Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Sha’rani’s Etiquette of the People of Allah (Final) Lowering Oneself and the Prayer on Good Deeds
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The speakers discuss the negative impact of controlling one's behavior and the importance of testing their intentions to determine success. They also emphasize the benefits of working for the same cause and engendering more virtue in the community. The conversation shifts to the topic of gifts and social media handles, and the importance of forgiveness and learning to read books and take on Islam classes. They also mention a study on the benefits of a certain deed and encourage listeners to take advantage of it.
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That's why he says that when he thought he could kind of lie or
suddenly do it alone it either equally Aslan surdo Subak ill
occur earlier Alladhina hajiman holy that holiness? Well, I'm
Fotona for in the sada or Obama alakina. If so who are
you seen? That is why? In the past times, it used to be only the
major Olia of ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada, who used to sit in such a
position to invite people.
It was such Olia who were completely out of their
selfishness, who'd completely abandoned their selfishness. There
was selfless individuals who used to do this is as as far as people
like us are concerned.
If they go ahead and take a position, then maybe they will
destroy themselves in that position and destroy the people
that are following them. Allah protects us from that.
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We are on the last session of this
section of of the Anwar V. Adobe software of Mr. Chobani. So the
last few adab and etiquette he mentions of the Olia of Allah is
the first one he says here yeah to know who see him vehicle image
listen. Gela Sufi Hema al Muslimeen la cama Alfa Cara Nahum,
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is among the etiquette and the other is for them to see
themselves in any gathering that they attend with the muslimeen
especially if they're with other
seekers of the path of Allah subhanho, wa Taala and aspirants
and earlier
they look at themselves in any such gathering, as being the most
sinful.
So whenever they sit in any gathering, especially when it's
with other righteous people, they always consider themselves to be
the most sinful, full of sins in front of Allah subhanaw taala
then the author says, what could the hook be back in a year and a
code of equal image listen jealous to female Muslimeen Allahumma inni
turn off to be in a day you can be any be any actor Ruhollah is an
omen. Well, according to him higher, what a sweat Ohama other
than for be happy, as well he him a war hero, you fiddly.
So the author himself is saying that i What is beloved to me some
practice that has become beloved to me is that I say in any
gathering in which I sit with other Muslims, I say that, Oh
Allah,
I am confessing in front of you, that I am the most sinful of these
people who are sitting here I am, I have the least higher and
bashfulness. And I have the worst of character and the worst in
etiquette towards you. So at least by the apparent meaning of their
names, forgive me.
By the apparent meaning of the names, forgive me, the benefit of
thinking of oneself as being the greatest sinner inside
is, then it will keep a person away from arrogance, it will keep
a person from looking down upon others, especially for people like
the sheikh who had a lot to offer, who had a lot of knowledge. He had
a huge amount of understanding and profound insight into the deen. So
then, the knowledge of the D knowledge is something that
generally arises it elevates you. And of course that brings about
arrogance in many cases. So if you don't temper that, and control
that with something, then it can be very, very harmful.
So that's why he's saying that for us one person to think that he is
the worst of everybody who is present in the sight of Allah
subhanaw taala.
In if you if you have the most sins and you'd expect to be the
most distant from Allah subhanaw taala That means somebody else is
closer.
That means I shouldn't look down upon another person even though I
have more knowledge than somebody else. Maybe I may have more money
than somebody else. But at the end of the day for Muslims, what
matters is what distance they are from Allah subhanaw taala and how
close they are. So he says that this is what's become believed,
beloved to me that I read this door all the time. Oh Allah, I
confess in front of you that I am the most sinful am
on these people have the least higher and bashfulness and
shyness. And I have the worst etiquette with you. So at least by
the apparent meanings of their names by the apparent names, then
forgive me.
Of course, when you think you've got sins, you ask for forgiveness
from sins. If a person thinks they're very accomplished, they're
not going to ask for forgiveness. So that's another benefit of doing
this. You can say these are tricks of the trade to get the most out
of this. The trade with Allah subhanaw taala. If I use that
term, it's about getting the most profit getting the most out of
this.
Then he moves on and he talks about the second adverb another he
says either aura do a moral or hidden behind him and you have the
Rooney Yetta. Whom
whenever another of the etiquette is that whenever they intend to
command another person to do something good. Command the virtue
brother you should be doing this. You should do this. It's nice to
go for hikes Come on, it's time for you to go for Hajj, you should
do sadaqa you should give this you should start praying maybe you
should do Tahajjud prayer, maybe you should start covering maybe
you should start
doing this good deed or that good deed. Whenever anybody intends to
command another person to any kind of virtue. They first you hurry
Rooney at all. They first
look at their intention. They specify the intention. They look
very considered their intention very carefully. Why am I doing
this?
Why am I telling what's my intention for Obama kind of
Federica ala Dr. Phil if loss maybe there's going to be some
problem in your intention that encroaches on your sincerity that
pollutes your sincerity, adulterated Valium, dahin Muda.
Last enough, so. So anybody who considers to have a class that he
should test himself, he should examine himself should really
investigate whether he has a floss or not Bhima the way to do it, one
of the ways he's saying is be moloto for rocket Gemma i to who
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Umrah, who are who have the enough c'est la in 2000 amarilla it maybe
here he's speaking about somebody who is kind of more in a
leadership position, a speaker, a somebody who teaches. So he's
saying that for such a person to test themselves, the way they
should look. And this can work in an Isaac or an MSA kind of
situation as well. You know, wherever you are, even if it's at
work, and you have a masala you have a prayer place at work. And
generally, you're the person who's always pushed forward to give the
hotbar or make Salado or in your family, for example, when you have
family get together and you're praying at home, for example, you
know, going into the masjid, then they will put you first everybody
looks upon you as the guide, because you're the most
knowledgeable person, maybe in your family are considered the
most religious person. So now, you can see how widespread this is.
This is not just for scholars who speak in massage or doing programs
or anything like this, this could be in any situation, how does such
a person rectify the class? How does one do that? He says,
the way they should test themselves is to think to imagine
that if the group that's listening to him, if they suddenly disperse
if they were to disperse and go to somebody else
will that affect you?
Meaning if they were to start going to somebody else, and
getting guidance from them and leaving you and abandoning you,
will that affect you or not? For me, or if it does affect you, and
you feel jealous of the other person? Now one is you feel like
you know, what did I maybe I said something wrong or something like
that, to learn from something like this, but only is when you feel
jealous why they got to that person for for Amaroo, who were
who they helped enough. See, if you do feel bad about it, then it
means all of your commanding and all of your invitation everything
to the good and it was for your own self, not for Allah. La
indefinately amarilla he to Allah, not out of obedience to Allah
subhanaw taala so just imagine that if every one of you today go
somewhere else for us, Joe,
what's going to happen?
Right.
So a person needs to be considered about that
very deep, insightful advice that he's providing all sorts of
different levels.
That's why he says that when he that he could kind of lay the
solderless light out of equally answering sub Subak in a car with
a holier Alladhina halogen holder that holds all enough's well. What
I'm so Dona for in the solder or rubella Halycon. If so, who at bar
is in that is why in the past Hi
James it used to be only the major only of ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada, who
used to sit in such a position to invite people.
It was such Olia who were completely out of their
selfishness, who had completely abandoned their selfishness. They
were selfless individuals who used to do this is as as far as people
like us are concerned.
If they go ahead and take a position, then maybe they will
destroy themselves in that position and destroy the people
that are following them. Allah protects us from that.
Because our state is maybe worse than history, the state of his
time, and who he is speaking about. Allah subhanho wa Taala
protect us may Allah may Allah grant us if last at least if we
don't have your fullest and may Allah subhanho wa Taala protect
all those who listen. And all those who benefit may Allah allow
people to benefit and grant us a philosophy because of the sadaqa
of a few people who are inspired May Allah subhanaw taala also
grant us refuge and grant a success and salvation in the
Hereafter.
And then he says another of the adobes rod do Cooley Maya T him
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He says they will normally reject any gifts that come any gifts or
awards or anything that comes from the wealth of governess.
Now, this is talking about generally an Islamic state system,
not the Islamic State of this time, but the general Islamic
system in which you have Muslim governors. Now generally what will
happen with scholars is that
they will try to get the scholars on their payroll in essence, give
them lots of gifts, pamper them and so on so that they don't speak
out against the scholars.
Maybe whatever the intention is, but he says that the other of the
Olia is not to accept any mal any wealth of the governors, because
generally it is mixed up in Haram, or at least doubtful. Why? Because
they may have confiscated something, it's a power position.
It's a position of power in which people aren't very careful, very
few people can be very careful in such positions to not take
anything. You've just seen the recent revelations of that bank in
Panama, and how certain heads of states have to had to resign, just
because of the revelations that are made. I mean, this is talking
about in this time when things are supposed to be recorded, when
things are supposed to be very apparent, apparent, but human
deception will always be there. So you've seen how much embarrassment
is brought to so so many people in prominent positions. So that's
exactly what he's saying. He's saying that to accept from such
people is haram.
They will never accept because it's mixed up with haram, it is
doubtful issues.
Yes, there have been cases where some have accepted depending on
who they are. They have been some decent individuals in the past
decent leaders in the past following few, but few and far in
between all of them. But there have been. But this is the general
idea.
That that's why Mr. Muhammad would really say that it was better when
I had the three colleagues to deal with who against me. At least I
wouldn't have to be forced to accept their gifts. They were all
against me. They were punishing me for my beliefs. And then when it
was the fourth Khalifa motiva kill Billa, who used to
like him a lot, insisted it come and stay at the Royal Palace for a
number of days and Imam Muhammad found it so difficult. He couldn't
eat a thing. So eventually they had to send him back home because
he was going to he was going to be suffering in an immense way
because he just wouldn't eat anything. And he said that this
fitna is greater than the previous fitna of being persecuted by them.
These were real people. These were people who had a big personal
discipline
like really well in control of themselves for a higher purpose.
Unfortunately for us, we have too many lower purposes that have to
be fulfilled.
May Allah help us to overcome them, and only the higher purpose
with Allah subhanaw taala. That to remain the only thing
based on the earlier point that I made
the author in another book lotto a full minute, he mentioned
something else. He says there that lotto a full million lotto if
means subtleties, and Minun is the plural of Mina. Mina is a gift of
Allah divine gift. So he's saying these are the subtleties of the
divine gifts. That's his book. It's quite a large book, probably
more than 300 pages or so. He says that when we Mammon Allah
What about aquatera? BVRLA? Yeah, among those things that Allah
subhanaw taala has favored me with is far here because Alicia is in a
war is in baraza Fie, fie harati or sobre el taki to us, HERBIE
Alladhina. Colonel holy, we're hidden back there were hidden
hatherleigh mu lamium? How will you mean homework ahead, we'll
have the whole Lachman Camillia halacha region.
He says that among those things that Allah has favored me and
bestowed me with is my happiness and joy with all those show you,
or preachers who appear in my area, and then start to pick away
pick up my companions, people who sit with me,
from around me, one by one,
until nobody remains with me.
He says, I'm extremely satisfied when somebody does that they're
doing my job for me.
Basically, if you have the right intention,
then in that case, you get their reward as well.
And he says that this particular characteristic is from one of the
most complete characteristics of men. It's a very difficult
the personal emotions that will come about in our regard.
Generally, people will be jealous of such people are angry with such
people.
But he said, I'm happy with this.
See, if somebody else is mashallah also giving some wealth and
helping others preaching, speaking, guiding, you're doing
the same thing, it's not a business,
I get more profit. You know,
the idea is that you're taking people to Allah. So if you're
happy that somebody else is taking them, you get the reward as well.
We're both working for the same cause.
We're both working for the same cause. So let him do it as well.
Let me do it as well. That way we engender more virtue in the
community. If it's only me, there's only a certain number of
people are going to come to me.
But somebody else he is going to have a following. The people may
resonate with him because he has a different style that we're a lot
of data is based on style and what people are used to what people can
resonate with, because some people may find a particular speaker to
be too harsh, too soft. They have these weird, various criticism. So
the more people that are doing it, it creates more virtue in the
community.
At the end of the day, the benefit comes back to us because the
virtue of the community comes back to everybody.
That's why Mr. Wu Hanifa Rahim Allah used to give numerous gifts
to the scholars of his of Kufa.
He used to shower them with gifts
he says another of the adab
is either a cold wind that I had in Oshodi Whoo, whenever they
gone, eat by somebody or they go and drink by somebody, somebody
feeds them something gives them something to drink a cup of tea
coffee or something like this.
Then they will generally make this dua whenever eating by somebody
else they will make this to our Allahumma incarna Khanna who are
in the app dico Shebna, who Halon for sale. Are they woodsy Hira.
We're in Qatar haram and OSHA baton furtherfield Lana wala who
what are the ANA has her Butterbeer at yo Monica Yama,
South Dakota, Minnesota Karateka Elena are hammer rahimian Because
remember, there was an earlier point where he says they were very
careful about Halal haram.
So in this case, they would make this dua whenever eating with
somebody or by somebody their food, Oh Allah, if that which I'm
eating by the servant of yours or that which I'm drinking, if it is
halal, then give him expansion in it and give him a goodly reward.
And if it is haram, or it has a doubt, it is doubtful, then
forgive me and forgive him and be satisfied or satisfy on our
behalf, satisfy on our behalf. The people who have the rights on the
Day of Judgment. Meaning if this food or drink that I'm eating
actually is owned by somebody else because the money was taken
unfairly, deceptively or however it was wrongfully. Then on the day
of judgment that's going to come back to haunt the person. So
that's why he's saying that look, forgive him if that's the case,
and the people who are owed
And then satisfy them on our behalf on the Day of Judgment, as
a sadaqa, from your sadaqat as a charity, satisfy them on our
behalf
as a charity among your charity upon us, almost Merciful of the
merciful ones. So they're always very careful about everything.
Because you can't tell when somebody else's food where it
comes from, you can tell yours There's only so much precaution
you can take without upsetting people and so on and so forth. So
then they make this dua
and the last point that he makes, this is the last of his etiquette
that he mentions here is either Ira Do or do whole family made a
lot of money, Saudi Arabia kulana Bill Cosby, him early Sunday,
whenever they want to do any good deed, any pious righteous deed or
they whatever that deed baby, they will generally say either in their
heart or they will say with their tongue now methodic Oh, Nakul
daddy, Mt. thanon the America Molana or Mola Cali Mojo then want
the Haiku? And he says what he had the hill Karima Thielen alim.
He says among the etiquette is also that whenever when they want
to embark upon any good deed, they say, either with their heart or
they pray this, they make this dua with their tongue, that we are
doing this or saying this out of obedience to you. We're doing it
because you've commanded such so we're doing it out of your
obedience. Oh, our Mola,
our Master and the Master of every existent thing. And you are their
Creator. He says that this formula, this da has great
benefits, has immense benefit, because you're essentially saying
that look, this deed that I'm doing, I'm doing it because you'd
like this to be done and it's something that I'm doing out of
following your command. So then you're telling Allah look, I'm
doing it for you.
And then you're saying, our Master, at the end of the day,
everything is in your hands, you are our Master, you're in control
of us, and you're the master of all existence things. So let it be
blessed basically, and you're the creator of everything is it has
huge benefit, huge effect very positive for either for Rahu
Minho, and then whenever you finish doing the deed, then
Hamidullah is a hello home lyric. Either a HUD home is a HUD home
lymphatic was stowford Allah mean tuxedomoon Vitara Thammarat then
they will do two things after finishing. They will then praise
Allah because Allah consider them worthy of that action.
That's a bounty on its own. Then they will seek forgiveness from
Allah or any shortcoming in it. Oh Allah, thank you very much for
letting me do this. It's an absolute honor. And I seek your
forgiveness from any mistakes I made during this Hajj. For
example, they would say this three times. And he says that what could
have been really cool. The following dua has been made
beloved to me. This is something I practices a StuffIt Allah Haleem
mean toxicity if equally riba either in Farsi, a stuffy hola
hola Aleem in toxicity, if equally are a burden, either in Farsi, I
seek refuge in I seek forgiveness, from Allah, the mighty from all of
my shortcomings in every a bother.
I seek this forgiveness, the number as the number of my
breaths.
So that's how much forgiveness that I seek. So it's $1, but it's
a continuous kind of door. And then he finishes off by saying,
well, that will owe me cathedral turn, can I target them?
The etiquettes of this blessed group, numerous as has passed, as
we read, off you have recorded at fire. But in what we mentioned,
there is sufficiency is sufficient. We've said so many
already. While hamdulillahi rabbil aalameen. And all praise is to
Allah, Lord of the Worlds. That's how he finishes this. This final
section of the book, he has one small section that is left, which
is about the other vicar. Those agreed upon etiquette of how to do
vicar of Allah subhanho wa Taala Inshallah, that will be our final
session. We'll do that in our next session. But I do want to mention
here that may Allah subhanaw taala, grant us the trophy, and
reward us for going through this reward us by allowing us to adopt
these other human character to improve ourselves in our
interaction with others in our humanity, in our behavior, in our
conduct, in our character and in our worship.
especially our character and conduct with ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada
and make this beneficial for us and make this sadaqa jariya for us
and also allow this to be a sadaqa on the day of judgment and a means
of closeness to Allah subhanaw taala and His Messenger sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam May Allah reward the author abundantly for bringing
these things up. And may Allah subhanaw taala grant in the
highest places in general for those fill his grave with node,
and may Allah subhanaw taala also reward all of those who
facilitated this class, and who, those who have attended this
class, and those who listen to it, wherever they are, around the
world. May Allah subhanaw taala give us all a part of this and
make this also a sadaqa for our parents, and in sha Allah for the
baraka and blessing of our progeny until the dirt Day of Judgment,
wealthy with Darwin and Al hamdu, Lillahi Rabbil Alameen.
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