Kamil Ahmad – 100 Concise and Comprehensive Hadiths Hadith 1 & 2
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The importance of intentions in deeds is discussed, including the church's teachings on the importance of intentions in deeds and setting boundaries. The speaker emphasizes the need to learn Deens and educate oneself to show off one's behavior. The importance of intentions in setting boundaries and avoiding wasteful behavior is also emphasized. The speaker warns against introducing things into the Deen and emphasizes the importance of seeking knowledge and educating oneself.AI: Transcript ©
Today, we're gonna start going through
a new book
as part of our weekly reminder
before we start our q and a.
And this book is called
Behat
It's basically a compilation
of approximately
99
or a 100 names or a 100 ahadith.
From the
kind of ahadith of the Prophet
which are known as Jawami'al
Kalim.
Short,
concise,
to the point,
but yet
deep and comprehensive
and vast in its meanings.
And this is something that our Prophet
was gifted.
Even though
he was not
educated,
he didn't know how to read or write,
He didn't learn under anyone,
and yet
he would speak and say things that are
short and to the point, and yet they
would have very vast meanings.
This is 1 of the unique characteristics of
the Prophet something that Allah had gifted to
him.
And the scholars over time
they compiled
such a hadith
in
you know
certain books
and the most famous of these was the
1 by Imam and Nawawi.
And so Arba'een al Nawawi had the 40
hadith of Imam al Nawawi
is that kind of book
where he compiles
these kind of ahadith, which are
you know very important ahadith,
very important
words of the Prophet
yet short, concise,
but you could write volumes
explaining
these words of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam.
So this book is authored by Sheikh Abdurrahman
ibn Nasr al Sa'adi,
1 of the
great scholars of the past century.
He passed away in,
the mid,
20th century,
specifically in the year 13/60
13/76
of the Hijra,
which corresponds to 1957.
And so
the Sheikh, he is
well known, he has many books that he
has authored.
And he left behind many students, but among
his
most,
famous students
which carried on his legacy was Sheikh Ibn
Rait Amin.
Sheikh Ibn Rait Amin was a student of
Sheikh Abdurman Asadi.
And so we're gonna be going through
approximately
maybe 2 ahadith every every Monday, inshaAllah. We're
not gonna spend too much time. You know,
the point of this is just a reminder,
you know, it won't take more than 15
to 20 minutes Insha'Allah before
we open up
the opportunity for you to ask your questions,
as we have been doing every Monday.
The Sheikh he starts,
by
with an introduction, mentioning why he
compiled this.
And so,
he mentions the importance of studying the words
of the Prophet
and especially these kinds of ahadith,
which are
short,
concise to the point, and yet comprehensive in
their meanings.
And he mentioned that he decided to also
write an explanation.
And so this is not just
a compilation of a hadith like other
mutoon,
like Arba'ina Nawawiya,
but it also comes with an explanation.
So Sheikh Abdurghana Saadi, he explains each 1
of these a Hadith
that he has compiled in this book.
And so the very first hadith that he
starts with
is
the famous hadith of
narrated by Umar ibn Khattab radiAllahu an.
It is
the very first hadith
that Imam al Bukhari
starts his
sahih with.
It is also the first hadith that Imam
An Nawawi starts his 40 hadith and Nawawi
with,
and that is
the famous hadith on the importance of the
intention.
Ramar ibn al Khattab radiAllahu anhu,
he narrates
And this hadith is mutafaqun 'ali. It's agreed
upon,
found in Bukhari and Muslim.
The Prophet
says here,
Deeds are by intentions.
And every person will have what he had
intended.
So whoever
made hijrah to Allah and His Messenger,
then his hijrah was to Allah and His
Messenger,
And whoever
his hijrah was for the sake of the
dunya to acquire it
or
for the sake of a woman that he
wanted to marry,
then his hijrah
is to what he migrated
for.
Now the Sheikh mentions a second hadith and
he
you know, his explanation is on both of
these hadith. So we'll mention the second hadith
and that is the hadith of A'isha radiAllahu
anha. She says,
and in another wording,
The Prophet
says, Whoever introduces
into this affair of ours, this deen of
ours,
that which is not from it,
then he will have it rejected. The other
wording,
whoever introduces
or whoever does an act
which is not from our affair, which is
not from this deen,
then he will have it rejected and this
hadith is also mutafaqun
Ali, agreed upon, found in Bukhari and Muslim.
The Sheikh, he says that these 2 hadith
the entire deen revolves around these 2 hadith.
He says the first hadith
is
the standard by which we
judge
our outer actions,
or rather our inner actions.
The first hadith,
we use as a standard by which we
judge our
ourselves internally.
And the other hadith, the hadith of 'Aisha
is the standard by which we judge our
outer actions.
What do we
mean
by
this?
The first hadith talks about the intention.
Everything that we do,
it's based on an intention that we have.
Where is this intention?
It is not something that people can see.
It's something
inner, it's something in your heart.
As for the second hadith, it talks about
doing things
physically that people can see.
Doing acts of the 'ibadah and other good
deeds.
So this is the standard by which we
measure
outer
acts.
And so he starts by talking about the
first hadith, and that is the hadith of
Umar ibn Khattab
And this shows us the importance of the
intention in our deen.
Right?
The intention is
the most important thing that we need to
pay attention to
when it comes to
doing good deeds
and worshiping Allah.
Because if the intention is not right,
then the entire act
and the entire good deed goes to waste.
As Allah Azza wa Jal says,
Then We will turn to
their actions,
and here Allah is talking about the kuffar.
Whatever good deeds that they did on the
day of judgment, Allah will turn to them
and make them dust,
dispersed,
as if it was nothing.
Why
will these people have their actions and good
deeds
go to waste like that?
Because
they didn't do it for the sake of
Allah,
right? They didn't do it for the sake
of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
The Sheikh mentions that when it comes to
intention,
there are 2 things here.
1 is
the intention of the particular act that you're
doing.
So for every act there's a specific intention,
right? So for example, before we pray, we
are intending to pray salah.
And he mentions
for each salah, there's a different intention.
So your intention that you're praying a fard
salah is gonna be different than your intention
that you're praying
a sunnah or a nafulsalah.
And you have to have the intention before
you pray that salah
in order for it to be accepted by
Allah.
Right?
So if you're gonna come
and pray salatulmagrib,
you have to have the intention that you're
praying salatulmagrib.
If you have the intention that you're praying
another salah, then it won't count as Salatul
Maghrib.
Likewise with all other 'ibadas,
when it comes to fasting, when it comes
to Sadaqa, Zakah,
Hajj,
across the board.
Right?
And then you have
something else related to intention and that is
who you're doing it for.
What's your intention? Why are you doing it?
What are you doing it for? Why are
you doing it? Who are you doing it
for?
And this is where we talk about ikhlasanmi,
sincerity.
That whatever
act we do, if it is an act
of worship or a good deed,
then we have to make sure we're doing
it sincerely for the sake of Allah and
not for anyone else
nor for any other purpose, and that is
what this hadith highlights.
The Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam goes on
to say after mentioning
that
deeds are based on their intentions
and that everyone will have what he intended.
Then he gives examples.
You have someone who makes hijrah.
He migrates.
And in the time of the Prophet
hijrah
to Madinah
was considered mandatory.
If you became Muslim,
you would come to the Prophet
you would pledge obedience to him
and Islam
and you would pledge
hijrah and jihad.
And then that came to an end
with Fath Makkah,
When the Prophet conquered
Makkah,
on that day he said, la hijrata ba'adalfatlah.
There's no more hijra after this.
So here the Prophet says in this hadith,
whoever's hijra was for the sake of Allah
and His Messenger,
then his hijra will be for that purpose,
meaning
he will get his reward
for that. Right?
So it shows us the importance of the
intention here. He just gave this as an
example.
But then he says,
if someone his intention behind migrating was for
the sake of the dunya. Maybe,
I go to Medina
and I have a business opportunity there
or as the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam
says, he gives another example, there's a woman
there, you know, I want to marry. So
that is the driving force. That is his
intention. Why he's making hijrah.
It's not solely for Allah.
The prophet says, Then his hijrah is for
what he made hijrah for. That's it. He
gets a reward for, he gets what he
made hijrah for, Meaning he misses out on
the reward
of hijrah
that
you know, those who made hijrah that they're
gonna get on the day of judgment.
And so all of our acts, we need
to make sure that we're doing them sincerely
for the sake of Allah
and not
for the sake of others. And this is
where
the scholars talk about the danger of riya'.
Doing good deeds and
for the sake of showing off.
So
you know, you give sadaqa for example
because
you know, you want the people to praise
you. You want to be known as someone
who is generous.
Or you pray and then you beautify your
salah
and you recite beautifully.
Why? Because there's others around you, you want
to impress them.
So all of this is known as riyaat
and the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam warned
us against it. What is the problem with
riya? The problem is exactly what we're talking
about. The intention is not solely for the
sake of Allah.
And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, he doesn't want
our acts and our,
you know, our ibad and our good deeds
if they're not done for him.
Why should he accept it if it's not
done for his sake?
Right? It doesn't make sense.
If you want Allah's reward,
then do it for him.
If you want Allah's reward, then do it
for him.
Do it
to seek his pleasure,
to seek his reward,
etc.
And so that's what the Sheikh mentions here.
As for the second hadith, it is the
hadith of Aisha RadiAllahu Anha,
where
what is being mentioned here is our
you know, acts of worship and our good
deeds,
are they in line with how the Prophet
sallallahu alaihi wa sallam taught us or not?
So the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam says,
Whoever introduces into our deen, into our religion
that which is not from it,
then it will be rejected.
Again.
Again.
Why should Allah accept our good deeds or
our acts of worship
if they're not done in line with how
he wants them to be done,
how the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam taught us
that it should be done.
And so this shows us the importance of
following the sunnah of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi
wa sallam and the teachings
of Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.
You can't say, you know what, I'm gonna
worship Allah however I feel like.
Right?
Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala,
He has legislated for us a specific way
of worshiping Him,
right?
And the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam said
for example when it comes to salah,
Pray as you have seen me pray.
Take from me your Hajj rituals,
the rights of Hajj. Don't perform Hajj however
you feel like it.
Do it as I have taught you,
etcetera.
And so whoever does something that is not
in line with how the Prophet
taught it,
he won't have it,
accept it. Allah will not accept it. So
for example,
you know
praying salah.
Salatul Maghrib is 3 rakahs and you say,
you know what?
I want to add another raka'ah. I'm gonna
make salatulmagrib
4 raka'ahs,
or 2 raka'ahs,
or I'm gonna add something
into salah,
or I'm gonna do dhikr in a specific
way that was not taught by the prophet
shalallahu alaihi wa sallam,
and so on and so forth.
Whoever does something like that, this act is
known as an innovation in the religion, a
bidah in the religion.
And the Prophet warned us
against introducing
into the deen that which is not from
it, such as this hadith here before us.
And so there are so many different innovations
that people have
introduced,
that have somehow
infiltrated into Islam.
And the only way for us to learn
what is authentic and what is not is
by learning.
Right?
We have to go back to
the original
we have to go back to the original
sources
and the narrations of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi
wasallam to figure out what is right and
what is wrong,
what is correctly attributed
to Islam and what is not. Because over
the centuries
people started,
you know,
introducing things into the deen and they
have stayed until this very day, unfortunately.
And so the only way for us to
actually,
you know, get ourselves out of that and
you know, know what is
correctly
attributed to the Prophet and what is not
is by educating ourselves. This shows us the
importance of seeking knowledge
and educating ourselves and
you know, making an effort,
making a sincere
effort
to learn the Deen, to learn the Deen,
Because what these 2 hadith teach us
is that no
act of yours, no act of worship or
good deed will be accepted by Allah unless
it fulfills 2 conditions.
The first is that you did it solely
for the sake of Allah and the second
is that you did it how the prophet
taught us.
If 1 of these 2 conditions
is missing,
then all your effort is going to waste,
right? All your effort is going to waste.
Allah will not accept it. You'll come on
the Day of Judgment expecting
a lot of rewards for my good deeds
and you don't find them,
right? And this is the
reason, right? This is the reason and it's
not an excuse, you know what, I didn't
know.
Allah does not,
he holds us accountable
for our own
for our own shortcomings,
right? Allah has given you the ability to
research and to learn,
and so you have to make an effort.
All of us need to make an effort
in that regard,
and so make sure that every act that
we do, whether it be an act of
worship or a good deed,
that you're doing it sincerely for the sake
of Allah
and that you're doing it
how the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam taught us
and how his companions
taught us to do it.
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