Yahya Rhodus – Lesson – 4 His Blessed Names mid and Mamd

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The speaker discusses the names of Prophets and their associated characteristics, including the name of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and the use of praise for people. The speaker also mentions the importance of being praised for one's actions and being shown to
the best of creation. The speaker provides examples of the names of Prophets and their associated characteristics, including the name of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and the use of praise for people.

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			In the name of Allah, peace and blessings
		
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			be upon the Messenger of Allah, and upon
		
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			his family and companions, and upon those who
		
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			follow him.
		
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			The name of the Messenger of Allah, peace
		
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			and blessings be upon him, Muhammad, he is
		
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			the oft-praised.
		
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			Just as we have spoken a little bit
		
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			about the second name of our Prophet, peace
		
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			and blessings be upon him, Ahmad, which is
		
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			translated greatest of praisers.
		
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			So, Muhammad and Ahmad.
		
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			And then we have two other names that
		
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			are related to these names that were just
		
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			mentioned, but they're also derived from Hamidah-i
		
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			-Ahmadu.
		
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			So the name of our Prophet, peace and
		
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			blessings be upon him, Hamid, one of his
		
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			beautiful names.
		
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			And this is translated as praiser.
		
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			And then the name of our Prophet, peace
		
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			and blessings be upon him, Mahmud, raised one.
		
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			And so these are not emphatic forms as
		
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			opposed to the superlative of Ahmad and the
		
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			emphatic form Muhammad, who is the oft-praised.
		
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			And so anything that relates to praise, he
		
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			has a name, peace and blessings be upon
		
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			him, that points to that meaning.
		
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			And so in the book here, we have
		
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			Hamid, praiser.
		
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			The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him,
		
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			praised Allah himself and Allah's servants.
		
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			And he praises our good actions before Allah
		
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			in the intermediary realm whilst in the grave.
		
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			As he has said, peace and blessings be
		
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			upon him, my being alive is good for
		
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			you.
		
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			You perform acts and matters that are legislated
		
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			for you.
		
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			And when I die, my passing away shall
		
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			be good for you.
		
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			Your deeds will be shown to me.
		
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			And whatever good I see, I will praise
		
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			Allah.
		
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			And whatever bad I see, I will ask
		
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			Allah to forgive you.
		
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			This hadith is narrated by the Bazaar, peace
		
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			and blessings be upon him.
		
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			So no one praised Allah unconditionally like our
		
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			Prophet did, peace and blessings be upon him.
		
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			And he is the Hamid, the one who
		
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			praises Allah in the way that he is
		
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			deserving to be praised.
		
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			And so he praised Allah, peace and blessings
		
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			be upon him, just as there were certain
		
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			servants that he would praise.
		
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			And that our Prophet would use praise of
		
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			people to encourage people to do more.
		
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			Not for them to become deluded, but in
		
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			order to encourage them to do more.
		
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			To show that what they are doing is
		
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			the right thing.
		
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			And they would receive this praise from the
		
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			Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, which
		
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			they indicated this was a good thing to
		
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			do.
		
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			To draw near to the Lord and it
		
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			would cause them to do more.
		
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			It would give them hope.
		
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			And from the blessing of his radiant praise
		
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			that came from the most pure heart in
		
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			existence, they would be protected from the negative
		
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			aspects of what could come with praise.
		
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			And he praises our good actions before Allah.
		
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			So think about it.
		
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			Our actions are shown to him, peace and
		
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			blessings be upon him.
		
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			Our actions are shown to him.
		
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			How is the best of creation when our
		
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			actions are shown to him?
		
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			That in and of itself is enough for
		
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			us not to do wrong.
		
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			Do we really want a wrong action to
		
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			be shown to the best of creation?
		
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			May Allah forgive us.
		
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			Do we really want to hurt the heart
		
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			of our Prophet, peace and blessings be upon
		
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			him, who cares so much about us?
		
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			As opposed to doing good.
		
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			When he sees good, he thanks Allah.
		
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			He praises Allah, peace and blessings be upon
		
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			him, when we do good.
		
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			And then his name, peace and blessings be
		
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			upon him, is Mahmood.
		
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			He is praised because Allah praises him.
		
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			So Mahmood praised one.
		
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			As do his servants.
		
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			So Allah praises him as do servants of
		
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			Allah.
		
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			He was known as Mahmood in the Psalms
		
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			of David, peace and blessings be upon him.
		
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			And in the Torah, according to Muhammad al
		
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			-Mahdi al-Fasi, his commentator on the Day
		
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			of Judgment, some scholars have stated that he
		
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			is known by this name in the heavens.
		
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			And that our Prophet, peace and blessings be
		
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			upon him, has what is known as Al
		
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			-Maqam al-Mahmood, the praiseworthy station.
		
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			And there's a hadith in Bukhari that says,
		
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			that everybody will, on the Day of Judgment,
		
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			be on their knees.
		
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			Every ummah will follow its prophet.
		
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			That they will address their prophets and ask
		
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			them to intercede for them.
		
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			And that it was repeated twice.
		
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			Until the intercession that comes to the Prophet,
		
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			peace and blessings be upon him.
		
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			He says, This is the day that Allah
		
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			will raise him to the praiseworthy station.
		
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			And then in a much longer hadith, is
		
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			the hadith that we've all heard about what's
		
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			going to transpire on the Day of Judgment.
		
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			And they will go to the various prophets,
		
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			until they come to the Prophet Muhammad, peace
		
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			and blessings be upon him, will then be
		
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			granted intercession.
		
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			And in the narration of this hadith in
		
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			Bukhari, This verse was recited.
		
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			That perhaps your Lord is going to raise
		
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			you to a praiseworthy station.
		
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			So the Maqam al-Mahmood is the praiseworthy
		
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			station where everybody who's ever lived will know,
		
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			the station of Sayyidina Muhammad with the Lord
		
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			of the Heavens and the Earth.
		
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			And everybody will want his intercession.
		
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			And, This is the praiseworthy station that Allah
		
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			has promised your Prophet, peace and blessings be
		
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			upon him, and we've been given a practical
		
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			way to receive the blessing of him receiving
		
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			the Maqam al-Mahmood, although Allah has already
		
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			guaranteed it to him by us making du
		
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			'a for him.
		
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			Whoever says, when they hear the Adhan, we're
		
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			about to hear the Adhan shortly.
		
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			This is also in Bukhari.
		
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			And grant him the praiseworthy station that you
		
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			have promised him.
		
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			What happens if he says, This person will
		
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			receive the intercession of our Prophet, peace and
		
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			blessings be upon him, on the Day of
		
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			Judgment.
		
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			So his name is, one of his blessed
		
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			names, peace and blessings be upon him, is
		
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			Mahmood.
		
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			Peace and blessings be upon him and his
		
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			family.