Suhaib Webb – Imam Malik & Governments
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This has been definitely a journey for us
as we go through this text. And,
it's a slow a slow drip, but it's
very important.
We're talking now on in the context of
means to covet something and and and the
problem here is that what was lost in
the discussion is the idea
of means that I think that something can
intrinsically benefit me or harm me and that's
problematic because that should belong to Allah alone
if I'm seeking Allah and worshiping Allah because
if not then I may be compromised.
And that's why Imam imam
when he would find himself in the presence
of of, you know, the governors and the
political leaders of his time, he would say,
never this happened except Allah
removed
any sense of awe of these people from
my heart because
that would lead to be and then that
would lead to being compromised. And that's why
scholars encouraged
Bulama to avoid the.