Faraz Rabbani – The Rawha #045 The Prophet and Recitation of the Quran Night Study Quantity and Concern for Food Co
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The importance of learning and partnering with others to achieve the benefits of learning the Quran is emphasized, along with the need for praiseworthiness and sharing the Bible together. The speaker emphasizes the importance of listening to the Quran and finding guidance from the messenger of Allah, as well as striving for knowledge and consistency in one's actions. The importance of reducing one's food and staying up early is emphasized, along with the need for community involvement in society. The speaker also encourages listeners to donate to the Roess website and mentions a scholar's actions to obtain the rights of the airplane's name.
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You're listening to the daily guidance for seekers
with Sheikh Farazrabani,
who will be covering Imam Yusuf and Abiheni's
beautiful collection of 40 sets of 40 hadith
of the prophet, peace and blessings be upon
him, as well as Imam Zarnooji's guidance for
seekers of knowledge regarding the ways of seeking
knowledge.
We are continuing in our daily Roja
to look at
this collection of 40 hadiths
on the virtues of the Quran,
the virtues of its recitation
and its people,
and the adab
and akhlaq
and concerns
of the people of the Quran.
And
this is a beautiful
collection, but it only benefits to the extent
that one
genuinely strives
to
live these meanings in one's own
life. May Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala make us
of those.
So, we have stopped at hadith number
27,
which is a hadith of Sayyidina
that I heard the messenger of Allah sallallahu
alaihi wa sallam
recite in Isha.
Atini was Zaitun.
Surah Teteen
said,
so I I
never heard any
with a more beautiful voice than him.
And that so
is a sunnah. Right? Seeking
to improve one's
recitation
is a sunnah,
both in acquiring the capacity to do so
and striving
in doing so by learning Tajweed
and exerting oneself to recite
in the in the best of ways outwardly
but also
with the engagement of the heart.
So Abdullah bin Mas'ud
relates, the messenger of Allah
said to me
recite to me
the Quran.
He asked, oh Messenger of Allah,
should I recite it to you when it
is upon you
that it was revealed?
And
He revealed it to your heart.
The messenger of Allah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said,
I love to hear it
from
other than myself.
And this too is a neglected sunnah,
which is the sunnah
of listening to the Quran
from others.
The sunnah of listening to the Quran from
others. This can be fulfilled, of course, by
listening to a recording,
but there is
the full
the direct
fulfillment of that Sunnah and this fullest
fulfillment of the Sunnah because it fulfills many
other Sunnas as well is to deliberately
gather with others,
with another. Right? There's
there's the Sunnah of come of a group
coming together
to read the Quran
and there's a benefit in that but that's
not always facilitated as often and there's also
the Sunnah of
partnering to read the Quran for one person
reading it to another
and that too is something that is highly
praiseworthy
and that's not only for the purpose of
instruction. Some people do it when they memorize
the Quran and read it to a teacher
which is the proper way of
memorizing the Quran to to read it
to someone who confirms that you're memorized soundly
but also for the purpose of hearing the
Quran.
And this fulfills the the other sunnah that
we talked that we've looked at before about
the virtue of gathering for the Quran,
reciting it,
understanding it and so on and serenity descending,
etcetera. All of it's fulfilled by this.
And this, of course, is also very useful
for those who would like to busy themselves
with the Quran with Quran, but they're not
able,
They don't yet have the proficiency to do
a khatm of the Quran on their own.
There is great merit in listening to the
Quran and the khatm of the Quran is
also attained
by listening
to
to the Quran even if it be a
recording.
But this is something we should practically strive
to bring into our life whether it be
with 1 spouse or with a friend etcetera.
Then Abdullah ibn Mas'ud says, so
I recited
to him
Surah Al Nisa, the 4th surah of the
Quran.
Until I reached the following verse.
Until I reach the verse
and how would it will it be when
we bring forth from each community
a witness,
and we bring you
upon these
as witness.
He said, this is enough now. That's
what said.
So I turned to him.
And I and
I
noticed then that his eyes were flowing with
tears.
And this is related by both Bukhari and
Muslim.
Right?
So how will it be when we bring
forth from each community
a witness?
And we when we bring forth you,
oh prophet,
upon these as a witness.
So the prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam will be
a witness
for us
on that day
or against us.
He's a witness for us if
we sincerely strive
to uphold what he has come with
and to the extent that we don't
he will be a witness against
us. Right?
At the level of culpability
in the obligations and prohibitions
and at the level of
praise and blame at the level of encouragements
and discouragements.
So this tells you
also of course so we see here the
praiseworthiness
of coming together even with someone younger than
yourself
or junior to yourself to recite the Quran.
And the masha'ikh would do this
all the time. I remember Sheikh Mohammed Kailesh.
Although there's a bit of there's
a micro miracle involved in it too.
I had my Quran class cancelled
several times.
So I was thinking, okay, who do I
recite Quran with?
I need so I was thinking, well, maybe
Sheikh Mohammed Kailesh. God's studying others things with
him,
but he's also about Ijazah and Tajweed.
In Quran,
like, in he memorized the whole Quran and
he had ijazah from Sheikh Abdul Azakul Halabi
and others.
I could recite it to him. I never
I didn't discuss that with anybody.
So I was going to ask him. So
we prayed Fajr in his in his
house that's connected to the Masjid because the
Masjid wasn't allowed to be opened
on some at sometimes during the year
in Damascus.
Then he went to the shelf, like he
sat, just did a brief amount of it,
went to the shelf and smiled and said,
why don't we read Quran together?
And I want to say,
I wanted to to acquire, like, a an
SMS, a soul management system
to protect
my consciousness against
his
his his spiritual
words. Like, there's no not a single time
I've had a conversation with Shimon Kaysh. He
said he's picked out something
that I was thinking or concerned about,
or planning to ask about before I express
myself.
And it happened with Sheikh Mohammed Taelish as
well.
We would he would read a surah. I
would read a surah. We came to Surah
Al Mutafifin,
and I have never
read nor experienced a tafsir of
as powerful
as
without saying anything, without moving,
without making a sound
or a motion.
I was reading.
I looked up.
It
says.
Woe be to those
who
do not give full measure.
Is falling short in giving
full measure.
Those who, when they weigh
against others,
they seek
full measure.
But if they weigh or measure,
or they measure or weigh
for them, for others,
they deliberately fall short.
I've I've cited.
Do these not think
that they'll be resurrected? His face flushed
with
with
an explosion
of emotions without saying anything, without moving.
Do these
not think that they will be resurrected?
For a day,
tremendous.
And it was just like it was like
fireworks going on without any movement.
The day
when people stand before the lord of the
worlds.
And I was just looking at him, and
it was obvious to stop.
And he was just still he wasn't there.
Like, he was
and then after a while, he said,
and then he was still again for a
while.
How will it be when we bring forth
from each each community
a witness?
Right?
Each
but note
how the change in expression takes place. Each
community,
a witness will be brought forth.
But we come
with you.
We come with you as a witness
over these
because all communities
their prophets will be a witness for them
or against them. But the witness of the
prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam for or against our
Ummah will be much more complete for several
reasons. 1, because the guidance of our prophet
is
preserved
fully.
So no one can say I didn't know
what
what to follow the prophet
with or I didn't know how to profit
follow the prophet
Even what a couple of generations after Said
Narissa, the Christians were confused about who he
was, let alone what his teachings were.
His disciples were
differed amongst themselves.
Right?
But this is preserved. And then the station
granted the prophet, sallallahu alaihi wasallam.
Right?
And likewise.
But this also stirred
the depth of concern of the prophet Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam
for his Ummah,
which is a constant
the other was a point of
worldly concern of the prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam.
Which of you would like to head forth
each day to or
Which of you would like to head out
every morning
to Bataan or the Aqiq which is where
people would trade in
camels?
Like, you can't exactly bring camels
into the central market, right, because it's too
crowded.
So these are
on the outskirts of of
of the city.
As one of the poets said,
you know, upon the we
gathered we and those of the beautiful dark
eyes.
Okay.
So which of you would like to head
forth
each morning
to to batar or or aqiq
and bring back
2 of the finest
camels
without sin and without breaking any relations because
camels are very expensive.
Right?
Or very very expensive like you if you
could buy something to ride, you'd get a
donkey
or you get a mule just
stronger, sturdier,
or you'd get a horse. But to get
a camel,
right,
that's
as they call it, it's it's it's,
you know, it's it's
it's safinu to sahara. It's a ship of
the
of the desert. It's a
doing so without sin. Of course, he's addressing
the people of the Sufah in his Masjid,
and these are the who Ahl al Sufah
were the the poorest of the companions.
So he came forth
to those and
there, of course, Ahl al Sufah would were
staying there at the back of the mosque
because they raised,
like, almost like platform where they'd stay. The
reason it was raised is because you could
you can't really sleep comfortably just on the
ground. There's a raised part that
from the mercy of the prophet sallallahu alaihi
wa sallam. They say I'm gonna stay in
the masjid
not to make them comfortable. So they had
the sufa there,
which is slightly raised so that
they don't have to sleep directly on the
ground
which would be hot.
Right?
Or be hotter.
So
which of you would like to go forth?
And they're in abject poverty
to the camel markets and bring back not
just 1 camel but 2 and not just
any 2 camels but the finest
camels without any sin, so you did nothing
wrong,
and without breaking relations.
That could you could ask somebody, can I
have a camel? Arabs are generous. They'll give
it to you. But if you if you
take 2, they may curse you. Right? Because
the Arabs, you know, they they didn't like
saying no. But you have to know what
to ask them. K?
So we all said, oh, messenger of Allah,
all of us would love that.
Woman
what did it say?
Woman Adadihinna
minalibil.
Okay. So the prophet
said,
for one of you to go forth
to the mosque
and for you to learn
or recite
2 verses
of the book of Allah, mighty and majestic
is better for you than 2 camels.
And for you to
learn or
recite
3 verses
is
is better for you than 3
and 4 is better than 4 and likewise
for any number
of them
of in camels.
Right? So your concern
to learn one verse of the Quran should
be more intense than your concern
for
the new the newest gadget
or the newest
item of clothing
or the newest
whatever
or the finest thing.
So already, you know, months in advance,
the the the New Year's models of cars
come
out.
And
none of that should matter more than the
Quran.
Right?
And of course, why and the reason is
obvious because the reward of the Quran is
eternal.
Any reward is eternal. There's
a preciousness
to the to the Quran.
Whereas
the things that precious camel or that precious
shiny,
bright
new thing
is fleeting.
And then he explains,
and this is related by both Bukhar and
Muslim.
And Bataan
was a was a valley in Medina.
Okay?
Okay?
And the type of camel described is a
was like the the finest,
most pricey of camels.
Right?
So we're going to continue from hadith number
30.
And this is a beautiful hadith of Abu
Zar Radiallahu Ta'ala Anhu.
Okay let's take it because it's a good
way to end.
Said, oh messenger of Allah,
advise me.
And this is at one level, the Ullman
pause when this haba asked this.
They're amazed because these are people who are
around the messenger. They heard all kinds of
guidance, but they asked for advice.
They also asked for advice unconditionally
because usually, we only ask for partial advice.
We only attain partial benefits. Well, what do
you advise about
this thing?
So from that, if you look at it,
it tells you, 1, how close they were
to the messenger of Allah, SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
They disclose their affairs to the messenger of
Allah,
their concerns,
what they're involved with, what they're doing,
the relevant details
of their life. Why? Because they sought guidance
from him. And that tells us, of course,
of
the people
whose guidance and counsel we seek,
we should
seek
to have a closeness of relationship with them
so that they know
our circumstances.
So then they're able to give us not
just the general guidance that would be of
general benefit to anybody, but the particular guidance
we need in our circumstances.
And especially because sometimes
issues arise that require urgent counsel.
And in that situation, it's like medical records.
Like, if someone goes for an operation,
okay, okay, you want to treat that, but
to the extent that you know
the patient's background,
to that extent, you can
give them
a more complete diagnosis. And the same applies
to spiritual treatment,
to religious counsel, to
counsel with respect to knowledge. Right?
And likewise, in worldly matters, people whose
mentorship you seek in your career and so
on. If they don't know anything about what
you've been up to and what you're planning
and what your goals are and what your
constraints and considerations are, say, what do you
advise about this job? Alright. Well,
it's a job. Right? Like, what can I
tell you?
So that's one thing we see from that.
Right? This
openness of the of the companions with the
messenger of Allah, and that's a sunnah.
Right? And the wasiya
is one of the sunnas of
all
prophets
in giving it
and of all those sincere
in seeking it.
So the prophet said The prophet
said, hold fast
to taqwa of Allah for it is
the pinnacle
of this matter. Completely.
I said, oh messenger of Allah,
give me more.
So the prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said,
adhere to recitation of the Quran
for it is light for you on earth
and a treasure
for you
in the heavens.
It's related by.
So
the first council was of Taqwa.
And some narrations of this are lengthier
than
this
part.
Taqwa
is the pinnacle of this matter.
Of course, the
basis of taqwa is
Right?
It's to shield oneself
from the wrath of Allah
by keeping from his prohibitions
and guarding his
obligations.
And one of the best summaries
of
the attainment of taqwa
was given by
Imam Abdullah bin Abdul Haddad
in his amazing work, the beginning of guidance.
And
that's a someone wants to
act upon what is the practical application of
taqwa in one's life.
One of the most comprehensive
brief works on that is the beginning of
guidance, is, the book of assistance of Imam
Abdullah bin
Aalooi Al Hadad.
So we'll we'll stop
there and continue from hadith number 31.
And
before we close, we're going to look briefly
at the
work Talim al Mu'talim
of
Imam
on the etiquette of the student of knowledge.
Where did we stop?
And
so we're looking at the importance of striving,
how
rare that
is.
He says
after,
mentioning the the folly of those who
seek high matters without striving,
so they waste their life in
in seeking the impossible.
He says,
What what does it say?
Do we say that?
No. No. We stopped there. Right?
What does it say?
Alright. It is said, take
the night
as your
trusted mount
and through it, you will attain
your
hopes.
Right? Your Jamel
as your camel, right, but a camel is
a trusted mount but take it as as
a as a camel. It's also that the
journey is long. Right? For the the long
journey, you want a trusted mount that will
get you to the end of your journey.
And
then nighttime,
of course, nighttime nighttime begins with Maghrib.
What do you do sunset onwards?
A lot of people say they're busy. What
do you do all night
till
morning time?
Right? That's half the day. It's a discretionary
half of your day.
Right?
Said the author himself says,
it happened to me that I was able
to
put this meaning in poetry says,
He says the author himself says, whoever seeks
to to
attain
their hopes completely.
Let them take their night
in at in reaching them
as their trusted mount.
Reduce your eating,
dear friend.
Sorry. Reduce your eating so that you can
attain the fruits
if you seek,
dear friend,
to reach the ranks of the perfected.
Of course, reducing your food is not just
in quantity but also in concern
also in concern. A lot of people spend
much of their life thinking about
what they're eating
and going
around
hunting and gathering for food. So what do
you what do you you have an hour
lunch break. What do you do in your
hour lunch break?
You go for lunch.
So you work 200 days in a year.
You spend 200 hours of,
you know, on lunch breaks, and you don't
have time.
Whereas
if you're smart, you say, okay. How do
I reduce that time? That's from reducing food
is not just quantity, but reducing your concern
or
your concern. So you take
you prepare food
from beforehand or you figure out ways of
making that time fruitful or if nothing else,
you go for your lunch break, but but
you listen to
something.
And it has been said that whoever
makes
themselves stay up at night,
their heart
will rejoice by day and staying up means
that
you
you use that time
fruitfully,
right, in in benefit,
right, while giving your your body its due
of sufficient
sleep.
Right?
And of course, we know that the sunnah
is also that the most blessed time actually
of the day is the early morning. May
Allah
facilitate
that.
It says it's absolutely necessary for a seeker
of knowledge
to be consistent
in their lessons
and in their review
at the beginning of the night and at
its end.
Said because
the time between the 2 ishas, between Maghrib
and Isha and the time
before
dawn,
right, the time before Fajr, the Sahar is
these are blessed times.
So those are blessed times to make the
most of.
Between Maghrib and Isha
and before Fajr. And also these are times
when these are discretionary times. You have you
can choose
what you're going to do and if you
consistently choose
knowledge over other concerns,
you will attain.
But if always what are you doing at
night? Well, every day you're figuring out what
we're going to eat then you're they either
don't care or you're a fool and both
those who don't care and those who are
fools don't attain.
So it said in regarding this
Says, oh seeker of knowledge,
apply
scrupulousness
or adhere to
scrupulousness.
Leave aside
sleep,
cast aside, avoid sleep
and leave
being satiated.
Leave
eating to your fill.
And be
consistent
in your lessons.
Do not leave them
for knowledge
through lessons
is established
and
is lifted.
Be constant in your lessons,
constant in attending them,
and constant in
reviewing them.
And the examples of that are beyond,
you know, are beyond count.
Sheikh Qasim
who's a scholar from Baghdad,
who when the US invaded Iraq,
he went to the delegation of Sunni Alemah
to petition
beyond with,
hoping beyond hope
that Arab leaders would
stand for the rights of the Iraqi people
for what it's worth.
He mentioned that even the day when the
US
and US army entered Baghdad,
the sheikh held his fajr classes.
Why?
Because of this meaning.
Because of this meaning.
He said, yes. This is one of the
most tragic moments in history if we just
realized that the the seat
of Islamic
knowledge and spirituality
and
historical political authority, Baghdad,
has been invaded.
But
there are priorities.
Knowledge comes first. Right? And that's
right? And
a sign of a blessed city is that
they are active
circles of of learning.
And a sign of a blessed person is
that they're active in attending
such sessions
and active in their review
of such sessions.
And I heard from some from more from
one of the who was affected by Sheikh
Solih Farfur,
the founder of Mahd al Fatih.
When he got married,
the the night of his marriage
and the
not the nikah, but actual, you know,
later to zafaf. Now he's you know, the
the the night of the marriage ceremony itself,
the marriage ceremonies went late.
And then he had his Fajr Dars,
and it went very late.
He had the Fajr Dars.
He led, you know, after Fajr prayer, he
turned around, opened his
book, and most of the students weren't even
there.
But he still read the.
Whoever was present was present, and whoever missed
missed.
K?
So this is,
this is very, very important
that be consistent
in in your lessons.
Do not
part from them.
For knowledge
through lessons,
right,
is established
and lifted. And this is why Sheikh Hamza,
in his in in some of his old
lessons at the old, protect
and preserve
Sheikh Hamza, he said that one of the
greatest fitna of our time
is
the lecture circuit, right, where people just and
people just listen to lectures and talks and
so on,
but they don't attend.
They don't attend lessons.
And if you want to be serious about
your deen,
your
religious input
should be
lessons
and not lectures.
Lessons, they build.
And the and the, listen to them consistently,
relisten to them, review them, understand them. That's
how knowledge is established
to the extent that
individuals
miss out on that. Do they lose out
on knowledge
or do they lose it? And likewise, communities,
any any
Muslim community in which there's not learning of
the deen taking place on ongoing basis, that
community
in the medium and long term will not
preserve its deen.
Deen.
And one makes the most of one's
days of youth
and the fullness
of one's
young years, which is before one
reaches the age of having
social and public
responsibilities
and and duties.
And he emphasize
emphasizes meaning of striving, but then he balances
it with not being excessive
in the upcoming,
council, which we'll look at next.
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