Mohamad Baajour – Taqwa Hear All About It
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The transcript describes the importance of "taqwa" in Arabic language, as it refers to protecting oneself and others. It describes various versions of the Bible and the need for a must order from Allah. The shaytan deal involves doing things that don't want to be mentioned, and practicing "by the way" to attain success. It is also discussed the importance of practicing small small deeds and obtaining taqwa for obtaining success.
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Today we are still discussing for the brothers
who have the sisters who first time they
join us we are still discussing I'm a
little globe the actions of the heart and
today if I want to if I want
to put all the Lectures we spoke about
in this topic in order this definitely will
be the second one right after a class
right after sincerity and And Today's Amal of
the culp is taqwa Because taqwa is purely
an action of the heart can I Declare
and say I am a muttaki.
Can anybody say I am muttaki?
Why not?
Because Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala said la tuzakku
anfusakum huwa a'lamu bimanit taqwa Don't make
tazki of yourself.
I am muttaki.
I am Mohsen.
I am this I am that Allah is
the one who knows Who is the muttaki?
Where is the taqwa?
This is not a This is not an
assumption Rasool Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam openly
openly in the hadith.
He said Three times Taqwa is right here
So when it's right here, no one knows
what's right here except the owner of what's
right here So I cannot claim.
I am a muttaki.
I cannot Say that someone is a muttaki.
I can say mashallah Brother Ghulam Nasebuhu ala
khair wallahu hasibuh.
We what we see is all good and
Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala know better But to
say that guy is definitely muttaki It's not
it's not a it's not something that we
can admit or say about about others type
linguistically, what does taqwa mean coming from the
The root word Ta La Taqwa is coming
from the root word waqa.
Wauqaf alif maqsura.
Wauqaf waqa What does taqwa mean in the
language it means to shield or protect yourself
to put a barrier Taqwa Is to put
a barrier This is the meaning in the
Arabic language Now some of the scholars defined
it as placing a protective or a barrier
between you and the Azaab of Allah Azza
wa Jal putting a barrier now many of
The scholars have beautiful definitions.
I collected few of them Of what Like
Omar for example when he was asked what
is taqwa The person who asked him he
said What is taqwa Omar said have you
ever taken a path?
That is very thorny.
It has a lot of thorn in it
So the man said yes, she said how
did you travel along this thorny path?
What did you do you're walking and he
saw a thorny path and that was the
only way to cross to continue your journey
What did you do?
So the man said I rolled up my
garment and I was very cautious as Where
my next move will be and I watched
every single step so I will not be
Hurt by the thorns.
I am trying to make A barrier between
me and the thorns.
Omar he said that is taqwa That is
taqwa Just like you were very cautious to
stay away from the thorns To put a
barrier between the thorns and your legs and
your feet similarly taqwa is to put a
barrier between yourself and anything that Gains or
earns the wrath of Allah Azza wa Jal
This is from Omar.
Let's hear what Ali radiallahu anhu Answered when
he was asked.
What is taqwa?
He said Taqwa he al-khawfu minal jaleel
Well, I'm a little bit tenzeel Well Rida
bill Qalil Well, it's a dad Leone Rahim.
Allahu Akbar.
What a profound statement Ali radiallahu anhu, he
said taqwa is fear of the jaleel of
the most exalted and Al-amal bil-tenzeel
working applying the revelation the tenzeel and Ar
-rida bil-qalil being content with little and
Always al-istidad liyawm al-raheel you're always
ready for the day of departure Feeling of
Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala Applying the Quran in
your life being content with the little and
always ready to depart one of the scholars
He explained Taqwa by saying and la yara
can la who hates you in hack.
Well, I have kiduka hates a mark Very
simple straightforward Definition he said taqwa is for
Allah not to see you where he told
you not to be and To see you
where he asked you to be this is
taqwa Don't go to these places.
Allah will never see you there come to
the masajid.
Allah will always see you there That is
taqwa bottom line taqwa is doing what Allah
asked for and staying away from what Allah
has prohibited Fattaq Allah must have taught him
to the best of your abode It is
the taqwa like we said before the taqwa
is right here and subhanAllah Look at this
in Allah in surah al-amran Allah subhanahu
wa'ta'ala said Yeah, you have a zina
manu la taqoolu riba Adhafa-adhafa listen what
taqwa Allah Likum to flee home here.
Allah said what taqwa Allah la alakum to
flee home what taqwa nara what taqwa nara
Letty or a deadly caffeine Literally right after
each other one is in it taqwa Allah
and I right after it what taqwa nara
Who's gonna explain to me I'm confused here
It's Allah and taqwa nara same verb Sure
Shabab Put a barrier between you and the
adhab of Allah and put a barrier between
you and The hellfire subhanAllah because this fire
is not prepared for you or eat that
They're caffeine.
This is not prepared for you.
That was more ideal for mutakeen Janat in
tajreeh min tahtiha al-anhar subhanAllah, so This
verb is used over over 50 times in
the Quran and the action of taqwa is
mentioned over 130 times in the Quran la
alakum yattaqun and everything that has to do
with taqwa what taqwa yawman subhanAllah If somebody
asked you what is the last ayah revealed?
What taqwa yawman turja'una feehi ila Allah
Allahu Akbar the last ayah revealed as if
Yanni Summarizing the Dean and half taqwa of
the day that he will return to Allah
And then you will be asked about everything
you have done They is taqwa an option
If I had like can I I can
be a mutakeen if I like I can
not know what is the dalil the scholars
Many of our scholars, they said that this
ayah indicate that taqwa is fard What is
the ayah well?
Illahi mathis sama wati wa ma fi al
-ard Well, I had was saying that lady
Nautil kitaba mean publicum way.
Yeah come and it taqwa Way in taqfuru
fa inna lillahi mathis sama wati wa ma
fi al-ard wakana allahu Ghani and Hamida
to Allah belongs everything in the heavens and
in the earth We have instructed Those who
were given the book before you.
Yeah Muhammad and you Allah saying we you
know Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala when he speaks
about himself.
He speaks in plural sometimes, right?
Well, I could ha laqna we have created
even though he is the only creator right
plural So we have instructed those who were
given the book before you and you yeah
Muhammad to do what to have taqwa of
Allah So this ayah Imam al-qurtubi.
He said that this ayah is Where the
deen all the deen revolves around this ayah.
That means taqwa is a must.
It's not an option we have to constantly
struggle to acquire taqwa and Also This is
from the Quran that it's a must from
the Sunnah Allah subhana Rasul sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam said from the hadith that we all
know by heart when he told Muaz Ittaqillah
haythu ma kunt wa atbi al-sayyi al
-hasana Tamhuha wa khaliq al-nas bi khuluq
al-hasan subhanallah if someone ever comes to
you and said shaykh or You or me
or anybody?
Give me just one hadith to apply in
my life.
I just want one hadith This is too
many hadith thousands of hadith.
Just give me one tell him this one
You know why?
the whole Deen is in this three statements.
Ittaqillah haythu ma kunt.
Have taqwa Wherever you are and this is
my relationship with Allah wa atbi al-sayyi
al-hasana wa atbi al-sayyi al-hasana
Tamhuha and follow an evil deed with a
good deed.
It will erase it.
This is my relationship with myself my a'mal
wa khaliq al-nas bi khuluq al-hasan
and treat mankind with the best of manners
my relationship with the humanity All the deen
is in these three statements subhanallah So it's
an order from Allah and an order from
Rasulallah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and it's an
order from every messenger qala allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala fil quran idh qala lahum akhoo
hum hoodun ala tattaqoon idh qala lahum akhoo
hum salih ala tattaqoon idh qala lahum akhoo
hum noohun ala tattaqoon idh qala lahum akhoo
hum lootun ala tattaqoon Every single prophet here
we mentioned hood, salih, nooh and loot alayhim
salam.
They all told their people Have taqwa of
Allah azza wa jal.
So now we establish a definition and we
establish that it's a must order from Allah
and All the messengers including our beloved sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam.
What are the virtues if I become a
mutaqee?
Allahumma ja'alna min al-mutaqeen ya rabbi
alayhim Number one subhanallah, you will become listen
carefully ya akhwan.
I'm gonna name few virtues Number one, you
will become the most honorable person.
What's the deleel?
Allahi barak feek.
Inna akramakum akra Who's saying this?
The kareem himself.
He's saying inna akramakum Indallahi atqaakum The most
kareem the most Honorable the most noble in
the sight of Allah is not the Arabi
or the non-Arabi or the rich or
the poor or the black Or the white.
No, no No, the one with the most
of taqwa and that is the most beautiful
thing in our deen that there's no difference
Bilal is abd habashi in Jannah.
Abu Lahab is a zaim of Quraish in
the hellfire.
This is nothing to do with who you
are.
What how much money do you have?
Akramakum?
So number one, if you have taqwa, you
will be amongst the most honorable second Inna
allaha yuhibbu al-mutaqeen If we stop right
here, yalla ya shabab, assalamu alaykum.
Good night.
That's it.
Allah loves the mutaqeen When you have taqwa,
Allah will love you Tayyib, what else?
When If we belong to the mutaqeen Allah
subhanahu wa'ta'ala said that you will be
guided.
Zalika al-kitabu la rayba fihi, hudan Not
to everybody, hudan lil-mutaqeen hudan lil-mutaqeen.
What else?
Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala told us that if
you are a mutaqeen, you will have the
ability to Distinguish between haqq and batil, between
truth and falsehood Where is that?
Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala said, ya ayyuha allatheena
aamanu, inta taqoo If you have taqwa, what
happens?
Yaj'al lakum furqanan He will give you
that ability to see what's right and what's
wrong.
What's halal and what's haram Wa yukaffir aankum
sayyi'atikum, and if you are a mutaqeen,
your sins will be forgiven when you are
from the mutaqeen Subhanallah, when we have taqwa
Subhanallah, how many people, this is if you
ask me in my da'wah life How
many times this ayah was applied?
Wallahi, I cannot tell you How many times
a brother comes and said, ya shaykh This
job is, you know, having a lot of
haram in it I cannot tell you how
many times his brothers That left, and the
last time it was even a sister, that
left the job Because they found that there
is something haram or something doubtful in it
They left it only for the sake of
Allah And Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala Showed in
this ayah, wa may yattaqeel laaha yaj'al
laahu makhrajan Whosoever have taqwa of Allah, Allah
will get him an exit from whatever it
is Ya akhwan, this is the solution, this
ayah, the solution of all our problems Whatever
you're going through, have taqwa of Allah in
that, whatever it is, you will get an
exit out Shaytan comes and tell you, wallahi
there's a brother sitting among us now I
just remembered, he came to my office and
he told me, shaykh, this deal is three,
four hundred thousand dollars This is a huge,
huge deal But it involves doing things I
don't want to mention I said, wallahi ya
akhi, I wish I can find doubt in
it So we can split the money, but
no doubt Wallahi, instantly he said, done Done,
you know how much the shaytan comes, ya
akhi, four hundred thousand You will build a
masjid Right, you will, you will support the
orphans He will start, anytime the shaytan comes
and whispers Number one, a'udhu billahi minash
shaytanir rajim, number two, to yourself inna allaha
tayyib, wala yaqbal illa tayyib Allah is tayyib,
pure, and he only accepts what's pure Inshallah,
it'll be fifty billion dollars No, no, no,
no, if it's not pure, throw it It's
not going to, it's not going to benefit
wa may yattaqillaha, so the Muttaqi will get
an exit out And of course, ayat all
over the Qur'an All over the Qur
'an about that the Muttaqi will be in
Jannah Inna lil-muttaqina mafaza, inna l-muttaqina
fee jannatin wa ayyun Many, many ayat that
if you are a Muttaqi, your reward is
only Jannah And listen to the last one
among the rewards Subhanallah, l-muttaqin hum awliya
'ullah You become wali of Allah You know
what, when you become wali of Allah You
don't have to, you know what some people
call themselves wali And they start dancing and
music, all that stuff And they think they're
awliya' Men and women together, yalla ya shabab
No, no, the true wali of Allah is
mentioned in the Qur'an Ala inna awliya'
Allah la khawfun alayhim wala hum yahzanun The
awliya' of Allah, no fear upon them And
they will never grieve, who are they ya
Allah?
Alladhina amanu wakanu yattaqun Alladhina amanu wakanu yattaqun
They were muttaqin, they reached the level of
VIP The awliya' of Allah, may Allah make
us all from his awliya' ya Rabb What
else?
Listen to this Inna allaha ma'al muttaqin
Allah is with the muttaqi How can someone
fail if Allah is with him?
Allah is with the muttaqi And Innama yataqabbalu
Allah min al muttaqin Allah only accepts from
the muttaqin So here by itself this ayah
indicate that taqwa is a must I want
my amal, all my actions to be accepted
And Allah said hasran, exclusively Ya Allah, who
are the exclusive people that their amal are
accepted?
He said al muttaqin, innama yataqabbalu Allah from
who?
From al muttaqin That's why we mentioned before,
Ali radiallahu anhu said Be more concerned about
the qabool than the amal itself After we
finish the salat, ya Rabb Why did I
say astaghfirullah after I finished the salat?
I was sinning?
I was praying?
I was just finished praying Ashhadu an la
ilaha illallah, wa irad quran, wa tasbeeh, wa
takbeer Why am I saying astaghfirullah?
Why am I asking for forgiveness?
Because my mind was somewhere else And I
was forgetful Ya Allah, please forgive me Ya
Allah, please accept from me Ya Allah, ya
Allah When we come back from hajj May
Allah accept from you When we finish the
Ramadan Taqabbalu Allah minna wa minkum Always beg
Allah for acceptance How can we attain taqwa?
This is where the most important part Number
one Number one to attain taqwa Is to
practice ibadah An act of worship called Muraqabah
Allah is watching me There are so many
things That me and you We will not
dare to do If we know If we
believe With yaqeen, with certainty That Allah is
watching us Many If we Let me give
you a good example If your wife Installed
a camera On your shoulder Before you go
to work And you work in the office
With all non-Muslim women Before the camera
Hey, what's up Melissa?
How you doing?
And after the camera Hey She's watching you
know Everything changes Subhanallah Forget about your wife
Don't forget about your wife Don't ever forget
about your wife Because we don't accept anybody
Sleeping in the masjid Allah subhanahu wa ta
'ala Is watching 24x7 Allah akbar Don't you
know that Allah is watching?
Don't you know that Allah is watching?
That is the ultimate The ultimate If we
get to that Wallahi taqwa will become instant
Second Know that The purpose of our life
Is to attain taqwa To achieve taqwa Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala said in surah al
-baqarah O people Worship your Lord Who created
you and those before you So that you
may attain taqwa O mankind Not only Muslims
Worship Allah Your Lord that created you And
the people before you So you can attain
taqwa So my purpose In this life Is
to attain taqwa So when I know that
is my purpose I will work towards my
purpose Doing The ibadat from this ayah We
conclude that ibadat Acts of worship Are the
path To attaining taqwa So ya akhwan A
lot of salat A lot of quran A
lot of dua And subhanallah Please listen carefully
A lot of fasting Tomorrow please Tomorrow Three
white days Friday, Saturday, Sunday I know It's
the weekend And I know Everybody is eating
in the house Can you imagine You fast
those three days Just for the sake of
Allah Five, twenty What?
Six, seven?
Five, twenty-five?
Five, twenty-five according to the Brother Sarwat's
timing Five, twenty-five And the Fajr is
five, forty-six Less than twelve hours And
you will get a huge reward So ya
akhwan Try to practice this ibadat Of fasting
Especially in these days Where the Shortest days
of the year There's nothing It's not going
to get any shorter So please do your
best When I heard that They're going to
keep the hour They're going to cancel the
daylight I was very upset I said subhanallah
The five, thirty days are gone Because it
becomes six, thirty and on And you know
that if they did not If they did
not change The hour Alhamdulillah they kept it
If they did not The hour kept on
increasing as normal Guess what time is Fajr
Seven, nineteen It will be me and the
mu'adhin Everybody is at work Nobody will
be here Can you imagine Fajr comes at
seven, nineteen Subhanallah So alhamdulillah rabbil alameen It's
very, very short The more we do ibadat
Whatever that ibadat is Sadaqat Helping others All
that will increase the possibility Of getting to
taqwa What are quickly Because of the time
What are the characteristics Of the muttaqeen Subhanallah
Number one يؤمنون بالغيب And this is if
you think about it Believing in the unseen
This is our main I started with it
specifically Have you seen Allah No Have you
seen Jannah Have you seen Jahannam Have you
seen Muhammad salallahu alayhi wa sallam Nothing We
are believe All this is ghayb to us
Right We believe in the ghayb That's a
sign of taqwa Alhamdulillah rabbil alameen Second Listen
to this ayah إِنَّ الَّذِينَ التَّقُوا The people
of taqwa إِذَا مَسَّهُمْ طَائِفٌ مِّنَ الشَّيْطَانِ تَذَكَّرُوا
فَإِذَا هُمْ مُبْصِرُونَ One sign that you are
a muttaqeen If something evil The shaytan start
whispering Immediately تَذَكَّرُوا أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ He
might know your tricks And they will stop
فَإِذَا هُمْ مُبْصِرُونَ They notice immediately That's a
sign of taqwa Another sign of taqwa Is
subhanallah One time I was giving a talk
And Maybe seven, eight years ago And the
adhan came And I continued my talk After
I finished Look at this So that means
you could learn from anybody A student came
And he said Shaykh, I think you should
have stopped When the adhan was playing Because
Allah said وَمَيُّ عَظِّمْ شَعَائِرَ اللَّهِ فَإِنَّهَا مِن
تَقْوَى الْقُلُوبِ I got goosebumps He said Muslims
who ever honor the sha'air The rituals
of Allah That's a sign that they are
muttaqi Since that day Whatever we're doing We
stop and we listen to the adhan Because
Is the adhan from the rituals of Allah?
Absolutely So whenever the adhan Most of the
people You know, they joke around And talk
and play And continue everything No, when the
adhan is being called Repeat after the mu
'adhin So you can be from the people
who يُعَظِّمْ The rituals of Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى
That's a sign Being just Being just is
a sign of taqwa اِعْدُلُوا اِعْدِلُوا هو أَقْرَبُ
لِلتَّقْوَى Be just Then you are closer from
the people Closer to the people of taqwa
What else الَّذِينَ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى Talking about adl
Talking about adl You know the story of
Ali رضي الله عنه And his vest When
Ali رضي الله عنه He lost his vest
And then he saw a Jewish man Having
his vest So he said This is my
vest The Jewish man said It's on me,
it's mine He said أمير المؤمنين Not just
the sahabi He was أمير المؤمنين at that
time He said Okay, let's go to the
judge أمير المؤمنين Is going to the judge
They stood him And the man in front
of the judge Ali رضي الله عنه The
judge said يا أمير المؤمنين What's the story
He said This shield is mine And that
man is claiming it's his So the judge
asked Is this yours He said Yeah, it's
mine So he said يا أمير المؤمنين Do
you have any witnesses He said Yeah He
said Who He said My kids, Al-Hassan
and Al-Hussain The man said I'm sorry
Their testimony is not accepted He said What?
Didn't you hear the hadith of Omar Al
-Hassan and Al-Hussain Sayyid Shabab Al-Jannah
They are the masters of the youth of
Jannah He said Yes, 100% It's a
hadith But the testimony of the son To
the father is not accepted So أمير المؤمنين
He said Okay Now the Jewish guy What's
going on here The أمير المؤمنين The judge
ruled against him Because he told him خلاص
it's yours When the man saw this He
said Took the shield out He said يا
أمير المؤمنين This is your shield أشهد أن
لا إله إلا الله وأشهد أن محمداً عبده
ورسوله This is the deen This is the
real deen The deen of عدل The deen
of justice Who Can you imagine this happening
in our country This is the funniest joke
ever The funniest joke ever That one of
our presidents One of our kings Is going
to the judge The judge is sitting trembling
Or maybe he got 5 million dollars The
day before We all know the story Basheer
take this part out No والله we don't
care الحمد لله طيب The last thing is
In order to become from the متقين I'm
sorry One of the صفات of the متقين
الذين ينفقون في السراء والضراء They spend The
متقي Spend at ease or in hardship والكاذمين
الغيظ And they control their anger They control
their anger We spoke about that a lot
Please brothers Please And sisters Control your anger
Try to as much as you can I'm
not telling you don't get angry Everybody gets
angry But don't act upon the anger والعافين
عن الناس The people of Taqwa They always
forgive They forgive They let go والله يحب
والعافين عن الناس والله يحب المحسنين And finally
سبحان الله رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم
Taught us a dua To ask for Taqwa
اللهم إني أسألك
الهدى والتقى والعفافة والغنى
اللهم إني أسألك الهدى والتقى والعفافة والغنى Ya
Allah I ask your guidance Your Taqwa Chastity
And self-sufficiency Ya Allah we ask you
In this blessed night of Friday Ya Allah
For everybody who attended And everyone who is
watching us Ya Allah Make the last deeds
their best deeds And make the last words
لا إله إلا الله Ya Allah Bless our
daughters with righteous husbands And bless our sons
with righteous wives Ya Allah protect them from
any evil Ya Allah protect our children from
any evil Ya Allah fill all our homes
With love and mercy and tranquility Please make
a lot of Salat on Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam Because he told us أكثروا Make a
lot of Salat upon me On the night
of Friday And the whole day of Friday
And we see you tomorrow at Fajr بإذن
الله وزاكم الله خير