Mirza Yawar Baig – Stick to the path
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The importance of following the path ofteenth Aloni is discussed, emphasizing the need for personal prioritization and guidance. The speaker also emphasizes the importance of following Islam's teachings and taking small steps to achieve success. It is a choice made by the creator and that following guidance is a choice made by the creator. It is crucial to focus on following guidance and small steps to achieve success.
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Allah
addressed Rasulullah
by
1 of the huroofal mukataat
Yaseen
and knows the meaning of that. And the
Mufasa have said that this also refers to
Rasulullah
Allah then took an oath by the Quran.
Allah took an oath by the Quran Al
Kareem.
And he said, verily and truly you are
among
the Rasul
Musa,
the prophets,
the messengers of Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala.
And you are on.
You are on the path of righteousness, on
the path of steadfastness.
I remind myself and you that every single
rakat of every single salah,
no matter what kind of salah that is
for the nafil or sunnah,
We ask Allah for
Allah
told us
what is that Surah Al Mustafi.
Allah mentioned in the same surah itself.
The Sirat, the path
of those
on whom Allah
bestowed His blessing and mercy and gifts.
Those people who Allah
blessed.
Who are the
people on whom Allah
bestowed his gifts?
Allah
mentioned that also in the Quran and said,
said, verily Allah
has blessed
the
the people who are truthful
the people who
are the people who are good all of
these
terms have their own,
specific and special meanings. I'm not going into
explanation of all that.
But the first of those terms,
the first of those terms is the
verily the people who are blessed by Allah
over
and above anyone and anyone anything else are
the
are the messengers, are the Rasuls, are the
prophets of Allah
and among the
is their Imam
is the first and the foremost
of the Ambia and
is the last and final
of the and
the Rasul Rasul of Allah
So, therefore, Allah
told us
in the Quran
to ask us for
the
to ask us for the path of righteousness
and guidance
and told us that this path is the
path of the Ambiya
and among the Ambiya
is the one we follow. Rasool Allah is
the last and final of them and the
and the Imam of all of them.
And about him Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala
took an oath by the Quran
and said that
So therefore,
we know that the
which we are asking Allah for
is the path of Rasulullah
What do we 2 things to understand. 1st
of all, Allah did
not teach us in their Quran
to ask
for the destination.
What is the destination of of Surat Al
Mustafi?
That
is where it leads. Surat Al Mustafi leads
to Jannah. So Allah
could have said to, should have told us
to ask for Jannah but Allah did not
tell us to ask for Jannah because this
dunya
you will get to Jannah if you do
certain things.
Jannah is not magic.
Jannah won't just happen by itself. So Allah
did not tell us to ask for the
destination
even though that is the destination of this
path. Allah
told us to ask for the path.
Even in this dunya, we know what you
look at when you are,
in organization consulting. You know, we have, we
talk about the
vision of the organization and so on. But
what do you focus on? You focus on
the systems. You focus on the processes. You
focus on the methods.
You don't say simply sit there and think
about the vision. It won't happen. If your
processes are not in place, if your systems
are not in place, if you are not
doing the things you are supposed to be
doing, that vision is only a pipe dream.
It is never going to come true because
you are not taking the path which leads
to the vision.
Nobody doubts that you want that vision. Right?
The vision isn't it's true. We are not
saying that,
when you say I want Jannah that you
are lying. No. You're not lying. You are
speaking the truth. You want Jannah but the
reality of life is that this duniya
is the eyes.
This dunya is a place for work. This
dunya is a place where we have to
make effort.
Allah said for the human being is only
what he works for.
So that is the reason why Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala drew our attention to the importance
of work, the importance of action and said
most of you ask for this path and
stay on the path.
Right? Stay on the path.
Allah did not say, run fast so that
you will reach Jannah. No. You will lead
Jannah InshaAllah as long as you are on
this path then this path will take you
to Jannah.
This path cannot
misguide you, cannot mislead you because this is
the path of the
but if you stray away from the path
then obviously
it cannot lead to Jannah because there is
one path through Jannah. Every path does not
lead to Jannah and that is one of
the,
many
mistaken impressions
that, people seem to have,
to say that every path leads to Jannah.
If every path led to Jannah, then what
was the need for an Rabi? What was
the need for?
What was the need for the Quran? Live
your life, you will get to Jannah anyway.
So that is not the that's not even
logically,
doesn't even make sense. So there is one
path and that path is called Islam and
that Islam is what Rasool Allah sallam brought.
So when Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala is saying
the path of
the path of steadfastness, this is the path
of Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam. And this is
what underlines the importance of the sunnah because
what is the path of Rabi sallallahu alaihi
sallam? It is the way he led his
life.
Every aspect of his life.
Is it does it, is it restricted to
to one particular aspect? Allah
For you, the best example is the life
of my Nabi
Allah did not specify any particular part of
his blessed life. Allah did not say his
domestic life or his public life or his
life as a
head of state or his life as a
head of the army or his life as
a when he used to do trading as
a businessman.
Or his life. Do you know? Allah
said the life of Muhammad
is
a good example, is a best example.
For the one
who believes in the day of judgement, looks
forward to the day of judgement, looks forward
to the meeting with Allah
and engages in the zikr of Allah
greatly.
So Allah mentioned very clearly, if you are
serious about your Islam, if you are serious
about reading Jannah, then hold on to the
way of Muhammad
Now out of this whole life,
as I mentioned, what must I pick? What
must I choose? Answer is you do not
pick and you do not choose. You take
the whole thing because it comes as a
package. It doesn't come in bits and pieces.
It doesn't we have been we have not
been left to pick and choose from the
life of our
soul that which suits us and leave out
that which does not suit us. Because following
is a function of effect of love for
somebody.
Following what does following mean? I mean this
has been used the word following has been
used in the Quran in several places in
different context.
And the point that I always make is
what is the what is the implication of
following?
See, there is a difference. If I take
you by the hand and I say come
with me, are you following me?
You're not following me. You're coming with me
because I am grabbing you by the hand.
Right? I'm not leaving you with any choice.
You have no choice. I've grabbed you by
the hand. I've grabbed you by the neck
or whatever it is and I'm, you know,
carrying you or I'm dragging you or I'm
leading you. So you can say I, you
know, I'm going with so and so. Allah
is not saying that. Allah is saying
the one who follows Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam.
So what is the meaning of follow?
Follow means that
the choice to follow is yours.
Right? Choice to follow is yours.
Path has been shown to you and we
have been told this is the way of
Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, follow this way.
So following means what? Following means choice is
yours. So we have to actively make a
choice. When you make a choice to follow
something, what does what does that mean? It
means that you like to follow that.
How else and why else will you do
it? Because you are on your own. I
mean, if you could have chosen to follow
something else, but you didn't do that. You
chose to follow this particular way which means
that you love to follow that way. And
that is the reason why Allah said
Allah said, say to them, you Muhammad
those who claim to love Allah
make my itiba
follow
me. He didn't say obey me. He didn't
say itaat, he said itiba. He said follow
me. Now for Itaat is a there is
a hokum. So do this.
You do it or you don't do it,
and then you are obedient or disobedient. But
Ita, it has there's no hokum and Itaiva.
In it just means you follow because you
love this.
Why do you wear this kind of shirt
or this kind of trousers? Because I like
it.
Is anybody paying you for it? No. I
is anybody forcing? Nobody's forcing. Why are you
doing it? I like to do it.
So the point is that you are doing
it because you love this. Now in this
case, what is Allah saying? Allah is saying,
tell them those who claim to love Allah
Tell them to make
your Tell them follow me.
Imitate me. Emulate me.
Right? Then what will happen? Then Allah will
love you.
See the reward of following Rasool Allah
will love you.
So one is
and Allah will forgive your sins.
Allah is the one who forgives,
and who is merciful. Now point is that
one, you are on the right path inshallah
when you have been following
there is no doubt about the fact that
you are on the right path.
Secondly, is Allah
will love you. Now, think about this. If
you are on the right path of guidance
and if Allah loves you, then where is
the doubt that you will end up in
Jannah? This is I
mean, where else will you end up?
But condition. And the condition is that we
follow Rasulullah
completely and totally.
This does not mean that we pick and
choose what we like and we live out
what we don't like. No.
We follow them, the prophet
completely and totally
in every aspect of his life.
In everything that he did, how he did,
what he did. We try to follow that
to the best of our ability and we
ask Allah
for his pleasure and for acceptance.
So this is the importance of the sunnah
and that is the reason
why Allah
mentioned this sunnah
so clearly
and so emphatically
in the Quran.
Not once but many times so that we
understand that this deen did not come
as a
as something for us to interpret on our
own and to do whatever we feel like
doing with it. This deen came
as a complete and total system
with a book
and with a teacher and all we need
to do is to
follow the guidance that has been given.
It is not left to us to do
whatever we feel like doing with it.
Even in this dunya, when we look at
systems and processes,
a complete process, I mean, we do, for
example, any,
quality process, 6 sigma, whatever. It comes with
a total package. I mean, when you are
when you are designing it, you design it
with a manual. You design it then with
a field book. You run experiments. You run
a pilot project. You show proof of concept
and then you apply this and then there's
a whole methodology of how you're going to
do that. Same principle applies. The same thing
in the Quran. Allah sent this 1400 years
ago. He sent a kitab. He sent a
teacher with the kitab.
He caused the kitab to be preserved.
He caused the teachings of the teacher to
be preserved so that people, till the end
of time, there is no doubt in anybody's
mind. What must I do? Look at the
life of Muhammad
What must I do in my life in
this situation, that situation,
This, problem, that problem, this difficulty, that difficulty.
What must I do when I'm happy? What
must I do when I'm sad? What must
I do when I receive a gift? What
must I do?
May Allah protect you
from all such things. If there is a
loss, if there is a bereavement,
any kind of situation,
look in the life of Muhammad
and you will find guidance for it in
that life.
That itself is the biggest miracle of all
time as far as I'm concerned because the
life of 1 person Allah
put so many,
lessons for people
to take
so many centuries thereafter.
That's why I remind myself and you let
us focus on the sunnah of and
ensure that we follow it in every aspect
of our life and we ask Allah
for the promise that he made which is