Abu Taymiyyah – To All Those Who Stab Me in The Back
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The speaker discusses the difficulties of forgiveness and the importance of striving for personal development. They share a personal story about a successful marriage and the difficulty of forgiveness when faced by others. The speaker also talks about the importance of forgiveness and how it can lead to healing.
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Some of us might still be holding grudges
because of maybe some tribal issues back home
that happened with the great great grandfather,
and then he was passed down. And because
of this we still have what?
Some bad feelings in our hearts,
some grudges that we're still holding.
My brothers and my sisters,
Wallahi if you wanna be forgiven, we really
really have to start with ourselves.
I'm not going to stand here
and talk like as if this is an
easy issue, wallah it's not.
I personally really really struggled
and sometimes I still struggle
to just forget about those who smile in
my face and they're stabbing me my back.
That's the type of individual who comes to
you
and he doesn't like you. And you know
this guy speaking about you because he doesn't
like you.
And then the other guy who smiles in
your face, and it is so so difficult
to forgive that individual.
But you have to do jihad on your
nafs,
strive against it.
And if you really really wanna do something
about it, Allah is going to help you
do something about it.
Allah says,
Those who strive in my way, then I'm
going to guide them to that which is
correct.
Allah then says in Surat Al Anfa,
If Allah sees
you trying to change something about whatever is
in your heart. He is going to give
you the khair that you really really want.
So it starts with the nafs. My brothers
and my sisters,
just to show you that this is not
an easy matter and you wonder to yourself
why this was one of the 3 good
deeds that doesn't have a limit
on its reward.
One time the mess sallallahu alaihi wa sallam
was sitting with his companions
and he said,
They will now come on onto you guys
a man
from the people of Jannah.
And this happened my brothers and my sisters
three times.
The same individual ended 3 times when the
messenger
said that.
So Abdulai ibn Hamri Naa as the great
companion that he was.
He wanted to be from the people of
Jannah as well. So he went to this
individual.
He said I wanna spend the night with
you.
Thinking maybe he's somebody
who stands up a lot in the night
because we know Piyam ul Layl is one
of those actions that is going to get
you into a Jannah.
So he became surprised.
In the end he said to him, I
didn't see you do many actions.
As he was about to leave, he called
him again.
And he said something very very powerful to
him.
After he said to him,
It is only that which he saw when
he asked him, what exactly do you do
different from everybody else?
Then he said to him,
Muslim.
When I go to sleep,
I go to sleep not having any grudge
for my brother.
And I also have no envy
towards an individual that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
has blessed with some khair.
You know Abdulai ibn Abdul ibn Aza said
to him,
This is what caused you to reach such
a high position.
And this is that which we find so
so difficult with.
My brothers and my sisters,
faiza afa baaghuhum and baaghil. Aamalahuwalahu
be aafwih as if Nurrajabal hambil he mentioned.
If they forgive one another, then that's when
Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
is going to pardon and forgive them.