Moutasem al-Hameedy – Decisiveness
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attained a great achievement. The best words are those of Allah subhanho wa taala.
And the best guidance is that of Muhammad Sallallahu Ali, he was early he was a lump. And the worst thing in the religion are the newly invented matters for all the newly invented matters and religion are considered to be innovation and bidder and every bidder is misguidance. And every misguidance leads to the hellfire.
There is a beautiful etiquette and principle in Islam. A very powerful one. You can see it clearly in the Quran in the instructions of the Quran, and you can see it very manifest in the life and the example of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam.
It is called in Arabic and it has
decisiveness, discipline, firm resolution.
And it's a very powerful, practical side of one's character, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, he spoke about this about this principle by seeking Allah's protection from having the opposite. The Prophet SAW Selim says in the famous
Allahumma inni, who will be coming alleged see well castle or Allah I seek Your protection and refuge from helplessness and from laziness from in decisiveness.
Lack of firm will
and it is this that wastes people's lives.
Allah subhana wa Tada advises the Prophet SAW Selim in the Quran and he instructs them He instructs the prophets I send them to seek counsel and advice from the believers even in important issues. So Allah entre says to him, Moshe will come and seek their advice, seek their counsel, that Allah Allah says to him either as Fattah what kill Allah, Allah, then when you reach a decision, when you decide on a resolution, put your trust in Allah. And that implies when you put your trust in Allah, you go about, and you fulfill your decision, you act on your decision. You don't sit back and wait for things to happen. And you're just being a spectator or a watcher on the site.
You take part in the in the action, you're right in the field. You're making things happen rather than just watching things happen.
And that's a very powerful thing. And that's what's called in Arabic decisiveness. There are people who have
very good minds, very good knowledge. And they can really analyze things and reach certain decisions. But these people wouldn't be lack decisiveness. They're incapacitated. They're paralyzed by their analysis. Why? Because they overthink things. They want to work out things and process things. And they overdo it to a point of inaction. So they don't do anything in their life. But decisiveness and hasm in Islam means that when you see the right thing, you do it. And when you see the bad thing, you will leave it straight away, that you do not succumb or you do not give up control to your desires, your whims, your lower self, and your ego to dominate the scene. Whereas
your intellect and your mind and your wisdom
is pushed to the side. You don't do this.
And this is by the way is at the roots of every virtue in Islam. Every virtue in Islam, for example,
you see someone who's in need, you really feel in your heart that this person is genuine and they need help. And you have the finances to help them
and there's a
voice inside you, and that's the full voice of the truth. And this is what the Prophet SAW said and says that in
a moment, this is the caller from Allah in the heart of every believer, this is a voice in the heart of every believer,
as in the Hadith of the worst of innocent man, this there is a voice in the heart of everyone called them to Allah tells them what the truth is. But sometimes we don't bother to listen and pay attention. So this heart, this voice in your heart tells you, this man is in need. And this is an opportunity for you to help out. But instead, you succumb to in decisiveness, laziness, and he says some other time, some other day, you know, your life is not in order. You need you, you realize you need to do something about your life to put it together to fix a certain problem, but you always put it off to more to more later on. I will do that when the circumstances are perfect. When I feel you
know, the situation is right, I will do it. That's in decisiveness. And this is what kills the dreams of most of humanity.
And this in decisiveness comes from different places, mainly from fears and realistic fears. And it comes from our doubts about Allah subhanaw taala that he's not there for us to help us. Whereas when someone truly has trust in Allah Subhana Allah, they will act. And this is why Allah subhanaw taala in the verse where he said to the prophets of salaam seek their counsel, and when you reach a decision, put your trust in Allah, Allah didn't say when you reach a decision act upon it, he said, when you reach a decision, put your trust in Allah. Because that implies when you put your trust in Allah, you're gonna act, Allah didn't need to say you act, because it's implied in putting your
trust in Allah subhana wa Tada.
So most of the time, we were not doing what needs to be done. We're not putting our life in order. We're not fixing our problems. We're not making amends.
Just because we don't really have trust in Allah subhanaw taala, and our unrealistic fears have taken over. And we have surrendered to them, instead of surrendering to the will of Allah subhanho wa taala.
And this is what fear and this is what cowardice is about in reality, this is where it this is where it plays out. In its full scope in someone's life. You need, you know what you need to do, but you don't do it. And that's the person I'm used to make every day when he sought Allah's help. And Allah has protection from
helplessness, and from in decisiveness, that I know what needs to be done, but I don't do it. You know, there's a piece of work that you need to do, but you don't do it, you haven't done it, you keep putting you off. There's a person you've wronged and you need, you know, that you need to make amends, and you need to seek their forgiveness. But you haven't done that yet. There's an obligation towards Allah that you have to fulfill, you haven't done it yet. And you keep putting putting it off and say later on, I will do it later, when the time is right for it. If this is not the time, when is the right time, then
that's what she's gone. That's one of the biggest tricks of shaytaan that he plays on us. And he keeps us small, he keeps us small. And this is not only in matters of religion, it's also in matters of life. And we've said repeatedly and many times the principles of Islam, the virtues and ethics of Islam are not only meant for spiritual, religious purposes, they are meant to make us successful. They are meant to make us live life fully on Earth, live the full version of life and tap into our fullest potential. So that we can offer great service to humanity for the sake of Allah Subhana Allah to Allah and thus,
we get a lot of reward, and we reap a lot of reward from Allah subhanho wa taala. Life and religion are never separate. They are one in the same. Your approach to life is your approach to Allah. There is no separation
except in the minds of people sometimes.
So decisiveness is a very powerful
aspect of our lives. Beautiful part of old religion, that we should not give up on. You can the Prophet sallallahu Sallam before the Battle of
the Messenger SAW Salam because Quraysh has gathered their allies and they decided to march to Medina to attack the Muslims in Medina. So they gathered around gathered around 110,000 people and the Muslims didn't have that number to match it.
The prophets are sending them
his plan was
to stay in Medina and defend Medina from within. He said because we know Medina inside out and they are strangers to Medina, we know the streets, we know the back streets and the alleyways.
Plus our families will be right next to us. So we would defend Medina at any price and our families, yet the younger ones among the companions of the Prophet salallahu Salam, the ones who were enthusiastic, who did not get to take part in the Battle of battle, and they felt bad about it. They wanted to have a full fledged war, a proper War, where they could show their devotion to Allah. And they, their patriotism, to Islam. So they insisted they said, O Messenger of Allah, why should we stay in Medina and fight them in the streets?
We want to fight them properly. We want you to see how we're going to how much we're going to sacrifice for the sake of Allah. We want Allah to see your devotion.
And because they were a majority,
an overwhelming majority of the prophets, I send them agreed to their decision.
And he said fine, then we'll head out of Medina, we'll meet them and we will face them outside of Medina. The Prophet instructs them to get ready. He Alayhi Salatu was Salam gets ready and he puts on two armies that day, an unusual practice from the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
And when they are ready when they were ready to set out for Medina, those younger ones who were enthusiastic, felt a bit of remorse, a bit of regrets. They came back to the Prophet Solomon they said O Messenger of Allah, we were too pushy, it seems, and we have forced our opinion on you. So we're gonna we want to go back to your decision. We're gonna fight them inside Medina. He said, No.
He said, Mark AnnaLena begin. warble Allah Mehta who and the
Jacobi Allah houfy Umrah. He said, it's never for a prophet or a messenger, to put on his armor and get ready for the battlefield, then take it off until Allah subhanaw taala makes things happen.
We made a decision, we're not going to have a second thoughts about it. Now, decisiveness.
We're not going to fluctuate between two decisions, it will kill our will and our resolution.
Does a beautiful example from the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam. So he said, we made a decision, we'll stick by it. We'll stay behind it to the end. We'll put our trust in Allah subhanaw taala nothing would happen except what ALLAH wrote down.
That's decisiveness. The prophets of Solomon he saw something wrong. And he knew it was wrong. He spoke out he spoke out about it.
With respect, maintaining the other person's dignity, the person was still speak. He saw something wrong, he fixed it.
He saw a situation that needed advice who would extend that advice? Situation needed action he acted upon this action when Allah subhanaw taala in the early days of Dawa, three years of secret Dawa the problem kept it low key. But Allah subhanaw taala sends to him a verse, where am I sure you're attacking Robin, and warn your tribe, the closest tribe to you warn them? It was a command to make public Dawa. The prophets of salaam saved no time. He didn't say let me put together a strategy. Let me put a plan. This is a very dangerous move. Let me figure out something. Let me take all the precautions. None of that. He went right in the middle of Makkah. He called out on all the people of
Makkah. And he said this is what the message is. I am a warrior from Allah to you. Against the punishment and the hellfire, the punishment of Allah and the hellfire. Worship Allah subhanaw taala alone. That's it. Regardless decisiveness.
Allahu Anhu a great example of decisiveness.
One day he sees someone when he was the Khalifa. He sees someone walking down the street trying to be spiritual, extremely, you know, lenient and he's not even walking properly trying to be too soft in the way he walks.
Rafi Allahu Anhu goes and reprimands him tells him off.
He says, You have a metallic in Edina, you've killed our religion. It killed the spirit of our religion. Don't lose your masculinity. When you're being spiritual.
Allahu Anhu himself when he became a Muslim, Muslims were hiding new Muslims were hiding. They were keeping it secret that they were Muslims. America becomes a Muslim. What does he do?
He embraces Islam fully. He's not shy of it. He's not scared. He knows Allah subhanaw taala will protect them. So he asks the people in my case as a Eurasian uncle within Hadith, he goes around he
asked Who among Quraysh would spread the news like wildfire?
They said, Jamila,
there was a man his name was Jimmy Juma. He's a man you tell him something. Give him 10 minutes, all of McConnell's about it now. He's going to earn the news.
tab goes to him straight away. He didn't say tomorrow. He didn't say let me plan it out. Let me think about it. Let me put a study about it. No, He wants everyone in Mecca to know that he's a Muslim now and that they should watch out for him now.
So he goes to Jimmy and he says, Do you know that I've become a Muslim? And I testify a shadow and La ilaha illallah wa shadow? No, Muhammad Rasul Allah.
Jamil upon hearing this he doesn't reply.
He brings his cloak together walks to the middle of Mecca. He calls out on everyone Hey people of Makkah, do you know that? Bob has a post stated in the sense that he left their religion
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at a drone and now
right behind him he said
well, I can any a Slim's once you hit two under ilaha illAllah Muhammad Rasool Allah, He said, You are a liar or become a Muslim. And I testify that no one has the right to be worshipped but Allah and that Muhammad SAW Islam is the messenger of Allah decisiveness.
He goes and does it. When the Muslims were commanded to make him draw straight away, they started making his law, the prophesy the most commanded he planned his his way out, and he went out on his way.
So when you know something needs to be done, go about do it. You know what's right, go about and do it. Don't keep you know, putting it off. You keep a lot of battles open in your life that they gather upon you, they overwhelm you. Something needs to be done, do it properly. You need to fix something at home, fix it once and for all.
Don't do 80% of it and leave the 20% He's gonna keep chasing you.
relationships need something to be fixed. Go ahead and fix it, deal with it.
Put a proper closure on it. Don't leave things hanging that will ruin your life. And it could ruin your relationship with Allah subhanaw taala what needs to be done? Do it.
This way the Prophet SAW Selim says in Allah Hey, yo, hey Boomer earlier, Omar. Wyatt, why occlusive? Sir, for her, Allah subhanaw taala loves the lofty firsts. Allah loves great things. Allah loves big goals.
Allah loves tremendous projects. Allah loves that you live your life for something great and you achieve something great and do something valuable in your life and you chase it rather than waste your time and in distractions and petty things that's what Allah wants from us. Allah loves these things. The prophets of salaam also says in Allah how you Hebrew either I mean, I had Oh, come on, man unmute cleaner hope that Allah subhanaw taala loves that when you do something, do it properly.
Don't leave it hanging, decisiveness again.
Remember, one of the scholars was talking about a beautiful reflection on the fact that we can make sujood
when we pray our prayers and we have we forget we make a mistake in our salah.
He said Allah subhanaw taala instructs us and teaches us rather than repeat the whole prayer, which would make this kinds of kind of indecisive pneus seep into your mind.
Allah Subhanallah taught us that you complete your prayer and you just make to sudo to sell because if you repeat your Salah you will actually start having more doubt every time and you try it out. If you pay attention to doubt in your Salah, how many steps did I make? How many records did I make and you start entertaining doubt the next prayer the following prayer do the same again. It becomes a habit of the mind.
So that's decisiveness. Again decisiveness. So when you see something good go about and act upon it. Do it there is something that you need to do do it. The prophets of salaam says
one of the most beloved and dearest adds to Allah, you pray on time, time for Salah go and pray. Don't say well, so there's going to be five o'clock I still have time to pray though. I'll pray at 430
If that's your style, you're going to do the same with your the rest of your life. You keep things dragging. You always play you know catch 25 is key. Keep trying catch up catching up on things you'll always stay behind. You can see
Someone an appointment at one o'clock be there one sharp
if not, before that, it will wait five minutes 10 minutes, then it will drag. It will become a habit that you will come half an hour one hour later than you won't see a big deal. Why it's become a habit. It's become a habit.
You have your Salah, no problem are prevented with acid.
That's not what Islam teaches us. It teaches you that when you have something go about and do it.
The prophets also the muda the Allahu Anna, a lot of money came to her one day, her share of something came to her lots of money, lots of money.
What did she do?
She stuck she's starting started dividing it into portions. Then she sends this portion to that family, this portion to that family, this portion to that widow, this portion to this single mother, this portion to that pool, family, and so on and so forth. Until what? By the end of the day, she had nothing left. Nothing left.
So her servant says to her you should have left something for us because we don't even have food at home.
Then she turns then she said you should have reminded me
I should have you said you should have reminded me that we don't have food at home.
I forgot. I forgot the prophets, Allah Salam one day, some of he received a big share as well.
And he started giving it away giving it out to other people. He was left with a little bit, a couple of little humps, little change.
So he starts calling on Bilal and other companies to go and send it to some poor family. One of his wives still tells him You know, you can wait till tomorrow.
You can wait till tomorrow the Prophet SAW Selim says
Malvern, no Abdeen Bureau Biggie and yellow cola in the hood ramen.
What should What should a prophet think about himself with if he meets Allah subhanaw taala. When in his house, there is money, there is change. He decides not to go to sleep until he gives the money to people who deserve it. He could have said tomorrow, right? They after tomorrow, we still have a lot of time, plenty of time. But he knows that you have to if you don't act upon it. Now, other things will make their way into your attention and you won't be able to do it. So achieve good closure on the things that you need to do. Do them once and for all and get you know get over with them and move on to something else a whole lot. We had our stuff for a while you were looking for
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So this beautiful principle in Islam is quite practical. And we can apply it in different areas of our lives. Apply it first and foremost with your relationship with Allah subhanho wa taala. There's something you want to do for Allah, go ahead and do it. If it's an obligation, do it on time. And don't put it off, Don't postpone,
Don't postpone to it now.
Because later is one of the tools of Shavonne is one of the mantras of shaytaan.
Do it now there is something voluntary you want to do for Allah subhanaw taala. Go ahead and do it. Some money, you want to give it out, go ahead and give it out. Do it. There's someone you need to help go ahead and help them.
There's a job that needs to be done, go ahead and do it. Someone you need to contact and get in touch with. Go ahead and do it. Some issue in the family that needs to be dealt with don't put it off, do it now. Do it now. Your child is having a problem and issue help them deal with it now.
Some financial affairs needs to be decided on go ahead and do it now. You have a project that you've always been putting off. You want to do whether it's a business, social endeavor, whatever you want to do, why keep putting it off?
It's the fears that are holding you back. And these are unrealistic fears because we don't have enough trust in Allah subhanaw taala that we can do. All the great people in the world when they started doing what they what they did.
They didn't have all the means.
They didn't have it all figured out.
It wasn't they didn't have all the answers. They just trusted.
And they kept moving forward. And the answers will reveal themselves. Because we think we're going to we need to figure everything out before we start but this
This is not how the world works. This is not how the world works if what you want to do is good, and you have the courage to do it, and you have the basic skills to do it. But much still, there are so many questions unanswered. There's a lot of uncertainties, you need to actually start into it.
Allahu Anhu. He had a famous statement that he used to repeat. He used to say he men just a subtle woman have a hob. Whoever musters the courage, things will start easing out for them.
You need to venture into things you need to jump into the unknown some times, because things don't reveal themselves all at once. Then he says, woman had the heart but whoever is controlled and governed by their fear, they will be disappointed that up for a lot of disappointment in their life. Why? Because there's that they live their life small, they'll sell this themselves shorts, life will go by without them doing anything substantial. Without them tapping into their potential. Every human being has treasures within them that Allah has given them that they are supposed to tap into or bring out into the world in service of their Creator first and foremost. But a lot of us,
you know, are living with our fears.
Other people can do it, I can't do it. Other people have what it takes. I don't have what it takes. I'm afraid that I'll fail. I'm afraid that it will work out. I'm afraid I don't have all the answers.
Be sure that shaytaan is controlling you when the Prophet Islam set out for the battle of better 300 People are gonna fight 1000 people.
There's no certainty, completely outnumbered. Get the prophecies and unprotect trust is trust in Allah and they ventured and Allah gave them victory. History has a lot of examples like this.
Oftentimes, courage, Trump's reason
and a lot of analysis, yes, that's how the world works is the Brave is the courageous is the people who are able to put their trust in Allah subhanaw taala that Allah gives them provision and opens ways for them. That's how the world works. But in our attempts to be very academic, very calculated, we forgot about Allah subhanaw taala and he could make miracles happen because miracles happen every day. But they need belief and they need trust in Allah subhana wa Taala We ask Allah subhanaw taala to give us this beautiful look and principle of decisiveness and trust in Him alone along with me no one want me not when a Muslim you know when a Muslim out here even home well and what Allahumma
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