Yahya Rhodus – Futuwwa Keep Continuous Repentance and Doubt that Your Repentance is Accepted
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The speakers discuss the benefits of learning from people with the Deen and Sun statement, including challenges faced by young people in society. They stress the importance of taking one's deens seriously and avoiding negative emotions. forgiveness of Allah's actions is key to flourishing in the world and avoiding sin. Consciously seeking forgiveness of Allah's actions is crucial to avoiding future negative experiences and bringing one's actions into one's life.
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Salam Alaikum as ain al
Rahim Al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen wa sallahu at so you
didn't know Mohammed in a shot of NBI you were studying early
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whatever in Knowmia CERN helium Indien while in a mountain
morpheme Berra Motyka or Hama rock, I mean, one of the greatest
blessings of Allah subhanaw taala after becoming Muslim is to have
clarity about the greatness of this Deen in to learn one's
religion from a pure source. This is one of the greatest blessings
of all, to learn from people that understand the deen in a very
pristine way. And when you learn it from them, everybody, of
course, is to a certain degree affected by their environment. But
the great inheritors of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi salam,
they're not affected negatively by their environment. They and on the
contrary, have a direct connection to Allah and the messenger of
allah sallallahu Sydenham, and they have an unbroken chain of
transmission and back to the Prophet sallallahu sent him that
enables them to understand very well the time in which we live,
and very well how it is that they need to then present the book of
ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada and the Sunnah of His Messenger, Salah,
liason him, and they are living examples of the Sunnah. And when
we talk of these great people in this sense, don't think that
they're gone, or they're a thing of the past, that Allah subhanaw
taala refuses that except to have special people remain on the face
of this earth, so that people can actualize their Eman and their
Islam and their son. They will always be here on the face of this
earth. Whether or not you are I or someone else knows them is a
different question. But they are there. And one of the things about
the time in which we live is that they tend to be a little bit more
hidden with some of the tendencies in the world Call it what you will
suck you the materials or whatever you will. However, when that type
of mentality pervades these people tend to be more and more hidden.
And some of them are still that very apparent, and very accessible
and very reachable. But to learn from people were that are that
presenting this deen and an unadulterated fashion. And to be
able to understand their guidance when you're exposed to that, you
know, immediately that it's truth. And I remember shortly after
becoming Muslim, having been to expose to a particular group, I
will refrain from mentioning the name. And this just so happened to
be some of the people that was around at the junior college that
I was enrolled in. And their understanding of the deen was
limited by didn't know any better at the time. And then we started
studying with scholars that have been trained. And this great
tradition that stems back to the messenger himself, the unbroken
chains of transmission, this immense scholarly tradition that
still is very much intact and exists all throughout the earth.
And how just immediately in the very first lesson, how a lot of
those other ideas you just thought * how limited they were,
and how surface level they were, and lacking substance. And how
when you sit before realized people who have sat before realize
people that are living the realities of this Deen you grasp
onto it. And this is nothing is more important for us. To that be
means for and no one's making any claims in these lands in which we
live, then to hopefully experienced that. But those people
don't come out of a void. They come from an environment. And
those environments have to be created so that then beautiful
people like that grown. And it might take a generation or two or
three or maybe a little bit more. But you start to see this first
fruits of that when young people don't have to go through that
stage where they need to unlearn much of what they've learned
religiously, where they can build upon a solid foundation, as
opposed to that not only be derailed in their religious
understanding, but have to relearn and unlearn much of what they
learned from the time that they were young. Imagine if you could
build a solid foundation and a young person
and then expose them throughout their life to that more and more
meaning. What they would then experience what they would then be
exposed to from the
lessons of this very blessed tradition. And one of the proofs
of it is its efficacy, when it is in a place and when the
environment is created, it gives results. And it produces amazing
people. And those people that they themselves see the fruit of their
labor, and of their understanding from the blessing of Allah
subhanho wa taala. So understanding our deen, clearly,
and a time where so many people are confused, is one of the great
challenges. And one of the great blessings for those that have
those opportunities to learn their Deen from pure sources. And when
you hear them speak, things are so clear to them. It's almost seems
like what they're saying is simple. And oftentimes, it's not
very complex. But people get confused, even though it might be
simple, because there's so many other ideas out there. There's so
many things that people think that they should be doing, or that they
think that they should be thinking about or that they think that they
should be entertaining in their minds. And they, when they present
this Deen, they do so in a way that were you really to sit down
and think about the way that the Companions themselves were,
it's actually very easy to come to the conclusion, yes, that's how
they would have understood it.
And we know that the people who come at the end of time will only
truly be rectified. By that same understanding that the early
people had, it doesn't mean that outwardly that things are gonna
all be the same. But it's the same spirit, that internally at the
level of the heart, it's the same, and it's the same principles as
well. And those principles have to be that enter into the heart of an
individual and then take root, and then synthesizing everything,
outwardly will be easy. We are masters synthesizers as believers.
But when this in this whole talk of identity, and all these other
things that people talk about, if you don't take into consideration
the spiritual dimension, you'll never truly get anywhere with that
type of talk. Because once you're realized and Ima and s&m, and SN
go anywhere, and you will act principally, you will engage
properly, you will be able to synthesize that what other people
find difficult and scratch their head and are confused over for
you. It's simple. If you're experiencing the realities of the
deen, that whether you live in the United States of America or any
other country, you know, you'll know exactly what it is that you
need to do. And in that regard, one of our teachers said, which
was very profound, simple, but very profound. And this is really
what we need. And this is the Prophetic understanding, as long
as in the word that he used with IQ band, as long as you have
people that are turning to Allah, setting out on a path to get close
to Allah, taking their Deen, seriously all of the meanings of
about Kabbalah is a very rich word in the Arabic language, it's hard
just to have one word or a phrase that you use to translate it, in
literally means to that go towards something. But here, it means in
relation to your heart. It relates to dedication, it relates to
perseverance, all of these meanings, but taking your deen
ultimately, seriously, as long as there's people like that on the
face of this earth, there will be tribulations, warded off from all
of humanity, there will still be good that remains for all of
humanity, there will still be opportunities for people
throughout the world to live a life of purpose, which ultimately
lies in their knowledge of their Lord subhanho wa taala. And so
with that understanding, if you think about that, it's not hard
for us to grasp that. But the difficulty lies in, people can't
do that on an island by themselves. For the most part,
there has to be an environment for them to do that. There has to be
community, there has to be friends, there has to be families,
there has to be people that help you. You need to sit before people
who are realized who have traveled the path so that you can then
benefit from them.
And the other beautiful thing that was said in this regard, as long
as there's people that are doing what it is that we're supposed to
be doing, trying to strengthen our men, learn our religion, put it
into practice, and so forth and so on. This should be our number one
preoccupation, that we don't let anything else take its place. And
sometimes people will agree with that. They'll say, Yeah, okay, I
agree with that. But then if you look in practicality and reality,
what do they spend most of their time doing?
How much time do they spend on social media and looking at things
that aren't really going to help them in any way? How much time do
they spend that watching the news or that reading about what's
happening in the world, I'm not saying that you don't remain
aware, you should be aware of what's happening in the world.
However, what are we doing, and of our own selves, to bring about
change.
And when we see things as such, that we first and foremost, have
to be concerned for our own selves, you have to realize that
there's only so much that you can do as an individual.
And don't let your desire to want to help prevent you from doing
what it is that you can do to actually help.
Because if everybody had that perspective, that they got
themselves right first, and then they helped everyone else get
right, that was in their circle of influence. And that was the focus,
just as if everybody that took care of themselves financially,
and then took care of their immediate circle of influence
financially. This is the way that we view things as Muslims, they
take care of their family, first and foremost, and then your close
neighbors, and then people that you know, and so if everybody's
doing that, there's going to be less reliance upon the state and
on government funding and things of this nature. And then
ultimately, that the state there is to fill those gaps. But this
individual responsibility is a should this should be a part of
our perspective, it should be that the way that we view things that
first and foremost, we begin with our own selves. And again, that we
know that. But oftentimes, there is this cognitive dissonance, and
sometimes we speak of the meaning, but it's not the way we actually
act in practice. And the other thing that was, can be said in
this regard, as, as, as it has been said, is that when there are
people that are focusing on what we really should be doing,
it's a means of protecting us from those who are doing what they
should not be doing.
Their people that are either consciously or subconsciously,
that sowing corruption in the earth. Because all wrong that
happens in the earth stems from the hands of human beings.
We know this is the Quranic perspective, the huddled facade,
if anybody would be my castle, but ad NAS, is that facade corruption
has appeared on Earth, in the land in the sea, from that which
people's hands have wrought. It comes from what people do. And if
people are that disbelieving, and Allah in disbelieving in this
obeying Allah, we know what there's going to be a result that
people are going to unfortunately, that taste the bitterness of what
happens as a result, this is the way creation works. And then the
opposite is true as well. If people are taking their religion
seriously, and they're getting themselves together, and they are
that noticing that what it is that they do wrong, and they turn to
their Lord, time and time again. And they ask Allah subhanaw taala
for forgiveness, there are results. And this is also the
Quranic perspective. And look at what Allah to Allah says, in
Surah, to no vocal does dog food or a book home, and no kind of a
foreigner, that say, seek the forgiveness of your Lord, indeed,
that he has ever forgiving. And then look what Allah to Allah
mentions after that. This is one of the proofs is that seeking the
forgiveness of Allah is the key for things to be right in the
world. It's the key for us to flourish in the way that it's
possible in the worldly sense. By seeking forgiveness of Allah to
Allah.
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you. And that he will that provide with children
that we didn't know him Why don't have any he'll get provide you
with wealth in with children, and he will give you gardens and he
will give you rivers subhanho wa taala. All of that comes from that
state of seeking the forgiveness of a lot of adequate data. And
this is why the scholars that have the path, they always spoke about
the importance of this too far. And the Illuma that of the
shittier that we learn from them, that it's an obligation to repent
from every sin.
But you learn from the people who are traveling the spiritual path
is that it is from the
traits of chivalry to continuously repent, to repent over and over
time and time again. And they say on top of that, you should also
that worry that it will not be accepted.
On top of repenting continuously, you should worry that it won't be
accepted, because the frame of Toba of repentance, it should be
understood in the following way is that sin is like poison,
it will harm you, and ultimately, that it will kill you spiritually.
And it will prevent you from your beloved,
being close to the ALLAH SubhanA, WA Tada. And then from his
creation, being close to the messenger, those who are beloved
to Allah, it will come in the way between us and closeness to Allah
and His messenger and the righteous. And with that frame,
that repentance takes on a whole other meaning. Because then when
we are given this choice of to do something, or not to do something,
if you think about the pain of separation that is involved in
that not being with your beloved,
it motivates you then to leave that very thing.
And this is exactly what doing things that is displeasing to
Allah subhanaw taala does, and that the scholars, they speak
about the conditions of repentance. And they say in
general, there are three, the heart of them is remorse. Because
our Prophet said, and Nedum Toba, that a Nedum tell Toba remorse is
repentance. In other words, it's the essence of repentance. And
from that remorse, then it leaves someone lead someone to leave what
it is that they were doing, which is the second thing.
And that leads them as well to have what's called Azim firme
resolution, to never do it again.
And remorse is important. And remorse is not that you just lay
down on the ground like a rag, and don't do anything. No Remorse is
active, it actively burns up the traces of that sin and prepares
the heart to be in a state that is more likely to be accepted with
Allah.
And it motivates you then because of that feeling. You don't want to
experience again, to not go back to that particular thing.
And so remorse is important. And it should motivate us to get our
act together. And then the fourth condition is if it relates to
someone else, if you've misappropriated something, if the
sin is between you and another person, then you have to rectify
that wrong. But the scholars of the path, they add this aspect of
being worried about whether your repentance is going to be accepted
or not. And not just repenting, because if you think about it,
that there are so many opportunities in the day. If you
look at many of the invocations that we recite in the morning, in
the evening, the first thing we say after every prayer, so for the
last offer last offer law, that what do we say that and some of
the invocations after the prayer, the invocation some the invocation
is that we say before it is that we go to bed, that multiple
opportunities throughout the day, before you enter into a masjid,
right, you sit inside and watch upon the Prophet and you ask Allah
to forgive you and to open up the doors of his mercy, many different
opportunities. So we should bring this into our lives, where we that
repent through that the various invocations that we save for the
various things that we do throughout the day. And if we fall
short anyway, immediately that we repent to Allah to Allah, and at
specific times, especially like before going to bed, we're
bringing this into our life, because this is fitting for us as
servants of Allah subhanaw taala. Knowing that it is that we fall
short. But the key is, is that we go from a state where we're just
saying it with our tongue or not, let alone not saying it at all,
that we're we tried to start bringing us into our lives, but
then we attempt to have presence of heart and they mentioned a
story that said it one time observed a man who had finished
praying and then he said that alarm India stoves were to boil IK
and he did it very quickly. Oh Allah, I seek your forgiveness.
And I relent unto you, and then say no Annie that he told him, he
says that. Just just saying I seek forgiveness of Allah very quickly
with the tongue is the Toba that could have been
These This is the repentance of those who are not sincere in their
repentance, he says, and that Toba needs Toba,
that way of seeking repentance needs a further seeking of
repentance seeking forgiveness. And this is one of the things
that, that
see the rabbit that said that are still far are seeking forgiveness
needs seeking forgiveness, because of the way that we're doing it.
And that opens up a door for us of humility. It's not that oh, we
sought the forgiveness of Allah. And we're done that what is our
state, we should move that more and more to a broken state, we
should move to a further state of humility. And then say 90 went on
to say is that real repentance includes six meanings, some of
what we've already spoken about. So I won't repeat those.
But he adds to it, that, that replacing what it is that we are
doing, with good that training ourselves to that deal with the
bitterness of obedience, so that we can that avoid that which the
we can avoid that which we found pleasurable, previously, from the
acts of disobedience, adorning ourselves with obedience, and then
that weeping.
This is one of the that important parts of this, forcing ourselves
to weep before Allah, because we know our states,
we know what we've done.
And Inshallah, two out of those are the some of the best moments
of our lives. If Allah gives us two week to week before him,
because we know our state, and we know how needy we are of His mercy
subhanho wa Taala instill, as we are taught, that there's a state
of worry, that won't be accepted. And then after this, we'll of
course, move into a state of we don't remain always in a state of
fear, we move to a state of hope, we go back to a state of fear, we
always are, it's like two wings of a bird. We're moving back and
forth to both. But if we bring this into our lives, that there'll
be a sweetness that comes from it. Because the more we repent, the
more that we remove sin from our life, the more polished the mirror
of the heart becomes, the more it is they will benefit from
gatherings of goodness, the more it is that will be impacted by the
Koran and by the words of our Prophet sallallahu sallam, and all
of that will lead to the sweetness of faith, and it will lead to that
proximity to Allah subhanaw taala which is that state of heart when
you remember him, you don't feel distant, you don't feel cut off.
You don't feel hard internally. Rather, that that meaning you're
you're close to Allah subhanaw taala in relation to the meanings
of the his remembrance is that it's a closeness of heart. And
this is something that is that very beautiful, and something that
is that we should all be striving towards me a lot of autodata bless
us to be from the Turabian except all of our prayers Dr. Hamid Amin,
and to bless us to receive the fruits of having repented
continuously, also a lot as in Muhammad and Urdu sabe Salam Hamdu
lillahi rabbil aalameen