Saif Morad – GUIDANCE Upon The Straight Path The Most Important Thing We Need

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.