The honor of the slavehood (Uboodiyat) of Allah #02

Hola Hola Hola Rahim Al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen wa Salatu was Salam ala Shanna freedom bi even more saline. Muhammad Rasool Allah is Allah Allah Allah He right it was Samuel seldom does even because he didn't cathedra

Hamid Oh my dear brothers and sisters. We continue with our

topic from last Juma which is the honor of the slave hood, the moodier of Allah subhanahu wa

the honor of the slave word, the obedience of Allah Subhana

Allah subhana data said in the Hadith I could see on the authority of Abu Huraira or the Alon who,

who reported from Rasul Allah is Allah, Allah, Allah is seldom, that he said, Allah subhana wa Taala says, whoever shows enmity to someone devote it to me to one of my earlier, my belly, I shall be at war with him.

My slave, my ad,

does not draw near to me with anything more beloved by me, then the religious duties and the philosophy that I have enjoined upon him. And my slave continues to draw near to me, with the Nevada

the supererogatory works, which include prayer and other things, so that I love him. When I love him, I am his hearing, with which he hears his seeing with which he sees his hand with which he strikes and his fault with which he walks. Were he to ask something of me, I would surely give it to him. And we're here to ask me for refuge for protection, I will surely granted to him. I do not hesitate about anything. As much as I hesitate about seizing the soul of my faithful slaves. He hates that, and I hate to hurt him.

Before we go any further, let me quickly give you a

reference to and a clarification about the word Wali. The word Wali, in the normal linguistic sense means a very, very close friend, who is Bribie to all your secrets, who's a close confidant who's an advisor and so on. But when this word is used with respect to Allah subhanho wa Jalla Jalla, who we do not understand it in its human context, because Allah subhanaw taala is not you is not like anything in creation. And therefore when we say Alia, of Allah, we means those people who love Allah and Allah loves them, but they are a fluke and Allah is a matter that has colic. They are creatures that are not smarter as a creator, there is no parity, there is no equality between a creature and

his creator. So this is a very important thing to understand. Many times the train translations, the one he is translated as friends, oh dear, Allah is a friend of Allah, Allah does not have friends, just like Allah subhanaw taala does not have any relatives, he does not have children, he does not have, you know, anything to do with the our human connections do not apply to Allah subhanaw taala our only connection with Allah subhanaw taala. And this applies to every human being. And Gen whoever was born and will be born on this earth. The only connection the only relationship is as that of an ABD as that of a slave of Allah. Nothing has.

It's very important to understand this because this is the this is one of the great places of shirk, where people associate partners with Allah subhanaw taala, knowingly or unknowingly. They go to the graves of,

of, of our scholars and so on. Who, again, using Christian terminology, Christian theological terminology, which we do and we translate mindlessly from Arabic into English. We call them saints. There are there is no sainthood in Islam. There are no saints in Islam. sainthood is something that is bestowed upon somebody who passed away by the Pope. After various I don't want to go into the details. I know the details but I don't want to explain all that stuff here. But there are various things that have to be done before this say the sainthood is granted by the Pope to the person who passed away. For example, Mother Teresa, the from Calcutta, who did a lot of work he spent she spent

her whole life in the service of humanity of the of people who weren't

dying. And she said of her,

her whole organization there. When she died sainthood was bestowed upon her by the pope few years later. So there are no saints in Islam. Please understand this. There is no sainthood in Islam. There are no saints in Islam, just like there are no there is no clergy in Islam. There are no priests in Islam, there is no Pope in Islam. So please understand that we have a distinctive religion, which is unique, and there is no need to in the in the interest of translation and whatnot, to use terminology, which has connotations from another religion, we are not against anybody, we're just saying be accurate in your descriptions in your names in your in terminology

that you use. With respect to Islam, there is no need to be confusing and confused.

So the idea of Allah are those slaves of Allah subhanaw taala, who through AI in this hadith as we see who through First and foremost, fulfilling all that is forced on them, all that is obligatory of them. And after that doing more and more and more, in supererogatory charity and worship and vicar and figure and work for the deen of Islam, they get to a position where Allah Subhana Allah loves them. And Allah says if somebody is an enemy to them, then Allah is dead enemy, then only two

situations where Allah subhanaw taala declared enmity one, somebody who troubles the earlier of Allah and number two, somebody who deals in bank interest.

Please understand this. Third thing is, how do we know if somebody is a wali of Allah or not? We know and we don't know. Please understand is very important. We know and we don't know. What do we know. We know that every Muslim man or woman as long as they have EMA and they have Taqwa. They are the Olia of Allah, they are among the volleys of Allah. What is the daily for this? What is the proof of this for every single thing you must ask for a daily? What is the theory for this? Allah subhanaw taala said Allah in Hola Hola. Hola. Hola. When I lay him when I home he has an own Alladhina amanu Virkon, who you call llaman. Bushra will hire the dunya Woodfill asking Allah

Subhana Allah said, Verily and truly the Olia of Allah are people who have no fear and they have no sadness in their lives.

Because Allah has forgiven them. And then Allah say Who are they? They are those who have Iman and Taqwa. And then we regard who Alladhina amanu what can we do the people who have Iman and our faith, and who have the concern the fear of displeasing Allah subhanaw taala their whole life is oriented only and only to please Allah Subhana Allah. And Allah said for them, there is mashallah there is good tidings Glad Tidings in the in this world and the next word. So by this definition, every Muslim man or woman

is a wali of Allah, except if you do something which takes you out of Islam,

number one, now, how do we know who is not

we do not know about any specific individual apart from this general description which Allah subhanaw taala gave us. If somebody says further I've been following, so and so is a great value of Allah, this person is speaking out of ignorance, because we as human beings have not been given the power and the authority to designate somebody specifically as a volley of Allah, and then to grant them the Rajasthan and state and rank. So honor people say so and so is a great valley, so and so is a greater value than that worry, and so and so, is the greatest of our all Alia, all of these statements are false, they are statements of ignorance. If somebody says these things, please

correct them, and please do not say.

So, here we are coming to this, we are we have looked at this beautiful hadith of Allah subhanaw taala what is our lesson? What is the takeaway?

Do not make sure number one, number two, fulfill all that Allah subhanaw taala made forth. And number three, do more, not do Less Do More, preta hijo make make make more Ziggler more characters are the card over and above the card and so on and so forth. And hope for the best which is that hope that Allah subhanaw taala includes the person who was doing all of this in his this earlier, what is the level of that of that? Wali hood among those and there is no need whatsoever for us to get into that and start hypothetic at hypothec editing and start you know, try to figure out who is bigger than and better than who

second hand is. In another Khalifa could see Allah subhana

with Allah

that rasool Allah is Allah Salam said, Allah subhanho wa Taala says, I am just as my slave thinks I am. And in Zuni RDB

I am for my slave as he thinks I am meaning I am able to do for him, whatever he thinks I can do for him. And I, when I read this essay, I know that you can forgive me, so forgive me, and I make the same dua for you.

And then that is continuous or Allah's, right that I said, and I am with him, if he remembers Me, if he remembers Me within himself, I do remember him within myself. And he, if he remembers Me, in a group of people,

I remember him in a group that is better than the, and if he comes to me one span, if he comes, one span, nearer to me, I go one cubed, nearer to him. And if he comes one cubed, nearer to me, I go a distance of two outstretched arms nearer to him. And if he comes to me walking, I go to him running. Look at this beautiful, beautiful Hadith, which reflects the glory and majesty and above everything is the Mercy of Allah subhanaw taala geladeira

thing to understand, therefore, is that if we want Allah subhanaw taala, to approach us, we need to approach him first. So who has the key to be close to Allah subhana wa, tada, we have the key, you have the key, and I have the key. What is this arrogance that we do not submit to Allah Subhan Allah,

Allah subhanaw taala as relieves us of most of the effort, he is saying, I want you, if you want me to remember you, remember me, I'm at your service. If you want me to approach you, by an arm's length, approach me an inch. If you want me

to approach you, by multiple arm's length, approach me by one arm's length, if you want me to run to you, come to me walking, just walk in my direction, I will come running to you. So the key is whose hands? Our hands?

Think about this, if you if we want to meet somebody powerful to help us in some worldly matter. What is the protocol? What is the procedure, we have to seek an appointment? Right? You can't just walk in.

Either they accept our request or they reject if they are if they rejected matters, or if they accept it, then they decide the following the boundaries of the discussion, the time of the discussion and the place of the meeting. Right? I can't say well, I want to meet you in Sunset, No, you go to them as obligated as I would like to have an appointment is give me an appointment, who decides how long that appointment will be, who decides where it will be, who decides about is that person to whom you are from whom you are seeking an appointment?

Let's look at these three things. Number one, the boundary, what will be the boundaries of this discussion.

Now, you may want to tell them your whole life story, but they are not interested in listening to that. You may want some monetary help or money or financial help or some other kind of help. And so but they not you decide how much they will give you whether they give you all of it or less of it or none of it. They make that decision when you get their full attention. Usually no.

Usually no.

Number two time, how much time do they have for you?

How much time do they have for you?

They decide that not you.

They are the ones who will end the meeting, not you. After two minutes, the man of high status stands up, that is the end of the meeting. Even if your matter is not resolved, or you have not been able to say all that you plan to say it doesn't matter. If he decided it's over, it's over, your meeting is over. And maybe you got nothing from it. And this is how humans rule over other humans. This is the dynamic of the world. Big fish eat small fish,

the place of the meeting, you need to go whatever time they set. At that time, you need to go to that place in time if you want to meet that person.

So you must go at a time, which is convenient to them. There are plenty of instances of the high and mighty among humans who take pride in having meetings in the middle of the night.

One of the billionaires in India, Judy Bella, whenever he traveled

us to our relay of senior managers from whichever company he was visiting on call in the lobby of what of wherever he was staying 24/7

I knew one of them's I asked him, I said

and he considered it to be a great honor that he is in the service of God Villa so asked him

said, Why do you need to be here?

He said in a very harsh tone. He said agar Babu juniac Kia in case he needs something if he remembers me.

So I said to me the phone next to his bed he can call

my friend was not amused. Right he shook his head as if to indicate that you are too stupid to understand this. So once again,

the humans you go to

act, accept or reject your request for the appointment. If he rejects it, your matter is over. If he accepts it, he decides what to say where and how much time he can give you and what he can do or not do for you.

Dealing with Allah subhanaw taala is nothing like this.

As I said before, our slave would our booty of Allah subhanho wa Taala is honorable and prestigious.

Is it even slavery when I am a slave of my arap Jalla Jalla, who, who welcomes me without any appointment.

He is the most honored the most prestigious by His Holiness, by his honor, by His power by His Majesty, by His glory, by his, by His mercy by His forgiveness, but I can meet him whenever and wherever I please.

Whether you want to meet him here, or there, or in the masjid, or union office, or in your home, or in the basketball court, or on the street, or wherever you want to meet Allah subhanho data, you can meet him who just started and say Allahu Akbar, and instantly you are transported into His presence

you make such that you are making such that before or before His throne, not on the ground.

You can talk to him about anything you please.

You don't need intermediaries.

You don't need agents, facilitators, advocates, priests.

No, nobody. You speak and he listens. And after all that, he tells you that he's not out of your conversation, until you get tired of talking to him.

He doesn't tell you to go away, you will decide to go. He's not constrained by a schedule of appointments. You can talk to him in any language. You don't need an interpreter to be understood by him. You don't have to talk to him only in Arabic or English or something.

You can laugh or weep you can say whatever you want to say. Your your deepest and closest secret

because he is your closest confidant

and at the end of it all, what's the result? He said, a call or a vocoder only a study will come in a lady and I are stuck below now i Neva that is the Hello Nyjah Hannah Budhha theory.

He said invoke me call on me make dua to me. Ask me for anything, and I will do it.

I will respond to your door. And Verily those who don't do that who scorn my worship, they will surely and hell in humiliation.

Tell me how can we thank the one who tells us even before we meet him,

he's telling us even before we meet Him that He will give us anything we ask, How can we thank you.

There are three things to remember in this context, one that we are asking the one whose treasures and powers and no boundaries, absolutely no boundaries

to Allah subhanaw taala belongs all that we know and all that we don't.

And Allah subhanaw taala can do all that we can imagine and all that we cannot imagine.

Second that Allah subhanaw taala does not need any of that for himself. And so by giving us he is not diminished or impoverished in any way.

Think of the most generous human being you know, even the best of them will reach a stage in their giving when they start fearing that maybe they are giving away too much.

The Quran itself tells us to be generous, but not to the extent that we impoverished ourselves.

I don't think any of us are doing that. There's no way I don't see that any danger of that happening now but still, but with Allah subhanaw taala he needs nothing and everything belongs to Him. And so he loses nothing by giving. Third thing is that Allah subhanaw taala promised to give and he is true to his promise.

The delay we may sometimes experience in getting what we asked for is from his mercy, because he was the best time to give us we are in a hurry and we despair

First of all, as I said, I'm told us never to stop making dua, never to lose hope. Because Allah subhanaw taala promised to give, and he is true to his promise. You haven't decided how to lead. He said, As I look back on my life, I realized, I realized that every time I thought I was being denied something good, I was actually being redirected to something better.

Let me repeat that amount of design out.

He said, As I look back on my life, I realized that every time I thought I was being denied something good, I was actually being redirected to something better.

He says, He continues, he says, You must convince your heart that whatever Allah subhanaw taala has decreed is the most appropriate and the most beneficial for you.

Rather than just as Billy, believe me, if you live as long as I have lived, and if you reflect on the dryers that you made, you will thank Allah subhanho wa taala, for not giving you some things that you had begged him for.

If he had given us what we begged for today, we would have been begging for him to take it away.

This reminds us that Allah subhanaw taala knows and we don't know. And Allah subhanaw taala has mercy and we don't have mercy and Allah subhanaw taala wants the best for us, and we don't know what is the best for us. So He rewards us for the DUA, because it is a bother and gives us only what he knows is best for us. Keep asking and keep thanking Allah subhanaw taala dilithium.

We know in the,

in the Hadith also told us that Allah subhanaw taala says, again, this accord See, Allah said, if all the jinn and all the human beings ever created from the first of them to the last of them, that think about that, right? Think about the humans, we don't know this, but think about the humans. This includes home.

This includes whoever existed.

It includes to begin with the best, it includes all the MBA, including the supervisor center. It includes all the kings and queens, it includes all the presidents and prime ministers, it includes all the billionaires and trillionaires. It includes all the poor people, that wealthy people, the black people, the white people, the brown people, every single human being that was ever created from the first or them to the last of them, and every Gen. Allah subhanaw taala says if all of them gathered together in one place, and simultaneously asked me for every single thing that they need, or want, every desire,

every need,

you're not talking about just about, you know, bread and water, we're talking about everything, just just imagine, imagine, let your imagination you know, blow your mind. Every single thing that they imagine if they asked me and I give them all of that simultaneously

Allah does is it will not decrease, it will not decrease from my treasures, even as much as the water that will be on the tip of a needle. If you dip that needle into the ocean, to dip the needle into the ocean and take it out. Whatever is on the point of that needle, actually go do this exercise, do it. You don't have to go to the ocean, do it in a glass of water and see what happens.

Unless you're out there as as that my treasures are not even diminished. To that extent. If I give every single creature whatever they asked.

This is Allah subhanaw taala This is the one we worship. We don't want you to somebody who's in need, we don't worship somebody who needs help.

Allah has taught His Rasul Muhammad sallallahu alayhi salam, the highest and best manners. When someone spoke to him, he would turn around completely towards that person and give him his full attention. In the hidden he didn't speak to people over his shoulder. When somebody grasps his hand to shake his hand to greet him, he will not withdraw his out until that person do away he's and first.

This is the other Bura Bernie, the divine matters. Now is this slavery. Is this our Buddha, honorable or degrading?

It is prestige and honor of the highest possible level. Therefore do not consider slavery to Allah subhanaw taala as subjugation and oppression This is subordination to a lord to our rub JELA dilla who works to give us not to take anything from us. The more we include we increase the Rhodia in being slaves of Allah, the more he will give us.

We had the word slavery because humans have tainted and corrupted

because the human master will always suck the blood of his

slaves, he will exploit them for his benefit. And that is why to make our free person a slave is haram in Islam. But in the slave world in the world yet of ALLAH SubhanA, WA Tada, the slave gets the best from his master, who created it, who sustains it, who protects him, and to Him is our eternal

final point. The difference between a slave and a servant is in the implications. I'm not talking about the semantics of it about whether the word can be rightfully translated as servant as it is normally done or not. Put that aside, I have a behavioral scientist. And so I'm speaking about the effect of the effect that language has on thoughts and feelings and attitudes. Our language both reflects what is in our hearts as well as influencing what's in our hearts. Think about the two words server and slave in this context. A server chooses who he or she wants to work for.

He is on the Application for Employment, he can resign from the employment at any time.

He has an employer whose responsibility is to fulfill the terms of the employment contract nothing more.

A servant has a will of his or her own has the liberty to like or dislike, agree or disagree with any order of his employer and can choose to obey it or not obey it.

Is the server a hottie?

A slave and

had an owner, not an employee.

A slave has no contract with the owner. The owner is responsible for every single need of the slave.

A slave cannot choose his owner and cannot leave his owner until the owner decides to free him.

The slave has no free will. His will is whatever his owner wills. So are employees of Allah subhanaw taala or are we slaves?

In my view, this is the root cause of all our problems. The attitude that we have a choice of obeying Allah subhanaw taala or not, please understand selective obedience is disobedience.

For those who have not accepted Islam,

and the awarded of Allah, they have a choice about them. Allah subhanho dataset. Ico have it the

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Allahu Samia on a highly Allah's route that has said there is no compulsion in religion, no compulsion religion, verily, the right path has become distinct from the wrong path. Whoever this believes in the Tahoe in false deities, and believes in Allah, then that person has grasped the most trustworthy hand old, that will never break. And Allah subhanaw taala is on here. And all nor

Allah says that those who are not Muslim, are free to choose between two paths, the right one, or the wrong one. People in general, who have not accepted Islam are free to choose between two paths, no conversion by the sword, no compulsion, no conversion by the sword or the stick or the computer mouse. Choose freely, but understand that every choice has a price tag or a payoff. Choose Allah and you get to hold a hand hold of blessing that will never break.

Choose the other path and you get to face Allah on the day of judgment and realize that he is the truth after all.

For those who have already made the choice

for those who have already made the choice, those who are Muslim, there is a different standard.

Let me tell you the story. When Allah subhanaw taala revealed Leila Eva visa de Ville. What taboo mafi physical, I will do for your hands he will be here

for you.

While you are here, gosh, walla walla police che is called the loss of artillery will this add to the buckler to 84. To Allah's Ronald that it belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on the earth. And whether you disclose what is in your own cells, what is in your hearts and minds or you conceal it, Allah will call you to account for it.

Then he forgives

whoever He wills and he punishes wherever he wills

and Allah subhanaw taala is able to do all things

in the book of Allah Hindi as Babylon zoo, the circumstances of the revelation about this and the next to add of Surah Al Baqarah.

He says it was narrated in Muslim from a worker in the ABI Shaybah. From wacky the commentators of the Quran said, when the worse when the ayat

went to do my view on physical moto for you Azim amela and whether you make known what is in your minds or hearts, or hybrid, Allah will bring you to account for it. When this ad was revealed. Abubakar Amara Abdul Rahman been out of mod bingeable and a group of the Sahaba from the unser Rizwan de la madre may Allah be pleased with all of them.

They all went to the zoo Elijah.

Then kneel down the knelt down before Rasul Allah is Rosanna. And then they said Ya Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi salam by Allah. No other revealed ayat of the Quran is harder on us than this one.

We speak one of us speaks to himself are things that he does not like to remain in his heart, even in exchange for the whole world and all that it contains. The thought comes, but he doesn't like to start but it is there. And now we are taken to task for things that we speak to our own selves by Allah. We are do, we are destroyed.

Rasul Allah is a result of Zed This is how it was revealed.

They said yours will Allah We are ruined we have been bound by that which we cannot possibly bear.

As soon as there is an answer, are you willing to say as the Bani Israel said to Musa Ali Salam Savannah are gonna be here and we rebel, we hear and we will not go away.

He said say

call somewhere out on

somewhere in our Atlanta with regard to illegal mercy.

We hear and we obey, forgive us our unto you is our return.

These have our gone there with their complaint. They said we hear and we obey when our thorough of robbery legal mercy.

The US government also continues. They said this was extremely hard on them. And they remained in this situation where they are they feel that Allah is going to hold them responsible even for their thoughts and feelings. They remained in the situation for a year for 12 months upon which Allah subhanaw taala sent down relief and repose

with the saying

law live alone knows that he loves the harmonica but when they hear a lot about that Allah does not ask a person a soul beyond its scope. And this abrogated the worse before that the night before that also was a resolution Allah subhanho wa Taala has Barner in my community, my people for the things which they speak to themselves as long as they do not act upon them or speak about them to others.

Think about this. Imagine how tough that year must have been. For those to whom Allah subhanaw taala and his Cara were real.

This was that'd be in a rudia in unquestioning obedience, which is the essence of Islam, not blind obedience but unquestioning obedience, because we see and we know who Allah subhanaw taala is, and therefore like somebody who looks into 1000 watt halogen light, it's a bad idea, don't do it. But if somebody looks into 1000 watt halogen light, after he turns away, wherever he looks, he only sees that light.

He doesn't see what is there. The light has blinded him completely light has filled his eyes, wherever he sees, wherever he looks, wherever he turns. He only sees that light, that is Islam.

We ask Allah subhanaw taala for this that is Islam, to see the glory and majesty of Allah subhanho wa Taala in everything in every aspect of our lives, and to make the pleasure of Allah subhanho wa taala.

Our sole guide

for all our lives decision.

This is Islam, to submit ourselves to the glory and majesty of Allah and to hold him as the only one that we need to please

Ask Allah Subhana Allah for this we ask Allah subhanaw taala to help us to live our lives in a way which is obedient to him which is beloved by him and to take us in that state masala will carry while he was having been to Ghana