Adnan Rajeh – Etiquettes of Salah 4
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The third pillar of Islam is pursued by the speaker, which is faith, actions, and character. The first pillar is to pursue Islam, while the second pillar is to pursue Islam. The third pillar is to treat others with love and love for them, and to avoid mistakes. The transcript provides examples of how to achieve good character, including being treated with love and love for others. The speaker emphasizes the importance of having good character and pushing hard for success, and provides examples of how to achieve good character, including being treated with love and love for others.
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Today's hadith will be short, very common hadith,
insha'Allah it will be beneficial.
I know you've been sitting for some time,
so I don't want to take too much
of your time.
Today's hadith is narrated in the collection of
Imam al-Tirmidhi, with a reasonable chain of
narration.
An-Nabi al-Darda radiallahu ta'ala Anhu
Arzaq qala, Sama'tu Rasool Allah ﷺ, I heard,
this is what Abu al-Darda is saying,
I heard the Prophet ﷺ said, every time
you hear I heard, Sama'tu, it means it's
more, more, there's more authentication in it that
he's, that the narrator is saying that I
actually heard the Prophet ﷺ.
Just a little, little, little note, side note.
Qala ma min shay'in afqalu fil mizani
min hustil khuluq.
That nothing in the eyes of Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala, in the day of judgment
of course, is heavier in your scale, yawm
al-qiyamah, than having good character.
And then it continues, wa yablughu sahibu hustil
khuluqi bihi, darajata sahibi as-saum wa as
-salam.
And those who, the person who has the
good character, would reach ranks of someone who
prays and fasts a lot, even if this
person did not do these acts of worship.
So this hadith is a beautiful hadith, and
I would like to remind myself first, because
when it comes to good character, it is
a very difficult thing to talk about.
Because you always look at yourself in the
mirror, and you ask yourself, am I telling
people to do something that I don't even
do myself?
But inshallah it'll be like a discussion, more
than sharing, more than teaching.
This hadith talks about the third pillar of
Islam, or of our religion.
The first pillar is iman, faith, which you
should have to enter into the...
The third is Islam, the act of worship
that you perform.
And once you do that, this is between
you and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
Your iman and your Islam won't affect me
at all.
The third pillar is ihsan, is tazkiyah, is
ilm al-akhlaq, is good character.
When the Prophet ﷺ was asked about it,
he said, an ta'budallaha ka annaka taraah,
that you worship Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
as if you see him.
fa in lam takun taraah, fa innahu yaraak.
So if you can't really live that meaning,
that you worship Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
as if you see him, then rest assured
that he's watching you.
And this is one of the most difficult
things that one can do.
Try it for an hour, to sit and
just pretend that you're sitting in front of
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, you know that
you see Allah and he's seeing you.
See how difficult it is.
It's very, very hard to maintain.
What the hadith is trying to say is
that you treat others with the meaning, with
the understanding that you're being watched, that there's
always someone writing your deeds.
Every single movement you do.
And this specific hadith doesn't talk about salah
and siyam.
These are dealt with in a different hadith.
It just talks about good character, treating others.
And not only Muslims, by the way.
Please don't make this mistake.
You're not only obligated to have good character
with Muslims, and not only in the masjid.
Well, now we're at our best behavior.
But when you're at work or at school,
and your life takes you in different directions,
there is when you have to practice.
So you see some scholars say that ma
balagha man balagha.
Those who reached higher levels of piety didn't
do it with a lot of siyam and
salah.
They didn't.
They did.
I'm not trying to trivialize the value of
doing a lot of prayer and a lot
of salah and a lot of siyam.
I'm not saying that.
But not only with that.
wa lakin balaghuhu Three things.
bi sakhawat an-nafs That they have such
generous character with everything.
Not only with their wealth, but even with
the way they treat people.
wa salamat al-sadr And they're just so
pure.
They don't hold a grudge.
They don't have anything negative inside of them.
wa an-nusr wa an-nusr al-ummah
And they're very sincere with people.
Very sincere with others.
These are these three characters.
Subhanallah.
It doesn't say a lot of siyam and
a lot of salah.
Because this is really your relationship with Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala.
It doesn't give me any indication who you
are and what you are as a person.
But the way I judge, or at least
I take my impression, you take your impression,
is how I treat you and how you
treat me.
This is basically.
And this is what I call the multiplier.
Husnul khuluq is the multiplier.
Everything you do, husnul khuluq and good character
comes and multiplies by, I don't know, thousands.
Allahu alam.
So what he's saying, that sometimes someone with
a little bit of prayer, they're doing the
bare minimum, but they have just good character.
They go high, high in ranks, where they,
you know, they don't even know where that
came from.
Right?
For some people, it comes naturally.
Some are naturally, they have that.
Others, most people, including myself, you have to
fight to build good character.
You really have to do jihad with yourself.
You have to really push it sometimes.
Because you really want to say different things,
but you push it, right?
That's what you have to do.
And by the way, this is the best
way of da'wah.
You want to do da'wah outside?
Just do it with good character.
That's it.
You don't have to know much.
Just do it.
People will notice it.
So this is a beautiful hadith.
I always read and I always look at
it.
And I go like, when would someone reach
this level, inshallah?
You know, sometimes you can just, you know,
keep trying, inshallah.
I hope this was of benefit.
Al-Imam al-Tirmidhi, in his mosque, narrated
a good hadith about Abu al-Darda'a,
may Allah be pleased with him and please
him.
He said, I heard the Messenger of Allah,
peace and blessings be upon him, say, There
is nothing heavier in the balance than good
character.
And the one who has good character will
reach the level of the one who does
prayer, fasting and prayer.
And the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings
be upon him, said, subhanaka Allahumma abi habdika
la ilaha illa anta astaghfirullah.