Yahya Rhodus – Futuwwa The Privilege of Service
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The speaker discusses the concept of "frustration," which is the ability to enjoy something in a way that is rewarding and joyful in one's life. They also discuss the importance of having a deep spiritual connection to one's heart and serving others. The concept of "frustration," which is the ability to enjoy something in a way that is "back into the heart," is also discussed. The importance of having a deep spiritual connection to one's heart and being a woman with a history of prayer is also discussed.
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We were still looking at many of these meanings of fatawa spiritual
shivery. And there are a multitude of meanings that we've discussed.
And there are still more to come. Because this is such an important
concept, such an overarching concept that relates to how it is
that we should be as believers. This is something that you and I
need to embark upon to make a reality in our lives. But it
requires that we roll up our sleeves, and that we strive for
his sake subhanaw taala and ask him to grant us with something of
this reality. And when it becomes a part of us, and it sinks down
deep within us. It's fruits will manifest on our limbs, its fruits
will manifest on our tongues, its fruits will manifest in the
various things that we do, and the actions that we do. And so all of
these meanings pertain to what was considered to be beneficial
knowledge, that knowledge that is so important that we acquire while
we're here on Earth, such that we prepare for the meeting with our
Lord subhanho wa taala, and the loneliness in the grave. And the
next trait is that, as these great people who came before us realized
is for us to have sort of that we take joy Bhima Ohira hope in the
hidden mateesah Ed, that we take joy in the privilege of serving
our master subhanho data, our hikma or service of Allah, and all
of the different forms that takes the worship that we have directly
of him subhanho wa Taala and then other things that are still
considered to be worship, even if outwardly were serving people or
helping people, all of these different forms if this and see
attention is sincere. Ultimately it is for Allah subhanho wa Tada.
And here, it's not just an encouragement to serve, or to
worship, or to do acts of righteousness. Of course, when it
comes to shiver, it's going to be a step above what we already know.
We all know that's something that we should do. We should love to be
people of worship. But here, it's so true. It's taking joy, in that
finding deep seated delight and happiness in that hikma of Our
Lord subhanho wa taala, our master to be adequate to Allah, and we
are all his servants who are to Allah. And so this is how it is we
should be as believers, when we stand up to worship, we should do
so with joy. When we are in the service of his creation, we should
do so with joy. And this is one of the many but one of the most
important traits of the heart that leads to multiply reward. Someone
who does what they have to do because they have to do it. That's
the station, or at least that they're doing something that they
need to do. But someone who does so out of joy, and out of
happiness, and out of love and out of gratitude. And with exaltation.
And all of these other great traits of the heart, these traits
that are primarily inwardly, this is why there's such a difference
between two peoples forms of worship. everybody prays the same
amount of records outwardly for the obligatory prayers, but our
prayers are very different qualitatively speaking. And that
primarily gets back to our state of heart. Yes, of course, our Eman
in our degree of certitude but also these great traits that stem
from that heart that has this certitude and this is one of the
important ones we have so ruled. And if you look at what it says
here, the language is very precise. And it's very difficult
to convey that in a literal translation. Be my healer Allahu,
that someone that's a * for someone for something is someone
that has the qualifications to do so. But here's translated slightly
different here be my real Allah Who, what he's been enabled to do,
ie, it's a privilege. It's a privilege. What a privilege, a
blessing and honor that Allah Tala has given us
We can remember him that we can worship him that we can serve. So
look at the difference between the archetype of a person that is so
common in multiple in previous times as well. But especially in
our time, that narcissistic personality that feels this deep
sense of entitlement, and everything is centered around
them. And they feel deserving for all these different things that
they have in between the servant of Allah to Allah, who doesn't
feel entitled at all, for anything, that this person feels
that they're an absolute need of their Lord and every blessing that
has come to them, that they are aware that it is from Allah
subhana wa Tada and that they are deserving of nothing, absolutely
nothing. What a great state to be in. So here to be enabled to have
the privilege to worship and to serve. This is a great blessing.
And from here, this is one of the great traits of those who are
going to successfully serve this deen and anytime
they don't see the deen as being in need of them. They don't see
the Dawa, and a call to a lot His Messenger being in need of them.
They see themselves as being a need to serve. So they don't see
when they see and that takes that manifest when you do something for
someone is that there's not what's called min where you remind them
what it is that you've done. Reminding someone of your charity
that you've done for them, whether it's actually giving them wealth
or doing something nice for them actually nullifies its reward. So
we have to be very careful. We can nullify an abundant amount of
reward with one work. Because we don't you remember what I did for
you. You treat me like that when I did that for you. Don't you
recall? Right, you were this and that and now look where you are.
You wouldn't be there without me. I was a biller and you person
who's saying that, and where were you as if you got where you were
because there's something that you've done. We're not to be for
other people that helped you. And ultimately everything is from
Allah subhanho wa Tada. But this touches upon something that's very
important and right at the heart of spiritual chivalry, we see
ourselves being in need of Allah to add in every single moment. We
are the ones that need worship, Allah doesn't need our worship.
We're the ones that need to serve his Deen, Allah, tada doesn't need
us. And if we don't feel like that, and actually do it
outwardly, Allah will get rid of us and bring someone else. And the
people that Allah data brings, there'll be even better than we
were. This Diem does not need us. Rather, it is an honor for us to
serve it. And at the same time, the good that you hear that is
coming to the OMA of the prophesy centum it is perfectly fine. And
we're encouraged to want to have an abortion, to be a miftah to be
a key that opens up the doors of goodness, to be a means for the
spread of guidance to be a means for the establishment of the
banners of guidance. This is one of the great blessings of Allah
subhanaw taala. And it's of course, this is something that you
want to take part in so that you can be honored in the sight of
Allah subhana wa Tada. And then there's also a mention here of
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and that it's a bit unclear what he means that this goes back to
the kidmore This is how one should be in relationship to the bounty
of Allah subhanaw taala in their Lord. Allah perhaps is clarified
in the statement by the great early Imam Yahya bin Murad where
he said men suddenly be hit me de la sedated I shall be hit Mati.
Whoever finds joy in serving Allah.
Other things in creation. Here he said a shot he didn't say a shot
people meaning beyond people a shot things in this includes
animals and inanimate objects, in addition to human beings, selected
a shot other things will take joy in serving Him.
Other things will take joy in serving Him. And this is the
beautiful thing is that Subhanallah you don't want other
things to serve you but you serve Allah and other things will serve
you. You turn away from the world it will come running towards you,
you run towards it, it runs away from you. These IGP things and
creation that we know from the sunnah of our Prophet sallallaahu
sinner, you only fear Allah, other things will fear you that you have
haev of Allah, other people of Haven and other things will have
hatred of you. This is the way the Latina has made his creation. And
when you chase the means they run away from you. But if you detach
yourself and you rely upon a
Law who creates everything Subhana what data he subjugates things to
you and makes things easy for you. And even if when you remain in the
means, because you do remain in the means you will find divine
facilitation in it. And so woman Cadet I know Billa Cadet angular
shape another ELA. And again, someone who takes this great joy
in the bounty of Allah soprano, that becomes a quarter tonight.
And we all know that but that hadith where our Prophet said at
the end of it, we'll do a let's Kuru to it for Salah, the coolness
of my eyes, which is one way of translated that, but here the
quarter to the 18th. What was the quarter to iron of the prophesy
son Salah prayer, that's where his joy was in prayer. And I remember
when asking my teacher about this, is that he explained it in a very
beautiful way. And they one of the words for cool in Arabic is
hotter. So you have have in common, so one of the daughters of
the prophesy centum, per se, and that is Allah McWeeny. And how to
what Qatar, oh, Allah suffice him from being hot or cold. And so in
the middle of the winter, saying it would sweat, and in the middle
of the summer, he would be dressed warmly, and will be cold, he
wouldn't feel what other people would normally feel even outwardly
speaking. And of course, there's very profound spiritual meaning to
that DUA and supplication of our Prophet as well, subtle ly Senem.
But then the RW speak about different types of tears. And when
there's tears of grief and sadness, they were warm tears, but
when they're tears of joy and happiness, they refer to them as
cold tears. And so then you have from this idea of cold tears that
come from car, the carotid Ain. Okay, and so this idea of the
coolness of ice, ie, these tears that you shed out of joy, when
you're pleased with something.
So this is why the great people who truly know what to ask for, if
they were to ask for one thing, those who really know and they
know the station of Satan, Edo Sula, and they know all of the
other gifts that come to you, from Allah to Allah by virtue of the
Prophet sallallahu sallam, they're what they would ask for then is to
be the codeine of Rasulullah sallallahu Sana
IE is that they please the Prophet sallallahu sallam, in all of their
different states and everything that is that they've been given,
and all of the stages of their life, everything that they say
everything that they do everything that is related to them, and that
is the greatest muscle of the greatest thing of all that you can
ask for. If in all of your states, all of the stages of your life,
everything that you do everything that you say, you are pleasing,
the Rasulullah sallallahu sallam, you know that when the Prophet is
pleased, Allah only allows him to be pleased with what is pleasing
to Him. Subhana wa Tada. In other words, you are preparing yourself
if you are granted that great thing that you're asking for, to
receive the highest degree of contentment of Allah subhanaw
taala that translates in the greatest list of all which is
gazing upon his noble countenance Subhana wa Tada in the next world.
And so this is the way these people are. They want all of their
states to be pleasing todo su De la sala liason and, and there's so
many people that have heard the Quran and the Sunnah, and
presented to him and presented had it presented to them in ways that
on top, it's oftentimes the people who are presenting it are talking
the language of the Quran and Sunnah, which is truth, but the
Lisanne had had their state, their mute eloquence is not one that is
really calling to the Quran and the Sunnah, and then people get
confused. And then also people have this idea of the Sunnah. They
don't really know what it means they feel distant from it. They
don't know how to really bring it into their life. They don't
understand the multiple dimensions outwardly and inwardly and
sometimes people restricted to only a few aspects of the Sunnah
outwardly, and this is a great disservice to the OMA of our
prophets, Eliza, the people of Allah understand what it means to
follow the Sunnah, and every time and every in all of their
different states. And that's a knowledge that you and I need, in
belief as part of that learning outcome effect is part of that
learning the thick of the clue the the various ways that we should be
in when heart is part of it. Learning how to be before our Lord
is part of it inwardly and outwardly how to be with other
people inwardly and outwardly is also part of it. The sunnah of our
prophesy centum is comprehensive. There is no state or no
circumstance that you could be in except there is guidance from the
Prophet subtle I sent him some people know some people don't know
it, but
When you sit before the true inheritors, there is not a
question that you will ask them that is of benefit to you in
reality that relates to you implement and similar except that
you get the very best of answers, they will clarify to you how it is
to live the Sunnah of the Prophet sallallahu sallam, in that
particular circumstance, whether it's hardship or whether it is
ease or whatever it might be, whether it relates to something
that happened with someone else, or relates to something you're
going through individually. But this is what we want, we want to
raise our spiritual aspiration. And to have that our quarter IMB
like that of the prophesy centum that it be in prayer, because this
is our connection to Allah subhanho wa Tada. And then in
general, that when we ask for something, that we want to be the
quarter that I know that our souls that I sent him, I imagine the
rough mud that the OMA is going to receive by virtue of the province
has sent me on my piano. Imagine how merciful he is. But then
imagine if your beloved to the prophesy center. Imagine then if
you're his quarter to aim, lay the law. And don't think that this is
distant. This is attainable. This is attainable. This is one of the
things that our teachers said recently, quoting, the great email
a little bit Hussein Mandela had the great Imam who passed away
fairly recently. And that on the hit that his day of passing was
recently that centuries ago, and buried in the blesses city of
Messina, not too far from Didim, is it he said that don't ever
think that you shouldn't ask Allah subhanaw taala for great things.
Because if Allah to either put that in your heart to ask for it's
a sign that he wants to give it to you, but ask for it, feeling in
your heart that you're entirely undeserving of what is it you're
asking for, ask for great things have high aspiration, want to be
the Buddha at the end of the Prophet sallallahu sallam, and
then take steps in the right direction. And you'll be
surprised. Sometimes it's just very small steps, and the doors
start to open. And there's not just one or two or three or four
stories about this, how many people do we people in this room
know, and there's not many people in here? And because of this
situation, we are locked out of war distribution off of us and
from the home of our prophesizing from our people. Yeah, I mean, but
how many people that are even listening? Do people know stories
of individuals that were good people, but then the door opened
up for them, to have a connection, an increased connection with the
Prophet sallallahu Sena. And then the blessings that came for that
were abundant, and were many. And the more that we start to live
these meanings, Illa Allah, the more than that, we will then start
to seek the fruits of these meanings that translate into a
life that is lived in that a way that is pleasing to Allah, in
pleasing to the Messenger of Allah and then when this person
transitions, if they're the quarter to dine of Rasulullah
sallallahu sallam, Allah, how was the prophet going to meet them?
How was he going to treat them? How was he going to welcome them?
How's it going to be at his house and satellites and him? How's it
going to be at the Surat? How's it going to be in Ghana? Because the
Prophet visit is on my agenda. May Allah Allah bless us all, to have
a strong connection to the Sula in May we all be the quarter that I
never saw. Salalah there is an in follow in the footsteps of our
teachers and to understand what it is that they're trying to teach
us. And to enable us to understand that and to put it into practice,
and to be a source of guidance for many other people and the lands in
which we live. Yahama Yahama Ronnie, may Allah Allah give us
Tofik and all of our different affairs will sell a lot as you
know Muhammad and I don't use me send them well. hamdu Lillahi
Rabbil Alameen