And the sun will be very close
Imam and Adam. Now if you ponder over all these seven, they are
people who are going against the norm of their position.
Generally people who are in this position will be expected majority
of the cases will be expected to act differently. Like people will
think
he's a leader, he must be corrupt. He must be indulgent. Generally
that's what you have an exception.
Once in a while, you have an exception to that. So Imam and
Adam for Imam, meaning a leader, Prime Minister, President,
dictator, whatever you want to call them King. Once you've got
that power, you can easily abuse it. But for a person to remain
just
in that state is a big deal. Then he says
Chabot, Nisha Fei Bertha Tila, a young man who just suddenly
discovered all of his energies,
his intellectual pursuits and everything like that, but he still
prefers the masjid, his heart. Nisha theory about Atilla he
spends his youth his being, his growth happens in the worship of
Allah for a youth to worship Allah is greater than an old man
worshipping Allah subhanaw taala.
Because the old man is resigned, but for the youth, that's the time
in the developing when the love of the world has kicked in the
glamour I'm earning now I can get this I want this, I want that.
And Raju Kumar, Lacan will massage it very difficult thing, for a
person whose heart is constantly attached to the masjid. And to
people who love each other for the sake of Allah. Very difficult.
It's always selfish reasons. It's the morality with Africa and they
interact with each other for that reason. A person who's invited by
a woman who's got renown and beauty for a haram fornication, he
says, No IV Allah and a person who give sadaqa in such a way, he
with, he hides it to such a degree that his left hand doesn't know
what his right hand is spending. So he doesn't tell people doesn't
make a big deal. And finally, the person who remembers Allah
subhanho wa taala, when alone in such a way that his eyes cry out
of the fear of Allah subhanaw taala Inshallah, we will continue
to slow her down and rely on
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