Omar Suleiman – The Faith Revival 20

			So now I want to live with a cat. So everyone welcome back to the faith revival. So last time we
talked about the reality of eemaan. And if you notice about that, as he's speaking to his son, he's
saying that your faith, you will not be able to even begin to embark on the reality of faith until
you understand that which has come to you was not meant to have missed you. And that which misty was
not meant to have come to you. Those are things that are completely out of your control, though,
right? So how do we move on from beginning to taste the reality of faith to actually tasting the
sweetness of faith? So the Prophet sallallahu wasallam. He said that there are three characteristics
		

			that if a person has, then he has tasted Halawa to lean on the sweetness of faith, so he's moved
beyond simply how to respond properly to circumstances that are out of his control, to actually
using eemaan to drive him in a certain way and he arrives at the following three outcomes. Number
one, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam says, He loves someone and he loves someone purely for
the sake of Allah subhanho wa Taala meaning there is no other reason why you love this person except
for the sake of Allah. So your relationships are defined by your email now Okay, so you love you
love someone only because of their love of Allah or because they bring you closer to Allah subhana
		

			wa Tada. Number two, the Prophet sallallahu wasallam said that Allah and His Messenger sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam are more beloved to him than anything else. So that covers all of your material
possessions that covers not just people in relationships, but all your material possessions. So the
love of wealth is subdued. The love of fame is subdued. The love of Allah and His messenger comes
above all of that, relationships, possessions, but what's the most important thing to that person?
Is this person bitter, resentful. Do they miss that wealth? Do they miss that fame? Do they miss you
know, relationships that are not defined by Allah subhana wa Tada, no, Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
		

			sallam said that they would hate to return to disbelief moreso than being thrown into a fire, they
would hate to return to disbelief more so than they would hate to be thrown into a fire. Meeting
eemaan is more precious to them than even their physical selves, they would rather suffer physically
than have to return back to ignorance and disbelief. There is so much from this heavy so it defines
your relationships, it defines your things, a man starts to define everything in your life and you
start to taste the sweetness of a man and the scars of the Arabic language. They mentioned that
though tasting in the Arabic language goes beyond just tasting, you know, in the sense of eating and
		

			drinking. But for example, they would say you would leave that you taste perfume. That doesn't mean
you actually drink from a bottle of perfume or a bottle of Cologne. But you taste the sweetness of
it, meaning you smell it, okay, so you smell the goodness of it and the sweetness of it. So this
though this tasting is far beyond simply eating and drinking, it is the milk of the heart, the
sweetness of a man in the heart. The profit slice on is comparing the outcome of the striving of the
believer for belief to a person now that's tasting honey that's tasting the sweetness of a man and
one that he man settles in the heart and you start to actually taste the sweetness of it. You would
		

			not want to go back on that face no matter what you love the restrictions. You love putting a lot in
his messenger before everything else. It defines you as a person. And you're okay with that and
you're pleased with that. And there's a beautiful saying from Abu hanifa Rahim Allah to Allah. He
says in the Nafisa walhalla. We are living in happiness and sweetness meaning its happiness and the
sweetness of a man. He said lo Anima be * malu calendula Dona La Habra soup. He said that if the
Kings knew the sweetness that we derived from our faith, they would come after us with armies to try
to take it away from our hearts, the treasure of tasting the sweetness of faith. This puts you
		

			beyond the circumstances mentioned in the previous heavy. This is when you are actively engaging
your email with your relationships and with your possessions. And your email is more precious to you
than anything to the point that you would rather be thrown into a fire than to return back on that
email. May Allah subhanaw taala allow us to taste the sweetness of that faith. May Allah subhanho wa
Taala allow the love of him to define what we love and who we love as well. May Allah subhanho wa
Taala allow us to remain on belief until death comes to us and not to return to a place of ignorance
Allah Ameen See you all next time inshallah. So I don't want to limit accounts.