Abu Taymiyyah – Part 3 The Wudhu Series From Zaad al Miaadh of Ibn Al Qayim
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The third part of this introduction, my beloved
brothers and sisters,
I would like to now speak about the
virtues of all law. A lot of the
time, my brothers and my sisters, when somebody
advises us,
encourages us to do something,
that which tends to be missing is the
incentive
behind us doing that action. And part of
a wise type of dawah is to encourage
the people
with the rewards
that they're going to be getting for doing
this particular act.
So he has something to look forward to.
As for just telling them to do things
without there being an incentive,
a lot of the time it tends to
fall on deaf ears.
So what are some of the virtues of
doing wudu?
Virtue number 1 is It expiates one's sins.
He expiates your sins as it came in
the Hadith. The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said,
narrated by Imam Musa Muhammaduwa
He, the messenger sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, he
said,
whoever performs the ablution, and not only does
he carry out the ablution, but he does
it properly,
His sins will come out of his body,
so much so that it will slip out
from under his nails as well. SubhanAllah.
And the famous hadith of Uthman ibn Affair
radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu,
when he demonstrated
how the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam did the
wudu.
In the end, what did he say?
I
saw the Messenger SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
carry out the ablution in such a way.
And whoever carries out the wudu as I
just demonstrated
it,
then his past sins are going to be
forgiven.
Benefit number 2. We are told that when
an individual preserves his wudu, that this is
from the signs of faith. The messenger Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam he said,
Be upright in your religion.
What does this word mean? Or what does
this phrase here mean? This part of the
hadith.
The scholars who explain this hadith, they tend
to mention 2 explanations.
The first explanation is that
you won't
be able to remain
so upright in your religion. It's going to
be a difficult
path
to remain upfront.
Ilah and Yashaa Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
accept that if Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala wills.
And the second explanation that they mentioned is
that you will get such an immense reward
that you won't be able to enumerate it,
if you remain steadfast and upright in your
religion.
And then the Messenger Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said,
Wa'alamo
And he says, no, have knowledge of that
from the best of the actions is the
Salah,
and
the one who preserves
his wudhu
is none other than a believer.
Meaning the one who,
you know, keeps his wudu. And this is
something we're gonna speak about inshaAllah ta'ala right
at the beginning
of
the text
that Ibn Uthim, hamallahu ta'ala, put together.
The third benefit is,
this will do my brothers and my sisters,
could be the reason why you enter into
Jannah.
It came in the hadith of Ruqbaib Naima
radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu that
There's not a Muslim
who carries out the wudu, not only does
he carry out the wudu, but he does
it properly.
And then he stands up to carry out
2 raka'at.
And when he plays these 2 raka'at, my
brothers and my sisters,
he does this with a present heart.
He is concentrating
with his face and likewise his heart, we
are told in this hadith.
Accept
that the Jannah will become incumbent upon that
individual.
Allahu Akbar.
Can you see my brothers and my sisters,
how in a small
act
that we might just, you know, rush to
carrying out
before the Salah,
but rather if we put our heart to
it and we did it properly,
it is the reason why so much goodness
might come to us in this dunya and
likewise,
the akhirah.
How will you answer the questions on the
day of judgment if you don't know the
answers?
This is why the hadith mentions that seeking
knowledge is obligatory
to every single Muslim.
Knowledge
is how you will survive that day.
Knowledge
is a Muslim's
survival guide.
Assalamu alaikum. I've got a quiz for you.
This quiz very simple, 3 questions inshallahta'ala. Question
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mean? Question number 2, what is the Prophet
Sallallahu
alaihi wasallam's
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Muslim
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You need to know this stuff. Allah created
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