Adnan Rajeh – Recitations from the book of Prophetic Descriptions -22-.

Adnan Rajeh
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The Prophetrows and their life are discussed, including a recitation of a hadith and a mattress made from a thicker fabric that is sturdy and filled with leef. They recommend a new mattress to their friend, but do not want to wear it. The speaker emphasizes the importance of comfort and minimalism for their friend's sleep. They also discuss how the person should acknowledge their own comfort and hold themselves to a standard of minimalism.
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We continue insha'Allah tonight reciting a hadith

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from the collection of Imam al-Tirmidhi al

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-Shamaa al-Muhammadiyya, where we go over some

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hadith that talk about aspects and characteristics of

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the Prophet ﷺ's life.

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And today the chapter is Baab ma ja

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'a fee firaashi rasool Allah ﷺ, a chapter

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that talks about his firaash, meaning what he

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slept upon ﷺ.

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And I'll just be reciting one hadith for

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you, and it's a bit long but it's

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nice.

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qala haddathana abul khattab ziyad ibn yahya al

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-basri qala haddathana abdullahi ibn maymoon qala haddathana

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ja'far ibn muhammadin an abihi qala su

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'ilat aisha tu radiyallahu anha ma kana firaashu

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rasool Allah ﷺ fi baytik qalat min adamin

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hashwuhu leef So when she was asked, radiyallahu

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anha Sayyida Aisha umm al-mu'mineen, what was

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the type of firaash, what type of bed

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or mattress did the Prophet ﷺ have in

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your house?

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faqala min adam hashwuhu leef So it was

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made from a fabric that is quite, it's

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a very sturdy fabric that is filled with

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leef, which are just long pieces of fiber.

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So unless you've lived in the Middle East

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and you know what I'm talking about, honestly

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what he slept upon ﷺ does not exist

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in any store.

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No store is selling adam hashwuhu leef anymore,

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because it's absolutely horrible to lie on.

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It's very difficult to sleep on if you

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can, and it's very uncomfortable.

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And leef are certain types of thick fibers,

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so they would put them on top of

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each other and then wrap them with another

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fiber that was sturdy, which is adam.

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So the Prophet ﷺ, this is what he

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used.

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He slept and that was what he slept

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on ﷺ.

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It was a mattress that was adam hashwuhu

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leef.

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wa su'ilat hafsa radiallahu anha maa kaana

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firaashu rasoolillahi ﷺ maa fee baytiki Then hafsa

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asked, what about your house, when he came

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to your house, what was it?

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faqalat mishan nathnihi thiniyatayni fayanamu alayhi Al-mish

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is from suf, which is the wool of

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a sheep, and mish, it was very, it

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was not thick.

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From sheikh mamsuh, when it's kind of, it's

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deleted or it's spread.

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So it was a spread piece of wool,

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nathnihi thiniyatayni.

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So I would fold it on top of

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itself.

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So it would be long, it's a long

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piece of wool, and then I would fold

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it, and then it would be a little

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bit thicker, and he would lie on it

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ﷺ, he would sleep on it.

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faqalat mishan nathnihi thiniyatayni fayanamu alayhi Qala, and

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this is why I narrate this hadith for

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you, falamma kaana thaatu laylatin qultu lau thanaytihi

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arbaa thiniyatin kaana awtaa lahu fa thanaynaahu lahu

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bi arbaa thiniyat So one day, Hafs and

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Aisha are talking, and he said, maybe I

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fold it another time.

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I fold it again.

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It seems big enough, I'll sleep somewhere else,

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and I'll just make another fold, and that

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way it's thicker.

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So he's sleeping on one extra layer of

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wool ﷺ, instead of just the...

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Honestly, this is better, what you're sitting on

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right now.

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This is much more comfortable than what he

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was sliding on ﷺ.

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Just so you understand, the thickness of the

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carpet that you're on was thicker than what

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he considered ﷺ his mattress, what he slept

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upon.

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So Hafs and Aisha are talking, maybe we

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fold it one more time for him.

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So he folded it instead of twice, four

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times.

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So now it's fourfold, so it's a little

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bit thicker.

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Falamma asbaha qaal, when the morning came, he

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woke up ﷺ and he came, Qala maa

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tharaxtum liya allayla, what did you put for

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me tonight in terms of what I slept

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upon?

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Qulna huwa firashuka ya rasool Allah, it's your

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firash, it's the same thing.

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Illa anna thanaynaahu bi arbaa thiniyat, except this

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night we just folded it an extra fold.

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Qulna huwa awtau lak, we said it'll be

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more comfortable for you.

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Qala rudduhu lihaalatihi aloola, fa innahu mana'atni

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waqatuhu salatihi allayla.

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He said put it back the way it

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was because of this, it was a bit

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too comfortable and I didn't wake up for

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my salah last night in his qiyam allayl.

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He didn't wake up on his own for

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qiyam allayl.

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This is how tired ﷺ was.

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He was a person who was so exhausted

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that if you just made his tharsh, his

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mattress, a little bit thicker, so just a

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little bit more comfortable, he'll sleep all through

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the night.

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This is how tired he is.

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But he keeps it in a certain way

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so that it's not that comfortable.

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So that he is bound to wake up

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at some point in the night because of

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the lack of comfort of what he's lying

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on so he can do his qiyam allayl.

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And once they just folded it, like honestly,

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even after folding it twice, it's still not

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as thick as the carpet you're sitting on.

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But they folded it just one more time.

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They said maybe it's more comfortable for him

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ﷺ.

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He gets up in the morning, he's upset.

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What did you do?

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What did you change?

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There's a part of my habits that didn't

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happen tonight.

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What did you do?

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We just put it back as it was.

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Because this comfort that you're speaking of, this

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comfort that you want to do for me,

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you took away from me my qiyam allayl

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last night.

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So you put it back the way it

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was.

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Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam ijma'in.

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Don't act like you understand what I'm talking

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about.

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All right?

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No, seriously.

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We all have to have some degree of

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realism here.

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None of us can act like we understand

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what we're talking about here.

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Or comprehend what this just meant.

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We can try and imagine.

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Maybe, maybe imagine how he lived ﷺ.

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But we can't fully understand it.

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Because we're not even remotely close to that.

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And we were never asked to live like

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this.

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Never asked us, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam ijma

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'in.

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He never asked us.

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He never said, live like that.

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Go buy a crappy mattress and sleep on

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something uncomfortable so you can wake up.

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He never said that, alayhi salatu wasalam.

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And the sahaba had good mattresses in their

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home.

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And they had many pillows.

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And they slept comfortably every night, radiallahu anhu.

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He didn't, alayhi salatu wasalam.

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And he never asked any of them to

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live to that standard.

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But he did, alayhi salatu wasalam.

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Just so that you can always go back

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and read.

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And see the standard to which he held

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himself, alayhi salatu wasalam.

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In order to be your role model.

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In order for him to be your role

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model.

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This is how he lived his life.

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So appreciate that.

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Appreciate the fact that you are not required

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to live like this.

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Appreciate the fact that he didn't even demand

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or command or encourage that you do that.

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But he did, alayhi salatu wasalam.

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So that he could always be the proper

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role model for you and I.

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And this is the piece that we all

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have to acknowledge.

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And when you acknowledge that.

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When you truly, truly acknowledge what I just

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said.

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Then you will find in your heart a

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new compartment that you did not know exist.

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And it will fill with his love, sallallahu

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alayhi wa sallam ijma'in.

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You will love him.

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Because you understand that this is a person

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that actually lived a life of lack of

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comfort for himself.

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In order for him to be able to

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be the proper role model for you.

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So that you could always see what it

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meant.

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So that you could always appreciate what you

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have.

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So you have a standard to live by.

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He had to do this, alayhi salatu wasalam.

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Because if he lived with ease, then this

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whole thing would crumble.

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If at the end he cashed in somehow.

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And he bought the double sick mattress and

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he did that.

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Then a lot of this would have been

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lost.

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But he didn't, alayhi salatu wasalam.

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In order for Islam to live on.

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Because he knew what it meant for an

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ideology to live on until the end of

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time.

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He understands what that means and what that

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requires.

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So think about that when you think about

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him, alayhi salatu wasalam.

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The things that he did that the people

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around him did not fully understand why he

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was doing it.

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And they would tell him, Ya Rasulullah, why?

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Why are you sleeping on something like this?

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We can buy you something better.

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He knew.

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He knew that, no, no.

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In order for this to live on.

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In order for Islam to spread.

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I have to hold myself to a standard

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of minimalism.

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And I have to hold myself to a

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standard of worship.

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And I have to make dua for my

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ummah.

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So that they have the proper shaheed.

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They have the proper role model to look

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up to.

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And to follow in the footsteps of.

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And that's salallahu alayhi wasalam.

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That's Habib bin Rasulullah, alayhi salatu wasalam.

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And I think about it every time I

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lie in a bed.

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He could have, but he didn't.

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And can you imagine?

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Maybe if you've traveled for a week or

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something.

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And you bunk bed in places.

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But at the end, you're going to go

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back to your house.

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And you have the $700 mattress.

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And that's if you're poor like me.

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You buy something good so you can sleep.

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So you can sleep.

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Then you change it every couple of years.

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So that it's nice and fluffy.

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That's what he slept on, alayhi salatu wasalam.

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Just one extra fold of the wool.

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And this is how exhausted this man was.

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I'll quickly repeat this.

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Alayhi salatu wasalam.

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