Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Scary Fear or Reverential Fear [Hikam 233]
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The speakers discuss the benefits of knowing and achieving learning and achieving, as it is key to achieving success in life. They stress the importance of fear and the need for more knowledge to avoid damaging one's knowledge. The speakers also touch on the legacy of the church and the need for people to practice the right way to avoid unnecessary harm. There is also a course on Islamic essentials and fundamental concepts of Islam.
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Have you noticed that the Sunnah Kira for the Friday prayer for the
province of Assam used to recite in Juma prayer used to be sub
Bhisma and * attack a hadith Allah Shia, so to lie Shia and
what's the first one called
Surah Al Abdullah killer and sort of the last year. Now why these
two sorters so I was thinking about them for a while. And what's
really interesting is that in Joomla, Allah says, First Out,
Isla de la Surah Juma says, rushed to the remembrance of Allah.
And in July you generally have a talk, you have a holdover and you
have some remainder. And then the sooner clearer that the Prophet
saw some use to recite generally would be
said be his motto be kaleida and *, Otago Hadith, Aloha Shia was
interesting in both of these sources, and you will probably
notice that next time in sha Allah as well, is that in each of these,
there's a command to remind.
Well, that care for in the vicarage and for all what meaning
was the other one
for the kid in authority Vicara and remind the process miss being
told remind, because reminders are beneficial.
reminders are beneficial.
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In the continuation of our series on Ignatov Allah al Iskander is
Kitab al Hakim, the Book of Wisdom.
We are on page 94. The last wisdom on there, which is
wisdom number 233. PAGE 94.
He says Elmo in Karana Tula Shia to
felucca where he loves Lake Elmo in car a little harsher to falaqa.
We're in love Alec, an extremely short but very, very comprehensive
statement.
And the reason this is really, really important is because you
everybody must have constantly and frequently heard the benefits of
knowledge, how our faith stands on knowledge, without knowledge, our
faith is nothing because we need knowledge to understand what's our
requirements, purpose of our life, in this world, who Allah subhanaw
taala is Allah subhanaw taala has given us an intellect to acquire
this knowledge where
the grasp of our five senses end, that's where our intelligence
comes in, and takes over. And we need the intelligence to acquire
knowledge without knowledge a person is weak, a person is
helpless, and a person is in need. Knowledge is what enriches you,
knowledge is what empowers you.
Knowledge is what enhances you. However, knowledge as well is not
an end in itself. We gain knowledge for a particular
purpose. And with anything else, it comes with something the car is
a tool.
But depending on your car, it will evoke different emotions in
different people and yourself. Some cars will just be a means for
you from getting from point A to B, literally.
Other cars will be a means of point A to B maybe. But plus also
give you a bit of bragging rights. Turn people's attention towards
you. Give people an idea of who you may be or what you may be or
what you may be worth. Can you see there's multiple purposes, even in
a simple vehicle,
even in a simple means. So likewise, knowledge is a means
it's not an end in itself. And knowledge has an intrinsic ability
to rise because it will and knowledge causes people to rise.
People respect knowledge. If you can sit there and rattle off seven
different points about history people will be amazed and very
impressed by you.
If you can sit and talk about the benefits of tea and you're having
tea, and you can give somebody several benefits of tea and how
it's what it contains and what it does and how its manufactured.
People will be impressed.
That T discussion will become an enhanced discussion. That's what
knowledge does knowledge, knowledge L L mo
Dr. Lu, as the Arabic statement says, knowledge rises. So the
person who has knowledge will ascend with it as well.
The rising of it, the rising of the person
needs to be measured because again, it's a tool, it's not a
knowledge is not a means it's only a means it's not a end to itself.
There are obviously various different types of knowledge, lots
of different types of alien. And you heard many, many further over.
It's extremely emphasized,
intensely encouraged in our face to have knowledge, Jehovah Allah,
and ignorance unawareness is blameworthy is looked down upon
journal he lun a spoken about in a negative way in the Quran. The ILM
the Obama has spoken about, in a very respected sense with lots of
virtue and benefits. So that is what we need to gain knowledge.
But then as with everything, as I said, it comes with its qualities
and characteristics and challenges. So knowledge does the
same thing. That's why he says that what will make your knowledge
benefits beneficial, and it will take you to where it's supposed to
take you is Hashem.
That's why he said, If
your knowledge is united with fear,
he actually says if fear is united with knowledge, meaning if your
knowledge comes
in accompanied by fear, then it is for you. Meaning it is to your
benefits. If not, then your knowledge will actually be against
you, if there's no fear attached to it, will actually be against
you
will actually be against you. Now, the problem is, what kind of fear
are we speaking about here? What does that even mean to you?
Because everybody's trying to gain a bit more knowledge. That's why
you listen to lectures. That's why you're sitting here. We want to
gain closeness to Allah subhanaw taala, we want to learn a bit
more, we want to learn a bit more about ourselves. We don't want
just juicy details. Those are nice. But what we really want is
how can I learn that much more or be reminded by what I say be
reminded of what I was supposed to know. And I do know, but I had
forgotten because humans we forget things. So let's just say that you
have a certain routine, if you get a certain stomachache or a
headache, there's a certain routine right? And you haven't had
a stomachache or a headache for a very long time and used to have
them before in use of a routine and mashallah used to work to help
you alleviate your symptoms. And then what happened is that you
fell ill again after maybe two three years of not having it.
you forgotten what you used to do? Somebody said, Oh, try this. Oh,
yes, I used to do that. It's actually very useful. And usually
you knew that you've actually used it before. When something happens
to your car.
Something happens at home. You knew what to do you do know but
you forget that's why Allah says in the Quran was a clear and
remind for in a way in the thick rotten for all Momineen
Have you noticed that the Sunnah Kira for the Friday prayer for the
province of Assam used to recite in Juma prayer it used to be some
Bhisma and * attack a hadith Allah Shia, so to lie Shia and
what's the first one called
Surah Al Allah. And so the last year now why these two suitors so
I was thinking about them for a while. And what's really
interesting is that in Joomla, Allah, Allah says, First our ILA
decree law, sutra, Joomla says, rushed to the remembrance of
Allah.
And in July you generally have a talk, you have a hot River and you
have some remainder. And then the Sunnah Cara that the Prophet saw
some use to recite generally would be
said be his model be kaleida and *, Otago Hadith, Aloha Shia was
interesting in both of these sources, and you will probably
notice that next time in sha Allah as well, is that in each of these,
there's a command to remind.
Well, was the kill for in the vicarage? And for all what meaning
was the other one
further kill in authority Decra and remind the process has been
told remind, because reminders are beneficial.
reminders are beneficial.
Subhanallah there's a hadith that I've read, and I've probably
taught
and I've never put it into action. It's a certain
While I never put into action, just a few weeks ago, I was
sitting somewhere
and listening in another masjid and they had a little reminder.
And the particular Imam brought up that say, oh Subhan Allah, it is
so appropriate for a certain situation that I was experiencing.
So even though I'd read the Hadith, multiple times, and maybe
even taught it a few times, but we don't connect, so that's why
reminder. So in both of the Surah So in fact, it vichara
remind us of benefit. And in attack a hadith of Asha would say,
what are the key for superhet further cure for in Nama and
thermo, the cure?
And remain because you're the reminder.
You remind? So,
as a reminder for Friday, it's a time to remind, and to take
remembrance. So now what what is this fear?
What kind of fear Do we need when we learn something? What kind of
fear? Do we need? Fear means and if you ask children, what is fear
mean? It's like fear of a lion. Fear of something scary, you want
to run away. You don't want to stick around something scary.
I don't know today, people are weird because they watch horror
movies and they want to stick around and watch more.
And risk the nightmares. I don't know that's a weird psychological
complex. That is definitely not what Allah subhanaw taala has in
mind. That's not what Allah means here. That is not what has she
refers to her share in what is called shame. That's why why he is
translated as fear and the word Harsha
is easily translated most of the time by fear. But I don't agree
with that idea. Because if you look at the definition of fear,
fear is an intensely unpleasant emotion
in response to perceiving or recognizing a danger or threat,
and fear causes psychological changes that may produce
behavioral reactions, such as mounting an aggressive response of
fleeing the threat.
Absolutely nothing to do with this fear that we're talking about
here.
Subhanallah that is definitely not. I mean, fear causes a
freezing response, horror, terror, paralysis, fight or flight.
And it's to do with perception of danger. There's
Okay, while there may be a perception of danger, in the sense
that if I disobey Allah subhanaw taala, then yes, I'm scared of
hellfire. But that's not what Allah wants from us that don't be
afraid of Allah because you're afraid of hellfire. Be afraid of
Allah because you're afraid of displeasing him. Your love should
be so intense.
Your love and affection.
And a desire for Allah to be pleased with you should be so
intense, that you're just fearful of upsetting that you're fearful
of causing a problem, you fear or you're fearful of
your you don't want to risk Allah subhanaw taala being displeased of
you what a different idea.
That is not the I would say that's more reverence and extreme
reverence.
Because that's what happens. And one of the best examples we can
observe of this is that you see children, their mum tells them
off.
And they want to go into the mother's lap. Their mom's telling
them off, generally, when somebody tells you, you want to run away
from them. But if it's the mother telling you off, you want to go
into her lap. And if you're already in the lab, then you want
to hug her and you want to embrace her, as though the
best place to be is that in this fearful situation.
And Allah subhanaw taala is supposed to be greater, more
compassionate, more merciful than the mother. So the idea is the
safest place to be with Allah is back with him
is closer to him. So this is this word is a bit.
If your knowledge is united with fearful reverence, or reverential
fear, I'm struggling here. Hashem,
right?
That you don't want Allah subhanaw taala to be displeased.
We don't want anything to go wrong.
That just marks
our record,
then it is for you, then that knowledge is going to be for you.
Now you see the benefit of that knowledge? Why are we studying
for? Why are we trying to gain something for now for a lot of
people who just study a bit, this might not be a big problem. It
might be relatively speaking because as soon as you become a
bit more knowledgeable within your own circles, you always compare
yourself. Generally look, if you're from a very knowledgeable
circle, you're not going to be without knowledge. Your knowledge
is generally
According to your peers, because knowledge goes around. So if you
now start sitting in the gatherings and learning a bit
more, you're suddenly going to have a bit more knowledge than
your circle of friends. And they're going to start saying, you
know, Manasa, buggy, you know, and this, and you know, you're shaking
now and you're more knowledgeable and so on. What that's gonna do is
that's gonna make you a bit more arrogant. That's why this reverent
fear of Allah is needed to keep us in check that I'm doing this for
myself. I'm not doing this to show off, I'm not doing this to get
praise from people. You know, there's some people they go and
you know, because they find out your score says, Oh, he's a very
big scholar. Right? And you're like, Come on, man. That's
don't even say that. Even if I do have more knowledge, why are you
even saying it for but differences that make let me do what I need to
do with my knowledge. by just saying you got knowledge, this
just sounds like just so boring.
But
everybody needs to be careful with this because we're always
enhancing ourselves, we're always enhancing ourselves. Now, that
also tells you that if the knowledge is there, with that fear
inshallah it will be to your benefit. It says that,
while knowledge without fear,
should you have knowledge without fear? Or should you compare to no
knowledge at all? Should you just stop wanting to learn something?
Because if you learn something, then you better have fear with it.
You better have this reverential fear with it.
Because once you have knowledge, you're taken to a higher task,
you're taken to a higher end account. So should you rather stay
ignorant, they say no, because the person with knowledge generally
eventually should develop the harsher.
You because you learn more about Allah, you learn about more,
what's important. And then you can develop that love, that loving
fear of Allah subhanaw taala. The one who knows and doesn't practice
might be punished a bit more.
But then the person who doesn't know may be punished for not
knowing. I don't know which one's worse? I'd rather know because at
least you've got a chance of getting somewhere with knowledge
than with ignorance. See, at the end of the day, the one who knows
and this doesn't have to be a an island and a Mufti and a shaker it
just means the one who knows that what he's required to know. So
everybody, right that should have knowledge. Says for in the LA
Olympia de missa hula, yesterday, Kobe, Hema for the axon manager
Haley either Turb you got an ignorant person and you've got
somebody who knows something. The person who knows something has a
lamp with him, at least, might not be using it. Yes, some people have
a lamp. It's like a candle. Can you don't be a candle? A candle
destroys itself while it illuminates others. Don't be like
that, that your knowledge destroys you acts against us. While we help
others with it. May Allah protect us from being like that. But at
the end of the day, you've got the light, you can use it in the right
way. So he says the Arlin in his hand is the lamp of knowledge by
which he can easily make amends and make up for whatever he has
lost much more than an ignorant person who doesn't have anything
when they both make Dover.
See a jar Hill who's made Toba he doesn't know now what he should be
making Toba off or what he should be doing. At least a knowledgeable
person will know hey, I've got Qatar prayers. I better do those.
I better make up amends with others the Joe he doesn't know
yet. He's still gonna have to learn. If he doesn't get that
opportunity to learn he's in bigger trouble. So always learn
more. But just along with the learning just temperate. Just keep
it in check with Reverend fear of Allah subhanho wa taala. It says
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beautiful Johanna V center in our workforce.
And more knowledgeable person can sometimes make amends within a
month, more than a job gehele can do in a in a whole year or more.
What could take an ignorant person a year or more to make amends for
and to remove the shortcomings and Adam can do it maybe in you know,
in a month. And again what I mean by Ireland is somebody who knows
about what to do doesn't have to be the one who leads the prayer.
That's why basically in other words, what I explained to you
earlier shakable Hashem Sheikh Abu Hassan assured that he says Allah
Allah mocha Danny Rhodora him
knowledge is supposed to be like money, pounds and dollars and
dinars and theorems. If Allah wants he can benefit you by these
this money that he's given you.
Or he can make you he can harm you by it. So you've got money.
There's two people they both have
Have martial law resources. One person uses it in the right way as
Tofik he's got more than enough to spend on himself and others and
does it and benefits themselves and others by it. And there's
others who just selfishly benefit themselves, actually harm
themselves by thinking their benefit, because they're just
using it in the wrong way.
We all need to see this as an inheritance that the profit or
loss has left for all of us.
Some people take a bigger amount from it, and some people take a
lesser amount from it, because m is the way profits, right of the
Gambia. And this is the only raw the only legacy that has no
arguments about and you can take as much as you want. That's the
amazing thing.
This is legacy that the professor has left for us in abundance,
copious amounts, take as much as you want. You can't there's no
competition here.
But people are argument arguing about the grandfathers and great
grandfathers and grandmothers and fathers. And mashallah, there's a
there's a fire after the person dies, that rages for months and
years.
This is the one you can take freely and nobody wants to take
except a few people.
Take a class, learn something.
Everybody has time these days, two hours a week, just two hours a
week on learn something
not just to be on a serious class, just learn something, read a book
from reliable office, read the Tafseer read the Quran, and that
will inshallah allow the cashier to develop and will become more
knowledgeable.
You'd have to argue about less petty things in sha Allah.
So everybody's an inheritor in that regard. on them, I do discuss
that if you take the knowledge, but you don't act on it, are you
an inheritor?
So some say no, you're not an inheritor. Because you're not
acting on the knowledge. Others say, Look, you are an inherited
but you're a bad inheritor.
Right, because at the end of the day, it's yours, but you've not
done anything with it. So you're a bad inheritor. So there's a good
inherit a bad inherited others, they know you're not even
inherited.
We leave that to Allah subhanaw taala we all want to be inheritors
May Allah subhanaw taala make us inheritors of the Prophet
salallahu alayhi salam with the true knowledge the way the Prophet
saw some of the Sahaba headed Sheikh Abdullah Ganga he
provides
a commentary on this he says, knowledge that is accompanied with
the fear of Allah is beneficial in both this world and next. While
knowledge that lacks such a quality will be harmful in both
abodes.
True religious scholars are distinguished from pseudo
scholars, by this inequality of fear.
It's this inequality of reverent fear that makes the inherited a
true inheritor and a true scholar.
That's why Allah says in the My Yaksha Allah, when everybody he
Allah,
it's only Allah ma, that will actually properly fear Allah so
you have to have knowledge to fear Allah. How are you going to fear
Allah without knowledge, you don't know what you're fearing? shaytaan
make you feel something else. So there's no getting away from this.
You have to learn just learn it properly, and have the right thing
with the letter are devoid of fear on account of their pride, which
is the result of having gained superficial knowledge. Superficial
that is due to the lack of spiritual purity. May Allah
subhanaw taala make this easy for us. A lot of men to Santa Monica
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know, you know, Delaria immunodominant word. Allah, Allah,
Allah have mercy on us. Yeah, Allah forgive us. Yeah, Allah,
your generosity, your mercy, your benevolence, your compassion. Your
kindness is what we ask you for. Oh Allah, Oh Allah, we ask you for
your kindness. We ask You for Your Rama. We asked you for your
mascara of Allah forgive us all. Who Allah purify us all. cleanse
us all of Allah from our years of negligence, our years of
heedlessness our years of crime, are we years of
we ask you forgiveness. For all those sins we have committed the
transgressions that we have done
Oh ALLAH the sins that we have the shortcomings that we have, or
Allah, we ask you forgiveness for sins that have taken blessings
away from us that have taken blessings away from our homes and
our families, the sins that have turned people against one another,
have caused problems in the hearts, the sins that have taken
away the pleasure of our faith, the sins that have taken away the
sweetness of our Eman, the sins that
keep us away from doing good deeds, don't feel don't allow us
to feel good about doing good deeds that turn us and even give
us doubts about our faith of Allah that cause people trembling in
their religion, doubts about their religion, and Oh Allah, sometimes
even close people to leave their faith. And Oh Allah, we ask you
protection from all of these things of Allah there is just so
much confusion out there. There is just so much distraction out
there. There is just so much evil out there. There is just so much
distraction, that the goodness all the goodness out there, and
there's an abundance of goodness becomes veiled and we can't see it
anymore. Oh Allah. Your mana will somehow it will art of Allah
illuminate for us our path, grant us beneficial knowledge and allow
our knowledge to be
a lamp that illuminates us and then helps others as well. Oh
Allah grant us the Hashem that's required of Allah fill our hearts
with the Hashi and your reverence and your all and your love of
Allah allow us to
behold you with reverence of Allah allow us to stand on the day of
judgment and behold you with reference, Oh Allah, allow us to
be entered into Paradise by you entered into your satisfaction
forever, so that you are never unhappy with us. Oh Allah make
that easy for us in this world, grant us that reverence in this
world so that we can have it in the hereafter. Oh Allah.
Remove the difficulties that many people are facing the floods that
have taken place in many countries that oppression and persecution,
other places of Allah the natural and manmade problems that people
are suffering of Allah the sicknesses that people are going
through of Allah the pandemics, the extreme heat in places the
extreme cold in other places, the extreme rain in some places and
the extreme drought, drought in other places. Oh Allah, what do
you have in mind for us, oh Allah allow us to rectify ourselves, so
that we do not come under the brunt of your punishment of Allah
that we are not recipients of your punishment. Oh Allah make us of
those who are part of the armor will model for Nike and Linkara Oh
Allah, those who fulfill the obligations of Allah allow us to
see our shortcomings and to rectify them. Allow us to see our
shortcomings and rectify them. Allow us to do whatever little
good that we do. Oh Allah, we thank you for it. And Allah
forgive us for our defects in it for our shortcomings in it. Allow
us to enhance ourselves. Allow us to be fully purified. Allow us to
be accepted for the service of your deen of Allah bless all of
those who make these gatherings happen. And facilitate them those
who attend them. And oh Allah bless this entire congregation on
this night and allow us to be forgiven and take us to metal for
those Subhanallah bigger popular is at your mercy fauna Salam and
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