Mirza Yawar Baig – Living Islam #57
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The difficulties of living by Islam include privacy, trusting Islam, and finding a person to help find one's spiritual affiliation. A woman in a cave was blocked by a rock and advised not to specify a deed to her parents. A man gave a large sum of money to his wife and gave it to her, leading to embarrassment and embarrassment from the crowd. The importance of asking oneself about their situation and finding the help of is emphasized.
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Salam ala Rahim al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil alameen wa Salatu was Salam ala shadowfell MBA mousseline Muhammad Rasul Allah is Allah Hollywood he was Abu Salim to sleep in Sierra Nevada, my dear brothers and sisters,
we are on the on our class of living Islam. We ask Allah subhanaw taala.
To enable us to live by Islam and to die on Islam.
We ask Allah to decree that we always do things which will please Him, and that he takes us in a state, when he is pleased with us, gentlemen,
I want to narrate for you the beautiful
story
of the three people who are trapped in a cave, that also told us, we illustrates a very important aspect of
life, which is to do things for the pleasure of Allah subhana wa Taala, in secret, to do things in secret, only for the pleasure of philosophy and
not even to tell anybody about these things. I want to specially emphasize that because we live in a world today where everything which should have been private has become public.
There was a time when we used to write diaries. And if our own parents remember as children if I if the person had his childhood, his diary. And if the father or mother looked at that diary, the child would become, you know, completely insane with rich is how did you do that? Why do you do that you invaded my privacy.
And today is the opposite reaction, when we put our most intimate details onto Facebook or Instagram or something.
And if people don't see it, if we don't get any Thumbs up for it, or you don't get any,
any
views on it, then we become very angry. So nobody is interested in me, la Vela hotevilla, the world has completely changed 180 degrees.
What was supposed to be private is public and what is what should have been public alarm knows where it is, whether it's private or not, we don't know.
So, it is very important to have something What is the secret between you and Allah subhanaw taala
right.
So, let us let us try to think about that and say, what is it that I do with only I know in my rub nose?
And we see the power of that why should you do that? And that is I think that nothing illustrates that more powerfully or better than this beautiful Heidi's also Salah
narrated Abdullah a llama that said, and remember all such stories that we get from a solar cell? These are true stories they happened they're historically correct.
These are not illustration stories, these are not just parables, these are not stories which are told to us to make a point these are these are actual historical events and we have this belief as part of our human behavior. The that there are things that Allah Subhana Allah tala taught to his Nabi sallallahu Sallam for the purpose of instructing us and these things are true, and we believe them.
So narrated Abdullah in our other Lama Rosado Salaam said, while three people were traveling, they were overtaken by rain. There was this torrential shower of rain, and they took shelter and they took shelter in a cave in a mountain.
Now because of the rain,
there was a landslide. And a big rock fell from the mountain over the mouth of the cave and blocked it.
Am I in the state of those people?
These three men were inside escape, and they thought that they were safe from the rain when a rock slid across
from the top came and blocked the mouth of the cave.
Now that is certain death. There is no way of getting out of the cave. They can't dig themselves out from the cave. They will die a horrible death inside that cave in complete and total pitch darkness.
What are they facing? They're facing a complete calamity
and the physical collapse
In a situation where there is no hope of anyone else coming to save them,
I mean, from the inside of the key of the garden, you know, for somebody or whatever right? There is no, there are no such parties out and there's nobody who knows where they are. More than likely, even if someone comes to the comes close to the cave, and even if these people are screaming from inside the cave, nobody can hear them because of this huge rock.
So it's a totally hopeless situation. completely obvious. But these were believers, these were Muslims, these were people who had faith and talk or Allah subhanaw taala. So they're in their in lose hope they didn't get desperate, they don't they didn't panic.
They said to each other.
Think of such good or righteous deeds which you did for only for Allah sake.
And invoke Allah and make dua to Allah subhanaw taala with that deed as the vasila with that deed as the reference, so that Allah may relieve us from this difficulty
right. So in a manner that allows us orient to them and May Allah make this real for us allies real, the question is, is he real to me?
So, here they are these people for whom they are not saying oh, we are in a hopeless situation, nobody can help us. The only one who can help us can see that person that is
so what is the route What must I do?
What is the number that I need to dial? And the number I need to dial is to look at myself and say, what is it that I did? Only for the sake of Allah subhanho wa Taala only to please Allah there was nothing else in this deed. We are looking here at a colossal Nia
are looking here at the sincerity of the heart, the sincerity of the intention. And here are these people who say that what is my worst level of my sincerity? What did I do in my life and you think only one is enough inshallah.
What did I do in my life which was done only and only to please Allah subhanho wa Taala. Let me think about that. And let me make do and say Allah, I did this for your sake, and you are the witness. So I asked you, I beg you, I plead with you, please relieve me from this suffering.
So they made this up. And one of them said, the first one said, Oh, Allah. I had parents who were very old.
And I had small children, for who sick. I used to work as a shepherd.
When I returned to them at night, and I milked the sheep, I used to start giving the milk to my parents first, before giving it to my children.
He said one day, to graze my sheep, I went far away in search of grazing.
And I didn't return home until late at night.
And when I did get home, I found that my parents had fallen asleep.
Now I milked my livestock as usual and brought the milk vessel and stood at their head. They were sleeping, I stood there in the room.
But I didn't want to wake them up, because they were sleeping, I dislike to wake them up for their sleep.
And I also did not want to give the milk to my children before my parents, though my children were hungry, they were crying at my feet.
And I stood in the state of mind, till the day dawned till the morning came.
And he made the dough and he said Allah,
if you considered that I had done that only to seek your pleasure, then please let there be an opening to which we can see the Skype
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solo citizen himself so Allah made for them an opening through which they could see the sky.
Now here is this person who did this deed serving his parents.
And he did this at couldn't have been easy for him because he loved both his children as well as parents.
But he gave proceeds to the parents of a very old, he didn't want to disturb them, he honored them.
And he said well if you like this deed
please make an opening so we can see the sky.
Now my submission to is this and this is really the thought in my in my heart and I hope I am right ask Allah subhanaw taala
which is that when you make God do not specify
Do not make limitation on this door
because the point is that this person made otherwise accepted to this person and made it was a yellow removed this rock and free us allowed have done that.
Right? It was not difficult
but he specified it is the Allah make an opening so we can see the light we are still in prison.
We are still inside this place we still can't get out.
Right?
So do not specify this.
We do this all the time is a very natural thing for us.
very dear brother of mine.
He went for Hajj with his parents.
And they're both of them got very sick.
And he said to me, I made the law and I said Oh Allah don't allow me to fall sick until I get back home. But he said I don't know why I made this kind of thought he said I made this. Don't allow me to fall sick here
until I get back home because I need to take care of my parents and if I also get sick then what happens so he took care of his parents and under law. They finished their eyes everybody did that. He's arrived we got onto the plane. He said we landed and
the plane landed the seatbelt sign went off. He said I stood up to take my luggage from the overhead locker and I found out he collapsed
hamdulillah he's well now but that sickness widget
and he said I know this happened because of the kind of glue I made I said don't let me fall sick until I get home.
So don't make Gods like this. This this that kind of though is not is not useful. I did it myself I may Allah protect me from myself.
I will I will also enhance and I
the
I finished you know everything in
in Mina and all that after Raj and I came to do my stuff.
And I had an umbrella and I had my shoes
It was a very hot it was in July so it was extremely hot.
So I decided let me you know I can't take this into into the tissues and the umbrella and manage all of that while I'm doing it because it was a huge huge huge car it was absolute volume.
And so I took up in the harem the
the mulika have had the side of the budget which is a condition on top
so I took these things up there I put them in one place and I said Allah
I really need my shoes more than need the umbrella. So at least the shoe should not get go missing from here.
So this is the you know sort of thought in my mind of do I made that between these two. As if it is difficult voila to protect both the hula hotevilla we are our own limitations and the way we think is our own biggest problem. So I said I I hope I don't you know my shoes should be safe because I can't walk barefoot all the way back to Mina I that whole hog I did walking.
So then I went down I did have I did say and it was the crowd was such that you know in say, I felt that if I die, my body will not fall down you know they will carry the dead body in the in the hole sigh because of the way we were literally smashed against each other.
When all of that finished, I came back.
I went to the place where I had kept my shoes and umbrella. The umbrella was gone the shoes were there.
So I made Toba I miss the forest. This is my fault I made this you know Luckily though I made his lambda
i put boundaries on your greatness and glory
so May Allah protect us from ourselves in this in this story this man he made his right he said
make an opening so we can see the sky and allows rather limited his opening I'm saying that again please. You know May Allah forgive me if I'm wrong. If he had made a dua remove the rock Allah would remove the rock. So when you make the one is do something which is only between you and Allah Subhana
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is there a secret of yours with Allah
Which is only between you and Allah subhanho wa Taala this beautiful machine which is very, very beautiful sung by this African
brother, I don't know who he is, but very good halakhah Sharon in the law, by ntaganda when Allah
do deeds in secret which only Allah knows, don't tell anybody about it Allah knows that this is enough.
And then use them as an aside for yourself. When you are really really in need of something, ask Allah.
So, this happen now they have they can see the sky.
Then Allah subhanho wa sallam dimension.
Then the second person who said Oh Allah, I had this
this girl cousin,
who I
loved, as much as a passionate man loves a woman.
And I tried to seduce her. So you know, love lust whatever your current
I tried to reduce a seducer and she refused.
Now this girl was a poor girl is where this guy had money. So she was in need also of money.
So when he was trying to seduce a one day she said to him,
pay me 100 dinars
you know, gold coin.
So he said that I worked hard to like collected 100 dinner then I went to her.
And I gave her this one at dinner. And then he said when I was about to have * with her,
she said, Yeah, Abdullah it the Hola. He said, Oh slave of Allah.
Fear Allah.
He said Dune, she said, do not have *. Except after marriage. Because Allah has made her.
She was helpless. She was poor.
And this man had paid his money to her, which he had said.
But then she remembered Allah subhanaw taala. He said, Allah when this happened, I might at this stage, he is in this total passion. He really wants to do this thing. It's in his within his reach, he can do it.
And at that time, she said, Fear Allah. And he said, Yeah, Allah, I left her. I didn't touch her. I did not even take the money. I just went away.
Because I was afraid of you because I was seeking pleasure. And he said, Yeah, life that is really the case. If I was seeking your pleasure,
then please move this rock a little more.
Once again, do I which is deficient in that sense, but may Allah protect us. We are all human, we have our own, you know, limitations. And Allah subhanaw taala shifted that rock to make an opening, which was wider.
But remember, they still can't get up.
The last person who said Oh Allah, I employed a laborer for wages equal to a forrec, which is a certain quantity of rice.
And when he had finished his job, he demanded his wages. But when I presented his due to him, he gave it up and refused to take, we don't know what happened, some visual between him and the man. So the man does the work for the day, and the wages have pre agreed amount. And at the end of the day, when the wage is given to the man he walks away, he just doesn't take the wage.
So this man says, Don will making a DA he says Allah,
I took that rice I kept his rice I used it as seed and I sold the rice I kept on sowing the rice season after season. And from this rice, I the profit of that I bought some cows. And I had a shepherd with the price of all that. And this flock of this herd of cows also grew.
And he said, finally, after a certain period of time, must be a couple of years, several years. This man came back to me and he said to be the light Oh slave of Allah. Fear Allah, and do not be unjust to me, and give me my due. People are when the man was giving him his due he didn't take it.
And now he's coming in implying that the man is unjust. And imagine the whole think about his whole thing in the human in the human context of it. This person who was the was the employer, he could have been offended. He could have said look, are you are you are you crazy, man? I mean, you know where I went.
Finish your work I was giving you the your wages you didn't want to take it you walked away. And now you are coming me You are coming here and you're threatening me in using fear Allah this or that and don't be unjust wherever and just I'm I'm I was very just I was giving you the thing, you didn't take it away if there is anyone unjust You are the one who's unjust he could have had all these arguments, he didn't do that. He did not do that.
He said,
I said to him,
Go and take those cows. And that Shepherd, he said that those are all yours.
And the man said, he went and took the wall away.
And he said, Oh Allah, if you like that, if that was something that please do and it was sincerely for you, then please remove this rock completely. And the solar system said Allah subhanaw taala re re released them from the difficulty. And this isn't say Buhari,
our sisters,
and when myself when you let us think about this, and say that what do we learn from this?
What is the beautiful lesson that we learn from this story
of these three people who made the law and each of them had something
which they had done purely for the pleasure of Allah subhanaw taala.
And because of that, they were able to make a door, which Allah subhanaw taala accepted.
I remind myself, we knew that every single one of us has this opportunity.
We have the opportunity of living our lives in a way, where we quietly do something for the pleasure of Allah alone.
And alone, only Allah must know this.
Do these deeds, whatever it is,
whether it is charity, whether it is kindness to somebody, whether it is standing in the night in the hedges and praying to Allah subhanaw taala whatever the nature of the deed,
do it and ensure that you don't publicize it. Don't mention it to anybody.
Something must be kept secret only between you and Allah.
And we have different ways or fortunately, we have different ways of publicizing
some things we do publicly directly and some things we do indirectly. For example, if somebody says to you please make dua for me.
And you say to the boss, and I made the offer you with the head.
Now my point is what is the need for that
severance offer you handle you didn't agile, let them be a secret between you and Allah, there's no need to tell the world about it.
So do something which is only for the pleasure of Allah subhanaw taala and keep it
because you never know when you need it.
And if you have it, then you can use it in order to invoke the pleasure of Allah.
And then also as I said,
do it in a way and when you make dua
ask Allah in keeping with his majesty and grace
don't restrict Allah subhanho data your door obviously you are not restricted and you cannot restrict by restrict, I mean don't make the door in a way which seems to be as if you are asking somebody who has restrictions and limitations on what he can do.
Unless he asked us to ask him or the only
as it asked me, Allah did not say asked me but keep in mind what the doctor told you asked me but keep in mind the laws of physics asked me but keep in mind which country you are living in what is the law of the land?
What is possible and what is not possible according to the rules of an IRS or income tax or according to the rules of you know, your town laws or whatever Allah dinshaw This allows it will do and he asked me
how should I ask you
asked me the way I am
and what how is a lot less
and less man does it Anna in the zimny appdb
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So I think and this is the reality of illness rather than biology delallo has no limitations whatsoever.
no limitations.
He is capable of doing anything that he chooses.
He says Be and it is code via code
whatever it commands, whatever you want, you can go on
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whatever he wishes he can do. Yes I know Maya
and he has control over everything.
Oh Allah, Alicia
This is a lie
that is why we worship Allah subhanaw taala
my brother and sisters
it might look like it's a superfluous reminder but you know we all need reminders. Let me remind you of myself.
We do not worship a Superman.
We do not worship a super being who is real like us but has some special powers No.
Laser committed he was Samuel merci Rasul Allah is not like anything in the creation.
Easy all see, and the audience,
all hearing and all see some mercy.
So when you ask Allah Subhana Allah ask in keeping with that, in keeping with his majesty and grace, in keeping with his magnificence,
in keeping with his greatness and glory
don't ask Allah subhanaw taala as if you are asking somebody like yourself know
if Allah can do anything that asked Allah to do that, which appears to you to be impossible,
unless you're handling himself and I'm saying all this, not only because of, you know, my
what's in my heart, but because of actual DeLisle from the Quran.
In surah, Maryam Allah, Tara mentioned the daughter of zaccaria Lisa,
Allah said is another robber who NIDA and coffee I said he asked Allah subhanaw taala in a small voice.
And he said, Oh Allah, I have become old.
My head, my hair has become white. My bones have become weak.
My wife, she is beyond the age of childbearing.
Right? She is not fertile anymore.
She cannot have children anymore. She's incapable of she's far older, older than that.
But he said, Oh, like give me an air.
Give me a child to carry forward His work of Dell. Give me an give me a virus.
You did not say give me a second wife?
For whom give me an error? No.
I am old.
My hair is white. My wounds are weak, I am incapable of fraud probably incapable of producing children.
My wife she is
beyond the age of bearing children. But give me an A why. And why am I asking this because you for you. None of these are limitations.
Why I mentioned Why am I mentioning this because this is my mo DS. This is my role as a slave that I bring forward before you and I present to you the hopelessness and the weakness and the pain and the suffering of my situation.
But when I asked you,
I don't ask you and give you with all of that Alaska live weekend zones on the give me a little bit No.
I'm asking the one who has no limitations. I'm asking the one who has no conditions. I'm asking the one who has no boundaries. I'm asking the one who is completely and completely and totally free from all needs and words. Who allow will
allow summit?
I'm asking the one who has no need. I'm asking the one who fulfills the need of every single one of his creatures from the most magnificent and glorious
of them.
Who is Mohammed Mustafa sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
to the list of them
from them biggest to the minute just
Allah fulfills all their needs, multiple needs multifarious needs, and Allah subhanaw taala fulfills all of them simultaneously.
I'm asking him
Yes, I have a, I may have a an ailment
about which the doctors have said that there is no cure.
So what do I believe?
If I don't have Allah, then I believe that there is no cure as a
absolute statement.
If I believe in Allah subhanaw taala then I take the same step, but there is no cure with the doctors.
They are not saying there is no cure, they are saying we do not know what the cure is.
But does Allah know what the cure is? Of course, of course, rasa Allah did not create any ailment without score.
Everything has a go Cora has
the question The key is to ask Allah subhanaw taala for it.
Today, we have
fractured our lives.
We have left seeking a cure for Corona to the research, research, scientists and scholars
and researchers
their job to find a
vaccine.
How many of those while they are doing the work in the Nevada tree or things Juana La la la la la? How many of them are making daughters a Allah and doing this work? But you know, you are the one for the curse? Give me the cure?
How many?
I don't know I'm asking you.
If you tell me nobody, then then me Why?
Why?
What prevented Muslims?
from studying science?
What prevented Muslims from being becoming scientists and research scholars?
and studying these signs almost
all we seem to do is
the to the Turkish couple, who developed the vaccine for Pfizer.
We take that clip, and we send it around or WhatsApp and we think our job is done.
This is my job
forwarding stuff on WhatsApp.
Douglas Gobble, developed a vaccine but who did the original research? Who has the original formula of that thing?
Where did that come from? Was that a was that a Muslim who did it?
I think it's important because if we focus ourselves like that, and we say, what is our contribution
in this life, then we will also inshallah
direct our education in those lines.
To see the signs of Allah subhanaw taala and creation,
where we can make dua to Allah subhanho wa Taala in keeping with his majesty and grace, because we recognize the loss of anodal and in His signs, the more we see His signs, the more we recognize the glory of Allah subhanho.
Netherlands just as really seriously think about this.
You know, Allah subhanho wa Taala. Those who contribute Allah subhanho wa Taala support them,
even if they are not Muslim, those who are just who are on justice, Allah supports them even if they are not Muslim.
But those who don't contribute, who are net consumers,
and dole on top of that, who are oppressed oppressors and were unjust, they lose the support of Allah subhanho wa Taala.
So I need to ask myself, you need to ask yourself, we need to ask ourselves collectively Where are we?
Are we those who have the help of Allah?
Or are we those who have lost the help of Allah?
Just to see this the let us think about these things. So zaccaria is Allah Allah
I mentioned to
the reason I'm I said all this is because the way to ask what Allah said, Oh the only study
asked me, I will accept, I will listen to you, I will give you
so there are three things that we need to remember about Java number one is when you're making the present to a lot of arrow data, your weakness,
your need,
your pain, your suffering, talk to Allah subhanaw taala about this, Allah knows everything. But Allah wants to hear it from you. So tell him your story.
Second thing is ask him when you ask him ask him in keeping with his majesty and grace, don't limit that.
Don't say give me a girl, I'm so hungry, give me at least one meal.
What kind of toys there?
What kind of toys they're
yellow, I'm so hungry, removed his hunger from me.
solve my problem once and for all.
Why do you want me
ask in keeping with the grace and majesty of Allah, what are you, you are one little human being on a planet which is less than one grain of sand on a beach as far as Allah is concerned. And you want to limit that also I say give me one dirty la hotel.
ask Allah in keeping with the majesty of this. Yeah, like give me shutter will come and tell you know, where is the logic for this and what is the means? kick him out, kick him a deliver him says I don't know interested in your investment.
I'm asking about
the logic is that Allah can give the logic is he is alappuzha encoded, that is the logic.
So ask only Allah, because he is the only one who likes those who ask. Number two, ask him in keeping with his majesty and grace. And number three, and this is a tough one.
Remember that Allah subhanho wa Taala will give you the best at a time when it is right for you to get that.
This is where patience and suffer comes into the picture. We continue to ask we continue to work
but we and we don't give up asking
Allah subhanaw taala This is to all the divine Allah accept all the work, provided the slave does not lose hope in it. And provided the slave does not say that Oh, what am I have been asking for so long and I didn't get it so I'll leave it No.
He Your job is to ask. So ask
your job is not to wonder about when will it come out? Will it come? You know what is the circumstances as for so many days? It didn't come so many years? No.
That's not your job. So leave Allah to Allah you it's your job to ask. So ask how many times to ask until there is breath in your body? keep on asking keep on asking. Keep asking.
And remember that Allah promised to give an Allah does not go back on his promises. Although only StG bloco Allah said this
guy by the unevenness, he would he would die.
And that's what I said yes. When my slave is about me, I'm close to him, let him ask me and I will give him
Allah says he will give Allah will give we have no doubt about this.
But our job is to keep on asking our job is not to let up on that our job is not to give up asking our job is not to say Oh, but you know I asked for so and so many times nothing happened. No, that's not your job.
Because Allah subhanaw taala gives when it is like the example I always give people is little jar little boy
or little girl. Maybe they are 10 years old. 12 years old. They as their father loved they wanted they really want to drive. The father's car is a beautiful car, said Daddy, can I drive your car? Please gonna drive your car? Of course. Of course, I will allow you to drive your car drive my car.
So they asked again ask again ask again. The father never refused. The father never says no, I won't let you drive the car. You will never regret Oh, no, of course.
But after some time, this child says you know what my dad just talks
What's the father doing? The father is saying you Yes, you will drive the car but you are 10 years old. You will drive the car when you are 80
you get a license, that's the legal age for driving a car not that we're not at the age of 10. But I'm not closing the rover, you're not saying you can't do it in our door you will do it but at the right time. So when we ask Allah subhanaw taala something as Allah, Allah give me this, Allah say yes, I will give you definitely I will give you but you have to wait. Because I don't want to give it to you at a time and I know that you would make a disaster of that thing if I give it to a 10 year old guy you would kill yourself and go to jail and put me in jail as well.
So I don't know. I will give you an I know what is the best time for it. So ask Allah Subhana Allah Allah not anybody else. Number two, ask in keeping with his majesty and grace. And remember in that asking itself, there is relief. And third is have patience.
Have patience. keep on asking. Don't give up ask. ask Allah to accept all that you ask him with alpha and higher. That's the beauty
of Busby. vilanova uncle Mr. salami said jasola teach me a dog and he said ask a ledger love might need a local afia he said all I asked you for if he asked you for hire I asked you for for, for for everything good in what you give me.
Because you can get something if you get it without afia it has problems as they asked for the for this. Salama De Luca raffia one of you asking for ask Allah to give you with everything you asked him gela will head
and then to add to that from his grace and from His Majesty and from his glory and from his generosity inshallah.
Allah Allah Allah will carry while Allah He was a member of the gamma salovaara kuramoto. I work at