Ammar Alshukry – Allahs Beautiful Names #12 The Secret Power Of Purification – Al Tayyib
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The importance of Islam's acceptance of the word "slack" is discussed, as it is used to teach teachings and grow one's financial connections. Money and sources of income are also discussed, along with a man named Saeed who claims to be the founder of a city in Iraq. The speaker warns against being a victim of attacks and suggests that anyone who claims to be the founder should be aware of the negative impact of his hesitation.
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How to make your dua always accepted? Allah's
name, Atayb.
Tayb means that which is wholesome, goodly, or
pure. As a quick side note, people know
that Taib is one of the names of
Medina, the city of the prophet sallallahu alaihi
wa sallam. And the hadith is in Bukhari
Muslim where the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam
said that it is and
and that it expels the impure like fire
expels impurities from silver. And so Allah
is the pure. And the prophet sallallahu alaihi
wa sallam says,
that Allah
is pure. He only accepts that which is
pure. And so there's 2 things here that
Allah
in and of himself is pure and that
he only accepts that which is pure. He
only accepts that which is pure. But when
Allah
accepts
that which is pure, he does amazing things.
Like the prophet said, that whoever donates from
the purity of their wealth, even if it's
the size of a date, and Allah
only accepts that which is pure. He said
Allah
accepts it in his blessed right hand, and
he raises it like one of you would
raise a baby horse. And so I want
you to imagine a small charity, a dollar
that you give in Ramadan, something very insignificant.
But it is if it is from the
purity of your wealth, Allah
may grow it like a mountain.
And the prophet
says in hadith that's in Muslim that Allah
is pure and he only accepts that which
is pure and he commanded
the believers with the same thing that he
commanded the prophets. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says,
Allah says, oh messengers
eat from that which is pure and do
righteous deeds. And Allah
says, yeah, you hadithina amnu kulumin taybatimara zakknakum
Allah says, oh you who believe,
give or eat rather consume from the pure
things that we have given you. And then
the prophet mentions
a man.
He'd been traveling for a long time. Ashath
Akbar, dusty and disheveled,
raising his hands towards the sky saying,
saying, my lord, my lord.
Now this is a man normally whose dua
would be fast tracked. It's dua that would
be accepted. This is a man who's travelling
and the dua of the travellers accept it.
This a man who's dusty and disheveled, meaning
he's very far away from being pampered and
arrogant. He's someone who's been broken by the
duration of his travel. And he's raising his
hands and your hands being raised as one
of the etiquettes of dua.
And he's calling Allah
by his attribute of the one who provides
for you and nourishes you and protects you
and develops you. But the prophet
mentions a caveat and that caveat is his
clothes were haram, his drink was haram, he
was nourished with haram. And so the prophetess
of the says, how could this person's dua
be accepted? Meaning how distant is the idea
that his dua was accepted. And so we
learned from this
that if you want your dua to be
accepted, you have to be concerned
with the purity
of your income,
the purity
of what you nourish yourself with. Abu Dharr
who beautifully said, the amount of dua that
is needed with righteousness
is like the amount of salt that is
needed with food.
Meaning that constant righteousness
and a strong connection with Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala is not going to leave you in
need of a lot of dua. So how
do you make your dua always accepted?
Asked this of the prophet
and the prophet
simply said to him, make your sustenance halal.
You will be of those whose dua is
always accepted. But what does that mean for
us? It's not just about making sure that
the food you're eating is halal. I think
anyone who's an imam or a teacher is
constantly being asked questions about gelatin,
vanilla
extract, alcohol and foods, and all sorts of
combinations of ingredients and whether that is halal.
But
sustenance is more than just what you use
to nourish your body, but also what you
use to nourish your life and lifestyle.
What are your sources of income in the
first place? Are they from halal?
And here's another really important question. Even if
your job description is halal, are you actually
earning
it? Meaning, if you're getting
paid to do a job and you only
give it 50% because the manager isn't around
or you cut corners because the client won't
notice. Is that salary or check that you
are actually receiving halal? I had a friend
who worked at a large corporation once,
and he told me, I work at my
job like I am the owner of my
company because
that is the only way that I could
feel comfortable that my risk is halal. Now
back to Saeed ibn Abi Waqqas. He took
the advice of the prophet
and he became someone whose dua was consistently
accepted.
Years later, during the khilaf of Umr ibn
Khattab, he would become the founder of the
city of Al Kufa in Iraq. Now normally,
the founder of a city gets bridges and
airports named after them. That's if the city
itself isn't named after them. Right? They get
all sorts of monuments. And yet Sa'ad does
not get any of these things. In fact,
he is getting criticized by the people of
Al Kufa. When it was Hajj season, a
group of them met with Umar and complained
about Sa'ed saying he didn't even pray correctly.
Now, of course, this is not a complaint
that Umar ibn Khattab who believes. I mean,
Sa'ad is one of the 10 who's promised
paradise and someone who the prophet sallallahu alaihi
wasallam praised in many instances.
But in any case, Umar is the hadifa,
and he needs to investigate any complaints. So
he sends Muhammad ibn Maslama to Al Kufa.
And upon his arrival, he goes to the
different masajid in the presence of Sa'ed, and
he surveys the Muslim community there. Do any
of you have any complaints about Sa'ed ibn
Abu Akas? And everybody says, no. He's amazing.
He's incredible. All of that. However, on one
instance, one person gets up. He says,
That does not distribute
the war equally.
He doesn't go out with the military campaigns.
He doesn't judge fairly. So he's accusing Sa'ad
in his honor. He's even accusing Sa'ad
in his courage. And so
he then makes dua. And he says, oh,
Allah. If this person only said this to
show off to the people, to make a
name for himself a moment right
now,
then prolong his life
and prolong his poverty
and present him with many trials.
I mean a long life
is great as long as you're healthy and
you're strong throughout that life. But if a
person loses all of their
abilities, that's very, very difficult. And then you're
poor throughout it the whole time. And all
of your your family members and your friends,
that support system around you, that financial support
system passes away as well that makes it
even more difficult. And so Sa'ed is making
a very strong dua against this man and
presenting with trials in his religion. And so
this man, the narrator said, I saw him
years later in Al Basra. And this hadith
is all reported by Bukhari.
I saw him years later in Al Basrah.
His eyebrows had become bushy over his head
due to his old age,
and he would be teasing the young women
of the city in the streets in public.
And when people would complain to him and
say, have some shame, like, dude, have some
shame.
He would say,
I was hurt. I have been afflicted
by the dua of Sa'ad.
And so you don't wanna mess
with someone whose dua is accepted.
And if you wanna be that person, you
wanna be that person whose dua is always
accepted,
then make sure
that you nourish yourself
with that which is halal because Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala is pure and he only accepts
that which is pure.