Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – ISoc Hotseat Imam Abdullah ibn alMubarak
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The speaker discusses their experience teaching Hadith of the Prophet sallavi alayhi wa sallam to some people and emphasizes the importance of continuous improvement in character. They offer advice on how to improve one's character and discuss the need for standing up for one's own opinions. The conversation also touches on different ways to address criticism and one's own success, including finding representatives to criticize and showcase skill and weaknesses, unwinding from all negative criticism, and seeing what truly benefits people.
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So far first question
would you like to just tell our viewers just a, from your own lab
from your own words, it's just a bit about yourself, and what you
do and etc.
I think in terms of what I do, I would say that I'm probably most
honored to be able to teach some of the Hadith of the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam to some students. So I have a chapter
of Sahil Bahati,
a section rather,
the final section, and also a section of Sahih Muslim Kitab
Limon that I'm, I get to teach in sha Allah. And then I work on a
number of books and projects, and I give a few talks here and there.
And just hope that Allah subhanaw taala accepts all of inshallah.
Okay, so you gave a talk about Abdullah, Eminem about Oklahoma
law. And if there is only one thing out of the many, many, many
things that you've said, what would that one thing be for people
to take away? You're the one thing that I would probably take away
from the many, many things. I mean, I'm finding it difficult,
but I would say the way he was able to combine numerous different
things, where he is going for hygiene traveling,
he must have all of the sciences and yet he has money. And then he
spends a lot of money on people as well. That generosity is just
quite amazing. At the same time,
you also mentioned in your talk about his keenness in attaining
knowledge and the length to go to you know, he will travel 1000s of
miles on camel, back, you know, under difficult conditions that he
had to go through to travel with knowledge, on what parallels can
we draw as Muslim students studying at Imperial, from his
efforts, and from the story of Abdullah no better.
I think the one thing that we can take away from all of this is just
that whatever you're studying, whatever you're doing, try to be
the best that get it as fully as possible. We have it all basically
at our doorsteps, so just try to master what you can but then don't
forget your worship on the side and your connection to Allah
subhanaw taala I think that's really what I can say, when you
worship and your intention for your studies here as well. Are in
sha Allah for the sake of Allah and you're always asking Allah
Allah, Allah accept me for something then inshallah Allah
will open up a door for you as well, that whatever you study the
a number of years that you spent with all of this effort, hardship
difficulty, then inshallah it will bear its fruits. And that's what I
think
the parallel that I can draw that his efforts bore fruit as well.
And the reason is efforts poor fruit is because he didn't just do
it for the dunya anything that you do for the dunya is just as
everything in the world just passes away expires finishes,
that's what's going to happen. But if you do something for the sake
of Allah, then even if what you're doing seems to be dunya way right?
But halal and lawful, then inshallah Allah will give you some
way of serving others in sha Allah.
So, we know so there was there was a few things that you mentioned in
the talk, especially
some of his quotes. And he said, all the beginning of knowledge is
intention, then listening, listening carefully and
understanding, then action, preservation and then finally
spreading, spreading the word.
We know that in terms of action, we realize that gaining knowledge
should have an effect on our actions, and again, on our
character as well. So
as this discussion is about character, how can we try and
improve our character? On a daily day to day basis? What kind of
things can we implement improve our character?
In shoulder
character is learnt in number of different ways? Firstly, we need
to understand what we're doing wrong. What are the disadvantages
of our character? What are our weaknesses? Do I get angry too
fast? Do I have too much greed?
What are my problems? Do I flare up too fast?
Do I abandon people too quickly?
Once we turn an honest eye to ourselves rather than somebody
else, and then we try to figure out what our problems are, then we
can try to cure them. So every time we've gone wrong, and we will
go wrong, is then to really think about it introspect and say look,
I mustn't do this next time. What can help me there are certain
prayers certain do ours as well that you can do in that regard
from the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wasallam. To ask for good
character. There's one which is very good for people who fly off
the handle too fast. Get angry, too fast, get irritated too fast.
Angry, get start quarrels disputes too quickly, a lot, many are older
becoming a shikaka. When the FARC was so ill a flock of ally seek
your refuge from hypocrisy,
from disputation, quarreling and bad character. So, without
concern, concerted effort, we can't make a difference. So one is
to think, what are my problems, and then finding somebody who can
maybe help us point that out to us. That's the second option.
Number three is to learn from what maybe our critics say about us. It
can all be wrong. Yes, that's generally exaggeration. But, you
know, we can learn from the essence of what they're saying,
sometimes, you can only give somebody room to say something, if
there is an element of that they probably
expand it beyond what it is. But generally, you can learn from
that. So by finding somebody to criticize us to tell us, correct
us, especially if it's a reformist individual, somebody who can help
to reform us an accomplished person, like a che for someone.
Number two is to think about ourselves and introspect. Number
three was to learn from our critics. And number four is just
to find a very sincere friend, which are very they will come by,
and to be able to learn from their honest criticism and ask them for
their criticism on what are the Allahu Anhu did that with Salman
al Farsi, or the Hola, Juan, he says, I want you to tell me what
you see wrong with me. Because I couldn't find anything. He says
the only thing I can find is that you have two dishes, on your in
your meals, you should have only one. That's what he could find
them. So it's about finding a sincere friend, and then not
getting defensive.
Taking criticism is very important, not getting defensive.
That's very important. Normal, spontaneous response, generally a
defensive one, we should need to stand Okay, fine.
Finally, so we just started off a series of Tabby on N
different hobbies. The thing, which I and I find, personally, at
least, is that these people were so so like, their caliber just
seems to be just through the roof, like in space. And it seems to be
very daunting. When we hear stories. I mean, we get motivated,
but then we realized that,
like, we're nowhere near them. So I mean, what what can we draw from
the generational coverage and then the way they implemented Islam,
despite them not seeing the profit and then being such as such a high
power for us as Muslims in the 21st century where, like you said,
you know, there's fitna left, right and center.
Why he had a very, very high caliber. I don't think that we I
don't think that we don't have such people who exist today. I
believe we do we have people with in terms of seal courage, high
ambition, we have people like that only problem today that I see
differently. And I'm, I've been thinking about this for a very
long time. I think the problem is that we just got, we're living in
a very distracted world in a very artificial world. So we've got too
much to distract us. Everything is saying we're more important, I am
more important. There's huge amounts of money that's been
behind making everybody feel that this is more and more, that's more
important. That's what I think is the biggest hindrance and
obstacle. Otherwise, I don't think that
I think God gives in every time people with high caliber, there's
always going to be I mean, look at look at these people you have
around us, they've got they've done other things. It's just that
unfortunately, a lot of it is just to make the world sometimes just
more artificial. These breakthroughs and thinking that
we've helped the world sometimes yes, there's been some good things
as well. But otherwise, the focus is just too much on the dunya
that's what takes us away. It's about how do you unwind from all
of that, get yourself out of that and look to see what really will
benefit people. That's what these people did. It was easier for them
out think
May Allah subhanaw taala help us just looking like Aaron's yeah
for, for your comment today for giving us sacrificing your time
for us. We pray to Allah that He accepts from us that he accepts
Absolutely. 100 love to speak to your brothers and sisters. May
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what you're doing. day you're
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