Adnan Rajeh – umbleness #01

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So we're still in the, in the series

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of collection about,

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that Imam Shah Waliullah Di Hilawi has collected,

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in famous Indian scholar who lived around 300

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years ago. And every single hadith is very

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short

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and what but,

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he collected it in his collections but he

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doesn't actually mention from where is his source,

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from a Muslim or Bukhari or ibn Majd

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so I tried to find any from which

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of the 6 or 9 collections of a

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hadith

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and so in this hadith,

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Ibn Nasr narrated the Prophet SAW Allahu Alaihi

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Wasallam said, Al Mustashar al Mu'taman, the one

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who is consulted or

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is being asked for advice

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is Mu'taman, is entrusted.

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Like this is a trust and a responsibility

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that when someone comes to you and asks

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you for advice or ask you for consultation

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this is a responsibility how

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you're gonna reply and how you're gonna react

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to that

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person asking for advice Because

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the person asking for advice may put themselves

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in a vulnerable position because they're asking they

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they think that you are, you know, more

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knowledgeable, have, you know, know, more experience and

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expertise. And so they're asking you for advice.

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And now you are interested. How are you

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how will you respond?

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So if you have the proper knowledge, you

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have the proper experience and the proper expertise

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where and you're able to serve that person,

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and understand their situation and help them,

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to to to what will be in their

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best interest, then, you should do so and

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it's part of, you know, fulfilling that amena.

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But if you don't have the knowledge or

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expertise or, you know, skills that, to to

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help that person then you should just say

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I don't know or direct them to someone

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or send them to someone who does who

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is who will be able to help them.

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So that's where you are interested because you

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have a few options. And the dangerous, you

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know,

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the dangerous

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path is when someone

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answers or gives an answer

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based on ignorance, like their answer or their

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advice is based on ignorance and it's not,

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it actually will harm the person seeking advice

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And that's where it's really dangerous. And here

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this is where Shaytan and the nafs and

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the ego comes in and, you know, because

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no one wants to seem ignorant or that

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they're not knowledgeable

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so they want to answer you know and

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give a quick answer but but Allah in

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this hadith

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the Prophet

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makes it very clear that you are accountable

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for giving advice. When you give someone advice,

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you are accountable. It's not like, oh, I'll

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give this guy advice and that's it. I'll

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pass a mawtiani. No. You are accountable for,

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you know, the the quality and and and

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and your how you how you delivered it

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and the and the and the attitude and

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the tone, like, everything the entire package.

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And then one more thing is that the

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person seeking advice should also seek advice from,

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like, the person who is, you know, trustworthy,

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who's knowledgeable,

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who,

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is Yani,

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who who who wants Yani, show envy or

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or hatred

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towards that person. So, also, there's so there's

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responsibility from both sides, but the the big

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responsibility is on the person being asked because,

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Yani, they they they could either harm or

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benefit that, the the seeker of that consultation.

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And then and so based on that trust,

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they should, Yani, take the right the correct

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approach and and and and do what is

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in the best interest of the person seeking

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advice for Allahu'Anam.