Hatem al-Haj – Loving What He Loves – Manzil as-Sireen
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The transcript describes a character named Wahab who was a remarkable man and used to call him the "monster" of Sufyan al-Thawri. While on a mission to find a doctor, the character is distracted by a sudden death and the shukr that is incumbent on them. The shukr are incumbent on them and they need to pay attention to them.
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As Wahab ibn al-Ward said, and Wahab
was a remarkable man who was a contemporary
of Sufyan al-Thawri and Yusuf ibn Asbat.
To understand the greatness of Wahab, you know
Sufyan al-Thawri is one of the seven
imams.
You know at one point of the year
there used to be seven, the four imams
in addition to three others, that is Sufyan
al-Thawri al-Laith and al-Awza'i.
So one of the seven imams, he used
to call Wahab ibn al-Ward al-Tabib.
He used to say, let's go to the
doctor.
And then when they asked about him, who's
the doctor, he would say, Wahab ibn al
-Ward, the doctor of the hearts.
I know that this is a little bit
of distraction, but Wahab was really a magnificent
man.
Sufyan al-Thawri and Yusuf ibn Asbat and
Wahab ibn al-Ward, they were sitting together
next to a Kaaba.
And Sufyan al-Thawri said, I used to
hate sudden death, mawt al-faja'a or
al-faja'a.
And now I wish I would die.
And then Yusuf ibn Asbat said to him,
so what makes you think this way?
He said, akhshal fitna, I fear from fitna,
I fear from trials.
So Yusuf ibn Asbat said to him, but
I wish to live.
ma'ubari inbaqeet, I wouldn't mind to live.
And then Sufyan al-Thawri said to him,
so what makes you think this way?
And Yusuf ibn Asbat said to him, la
'alli usadifu tawba fayatuballahu alayhi.
Maybe I will get to repent and Allah
subhana wa ta'ala will accept my repentance.
So Yusuf ibn Asbat in fact added something
to what Sufyan said.
He said, I'm afraid I'm not ready.
I still need to repent.
I'm afraid I'm not ready.
And then they said to Ayyub, so what
about you?
And he said, ahabbuhuma ila Allah, ahabbuhuma ilayhi.
Whatever is more beloved to Allah is more
beloved to me.
Do you remember the station of tafweed?
To delegate your affairs to Allah subhana wa
ta'ala.
And that is the best tafweed.
He said, whatever he wants.
Whatever is more beloved to him is more
beloved to me.
I don't want to die, I don't want
to live.
I want what he wants.
Anyway, so Ayyub used to be asked about
thawab al-a'mal.
Someone would come after tawaf and then ask
him, so what's the reward of tawaf?
And he would say, why are you being
distracted by this?
Why are you asking about thawab al-a'mal?
Don't ask about the reward of tawaf.
Ask about the shukr that is binding on
you because Allah empowered you, enabled you to
make this tawaf.
Ask about the gratitude.
Now that you made tawaf, who helped you?
Who gave you the power?
Who gave you the tawfiq to make tawaf?
Allah subhana wa ta'ala.
Now you should be occupied by asking about
shukr al-wajib alaik.
The shukr that is incumbent on you.
The show of gratitude that is binding on
you now that Allah subhana wa ta'ala
had helped you and given you the power
to make tawaf.
And that is what they wanted us to
pay attention to.