Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – The Only Unselfish Companion [Hikam 135 Continued]
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Bismillah Al Rahman Rahim Al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen
wa Salatu was Salam ala UD Mursaleen. While he also be a
Baraka was seldom at the Sleeman Kathira on Isla Yomi Deen, Amma
bad Shala with the continuation of our book of heckum of Ignite auto
Illa al Eskandari. We continue Heckman number 135, which had
begun last time we covered the first half of it last time.
So, in this one, he said, Man Sahiba, 11 Sahiba. Big bigger
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No one is a companion of yours except the one who while knowing
your defect, or defects is still your companion. And that is only
your generous load. So that part we covered last time that only
Allah subhanaw taala is the one who can fulfill this criteria,
that he knows everything about us. He knows more than we know about
ourselves, every defect of ours every shortcut coming, every
weakness, but he's still there for us whenever we need him, as long
as we call out to him.
Even when we don't call out to him. He's still nurturing us, he's
still supplying us, he's still facilitating for us. He's still
giving us the energy, the power,
the nourishment, the life and everything. And then the next part
of this is the best one to take on as a companion is he who does not
seek you out for the sake of something coming from you to him,
your best companion will be the one
the one you can take as a companion should be the one who's
with you, not because they gain anything from you. But because
they would like to give you
and that's a tough one. From the previous one, when we've
understood that there can't be anybody who can really truly
fulfill the definition of a true companion. It's only Allah
subhanho wa taala. So now this is this second part provides a better
understanding of the reality of companionship. What should
companionship really be about? Once a true companion once we've
understood that a true companion is the one who should be our
companion, even when they discover bad things about us? While knowing
bad things about us, they're still willing to stay with us. When I
say bad things, I mean weaknesses. Of course, anybody who stays with
us, and supports us if we're aggressive or oppressive,
or cheating somebody then that's not what this is speaking about.
This is talking about our human traits, human weaknesses, human
failings and shortcomings. So that's Allah subhanaw taala. Now,
what is the reality of this relationship? Why is Allah
subhanaw taala, the best companion that you can have and not just the
best, but the only proper companion, our responsibility is
to try to understand this reality, understand this reality, the more
we understand it, the more it's going to be possible that we make
this a reality that Allah subhanaw taala then becomes our main
companion.
And everything we do just relies on him.
But then there's going to be a responsibility with that. That
comes with responsibility because Allah subhanaw taala is not just
any companion, he's our Lord.
So that means there's going to have to be other etiquette and for
this companionship ship to be a reality, for us to really make it
a true companionship.
But a true relationship, that we have to
show that other than that decorum and the etiquette that respect the
honor and everything that is due to Allah subhanaw taala we discuss
some of that last time.
So this companionship quality is only found in Allah subhanaw taala
who can do as he wishes now, about Allah there's no way you can
constrain Allah pressure Allah in any way whatsoever like you could
do to others you can with others, you can make them feel guilty.
Sometimes you can put some pressure on them. Why don't you
come with us? Or come on you never come with us. Come on. You have to
come with us. This time. I always come with you. When you go, I'm
always there for you. Why? Why don't you come with Allah subhanho
wa Taala is totally al Majeed, Eleni al Hamid, you know, Allah
subhanho wa Taala has all of these. He's Alpha Lima. You read
he does literally can do whatever he wishes, under no constraints
from anybody.
Because when Allah subhanaw taala loves somebody. He loves somebody
not because of any cause.
He loves somebody because he wants to love them.
Nobody can force Allah to love them. Allah does as he wishes, he
is completely the independent agent does doing whatever He
wills.
And Allah can hate whoever he wants.
Of course, Allah doesn't do things arbitrary. There's always a reason
that Allah has for doing things, but it's up to him.
And
whenever he doesn't like somebody, for whatever they do, then there
is no harm that he would ever be threatened by.
Sometimes when you declare enmity with somebody, there's always some
fear about what they may do to you. What negative consequence
might come up to you, if you show somebody a bit of hatred, or you
show somebody a bit of opposition with Allah subhanaw taala, he has
no such fear. What I'm trying to say is that when he's going to
love somebody, it's going to be a very, very pure love. It's not
going to be based on any other reason. Allah subhanaw taala can
bring close to him, whomever he wishes without any deed on their
part.
I mean, this isn't to say that don't do anything, just hope for
that to happen. We do deeds, so we expect to get closer to Allah to
show him that we're interested.
And as the Hadith promises that anybody who does fulfill all of
these things, the obligations to start with, then they've entered
into that court, then they can get closer and closer to Allah, until
Allah begins to love them.
And then Allah takes over everything of their, of everything
of this, he disposes for them.
And of course, Allah subhanaw taala can distance whoever he
wishes.
So Allah says in surah, Lambie, Allah use Alam Maya file well whom
use alone verses of the Quran that we need to keep in mind and
refresh our faith with, nobody can question him about anything he
does. But remember, they will be questioned. And this is it's when
people don't understand this relationship or this status, the
human status, Allah status, God status, that they get confusing,
and they try, they get confused, and they start thinking, most of
the confusions about faith, they come because they don't really
understand most of the confusions that I've heard about faith, where
somebody is supposed to be a Muslim, born as Muslim or
whatever, and then they get doubts is generally because they don't
really understand that they can impute on Allah, similar things
that they will deal with other people and assess other people by
because Allah is not a human being he is our Creator.
And I know we live in a world where there's a lot of
responsibility, liability, and obligation. So companies even have
an obligation, at least in the West, because companies are also
held people are employees, they sue their they sue their
employers,
purchases, consumers of products, they can sue companies for getting
something wrong.
So while that may be a good thing, that is definitely a good thing,
because in other places where such law, the law is not implemented,
then people get away with murder. Right? So while that's a good
thing, but what it does to people is that they think everybody is
accountable, including God,
that even God is accountable. There's also one nation of people
who were massacred in the past. So while
in one of the camps or the prisons, they even held a mock
trial with Allah as the defendant,
and then the guilt and then and then after that they had lawyers
from both sides, enacted this whole thing.
And the lawyers from both sides, one arguing for Allah and one
argument against Allah and then eventually the judge gave the
decree that God is guilty
for this persecution
because they're just looking at it through a human system, which is a
man made system.
So until a man human being does not recognize that God is beyond
all of that, they never gonna get close to Allah, they, that's just
very difficult, because they just don't have the faintest clue of
who Allah is then.
For Allah is just somebody else like us, that can be held to the
same laws.
Same responsibilities. Then you're denying the Quran, Allah says law.
You said one Maya file.
He can't be questioned law. You said he can't be questioned for
what he does, but they will be questioned. They're the
responsible ones. They are accountable ones. He is the
ultimate Lord, the God the Creator. The law setter, the law
giver, the legislator, the Sharia.
Allahu Akbar, Allah goes on circle anon. Verse 112. Allah says,
When OSHA or a book mafia
Allu had your Lord wanted, they would never have done that.
This is showing how much more control Allah has, that they would
never be able to do something if Allah had not willed that they do
it. Now there's a bit of an Akita issue here Aki, the from a
theological perspective, but the reality here is that Allah
subhanaw taala because he's given free will to people because we
He's made us such that we will be punished for the wrongs we do, and
rewarded for the goods that we do. The good that we do, for that he
has he gave us free will. So that that makes it justifiable in even
in our sites, because we all experience freewill. So
because of that, we have choice. So when we do something wrong, we
know we've done it wrong. So there's I mean, we have to feel
accountable at some level, because nobody is forced to do wrong. The
others may force them but they still have a choice of whether
they want to oblige or not. That's why one of the poets or one of the
poet said enquanto, V, HK Mishri, ITRC. And
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This is a you'd have to really understand this. I don't want to I
don't want people to get confused about this. I'll just translate.
He said, If according to the ruling of the Sharia, if I am
disobedient, if I'm
charged to being disobedient because I missed the prayer, or I
committed something haram now the biller, right. So from a Sharia
perspective, I am disobedient, right? Put my hand up disobedient.
But if I look at it from the reality perspective, that nothing
in this world happens except what ALLAH wills, then in that sense,
I'm just obedient.
But that obedience is not going to get us anywhere. Because that's
just the fact that Allah has given us freewill. And He lets us enact
whatever we want to do with our freewill. Otherwise, if we
couldn't, then how could we be punished or rewarded for the good
or bad we do? That choice would be gone. So freedom of choice. And
then having a reward and punishment system can only work if
we've got a choice. And when I decide, when somebody decides to
do something good, they can do it. Generally speaking, you know,
within the limitations. And if somebody wants to do something
bad, they can do it, if everything is conducive to that situation.
So there's, there's people who want to go to the bar, to the pub,
to commit Zina, or whatever it is, that happens.
Because Allah allows it, he doesn't like it. It's against his
command. It's against what he loves. And he's not going to be
happy with that at all. But if that's what you want to do, okay,
we've given you the power to, I'll give you this car, it's full of
petrol. You can take it for wherever you want. Now you decide
where to go with it. It's just like that Allah is giving us the
energy to do that.
But in reality, everything is in the hands of Allah.
Now, how does that benefit us? The way that benefits is that we get
the several verses in the Quran. Allah says, We put a seal on their
heart, Furby Marchesa, but because of what they did, there are deeds
that we do or do us that we make
that then bring in a lot of good fortune. So I know so many stories
of people who wanted to do bad
in a moment of weakness, but they ended up not doing it.
Some factor came in to protect them,
not protect them, like somebody can stop them as such,
necessarily, although that could happen. But they just fell sick.
So they couldn't go.
Something else happened, got canceled, or something like that.
That happens because of Baraka
street students of knowledge, they're studying knowledge, but
they've got a weakness. And I've seen some of them being protected
because of that they couldn't think of any other reason why they
wanted to do a haram
and sometimes because of some
some bad statement of bad Adam,
that somebody has made about Allah. They get deprived of good
doing good deeds, and they just don't realize I don't feel like
praying anymore. I can't wake up a virgin anymore.
And they wondering, because they're not all bad. But they're
not very they're not fully educated either.
Meaning they don't know Allah enough. And they don't know their
Deen enough. They want to be practicing, but there's not enough
understanding and Gnosis and mighty for of Allah. So because of
that they sometimes say a bad statement about Allah or the
religion or the deen not thinking too bad about it as the Hadith
mentions that sometimes a human being makes a statement by which
he falls this many years into hellfire.
because it's Hellfire is a big place. It's the distances are
measured in years.
And it sounds a bit weird for us. But that's how that's how the
discussion is in about paradise.
Because of one single word that they did not consider to be
serious.
That just tells us that we need to be extremely careful when it comes
to Allah.
And you're in doubt about something, then you just abstain.
And then you ask that, is this something I can think about in
this way? Is this the way this needs to be understood? What's the
background to this, because what that could do, if we're lacks in
that regard, is that it may then prevent us it may attract the
anger of Allah subhanaw taala. So then our good deeds
will be stopped. That's why the aroma of spirituality will tell us
that bad deeds come from three places.
One is we know from the shaytaan.
The Whispers l was was still Honda's us with Sophie
slipperiness, that's known.
Generally, the way you figure that out, is that if you ever feel like
doing a new sin, like a new idea,
somebody comes to you, then that's shaytaan lineagen, that's quite
clear. The second place where sins can come from is the knifes and
generally the way you can generally tell that is where it's
a habitual sin.
It's just an addiction, it's like an addiction is that is what an
addiction is, the brain has become hardwired to find,
to release its
excitement, chemicals, when you do that. So when you feel like doing
that, it's jarred enough, of course shaytaan can bear to create
the whispers to and then enough, just takes over. And the third
one, they say is the anger of Allah.
Because he's angry, we can't turn to good.
We just can't turn to good. The knifes then just takes over. It's
a bit more complicated than that. But that's the general idea. So
that's why one of the things that people need to really worry about,
especially today when there's just so many ideas out there,
alternative ways of thinking, so called new ways of thinking,
progressive ways of thinking that what we're doing is if it's not
based in the Quran and Sunnah.
And if it is not something I mean Islam is
a perennial religion, goodness, monotheism, true understanding of
the Oneness of Allah, and the reality of Allah. This is
something that human beings have been taught throughout the ages,
through the various messengers and the prophets. So that core idea of
who Allah is, is something that is as old as humanity.
In fact, every human being, every human being that has come on this
earth and will come on this earth has gone through exposure to Allah
subhanaw taala, before they even come into this world, as Allah
mentions in the Quran,
when Allah created Adam Ali salaam, and then extracted all of
his progeny and then manifested himself in front of us that aren't
I your Lord, and they said, Of course you are.
So that's something obvious. Now, if anything is trying to change
that, you have to be very, very, very careful.
Sometimes what happens is that because we see weaknesses,
in our
workings in our culture, in our surroundings, and our environment,
in, in our surroundings, in the way we lead our religious life,
there's always going to be some weaknesses because the best nation
was the one with the Prophet salallahu Salam, which is the
Sahaba how Eurocom Kearney, Thumbelina Luna home, from Molina
Luna home. So the best of the generations was the generation of
the Sahaba, they had the best teacher who could always clarify
to them as he did, then it was the ones after them, and then the ones
after them, and that just shows the progressive deterioration.
Now, we I don't know how many generations after that.
I mean, in my isnaad, of the Quran of heads of the Quran to the
Prophet Cyrus, and there's about 30 or 31 people.
So that's minimum 31 to 40 generations 30 to 40 generations.
That is how much lower we are than the Sahabas generation.
Collectively speaking, there will always be good people, nobody ever
to reach the level of the sahabi there's always going to be some
good people, or whoever wants to be good, but collectively
speaking, you're not going to get the environment of the Sahaba or
the Allahu Anhu with the Prophet sallahu them in their midst and
the likes of Al Bukhari, the Allahu Anhu walking around
and aroma or the Allah and I mean, where are you going to get that
from
You will get people who will remind us of them, but never at
the same level.
So it's not to say that everybody is going to be bad, just
collectively speaking, we've got less opportunity in that sense.
So, one has to be very careful. And this is a very important
message, one has to be very careful about what they think.
So when we see those weaknesses in our community or whatever, where
some people like to find solutions, not everybody, most
people are just passive individuals just carry on.
Everybody's doing here, but they will do whatever they they will
backbite as without even realizing it's wrong. They will if there's a
certain you know, certain new idea, people will take it on, but
there will always be a few, there will always be a a group, who will
think about who will ponder it will analyze it, and then they get
split into to some will understand the reality of it because they
know Allah, you know, they've got that background. They've got the
vicar or whatever it is that Allah Allah is bounty and his Sophie's,
they'll get it right. So they'll abstain, try to one others.
They'll try to find a positive solution.
But sometimes, they will be considered to be backwards,
not in
tune with the times. Not everybody who is charged with that is going
to be who I'm saying, because sometimes some people are
definitely not in tune with the times. But then there's going to
be another group who will find solutions with all sincerity, but
it will be shaytaan issue solutions. Shaytan is everywhere.
In the sense that if there's no thicker, generally I believe that
if somebody is doing sufficient thicker and they have the Dini
understanding they've tried to study the deen, you know, to the
best of their ability. I don't think those people will fail.
Right? I don't think so. Because if you're doing vicar remembering
Allah and you're studying the deen, what more can you do to be
protected? If you're studying the deen with reliable scholars,
reliable people and you're studying the thicker and you're
doing the thicker under reliable people of Allah? What more can you
want? You can't have the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam, because
we're not in his generation. But this is the way to get be in the
company of the Prophet salallahu alayhi salam. So I don't think
what more you can have.
Yes, we've had scholars who have deviated without the Dhikr of
Allah. We've had people who've done dhikr of Allah, but they've
deviated because they didn't have not have any scholarship. They
were just mere worshipers and devotees.
But generally, if somebody is throughout their life, taking a
course and that's why
I always suggest that you've got your whole life. Just because
when you were young, now you're 40 years old, 35 years old, 50 years
old. You've got children, maybe grandchildren, you got business,
you got work, you're settled. You can't go out to study the dean,
formally
to such and such a university, your mother is our dark blue more,
whatever the case is, that's fine.
What you can do is you can just take some courses according to
your convenience. There's lots of those courses available. Allah has
made it easy now. Lots of those courses available online now. Just
take one course a year.
You got a full time job. That's fine. Take one course a year, a
weekend course evening course two days a week, three days a week.
Learn some theory. If your theory is
lacking, learn some Hadith.
You don't have to study sight sight. You don't have to study
sigh. Sahil Buhari first, you can start with zero thought Libyan
provisions for the seekers, Riyadh, the Saudi Hain and some
other books that others may be teaching. And then eventually,
maybe one day will come you know, maybe in 20 years or even 10 years
or whatever, that you may even be able to, you know, you'll get to
study sahih al Bukhari.
The reason I say that is resaleable has a lot of advanced
narration that could need reconciliation, putting into
perspective and a lot more commentary than you need in the
other side of him, for example. So you got the whole life to study,
just because you couldn't do six years of formal study, four years
as a degree somewhere, you know, in Islamic studies or whatever,
that doesn't matter. You got your whole life. Maybe if you're
sincere. Dua, Allah subhanaw taala accepts and you make that dua
maybe by the time we're ready to go in our grave that we will be
considered an arm of some sort.
But at least we'll be more in tune more illuminated,
more educated, more in connection with
The theme
and the more we learn, Inshallah, the more we will stay away from
fitten, temptations, trials, misunderstandings, confusions,
which is literally just plaguing the world today. So going back to
the main point here, one of the reasons why people get deprived or
go in the wrong direction is because of certain blasphemous
ideas and, and maybe certain deeds that they do which are so serious
Allah takes them so seriously
that he just prevents any kind of
facilitation for us afterwards in the right direction, then we don't
even know why. And Subhan Allah there are people who used to be
very practicing and then suddenly they just don't know why they just
can't get back into it. May Allah subhanaw taala keep us preserved.
I'm I'm scared about this all the time.
You know, I'm scared about this all the time that we get deprived,
and on our deathbed, we don't get the columella ilaha illAllah. Then
what was the benefit of everything that we've done in our life?
I said, another verse in Surah, two, right, Allah says, Lo,
unknowing, masha Allah hula hiddenness a gem here, if Allah
wills he could have made the whole humanity the whole system
different. You could have said okay, all of you are just going to
be guided carbene would never have killed Hobie
you know,
if Allah wants to death would have just taken place. Normally there
would be no murder in the world, there'd be no Zina in the world,
it just work very smoothly in that sense.
In fact, if that was the case, maybe there would be no need. I
mean, Allah knows best there would be no need for Allah to have taken
other medicine out of paradise, you would have just created people
in paradise and left them in paradise. And I said, That's what
I choose to do. Subhan Allah Allah has already done that. By the way.
He's got the hotel info paradise, they are in paradise, they've got
no question. They've got no
nothing to worry about. They are in paradise Hollis. There are the
real man, the the you know, the young the boys in paradise that
the young males in paradise that will be there.
That's a creation Allah created for Paradise. They don't have
choice. You know?
I don't know, you know, we have choice, would you want not to have
choice?
Sometimes Subhanallah people have been like over Cardian, to say
that I'd rather be this plant
to be just consumed by a sheep or a goat. And not have to deal with
this life. Sometimes you could say that in frustration in a state
that okay, I wish I SubhanAllah. But there are pleasures to be to
be had, you know, the human being? If they do well, they have the
highest sense of reward from Allah. So it's not wasted, it's
not redundant.
It's definitely not redundant.
Maybe safer. But then why not take the potential and get somewhere?
If you're willing to be a safe just the leaf to then just perish
with nothing? Or an animal to then become dust?
Whatever.
Allah wants to have to ask him earlier, high aspiration
to get something.
So why not ask Allah for that to get somewhere?
May Allah make it easy? So this verse says, if Allah wilt, he
could have just guided everybody.
But somebody's gonna say, why didn't you do that, you know, in a
lot of the theological
confusions that people have, which leads people to agnosticism or on
the verge of atheism and things like that, is because when God if
he loves these creatures, why doesn't he just, why does he let
you sin? Why does he let you do the wrong?
See, this confusion comes from a place of this false sense of
reality. Reality is there, there's evil in the world.
And this idea that God is just merciful is a is rooted in
Christianity, but unfortunately, a lot of Muslims start having this
question.
Allah is merciful, very merciful, beneficent, loving, but he's also
many other things. And he does, according to His names, 99 and
beyond. He has these things come about in the world. We just have
to make sure that
he's given us ways to attract the mercy and that's, you know, we
have to try to do that. And people who don't they can't just
complain.
Okay, so now you understand. When the poet said that in according to
the Sharia if I have done something disobedience, it done
Some disobedience. But in the real reality of the matter, I've just
obeyed. Because
that is, but that's not something that we're going to be accountable
for. You know, you can't argue with Allah, you wanted me to do
this.
Because everybody knows that when they've done something wrong, they
wanted to do it. And if they've made a mistake, they can just do
it over and say, Oh, Allah made a mistake, Allah is going to forgive
them Inshallah, anyway.
That's why going back to our main theme today, the best one that you
can have as your companion
is going to be your Lord.
Now, if you want him as your companion, he is now seeking from
you, he is demanding rather from you that you be in His presence.
Otherwise, what's the point of a companion, if you can't be with
them, so you need to be and the wonderful thing about Allah
subhanaw taala that you could be with everybody else in the world
and still be in the presence of Allah, you don't have to go
anywhere to be in His presence.
Yes, you come and you pray salads, you're in the house of Allah. But
that doesn't mean that when you're at work, you can't be in His
presence.
Your hands and your body is focused on doing your work. But
Allah just wants our heart to be connected with him and we're in
his presence, even when we're working.
You may want to do a game of football
or soccer, because you just need some exercise, you need that
refreshment, that is fine. But your heart is with Allah.
So you're in His presence.
Because Allah subhanaw taala wants you for his love.
And that love that he wants you for that companionship of love He
wants from you, not because you're gonna give anything to him or he
needs anything from you, he needs to be validated by us.
It's actually just, if that happens
you know, there's
there's some people you can maybe relate to this, that there's
certain individuals, you just want their relationship because you
know them to be good and virtuous. So you don't want anything from
them. You just want you feel validated yourself that they've
accepted you as different
you know Alhamdulillah
you know, you're not going to get anything from them but what you're
getting from them is just this self validation.
But from Allah we're gonna get so much more than that.
So the question is, then if you ask yourself that if Allah was
there to be a companion, for anybody and everybody, nobody can
stop you.
Meaning nobody can take that place. There's enough space Allah
is enough for everyone.
Then why would you abandon him and put your entire focus on gaining
comfort in others? So I mean, some people looked at this in a bit
more of a graphic fashion, right? Take it however you want. It said
generally be nurse digit home aka rib, because experience people I
mean, we we've already experienced people you will find that some of
them are scorpions. They'll bite you. The time is right
now if you want so he said then says for either turn up the search
bar if you want a true companionship first. Hey, Bill it
Fein Alladhina Yoon he'll do Kahaluu home. Where do you look at
Allah Allah He Mikado home. If you really want to complain, then find
some Olia. Find those who are known as of Allah. Right. And
those he describes in which we've done a heck of a hikma about it as
well, which is that it's those people who their, their state,
just the way they are, they remind you about Allah, they spa inspire
you. And when they speak, that reminds you, it indicates towards
Allah subhanaw taala. Another way to look at this is that
when you are when you're trying to find a companionship,
it's difficult to get this concept of being a companion of Allah. And
I think the way I understand that very simply
is that it's
that we're always thinking about because the command is who you
always think about who you remember who you tried to do good
for the best friend of yours. You see, the one that you really are
going to feel something about are those who remember you and do
things for you or thinking about you even when
they're not in front of you is not for sure. You can tell that. Now
the thing is Allah subhanho wa Taala he sees us all the time
anyway. So the next best thing that we can focus on in the world
is the Olia of Allah
because in reality, the reason why we want companionship and
friendship and
With the Olia of Allah, with the religious people of Allah with
those we think are close to Allah is why because of Allah. So
doesn't that relationship become relationship with Allah? Because
we're taking what we have in front of him because they are supposed
to take us to Allah.
So that's why he's saying that's included in being a companion with
Allah subhanaw taala is to find a company of his people and Allah
tells us go Nomad aside the team, you be oh people, nobody be with
the
the truthful ones.
Because in reality, there's nothing but Allah, so those that
are related to Allah close to Allah, then they're the best thing
that we can have in front of us.
That's why one of the sayings says that in the law here ijazah man
Navara la him Sati, the Sahaba that Allah Ashkar, Bertha Avada
May Allah subhanho wa Taala give us this company says that this
team is Allah has such people
who
ever looks at them,
you know, in the right way, who looks at the mean, goes in their
company or whatever. And something could be just the look that they
look at you, they will attain such fortune, that afterwards, they
would never be wretched, they would never have misfortune. They
are such Mobarak people. They are such blessed individuals. There,
they are so close to Allah, that being in their company, you get
some of what's showering upon them of the light of Allah.
And it's so potent, that you will never have a problem again. And
the thing is that, you know, will obviously as we just said that we
live in such a further distance, distant generation from the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, but such people will
always be around
Allah, there will always be people of Allah, Allah around, they will
never stop until the Day of Judgment, they will always be some
the issue and according to the, you know, what's the amazing thing
is that according to the people of Allah, these people are very
manifest. They can see them.
But we
can't sometimes, and sometimes we're even led to oppose them,
because of the vileness of the shaytaan.
They make us maybe feel guilty or something. So many people have
Allah are actually opposed sometimes by people. And what the
scholars say is that such people will only be hidden from those
people who Allah doesn't want them to gain benefit. or Allah ma say
that when you're truly looking,
you have to ask Allah
and Allah will give you someone.
There's so many stories of people who have gone to the Haramain Oh,
Allah make me meet somebody that I can benefit from, grant me a
companion for the way and when that dog gets accepted, mashallah
you get that benefits.
The stories of the past, there are stories of the of the present
about such things.
So,
I don't profess to have what this is saying. We're all looking. And
we're all trying to benefit.
We are reading these words from these great people who got
somewhere
and the Ummah for generations have considered them to have gotten
somewhere they lived a life that was secure, they died without
doing anything crazy.
And we're told to bear witness for such people.
Their words are so inspiring. So we try to learn from them. And we
all hope and we make dua that Allah subhanaw taala give us the
reality of that.
You know, I just see myself as
just the means, if Allah can even accept that, to take what's here
and to try to explain it so that I can personally benefit and maybe
others can benefit as well. So that we, we can all contribute to
a better world and to people who are closer to Allah. So that
removes
the effects of the shaytaan May Allah preserves from the shaytaan
alojamento salah, Mohammed salah, multiblock the Quran Allah who may
hate you Yeah. Rama Chicana studies Allah Who Maya Han yum and
Illa Illa and so Helen okay in couldn't Milady mean
Allahumma salli wa salam ala Sayyidina Muhammad wa ala alihi wa
sahbihi ah, marine.
Yeah, Allah, Allah, we ask you
for your special mercy for your forgiveness for
Yo guidance for your benevolence for your generosity of Allah we
ask you for your grace of Allah we are nothing without you. Our law
you are our Creator. Oh Allah we owe you for everything for every
breath for every moment that we continue in this world for our
mere existence. Oh Allah, we can't function without you. Oh Allah we
can do nothing without you. We can not even think without you. Oh
Allah, we get everything from you. Oh Allah.
We ask that you allow us not to forget this and not to be heedless
and
not to be absent from this at any one time. Oh Allah we ask that You
grant us your consciousness. Your Taqwa
of Allah we ask that You grant us scrupulousness of Allah, we ask
that You grant us piety, purity, worship, devotion, we ask that You
grant us your love. And surround us with those who love you. of
Allah grant us good company, or Allah be our companion of Allah
make us allow us to be worthy of being with you. of Allah allow us
to be worthy of being with you. Oh Allah.
allow there to be people around us and for us to be inclined to
people who can take us closer to you. of Allah protect us from
inclining towards those people and those things which distract us
from you, which create heedlessness and negligence in our
hearts of Allah and those activities which are futile and
redundant, that are of no benefits of Allah we ask you, to guide us
towards that in which is our salvation, in which there is
profit for us in which there is benefit for us. And Allah
facilitate such things for for us and our Allah bless us in with
such things of Allah, you will be our guide of Allah you we are
we are nothing without you, of Allah you have us by our forelocks
drag us by our four locks and enter us into paradise. Whether we
into your obedience, whether we like it or not make your obedience
Beloved to us. Make your disobedience ated in our sight of
Allah, this is the challenges and the problem that we face
throughout our life. We want to do good, we want to be good. But Oh
Allah, there are things that distract us or Allah, we ask that
you allow us to fulfill our responsibilities towards you and
the responsibilities you've given us towards others, our spouses,
our children, our family members, our students and other people that
rely on us in the jobs that we do have Allah you've
grant you have given us more than so many others in this world of
Allah, you've granted us so much more blessing than so many others
in this world of Allah We asked you for contentment, and gratitude
and satisfaction for what you have given us. protect us from
excessive greed protect us from avarice, protect us from being in
content, protect us from being disobedient, protect us from being
ungrateful. Oh Allah, we ask that you make every subsequent year
better than the previous year, every day better than the previous
day. Close make us closer to you than we were the day before. And
Allah make us the best that we have ever been. When before we
pass away, make our final days the best of our days so that we can
stand in front of you on the Day of Judgment. And that'd be the
best moment of our existence. And then our Allah for you to enter us
into your abodes of peace and honor of Allah in the company of
the righteous ones, the prophets, that shahada, the martyrs of Allah
even though our our deeds may have not been to that, Oh Allah,
protect us from the wrongdoings that we get involved in and keep
us protected. And bless all of those who sit here and who listen
to this of Allah grant a special blessing who Allah grant us a
special a special blessing and allow us to continue to remember
you and increase in our remembrance Subhan Allah be Cara
Bella is the TRC Fong wa salam ala l Mursaleen. Al Hamdulillah.