Yaser Birjas – The Tawakkul Of The Birds

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The speaker discusses the concept of a trusting statement made by the Prophet sallimm, which is about protecting the hearts of birds and fulfilling obligations. They also mention that the Prophet's
the only ones who have that level of trust in Allah. The speaker emphasizes that the birds have soft hearts and that they are not harmful, kind-hearted, and can be even eaten by other animals. They also mention that the Prophet's
the only ones who have that

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			As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu.
		
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			Alhamdulillah rabbil alameen wa salallahu wa sallam wa
		
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			baraka anabiyyina wa muhammadin wa ala alihi wa
		
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			sahbihi wa salam.
		
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			Tasliman kathiratun ma'ma ba'd.
		
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			So we have a very short hadith tonight.
		
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			Hadith number 77 in Riyad al-Saliheen.
		
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			Still under the chapter of al-yaqeen wa
		
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			al-tawakul.
		
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			Uncertainty, unreliance on Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			We've heard this hadith in a different version.
		
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			So let's see if you guys can figure
		
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			out what the meaning of this hadith and
		
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			how is that related to the subject of
		
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			al-yaqeen wa al-tawakul.
		
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			Let me see if you remember the other
		
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			hadith.
		
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			Hadith Abi Huraira radiallahu ta'ala an-nabiyyi
		
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			sallallahu alayhi wa sallam anahu qal.
		
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			yadkhulul jannata aqwamun af'idatuhum mithlu af'idatu
		
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			al-tayr.
		
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			In this narration the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
		
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			sallam says a group of people means both
		
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			men and women obviously.
		
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			A group of people whose hearts will be
		
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			like the hearts of birds will enter Jannah.
		
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			What does that mean?
		
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			How do you enter Jannah if your heart
		
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			is just like the bird?
		
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			What do birds have in their hearts that
		
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			will make them enter Jannah?
		
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			And if you resemble that, you'll also enter
		
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			Jannah.
		
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			Yes Rehan?
		
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			About the wrist?
		
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			Do you remember the story of the hadith?
		
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			The narration?
		
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			You're right.
		
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			It's about that narration.
		
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			But the narration of the other hadith the
		
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			Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is explaining that
		
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			concept.
		
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			Like those who enter Jannah, their heart like
		
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			the birds, right?
		
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			Yes.
		
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			They go empty stomach and they come full,
		
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			right?
		
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			Hadith of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
		
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			he says, when he spoke about the bird
		
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			what did he say sallallahu alayhi wa sallam?
		
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			He said, Arabic Arabic Arabic He goes, if
		
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			you truly put your trust in Allah If
		
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			you truly have your trust in Allah He
		
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			will provide for you like He provides for
		
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			the birds.
		
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			When the birds leave their nest, they leave
		
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			empty stomach.
		
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			When they come back, they come what?
		
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			Full stomach.
		
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			So when the birds leave, where are their
		
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			hearts are attached?
		
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			To the paycheck?
		
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			Employer?
		
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			No.
		
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			With who?
		
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			Allah is the one who provides.
		
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			So they leave to do their job.
		
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			And what is their job?
		
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			To fly out and look for food.
		
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			And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will guide
		
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			them where their rizq is going to be.
		
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			So they fly around, collect their food, come
		
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			back at the end of the day full
		
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			stomach, feed their babies and survive the other
		
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			day until the next day.
		
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			Imagine if each and every one of us
		
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			had that level of trust in Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala that you're not going to
		
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			die without fulfilling your rizq.
		
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			Imagine.
		
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			You would have that full tawakkul on him
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			If you get a pay cut or you
		
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			lost a project or you get laid off
		
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			or this happened or that happened, you don't
		
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			freak out.
		
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			You don't freak out.
		
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			Why is that?
		
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			Because Allah is the rizq.
		
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			He gave me subhanallah so much so I
		
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			know for sure Allah will provide for me
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			And it's okay if I get that loss
		
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			because I know Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			will provide for me.
		
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			If you have that level of trust, it
		
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			will give you peace and tranquility.
		
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			Satisfaction.
		
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			Fulfillment.
		
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			But if you don't have that level of
		
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			trust and that level of tawakkul if you
		
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			don't have that, it's off over there.
		
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			Can you guys make sure that the speakers
		
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			in the women's section are on?
		
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			So once again, the hadith of the Prophet
		
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			is that if you truly have that trust
		
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			in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala Allah azza
		
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			will provide for you like He provides for
		
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			the birds.
		
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			So this hadith of the Prophet says, Some
		
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			people will go into Jannah because their hearts
		
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			will be like the hearts of birds.
		
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			In terms of what?
		
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			In terms of their tawakkul, their full trust
		
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			and reliance on Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			May Allah make us among those mutawakkilin ya
		
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			rabbal alameen.
		
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			We ask Allah to give us that trust
		
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			of the birds in the rizq of Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala and provide for us
		
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			from His blessings and bounties.
		
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			Any questions?
		
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			Yes.
		
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			That's a good point.
		
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			Why only birds?
		
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			Why not other animals?
		
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			Because it seems that birds are like they
		
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			have soft hearts.
		
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			But other animals, the animals of prey, they're
		
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			rough, right?
		
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			It's like if you could talk about, He
		
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			will provide for like He provides for the
		
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			lions.
		
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			But the lions sometimes can be rough.
		
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			But the birds are just simple weak, vulnerable.
		
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			You know, they can be hurt easily.
		
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			They can be even eaten by other birds
		
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			of prey and so on.
		
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			So still Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala with
		
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			these sparrows and these birds, He provides for
		
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			them.
		
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			Even though they go and they have to
		
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			go through all these dangers and all these
		
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			perils in that day, still Allah will provide
		
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			for them.
		
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			By Allah.
		
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			So birds are not harmful, kind-hearted.
		
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			But they can, you know, basically kind of
		
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			like soil your car after you wash it.
		
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			Right?
		
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			Which is true.
		
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			Still, their hearts are very soft in comparison
		
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			to other animals.
		
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			Perhaps that's one of the things, again, we
		
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			actually, or the Prophets, as I mentioned, that
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala gave us those
		
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			beautiful hearts of the birds.
		
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			Yes.
		
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			Of course.
		
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			Of course.
		
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			Absolutely.
		
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			So the birds basically, what he's saying is
		
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			that the birds didn't just sit in the
		
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			nest and wait for the rizq to come.
		
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			They had to make their part and they
		
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			would fly out and just get it.
		
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			And they put their trust in Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala to provide for them.
		
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			The rizq is there.
		
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			I trust Allah will provide, but I need
		
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			to go and get it.
		
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			So that's another way of looking at it.
		
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			Jazakumullah khair.
		
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			As-salamu alaykum.