Faraz Rabbani – The Rawha #008 Divine Response to Prayer Honor of Knowledge

Faraz Rabbani
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The messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be

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upon him, encouraged us to strive for uprightness

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by seeking assistance in the early mornings, late

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afternoons at and something of the depths of

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the night. From this tradition, the scholars made

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it a habit to briefly read text of

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religious guidance in the late afternoon and often

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term such readings the daily.

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The term refers to the late afternoon, but

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also to a time of rest from worldly

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toils and reinvigoration of one's spirit.

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In this day, Sheikh Harazrabani will be covering

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2 texts, imam Zarnunji's primer on the etiquette

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of seeking knowledge,

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and imam Youssef An Nabhani's beautiful collection of

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40 sets of 40 prophetic hadith.

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We are continuing to look at

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the 40 hadith Qudsi

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from the work of Sheikh Yousaf and Nabehany.

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And

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these Hadith Qudsi, if, you know, if you've

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got a feel for them so far,

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they convey

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One of the reasons they call hadith.

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What is?

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Is

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a very important

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meaning in the Arabic language. Like, what is

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what is?

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Yeah. It's the affirmation of sacredness. Right? Well,

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right? To be sacred

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is that sense of. Right?

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Right? Is to be distant from blemish,

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to be

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transcendent,

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to be exalted.

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Right? And those are the meanings of sacredness.

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Right? Which is why Jerusalem is called Al

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Quds.

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It is the sacred city. Right?

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And, of course, they say it's it it

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symbolizes the nature of the dunya.

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Right? The the you know, dunya is a

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place of tribulation,

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and this sacred city

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is the city of tribulation.

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So we completed hadith number 10. Correct?

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Right.

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About not cursing time,

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but not cursing time.

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Why? Because Allah is the lord of time.

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The 11th

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hadith,

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It is related by ibn Abbas, may Allah

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be well pleased with both

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son and father

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because

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Abdullah ibn Abbas is the son of Al

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Abbas, the uncle of the prophet that

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the messenger of Allah

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said that Allah most high says,

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and who is a greater wrongdoer?

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Who is a greater wrongdoer than one who

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strives

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to create

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creation

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like my creating?

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First,

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what is?

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Who is a greater wrongdoer than one who

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tried to create creation like my creation?

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Is

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not giving something its due

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or it is to transgress

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the right of another or to fall short

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of the rights of another. Right? So there's

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the Haqq and this is why

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justice

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is Adl,

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right, is balance.

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So if you exceed

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the bounds with respect to the rights of

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other, that's or you fall short

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of their rights, that is

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So who is a greater wrongdoer than one

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who strives to create

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anything

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created

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like my creating.

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This is wrongdoing

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above all at the level of

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belief in Allah.

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Why?

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Because

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Right? Khalk

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Truly

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Allah's

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is creating

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and Allah's is the command.

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Al Khalq

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creating

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is

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is to bring something into existence is originating

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from nothingness.

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That is creating.

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A lot of people get confused

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regarding

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the meaning here because it's mentioned in the

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Quran as well. Let let them create

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a fly, Zubaba.

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And, well, now we have genetic and engineering,

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and we have this and that. You know,

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Siddhartha Mukherjee, who wrote the great book on

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cancer, now has something on genetics,

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which is an important

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and intelligent

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work. It just came out.

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That everyone's confused. We can we can manipulate

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the, you know,

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the the genes. Forget the DNA. We can,

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you know and they say, you know, genes,

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you know, the human

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genome,

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they say is is like the Encyclopedia Britannica

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if it were 60 something volumes.

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Right?

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And it's made up just of 4 letters.

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Right? There's repetitions of that. Of course, no

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one sees that, you know,

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and that

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that that there there are signs in that.

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Right? But

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for whom right? But

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they behold not. But who's a greater wrongdoer

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than one who would strive to create like

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my creating?

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And what is the challenge? And this is

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a challenge till the end of times. We

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shouldn't feel challenged by what people are doing.

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Why? Because everything that people are doing is

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bringing together creative things,

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bring to a and b to produce c,

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or fiddling with a, so it becomes

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b.

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Right?

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It is not

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It is not originating from absolutely

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nothing.

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And that is,

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you know, that is

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the divine

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creating.

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His command, if he wishes something to be,

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he simply is be and it is. That

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is Allah subha'tha is creating.

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And that's the challenge.

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Right? That's the challenge.

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So let them create

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a, an atom. Right? Something that small.

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Aura.

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Or let them create a grain.

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Or let them create a head of barley.

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Like a grain of barley.

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Right?

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This

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yes. So this is this is a divine

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challenge. Right? And at one level,

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you know, when the prophet, salallahu alaihi wa

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sama, speaks,

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you know, the the oleman say it's he

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is speaking to the stage

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of all creation until the end of time.

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Because who's sitting in Medina trying to create

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a grain?

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Right?

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Right?

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That's part of the, you know,

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that he

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is. I was sent to all people completely.

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And that's not just the people in his

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time,

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but also till the end of time. And

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this and this stands.

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But we have to be careful not to

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be

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shaken by,

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you know, this,

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by these,

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by

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all the traces of Allah's creation. Right? We

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we we see them for what they are.

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Right?

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The the next hadith

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So Bouhay relates to the messenger of Allah

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said that Allah most high says.

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And this is a very powerful

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hadith

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on Surah Al Fatiha.

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Right? On Surat Al Fatihah. And the significance

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of Surat Al Fatihah.

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Right?

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And Surat Al Fatihah

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is really the,

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you know,

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a sum a summary of the entire Quran.

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The entire guidance of the Quran,

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say Nabi Mitalib says is contained

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in

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goes back to Surat Al Baqarah. And there

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are some great scholars who show how all

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the

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how

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all

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the Quran goes back to Surat Al Baqarah.

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Amongst those who

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touched upon that was Imam Burhanuddin

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Bi'kari, in the in the author of the

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tafsir nafmud Durar, but also of

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the distinguished scholars of the 20th century,

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Sheikh Saeed Hawa,

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a beleaguered Syrian scholar who migrated to Jordan.

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In

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his in his work,

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notable work,

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particularly if one appreciates the very distressful circumstances

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that he that his life lived out

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through. It shows how all

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all the meaning of the Quran goes back

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to Surah Al Baqarah. And all the all

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the meanings and guidance contained in Surah Al

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Baqarah is affirmed in

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Surat Al Fatiha.

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Which is why Sayidna Ali bin Abita Lib

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also said, I could explain Surat Al Baqarah

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in camel loads

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of volumes.

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And many scholars wrote entire detailed volumes just

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on Surat Al Fett amongst them.

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Right?

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And a lot of it is because there's

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basic tafsir, right, which is a says b.

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But

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there's also the reflective tafsir

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that, for example, if you reflect on Surat

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Al,

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you know, you know, there's many

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levels of on there's levels of understanding beyond

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limit that are understood

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from Surah Al Fati. Amongst them,

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goes into that we understand

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the primacy of Sayid Nabu Bakr as Siddiq

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from

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Surat Al Fatiha.

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How?

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Because

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Allah

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Right? We ask to be guided to the

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straight path. The path of those you whom

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you blessed before us. And who are those

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whom you blessed before us? It explain elsewhere

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in the Quran.

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In

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the

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Quran.

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Right?

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Of the prophets and the

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and the and the and he was agreed

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upon

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to be known as a.

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Right? Like, even his enemies

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acknowledge that title. Right? That he's a.

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This guy is so if the prophet is

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a,

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then he is this he's like even his

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enemies say he's Siddiq. Right?

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He's a champion of that truth that the

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prophet came with.

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And

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these are reflective

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in

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meanings that are understood. Some of them, of

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course, are,

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you know, they're,

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you know, they're they're they're dependent on external

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meanings, but but if you accept the Quran

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as being a whole,

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then

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so this so this fatiha,

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you know,

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deserves

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reflection. And here, we see some of the

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significance.

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So

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I have divided the prayer between myself and

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my servant,

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in 2 halves.

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And from my servant has whatever they asked

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for.

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Now here one of the things

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the this hadith will tell us about

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Surah Al Fatiha.

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It'll tell us about Surah Al Fatiha.

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So one of the names of Surah Al

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Fatiha

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according to a lot of the based on

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this,

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hadith

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and other hadiths

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is

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a

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salah.

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I have divided the prayer of salah

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between myself

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and my servant in into 2 halves, And

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my servant shall have whatever they ask.

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Because what is the subject here? So some

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scholars said that, well,

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the whole prayer is divided 2 halves.

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There is because what is the prayer? There's

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a prayer is a turning to Allah and

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an asking of Allah.

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Right? So in so far as it's a

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turning to Allah, it's in recognition of his

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lordship, his glory, his greatness that is the

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the role of the dhikr in the prayer.

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Right?

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And there's the role of du'a in the

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prayer which is to ask. Right? And the

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prayer is between dhikr and du'a.

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And the states of the prayer are between

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dhikr and du'a. The standing is a dhikr

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and it's a du'a.

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And both come together. Right? It's not one

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or the other. Because the dhikr of the

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dua affirms dhikr. Because when you ask

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you are turning to the one asked. When

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you turn to the one asked

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when you turn to Allah, you're affirming

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the asking

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of the state of your neediness.

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Right? So

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the ask the turning

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in recognition and the asking

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are interrelated. 1 entails the other if complete.

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Right? So the 2 halves are not separated.

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So what am I saying? There's 2 halves

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but they fit together.

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But they don't fit together only in in

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the sense that there's this and

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there's this. The 2 come together.

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So does it apply to the whole prayer?

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Some people say the the the the fat

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has been used here as an example. So

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you begin,

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this is how it begins.

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And like they say and

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the rest follows in the same way.

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But another way of looking at it is

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that the Fatiha itself is the prayer.

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Now

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how? At several levels. 1, the Arabs used

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the

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the concept of

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Sometimes you can refer

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to a part

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by the whole.

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And sometimes you can

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refer to a part by the whole.

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Or you can refer to the whole by

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the part.

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That's from the power of the Arabic language.

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So, for example, Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says

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bow with those who bow.

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But if sister Yasmeen heard that, says, Allah

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only commanded us to bow with those who

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bow. So she just sits waiting. When the

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sisters get into Ruqoah, she joins in. I

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bowed with those who bowed. And then she

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says, well,

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I'm tired. And she just relaxes. Is that

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considered praying? No. Why the bowing there, it

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refer

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or prostrate with those who prostrate. We weren't

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of those who prostrated.

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K? When the the people asked the people

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of Jehannam, why didn't

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what took you into succor? They say,

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Musalim.

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Right? We did we weren't of those who

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prayed but was it?

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Elsewhere

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that we we did not prostrate with those

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who prostrated.

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Right?

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But it's that's mentioning the part and intending

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the whole. So in in that sense and

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sometimes a part is mentioned to highlight its

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significance.

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K? And the greatest

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what's the greatest part of the prayer?

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What's the greatest part of the prayer?

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Good.

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Though

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prostration is particularly

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emphatic

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in expression of neediness and closeness,

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the closest

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is to the Lord

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is when they're in prostration because that state

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even to one heedless should be expressive of

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your complete neediness. I know several people personally

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who became Muslim when they prostrated.

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And some good friend of mine,

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white Californian,

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surfer type,

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you know, left the US military,

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became a photographer,

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took a photoshopping

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Photoshop course,

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ran into some lady, seemed to be wearing

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a hoodie in the summer. They asked her,

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what's up with that? Is that a new

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style? She was like a jibab wearing sister.

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So she pointed him. She'd explained a few

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answers, fell shy, pointed him to the masjid,

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went there, long story,

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ended up

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at

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when the one type of masjid walked out

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because it seems strange.

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Allah protected him.

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Ran to his his grandparents, his neighbor, African

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American, that was Muslim.

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Said, Paul, what are you doing coming out

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of that mosque? He said, it's really weird.

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Said he explained. Went to the masjid. Had

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no thought about Islam.

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But being sort of hip Californian,

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said, well, his his grandparents' neighbor said, wanna

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join in with us?

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Sure.

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Said, well, I'll do what you guys are

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doing. And no thought about Islam. When he

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put his foot forehead on the ground, he

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realized

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that this has to be the truth.

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And next day he was he was Muslim.

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So

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but despite the place of the prostration, for

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example,

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the greatest part of the prayer

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by clear text of the Quran,

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by clear

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indications of the text of the Quran, but

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very clear and explicitly

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in the sunnah

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of the Prophet

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it is clear and there is a position

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of the vast majority of salam al khaljid,

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the best part of the prayer is the

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recitation.

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By transmission the Prophet said The

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best of prayer is lengthy recitation

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and many other

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texts. And all and also rationally,

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because if you look at what you're doing

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when you're standing, you're reciting Quran and Quran

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is superior to zikr.

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Right? Etcetera. But it's textually.

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So

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and my servant has whatever they asked for.

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Right? And to be people of meaning, we

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we reflect on these things. And my servant

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has whatever

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they asked for.

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But you're dealing with a generous lord. You

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didn't ask for anything. He'll still reward you.

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But it's not like the one who asked.

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Right? And it's not like the one who

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asked for Allah.

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And my servant

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my servant

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and is

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for Istihq.

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I you know,

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it's for them.

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It's for them. Right? So it's like there,

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you didn't ask for it.

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Right?

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We did not wrong them. It was there.

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You didn't ask for it.

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Right? And rather it was they wronged themselves.

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So if the servant and here, of course,

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it hide you know, when when a term

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when

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someone is referred to something,

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one has to pay attention to what are

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they being referred to as.

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Right? So if a name is used,

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right, so if, you know, someone gave, you

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say, the the generous man then

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gave a lot in charity. Why is

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kareem mentioned there?

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Because you want to highlight that quality.

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You don't you don't say

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then the

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you you want to highlight

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you you mention things if you are speaking

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intelligently

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with a distinguishing quality.

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Right?

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You have to highlight a meaning. So

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if the servant

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says right? Because what is the basis of

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prayer? It is it's it's

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servitive. You could say if the one praying.

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Right?

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But the meaning being highlighted is

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servanthood.

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Right?

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If the servant says all praise is due

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to Allah, Lord of the worlds.

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Allah most high says, my servant

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my servant has praised me.

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Which is why this one of the wisdoms

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why the prophet when he recited,

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he would pause after every

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verse.

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Right? And they say there's several aspects. One

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is to reflect on what you're going to

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say next, but also every meaning

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has a response.

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Right?

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Right? So they say it's like, you know,

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you ask for water, you have to wait

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for it to be poured. I say, give

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me some water and then said, could you

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top it up with some drops of lemon?

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But you didn't, like, you know, you have

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to wait.

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Right? So this is part of,

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you need the adam. Right? That there's a

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divine response coming. We have

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to give

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it

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its spiritual deed.

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And if the servant says,

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all merciful,

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most compassionate.

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Allah says my servant has

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exalted me.

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You

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know, my servant has exalted me.

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If the servant says, master of the day

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of resurrection

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or the

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day

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of

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reckoning

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Allah

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most high says, my servant has affirmed my

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majesty.

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And if the servant says, you alone

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do we serve

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and you alone

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do we seek assistance of.

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Allah says

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this is between me and my servant.

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And my servant shall have whatever they ask

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for.

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Alright. This is why

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differ. What is the greatest part of the

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What's the greatest part of the

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And some argue that it it is.

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The great Wali,

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and imam, and his Hambali. Very interesting. Hambali

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from Herat.

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They used to be Hanbalis in in Afghanistan.

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Wajah Abdulah

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Ansari and his work.

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Right?

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The the the stations of those traveling to

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closeness to Allah is a great imam of

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hadith and a great imam of fiqh and

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a great imam of spirituality.

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Interesting a work commented upon by Ibn Khayim

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Al Jazia amongst many others.

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It's men in the

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is Menazil Usa Irene,

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and he says between the two stations of

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Iyak and Abu Du and Iyak and Esteyn.

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Because all of

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all of life is between these two meanings.

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Okay? And between these two meanings is

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being with Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. You alone

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we serve,

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you alone we rely upon.

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This is between me

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And what is what is between you and

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between your lord? That's closeness.

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Right?

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Right? So many have said this is the

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greatest part of Surat Al Shaddai. Others have

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said, it's

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guide us to the straight path. What does

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the straight path lead you to?

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To the realization of

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That's between you and Allah.

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Right?

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Right?

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Right? So if one is seeking

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to

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attain closeness, and the closeness talked about in

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the the Hadith Qudsi of

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of

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How do you draw close?

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By the realization of these two meanings.

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Realization of slave hood and realization of reliance

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upon Allah.

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Right? And all the spiritual path is between

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these two meanings.

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Right?

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This is between me and my servant.

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And my servant shall have whatever they ask

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for. And, again,

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what are you asking for? Right?

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And the people of intelligence ask Allah for

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Allah.

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Right?

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And if when the servant says,

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guide us to the straight path, the path

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of those you blessed before us, not those

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under your wrath

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nor those

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astray.

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Says, this is for my servant, and my

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servant shall have what they asked for.

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So one of the many

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had this understood from this is that at

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every stage,

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know what you're asking for.

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I don't just say it,

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but

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ask.

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Right?

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Right? Ask.

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And this is related by and he goes

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into detail. Why? Because

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it's so well related. It's raised by Ahmed,

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by by Muslims. So it's an really, it's

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the authentic hadith.

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But

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it's in all these other major collections to

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Abu Dawood and Tirmidi Nasai and ibn Majah

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and ibn Hiban.

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So that's what we wanted to to look

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at today. So we should all we should

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always strive to renew

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our recitation of Surah Al Fatiha, to refresh

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it,

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to reinvigorate it,

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to reflect on it,

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and

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to always also with our own personal reflection

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to always go back and strive

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to reacquaint ourselves with its meanings.

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Right? Because meanings,

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become

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can become

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occluded.

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Right? Can become occluded

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by lack of

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you know? And they're refreshed.

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Right? Remind.

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So for reminders, benefit believers.

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And

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we we remind others, but we also remind

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ourselves by reviewing

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the tafsir,

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by re rereading

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the tafsir

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of these verses.

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Any questions here?

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Go ahead.

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This

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is between my servant

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and and I,

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and my servant shall have whatever they ask

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for. Right? That it is

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and there's many

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there's many possibilities,

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and the honorable mention a number of meaning.

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Ultimately, what is between you and but what

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is between the lord and the servant?

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That is that is the relationship between the

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lord and the servant. And that servant should

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have whatever they asked for.

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So when one says it, one should want

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yeah. This is the relation. And what is

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a servant seeking?

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Closeness to Allah. The love of Allah.

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The good pleasure of Allah.

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Right? So they're seeking Allah. That's

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Ikhlas.

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As one of the great poets said, do

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not seek other than Allah

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privately and publicly.

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And be certain that Allah is present with

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you wherever you may be.

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Right?

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Because present

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not physically

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because that's madness.

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Right? So that's about the closeness. So what's

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the essence of the fatiha?

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It's about that closeness to Allah Subhanahu Wa

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Ta'ala.

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And yeah. And the servants shall have whatever

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they asked for. So we should renew our

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asking.

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Now the second part we look briefly at

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the

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Ta'lim al Mut'alim.

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So we we are

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in the first chapter still looking at the

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various knowledges that are obligatory. In general,

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that you're responsible for essential knowledge.

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And particular and the the essential knowledge related

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to your worship, he talked about

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related to any other matter in life that

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you engage in. So he explained that.

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Knowledge related to transactions.

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Right? At the heart of transactions being the

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sales and the contract. And why? That is

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the basis of

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zuhud, of renunciation,

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and the basis of spirituality,

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practically.

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And then

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he says,

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likewise, it is obligatory upon them to have

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knowledge of the states of the heart.

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Likewise, it is obligatory upon

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the one morally responsible

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to gain knowledge of the states of the

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heart

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from reliance upon Allah and from penitence

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and

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and having reverent awe and

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and contentment.

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For these

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affect 1 in all states.

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Now technically

00:31:56 --> 00:31:58

the knowledge of them is not required in

00:31:58 --> 00:31:59

itself.

00:32:00 --> 00:32:02

These states, they're states that Allah Subhanahu Wa

00:32:02 --> 00:32:03

Ta'ala has commanded

00:32:04 --> 00:32:07

and they're obligatory. Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala tells

00:32:07 --> 00:32:07

us,

00:32:09 --> 00:32:12

Be in fearful of me if you believe.

00:32:15 --> 00:32:16

And Allah commands to have

00:32:21 --> 00:32:23

rely upon the living who is undying.

00:32:24 --> 00:32:26

Right? That's a command just as

00:32:27 --> 00:32:29

just like establish the prayer.

00:32:34 --> 00:32:34

Right? The

00:32:35 --> 00:32:37

at the level of the command and at

00:32:37 --> 00:32:38

the level of encouragement.

00:32:40 --> 00:32:41

Allah is with the mindful.

00:32:47 --> 00:32:49

All these qualities are mentioned.

00:32:49 --> 00:32:51

But Allah commands repeatedly

00:32:52 --> 00:32:54

to qualities just as he commands to actions.

00:32:57 --> 00:32:58

How many times does that come? Oh, you

00:32:58 --> 00:33:00

who believe have taqwa of Allah.

00:33:03 --> 00:33:04

Is a command.

00:33:05 --> 00:33:07

And the command indicates obligation.

00:33:08 --> 00:33:10

And the most oft repeated commands

00:33:11 --> 00:33:13

are not simply related to actions,

00:33:13 --> 00:33:15

they're related to states.

00:33:21 --> 00:33:23

So the state

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is obligatory that one must have certain qualities

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at a basic level, is a base level

00:33:31 --> 00:33:34

of qualities of the heart that are obligatory.

00:33:36 --> 00:33:38

And there's a perfection of those qualities

00:33:38 --> 00:33:39

that is

00:33:39 --> 00:33:42

recommended and that's from becoming of the,

00:33:43 --> 00:33:44

right, of the foremost

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to the extent that one acquires them.

00:33:50 --> 00:33:52

Knowledge of them is not sought in itself.

00:33:53 --> 00:33:55

Right? Someone, they could have awe of Allah

00:33:56 --> 00:33:58

without knowing anything about awe of Allah. Someone

00:33:58 --> 00:33:59

could have all these qualities

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without knowing even their names.

00:34:04 --> 00:34:04

Right?

00:34:05 --> 00:34:06

But the knowledge of it

00:34:07 --> 00:34:08

is a means

00:34:08 --> 00:34:11

is the the normal means to acquire

00:34:12 --> 00:34:13

the

00:34:14 --> 00:34:14

required

00:34:15 --> 00:34:16

state.

00:34:18 --> 00:34:20

Right? Is a normal means. How can you

00:34:20 --> 00:34:21

seek something if you don't know what it

00:34:21 --> 00:34:24

is? What are you working on right now?

00:34:25 --> 00:34:26

The state of my heart. So what are

00:34:26 --> 00:34:28

you working on? I don't know. How are

00:34:28 --> 00:34:30

you going to acquire it? Noku.

00:34:32 --> 00:34:34

How will you know if you acquired it?

00:34:35 --> 00:34:37

There'll be signs. What are they? I don't

00:34:37 --> 00:34:38

know.

00:34:39 --> 00:34:41

It's possible that you could attain it, but

00:34:41 --> 00:34:43

it's not like the possibility of someone who

00:34:43 --> 00:34:45

knows what they're seeking and they know how

00:34:45 --> 00:34:46

to seek it

00:34:47 --> 00:34:48

and the means of, you know, the the

00:34:48 --> 00:34:49

means of seeking it,

00:34:50 --> 00:34:52

the signs of attaining it,

00:34:52 --> 00:34:54

the obstacles in its attainment,

00:34:55 --> 00:34:57

the challenges that one faces, how to deal

00:34:57 --> 00:34:58

with those challenges, etcetera.

00:34:59 --> 00:35:00

Right? So there's

00:35:00 --> 00:35:02

a a illmi aspect. And each of these

00:35:02 --> 00:35:05

qualities, the olema generally talk about the the

00:35:05 --> 00:35:07

illmi aspect, knowing

00:35:07 --> 00:35:09

about the virtue and its acquisition

00:35:10 --> 00:35:12

and the impediments to the virtue.

00:35:12 --> 00:35:13

And

00:35:13 --> 00:35:16

there's the Amelie aspect, the practical aspect of

00:35:16 --> 00:35:19

acquiring it. And ideally, both are required. And

00:35:19 --> 00:35:20

there's different methods

00:35:21 --> 00:35:22

of a of

00:35:22 --> 00:35:23

their acquisition.

00:35:23 --> 00:35:25

Right? And but and it's a lifetime struggle.

00:35:25 --> 00:35:26

Right?

00:35:31 --> 00:35:34

Someone asked Sheikh Abdul Ahmed Shoaib once. Say,

00:35:34 --> 00:35:35

are you now a

00:35:37 --> 00:35:39

a a perfected sheikh? Are you a sheikh

00:35:39 --> 00:35:40

Kamil? He said,

00:35:43 --> 00:35:44

I'm the perfectly

00:35:45 --> 00:35:45

imperfect.

00:35:46 --> 00:35:46

Right?

00:35:48 --> 00:35:50

And it that has many,

00:35:51 --> 00:35:52

many possible

00:35:52 --> 00:35:54

meanings, but that's the the realization

00:35:55 --> 00:35:55

that

00:35:56 --> 00:35:57

know, that it

00:35:58 --> 00:36:00

and in the, you know, the you know,

00:36:00 --> 00:36:02

one, Al Kamal Al Muqlaq is

00:36:03 --> 00:36:04

Right?

00:36:04 --> 00:36:05

And,

00:36:07 --> 00:36:09

you know, and human perfection

00:36:10 --> 00:36:11

is the prophet.

00:36:12 --> 00:36:12

Right?

00:36:13 --> 00:36:16

Right? Even the prophet says, Imam, it's quite

00:36:16 --> 00:36:16

shockingly

00:36:17 --> 00:36:19

phrase, but if you read the opening of

00:36:19 --> 00:36:21

the Hamzian, I'd recommend you to to read

00:36:21 --> 00:36:21

it.

00:36:23 --> 00:36:23

He begins,

00:36:27 --> 00:36:29

how can even prophets rise

00:36:29 --> 00:36:30

to your high station?

00:36:33 --> 00:36:35

Oh, sky that no sky can encompass.

00:36:37 --> 00:36:38

Right?

00:36:40 --> 00:36:41

Right?

00:36:43 --> 00:36:44

That is the

00:36:44 --> 00:36:45

that

00:36:46 --> 00:36:47

is the goal. So

00:36:47 --> 00:36:49

everyone and Allah Subha Ta'ala

00:36:49 --> 00:36:50

manifest

00:36:50 --> 00:36:52

to us our shortcomings.

00:36:53 --> 00:36:55

And tawfeeq is to realize that and to

00:36:55 --> 00:36:56

rectify.

00:36:57 --> 00:36:59

And like what there there is and then

00:36:59 --> 00:37:01

the the states of the heart are those

00:37:01 --> 00:37:02

states that relate to our relationship with Allah

00:37:02 --> 00:37:05

Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. And there's the states that

00:37:05 --> 00:37:07

relate to our relating to Allah Subhanahu Wa

00:37:07 --> 00:37:08

Ta'ala's

00:37:08 --> 00:37:09

creation.

00:37:09 --> 00:37:12

And both and sometimes they consider them together

00:37:12 --> 00:37:15

and sometimes they consider them separately.

00:37:16 --> 00:37:16

And

00:37:17 --> 00:37:17

this

00:37:19 --> 00:37:20

and the olema say that after

00:37:21 --> 00:37:23

full after gaining knowledge of what one must

00:37:23 --> 00:37:26

believe about Allah and one's worship,

00:37:27 --> 00:37:28

right, and

00:37:28 --> 00:37:30

what one is engaged in on a day

00:37:30 --> 00:37:32

to day level in one's life at a

00:37:32 --> 00:37:33

basic level,

00:37:35 --> 00:37:36

so that one is not in the state

00:37:36 --> 00:37:39

of sin in one's day to day,

00:37:39 --> 00:37:40

then

00:37:40 --> 00:37:43

of the most urgent obligations is to acquire

00:37:43 --> 00:37:44

knowledge of

00:37:46 --> 00:37:47

the the states of the heart. But, of

00:37:47 --> 00:37:49

course, the knowledge of the states of the

00:37:49 --> 00:37:50

heart is not just to learn about it,

00:37:50 --> 00:37:51

but

00:37:51 --> 00:37:53

is to take is to strive

00:37:53 --> 00:37:56

to acquire them. Right? But that but that

00:37:56 --> 00:37:57

is an ongoing

00:37:57 --> 00:37:59

commitment. Right? That's an ongoing

00:38:00 --> 00:38:00

commitment.

00:38:02 --> 00:38:05

So this is part of the obligation as

00:38:05 --> 00:38:07

well. Yeah. This knowledge of the states of

00:38:07 --> 00:38:10

the heart. And the science related to that

00:38:11 --> 00:38:11

is

00:38:11 --> 00:38:12

the science of

00:38:13 --> 00:38:14

and it has different names.

00:38:15 --> 00:38:16

The science

00:38:16 --> 00:38:18

related to what the prophet referred to as

00:38:19 --> 00:38:19

in the hadith

00:38:20 --> 00:38:20

Jibril.

00:38:21 --> 00:38:21

Right?

00:38:22 --> 00:38:25

The early Muslims often referred to it as

00:38:25 --> 00:38:26

a zuhud, renunciation.

00:38:26 --> 00:38:28

To renounce worldliness

00:38:29 --> 00:38:31

and all qualities of the worldly

00:38:32 --> 00:38:34

and all to renounce all that distances one

00:38:34 --> 00:38:36

from a land, embrace all that turns one

00:38:36 --> 00:38:39

towards Allah. Others refer to it as

00:38:40 --> 00:38:42

with the whole number of names, the

00:38:43 --> 00:38:44

the the title for the science as an

00:38:44 --> 00:38:45

Islamic science

00:38:46 --> 00:38:47

became Tasawuf.

00:38:47 --> 00:38:48

Right?

00:38:49 --> 00:38:50

And there's

00:38:50 --> 00:38:52

abuses of that just as there's abuses of

00:38:52 --> 00:38:53

theology

00:38:53 --> 00:38:54

of

00:38:54 --> 00:38:55

and fiqh.

00:38:55 --> 00:38:57

There are those who are

00:38:57 --> 00:38:59

mainstream and sound in that. There are those

00:38:59 --> 00:39:00

who are not.

00:39:01 --> 00:39:02

And then

00:39:06 --> 00:39:09

he explains the the the virtue of knowledge,

00:39:09 --> 00:39:10

and we'll just read that very briefly because

00:39:10 --> 00:39:13

this discursive doesn't require a lot of explanation.

00:39:13 --> 00:39:13

He says,

00:39:15 --> 00:39:17

and the virtue of knowledge

00:39:17 --> 00:39:19

is not hidden to anyone.

00:39:21 --> 00:39:24

Anyone will be aware of it. Of knowledge,

00:39:24 --> 00:39:25

meaning knowledge itself.

00:39:27 --> 00:39:29

Because it is what is unique

00:39:30 --> 00:39:31

to

00:39:32 --> 00:39:33

humanity.

00:39:39 --> 00:39:40

Because all other qualities

00:39:41 --> 00:39:43

besides knowledge are shared

00:39:44 --> 00:39:45

between

00:39:45 --> 00:39:47

humans and other animals.

00:39:48 --> 00:39:50

And by knowledge, we we mean here

00:39:51 --> 00:39:53

acquired knowledge that is pleasing to Allah. We're

00:39:53 --> 00:39:54

not denying

00:39:54 --> 00:39:55

that animals

00:39:57 --> 00:39:58

have cognition.

00:39:58 --> 00:40:01

Right? But here is knowledge

00:40:01 --> 00:40:03

of how to seek the pleasure of Allah

00:40:03 --> 00:40:06

subhanahu. And the knowledge that enables 1, knowledge

00:40:06 --> 00:40:09

that enable gives on the capacity to make

00:40:09 --> 00:40:12

choices. Right? The knowledge related to the

00:40:12 --> 00:40:14

that Allah has placed within us.

00:40:15 --> 00:40:16

Right? Which is choice.

00:40:17 --> 00:40:17

Right?

00:40:18 --> 00:40:20

Because other qualities are shared between

00:40:21 --> 00:40:22

humans and animals.

00:40:23 --> 00:40:24

Such as bravery

00:40:26 --> 00:40:26

and such as,

00:40:27 --> 00:40:28

and and,

00:40:30 --> 00:40:30

you know,

00:40:32 --> 00:40:33

bravery. Right?

00:40:34 --> 00:40:35

Courage and bravery.

00:40:36 --> 00:40:36

And strength.

00:40:37 --> 00:40:37

And generosity.

00:40:38 --> 00:40:39

And caring concern.

00:40:41 --> 00:40:42

And other qualities.

00:40:45 --> 00:40:47

Other than knowledge.

00:40:53 --> 00:40:54

And through knowledge, Allah manifested

00:40:55 --> 00:40:57

the virtue of Adam,

00:40:58 --> 00:41:00

of the prophet Adam, peace be upon him.

00:41:01 --> 00:41:02

Upon the angels.

00:41:05 --> 00:41:08

And Allah commanded them to prostrate to Adam.

00:41:09 --> 00:41:10

Right? As is coming in

00:41:11 --> 00:41:13

verse 31, for example. Right?

00:41:16 --> 00:41:19

Allah taught Adam all the names. And then

00:41:19 --> 00:41:20

when the angels asked

00:41:21 --> 00:41:22

why have you,

00:41:22 --> 00:41:24

you know, why have you created one who

00:41:24 --> 00:41:25

will disobey you and

00:41:25 --> 00:41:28

spill blood, etcetera? Allah taught Adam the names

00:41:28 --> 00:41:29

of all things

00:41:29 --> 00:41:31

and then presented those things to the angels

00:41:31 --> 00:41:32

and said,

00:41:34 --> 00:41:36

tell me of the names of these things.

00:41:37 --> 00:41:38

If you are true.

00:41:38 --> 00:41:40

So what was the virtue of Adam that

00:41:40 --> 00:41:41

Allah manifest?

00:41:43 --> 00:41:45

Allah taught Adam.

00:41:45 --> 00:41:47

And what is the quality

00:41:48 --> 00:41:50

by which Allah has granted

00:41:54 --> 00:41:55

We have honored the children of Adam. It

00:41:55 --> 00:41:57

begins with knowledge.

00:41:58 --> 00:41:59

So the one bereft of knowledge

00:42:00 --> 00:42:01

is bereft of the

00:42:01 --> 00:42:03

the actualization of the potential

00:42:04 --> 00:42:05

within them.

00:42:06 --> 00:42:08

And the angels were commanded to prostrate themselves

00:42:08 --> 00:42:10

to Adam because of that.

00:42:15 --> 00:42:17

And the only

00:42:17 --> 00:42:18

virtue of knowledge

00:42:19 --> 00:42:20

is because it is

00:42:21 --> 00:42:23

the means to taqwa,

00:42:25 --> 00:42:28

To taqwa, to mindfulness of Allah, to god

00:42:28 --> 00:42:28

consciousness,

00:42:29 --> 00:42:30

to piety.

00:42:35 --> 00:42:37

Through which quality, through taqwa,

00:42:38 --> 00:42:39

a person

00:42:39 --> 00:42:41

becomes deserving of honor,

00:42:43 --> 00:42:43

of honoring

00:42:44 --> 00:42:46

in the sight of Allah most high.

00:42:49 --> 00:42:50

The most honored of you in the sight

00:42:50 --> 00:42:51

of Allah are

00:42:52 --> 00:42:53

those of greatest taqwa.

00:42:56 --> 00:42:57

And eternal felicity.

00:42:59 --> 00:42:59

Right?

00:43:02 --> 00:43:05

Because if you you see

00:43:05 --> 00:43:07

all the things that the people of taqwa

00:43:08 --> 00:43:10

are promised in the Quran. There's no quality

00:43:10 --> 00:43:12

for which people are promised more

00:43:13 --> 00:43:15

than they are promised for Taqwa.

00:43:15 --> 00:43:17

Right? And all of guidance

00:43:17 --> 00:43:19

is contingent upon Taqwa.

00:43:22 --> 00:43:24

It's It is guidance for those of taqwa.

00:43:28 --> 00:43:29

And then he continues

00:43:29 --> 00:43:30

by

00:43:30 --> 00:43:32

the his first round of poetry,

00:43:33 --> 00:43:34

by quoting,

00:43:35 --> 00:43:38

something that was said to Mohammed bin Hassan

00:43:38 --> 00:43:40

in encouraging him to learn, and we'll look

00:43:40 --> 00:43:41

at that.

00:43:48 --> 00:43:50

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