Faraz Rabbani – The Rawha #030 Gods Innumerable Blessings Choosing A Teacher

Faraz Rabbani
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The importance of messenger's teachings and the collection of hadiths of the prophet sallavi Alaihi wa sallam highlights the need for positive attitudes towards one's actions and guarding one's actions. The importance of seeking spiritual advice and guidance is also emphasized. Cons consultation and learning discipline are essential for achieving the best of one's blessings and finding one's blessings through the best way. The importance of listening to the teacher and not leaving a class until finished is also emphasized. The speaker provides guidance on listening to the teacher and being patient while holding firm until the end of a study.
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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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Alhamdulillah.

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In our sessions on

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the daily roha in which we're looking at

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hadith of the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam

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and guidance

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for seekers of knowledge.

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We, Alhamdulillah,

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have completed the first collection of 40 hadiths,

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which were hadiths

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of the type of hadith known as the

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Hadith Qudsi.

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And we've moved to the 2nd collection of

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the collections

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of Sheikh Yousafir Nabhani,

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who gathered this really amazing book and it's

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strangely neglected,

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which is 40 sets of 40 hadiths of

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the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. So each

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collection of 40 hadiths is topical.

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And

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the hadiths

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in the second collection are 40 hadiths

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in praise of Allah

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And the praise is both direct praising of

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Allah

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and hadiths that highlight

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the

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qualities of Allah. And at the heart of

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it, as you will have seen when we

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looked at the hadith

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and these hadiths in praise of Allah

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is

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the highlighting of divine mercy. Right? The highlighting

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of divine mercy.

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Because

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this is the basis of Allah's dealing with

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his creation.

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This is firstly the basis of deal Allah's

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dealing with creation. And given that the human

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being is given to forget,

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we forget

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Allah's mercy.

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Right? We forget

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala's mercy.

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So these hadiths emphasize that and they highlight

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many other names and qualities of the divine.

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So in hadith

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number 16, which is where we've reached in

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the second collection,

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So relates

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that

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the Messenger of Allah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said

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Allah will resurrect

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on the day of resurrection

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a servant

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who has committed no sin.

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And Allah will ask the servant

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of which of the two matters

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would you be more pleased

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would you be more pleased

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that

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I reward you by by your actions or

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by my blessings?

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And by my mercy.

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So the servant says, oh lord, you know

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that I did not disobey you.

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So Allah will say,

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meaning to his angels, take my servant

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to account for a single blessing

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of my blessings.

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So no good deed remains

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except that it has been

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taken

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encompassed by that one single blessings,

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by that one single blessing.

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So then the servant will say,

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by your blessing and by your mercy,

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So Allah most high

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will say,

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by your

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blessing

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and by your mercy. And this is related

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by Imam al Tabarani.

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And this meaning was affirmed before as well.

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And it

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highlights the importance of this meaning, but it

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also serves as an important spiritual reminder that

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one of the dangers that affect the servant

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when they do good is

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that they ascribe the good to themselves,

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and they they see

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themselves

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as the doer of the good.

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What is the protection for this? The protection

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for this is what our beloved messenger said.

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Whoever finds good,

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let them

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praise Allah. Why?

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Because all

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praise is Allah's.

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He

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himself is deserving of all praise and anything

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that would be praiseworthy in creation, who created

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it?

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Allah.

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I

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I remember when

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when I was still finishing university,

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we had the the first dean intensive in

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Canada. And one of the scholars

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who was visiting for the for that dean

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intensive. We are at Sheikhtawal's house. And I

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was

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really confused about activism and, you know, having

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concern for spirituality.

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So I was thinking, you know what? Maybe

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I should just

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forget about activism right now. It's dangerous.

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Right? Because if you're, you know, if you're

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active and you're in the limelight and

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have attention, like,

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that could affect your sincerity and could affect

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so I asked the sheikh that,

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I was thinking, you know, I was reflecting

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on what you mentioned about the importance in

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our religion of taking care of your heart

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and your state with Allah.

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So I was thinking that and I'm active

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in the community and on campus, that maybe

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I should step away from that to focus

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on the heart.

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Sheikh looked at me incredulously,

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and he just said, only a fool

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would take pride in the actions of another.

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Only a fool would take pride in the

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actions of another.

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And the reality is Allah

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has created you and all that you do.

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Right? And this is called

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the oneness of actions.

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And it's part of.

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When we say that Allah is 1, what

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does it mean?

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Allah's

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his oneness,

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which is a very

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essence of our iman,

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is the oneness of Allah, is

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is to negate

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multiplicity.

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In Allah, with respect to Allah's entity,

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there's

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no no one shares

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in divinity

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and his attributes.

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None has attributes like the attributes of Allah.

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And in his actions,

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Allah's action is

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what is the divine act? Creating.

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We have actions,

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small a, but that our actions are

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our choices.

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Our actions are simply our directing our limited,

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contingent choices.

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But we have choice, but Allah creates.

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So while we affirm choice

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and we are responsible thereby and are rewarded,

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but we must behold that the sole actor

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is Allah.

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So the cure for this is

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is to carefully guard one's iman.

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Right?

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There's shirk fil amal.

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Right? There's

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a lesser associating of partnership in your actions,

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which is to see

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the action

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from yourself.

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Someone came to say the

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and she was really cool

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and she like to shock people.

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So this one righteous you know, one man

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who was considered righteous,

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he came up to her.

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Right?

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And people would go seek her spiritual counsel

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and guidance

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and said,

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This man said, I did not disobey Allah

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for 40 years.

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So she said to him,

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Your existence is a sin

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to which no sin compares.

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Your existence is a sin that no sin

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compares to.

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Meaning,

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that your sense of self existence,

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I, like your sense of independence from Allah,

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is a sin that no sin sin compares

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because Allah is sustaining you at every moment.

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Your sense

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of you having

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praiseworthy qualities yourself

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is a sin that no sin compares to.

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I know,

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I can, I this, I that?

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Nothing

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compares

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to Allah.

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Right?

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So when you have the sense of of

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self or sense of the

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your attributes,

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I am this,

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you're nothing.

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The one worthy of praise is Allah in

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himself,

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in his attributes, and then

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your sense,

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and in your actions,

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I did this. I did not disobey Allah.

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You ascribe the action to yourself

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rather than seeing it from Allah.

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It is Allah who created the good inspirations.

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It is Allah who created the facilitation.

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It is Allah who protected you from sin.

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It is Allah who preserved you.

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It is all from Allah.

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Right?

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So this was her

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that your

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your existence,

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your sense

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that

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I am mine, my attributes are mine, my

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actions are mine

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is the greatest sin because it is shirkun

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kafi. It is a lesser association of partners

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with Allah.

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The whole spiritual path

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is

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The whole spiritual path in its essence is

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attaining

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pure

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Pure tawhid, which is the tawhid

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of

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Iman.

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Right? And the tawhid

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that it is all from Allah and to

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behold that reality and this is what preserves.

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We look at the next hadith as well,

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hadith number 17.

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So say the Anas release from the prophet

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Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam

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that he said

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3

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sets of scrolls

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will be brought forth

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for the child of Adam, for the human

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being.

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1 set of scrolls

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And

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is a beautiful term, and I'd encourage you

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to look it up.

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Is

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that which is gathered,

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which is why one of the names for

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for writing is

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because you gather

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thoughts.

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Right?

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And a collection of poetry is called

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because it's collected. It's gathered.

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Scrolls,

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especially when they're gathered, are called

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because they were

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they were,

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you know, a a scroll would be written

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upon

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and be gathered

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be gathered, could be tied together. Right? So.

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But that's why also

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the the

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sitting area

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for guests would also be called.

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Why? Because that's where the guests gather.

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You know, that's where the assembly happens.

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That's why where people assemble.

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And in some Arab societies, they refer to

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different types, you know, the parliament

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or or the ministers with this term as

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well because it is where people assemble. It

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has this meaning of gathering.

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It's a beautiful term.

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So there's 3 sets

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of, 3 sets of scrolls. A

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a set of scrolls that have their righteous

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deeds and a set of scrolls that have

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their sins

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and a set of scrolls in which Allah's

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blessings upon them are inscribed.

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So Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala

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will say to the least

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of blessings that the person considered, the least

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thing that they considered a blessing,

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something they overlooked

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in their record of the blessings of Allah

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upon them that take your price. So Allah

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will address the littlest blessing that they consider.

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Take your price from their righteous actions.

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And that the littlest of considered blessings

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will encompass all their righteous deeds.

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Then Allah will

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direct himself

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and then

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the the the blessing will say, by your

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majesty,

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I

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have not taken my fill. That despite taking

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all the good deeds,

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I haven't taken my fill yet.

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And yet the sins remain, and the rest

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of the blessings remain.

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All the righteous deeds have gone in the

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least blessing.

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So if Allah

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wishes

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to be merciful to His servant,

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Allah says to to His servant,

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I have multiplied for you your good deeds

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and have overlooked

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your ill deeds.

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Now

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judge

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him. And I have gifted you my blessings,

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meaning I will not take you to account

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for your blessings,

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for the blessings

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for my blessings upon you.

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But the key to that

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is to behold the blessings,

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to have gratitude for the blessings,

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and to always look

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at the mercy of Allah upon you.

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To

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not

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have an inflated sense

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of self.

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Not to have an inflated sense of self.

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To have humility.

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So two key qualities are

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gratitude and humility.

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Gratitude for the blessings of Allah, magnifying those

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blessings. And to be to be humble, not

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to arrogate oneself

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with respect to sense of self

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or sense of one's attributes,

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I am such and such.

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Neither I

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nor I am

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nor I do.

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And the key to that is

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is to remember Allah. Because if you don't

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remember Allah, you'll be

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remembering

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yourself

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and your qualities and your attributes,

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or you're remembering his creation.

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So we ask Allah for

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humility

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and gratitude

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and that we turn to Allah in neediness

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and seeking

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mercy.

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The next hadith is about

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who is the last of the people of

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paradise and who is the last of the

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people of *. And we'll look at that,

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which is hadith number 18,

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next session.

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Briefly today, we'll continue our look

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at the chapter

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in,

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Imam Zarrnouji's work, Talim ul Mutalim, instructing the

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student on the ways of learning,

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which is a Talim al Mutaleem which is

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a wonderful work by

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this great scholar Imam Burhanuddin Arzernooji

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and alhamdulillah

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recently

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they have published, Sheikh Rami and Sur,

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the founder

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and director of

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the wonderful Taiba Foundation,

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which has an amazing prison education program and

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a foundation that encourage

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each of you to become a monthly donor

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for. If you hear this and you care

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about

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those in difficulty and distress,

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the Tayba Foundation provides

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religious education

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for incarcerated

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Muslims.

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And there are people who've gone through the

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educational system and become

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scholars

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that they got hired as imams in their

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community

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before they were let out of prison. So

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as soon as they left, they went from

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prison

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to being imam.

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That's the kind of impact. You go type

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Tayba, t a y b a, Foundation, you'll

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see the information on that. And do such

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projects, you should we should definitely support even

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if it's with a little each month, because

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nothing that's little,

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nothing that is small and consistent

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is ever little.

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Right? And we should be supporting all such

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projects.

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May Allah bless and facilitate

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for for them and for particularly for the

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efforts of Sheikh Rami himself. Sheikh Rami and

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Sur has recently published

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a very capable an accurate translation of Imam

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Zar Nougie's work, Talim al Mu'ta'alim,

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and it's available through Amazon

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and and other. You can see the information

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there if you type.

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You should be able to find it.

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And we'll include

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a link to it in the notes to

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this lesson.

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So the chapter we're looking at after looking

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in the previous chapter at intention in seeking

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knowledge,

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this chapter is on the choice of knowledge

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and teacher,

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compa and companions, and being firm, and remaining

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firm on the path of knowledge. So with

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respect

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to knowledge, that one prioritize what's most important

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and most needed.

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And he goes into went into the details

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related to that, and we looked at that.

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But also, part of what's most important is

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to build

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your understanding

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of religion

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on the basis of established knowledge.

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Don't just

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know contemporary affairs and

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and issues of controversy and so on, but

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to focus on building

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the well established.

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Right? And then everything else will be clear.

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And he warned against

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falling into disputation.

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And he mentioned the example of Imam Abu

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Hanifa

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in how he chose

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the teacher that he chose, Hamad.

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And then

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he began

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by looking at the advice of 1 of

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the the people of wisdom, one of the

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wise scholars of Samarkand

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to whom a student went

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who was planning on moving to Bukhara.

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And he mentioned that this is the sunnah

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of consultation is very important.

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And it's one of the most difficult things

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for people in our times, because we all

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have the sense of

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we want to be independent.

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We want

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so we have a an inflated sense of

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self. I can do it. I'll figure it

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out. I this. I this. And we make

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our we bring misery into our lives by

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doing that. And we should embrace

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the sunnah of the prophet,

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which is the prophet,

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from the very beginning of his message

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till his death

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always consulted.

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Even his final public decision,

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just whom to appoint to lead prayer,

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and his consulting was such that he was

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open to opposition in it.

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When he appointed Sayyidina Abu Bakr to lead

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the prayer,

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the daughter of Abu Bakr, radiAllahu ta'ala Anha,

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said the Aisha, she said,

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how why would you appoint him to lead?

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Would love her that's his her own father

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and she loved him dearly. That's because he's

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too soft hearted. He'll break down crying.

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But he consulted and was open to consultation.

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He listened,

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sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. And all the major

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stages of his life, he consulted, sallallahu alaihi

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wa sallam. Right? This is. So not consulting

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is a bida.

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And what does the bida do? It turns

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one away

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from the sunnah. And what is a sunnah?

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The sunnah is presence with Allah. It's closeness

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to Allah. It's to be pleasing to Allah.

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Right?

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And so we emphasize that this is the

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sunnah of the prophet we stopped at the

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words of

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That no one

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was ever destroyed by consultation.

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But consultation

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is

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the consultation

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has a basis

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and a purpose

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and the one who is consulted.

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The basis of consulting is that you are

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seeking

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to make the choice that will be most

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pleasing to Allah. That is the basis of

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consulting.

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What is your purpose in it? So the

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basis of it, the motive in it. So

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I want to make the choice that is

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most pleasing to Allah.

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That's the the motive.

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Whom do you consult?

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Someone you're reasonably sure will be able

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to assist you in making the choice that

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will be most pleasing to Allah.

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And when they advise you, you ask yourself,

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right,

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Is this choice, does this choice appear to

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be most pleasing to Allah?

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So there you could look at one way

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of looking at consultation,

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sound consultation, sound, sunnah,

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consultation.

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It has what moves you to consultation.

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I want to make the choice that is

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most pleasing to Allah.

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And you realize that there's people who know

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more.

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So to help you make the best choice,

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you consult those who know.

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Ask the people of remembrance

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if you know not.

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So then you choose

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whom you consult.

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Who will help me make the best decision

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in this matter?

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To what end?

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To the choice that will be more pleasing

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to Allah.

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And then upon their consultation,

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it's important to keep on how do you

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judge? That's why the prophet said

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seek an answer from your heart.

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Even if people give you answer after answer.

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What what is the heart? The heart is

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a capacity within you that turns to the

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pleasure of Allah. Will this be pleasing to

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Allah? So no one gives you bad advice.

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Do you have to listen?

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Someone tells you something that you feel

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that this will not this would not appear

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to be the most pleasing choice.

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Right? So consultation,

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the consultation that say is

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sound purposeful consultation.

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That has a sound motive, has a sound

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goal,

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and you seek the the right person

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for that consultation.

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And then once once you consult them, you

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consider

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because you're the one making the choice.

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Right? So it's not disempowering.

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Consultation is empowering. That's what said no

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one

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no person was destroyed by con by consultation,

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Right? By sound consultation.

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Okay?

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That people are of 3 types.

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A complete person

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and half a person and nothing.

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So there's 3 type of people.

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A complete person, half a person, and a

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no and a and a no person.

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For So

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a complete person is the one who has

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sound judgment

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and who consults.

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They have sound judgment.

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They have sound consideration. How do you have

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sound consideration?

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You you have you've acquired the knowledge you

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need to make sound consultation.

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So to sound consideration.

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You have knowledge

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and you act

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and you judge on the basis of knowledge.

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That's a com

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and one consults, and they consult. So a

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complete person is the one who has sound

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judgment,

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okay,

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which requires

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knowledge

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and applying that knowledge

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and

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who consults.

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And half a person

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is either someone who has

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sound judgment themselves,

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but they don't consult

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because he only knows so much.

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And your judgment could be clouded

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by your own desires, your own whims, or

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by your misperception.

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You didn't take everything into account

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or by your lack of experience.

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So you have half a person is someone

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who has sound opinion, but they don't consult,

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or someone

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who

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consults,

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but they don't have sound judgment.

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And part of lacking sound judgment, you consult

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the wrong people.

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And a lot of people, for example, when

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they study,

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they decide they base their decision on whom

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to study with with what other students say.

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Oh,

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have you seen his statuses on Facebook?

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He is bursting with knowledge.

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But in reality, the person is showing off.

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We have people who are very learned, like,

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for example, someone I always admire. I've actually

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been asked by,

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you know,

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over anxious students. I'm saying, did he really

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study? I said, why do you ask that?

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It's because he never mentions his teachers.

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Because he's humble.

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He studied with giants.

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He's humble.

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And he focuses on what will benefit people.

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So he does he's not always bursting out

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references here and there. Why? Because he focuses

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on benefiting

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people.

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Right? So but a shortsighted person could say,

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oh, look. Ibrahim Zay is not quoting

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loads of sources

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and so and so quoting all kinds of

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stuff. But

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right?

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So that's one of the errors is to

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in

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consulting but without judgment is you consult

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those not worthy of consultation. You ask a

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a person who's busy with worldliness

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about a life decision

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while you're seeking the

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as your goal,

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then you're a fool.

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You ask someone, should I dedicate myself to

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study or should I pursue a career? Someone

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who's

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a person of dunya will tell, of course,

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dunya dunya is real to them. The akhirah

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is something that'll come after death.

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And then there's the nobody.

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And who's the nobody?

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Is the person who does not have sound

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judgment because they haven't they don't learn

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how to

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seek the benefit of this life and the

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benefit of the next,

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or they don't judge on the basis of

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it. There's many people like that.

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They acquire knowledge, but they don't think on

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the basis of knowledge. So if you ask

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them for example,

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what is the adab? What is the ruling

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of talking about the haram? They'll talk about

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it. They'll tell you what it is. But

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they'll talk about the haram. Why? Because when

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they make their choices, they don't judge on

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that basis.

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You ask some brother, what is the what

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is the ruling of uncovering your aura? They'll

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say it's Haram. So what is your aura?

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They'll tell you.

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But

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they'll be

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but in judging what they wear, they don't

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take care of that.

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That's a fool.

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That's someone who does not sound judgment

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because you may have knowledge, but if you're

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not

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making your choices on base of the knowledge,

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you have unsound judgment.

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And that's that's the person

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in the sharia is considered to be a

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fool.

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Either fool who doesn't know or who knows

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but doesn't judge on the basis of their

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knowledge.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says,

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What's with you and how do you judge?

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Right? And then he says,

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Imam Jafar as Sadiq,

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who was of the imams of the prophetic

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household,

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the 5th descendant from,

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Sayla Faltim and Sayla Ali,

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one of the great imams of Islam, one

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of the teachers of Elam Abu Hanifa and

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others.

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He said to Sufyan athoudi, Allah, Sufyan athoudi

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one of the great Mujtihid imams

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So Imam Jafar Sadiq said to Sufyan athuri,

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consult

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regarding your affairs those

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who have khashiya of Allah,

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Those who have

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reverent awe of Allah.

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Because what is the what is fruitful knowledge?

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Fruitful knowledge is the knowledge that bequeaths

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Khashia,

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awe of Allah.

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This applies above all to religious knowledge

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but also in the big choices of life.

00:35:07 --> 00:35:08

Any choice that that

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has religious implications

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

directly

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or indirectly.

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Consult people of Hasia.

00:35:18 --> 00:35:19

And we make a lot of day to

00:35:19 --> 00:35:21

day choices in which we fail

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

to

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consult

00:35:24 --> 00:35:26

those who have understand. We we go and

00:35:26 --> 00:35:29

we choose a house, but we don't consider

00:35:30 --> 00:35:32

how does this affect me in my deen.

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

Right? Where someone who has awe of Allah,

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

that awe infuses

00:35:36 --> 00:35:38

their mundane choices.

00:35:38 --> 00:35:40

How do I set up my house?

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Set it up in a way that's conducive

00:35:42 --> 00:35:44

to Allah. How do you know? There are

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people who know. So choose those kinds of

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

people

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to consult. Right? Because someone who is in

00:35:49 --> 00:35:51

awe of Allah would prioritize,

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

what is pleasing to Allah.

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So this is this is the interlude

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on the importance of consulting.

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Now he goes back to the advice

00:36:01 --> 00:36:04

and he's coming back to the advice of

00:36:04 --> 00:36:06

of the hakib. So he so imam,

00:36:08 --> 00:36:12

Zalunji says, a student asked a wise man

00:36:12 --> 00:36:13

from Samarkand

00:36:13 --> 00:36:14

about what to do when he goes to

00:36:14 --> 00:36:15

Bukhara

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and he wanted to seek knowledge in Bukhara.

00:36:18 --> 00:36:19

So imams Zanuji says

00:36:21 --> 00:36:23

seeking knowledge is of the highest of matters.

00:36:25 --> 00:36:27

And of the most difficult of matters.

00:36:31 --> 00:36:34

So therefore consulting in it is even more

00:36:34 --> 00:36:37

important and even more incumbent than in anything

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

else.

00:36:50 --> 00:36:53

So this wise man from Samarkand, this wise

00:36:54 --> 00:36:55

scholar from Samarkand

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

said to the student,

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who was going to Bukhara to study with

00:36:58 --> 00:37:01

the scholars of Bukhara. And both Samarkand and

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

Bukhara were the 2 great

00:37:03 --> 00:37:04

centers of learning.

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

That's why the imam al Bukhari because he

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

is from Bukhara.

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

And

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Samarkand was a place of great great scholarship.

00:37:14 --> 00:37:16

He said when you go to Bukhara don't

00:37:16 --> 00:37:17

be hasty

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in

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going

00:37:21 --> 00:37:22

to imams,

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going to teachers.

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Rather,

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going to them meaning in dedicating yourself to

00:37:28 --> 00:37:29

their classes.

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Don't commit

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to their classes immediately.

00:37:33 --> 00:37:34

Rather, remain for 2 months

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until

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you can you reflect

00:37:38 --> 00:37:40

and carefully choose a teacher

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and carefully choose a teacher.

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He said because if you go to a

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

teacher,

00:38:03 --> 00:38:04

if you go to a scholar

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and you begin your which is your

00:38:09 --> 00:38:11

structured study with them,

00:38:15 --> 00:38:18

then maybe you don't like their lesson.

00:38:24 --> 00:38:25

Some

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

temperaments differ.

00:38:28 --> 00:38:29

You find them

00:38:29 --> 00:38:32

too detailed. You find them too complicated.

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

You find it too simple.

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

You find them too demanding.

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

They have

00:38:39 --> 00:38:41

expectations that you you don't think you can

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

fulfill.

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

They don't like you,

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

which is very possible.

00:38:49 --> 00:38:51

So maybe you don't like their lesson.

00:38:51 --> 00:38:52

So you leave it,

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and then you go to another teacher.

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And this way,

00:38:58 --> 00:39:01

you will not be blessed in your learning

00:39:03 --> 00:39:04

because the teacher

00:39:06 --> 00:39:08

is a blessing from Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.

00:39:08 --> 00:39:10

And you're you're the the teacher is your

00:39:10 --> 00:39:11

point of connecting

00:39:12 --> 00:39:12

with

00:39:13 --> 00:39:15

the prophetic inheritance.

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

They're an inheritor of the prophet So

00:39:19 --> 00:39:21

if you commit to a teacher

00:39:22 --> 00:39:23

that I'm studying with so and so, you

00:39:23 --> 00:39:24

stick with it.

00:39:25 --> 00:39:27

And what we've seen from the masha'ikh is

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

that someone starts with a teacher,

00:39:29 --> 00:39:32

you stick with it till the end, till

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

you've completed

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

that text

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

or you've completed that stage of study. And

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

you don't leave one teacher for another just

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

for

00:39:40 --> 00:39:43

likes and dislikes. That's also to learn discipline

00:39:43 --> 00:39:45

because someone who does not

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

is not patient will not attain.

00:39:49 --> 00:39:52

And we've seen case after case of your

00:39:52 --> 00:39:54

students who find I asked.

00:39:55 --> 00:39:57

I started attending with Sheikh Hassan in Hindi,

00:39:57 --> 00:39:59

and he kept canceling class. And I believe

00:39:59 --> 00:40:01

in the principle of conservation of energy

00:40:02 --> 00:40:03

that don't expend any energy

00:40:04 --> 00:40:06

unless there's a clear reason to do so,

00:40:07 --> 00:40:08

had to walk all the way up the

00:40:08 --> 00:40:09

up the hill,

00:40:10 --> 00:40:12

past his house and then come down.

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

You go to his house, a good 15,

00:40:14 --> 00:40:16

20 minute walk uphill because the bus didn't

00:40:16 --> 00:40:17

go that steep.

00:40:19 --> 00:40:19

And

00:40:24 --> 00:40:26

then sorry. The sheikh's tired today.

00:40:26 --> 00:40:27

You go

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

1st

00:40:28 --> 00:40:29

several months,

00:40:30 --> 00:40:33

sheikh would like, I'm reading the class, and

00:40:33 --> 00:40:34

he's making zikr,

00:40:36 --> 00:40:38

Not really paying attention, are we?

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

But Alhamdulillah,

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one of the things that was impressed on

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

us right from the beginning

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is

00:40:44 --> 00:40:47

always consult. I wanted to quit the class,

00:40:47 --> 00:40:48

like, what is going on? He's a good

00:40:48 --> 00:40:50

teacher, but it's not right.

00:40:51 --> 00:40:52

Went to Sheikh Ashraf Munib. May Allah subhanahu

00:40:52 --> 00:40:54

wa ta'ala preserve him.

00:40:54 --> 00:40:55

I said, Sidi, I wanna

00:40:56 --> 00:40:58

I need another teacher because I can't

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

Like,

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

every

00:41:03 --> 00:41:05

every 2 or 3 classes, one class would

00:41:05 --> 00:41:06

be canceled.

00:41:07 --> 00:41:08

He would just be half hearted about the

00:41:08 --> 00:41:10

class. Sometimes,

00:41:10 --> 00:41:12

Shikash Raja said,

00:41:12 --> 00:41:13

stick with it.

00:41:14 --> 00:41:17

Says and he only if you show that

00:41:17 --> 00:41:19

you're serious will they

00:41:19 --> 00:41:22

show that they're serious about the class.

00:41:24 --> 00:41:27

Suddenly, I listened. And then we reached the

00:41:27 --> 00:41:29

stage some months down where we had to

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

ask Sheikh Hassan, can you can you please

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

stop

00:41:31 --> 00:41:34

here? Because he wanted to keep going.

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

We're taking the class seriously. He wanted to

00:41:36 --> 00:41:38

keep adding more things that we're studying. We

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

have to say, could we stop here? And

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

sometimes he'd listen. Sometimes I know we have

00:41:42 --> 00:41:44

to do it. Alhamdulillah, listen to it.

00:41:48 --> 00:41:49

The opposite,

00:41:50 --> 00:41:52

right, is a negation of Allah's blessing.

00:41:53 --> 00:41:57

And if if you negate Allah's blessing, right,

00:42:07 --> 00:42:09

Whoever is grateful for a blessing

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

has

00:42:11 --> 00:42:13

become become deserving

00:42:13 --> 00:42:14

of it being

00:42:14 --> 00:42:16

preserved and increased.

00:42:17 --> 00:42:19

And whoever fails to be grateful for a

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

blessing,

00:42:22 --> 00:42:24

They've made themselves susceptible

00:42:24 --> 00:42:26

to losing it completely.

00:42:27 --> 00:42:29

That's a very dangerous and Allah is merciful.

00:42:30 --> 00:42:32

And we can make some mistakes.

00:42:36 --> 00:42:37

Allah overlooks much,

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

but it's not a good place to be.

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

So the adab is don't commit to something

00:42:44 --> 00:42:45

Consider first.

00:42:45 --> 00:42:46

Attend their general classes.

00:42:47 --> 00:42:48

Think about it.

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

Consult.

00:42:50 --> 00:42:53

Only when you're sure should you begin. But

00:42:53 --> 00:42:54

if you begin something,

00:42:55 --> 00:42:57

stick to it till the end.

00:42:59 --> 00:43:02

Okay? That's and that's a basic of life.

00:43:05 --> 00:43:06

Do not

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

invalidate your actions. Do not make your actions

00:43:10 --> 00:43:11

come to nothing.

00:43:14 --> 00:43:15

Never begin something

00:43:16 --> 00:43:18

except with the firm resolve that you're going

00:43:18 --> 00:43:19

to finish it.

00:43:20 --> 00:43:22

And once you've begun it, do not leave

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

it till you finished it.

00:43:25 --> 00:43:26

And that's the

00:43:27 --> 00:43:27

basis of,

00:43:28 --> 00:43:30

accomplishing anything in life.

00:43:33 --> 00:43:36

Right? So he so this wise man said,

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

So

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

you said so

00:43:42 --> 00:43:44

reflect for 2 months in choosing the teacher.

00:43:47 --> 00:43:48

And consult

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

so you don't need to leave them.

00:44:01 --> 00:44:01

Right?

00:44:02 --> 00:44:03

So that

00:44:04 --> 00:44:06

and consult until you don't need to leave

00:44:06 --> 00:44:06

them.

00:44:07 --> 00:44:09

And you don't need to turn away from

00:44:09 --> 00:44:09

them.

00:44:11 --> 00:44:12

And so that you can

00:44:13 --> 00:44:15

be have sabet. You can remain firm with

00:44:15 --> 00:44:16

them

00:44:16 --> 00:44:17

until

00:44:18 --> 00:44:18

your

00:44:19 --> 00:44:21

seeking of knowledge is blessed. And what is

00:44:22 --> 00:44:22

baraka?

00:44:22 --> 00:44:25

Baraka is a subtle secret of increase

00:44:26 --> 00:44:27

that 2 people may have the same amount

00:44:27 --> 00:44:31

of knowledge. Baraka places the subtle secret of

00:44:31 --> 00:44:33

increase in this and doesn't place it in

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

this.

00:44:35 --> 00:44:37

Right? And a key to baraka is gratitude.

00:44:38 --> 00:44:39

It's humility.

00:44:42 --> 00:44:45

And those are 2 key qualities in learning

00:44:46 --> 00:44:48

So that your learning is blessed and that

00:44:48 --> 00:44:49

you benefit

00:44:50 --> 00:44:51

greatly in your knowledge.

00:44:52 --> 00:44:53

Right. So he says,

00:44:58 --> 00:44:59

says and know well

00:44:59 --> 00:45:00

that patience

00:45:01 --> 00:45:02

and resolve

00:45:03 --> 00:45:04

to remain firm

00:45:05 --> 00:45:06

is

00:45:07 --> 00:45:08

a great

00:45:09 --> 00:45:09

foundation

00:45:10 --> 00:45:11

of all

00:45:12 --> 00:45:12

matters.

00:45:13 --> 00:45:16

The foundation for success in anything

00:45:16 --> 00:45:17

is patience,

00:45:18 --> 00:45:19

patient perseverance,

00:45:20 --> 00:45:20

and

00:45:20 --> 00:45:21

holding yourself.

00:45:23 --> 00:45:24

Stay with it. They say.

00:45:29 --> 00:45:30

But

00:45:30 --> 00:45:31

it

00:45:31 --> 00:45:32

is

00:45:32 --> 00:45:33

rare.

00:45:34 --> 00:45:35

And we'll close with these lines of

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

Said,

00:45:47 --> 00:45:48

in all

00:45:49 --> 00:45:51

there is to the high peaks

00:45:53 --> 00:45:54

turning

00:45:55 --> 00:45:56

at all

00:45:57 --> 00:45:57

turn

00:45:57 --> 00:45:58

to the high

00:45:58 --> 00:46:00

peak, to the lofty peaks.

00:46:01 --> 00:46:02

However

00:46:02 --> 00:46:04

rare it is in people

00:46:05 --> 00:46:07

to have firm resolve.

00:46:07 --> 00:46:08

Right? So all,

00:46:11 --> 00:46:12

you know, all move

00:46:12 --> 00:46:13

towards

00:46:13 --> 00:46:14

the high peaks.

00:46:17 --> 00:46:20

Right? They have aspirations and hopes. I want

00:46:20 --> 00:46:21

to this. I

00:46:22 --> 00:46:24

seek this, etcetera.

00:46:26 --> 00:46:28

But rare it is

00:46:28 --> 00:46:28

in people

00:46:29 --> 00:46:30

to have to

00:46:32 --> 00:46:33

have firm resolve.

00:46:35 --> 00:46:37

What facilitates firm resolve?

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

Consideration,

00:46:39 --> 00:46:39

consultation,

00:46:41 --> 00:46:41

company,

00:46:43 --> 00:46:46

and consigning matters to Allah

00:46:47 --> 00:46:49

So you don't make foolish choices.

00:46:50 --> 00:46:53

I don't feel like this. I this. I

00:46:53 --> 00:46:54

that. Right?

00:47:00 --> 00:47:02

And the prophet reported to have said,

00:47:05 --> 00:47:09

The worst of your enemies is that

00:47:09 --> 00:47:12

low, that self that is between your two

00:47:12 --> 00:47:13

sides.

00:47:15 --> 00:47:16

The within

00:47:17 --> 00:47:18

you.

00:47:19 --> 00:47:20

How do you avoid it?

00:47:21 --> 00:47:21

Consider,

00:47:23 --> 00:47:24

consult,

00:47:25 --> 00:47:27

keep the right company,

00:47:28 --> 00:47:30

and consign matters to Allah.

00:47:31 --> 00:47:31

Right?

00:47:32 --> 00:47:33

Consign matters to Allah.

00:47:34 --> 00:47:36

So you decide on the basis of what

00:47:36 --> 00:47:38

will be more pleasing to Allah, not what

00:47:38 --> 00:47:41

you feel. Because what you feel is irrelevant.

00:47:45 --> 00:47:46

And then

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

he

00:47:49 --> 00:47:50

expands this from,

00:47:54 --> 00:47:56

in how does what what is

00:47:59 --> 00:48:01

what does it mean to be brave and

00:48:01 --> 00:48:02

what does it mean

00:48:02 --> 00:48:03

to have

00:48:04 --> 00:48:05

resolve.

00:48:05 --> 00:48:08

Right? And he shares these beautiful lines of

00:48:08 --> 00:48:10

poetry ascribed to say about

00:48:11 --> 00:48:14

6 qualities needed in the seeker of knowledge

00:48:14 --> 00:48:15

for them to be successful.

00:48:16 --> 00:48:16

Right?

00:48:17 --> 00:48:19

And we'll look at those

00:48:19 --> 00:48:20

next week. May Allah

00:48:21 --> 00:48:22

make us

00:48:22 --> 00:48:25

of those who gather the qualities of the

00:48:25 --> 00:48:26

people of knowledge,

00:48:26 --> 00:48:29

people who have of Allah, who are pleasing

00:48:29 --> 00:48:31

to Allah, who are grateful to Allah, and

00:48:31 --> 00:48:32

who are granted

00:48:32 --> 00:48:34

closeness to him.

00:48:43 --> 00:48:45

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