Mohammad Ali Hazratji – Tafsir Surah Al Kahf P3A. Lessons from Companions of the cave.
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Salam alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatu
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you praise Allah subhanaw taala as he deserves, and we send peace and
blessings
on the greatest of His creation, our beloved prophet muhammad
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and his noble family. We ask Allah
subhanaw taala to accept this gathering of his remembrance and
make it weighty on our scales on the Day of Judgment.
Allah subhanaw taala says, But Curonian can you remember me and I
will remember you. So for the next hour, or hour and a half, each one
of you will be remembered on the issue of Allah subhanaw taala by
Allah subhanaw taala himself by name.
This is our belief. So this is a privilege to be here to study
together, the words of Allah subhanaw taala, we ask Allah
subhanaw taala to make it
have a lasting impact on our hearts
to cause the transformation in our hearts and in our Amal in our
actions in a way that is pleasing to Allah subhanaw taala May Allah
smile, open our hearts to his remembrance, show us truth as the
truth, falsehood as falsehood to help us follow the truth and stay
away from falsehood.
So the last two times we've been studying Soraka have, we have come
to iron number 26. That's where we completed which was the completion
of the story of the US have will have the people of the cave.
So we completed the story, but we did not have time
to come to the most important part of the story, because I don't even
want to call it story, a historical event, because stories
can be false. This is a historical event that occurred a very special
event with a lot of Kurama something extraordinary that
happened.
And frequently, we all get caught up in those things of who they
were, where they're the seven slippers of Ephesus, which country
were they in? Where is the cave? How many were there? How long were
they sleeping? You know, how did the dog get attached to them, all
of those things are not important because Allah subhanaw taala has
repeatedly said only Allah knows how many lira, only Allah knows
how long they slept, and so on, so forth. So this whole story which
Allah gives us in detail is not just as a narration of a story,
but for lessons to be derived from it. So I've tried in my humble
effort to make a list of some of these lessons, which we should
learn from the story of us hobbled calf. So with that intention,
let's get started.
The first lesson that we learned is to protect our faith at all
costs.
The most precious thing that we have been given is Hidayah. Our
fate, Allah Subhana Allah does not give this to people. Ordinarily,
if you look in the world, throughout history, only a
minority of people have been true believers.
So the fact that Allah Subhana Allah has given us the fate of
Islam needs to be protected just like you would protect your most
valuable possession. Okay, this is a special blessing from Allah
subhanaw taala. So giving preference to Allah subhanaw taala
and his Deen over ourselves over all our own comforts, our family
and worldly possessions. How is that? These young
men who were believers they were late teenagers 20s whatever is
there was fit here. Allah subhanaw taala calls us fit he calls them
fit yeah and we will talk about that. That this comes from Fatah
which means
In young men, and Fatima is the plural of that.
That they
had that level of iman that when they were given a choice to live
their fate,
and be with the rest of the people or be persecuted and perhaps
killed for their fate, they chose their fate.
They left their families, they left their relatives, they left
their homes, their palaces, mansions, possessions, wealth,
everything that we consider ours, they left all of that. And they
went together to preserve their faith into a cave.
Okay? So they sacrificed all of that, for the faith. And just
remember that when we talk about this, we should reflect on
ourselves. What would I do? If I was in that situation, and I'm not
in that situation. But believe you me, we are in similar situations
where our faith is being attacked in a different way, we are
challenged differently, we are given different values that should
change our divine values to the customary values of today.
So we will be challenged, not at the point of a sword, or an
execution, but be like us be like the dominant culture be like what
normalized throughout the world, by every Congress in every Senate,
and every Supreme Court in the world has been made normal certain
things. Yet Allah's values are different. So what do you do?
So, first thing is that we have to make the right choice, and that is
to give preference to fate, over over worldly pleasures and
comforts. And so the Assad will have they sought refuge in the
cave to keep their faith intact.
Second lesson that they called on Allah subhanaw taala at the time
of their need, whenever we are in any need need of dunya or a
spiritual need the need of our deen or you know, our spiritual
needs, we turn to Allah subhanaw taala alone, that's the first
thing they did they made dua to Allah for guidance for his Rama
and for Isida your Allah show us the way that's what we have to do
in our challenges is to turn to Allah subhanaw taala.
And this brings us to that famous hadith of Abdullayev nabasa or the
Allahumma when he was writing behind Rasul Allah salAllahu
Alaihe Salam on the camel. Imagine the best of creation and you're
sitting behind him on the same camel and Rasul Allah salAllahu
Alaihe Salam turns to him and says, Yeah, Columbo young man,
should I teach you something and then that's how this goes on. And
in that hadith Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi salam said,
protect the deen of Allah, Allah Allah, He will protect you. And
then he goes on to say in that, if you ask, ask only from Allah.
So we have to learn that we call only on Allah.
The third and calling on Allah is not just like its customer, you
know, I'm supposed to that calling should come from the heart knowing
that the only help, the only response can come from Allah and
no one else. So it should be with that in a Yaqeen.
The third lesson is that of reliance, which we call Tawakkol,
on Allah subhanaw taala. And Tawakkol involves taking the means
what would the means that the Assad will have took to protect
themselves, they ran away from that town or city and they hid in
a cave to protect themselves. And as we learned that took some money
with them some silver coins, that's also means that if we have
some needs
now, does that mean that they had no reliance there were Quran Allah
No, there is no contradiction. Because what they did is what we
call Sunnah of the hand and what you're supposed to do,
the sub de means Allah Subhana Allah has made means for you to
help yourself. But the Sunnah of the heart is not to rely on what's
in your hand your means, but on Allah Subhana Allah. So you do
what you're supposed to do you take the medicine, but in your
heart you know, that it is only Allah through which the cure
comes, that you took the means you ran away from your danger and you
hid in a cave, but you still know that protection here is also only
from Allah. And Allah subhanaw taala showed us through that
The CRO of Rasulullah sallallahu sallam, he SallAllahu Sallam and
so you know back around the Allah Han took refuge in a cave similar
running away from the enemies who were trying to assassinate. And
Allah subhanaw taala brought the enemies right to the mouth of the
cave.
So it wasn't the cave that protected because they had no
backer or the allowance at Yarra, so let the look at their feet they
will see us.
Now comes our cool so Rasulullah sallallahu listen took the means
they went south instead of going north, they hid in the cave. They
had the son of Satan, the old biker sort of covered their tracks
of how they had come with sheep and stuff like that. But then,
when they are there are sort of Allah salAllahu Alaihe Salam, the
ocean of Tawakkol and peace when Abu Bakr Siddiq is afraid, he
said, Yeah, Rasulillah they will see us and what is he afraid of
that they will assassinate? Rasulullah sallallahu
Maluka Yeah. Abubaker What do you think, oh Abu Bakr have to if name
but Allah Tahoma Allah, what do you think of to
the third of whom is Allah? That's the one. Okay. So, they, this
teaches us that we have Tawakkol, which is belief, internally
acknowledging, putting our trust in Allah subhanaw taala, asking
Allah while working hard with the means that are available to us.
And finally, to be content with the outcome of what happens, that
is also tomorrow. So it didn't work out the way I wanted. No, it
worked out the way Allah wanted, therefore, I'm satisfied.
And what we learn is the initiating anything and everything
is with the, with our connection to the source of protection, our
connection to the source of safety, our connection to the
source of guidance, and asking Allah subhanaw taala for his Rama
and his guidance, a marina Rushaga in our affair, show us roof
guidance in all affairs in all situations. So lesson for us is
whenever we are searching for what we should do, whenever we have the
question,
refer that to Allah subhanaw taala and be content with what comes
that way. And that's part of, you know, the salah to
what is the HA the
another important lesson in this is
the importance of good software of good companionship. You know, it's
very, very important for us, in our social circles in our
families, to associate with people of goodness, the people of virtue,
because you are like the one you are with and you will be raised
with the ones you are with birds of a feather. So having good
softball, what was the soba of these youngsters? And today, I
wish there were more youngsters to listen to this. Choosing your
friends, you will become what they are, what their priorities are
will become your priorities. What turns them on is going to what
turns you on their likes will become your likes. And they are
the greatest influence on you. They are the greatest of
influencers, as we are called, as they're called today.
So what they gave to each other was strength and protection and
good advice, you know,
and
also Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi salam teaches us that you will be
with the one you love.
Now, it's interesting
that there was a dog with them.
In our den, the dog is considered unclean animal.
Allah Subhana
Allah subhanaw taala has mentioned this dog and honored him with the
mention in his book
over and over again.
They were three and the dog was the fourth they were for dog when
they were five dog was the sixth day and they were in the cave and
the dog was at the threshold. Even describing that his there are his
forearms were extended forward details of the dog.
And some have said that as they were escaping, this dog came
along. He saw them and he came and they strike to shoo him off.
And he would go and then He would come again. Finally he accompanied
them all the way it means it was meant to be and then he sat at the
threshold. In case anybody come they would
get scared of this dog sitting there, and they were inside. So
Allah subhanaw taala sent a guard dog
for them. And he was honored because he was in the
companionship of these young, Olia Allah because that's what they
were. Okay.
So if a dog can be honored by being in good companionship,
how much honor would a Muslim have, if they are in good
companionship?
Next lesson we learned is the importance of pure wrist. If you
remember, after waking up 309 years later, they felt hungry. I
was one that I turned on those things, again, those centers that
had been dormant for 309 years. And in their hunger when you're
that hungry, what do you want, whatever is available, let me eat.
They said no, go and find the purest of, of people who will give
you the purest of food. So it tells us the importance of pure
risk. And also the importance of when you invite righteous and good
people make sure you provide for them from Pure Food and pure risk.
It also teaches us that we act with subtlety and be careful and
gentle in all circumstances. Because when they give their
companion who is going to do the shopping for their food, they tell
them while you get a lot of you know, act with loot, act with
subtlety, be careful, okay? Don't be brash, don't be harsh, don't
catch attention from people because we'd want to remain
hidden. And that also translates that in all of our transactions.
We shouldn't be subtle, we should be gentle, we shouldn't be, you
know, the scenes that we used to see in what's it called Black
Friday or something before killing each other. We should be subtle,
we should be gentle, we should be careful,
in all circumstances, especially when you're challenged with
something like that.
And then, we are told over and over again, that
knowledge of the secrets of the heavens and the earth and
knowledge of the labor, the knowledge of things that are not
in our dimension of the world of the universe is only with Allah,
the vibe is only with Allah. And He alone has perfect knowledge of
everything. And when He alone has perfect knowledge of everything.
One of the vibey things is the discourses that are going on in my
own heart, I'm sitting here talking to you. What is going on
in my heart is known only to Allah.
So what does that tell us? That tells us to be always in a state
of maraca inner watchfulness, that I don't want anything going on
inside my heart, that Allah is not pleased to see because Rocky is
aware and watching what's going on in my heart.
So we should remember that.
Then another important lesson was the enormity of inventing a lie
against Allah. Many times in the beginning of this has come over
and over again, do not say anything without Sultan without
authoritative proof, especially when we talk about Allah.
When we talk about his book, when we talk about our deen, if you
have absolute proof, then you say it, you don't just casually deal
with the jujur don't invention. Well, I think it's this or it must
be like this. Don't say
over and over Allah subhanaw taala first talks about those who called
you know,
a silent Salam, the sun and you talked about how dare they say
things like this. Here again and again. Allah subhanaw taala talks
about that they who who does more greater on than one who invents
invents a lie against Allah what does the inventing a lie? One is
to say that there is no God or to say that he has partners or he has
a son. Or to say that Allah said this when he didn't say this, and
so on so forth. And you can you can expound on that. So we need to
have absolute Allah smart Allah uses the word soul pawn means
authoritative proof when we say something.
And it also teaches us that we seek answers only from people of
knowledge, Allah, someone tell us tells the Prophet salallahu Salam,
and he didn't need that. Don't argue with them. Don't ask for
fatwa from them whether about us how will
you seek knowledge from the source of knowledge, ultimate source of
knowledge is Allah and then what he has revealed his book and from
the people who have studied this so this is something that we
should be careful for because we have gotten into this habit
At any social gathering you know, you don't know anybody's
qualification say it. What does that means? And the person will be
very anxious to say, I'll tell you and he has no expertise on it and
casually they'll talk about it, then is not casual.
So don't make this conversation talk politics, talk soccer. Then
make sure if you ask someone ask a person of knowledge the last one
Allah tells the prophets and ask if you don't know ask a lot
thicker people who have knowledge
and the prophets Allah Allah Listen, did not need to ask
anybody. But through him Allah Swanton is teaching us the
etiquette of where to go for knowledge. And Allah Samantha
teaches us in this by telling the Prophet against Allah, Allah,
listen, you have to remember, some parts of the Quran are directly
addressed to the Prophet salallahu Alaihe salam for him. But
sometimes he is addressed. But the intended audience is us. This
other that Allah subhanaw taala shows does the Prophet sallallahu
please don't you know look at their, their glitter and don't and
their and their wealth. So Prophet sallallahu alayhi salam had no
love for wealth. Don't argue with them. The Prophet salallahu Alaihe
Salam was not that teaching us through telling him you don't get
into these things, these useless debates.
So don't argue with people and the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam
said in a in an authentic hadith he said I guarantee a place in the
in the lower levels of the outskirts of Jannah for for a
person who does not argue even when he is right.
And I the second part of that hadith is and I guarantee a place
in the middle of Jannah
for a person who never lies even when He is joking.
Next level
and I guarantee the highest of Jannah for a person with personal
HELOC beautiful character.
So our goal should be to have that
what personal HELOC that goal that our character should be exemplary.
And the greatest example and the highest level of personal palapas
who
some Lola certified by last one done himself when Nicola Allah,
hello Kennedy, you are on the highest and noblest pedestal of
personal Holyoake Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi salam and he
adds in the locker for you.
In like Allah, Allah, and we're sorry that I was thinking of a
different way. In Nicola Allah who could handle Allah Samantha
Stacie, he says, You are certainly on the on the highest pedestal of
o'clock.
And then, Allah subhanaw taala tells us that if you must argue if
you must get into a debate, because sometimes that's
necessary, when would it be necessary?
When the truth needs to be established, somebody's talking
nonsense.
You're sitting in a companionship and somebody is saying there are
three gods.
Now you said you know, we were told not to argue. So I'm going to
keep quiet. No, you must speak up. The truth needs to be established,
but with
proofs and with wisdom. We are not there to get into a big fight, but
the truth has to be put. So there you have to
say what needs to be said Say it in a noble way and set with
wisdom. If it's something that does not need to be said you think
it's going to cause more harm, then you keep quiet.
And we don't give random conjectural opinions in any matter
of the deen.
And repeatedly what has been stressed in the first part of the
surah is a clear disapproval for those who speak without knowledge,
which turn that around that means knowledge is very, very important
that we all must seek knowledge and Rasulullah Salallahu Salam is
famous is that tolerable item seeking knowledge as a foreigner
is mandatory for every Muslim who's saying and you know,
the next lesson that we derive is having hope of good and even
better from Allah subhanaw taala at all times.
That we should always hope
that my Arab will give me better.
Another lesson that is divine
If from this is the certainty of resurrection,
as we had said that at the time this event occurred, there was a
debate according to some of the historical facts, among the
Christians whether there was resurrection
and Allah subhanaw taala short them
by this
wa Santa
Monica Allah carthon Allah him the Alamo. Unoh wa the LA Huck and
Masada, la Ray Buffy. And Allah smart Allah brought them back to
show that the Promise of Allah is true, and that the resurrection is
true. So they saw that after 300 So many years, these people are
resurrected, which is a proof that we can all be resurrected. So
another lesson we learn is we don't say about anything, I'm
going to do this and I'm going to do that tomorrow, a day after next
year without saying what insha Allah
in your show,
and what happens when we forget to say inshallah you see remember
when you say it, when you remember sage in your heart, you remind
yourself of that unless $1 tells us to whenever we forget to do
that, and also general reminder that we frequently are forgetful
of Allah subhanaw taala. And whenever we forget, we realize
that I haven't thought I haven't done Decra haven't praised Allah
smart Allah for the last half hour whenever you forget. You remember
simple things
so hard on
luxury, Kobe che anything Subhan Allah Allahu Akbar. Remember Allah
hamdulillah the stuff
also, we learn the, to recognize the signs of Allah, so one of the
signs of Allah subhanaw taala, because this is the last one and
the last call is this and if you know, this special sign, because
this is an extraordinary event. So recognizing the signs of Allah
Subhana Allah and I would call them the ordinary and the
extraordinary first I say that. So what are the ordinary signs of
Allah?
None.
Any, anything that you consider ordinary? If you look into the
depth, you will see what goes behind
some of the sunrises everyday, it's ordinary, no, it's not
ordinary. Do you know what goes behind it? You know, I'm sitting
here. Do you know what it takes for you to be sitting here?
There's nothing ordinary. And then we say the extraordinary signs of
Allah, how many extraordinary signs of Allah that?
None. Because nothing is extraordinary for Allah.
Right? Nothing's extra, to bring people back put them to sleep with
you.
The One who created you from nothing, the One who created the
universe, but for us, they are ordinary and extraordinary for us
in that sense. And therefore we should try and read the signs of
Allah subhanaw taala in what we see around and what we experience
in our lives, events in the world. What does Allah intend for me in
this situation? What is the lesson to be derived for me?
And what should be my response?
We should also remember that Allah Samantha Allah conceals some
things. And Allah subhanaw taala reveals things what and when he
wants, for example, the same people Allah concealed for 309
years
and you could have kept them concealed but you decided to
reveal them because there was something to be derived from that.
So Allah is his wisdom, of concealing and revealing.
Sometimes Allah subhanaw taala and this is from his sutra is subpar.
And many times and most times he conceals our sins.
But when we talk and we expose sins of others,
then what happens? Allah smart Allah will reveal yours.
Make it known.
Okay, so we are taught to always concede
the defects of others and for ourselves because there is a
fashion these days just to look macho and things and brag that I
did this act of disobedience, we don't do that. Okay?
So Allah reveals and he conceals a
very important lesson that Allah is the only protector. When we
talk about protection, we talk about physical protection and we
talk about
protection of all of the spiritual states that we experience that you
have faith who's going to protect that faith, Allah.
Because the hearts of people are between the fingers of rock man,
he can turn it this way you can turn this, there's Hadith that a
person leads a life of so called obedience when his
forearms length from Jana, and then things change and he ends up
in Jannah and vice versa. So who is the protector of Allah
and therefore, to be under allah subhanaw taala as protection
you should feel an inner comfort, just like these people who are in
this tight or somewhat tight cave.
No direct sunlight Allah had made all these arrangements. And yet
in that cave, they were comfortable for so long.
The lesson is that Allah subhanaw taala cares for his Olia for the
people who are close to him.
Physically, in this case, Allah arrange the light where the sun
would rise where it would go when it was setting, no direct
sunlight, Allah range the guard dog at the entrance of the cave,
Allah arranged they would be turned from right to left and all
so that you know they don't become they don't develop I won't say
bedsores, but ground source and whatever else. Right.
And Allah also protects give them calvani strength, we're about to
know Allah Kulu bam, we strengthen their hearts.
Okay, because this is a big deal. You live everything you're afraid
of your life, you've sacrificed everything hard need something to
stabilize it, and that also comes from Allah.
And
Allah is the only Wally Wally is translated as a protecting or
guiding friend. And he is the only machine who will show the right
way.
So Allah is the one who guides and Allah is the One who allows to go
astray. Allah subhanaw taala says,
in the eyes that we studied that Allah is the one who guides and
Allah is the One who allowed us to go astray. So then one might say
then, what's our responsibility? Why do we have to invite people?
Why do we have to tell people about Islam? Allah will guide Yes,
but Allah has made means the means was ultimately to send Rasulullah
Salallahu Salam, Allah could have guided without there were a few
people who are guided to the truth. One Rasulullah sallallahu
lism
like that cousin of saya Khadija who knew that you know when he
learned that this is the truth, so there were some people who were on
they were more accurate they were on template. But as a general
Allah Swanton assenza means the greatest of means for these
guidances rustling was on a lot less than and the MBR before. So
what is our role in something like this knowing that it's only a law
that guides is that we make a clear case to people we, we
present Islam to them with wisdom and with beautiful argument as
Allah subhanaw taala says John Jordan, who argue with them in the
most beautiful way in terms of presenting your thing, and we
invite people by our words, but more important than our words is
by our actions. So the doorway to * by your actions and your
your,
the way you are your countenance and your actions is acquired is
stronger than doubtful, acquired of what you say because you invite
people and for actions don't match up people say Well you say this
and you do something else. So that's what our job is.
And then we are taught and we learn that you cannot commit shirk
the ultimate goal of every ultimate goal is to commit shirk.
And shift can be in the data of Allah subhanaw taala that Oh ALLAH
is like this, Allah is like that and you know adding something it
can be in his attributes in his SIFAT that you know, somebody else
has the same No, we can have Rama but it can never be the rock like
The Rock marvelous, wonderful. We can be generous but we can never
be generous like Allah subhanaw taala so there is no no shake in
his sofa then there is no shake in his URL the way Allah did this
things. So if we say no, this happened by accident, you that's a
form of ship. Somebody said that all of this happened by itself or
there's some other universe for
So that does this. And in this this specifically as mentioned,
well you shouldn't fear How can we he had in this in the outcome of
Allah subhanaw taala and the commands in the injunction, the
ruling of there is also no shirk. So, nothing, there is no shirk in
any aspect of Allah subhanaw taala that we know.
And we learned that Allah subhanaw taala gives something, what we
call extraordinary to people. Now when something extraordinary is
given, which defies the laws of this four dimensional world.
It is if it's given to the Gambia To the Messengers, it's called a
miracle marches, okay, more edges. If the water which has surface
tension is standing up in walls, that's defying the laws, okay?
So,
Allah subhanaw taala, gives my agenda
which comes from the word of edges, which means to make
somebody feel helpless, when people see this, they're helpless,
you know, complete loss of what to do.
Now, those extraordinary things are also given to not call normal
people not we're not messengers, such as what happened to these
earlier of Allah subhanaw taala, who, who sleeps for 900 years
without food or drink and this and that.
And the proof of many of these and when it is given to other than
Ambia the same extraordinary thing is called what
gamma
and there is proof of many Kurama in the Quran such as what anybody
remember
here's a messenger that would be
what happened to Maria Mala Salam,
what used to happen to her
every day there will be fresh fruit from out of season sitting
that she is not.
So provision for her that came extraordinary. That Zakaria
lesson, I'm saying Where is this from?
Okay, she was not from the prophets.
Give another example.
There was a man who brought the most massive of Thrones in the
blink of an eye to Salam analisa.
He was not the gin, if free the gin said, I'll bring it before you
end this, this modulus and this man of knowledge. Instantly,
That's karma. And there are many. So we believe in karma. And karma
is not what impresses us because Allah sometimes gives karma to who
to sinful non believers. So we don't just Allah has given more
karamat to
who is coming in the end
that John
Okay, he will show you kind of mad that nobody else saw. So, you have
to be careful with with that.
So for the next few minutes, I want to talk about this. Allah
subhanaw taala has called the people of the cave as humble cap
on a couple of occasions as fit here.
Young men and
the young men in Islam have been given a special status
means there are certain characteristics that they should
have.
And it is now called alpha two.
Okay, so this is a new term for some of you, alpha two. Okay. So
what is that? Besides being a quality of being young? It's
translated as spiritual chivalry. Okay. It's a type of code of
conduct.
A code of honor.
What does it include? It includes bravery. This is what you should
be. It includes heroism. It includes being protective of
others. It includes courtesy. It includes being honorable. It
includes being generous. It includes being of service
altruism, serving others, giving preference to others, it includes
hospitality. It includes gallantry, protective towards
women. So in brief, good character, and I
Honorable conduct and beautiful at the this is generally what
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okay. Now our scholars have given many different definitions and
I'll share some of those with you
that you should have for to work in relationship to yourself. And
they said, What is that to accept trials and tribulations in stripe?
Whatever difficulties Allah puts you to never complain, Oh, I'm
going through this terrible why's happen.
I don't complain to anybody. I don't show. I don't speak with my
call with my with my heart or anything. Nobody knows what I'm
going through. This is a man. Okay, so we have similar qualities
for women, but specifically, it's specified here, because these are
all good qualities, and furthermore, with respects to
others is to hold oneself accountable, not others. Why did
so uncertain
and seeing inward injuries, some, you know, I mean, outward and
somebody injured you with their words or in any way, seeing it
inside as a blessing. And we'll come to that a little bit more
some have talked about.
And again, fatawa in relationship to Allah subhanaw taala is to
abandon dependence on means and ends relying on him alone through
the hearts knowledge and acknowledgement, not the
intellectual endeavor. This has happened that in my heart I know
in my religion that it's called lift.
So in summary, some have said that this symbolizes the quality of a
spiritual warrior. Okay, not physical warrior spiritual
warrior, who conquers his lower self is lower enough's. To attain
macadam, Allah Clarke the best of character.
The Prophet sallallahu Sallam has said, la Fatah de la li la Saif,
Elavil fikar giving
an
especial compliment to his cousin and son in law so you're gonna
Alia be alone karma language, that there is no further there is no
youth except Ollie means he is. And there is no sword except.
And Allah subhanaw taala also mentions our father Abraham as
Fatah. But you know when they are looking for who broke the islands
and there is one young man, so Allah has given this title to
Abraham and Islam also.
So, one of our Imams by the name of Imam Pasha at in his rissalah,
he writes that the qualities of Fatah is to always, always exert
yourself in the service of others.
Most times, what do we do?
The moment tomorrow you will see for the Federal dinner, the
dinners open, everybody first running to serve themselves,
serving others.
alginate, and many of you have heard of alginate, Baghdadi
Talalay, he said that this means keeping track of trouble away from
others and spending magnanimously on them means you protect others
from trouble. That's when you are you have for two and you spent
all for the live now I had said that this chivalry means
forgetting the faults of your brothers. You don't look at other
source. And this is what we frequently do. We are finding
faults.
And one of them said that a person of this type has no enemies
whatsoever.
You are your own enemy before Allah.
Because you're fighting against yourself to make yourself
in one set that Assad will cough were called fatter or fit here.
Young men because they believed in the Lord without any intermediary.
Pure hate. That's another trait of this.
It means to act justly, while not demanding justice for your own
self. I'm looking at all of these just opposite. I'm always
demanding justice. You know, if my wife doesn't do what I want, I
said this is my right where's my justice? But when I'm doing
injustice, it completely doesn't matter. So opposite is what this
photo is
to act with people with justice if they act in unjustly, you do
One German justice from
one of them said it means good moral character which is sort of a
summative straight statement.
Holding on to the Sunnah of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi salam
is another characteristic, being faithful and observing the limits
set by Allah subhanaw taala. Again,
living within the envelope of Islam
it is a virtue that you perform without attributing it to
yourself. Now if you're doing all of this good, you don't take
credit for it. You don't add to it. This is father of Allah
subhanaw taala any good that you see, that comes out of me. If I'm
intelligent, if I'm wise, if I'm generous, if I'm a good worship, I
don't take credit for any of that. Okay.
So this is from our last round
and
being generous and also not hiding from people who seek your
assistance go this person is coming you always ask for
something so I turn and I look elsewhere. I try and take off. You
know, I come for the Ramadan turabi. The moment somebody stands
up for for fundraising, I start my with
okay, that's my exit strategy. I've got it from ahead of time. So
never remember. Rasool Allah Allah Allah is somebody following you
sunnah. Never said no to anyone.
Okay,
good giving to those in need, or who apparently ask.
Showing your gratitude for Allah's Bounty and hiding the hardship
inflicted upon you.
That may have come from Allah subhanaw taala means for His
bounties you're always grateful and if something is unpleasant to
you, you don't disclose it. You don't show that no crease in the
forehead, no frowning, nothing.
Now, okay, worst news, you've got a smile on your face, not just on
your face that has to match what's in your heart should feel the
same. But otherwise, it's hypocrisy that I'm showing I'm
glad but in here I'm dying. Okay.
That's all part of this shift spiritual surely chivalry.
When you invite 10 guests for a meal, and care not whether 11 or
12 or 15 show up because hospitality and generosity. That's
why Hatem a Thai, as some of you may have heard was known for the
generosity he has listed among the people who were had this photo.
Okay.
So in futures, please do inform our hosts, how many are coming,
but the host should have no distressed remember photo, I
prepared no matter how 100 Come handle in life, Allah sent them
for Baraka, he will provide for them he is the provider
and that you don't act with bias. You don't show preference to
somebody or something, you know, over others.
And you do not see yourself being owed any favor nor demand any
rights over others, but that you or everyone else there writes
similar to what we had said before. And the distinct aspect of
purity is that you see others favors. You see it within yourself
that they're doing a favor to me. And you annihilate your own
satanic ego and your lower self.
And you live quarreling, fault finding and holding grudges,
remember quarreling, Mira arguing, you live all of that you don't
find faults with others, you don't hold grudges with others. And if
you see your brother committing as a mistake or your sister, you must
disregard it as if you have not seen it, I didn't see it
Okay, so that he does not feel obliged to apologize or feel
aggrieved. You must also forget the wrongdoing of your companions
and all those who have wronged you so that the purity of their
companionship returns because if you keep holding grudges, then you
know
sort of
cleft develops in your relationship and things like that.
honor those who have insulted you, how many of you are going to do
that? This is a characteristic character trait of Rasulullah
sallallahu Silman kata, join with those who catch with you.
Give a man who's trying to deprive you give it to him, this is what I
suppose
so honor those who have insulted you and pardon those who have
wronged you magnanimously and not out of self restraint. But with
the liberality that exceeds me or toleration.
that you behave well and draw nearer to those who have wronged
and insulted you and that you believe that actions in fact
assist you in disciplining your own knifes thinking that if
somebody is doing something wrong to me, he has been sent for my
rectification by Allah because of some of my own weaknesses. So
seeing that as a favor, that the person who is insulting Muse
wronging me is actually doing me a favor to teach me something. Okay.
So he has been entrusted to you from your Lord. So you must honor
Him because Allah has sent him as a medicine for a better medicine.
All right, because we don't like it. So that's another thing.
One of our
great spiritual saints by the name of Shopkick bulky, we're talking
about second Islamic century.
So Shockley called bulky went to say, Jaffa Asad UK. Some of you
know who Jaffa Asada because what are the Alon
he was the grandson of Syedna Zainul Aberdeen, who was the
grandson of say Jada 14,
then alive within was the son of Satan, Hussein
and his grandson Barker after that, and the son after that this
is where the Jaffery comes in. So he's the scholar that Sunnis and
Shia both look up to
Jaffa Asad the or the Allah one. So Chaka Khan bulky went to him
and said,
he asked a lady tell me about photos what is photo?
So So yet Jaffa said to him, What do you say about
so he said the way I understand it is
that if Allah subhanaw taala
gives me something I show gratitude.
And if Allah subhanaw taala denies me something.
I have patients.
Is there anything wrong with the state?
What do you think? If Allah grants me something I show gratitude? And
if he withdrawals I show patients anything wrong? I think it's very
noble. Right.
So so you're gonna Jaffa sodic said, What is the difference
between you and the dog?
Isn't that what a dog does?
So shafiqul, bulky said,
or son of the daughter of the Messenger, you tell me
what do you regard this photo?
He said, If we are given something, by Allah, we prefer to
give it to others.
And if we are denied anything, we are grateful to Allah.
Did you understand the difference? Different love.
So when we are denied something, to be grateful to Allah, why?
Because you see the reality that perhaps there was something in it,
which would not be good for my heart, from my spiritual for my
relationship with Allah. So
complete change if that's what they were, who they were.
And the one who was asking him was a saintly figure anyway, but
still, that tells you that there are levels that are diligent.
Now we come to a higher number 27 These are just because we are not
it's not a rush to go through. So
the question the characteristics of spiritual chivalry, where did
this come from? These are what our scholars saintly scholars have
compiled from different sources adding adding, adding adding so
this is from Mr. Crocheted in his whole age, he's got a book on this
and many have written on scholar rissalah. And these are some of
the highlights of so just take and there are many more, some have 40
some have 100. These are ultimately these are character
traits that we should all have.
Everything comes from I mean, it's not going to come from anywhere
else that is going to come from those original sources. What Allah
has is has praised what Rasulullah sallallahu and Islam portrayed in
his character.
Hold on, let him
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Allah subhanaw taala commands the prophets, some hola hola. What
clue do Tila what Lu from tilava
of what has been otorrhea in Erica what has been revealed to you as a
ye mean Kitab or a Baker of The Book of your Lord
lamb Oba de la Nicola Marathi that the words of ALLAH can never be
changed or altered, while ontology them in dunya, he will to hada and
besides Allah, you will not find a refuge. Now this comes after, as
you can see, the whole story of Assad will curve, then that quote
by that comes before the next story starts with this. So what is
the connection?
Allah smart Allah granted a refuge to the people of the cave.
In through all of those things, now for the rest of us where do we
find refuge first of all, Allah and desire by saying that other
than Allah, you will not find a
Malta hada which means refuge
sanctuary, other than Allah, it's from him. And then he tells us how
what is your refuge? What is my refuge?
What's Luma Oh, here in a car, middle of makers. Go to the Quran
is your refuge. That's your refuge. That's your cave.
Go to the Quran.
Okay. Now, what does Dilawar mean?
That is still our there is Cara there is the double all of these
many of you know of the Quran means to reflect on
that read you know karate talk about