Mufti Menk – What’s The Highest Level Of Closeness To Allah
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The speaker discusses the highest level of closeness to Allah and how it is normal for people to cry during a loss of a loved one. They also talk about the importance of the remembinding oneself of Allah's words and offering gifts to others. The speaker emphasizes the precious moments of time and offers a challenge to start one's day with a few words of the Quran.
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What is the highest level of closeness to
Allah? Do you know? Have you thought about
it?
Have you been told? Have you been taught?
Did you dig it up and check? I
can tell it to you now. It's called
a riba
bil kaba,
To be happy at the decree of Allah.
Then,
you've arrived at a level higher
than the rest of the people.
When you say the term radhi, radhi means
to be happy, to be okay. I might
not be excited with the fact that someone
passed away, but I'm happy with the decree
of Allah. I'm sad at the fact that
as a human being, I'm going to miss
my husband, or my wife, or my child,
or my brother, or my parents.
As a human being, I I will cry.
It's normal to cry. It's good to shed
tears. It's very healthy to shed tears,
even as a believing female or a male.
It does not mean that your iman is
weak because you are crying. Not at all.
You're allowed to cry. The prophet sallallahu alaihi
wa sallam shed tears upon the loss of
Ibrahim,
his son. And when he was asked, what
is this, O Messenger? He says,
This is a mercy
that Allah has placed in the hearts of
those who are merciful.
I'm not crying because I'm questioning the decree
of Allah. This is my son.
I'm crying because
we are going to be separated for a
short time. That's the reason. I'm going to
miss him, in other words.
Wa'inna,
he said the prophet says, and we are
saddened
at the separation from you, oh Ibrahim,
addressing his son, who had just passed away
in in his infancy.
SubhanAllah.
So my beloved sisters, take it in your
stride.
The only thing that's going to bring comfort
to your heart, the only thing is the
remembrance of Allah. There's nothing else that can
bring comfort to your heart besides the remembrance
of Allah
and the gifts that Allah bestows upon you.
Things could have been worse, like I said.
So what is the remembrance of Allah? Normally,
when we say
dhik of Allah,
we tend to forget that
Quran.
The best of dhikr is the
recitation of the Quran.
I've been promoting a challenge to say,
start your day with a few words of
the Quran. Start your day with one verse
of the Quran. See how your life changes.
Start your day with 5 minutes of the
Quran, 10 minutes of the Quran. Notice I'm
not telling you how many pages, I'm telling
you how many minutes because time is precious.
But trust me, the word of Allah is
the most precious.
There is no gift that you can give
yourself
better
than the recitation
of the word of Allah and getting close
to Allah.