Assim Al-Hakeem – Al Istiqamah – Performing ones obligations with consistency & enthusiasm
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The speakers discuss the concept of "istiq chak" and its use in various political settings, including religion. They also touch on the negative impact of "med strict" on people's personal relationships and reputation. The importance of following the Prophet's teachings and not following sexist or racist behavior is emphasized, along with the importance of learning and practicing Islam to become a partner. The importance of proper behavior and behavior is emphasized, along with the need for everyone to practice friendships and not give up until death.
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As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu.
The topic of al-istiqamah.
Our Imam, Azzallah Khair, beautifully recited to us
in the second raka'ah, innal ladheena qalu
rabbuna Allah, thumma istiqamu.
The concept of al-istiqamah.
Can we remove the echo?
Well, that's difficult.
To remove the echoing.
So now, can I take this off?
Okay.
Anyhow.
So what is al-istiqamah?
Mustaqeem is a straight line.
And we say, ihdinas siratal mustaqeem, the straight
path.
So al-istiqamah was defined by many many
scholars in different ways.
A lot of them said, istiqamah is tawheed
and avoiding shirk.
Like Abu Bakr said, may Allah be pleased
with him.
And Umar said, al-istiqamah is to be
straight and not go around like a fox.
And in essence, istiqamah is to abide by
Allah's rulings and religion and shari'ah.
And the issue is to abide, to hold
on to, to practice, to implement, to walk
the talk.
And some defined it as to hold on
to the sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ.
Whatever the Prophet does, Allahumma salli wa sallim
ala Muhammad, this is al-istiqamah.
Now, a lot of us know the rulings
and the truth.
Rarely you will find among those who know
it, those who implement it until they die
upon it.
And this is why we have peaks and
valleys.
Some day you wake up, mashaAllah you feel
you can conquer the whole world.
And some days you wake up and you
question yourself, am I a hypocrite?
Am I a kafir?
What's happening to me?
So when you don't have the proper istiqamah
is when your iman fluctuate.
But sometimes it can be really really dangerous.
Allah azza wa jal says in the Qur
'an, إِنَّ الَّذِينَ قَالُوا رَبُّنَا اللَّهُ ثُمَّ اسْتَقَامُوا
فَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ Indeed, those
who have said, our Lord is Allah, so
they confessed by saying it.
But this is not enough.
You have to follow what you say with
actions.
So Allah says, indeed those who have said
our Lord is Allah and then remained on
a right course, there will be no fear
concerning them, nor will they grieve.
Sufyan ibn Abdullah al-Thaqafi, may Allah be
pleased with him, came to the Prophet a
.s. And the Arabs don't like to speak
a lot like they do today.
The Arabs, mashaAllah, they speak, speak, speak, speak,
speak, no actions.
They don't have any results, only talk.
We will do this, we will conquer, we
will free Palestine.
Go sleep and eat some sambusa, some shurba
before you go to bed so you don't
feel hungry.
They only talk.
Sufyan ibn Abdullah al-Thaqafi, may Allah be
pleased with him, he was a real Arab.
He came to the Prophet a.s. He
said, tell me something in Islam.
I do not need to ask anyone else.
Don't give me a lot of talk that
I cannot implement.
Give me a few words that I can
implement and I will be inshaAllah successful.
The Prophet said to him, Say, my Lord
is Allah, I believe in Allah.
Then remain on the straight path.
Exactly like this ayah.
So saying is not enough.
We all say RabbunAllah.
We all say amantu billah.
This is why the Salaf used to say.
All people are doomed except those who have
knowledge.
And all people who have knowledge are doomed.
Except those who implement this knowledge into deeds.
And all those who implement this knowledge into
deeds are doomed.
Except those who are sincere.
And those who are sincere are in great
danger.
So when we come and look at ourselves,
we are doomed.
Definitely, unless Allah casts His mercy upon us
and shower us with it.
So, how is it that we can be
on this istiqamah?
Well, number one, you cannot be saved as
youth or even as elders.
Unless you have the correct aqeedah.
And we always hear the scholars of Islam
saying aqeedah comes first.
But what is aqeedah?
What is the definition of aqeedah?
Everyone says, oh, I'm aqeedah, ahl as sunnah
wal jamaah.
I'm the aqeedah, the manhaj of this and
that.
What is aqeedah?
It's not something you talk about.
It is not something you can say, oh,
tawheed al-rabubiyah, tawheed al-uluhiyah, tawheed al
-asma'i wal-sufat.
Khalas, this is aqeedah.
It's a package deal that includes your conviction
of Allah.
The pillars of iman.
How to glorify Allah.
How to revere the Qur'an.
The Prophet Muhammad a.s. To believe in
the unseen.
All of these combined constitute your aqeedah.
And when we look today at what we
have with the social media.
The influx and the expansion and the explosion
of social media.
This has led to the corruption of our
aqeedah.
Without us knowing us.
Why?
Because we learn from people we do not
know.
Someone who popped up last week.
Oh, he has how many followers?
Wow, 200,000.
He should be good.
So we judge people by what?
The number of followers.
The number of likes.
Whether they're funny or not.
I like Sheikh Asim, he's savage, he's rude,
he's awesome.
Khalas, I will follow him.
You crazy?
Why do you follow me?
I always walk in the streets and I
look behind me.
Who's following me?
Do I have to explain it to them?
Sorry, I speak sometimes and I don't pay
attention.
So don't follow me please.
When I'm walking.
You can follow me on social media.
Anyhow.
You have to look at whom you take
your religion from.
Because so many today have corrupt aqeedah.
Someone comes and says, Oh, Muslim rulers are
kafir.
Oh, Muslims are all in *.
Because they fornicate, they drink wine, they do
this, they're all kafir.
This is khawarij.
His aqeedah is corrupt.
Yeah, but he's very funny, I like him.
No, he's khawarij, you cannot follow him.
Or someone who comes to you and says,
Allah is everywhere.
What do you mean?
Yeah, Allah is everywhere.
Astaghfirullah, are you crazy?
Allah is on the Arsh, on the seventh
heaven.
No, no, no, no, this is hululiyah.
You're not correct.
Allah is everywhere.
This is not true.
Someone says, Aqeed, you say la ilaha illallah,
khalas, you're in jannah.
You do whatever you want.
You do qaat.
You do qaat here?
You do drugs, you do intoxicants, you go
to nightclubs.
No problem, you're in jannah.
You say la ilaha illallah.
This is irja.
So what is the correct aqeedah?
This is what you have opened for yourself.
A can of worms.
And now the worms are all over you.
You're not following Qur'an and sunnah.
You're following any Tom, Dick and Harry.
Where do you get your religion from?
TikTok, sheikh.
MashaAllah.
This is where you get your religion from.
TikTok.
Yeah, I saw a sheikh, very long beard.
Not as long as yours, sheikh Asim.
But very long.
And he said something and I believed it.
What's his name?
I don't know.
Who are his scholars?
I don't know.
How long you've known him?
Two weeks.
And you're taking your religion from TikTok?
You're crazy.
Aqeedah is the most important thing.
Scholars you learn from have to be on
the manhaj.
Not only halal, haram and quoting verses of
the Qur'an and hadith and that's it.
No, even their akhlaq has to be good.
Their practice has to be good.
Their association.
You get some sheikh, mashaAllah, sitting with women.
And laughing and Assalamualaikum, mashaAllah.
It's okay.
Laughing in your Muslim brother's face is sadaqah.
Brother, not sister.
We don't have any gender discrimination, sheikh.
Watch out, aqeedah.
You cannot be mustaqeem without having pure aqeedah.
This is what will make you walk safely
on the Sirat on Jannah.
Bi-idhnillah, to Jannah.
Without the correct aqeedah, you'll fall.
Definitely.
You'll crawl.
Definitely.
So number one is aqeedah.
And number two, to follow the sunnah.
And this, mashaAllah, now is Allah Easter.
Number two is to have al-istiqamah on
the sunnah.
What's the opposite?
Bid'ah.
So the moment you see someone doing bid
'ah, something that the Prophet did not do.
But he says, this is good.
I celebrate the Mawlid.
Ya akhi, Mawlid is bid'ah.
He says, you Wahhabis, everything bid'ah, bid
'ah, bid'ah.
Yeah, but the Prophet didn't celebrate Mawlid, right?
Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, Ali, they didn't celebrate
Mawlid.
Sahaba, no Mawlid.
Tabi'in, tabi'at tabi'in.
So you want to be with them on
Jannah?
You want istiqamah?
Follow them.
You love the Prophet, and love the day
he was born in?
Fast every Monday.
Fast every Thursday.
Oh, fasting is too much.
Why?
Shaykh, if I don't take my shot of
latte in the morning, I can't go to
work.
And then, excuse me, where is your istiqamah?
So, avoid bid'ah.
Avoid making innovative dhikr.
Avoid making, oh, I love the Prophet, I
will do as-salat al-fatih lima yughlaq.
I see people making salat on Prophet, I
say, what are you doing?
I say, yalla, bismillah, come on, let's dance.
What are you doing?
I say, offering salutation upon the Prophet.
But why are you clapping?
He said, no, this is salatun nariyyah, as
-salatul fatih lima yughlaq.
As-salat, and all of this innovation.
Salat, they have never heard of in the
Qur'an, in the sunnah.
Avoid innovation, because the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam, said, whoever innovates in our religion, what's
not part of it, it is what?
Rejected.
Allah will throw it in your face.
Not accepted.
Allah will say, I sent you the Qur
'an.
I sent you Muhammad, alayhi salatu wa sallam,
with authentic sunnah, and you said, this is
not enough.
I will invent something new.
I have this salah.
It's very nice.
I will pray like a gazillion salah.
I have dhikr.
I will have these prayer beads, and I
say, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Hu, Hu, Hu.
What are you doing?
Dhikr.
MashaAllah, you're gonna fly now.
All of this is bid'ah, and it's
not part of the istiqamah.
And whoever creates a bid'ah, and spreads
it, he has killed a sunnah.
Man ahya bid'ah, faqad amata sunnah.
So you are destroying the sunnah of the
Prophet, alayhi salatu wa sallam.
Why do people commit bid'ah?
Arrogance.
Would you tell them, you have to follow
the sunnah?
They say, no.
I have something better.
The Prophet did not do it.
You know better?
He said, maybe the Prophet did not know
about it.
Astaghfirullah.
You know better?
Allah says, today I have completed your religion,
perfected by grace and favor upon you, and
accepted Islam to be your religion.
Allah said, completed your religion.
He said, yeah, yeah, but we have few
things missing.
I'd like to make these things haram.
You cannot have istiqamah without purifying your soul,
without dealing with good akhlaq.
We have problem with people who say, we
have correct aqeedah.
We are following the sunnah.
We are on the correct manhaj.
MashaAllah.
And their akhlaq is zift.
Zift is like tar.
It's like salt.
Their akhlaq is bad.
They are rude.
They are arrogant.
They sit and backbite everyone.
What about Abdullah?
Oh, Abdullah is innovator.
What about Ahmed?
Oh, Ahmed is a hypocrite.
What about his khawarij?
He's this, he's that, he's this.
And they start labeling people left, right and
center.
Okay, look in the mirror.
What do you see?
Allahu Akbar.
This is the sunnah.
They see that they themselves are the best.
And this is a very bad sign.
If you're not humble by your own shortcomings
and flaws, if you're not humbled by the
Qur'an and the sunnah and the knowledge
you have, you are not on the istiqamah.
The Prophet said, aleyhis salatu was salam, I
was merely sent to perfect and to complete
the best of moral conduct.
And he said, the closest to me in
jannah, on the day of judgment, are those
who have good manners, good akhlaq.
Look at us when we leave the masjid.
What happens?
Chokehold.
And they grab people and throw him with
wrestling moves.
Why?
I have to go first.
Look at us when we're driving.
When you go to other countries, people say,
please, go.
What do we do?
We never give the right of way to
people.
We're always number one.
Why?
Because we don't have akhlaq.
We don't have generosity, mercy, compassion.
And this shows you that we are not
on the istiqamah.
The Prophet said, aleyhis salatu was salam, a
man with his akhlaq, with his moral conduct
and manners, reaches the level in jannah of
a person who prays all night and fasts
all day.
With your akhlaq.
And you can ask people, how is the
akhlaq of XYZ?
If they compliment him, and say that he's
generous, he's courageous, he's kind, he's caring, know
that inshallah he's from the people of jannah.
Every day, we ask Allah to guide us
to the straight path.
اهدنا الصراط المستقيم Why do we do this?
Because without Allah guiding us, we will never
ever be on the istiqamah.
And this is why the Prophet used to
make a lot of dua by saying, اللهم
آتِ نَفْسِ تَقْوَاهَا وَزَكِّهَا أَنْتَ خَيْرُ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا
O Allah, grant me the sense of piety
and purify my soul, as you are the
best to purify it.
And he used to often ask Allah, O
turners of heart, make my heart steadfast on
Islam.
Then, from this we know that istiqamah, guidance,
can only be through what?
Through Allah.
No one can bring you istiqamah and guidance
except Allah azza wa jal.
Otherwise, Nuh could have guided his son, Ibrahim
could have guided his father, Muhammad a.s.
could have guided his own beloved uncle.
How can we reach istiqamah?
There are a number of factors, but the
time is quite limited, I think.
But we will just wrap it up as
fast as we can.
The best way of istiqamah is a righteous
upbringing.
And this is the responsibility of the parents.
When you're blessed with good parents who raise
you on practicing Islam, on istiqamah, on good
manners, on walking the talk, this is a
blessing from Allah.
And inshallah, you will grow up to be
a person of istiqamah.
You will be on the straight path.
And this is why the Prophet said, every
newborn is born upon fitrah, the natural inclination,
fitrah of Islam.
But his parents make him a Jew, a
Christian, or a fire worshipper.
So the parents have huge influence, as well
as the environment.
But when Allah blesses you with good parents,
then this is one of the main reasons
for istiqamah.
And this is why the Prophet emphasized, Allahumma
salli wa sallim ala Muhammad, that you choose
the best wife who's righteous, practicing, and wise.
Everybody's thinking, Oh shaykh, it's too late.
I already chose one.
Yalla, inshallah, we go for the second one.
Is it okay, shaykh?
Don't take my word for it.
Don't ask me.
Be happy with the one you have, and
try to invest in it, and work hard
on making her like this, inshallah.
And also the Prophet said, if a man
with righteousness and good akhlaq proposes, then marry
him.
And this means that they have a huge
impact.
Number two, knowledge.
Knowledge is the best way to become righteous.
And knowledge is not memorizing only the Qur
'an.
So many people memorize the Qur'an, and
fail miserably.
Not because they memorize the Qur'an, but
because they only focus on how to recite,
how to make tajweed, how to beautify their
voices.
But their conduct is totally against the Qur
'an.
The Qur'an says, don't deal in riba,
and they have a mortgage.
The Qur'an says, don't lie, and they're
the biggest liars.
Don't backbite, don't cheat, don't do this, don't
do that, and they go against the Qur
'an.
So, knowledge means the fear of Allah in
your heart.
You can be illiterate.
You can't read.
You can be someone who doesn't speak Arabic,
doesn't read the Qur'an, doesn't know the
hadith.
But when fajr calls, you're in the first
row behind the imam.
And when voluntary work is open, you're the
first volunteer.
You pray night prayer, you do witter, you
fast Mondays and Thursdays, you make a lot
of dhikr.
But you don't know what is this hadith,
authentic or daif.
You don't memorize the Qur'an.
This is the most knowledgeable of all of
us.
Because he has reached the peak of knowledge.
Innama yakhshallaha min ibadihil ulama Only those who
are knowledgeable, those only are the one who
fear Allah.
So the knowledge is fear, not only memorizing.
Also, among the things that would make you
upon the istiqamah, is to go through the
seerah of our Prophet Muhammad a.s. To
learn how he lived, where he went, how
he treated everyone around him.
And this, by knowing it, it's like brainwashing.
You're brainwashing but in a good sense.
Because now you live with the Prophet a
.s. You know how he treated his wives,
his children, his grandchildren, his neighbors, his companions,
the new Muslims, the disbelievers, how he treated
the hypocrites, how he visited the sick, how
he lived his day.
Last week, Allah blessed me to be in
Kuwait.
And I did a workshop, it's called, A
Day in the Life of the Prophet a
.s. Where we tried to gather in about
7 hours or less, how the Prophet started
the day, from fajr, after fajr, duha, before
dhuhr, when did he sleep his nap, dhuhr,
what he did after dhuhr, til asr, after
asr, til maghrib, maghrib, til isha, after isha,
how he slept, and then night prayer.
It's on my YouTube channel.
It's free.
But each one of us has to know.
It is extremely shameful.
When I ask people, when did the battle
of Uhud take place?
And people say, MashaAllah.
He said, long time ago.
MashaAllah.
Very good.
Good answer.
Sit down.
What year of hijrah did it take place?
Don't know.
Ahzab, Hunayn, Taif, Mu'tah, Badr, and people say,
I have no idea.
I ask people, how many years did the
Prophet, a.s. live in Mecca?
I don't know.
How many years did he live in Medina?
I have no idea.
What do you know?
It's very shameful.
So when you know the seerah, of your
Prophet, a.s., you love him.
And when you love him, you follow him
step by step until you reach Jannah.
But you don't follow him.
You don't know his seerah.
What are you?
I'm a swifty, Sheikh.
What do you mean?
I'm a swifty.
I follow Taylor Swift.
Sorry.
I seek refuge with Allah.
Ya kheer Allah a.z.w. What are
you doing?
All the youth now, are engaged on Instagram,
on YouTube, on Snapchat, following celebrities, kafir celebrities.
And they know everything about their lives.
Ya kheer, if you love Prophet Muhammad a
.s., you want to be with him, you
have to study his seerah.
Wallahi, once you study his seerah, and love
him, you will be on the istiqamah.
Also, among the ways of being in istiqamah,
is to learn what Allah has prepared for
His righteous servants in Jannah.
If we ask people, what will you find
in Jannah?
Oh, a lot of food.
A lot of drink.
Okay, what else?
I don't know.
But it will be very nice.
This is not enough.
If I'm traveling to Zanjabar, or if I'm
going to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, I will
Google everything in there.
Where am I going to stay?
What are the attractions?
What are the currency?
What is the weather?
You want to go to Jannah?
You have to study it.
And you want to stay away from hellfire.
And the more you read about it, the
more you get more knowledge, and you will
become on the istiqamah.
One of the best books, I highly recommend
that you buy.
Maybe it's online free.
It's called, Al Jannatu Wal Naar.
It's called, Heaven and *.
Written by Dr. Omar Ibn Sulaiman Al Ashqar.
He has beautiful seerah on aqeedah.
On the angels, on the jinn and the
devils, on the signs, of minor signs and
major signs, of Yawmul Qiyamah.
And the rusul and the risalat, the messengers
and their messages.
All of these books, extremely beneficial.
And very light to read.
It's not very complicated, or you know, you
need someone to explain it to you.
It's very, very, and it's mostly authentic, inshallah,
azawajal.
Among the things that would make you on
istiqamah, is a good companion.
Who is your companion?
Take your mobile phone, open your contact list,
and tell me, which one is a righteous
companion that you would like to meet Allah
with him?
He said, delete, delete, delete, delete, delete, delete,
delete, delete, delete, delete all.
I don't have any righteous companions.
Why?
Wallah, this companion, he's very good in cracking,
you know, filthy jokes.
We like to sit and listen to him.
This one always gives us DVDs of the
latest movies.
He's a good one.
This one is, mashallah, he knows people in
the government.
He can cut red tape.
And this one, wallah, we go to play
football, this one we go to play hockey,
this one we go to...
Who among your contact is that helps you
get closer to Allah?
That helps you to go for umrah?
That helps you to come to the masjid?
Attend lectures?
That you would call, Akhi, what's the ruling
on drinking camel's milk?
Does it break my wudu?
Yes or no?
I'm asking fatwa.
Huh?
Camel milk doesn't break wudu?
Yes.
Huh?
No.
Difference of opinion among scholars.
This is not the time.
Alhamdulillah, we will not discuss this.
So, you need righteous practicing friends.
They will correct you when you're wrong.
They will guide you when you're misguided.
Bring you to the straight path.
You need them.
But how many do we have?
Very little.
Sometimes, your bad companion drags you to the
ground, to the bottom.
Why?
It's time for maghrib.
And all of my friends, they don't want
to pray maghrib.
Should I go?
Okay guys, I'm going to pray maghrib.
Ah, sheikh, maulana.
Make dua for us.
Mashallah, mashallah.
He goes to pray in maghrib.
Very ashamed.
He comes back.
Ah, sheikh, mashallah.
Barakatak, barakatak.
Mashallah, mashallah.
Tomorrow, maghrib comes.
He doesn't go for prayer.
He's ashamed.
These companions take you straight to *.
So you have to choose your companions.
Allah azza wa jal says in the Quran,
Close friends, on the day of judgment, will
be enemies to each other.
Close friends, on the day of judgment, will
be enemies.
They were close friends, but now they're enemies.
Except for the righteous.
My righteous friends, we will never be enemies.
We will take hand in hand in jannah,
inshallah.
Finally, you have to always remember the last
day.
You have to remember death.
You have to remember that soon, you will
die.
When will you die, sheikh Asim?
When will you die?
I hope soon because we're bored of you.
When will you die?
Soon.
I will die soon.
When?
Allah azza wa jal knows.
Are you ready?
Inshallah.
I'm ready.
What am I waiting for?
Inshallah, I'm ready.
But I hope that I don't have to
suffer.
I don't have to be bedridden.
I hope that nobody would have to change
my diapers and take me to the toilet
and wash me and people are saying, Ya
Allah, he lived so long.
When is he gonna die?
I hope that my death comes quick but
on Ibadah, on Shahada, on Afia.
And may Allah give us all a good
death.
But, are you prepared?
Do you have debts you did not pay
off?
Do you have rights of people you have
taken unlawfully?
Nobody knows about it.
I made money.
I fooled him, I took his money and
he doesn't know.
You will pay in your grave.
Return everything that is unlawful today.
Now, not tomorrow.
And prepare yourself for death so that when
death comes, you say, Ashhadu an la ilaha
illallah.
You're happy.
Because I was waiting for this moment to
come.
Until when do you want to live?
Wallahi, I heard of Nuh, he lived 950
years.
So, maybe 800 years, good.
700 years, Alhamdulillah.
Ya Rabbi laka alhamdulillah.
Akhi, the average age of my ummah, the
Prophet says is 60 to 70.
If you're over 70, you have extra time,
bonus, overtime.
What are you waiting for?
Ah, 75.
75, what are you waiting for?
80.
80, what are you waiting for?
Wallahi akhi, Allah kareem.
No.
Always prepare yourself for this moment and embrace
it.
Because no one will ever escape it.
If anyone were to live, it would have
been Muhammad a.s. He died when he
was how old?
I don't know, a long time ago.
63 years.
Abu Bakr, how old?
63.
Umar, 63.
So, what are we waiting for?
Khalas.
Therefore, when you remember that you're going to
die, everything seems fine.
No worries of deaths, no worries of problems,
calamities, because I'm going to die, I'm going
to get rid of all of this.
And I pray to Allah a.s. that
He finally grants us the last thing that
would help us be on istiqamah.
And that is, dua.
Always ask Allah for istiqamah.
Always ask Allah for athabat, to be steadfast.
Always ask Allah for al-afiyah.
Mother Aisha, what should I ask?
The Prophet said, اللهم إنك عفو تحب العفوة
فاعفوا عنا So, we ask Allah to have
afiyah on us.
And once we have this and we make
dua and sujood, Allah will give us, inshaAllah,
this happy ending and the ability to be
on istiqamah.
هذا والله أعلم ونسبة العلم إليه أسلم وصلى
الله وسلم وبارك على عبده ورسوله نبينا محمد