Abu Taymiyyah – 5 Ways to Be Productive in Times of Lethargy & Laziness aadh
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And a common question that people tend to
ask is, how can I
get rid of
procrastination?
How can I up my morale?
How can I memorize more? And so on
and so forth.
You see?
You hanging around with
these kind of individuals only affects you.
So one benefit that I wanted to mention
is,
what are some of the ways to kind
of overcome this?
The poet he says,
Ohhamsatun Uhlaj Uthaifil Himma. Five things. It is
the Eilaj, the cure,
the treatment for Taifil Himma.
When your Himma, your aspirations go down.
Keraa'atun Fisiyarilla Imma. Number 1 is
reading the lives of the great scholars of
the past.
Allahu that really really helps.
So when seeking knowledge, you'd always have
some raka'ikh, heart softness by your side, books
of
I
know is a big book. There is some
Muqtasarat, summarizations for it.
And just books like that that can just
really, you know, soften up your heart.
Next one my brothers and my sisters is,
just revising some of the benefits of
knowledge and studying.
You know what keeps me really going my
brothers and my sisters?
If I was to ask everybody here, what
is it that we're trying to achieve from
this world?
Where are we trying to get to?
Everyone said jannah sah.
Jannah to fill out. That's where we wanna
go, right?
What did the messenger say about seeking knowledge?
Jameel Jazakalakher. What's your name Akhi?
Hissap
Jazakalakher.
Whoever takes the path and seek knowledge, Allah
will make his path to
Jannah easier.
Your path has been made easier.
Someone might try to pay sadaqah, fast, do
this, do that. Great.
But your path here is being made easier.
And if you die in that path, even
if you're doing a little a day,
the hadith doesn't mean that you have to
pack your bags and go to the other
side of the world. Yes, that's the best
thing to do, but
you still fall on the seeking knowledge if
you are doing a little bit every day.
Accompanying,
accompanying
individuals of high aspirations,
Wallahi.
That would really up your morale and make
you feel better, encourage you. I'm gonna memorize
this. I'm gonna do this. I'm gonna do
that.
Would you guys agree with that?
Majalasila'al,
the gatherings of knowledge is something that really
does give you high aspirations, right?
Before I move on to the next
two points, InshaAllahu Ta'ala, because I mentioned 3
now, right?
The first benefit that I took away from,
I think the
Haram.
When I went there, and this was from
Sheikh Ibrahim Al Rahili.
I walked in, I saw a class and
I sat down.
And the Sheikh was mentioning a benefit and
it really stuck with me. It was the
first benefit that I took from
the Haram, I believe at the time.
This is when I went officially as a
student.
He was talking about high aspirations.
My brothers and my sisters,
Abu Bakr
didn't reach
that level of piety
and righteousness
except
that he was trying to imitate who?
The Prophet
Who is the best in the time of
the Prophet
The best in the time of the Prophet
Prophet
He was trying to imitate the Messenger
in as much as he could. This is
why you find so many hadith,
the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam came and with
him was Abu Bakr and Umar.
Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam left and with him
was Abu Bakr and Umar.
So many hadith are like that.
And he was always trying to be like
them.
You guys with me?
Ram Al Khattab Radiallahu Ta'ala Anhu always in
competition with Abu Bakr in doing more Khayer,
more good,
righteousness,
best in your time.
That was the first example that he gave
and he gave another 2. And he also
said Alima Muslim.
Kasun Alima Muslim, we always hear the hadith
narrated by Muslim.
Imam Muslim Rahmatullahi a'lay didn't reach the level
that he reached except by imitating who?
Muhammad Bukhari Rahmatullahi
who compiled the most authentic book after
the book of Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala.
And they say,
If you want the understanding of Ilham Abu
Khali, you find it in his chapterics.
3rd example, who who has an idea of
what I'm gonna mention?
Who said that?
I heard it from here.
Zakalakhair.
Brother mentioned it as all.
Ibn Uqayim
didn't reach the level that he reached except
by imitating the best in his time,
or being around the best in his time,
Imutaimia.
Allahu Akbar.
When you look at Imutaim's arguments at times,
think which world does he live in?
His books are something else.
Some of them have been translated as well,
Right? He has a lot of books on
heart softeners as well.
How long do we have till the salah?
Hamzdagai?
If you're studying something and then your heart
now becomes hard,
move on to the next one.
Or move on to something else,
which will make you miss
that which you left off reading.
Today, you're going through a sulfur. I'll tell
you guys something. Right? I love sulfur,
and I always go on about it in
my lessons.
And
my brother says one of those topics that
just walk out class, you see them, no,
I can't do this. Like, I'll walk out.
It can be very difficult at times to
understand. But InshaAllah Ta'ala,
I have a plan
to just really simplify
more intermediate classes.
Break it down insha Allahu Ta'ala because is
extremely important.
So one of the great scholars who passed
away said,
Rhymes,
is like the gates that protect
the texts, textual evidences
from the thieves.
These liberals, these feminists, and all these,
far right extremists,
and you got this guy.
Anyways, these enemies of Alissam,
they use our texts,
our texts against us.
The orientalists, they learn our religion to use
against us. Wallala.
Usul al Fikhq puts a lot of things
into perspective.
That's why these orientalists have a big problem
with Al Imam Shafi'i.
As
Sahib Al Marakhi mentions. 1st one I put
down,
Wallahi can't read that all day. Usul Al
Fikh, you can't, man. It's really difficult.
It makes your heart feel a certain way.
You're going to have to maybe turn to
other sciences.
Gonna maybe have to read a Kitab of
Ibn Altaeyim Rahmatullah
of Ibn Rajab, one of these heart softeners?
Is that clear my brothers and my sisters?
So you move on from one topic to
another,
perhaps hoping InshaAllahu Ta'ala you will miss. This
is why he says
So you come back to it craving it.
And it says,
Not burdening yourself with more than that which
you can bear.
Don't push yourself.
Don't push yourself.
Don't be harsh with yourself, my brothers and
my sisters.
A lot of time what happens, one brother
starts practising, her sister starts practising, she wants
to like,
maybe that's not,
right, istillah or anything like that. She wants
to do everything. He wants to do everything
all at once.
Extremely, extremely passionate,
right? That's why we tell the reverts calm
down, take it easy.
Take things slowly slowly.
Because as the messenger sallallahu alaihi wa sallam
said,
Never is one harsh with himself, he overburdens
himself except
he will just break himself.
I guess with me, my brothers and my
sisters,
you'll just end up breaking yourself.
That's why you take it easy.
Wallahi take it easy.
Because you might end up leaving
Tala bi Ulmah together
and
just totally exhausting yourself.
What do you call it?
Burn yourself out.
Take things slowly, slowly, slowly. If you feel
like your,
your Himma has dropped,
take it easy, InshaAllah Ta'ala, slow down on
it and then move back up again.
Don't try and do 20 things, you're not
Al Imam al Nawi. Sometimes one says to
me, especially when I try to advise him
to memorize the Quran and he's doing 10
things that
kanayadrusu,
he used to do
9 sciences every single day.
You're not an imam
Noey. Take it easy.
Don't break yourself.
Right? Start with the Quran,
Start
with that, take a book on the side
with it,
and gradually move on
like that.