Ali Ataie – Never Downplay Any of Your Acts of Obedience Done For God
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So something that,
there's a statement from
Imam Ali ibn Hussein,
whose name is Zain ul Abidi.
So he is the,
the great grandson of the prophet Muhammad
So
he said,
Allah
has hidden 3 things in 3 things.
That he
hid or concealed
his pleasure and acts of obedience and acts
of obedience to Allah
So never downplay any act of
obedience,
whether it's small or large.
You know, he doesn't say
he doesn't distinguish between
what we would consider to be sort of
major acts of obedience
and minor acts.
So to have scrupulousness in the religion is
very important. You never know
if the rida of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
is behind that act of obedience.
And he's hidden his or concealed his wrath
in acts of disobedience.
So never consider any act of disobedience as
being,
just something irrelevant or unimportant
because you never know behind which act of
disobedience is the wrath of Allah
And
Allah
has concealed his
sainthood,
his friendship
amongst his creation.
Right?
Amongst his creation.
So we've seen people that are very hostile
towards Islam
come into the faith.
And this is very important that we make
Dua for people. One of my teachers said,
half of Dua is Dua.
Right?
So pray for people. Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
is mukallib al kulloop. He's the changer of
hearts. We don't know
how someone's end is going to be. We
don't know our end. We pray for Khastal
Khatima.
You know, when you read the Sira of
the prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi sallam, we see
amazing things.
There were Sahaba who
just from listening to the Quran,
had iman enter into their hearts.
You know,
it was an incident at the college.
Whereas, Yacine was here. Is he still here?
Yacine was reciting
in the Musalla.
And there's this late non Muslim because people
take walks, you know, down that road. And
he was reciting. And she heard this qara'a,
non Muslim old lady.
She heard this qira'a, non Muslim old lady.
And she was looking in, what is that?
This is amazing.
This is beautiful.
Just Just listening to the Quran of the
Quran. It's kalamullah.
It speaks to the heart.
So Sayyidina Umar radiAllahu anhu, for example, who's
on his way.
Right? And he had resolved upon the most
evil intention in the history of humanity.
Who's going to kill the prophet Muhammad salallahu
alayhi wasallam.
And then when he gets to the house,
he hears the
Quran.
We did not reveal this Quran in order
for you to be miserable.
We had iman enter into his heart.
So some people just hearing the Quran
I had a roommate in college.
He was a Catholic guy.
I was a 3rd year junior.
He was a freshman, and it just so
happens that so
I was in the, to transfer norms,
and then there was a weird smell that
was coming from our room.
And no one could figure out what it
was.
It was a big mystery.
So they moved me into a freshman dorm
as a junior.
So I had this freshman guy, couple years
younger than me.
I walked into the room, and there's this
huge crucifix on the wall.
It looked like a life size crucifix.
It was huge. I'm thinking, I gotta I
gotta pray in here.
Okay. So I had this little thing.
We started talking, and
so I said, let's go out to dinner.
So
we get in the car, and I just
I just turned on the Quran.
You know? Just turned it on.
And you could see his face. I was
looking over at him.
He was just going like this.
Najib.
So the whole I forgot where we went.
It was some sandwich place or something.
It might have been Taco
Bell. It's the late nineties.
We were young men.
So then,
we go to class. I come home the
next day. And he's making I catch him
in sajda
on my prayer rug.
And then he
said, I didn't go to classes today. Well,
you're gonna get you're gonna get you're gonna
get dismissed for the college.
First day class, you didn't go.
So you never know what's gonna affect the
heart.
You know,
some of the Sahaba, they were converted through
miracles.
The prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam is
Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala describes in the Quran.
Is a lamp
that spreads light. You
know? So
one time the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam was
walking with Abu Bakr Sadiq radiAllahu anhu,
and they came to,
a shepherd
was tending a flock,
and
they said to him, give us a drink
from one of the goats. And he said,
this is this is not my flock. I'm
guarding it for this. Abu Jahad.
Right?
So this is an a manna.
So the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, he
said, will bring me a goat that's never
given birth.
What what is that going to do? Okay.
Bring him a goat. He said, this is
Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, radiAllahu anhu, a shepherd.
So prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam touches the
udder.
He says it fills up with milk.
He says bring me a vessel.
Pour it into the vessel, and they both
drink it. And Abdullah ibn Mas'arib says,
So this is from a miracle.
In the Tabakat al Musa'ad, he mentions that
it was a man named Khalid ibn Said.
And this is before the call of the
prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam went public.
And so,
this man Khaled, he had a dream. And
he knew Abu Bakr as Siddiq used
to interpret dreams even before Islam.
So he had this dream and he went
to Abu Bakr Siddiq and he said, I
had this dream.
What was your dream?
He said, dream. And and and, so
I'm standing
at the edge of this lake of fire,
and, my father is in it.
And he's trying to grab me.
And I keep fighting him off.
And then eventually, he grabs me. And he's
about to yank me into the fire. And
then your friend
comes up from behind me and he grabs
me around my waist like
this. And he pulls me back and saves
me from the fire.
Your friend,
Mohammad Sallallahu Alaihi Salam. And with Bakr al
Sadiq, he said,
be of good cheer. He's the messenger of
God.
And this is how we convert it.
Allah, Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, is in control of
the hearts. You might think someone is just
incorrigible.
Allah will change the hearts.
When the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam came into
Madinah al Munawara.
There were Munafateen in the city.
Alright?
And,
they paid a poet,
Hassan Ibn Nusabit.
And when the poets wrote something about you,
you
know, when they lampoon you, when they insult
you,
this could stay forever,
for generations.
That's the power of the poet.
Right? So they gave this man Hassan ibn
Thabit
some money.
And they said, when you see the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wasallam, although they did not say
sallallahu alaihi wasallam,
but I'll say it.
When you see him, write something, lampoon him.
Right?
Said, okay. So give him some money, and
then he's waiting by
one of the roadways.
And then the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam passes
by, and he takes a single glance.
And he goes back to his mona fiqun,
and he said, here's your money. I don't
want it.
So he said, did you write something? He
said, yeah. I wrote something.
So he said, let's hear it. He said,
The last 2,
So upon him,
it says, when I saw his lights approaching,
I had to cover my face with my
palm
out of fear of losing my eyesight
because of
the beauty of his countenance.
I could scarcely look at him.
A soul from light and a body carved
from the moon
like a like a cloak patched together with
brilliant stars.
Hassad al Nufadd Radhiallahu Anhu, he became the
poet laureate of the prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi
wa sallam. So make dua for people,
you know.
Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
May Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
fill
the hearts of the world with the love
of the prophet Muhammad salallahu alayhi wa sallam.
He is Habibullah.
He has the highest station
any human being
in history. This is his title, Habibullah. Of
course, Allah loves all the prophets.
Every prophet is Khalibullah.
But there's something
there's a there's a special quality,
a special emphasis
with the prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.
So he is Habibullah
par excellence.
Right? And if we love Allah's Habib,
then we'll gain the love of Allah Subhanahu
wa ta'ala.
May Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
forgive all of us. May Allah Subhanahu Wa
Ta'ala raise our stations. May Allah Subhanahu Wa
Ta'ala
increase us in knowledge. May Allah
give us the ability
to convey this this lamp that spreads light
to the rest of the world.