Bilal Philips – The Best In Islam #13 – Clothing (2 of 2), Companions, Creation, Days (1 of 2)

			Salam Alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh I'd like to welcome you dear viewers to another in our
series, the best in Islam. In this segment of the episode on clothing we began earlier in our
previous episode we looked at statements concerning clothing, dress, etc. And we did mention a
statement of the Prophet may God's peace and blessing be upon him that
		

			the best clothing or cloth is the white cloth. And he went on to say that we should close our living
in it and trout are dead in it.
		

			So there is particular emphasis on white, but this emphasis was because of the fact that Islam put a
premium on cleanliness
		

			and purification and White is the color which will require the most washing and cleaning for it to
remain looking clean. So it is really from this perspective, not necessarily that white is superior
to other colors, but merely as an encouragement to us colors which
		

			would be natural motivations for people to keep clean.
		

			And we have a statement, Qatada
		

			asked,
		

			one of the companions of the Prophet Ana Sydney Malik Are you Libous can have by Allah rasool Allah,
He will Jabba Illa Rasulillah kala Alebrije which garment was dearest, or most liked by Allah's
Messenger?
		

			And he replied, the striped cotton cloaks. And this stripe, cotton usually was made in Yemen, and
included the colors green and others in it. So it was multicolored, it had different colors. And
		

			that is clear that
		

			though he recommended white, it didn't mean that's all you could wear,
		

			in terms of the type of garment that the Prophet himself preferred,
		

			whom Salah Ma said, can have both yabby Illa Rasulillah he, I will come is the clothing which the
Messenger of Allah like the best was the long shirt. The long shirt is like what we call a job today
it's something like what I'm wearing, that's a long shirt. In Arabic terms, maybe it's a stopping
normally bit shorter midway in the shin, but that was his favorite dress, being loose wide and
properly covering the body in or not exposing what should not be exposed. So it is really because of
the
		

			nature of how such garments cover the body, that the Prophet may God's peace and blessings be upon
him. prefer it. We also have
		

			a statement where the prophet may God's peace and blessings be upon him spoke about better with
regards to garments and cloth and Al Bing Azim he related at once when Allah's Messenger was given a
silk garment and people were amazed by its beauty and softness. He said la mana deal sad name was
Phil Jana of God who minha Saddam was handkerchiefs in Paradise is much better than this. As
wonderful and amazing as people saw the silk garment, then handkerchief something so simple as a
handkerchief of saddening wife who was one of the companions of the prophet who died during the life
		

			time of the Prophet may God's peace and blessings be upon him. He was the leader of the House tribe
and Medina.
		

			And he was among the first that converted to Islam there.
		

			And the Prophet SAW Salem, honored him loved him. The point is that
		

			this was, of course, a promise that side, it'd been wise would be among the people of paradise.
		

			And further, it is a reminder that the things of this life that we may treasure and consider to be
so wonderful, so beautiful, so great, they are virtually nothing in the life to come, the wonderful
		

			blessings.
		

			pleasures, which will be given to those who are granted paradise were blessed with Paradise far
exceeds anything that we experience in this life. Moving on to another topic, another theme, from
the best concerning companions, who are the best companions, the Prophet, may God's peace and
blessings be upon him, was quoted by Ibn Amr, as saying, I don't as hub in the law, fair to whom
Lisa hibi
		

			and Hiral G Ron and the law, hydro home legionary. The Companions, whom Allah considers best are
those who are best to their companions. And the neighbors whom Allah considers best are those who
are best to their neighbors. What the Prophet sallallaahu Salam is stressing here
		

			is that
		

			when we consider
		

			companions,
		

			who are the best, who we should consider to be the best, should be those who are in their own
actions, the best to others. Because if they're bad to others, if you see them, you hear of them,
you observe them, being bad to others, these should not be your best companions. The Prophet SAW
Selim warned us to choose our companions well, because we will be raised on the Day of Judgment with
our companions.
		

			So therefore, we should be careful with whom we choose, as our companions, meaning those who we hang
out with, because,
		

			as the prophesies have also said, that a person will follow the religion of his friend, the way his
friend is, is the way he is likely to be. This is the nature of people, that they are influenced by
their companions. So we should be very wary about who we take as our regular close companions.
Another example of the Prophet gave me God's peace and blessings be upon him, that the good
companion, he said is like
		

			the perfume merchant. Either
		

			you are going to walk away
		

			with some perfume which is given or
		

			you're going to walk away,
		

			smelling good because of all the bottles of perfume that he has opened. So one way or another,
you're going to go away.
		

			smelling nice. That is like the good companion. The evil companion. The Prophet SAW Salem wonders,
is like the blacksmith who is beating iron over
		

			coals, sparks are flying. Either sparks are going to hit your clothes and burn it burn holes in it,
or at least you will go away stinking of smoke. That is the nature of the bad companion.
		

			In the West, they say if you live with dogs, you will get up with fleas. It's the same idea. The
example of the Prophet game is a little more elaborate and more nice and eloquent. But that's the
point. The point is that you are influenced by those around you. So be careful. So the Prophet
Muhammad Salim had said given us a sign in a way
		

			For us to know who are the good companions, who should consider to be a good neighbor is the one who
is good to his other neighbors, not just one who is good to us. Because if he's good to us and bad
to other neighbors really is not a good neighbor. Maybe he is good to us because he wants to get
something from us. He's seeking some benefits or whatever. You know, this is the nature of people,
that they may be good to us, but they're not really good people. So we should be careful. Beware of
who we take, as our
		

			companions, as our good neighbors in the sense that we spend time with them, we go to visit them
regularly. We invite them to our homes, we have a kind of relationship with them. We should be
careful with that, their viewers, we're going to take a brief break, and then come back to look at
some more of the best in Islam.
		

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			We finished topics concerning companions, though I should mention before moving on that if not bass
had related to the province of Solomon said hydro Sahaba herba that the best group when one is
traveling that one should take with us. Our four made up of four people. And in some narrations, he
said one traveler by himself is Satan.
		

			Two travelers is like two devils. Three, four
		

			are a good group. You have those who will look after each other's affairs. It is better encouraging
us better when we travel we travel as a group as opposed to traveling as only one or two
individuals. That's a general recommendation to travel as a group. Anyway, we're moving on now to
the best of creation. We have mentioned in the Quran Surah Al bayyinah verse seven, Allah says there
in Allah Dena Ave Romulo Salah hottie Hola, Erica, whom Hyrule Berea indeed those who believe and do
righteous deeds are the best of creation. So what makes people the best, it is the belief and
righteous deeds, because belief alone, without righteous deeds, or righteous deeds alone, without
		

			belief, both are failures. Of course, the greater failure is righteous deeds with no belief, those
are completely lost. But if one has belief, but that belief is weak, so righteous deeds are few,
		

			then one may be punished in * for a period of time If Allah doesn't forgive our sins, that the
only way out was to pay the price
		

			for a period of time, and of course, no one should depend on that because
		

			who is certain of his own or her own faith?
		

			But they will be taken out ultimately.
		

			However, what we should be striving for are the highest levels of faith, along with the greatest
number of good deeds. None of us should ever think that we have done enough
		

			Good, we've got plenty of good deeds, not to worry, no.
		

			We don't know what has happened to those good deeds that we've done in the past,
		

			have the evil deeds that we've done eating them up. So rarely we have nothing to show,
		

			we should always be striving to do as much good as we can, and to renew our faith, to make sure that
our faith is firm, clear.
		

			And that it is not affected by
		

			doubts, and satanic thoughts,
		

			bad influences, so much so that it no longer prevents us from evil, that evil deeds become
plentiful.
		

			We should work on our faith, be careful of our faith, look out for our faith, check our intentions,
because this is where the faith comes from. It's the same place that the faith is based, because
it's the faith now, which determines what our intentions are going to be. So if we're having bad
intentions, constantly
		

			doing things for the wrong reasons, doing things for bad reasons, then this is going to indicate to
us this is indicative of weak or no faith. So we should be careful
		

			when this is what this verse reminds us, of the need to not only believe, but to do righteous deeds,
that these two are inseparable, true belief is going to produce righteousness. And as some people
say, while doing a lot of evil deeds, my faith is here. I don't wear my faith as a badge outside,
etc. You know, I don't need to, you know, I have my faith there in my heart. That's between me and
God. But if that were enough, then the Prophet may God's peace and blessings be upon him would have
said so. Allah in the Quran would have said so. But no, they have asked us to do other things,
things which are for strengthening that faith. If it's real, it will be strengthened by them. If
		

			it's not real, then we will be repulsed by them. We will feel oh, we don't need to do this, or this
is a waste of time. So you have people who live in Jeddah, for example, who have grown up in Judah
died in Judah and never made Hajj. It's something unthinkable. Could that happen? Could there be
someone who would live in Jeddah, which is one hour's drive from Mecca, and never make Hajj? Yes,
		

			it happens. And that person might have told you, hey, my faith is in here.
		

			But for them to die in that state, is something Allah knows ultimately what is in the heart, but
it's a very bad sign. Because what is in the heart is like the seed inside of the shell.
		

			When you remove that shell, the seed is destroyed. The shell is not the most important thing, but it
has its own importance in that it protects the seed inside. So external aspects of Islam cannot be
treated. As you know, peel, it is the shell of no real value. What's the kernel, that's really what
it's all about? Well, that kernel will not survive without the peel and the shell. So
		

			righteous deeds should not be treated as insignificant and unimportant. Moving on to another theme
		

			from the best, the best days.
		

			Jabir ibn Abdullah, quoted the Prophet sallahu wa Salam is saying of dulu I am dunya I am will Asha.
		

			The best days of this world are the 10 days.
		

			The best days of this world are the 10 days. This refers to the last 10 days of Ramadan. The last 10
days of Ramadan, the month of fasting, those last 10 days are the days in which the Night of Power
occurs. The greatest night of the year. That night
		

			is worth
		

			1000 months of
		

			Prayer. If one prays on that night, this is the Promise of Allah subhanaw taala that if one prays
during that night, it is equivalent to the prayer
		

			of 1000 months of worship. That is the greatness of that night, Laila to the other. The night also
in which the Quran was taken from the Lord and Mark forth, the highest heaven, and taken down to the
lowest heaven from there, which the
		

			angel Jibreel would take the verses and the chapters and deliver them to Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu
wasallam through recitation, etc. So Lailatul Qadr is as great as it is a night, which we should
seek in the last 10 nights of Ramadan. Of course, exactly when it is, somebody will say it's the
27th. But
		

			the Prophet SAW Salem told us it is among the odd nights, and the actual date is unknown. The
Prophet SAW Selim didn't know but Allah caused him to forget it, so that it would remain as
something unknown to the OMA. And thereby we would strive all of those odd nights, to try to catch
Leila to other. So this is something which makes the last 10 days of Ramadan. Great days, mighty
days are so great and mighty, that the Prophet SAW Salem pronounced them to be the best days of this
world, the last 10 It's also worth noting that the Prophet may God's peace and blessings be upon him
during Ramadan would fast and would seclude himself in the masjid. For those last 10 days, not only
		

			would he fast as he normally would, and pray, etc. In the other days, in the last 10, he would
seclude himself and focus more on various acts of worship. For the those last 10 and his companions
used to do the same. In fact, his wives even used to come into the master, they would have a tent
set up, and they would stay in the masjid for those last 10 It's known as air to gaff or seclusion
for those last 10 something worth considering. Of course, in our times, we get very busy, the
opportunities to get holidays etc, are limited. But if you know that your job gives you 10 days or
gives you a month holiday, you can take 10 out of those to spend those 10 days in the masjid, you
		

			should try to do it, you know, even if it's one time in your life, and better to do much more than
that the Prophet Muhammad Salah means to do it every Ramadan. We should strive to spend at least
some time like that in the masjid. With that, dear viewers, we'd like to thank you for being with
us. In this episode of the best in Islam, we've covered a lot of ground. Today we talked about
cloth, clothing, we talked about the best companions we talked also about the best of creation that
Allah spoke. And finally we closed with the best days. bid you farewell now and hope to see you in
our coming episodes salaam alaykum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh