Suhaib Webb – How To Measure Our Growth In Islam

You know, years ago, I used to measure

my religious growth in terms of events, like,

I'm gonna do this, it's gonna change this.

I'm gonna go to this conference, it's gonna

help this. I'm gonna, you know, go here,

and suddenly all my my life will be

completely better.

And, actually, as I got older, I realized

that that was sort of like a

a way to justify

not committing to long term change

but think about subhanah at the end of

Suratul Fett where Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala talks

about the growth of the Sahaba.

He says

that they were like a wheat a wheat

stem

that came from a seed. The seed is

the prophet

and over time they became strong

until they could stand

on their own.

So just like the seed needs time to

grow, healthy soil, healthy water,

enough sunlight so it can stand on its

own. The process of tarbiyah of a Muslim,

to plant yourself in the right kind of

soil and to grow over time and not

give yourself too much water or too much