Adnan Rajeh – Humbleness #07
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The speaker discusses the history and accomplishments of the prophet Alayhi sallam, including his reputation for being the same person as the first one, his actions to change political and social fronts within Arabia, and his most beautiful description of Ali radiGenerationuaysu. They also discuss the negative impact of current affairs on society, including the belief that money is just a source of wealth and that individuals are not the ones who ultimately end up losing their prosperity. The speaker describes a famous Arabic man who describes himself as the world's master of the beast, Ali, and describes him as the master of the beast. They also discuss the concept of "hasn't" and how it can be used to assert one's position.AI: Transcript ©
And
the theme of humbleness is what we're going
to continue with, today and public Sunday and
then move on to something else next week.
And this is very famous. You know this,
and you've heard it before. I'm just narrating
to you formally so that you've, kinda kinda
know the background of it.
And it's a hadith that is a morosel,
and it still has a regional generation despite
that.
And a man came to the prophet, alayhi,
salatu, salam. This was at the end of
the prophet, alayhi, salam's life. This is towards
the last maybe year or so.
So this man came to him, alayhis salatu
wasalam. By then, the prophet, alayhis salatu wasalam,
had built quite the reputation.
Reputation within Arabia fluctuated obviously throughout his.
For people who knew him, he knew he
was the same person at the beginning, same
person at the end. But for people who
didn't,
they would hear different things about him, alaihis
salazar. But towards the end of his life,
he had built a reputation that was always
almost mythical
because of what he was able to do
with such a in such a short period
of time. And the impact that he had,
not on not just on the political,
realm or the on the political, fronts within
Arabia because, the Arabs never had any political
or order or anything that was similar to
it. Aside from, the Kaaba, the and Quraysh
kinda you leveraging that to keep the the
peace within the Haram. Outside of that, things
were pretty much, open. The prophet alaihis salami
was able within a very short period of
time to change that completely, and now there
was unity within this, within the peninsula.
And there was leadership. And not only did
the political,
Yani,
front change, but also the ethical and the
social change. I mean, the prophet brought forward
a way of thought and a way of
life that the alabs were not necessarily,
familiar with or accustomed to, and he and
it became the norm. And it and it
actually elevated people's status. Usually usually, you know,
we talk about prosperity, we just talk about
the financial prosperity. Alright? And it's interesting when
you look at the prophet, alayhis salatu wa
sallam's, accomplishments,
they weren't really financial. Like, he didn't really
leave behind him a lot of,
he didn't leave high buildings and and and
and a lot of wealth. He when he
he when he left was wealth of thoughts
and wealth of of ideas and wealth of
ethics, which is a whole different thing. And
I and and it's in talking about that
today, it's almost like it's almost it's ludicrous.
And talking about it is almost
unheard of and no one's even listening to
you. Because that's the the only the only
prosperity we care about is the financial one.
We will vote in Iblis if you will
give us a good economy. This is what
we have been been been approved across the
globe. We don't care who's who's who's who's
ruling us as long as the economy works
well and that we're making money, which is
very unfortunate because that's not how you actually
end up running.
Money money came for the Muslims. It it
changed. And he told them, don't I'm not
worried I'm not worried about you having wealth.
Money will come. It's not fakar that I'm
worried about. I must actually, I'm worried about
what you're gonna do when Dunia when the
the gates of Dunia just open and you
end up really rich. Will you have enough
values, principles to know how to deal with
it? Or will will it beat you? Will
it just basically yeah. Will your values and
principles get get,
buried under all the money that you end
up having? So it's something to think about.
Anyways, the prophet alaihi wasalam had was very
well known. That's what I'm what I'm trying
to say. So this man came to him
and he stood be and he stood in
front of him
and he stood in front of him alaihi
salatu wa sallam. And he just had
this this moment of of heba where he
just he he revered the prophet alaihi salatu
wa sallam and just felt very nervous and
scared. Another narration
is a very known Arabic term if you're
I don't know if you've heard this before.
Is
and is the meat between your jam and
your katif. So it's the and this is
when someone gets nervous, this is what they
start to yeah. They need to shiver. And
that's where you feel, you know, the anxiety
happens there.
Make him very anxious. So he stood there
and he was shaking. He wanted to speak
to the prophet alaihi sallam, but he was
so in such reverence of this man that
he had never met before. He heard so
much about it. Now he's standing in front
of him
and this is how he's described by the
way. Sayidna Ali has the most beautiful description
of the prophet
like number 1, the most the best. There's
a lot of descriptions for him, but this
one is my favorite
It is how he described him Ali radiAllahu
anhu.
Who saw him at the first time will
be in fear and in reverence of him.
And then if you spend a little bit
time, you get to know him, you fall
in love with him. Is
perfect. Anyways, this man stood there and he
just he got this fear. So the prophet
alayhi wasalam saw him and he so he
came to
He said, take it easy. I am not
a king. I am I am nothing but
the son of a lady from Quresh who
used to eat beef jerky in this in
this open in this open land.
Is land that has a lot of small
pebbles and it's open. That's what Mecca is
really aside from the mountains. It's just an
open open land. So he's telling him,
why why are you scared? I'm I'm not
a king. I'm just a guy. My mother
used to be poor and she used to
take meat and put it in the sun
and turn it in turn it into we
we we call this, you know, beef jerky.
So that it was what khadid is. It's
basically meat that that you don't have enough
money to buy fresh. So you put it
you take whatever is left and you put
it in the sun until it turns, yeah,
dry, and then you kinda use it later
on, put it in in in cooking and
you use
it later on. A lady from Quresh that
used to eat,
feed her kid about, in this in this
open pebble filled land.
And he is the master of the sons
of Adam on the day of judgment. And
he'll carry the the the the the liwa
of of of of praise.
And he's the only person who is permitted
to prostrate under the Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala's
throne while all of us stand.
This
who he is
is not something that we do not know
nor did others know. But that's how he
saw himself
This is actually how he saw himself. See
the difference between real humbleness and and and
and, fake humbleness is where you say something
about yourself, but you really believe something different.
He didn't believe something different
He saw all of these things that I'm
talking about. He is the man who he
he is the 1st person to speak on
the day of judgement. He is the one
that who carries the he is the one
who who performs the intercession. He is the
one who who who moves the the doors
of Jannah for the first time. He is
the one who who intercedes for Allah to
remove people from Jahannam. He sees that all
the responsibilities
that he carries. He does not see it.
Even when he says I am I am
the the the sayid. It's not that this
is something that I see myself, above anyone
for. It's what it's the responsibility Allah gave
me.
He sees it as responsibility. That's how he
understands it. What he see what he actually
sees himself to be is just the son
of a poor lady in Quraish that used
to, you know, take pieces of beef jerky
and eat it with him within this open
land.
The difference between real humbleness and fake.
Don't fake it.
They say fake it till you make it.
I hate that term. It's such a horrible
term, wallahi. But and for this specifically, it
doesn't work. For this specifically, it does yeah.
It it maybe it works for something else.
Maybe for something else it can work. Okay.
Fine. Maybe I don't know what I'm talking
about. But for this, it for sure does
not work. Fake humbleness is it doesn't work.
You have to actually believe
because it's the truth,
not because you're lying to yourself. Because it's
the truth. His truth,
his truth,
as he is a he's the orphan
of a very poor lady who lived in
Mecca. That's
What is yours?
If that's his truth,
he had every reason to say something different
to this man. And if he did, hadith
would be fine. If he came to and
told him, yes, you should be scared because
you don't know in in the presence of
whom you are standing, I would have loved
to narrate that hadith as well. And I
would find that hadith just as beautiful because
carries that status, but he didn't because his
that was his truth. Your truth has to
be something similar. Because if it isn't,
then then it's
then you're in trouble. If it's not
you can tell people whatever you want, and
you can what's your truth? What's how do
you truly see yourself, feel who you are?
Is it as simple as he did?
And he is.
What what can we
what do I sit here and what what
I say, you can't describe him
in a way that will be appropriate for
his status. There's nothing I can say
because he is number 1 in the eyes
of Allah What is what what can someone
like me say about something like that?
The dirt under his shoe was too much
for me to be able to describe him.
I thought it was appropriate. But that's how
he saw himself. So that's how he's seeing
himself then.
I should I should know how I should
see myself.
Tomorrow,
the is 315 here. I will be inshallah
trying to give it at the, encampments at
1:30
over at the, what is it, concrete beach,
I think it's called. So if you have
time and you to show up there and
and support the students and support
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