Yahya Rhodus – Futuwwa Persevering in Truthfulness Despite the Circumstances
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Salah more Allah Rahim Al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen wa off lot
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Muhammad and what I heard he was so happy he was self image Manuel
Subhana Allah Al Milena Ilana I loved Hannah in the country Alima
Hakeem What are hola what a Quwata illa Billahi OLALIA Alim we think
are lower subhanho wa taala. For the blessing of Eman and the
blessing of faith and the blessing of clean of certitude and at
Hamdulillah. There is no blessing greater than the blessing of iman
to believe in Allah subhanaw taala to believe in the messenger of
allah sallallahu ala early he was so happy to Salem, and really only
someone who has tasted the darkness of disbelief, the
constructiveness of disbelief. the wretchedness of this belief can
truly appreciate the blessing of a man and for those who have been
blessed with Eman from the time that they were born and born into
a family of believers in and grew up with that faith even though
when they start practicing their Deen they do feel internally a
type of rebirth that is similar to the one who enters into the deen,
however, is that when you have experienced the bitterness of
disbelief, then you truly come to know the sweetness of Eman and
this is something that Allah subhanho wa Taala has given the
true believers that they taste the sweetness of Eman this is what we
want. Nothing is greater than tasting the sweetness of Eman and
when you taste the sweetness of being man you that you will then
cling to the way that led to you tasting that sweetness and from
the blessing of Allah to Allah is that it just keeps getting sweeter
and sweeter. It keeps getting more and more and more beautiful. And
to the degree that we taste that sweetness of Eman will be to the
degree which that we're able to face, the trials and tribulations
of life. Life's vicissitudes. This is what we need, nothing is more
important. Nothing is more important. And there are people
that all of a sudden after receiving the vaccine think that
they're safe. Forgetting that what our Prophet Salah liason told us
that, where our Edgell is where time that we're going to pass is,
is that and he drew this out for them satellites, and there's
different narrations of the Prophet drawing it out to them.
But then he drew lines like this, and your Edgell your appointed
term is surrounding you.
And all these different things are coming at you. If one thing misses
you, it could be something else. And if that misses you, it could
be something else. And if that misses you, it could be something
else. And some people Subhanallah live into their 90s with very few
complications and other people, the whole of it or go to bed toss
away at a very early age shortly after they're born. And then
there's that lots of different ways that people die in between.
And the point of this is is not that we don't take the ASVAB and
all of its different forms. The point of this is, the blessing of
the man is that we take the means but we don't rely upon the means.
And that we our reliance is upon Allah subhanho wa taala. And we
come to gatherings like this and sing the praises of our prophesy
center because we know the more Salawat that we send upon him. The
more that we mentioned him the more that we come to learn about
him the more that we follow his way, the more our Eman
strengthens. And the more that our mat Eman strengthens, the more
they will taste the sweetness of faith and the more that we will
taste the sweetness of faith, the easier it will be for us to
traverse through life and everything that we have to deal
with in life. Because we have to know that as believers,
there is a particular trait that is indeed one of the traits of
photo spiritual chivalry. And this trait is oftentimes likened to a
sword
because that a sword is something that used to cut through that if
there's a lot of foliage like the property that we're on now and you
want to walk through the back, you might need a machete of some sort
to clear the path or some type of machinery whatever it is that
you're going to do, but that they refer to this great trait of sick
as being sort of like because if you have this trait of sick,
truthfulness trueness you'll be able to cut through a lot of the
circumstances you face meaning is that you'll be able to remain firm
to the principles of this Deen in light of difficulty, in light of
the Messiah was in the whisperings of Shelton in light
I have that some things that your Nuff said, I'm out of a soup,
you're nuts that come as too evil wants to do and you know that you
shouldn't do, you're able to remain firm.
And we might go through one situation where we are
simultaneously being attacked. And yes, the language is one of
warfare, because the greatest war of all is do or with our internal
enemies, our own self, and though Assange was was shaytaan, and this
is the war of our time in which we live, it is an internal war. And
this is the one that you and I focus on. And this is the one that
is that we actually step onto the battlefield every single day, from
the time that we wake up in the morning till the time that we go
to sleep at night. This is an ongoing battle. And it is indeed,
that as has been related in a weak Hadith, that the greater jihad,
the jihad of the knifes and this is the understanding of those who
came before us for centuries upon centuries. And just as it is the
understanding of those who are speaking in the name of Rasulullah
sallallahu Sallam in this very time in which we live. And the way
that these scholars refer to sip is that they say there must be
melasma to sip. We must maintain truthfulness
such that we're not affected negatively by the various
circumstances we experience and when the see they'll talk over the
great new mama Junaid, Adi Allahu anhu, he was asked Massey for to
Sophia. And I use this little word from the time before, he says,
What is the trait of the Sufi, or of the Sufis, the people, and he
said, regionalen Sadako, ma de la la. They are men who have been
true to the pledge they made to Allah, He Jad, they are men who
are have been true, sick to the pledge that they have taken with
their Lord subhanho wa taala. And this is why some of them say how
can you could the true nature of truthfulness is HIF. We'll add
that being true to your pledges, what topical Mojo was at that had
and not that exceeding the bounds, sticking to your pledges, and
making sure that your inner state conforms with your outer states in
being steadfast upon the way of the people who came before us. And
this blessed verse, that Imam Junaid was referring to, it comes
in a series of verses and similar to the hijab and that the two
verses before that is that Allah subhanaw taala says about the
Messenger of Allah, Allah God can Allah configure so they like us
we're tuned hacer una is indeed that you have in the Messenger of
Allah an excellent example. An excellent example. And they
mentioned particularly in relation to how it is that you and I face
affliction. And then of course, it applies generally to everything.
The greatest examples out of the prophesy some a shudder, Nas,
Bella and Ambia. This is the nature of the world. Those who
received the most tribulations are the prophets and then that are
those those that are closest to them, and then those that are
closest to them. And Allah gives them the state of Eman in belief
that they need to be able to face all of that. But no one was
afflicted like our Prophet sallallahu sallam, and all of the
different ways that we kind of understand affliction and then
those that we don't, because I heard one of our teachers say is
that the greatest tribulation that the Prophet sighs and a went
through was because he had so much love in his heart for Allah, that
he wanted to meet his Lord, but he had to stay here to convey the
message. So you and I could be guided. Imagine if the prophet
never returned from the lentes on Earth, which is coming up in the
blessed month of Rajab, which we're about to enter, imagine if
he never returned, where would you and I be, he came back, after
being in the Divine Presence of Allah Jalla Jalla Allah, so you
and I can find our way here in the dunya. And when you start to think
about that, the ones that you really love, sometimes you only
think about loving them, but we have to realize to really be with
them, we have to die.
May Allah give us all long lives in his obedience, and be healthy,
and be free of tribulation. And if we experienced your mission, maybe
be firm, but you start to realize is that the ones that you really
love, some of them are still alive, but eventually they're all
going to return to Allah. And then think about what love does for you
then in relation to your perspective of the world. It
changes it because as long as you're still alive, it's not the
true life. Right? The Arcada is the dot and HIO and the true life
he'll Haiwan that is the true life, the abode of the Ark of the
afterlife. But we need to be strong when it comes to these
things, this is not a time for us to weaken, all of us are weak, but
is a time that we need to recognize that we're weak before
Allah and they don't give us strength. And to understand this
collectively, and the one who's speaking about these right now,
I'm the worst of all you in relation to these meanings. But
I'm hoping to speak about them to call my own self to these meanings
because I believe in them is this added to doubting Felicity in this
world, and the next, the more that we can maintain a state of civic
of truthfulness, the more that we will then be able to navigate the
various circumstances that we go through. And so Allah to our
efforts mentions, the Messenger of Allah as an excellent example for
who the main Kana yojo Allah was don't want out here for those that
have hope and Allah and the afterlife well that got a look at
the urine. And they mentioned Allah subhanaw taala remember him
abundantly? And then Allah Tada says, Well, let me know that.
And when the believer saw the enemy Alliance Palu What did they
say? Hi there, my word and Allah who was who was sada calahorra
Soon, this is what Allah and His messenger had promised us. And
Allah and His Messenger have told the truth. What Mazzei doom in
that Eman and what's this Neiman? It only increased them in Imaan
faith into steam submission,
affliction, adversity. The context here is one of war battle. And the
same meaning applies as we will see, to the battlefield of life
that you and I all face. But then what does all tie say? Men and
meaning are the John Sudoku Mirandola lay from among the
believers are men who have been true to the pledge that they have
made with Allah, for men who men Cadorna bow from among them are
those who will fulfill their pledge, ie with their lives. They
were martyred. Like saying Hamza bin Abdul Muttalib like Satan and
so when another like say NA Musab and Omar
woman whom onion Tada in from among them are those who are
waiting, like sitting Earth man, like say natal ha. woman whom in
that as our Prophet said SallAllahu Sallam in relation to
say natal ha ha me man cada Nava. This is from among those who have
been true to their pledge. And this is why some of them say is
that the same meaning of this meaning of being true to what the
pledge that we've taken with our Lord
doesn't just mean that it's to die on the battlefield as in the case
of the Sahaba who are fighting in a just war with the messenger,
Salah Lysa. This applies in general to Nosler to Deen anyone
that devotes their life to the service of the religion, to give
victory to Allah and His Messenger, by learning the
prophetic inheritance, embodying it, helping teach people at being
means for people to experience it. This is the life and that the
those who strive in this way will receive the greatest rewards with
Allah subhanho wa taala. But this is their trait is that those there
are some that have gone and that have done so in the very best ways
and look at the way that they pass like the blessing brother of Sita,
have you only been happy the son of happy Muhammad Salah Have you
been fully matured? Look at the way that he passed. Isha hadn't
even entered in yet. And he brought it forth and prayed
Maghrib and Isha. And then that they were doing litanies recited
Yaseen sing and beside of the stuff and shortly after that he
passed, and he met, that his Lord subhanho wa Taala Look at the
beautiful way that these people returned to the Lord
and Allah blesses them with this because of the way that they spent
their lives. Woman No minion Tada and from among them are those who
are waiting in what is there a central trait? Well, my bed
dilutive Leila. In other words, they haven't changed anything at
all, ie they've remained steadfast on the pledge that they've made is
that they believe in Allah, and they believe in the Messenger of
Allah. And every time hardship comes their way is that they
approach that difficult circumstance was sick with
truthfulness, and then as a result
What Allah subhanaw taala facilitates that, that for them.
Not that it's easy outwardly, but Allah to Allah gives them Tofik,
to be able to that get through that difficult circumstance from
his blessings. subhanho wa taala. And so that these words of these
great Imams who came before us these traits of these great people
who came before us, this is how we want to be. This is what we want
to bring into our lives. And this is what we hope to remain firm
upon well my bed diluted Lila, when you sit before,
people have ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada that are the epitome of what it
means to be faithful to the pledge that we've taken with our Lord
subhanho wa taala. You realize then that there is a trust upon
your shoulders, to be true to their way, and to strive to the
extent possible, to cling to it, to uphold it. And to be a means
for other people as well, to latch on to it and to learn it and to
experience it. Because this is where safety lies. This is where
success lies. And this is where Felicity lies, and this is what we
want. We want to be like these great people are willing to
sacrifice what they have in this world, so that you can experience
the greatness of what Allah subhanho wa Taala has in store in
them in the next. And if you think of Satan and Osama bin Omar is
that he was someone that was very wealthy, that had the finest
clothing. And was that very well to do. But he was so that sincere
in his pledge, as were the other companions, because they said they
made an oath is that if the Prophet went to war, that they
were going to be steadfast by his side, even if it means that they
were martyred.
And he was one of those who was martyred in the Battle of ERT. And
when that, that, that they he had so few that he had lost everything
outwardly in the world, but gained everything internally is that even
in terms of the clothes that he was wearing, he said that his
shroud wouldn't even cover his head if he went up to his head
that his feet would show if he pulled it down to his feet that
his head would show. And this is the way that these people were and
that we hope to follow in their footsteps in May Allah Tabata
Katara that blesses not just to speak about these meanings. We
want to that internalize them. And from the blessing of the sending
side of Autopano prophet, and being happy and joyful to even say
his name, and to be happy and joyful to be in a state where
we're remembering Allah. And we're supplicating Allah, and we're with
fellow believers, in this process from the blessing of us coming
together, despite all of our shortcomings, and everything that
we know about our own selves and how much that we do. That is
contrary to what we say, May Allah make these realities within us and
bless us to be people of silk, and that when we face hardship and
difficulties to dig down deep to do so, in a way similar to these
great people, and that we're reminded that by virtue of our
Eman, there are certain principles that we have to adhere to my Allah
Tabata Katara bless us to be able to adhere to those principles and
die in that way, in a way that is pleasing to Him. subhanho wa Taala
also Lourdes in Muhammad and why did you stop yourself in 100?