Mufti Menk – What’s The Highest Level Of Closeness To Allah

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.