Saif Morad – GUIDANCE Upon The Straight Path The Most Important Thing We Need
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My
dear brothers and sisters. What's going on? May
Allah
bless us with the best in this world
and the next.
Today, we're gonna talk about the most
important thing that you and I need.
Let's just say that if we don't get
it, then the end result is gonna be
something that we truly
don't want.
In the last video, we discussed Surah Al
Fatiha
and the importance of this Surah and what
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is saying to us
while we recite this Surah in our salah.
And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala divided this Surah
into 2 parts. The first part is all
about praising Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and glorifying
tells us to ask him about one thing,
and that one thing is the greatest
thing that we need, the most important thing
that you and I as Muslims we need.
Allah
told us in this Surah, the only thing
to ask him for,
and that one thing is
guidance,
to guide us to his path,
the path of Islam, the path of the
Quran, the path of the sunnah,
the path that leads to Allah
And who is upon this path?
Path? The path of those individuals
who you have favored.
And Allah
tells us that who these individuals are.
Whoever
obeys
Allah
and his messenger,
and those are the individuals that will be
upon the people that Allah has favored from
the prophets,
the truthful,
the martyrs,
and the righteous.
And how great of a companion
are those individuals?
So not only are we asking Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala for guidance,
but we're asking him to guide us to
the path of those people
who Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala loves. He favored
and the end result is Jannah.
And at the same time we're asking Allah
to keep us away from the path of
those individuals
that have earned his anger and our astray.
Now we might ask
that if I'm reading the Quran and I'm
praying my salah and I'm doing good,
does that not mean that I'm guided, I'm
upon guidance?
The answer is no
because
we need
guidance
24
7. We're in dire need of Allah
guiding us, guiding us to his path, increasing
us in guidance, and most importantly, keeping us
steadfast
upon that path.
Because the purpose is not just to know
the path of guidance,
but to actually act upon that path, to
be steadfast upon that path, to be continuous
on that path
until we breathe our last breath.
And if we look at the prophet salallahu
alaihi wa sallam,
and he is our example, he is our
role model, and who can be closer to
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala than the prophet salallahu
alaihi wa sallam? He knew Allah the most,
he was the most conscious, the most fearful
of Allah,
and Anas says
that the prophet, salallahu
alaihi wa sallam used to frequently du'adi supplication.
O turner of hearts, keep my heart firm
upon your
religion, upon your way.
So Anna said, you Rasulullah,
oh messenger of Allah,
we believe in you and what you brought.
Do you fear for
us? He said, yes. Because the hearts
are in between the two fingers from the
fingers of Allah
and he turns them how he wants.
So if the prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam
is making this dua' while being his messenger,
while receiving revelation from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,
then my dear brothers and sisters,
how badly do we need guidance?
And we see the example
that how people change,
and we might know people like this. Once
upon a time, we saw them. They were
righteous, and they were doing good deeds, and
they were trying their best, and all of
a sudden, a whole switch.
A complete turnaround, and now they are far,
far away from
Allah. And guidance doesn't just mean to do
many, many, many good deeds,
but it means to do it sincerely for
the sake of Allah
in the way that he loves.
And what is the way that he loves?
Is how the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam
showed us to worship Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
Shaitan is not gonna leave us alone,
he's gonna do his best. Today we might
be upon guidance, but we don't know what
the end result is. We don't know what
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has written for us.
And shaitan is gonna try his best, and
he's gonna be patient.
He knows us better than we know ourselves.
He knows our weaknesses. He knows how to
come to us and push our buttons,
and he will wait for his opportunity.
Imam Ahmed, when he was on his deathbed,
his son narrates
that he was going in and out of
consciousness,
and then he was saying, not yet, not
yet.
So he feared for his father and then
when his father came to consciousness
and he said, oh my father, you were
saying not yet. What did you mean by
this?
So Imam Ahmed said
that, I saw shaitan
and he was biting his hand.
And he told me that, you know, Ahmed,
you got away from me. And Imam Ahmed,
may Allah's mercy be upon him, said that
not yet not until I leave
this world
am I truly saved from your plan. And
if Imam Ahmed,
a giant in this religion,
feared for his faith,
for his guidance until his last breath,
then it shows us the importance of guidance
and to be continuous upon the path of
guidance
and to die upon
guidance.
And the believer that it is a state
that they do their best, they try their
best, but they are also fearful
about what the end result is. And Allah
promised
us
that the ones who strive and do good
will get the good ending.
And
he's saying
that whoever strives in our way,
strives to get closer to Allah, Subhanahu Wa
Ta'ala.
We guarantee
that we will guide them to our path.
And that Allah, Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, is with
those individuals
who who strive and struggle to worship Allah
in
the best manner that they can. And Allah
speaks truth.
That if we struggle and we are sincere
to Allah
that we will be blessed with a beautiful
ending,
with an eternity of happiness.
Not only in the hereafter, but also in
this way Allah
will bless us with a beautiful life.
Today's exercise is,
number 1, to really reflect and ponder over
our situation.
What is our situation when it comes to
guidance?
How important is guidance to us?
What am I willing to do
to get closer to Allah
If we look at the amount of people
in the world today,
and amongst them, how many Muslims there are,
and amongst the Muslims, how many people are
rightly guided, are moving towards Allah
And once we come to realize that how
important guidance is,
the second step is to constantly be asking
Allah for guidance.
And if we look at our lives, we
will see that we fluctuate during the year.
Sometimes we're struggling, sometimes we're doing really good.
So we constantly ask Allah
to guide us, to guide us to his
path, to guide us to the things that
he loves. And Allah
will definitely answer the dua of the one
who is sincere to him. So may Allah
guide us, and not only guide us, but
guide our family
and our friends. And we also make dua
for those individuals
who we'd love. We ask Allah to guide
them. Until next time.