Clutching Cinders
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Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa salam
says in a hadith related buttons for nomadic are the law one
and recorded by Imam Timothy and his son.
Yet the other nurse is a man on Assad middle fee Hamada Dini, he can copy the religion.
The time will come upon the people
during which
a person who remains perseverance and steadfast on his faith
will be like one who is clutching cinders
clutching burning coals.
Indeed, this is the prophecy of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa salam. This narration is one of the more famous ones but there are other narrations also which contain the same message from different so how about are the Allah?
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said that time will come or there will be days after you during which to remain steadfast and perseverance on one's religion will be akin to clutching cinders you won't be easy.
And of course the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is speaking of the days of fitna again
but the days of fitna
haven't just started recently.
They started
during the time of the Sahaba of the Allah Han.
So even the Sahaba or the Allah horn who despite being who they were, they were tested, they suffered to
in fact,
the Sahaba of the Allahu Anhu were themselves persecuted
had judged on the use of the famous wall sorry, the infamous governor of Iran up
and the military strong man of the Romanians he lived during the time of the youngest hell out of the hola horn.
And the narrator of this hadith, which I've just quoted is
famous companion and the sub nomadic will be Allah horn, and he used to live in bustle in Iran.
Despite being the Harding ie the personal attendant of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa salam
despite having been a prolific narrator of the hadith of Rasul allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam despite being revered by his disciples, students and other Muslims of his talent, and judging the use of who was the Omiya governor of it up, he actually used to persecute an Asana, Malik or the Allah
even though Anis was even though
her judgment to use of wasn't a Sahabi he was much much inferior in grade, then and the summoner man he called the Allahu
and yet he would persecute an Asana, Malik or the Allah Han. And this is why man will hardly ever lie
relates to the youth in his so he that someone came to the same Anas of nomadic of the Allah horn
and come
blamed him of
the ill treatment and the persecution that they were facing, at the hands of alleging the use of.
So under Soleimani cattle, the Allah horns reply to them was your spirit,
be patient.
For there is never a time
except that the time that will come after it will be worse than the one before it.
And this will continue until you meet your Lord. Therefore, just remain patient. Indeed, I have heard this from your Noble Messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
So even the Sahaba of the Allahu Anhu suffered persecution, repression
at the hands of
those who are in a position of power and influence and authority,
so, yet,
the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam had already prophesize this. So when when the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam says in this hadith narrated by Timothy manasota Malik or the Allah one, that yet the island nurse is a man on a slab, Rafi him Allah Deena, he can cover the algebra, that time will come upon the people that during which remaining steadfast on one's religion
will be like
someone holding on to cinders clutching sins.
Now, that's almost an impossible task.
Gemorah in Arabic, refers to the coal,
which
the fire may have gone out, but the coal itself is still burning.
So it's not impossible to hold.
Because it's, it's in its last stages. But indeed, if you do hold it, you will burn yourself and you won't be easy. It's not impossible, but it's almost impossible, extremely difficult.
And truly, if this was the case, during the time of the Sahaba, or the Allaha, and you can just imagine
how it must be for believers who come much late.
At times, we will all face such circumstances and situations in which it's extremely difficult for us to remain patience and perseverance and steadfast on our religion. Because these are the days of FIP the days of confusion, of disharmony of discord,
of conflict.
And the picture that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was portrayed of fitna
is very graphic, in many different Hadith, for instance, and one Hadith related by Malmo Hardyman Muslim from Abu Huraira huddle the Allah and Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, so the goon will fit in.
There will be fit in the plural of fit.
There will be fit in
a car in the fee. Hero Minal car him well, our movie hero mini mansion, while Mashi fie her hero Mina Sorry,
there will be fitted
during which someone who is seated is far better than one who is standing. And someone who is standing is in these days of fitna is far better than one who is walking and someone who is walking is far better than one who is running. So what we learn from the same thing as mentioned in other narrations, what we learn is that there will be days of fit
during which the the less involved a person is
the far better for him.
The more he or she keeps himself to himself or herself. It's better for them.
The more a person seclude oneself from this confusion, this disharmony, this discord, it's far better for them. So much so that the less you move, the less of a target you are in.
Imagine if you're in danger.
And there are snipers
There are snipers
it's far better for you to lie low.
If you move
even slowly,
your movements will attract attention and you will be exposed as a target.
Now I'm not just giving this example randomly, because the Hadith continues. So the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa salam says, there will be Phippen.
Plural of fit,
during which someone who is sitting is far better than someone who is standing. Someone who is standing is far better than someone who is walking. Someone who is walking is far better than someone who is running. And then the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam continues, whoever peeps at fitness
or you raises his head to the fitnah, the fitnah will come to him.
Whoever peeps at the fitness, the fitness will come to him.
Whoever raises his head to it, the fitna we'll come to in the in those days a Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa salam, Enza Hadith with the words whoever confined any shelter or refuge, then let him take shelter there and
it's almost like the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is describing a warzone.
If you can find shelter, find shelter. If you can find safety, take refuge there and
don't raise your head.
Otherwise you'll become a target. The fifth now we'll come for you.
With the words of the Hadith artists shuffle, meaning whoever peeps at the fitna will come to him.
Whoever raises his head, the fitna will come.
And the less movement there is, the safer it is for you. Otherwise, you attract unwanted attention and you become a target. This is why someone who's running is at the greatest danger. Who's in a less danger than that person, someone who's not running but walking.
And someone who's walking. The one who's even safer than the walking person is someone who's standing still.
No movement, and even better than the one standing still is the one sitting and even better than the one sitting is the one line.
So the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa Salam is describing a warzone.
But he's not talking about battle. He's talking about fit
and fit there could be of course, we're not talking about the minor fitna.
In one's family with wealth, children, etc. Now, we're talking about the great fitna where there is social disharmony, Discord, strife, sedition, all that is confusion in religion.
Confusion in religion is a fitna to
and in this confusion
in this persecution remember a believer
Allah subhanho wa Taala Allah sunnah in his creation is that those who believe will be persecuted
or has seven nurse or a new truck who and your Kulu Amana who lived alone?
Allah says in the Quran, what do people think
that they will be left alone? Simply because they have said Amen Now we have believed and that they won't be tested
when indeed we tested those who came before
symptom and that whole Jana what Amaya method will live in a public room. And then the verse continues Mr. Tumble Betsa or what the raw was zero hotter or cooler risotto when Lavina almond butter and swala in the masala have been Eve, what do you think? What do you think
that you will just enter gin like that. Even though the likes of those days that visited those who came before you have not yet to visit? And then Allah goes on to describe the affliction and the tests and the tribulations that befell those who came before us, including the messenger and his companions.
So much so that even the messenger exclaimed, when will the help of Allah arrive? And there are many such verses. They are lethal. Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa salam. So ALLAH SubhanA
With the ad I will test the believes that's a fact.
And one of the reasons is so that Allah may distinguish li Amis Allahu Sabetha monoplane.
And in one verse Mercan Hola. Hola, me Nina Adharma and tamale at diames Beetham in a play hip.
That Allah has not one to leave the believers as you are. Meaning that you say we are Muslim. We've embraced Islam, and that's it, we happy, we won't be tested. No, Allah has not one to leave you just because you've said you're Muslim.
Until Allah tests
and testing you, until Allah distinguishes the impure from the pure, the bad from the good. Love filters, the good.
Allah removes the impure. That's the very meaning of fitna.
As I've explained before, so ALLAH SubhanA who would the Allah will test the believers and all of the believers at all times the prophets of Allah, the believers with them have been tested and those who haven't been tested much, they shouldn't feel safe. The truth is, they are of a lower grade. This is why in the Hadith, rasool Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam says, I should do nasib Allah and Allah MBL from an anthem for Melancthon, that the most in the people who are most intensely tested by Allah are the prophets, and then the best and then the best. So even the messengers of Allah alayhi wa salatu salam have been severely tested by loss crownhill With that, because that's
the very last the test of faith.
That is the test of faith that does a person remains sincere to Allah. And this is why one Hadith Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa salam said,
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said,
that bad it will be Armani fitting in Calcutta ladle Muslim
that
hasten with good deeds, before the arrival of such fitten that will be like the dark that will be the law that will be like parts of the dark night.
And then in Hadith Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam continues,
a man you speak you speak of Roger
Williams seeker
or you see me now when you spoke of
that a man will be a believer in the morning and a disbeliever in the evening, or a believer in the evening and a disbeliever the next morning.
And then one narration UB or the inner who be out of the minute dunya he will sell his faith for some wealth of the world.
And Subhana Allah.
We've seen that we've seen
it doesn't mean that a person announces in the morning I'm a Muslim. And in the evening, oh, I'm not a Muslim.
Or I'm a Muslim in the evening, the next morning, I'm not Muslim. No, he or she may think I'm a Muslim.
But their deeds are such so far removed from
religion from Allah. Rasool sallallahu alayhi wa salam, their loyalty is so fickle, that through their disloyalty to Allah and His Messenger, sallallahu alayhi wa salam, they remove themselves from religion.
And religion will become so cheap, so worthless in the eyes of people, that they will sell their religion, they will sell their art, they will sell their faith, they will sell their souls they will sell themselves for a few pieces of silver.
For some meager wealth of the dunya they will sell their loyalty to Allah and His Messenger, they will sell that it's not just their loyalty to Allah and his messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. The truth is, they will sell their faith, their religion, their own soul.
For a few meager pennies of the dunya Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa salam said A time will come when this will happen.
So in such days,
without that it's difficult to hold on to one's religion, to hold on to one's principles.
to hold on to one scruples to go against the flow,
everyone's marching in one direction.
And someone who wishes to fear Allah, someone who wishes to live their life according to their faith, according to their true teachings. It's not easy. And indeed for them, it's almost like holding on clutching on clutching cinders clutching colds. Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam prophesized this. So what do we do?
Of course, we can identify such situations. So what do we do in such situations? Well, first of all, sub patients
at times, there's not much else we can do in the face of
province provocation, in the face of persecution,
when denied rights, when persecuted remember this could be in any setting anytime, unfortunately, Muslims
anyone have faith becomes a target of persecution,
even from fellows. So let's just look at the Sahaba or the Allahu
what was wrong with us of mnemonic of the Allah horn? What was wrong with some of the other Sahaba of the Allahu
those who survived till the days of the Omiya dynasty?
What was wrong with them? What wrong had they done? What sin had they committed? What crime had they committed,
and yet they were persecuted, who actually killed some of the Sahaba of the Allahu Anhu executed
in cold blood. They were mad.
On occasions they were massacred
by fellow Muslims, or those who call themselves Muslims,
not Sahaba, or the Allah or the Sahaba were persecuted and killed and murdered, and their property confiscated and stolen by those who weren't companions, but who claimed to be Muslims.
So unfortunately, persecution, repression.
Being a victim
has always been part of the life of a Muslim.
So what can a person do on such occasions? If, if the situation can be rectified them fine, but if it can't
look at the Sahaba of the hola Juan, despite being Sahaba they couldn't do anything.
So what do they do? The first lesson is sub patience.
And the meaning of patience
isn't
oh, I'll just accept many words of Arabic when they are
imported into other languages.
They become very narrow and restricted in their meaning.
For instance, Southern
our concept of southern law is very different to the original meaning of southern guy in Arabic.
Similarly, our concept of sub is restricted.
We think sub because the word sobre has entered into all languages spoken by Muslims. But when we say sub, we tend to think it means patients, just patients nothing else I acceptance.
But that's actually incorrect. And it narrows and restricts our understanding of the Hadith and teachings of Rasulullah sallallahu. It was
originally in Arabic, the meaning of sub isn't just patience. He also means steadfastness and perseverance. That means you continue to do what you were doing before.
You don't change, ie you remain steadfast upon the religion of Allah upon obedience.
Otherwise acceptance that's
inevitable. You have to come to accept. This is why in one Hadith Rasul allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, he saw a lady cry
over a grave.
So he told her patience.
She responded to him by saying what do you know of my calamity? She never recognized. Later she came to realize I was told
All that was an assault Allah Subhan Allah Heidi who sent them. So she came to the house to apologize. Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said to her,
that in the Sabra in the submittal ruler, that patients Sabra is at the time of the first shock.
Sunburn is at the time of the first shock. What the Hadith tells us is, if we consider Sabra to simply mean acceptance.
That's true anyway, when a person suffers bereavement, eventually they come to terms with their locks. Everyone learns to accept because it can't do anything.
That's not the meaning of sub. What Sabra means is that the first instance of shock, a person doesn't swerve or sway. A person remains firm and steadfast upon their religion.
This is why in Surah Baqarah, in that famous long verse, about what constitutes piety and virtue, towards the end of the verse, Allah says, we'll solve it in a field that says, you will write your penal that's where it can Ladino Sadako Hula, hula motorhome, meaning the virtue and piety is of those people who are not patient, but was sarb Idina Filbert set your what Allah who are steadfast in adversity, in affliction, and even in conflict.
These are the ones who are true. And these are the ones of dukkha. So what Sobor means isn't just patience. What Sobor means is that you remain perseverance and firm and steadfast upon your faith.
That's the meaning of supper. So in the days of fitna,
one doesn't just say, Oh, I accept things as they are, we have to accept we, we can't change that. The meaning of slavery isn't we just accept the meaning of slavery is, of course we accept, but we don't allow that to influence or affect our commitment, our firms, our steadfastness, our perseverance on our deeds on our faith, we must continue.
So that's the first thing solid, just as well, highly relational unassembled the law when someone came to him complaining about the persecution that they faced at the hands of a judge and the use of the governor.
So and so the hola horn said, first thing is metal, be patient.
For they will never come a time, except that the time after it will be worse. What what this means is, we have this idea that things will get better.
But as I've explained on numerous occasions, Allah never intended for the world to be paradise.
There is no Jannah on Earth. There is no kingdom on earth. There's no such concept. If Allah wished to have made kingdom on earth for anyone, he would have done it for his resource Allah it wasn't.
There is no kingdom on earth. This is an abode of trial and tribulation. Why we bones and standards wisdom of Allah Subhana Allah that
there is no kingdom on earth. There's no concept of creating perfection in the dunya
in any way, socially, personally.
Police politically
it's remarkable. In Arabic.
The mean the word for state?
Is Lola.
Plural do it. So the word for status Dola.
Remember that word for status dolla. Where does the word dolla come from?
It comes from medalla.
Allah says, What will kill a young widow have a nurse and these are days I have good and bad fortune that we alternates between the people.
Nada below her that Allah
the very meaning of Dola in Arabic is an entity, a government, a state, which fades in an ad rises and falls.
It has its term of power. The meaning of bola is its term of power.
So every state has its turn of power. Every government has its turn of power, every empire
has its turn of power. Nothing ever lasts. Many empires were it was dreamt of these empires that they would last 1000 years.
The Roman Empire,
the MT Z, right?
And many others.
empires are meant to rise and fall.
Powers are meant to rise and fall, there's no perfection. Today, it's a tomorrow, it's B, then et Cie.
So, the idea that we can create a perfect world it's there's no such concept in Islam. This is why an Asana, Malik or the Allah Han said to them, that I've heard from your messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, that each time will be worse than the other, the previous one. And this is why In another Hadith, speaking about fifth and the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, fit them will come.
Each one
a person will feel that this is going to each subsequent fifth and will dilute the previous one.
Each later fitna. Each subsequent fitna will dilute the previous one. How will it diluted, the meaning is at the time one fitna, a person will think this is going to destroy me.
Then he manages to scrape through,
then the next one comes. The next one that comes a so much, it is much worse. It's so severe that you make some forget the first one.
And he thinks this will now finish me off.
And then he manages to scrape through comes the third one.
The third one will dilute the two previous ones. This is a meaning of a hadith. Each subsequent fitna will dilute the previous one
and he thinks this is going to finish me off. And in this way, he he stumbles from calamity to calamity. That's what Allah says in the Quran. Yeah, you will insan in Nikica the ILA Rebecca Callahan from Allah P. Oh, man, you shall toil a toiling unto your Lord and then you shall meet.
We toil we struggle, we move from one struggle to the next to the next to the next, until
if the fit then don't finish us off, death claims as
and then we will meet our law. That's the reality of life. So unassuming nomadic, not the Allah on set to the those who came to him, complaining of the persecution of a hijab and the use of first things Hadith double Hardy, be patient, for I have heard for indeed that is no time except that the one that comes after it will worse than the one before. This is what I have heard from resort allah sallallahu alayhi wa salam this will continue until you meet your low Imam without Allah He and I
read X Hadith in the sun from unlimited data. So there'll be Allah who and who says,
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, in the city, the lemon gin nibble fitten in the city, the lemon gin nibble fit in, in the city, the lemon gin nibble a fifth and fortunates the indeed the fortunate one is he who is protected and saved from fitness from fitter. And he repeated this thrice. Indeed, the fortunate one is he who is protected and saved from Fifth and indeed the fortunate one is he who is saved and protected from fifth. But then the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, whoever is tested with these faithful,
whoever is subjected to these fitten and then he remains patient. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said for sabar, fava, the meaning of fava is what we know in order to WA.
In order to, in Asian languages we have
we say wow,
meaning Bravo.
Bravo, bravo.
And in order to say wha, wha, is a race, we think it's an order the word comes from Arabic. So it's actually in the Hadith for Saba, meaning marvelous How marvelous. So the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, yes, the fortunate one is he was protected from fitna thrice he said that we have someone is tested by fitna
and then he remains patient. And that's marvelous. Wah wah
and in
another Hadith later Bama Malik in his motto, Abdullah had not remodeled the Allahumma.
Using Medina, things were difficult for the people of Medina after the time of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa salam during the time of the Romanians,
it was
Allah subhanho wa Taala tested even the Sahaba of the Allahu Allah and I've told you that when while we do not have use of yam passed away in the 60th year of Hijra.
His rule ended in the 66 diversity of Indra.
His, in fact 60s 60th year his son Year's Eve took over and he ruled for four years
Subhan Allah, in those four years,
the grandson of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and her say did not leave Nabil trotted out of the Allahu Anhu
was brutally massacred along with his family members in Karbala in Iraq.
Medina was attacked, and in such a brutal manner, just within those four years.
That by the Omiya army
that people it's a Muslim city.
The Masjid of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam wasn't spared.
Homes weren't spared Sahaba of the Allah who were killed. It was actually known as the massacre of the hara, Herat meaning one of the two lava tracts of Medina.
This was known as the Battle or the massacre of the Hara.
Macatawa Kurama, who was attacked, so this was just in those days and then more followed later. A judge came later. So
a blind Naramata the Allahu Anhu was in Medina.
And a lady came to him
and said, times have become very difficult for us. And I intend to leave Medina. So she came seeking the counsel of Abdullah Hypno emerald, the Allahu Allah.
So Abdullah hidden, the Allah or evil man became annoyed and firmly told her sit down
and then he made her listen to her Hadith.
She said I want to leave Medina.
We talking about within a few decades of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam leaving this world. So she said, Oh abnormal. I want to leave Medina she came to seek his advice. He scolded and said to her sit down, and then he related a hadith. He said the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, Whoever remains patience,
over the difficulty in the hardship of Medina.
Then on the day of reckoning, I will be an intercessor or a witness on their behalf on the Day of Judgment.
So whoever remains patient during the days of fitna, in sha Allah, they will earn that in session and shofar of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa salam, the Messenger of Allah will testify on their behalf on the Day of Judgment. So Hadith, Imam Malik in his mandala. So
one is patience and perseverance. That's the one thing we can do. Secondly, as I've explained before, we need to concern ourselves with ourselves and seclude ourselves.
The less involved you are in fitness the far better, which means,
in fact, this idea that solitude is bad. It's mentioned in the Hadith. Time and time again, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam mentioned, Imam Malik again relates in his motto from also either fully, or the Allahu Allah and the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, sooner time will come.
When the best wealth of a Muslim
is sheep or goats, meaning a flock of sheep or goats, with which he flees to the peaks of mountains, or to the falling places of rain meaning high altitudes. Why does he go there? You fill rubidium in him in an fitten. He flees with his religion from fifth from fifth.
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said the time will come when the best wealth a person can have his home will be of no use.
It is mentioned his palatial home, his properties as a state, none of these will be of any use to him. The best wealth any Muslim can have is a few sheep or a few goats, with which he removes himself from the people and lives alone. Were either in a valley or high up in demand.
Isolated,
no contact, no communication.
And what does he do there? He worships Allah subhanho wa Taala This is why in one Hadith and he, you see there's a thing here. The wording of the hadith is your federal Medina human and fit them he flees with his religion from fitna but there's a very subtle lesson here which is one shouldn't think that oh, I need to flee with my religion.
I am too good.
People will corrupt me.
So I need to keep myself to myself. People are bad, and I am good.
That's why one Hadith Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa salam said, meaning of the hadith is whoever says that the people have perished.
I times are bad. People are bad.
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam says whoever say whoever says people have perished for less than he is the worst of them all. He's almost perished the most. So we shouldn't think that I am good people are bad. And that's why I need to keep myself to myself No.
in a hadith relate to Burma heard of Muhammad in his Muslim from Gaza Azaria will be Allah one. Prophet. salAllahu alayhi wa salam describes the days of fitna and then he adds, the best person in these days of fitna will be someone who will be hidden in a valley amongst the valleys alone,
worshipping fearing his Lord Allah subhanho wa taala. And this is a key word. Yeah, that will nurse him inshallah
protecting the people from his own evil.
So the meaning isn't that one flees to the valleys or the mountaintops or the or high altitude
isolating himself from everyone else because he thinks he's too good, and everyone else is bad, and that they will corrupt him and he needs to protect his piety from them. No Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam says, yeah, that will nurse him in chivalry. He protects the people from his own evil
so 111 secludes oneself one shouldn't do so. With the understanding that I'm too good. This is why he told up the mountain or the Allahu and natif later Imam tell me the minimum academic humble
opera to narrow narrow the Allahu and said
O Messenger of Allah min Naja what salvation. So what did the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam say to him? In Munich? alayka Lizanne actually Asaka Bay took what Canada has the ethic, meaning
Control your tongue, let your home contain you. And what should you do? What key Allah hottie take weep over your sin.
That's what you need to do. We pray over your sins.
That's the meaning of secluding oneself not in arrogance, but I am too good. And I am preserving my faith and protecting myself from everyone else. Now, the understanding should be that I need to concern myself over my with myself, weep over my sins, and protect people from my corrosive influence, that I shouldn't corrupt people. I am sinful. Because if anyone thinks people are bad times, time when times are bad, then as the messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam says for Hua Lacan, he's the worst one of all of them. He's the worst of all.
So seclusion
as I mentioned in the previous, there was concern yourself with yourself as Allah says in the Quran, yeah, your Lavina and menorah, Aleikum and fossa are believers concern yourselves with yourselves. And in that beautiful Hadith later, but I'm delighted and it would have been the last or the Allah anima recorded by a man who would have been humbled in his Muslim prophets and he says that once we were seated with the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa salam so he's
matters,
that
time will come upon the people. When people will be filtered a thorough filtering, ie the good will be removed. The bad will be removed and distinguished from the good. It will be filtered and sieved a thorough filtering.
And then the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said
peepholes
trusts and promises, people's promises will become confused and their trusts will become light. People will come in trust with
their promises will be false, their oaths will be false. And then the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said people become like this is not united but rather struggle, sorry, entangled in struggle and conflict.
So, I'm delighted Muhammad Ali Allahu anima stood up and went to the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam and said Dr. Sood Allah, when this happened.
What do you instruct me to do? May I be your ransom or messenger of Allah?
The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said
it will some basic
stay stick to your home.
And
one mechanic and his sonic Control your tongue.
Have Martha it for that amount of don't care. Take only that which you recognize,
refuse and leave that which you do not recognize.
And then the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said to him,
concern yourself with yourself and leave the affair of the people concern yourself with yourself. This is something that Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said time and time again concern yourself with yourself and not in the selfish man
that oh, I need to look after number one. I need to look after myself. Now. The meaning of concern yourself with yourself is if you want to enjoin the good and forbid the evil, do it to yourself. If you want to change, forget changing the world and the people change yourself. If you want to repair and reform, forget repairing and reforming others, repair and reform yourself. correct yourself, rectify yourself. If you want to judge, judge yourself, not others. If you want to criticize criticize yourself, not others.
Think of yourself not in the arrogant, selfish manner but even in the negative manner, ie your sins, weep over your sins. Look at your faults.
This is one of the most helpful things. Our problem is that we want to judge condemn criticize everyone else except ourselves. We want to change and reform everyone else except ourselves. We are so worried about other people's souls. But what about being concerned of our own songs? Scram Allah Rasool allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said in a hadith later Imam Bihari will Allah Hema agree you are under assault Allah Hema you follow be by Allah, I do not know even though I am the messenger of Allah, what will become of me.
He was concerned about himself and he was a messenger of Allah.
So what others
so the other thing is
seclude yourself whether it's in valleys, of course, this may not sound practical, but it's a metaphor is what we can understand. Yes. For those of although they valued the Allah and did that he secluded himself, many of us did that. But we may not be able to do it in valleys or mountain tops or high altitudes, but surely, we can practice
self inspection.
seclusion, and I don't mean isolation in the bad way.
Look, everyone agrees company hazards affect. Everyone agrees.
No one can deny a company has its effect
whether one is a Muslim or a non Muslim, everyone accepts company has its effect.
That's why we have mob mentality gang behavior. In fact, in many instances, if gang members were isolated from each other, many of them would not commit to
Half of the crimes they commit in unison when they are together, peer pressure, mob mentality,
crowd justice,
this
concept of belonging and identity of not being the odd one out not being left out. All of this drives a person to commit in crimes,
which are horrendous and which are actually contrary to one's nature. This is why, in many instances, serious
gang members, young ones,
who have committed crimes when they have been pulled away in isolation and made to reflect they cannot recognize themselves since sincerely, genuinely, we're not talking about the hardened criminal who just makes excuses for those who genuinely are remorseful contracts and feel guilt. They actually look back at their actions, and what bewilders them is that they can't understand how they actually ended up committing that crime or that sin.
The secret was, he was part of the gang part of the mob. He was because of the company. It doesn't exonerate.
But those were powerful influences.
Subhan Allah, we see it in our families, parents.
Look, parents try to give their children a good upbringing.
They tried.
We don't always succeed.
But remember this much.
Sometimes we
many people grew up with a sense of bitterness. My father didn't do this. My father didn't do that. My father did this right. My father did that. Did this wrong did that wrong? i We have expectations of our parents.
We want our parents to be perfect, same perfection. Again, we want our family setting to be perfect. We want our parents to be perfect that dad and mom should have done this should have done that in this way. In that way. Sometimes, many people grew up with the sense of
loss that I lost that I didn't get what I needed. My parents didn't do this. My parents didn't do that. The truth is, our parents are imperfect beings. They are human beings. They are as flawed and as imperfect as anyone else. And remember this rich,
we may feel that towards our parents. But in our obsession with what we have lost out, we then fail in relation to our own children.
If we want our children to forgive us, our lapses and shortcomings, we must be willing to forgive our parents.
So parents don't always succeed, but they do try. They tried to give an upbringing
a good childhood, a good education, good advice to their children.
And children live at home.
Children then go to school, teachers in school, tried to instill good values in children.
Many hours of education to telogen school, many hours of living at home.
And this goes on day in day out for years.
And then you find a 1516 year old teenager.
That teenager has spent 16 years at home
11 years in school, maybe even 12.
And for those Muslims who go to Macau, or the Kuta, they've spent at least 1012 hours every week since the age of five. So for the past 11 years, on average, they've spent about 1012 hours each week being taught religious education in the madrasa. So how much inputs have they have they had the inputs of their father the inputs of their mother over 16 years, the inputs of their school teachers, all of them over 11 years, the inputs of their mothers, our religious teachers and scholars over 1112 years. And then at the age of 16, that teenager who's had so much input meets another 16 year old teenager
chum, and the two of them hit off.
In one month, both of them can wash away all the Therby and Taleem, and education and inputs of this array of teachers, parents, and scholars
in one month, and we've seen that
friends have a greater influence over each other than even parents than even teach us. That's the power of the influence of company.
This is why Allah and His Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam have said, be mindful of your company.
Company has this effect, not just on children, but even on adults.
How many marriages are destroyed?
Because one of the spouses either the husband or the wife has bad company and bad advice.
How many marriages have been strong?
A bad friend can even destroy the love between a husband and wife.
I have dealt with cases where forget a bad friend destroying the love between husband and wife and destroying the marriage. I have dealt with cases where a bad friend and a bad adult friend has destroyed not only the marriage, but also destroyed the relationship between the parents and all of his or her children.
That's what one friend can do. That's the effect of company and we all recognize that Muslim, non Muslim, religious, religious, non religious, it doesn't matter we all accept the powerful effects of company.
And this is the meaning of all of these are the this is not about secluding oneself and isolating oneself from society. These are the teachings of heavy ether in days and periods and in the climates of an atmosphere of confusion,
religious confusion
What does a person do a person is far safer, minding their own business, keeping themselves to themselves and when they choose company choosing good company.
Rather than being judgmental
and critical of others, to be introspective, and to look at oneself. This is the meaning of all of these ahaadeeth
Finally Rasul Allah salAllahu Alaihe Salam along with
concerning oneself with oneself, weeping over one's sins being introspective, looking at oneself.
secluding oneself from fit
not involved in oneself with this fitna and confusion Rasul allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam has told us to be patient I perseverance firm on one's faith, and to continue doing what a believer should be doing which is their relationship with Allah Allah Eva. This is why in one Hadith Rasul allah sallallahu alayhi wa salam says
that
doing Riba
in fitna is equivalent to doing hedgerows to me.
i If someone continues to remain steadfast upon the religion of Allah even in the days of fitna.
The reward is equivalent to someone who did Hijra during the time of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa salam to eliminate the gentleman
he mentioned
that's the reward. Everybody has to fill fitna
and we bother to fill fit knuckleheaded DNA to being a bother him fitna is like doing Hijra to me.
And finally,
Allah has promised a great reward for those who come later. You see,
we have come later in not true. But the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam has not excluded us from reward has given us many glad tidings.
In one Hadith, this
nation is like the rain.
It is not known whether the first part of the rain is better or the latter part
of pseudolus Allahu Allahu wa salam spoke favorably of those who will come after Him
and who will believe in him even though they haven't seen and he
Praise them and commended them to the Sahaba of the alarm. And
in that famous Hadith and without ever Hello hush money it'll be Allah one in which again the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam speaks about fitna not using the word fitna, but that's the meaning. Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa salam
says to
the Sahaba of the Allahu Anhu
that you should enjoy the good you should forbid the evil until you see four things. And inshallah I'll devote another session to the commentary of this one Hadith about the four traits of fitna.
So until you see these four traits of fitna, you should enjoy the good and forbid the evil. Once you see these four traits and what should you do, then you should concern yourself with yourself. For indeed, this is an original merger in his son and indeed, after that time, there will be days during which
remaining firm on one's religion will be like clutching Cintas burning coals.
And then in the same Hadith, in the narration of Timothy, and abodo, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam further said that whoever continues to do good in these days of fitna when things will be such when clutching when remaining perseverant on religion will be like clutching cinders and holding on to burning coals Rasul allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, for anyone who does good in these days, they shall receive the reward of 50 men who do the same deed
50 men, so the Sahaba of the Allahu Anhu said Yasuda Allah 50 of them or 50 of ORs. So the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said 50 of you.
So anyone who continues to do a bother and good deeds in the days of fitna, according to this hadith, he shall receive the reward of 50 of the Sahaba or the Allah.
Now, this doesn't mean that any one's better than the Sahaba far from
far from it, this is not the meaning. The meaning is that in certain D IDs in certain circumstances
this individual who will come late will receive a reward for that deed in that situation, we'll which will be 50 times the equivalent of a Sahabi. It'll be hola Juan, now in a similar situation, but of a Sahabi, who was never in that situation. Otherwise, if a Sahabi is in a situation, and a non Sahabi isn't a situation and they both perform the same deed, then without doubt the sahabi or the Allah and is far, far superior in every way. So this isn't general it's very specific. But still, if
a believer finds themselves in a difficult situation of fitna, and they remain patience and firm perseverance, and they continue to do their good deeds. Allah will grant and the reward of the Hijra to the sort of last Allahu alayhi wa salam
and the reward of 50 Sahaba Radi Allahu Anhu for the same day.
These are just some of the rules. I pray that Allah subhanho wa Taala Allah enable us all to understand, may Allah make it easy for us. And Allah strengtheners in
our difficulty, truth is we have still got it very lucky. We are very lucky we've still got it good. We are very fortunate. And we should always pray for alpha and protection. Subhan Allah compare ourselves to others who
are in great difficulty,
simply for being Muslim of claiming to be Muslim, or taking the name of Allah and His Apostle Sall Allahu alayhi wa salam. For us it may be a minor inconvenience, but for others, it's an existential threat.
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