Yaser Birjas – The True Meaning Of Watchfulness
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The speakers discuss the importance of being true and watching one's actions and emotions in relation to one's relationship with the creator. They stress the importance of watching one's actions and emotions in relation to their relationship with the creator, as it is crucial for one's safety. The transcript also touches on the use of words like "naught" and "naughty eye" to refer to the physical presence of the creator, who is watching and watching them. The transcript also discusses the confusion of numbers and the secret of Islam, while answering questions about the use of symbols for the eye and protection for individuals.
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Alhamdulillah rabbil alameen, salallahu alayhi wa sallam, mubaraka
nabiyyina Muhammad, wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa
sallam, wa tasliman kathira thumma ma ba'ad.
So Imam al-Nawawi rahimahullah wa ta'ala
is done with Kitab al-Sidq, the chapter
on truthfulness, being truthful and telling the truth
at all times.
What do you expect the next and the
following chapter would be about?
Try to make a guess, unless you know
the order of the books, right?
The sincerity and the intention?
We talked about this earlier.
But now what would come after that?
After being truthful, what do you need to
do?
Huh?
No?
Al-muraqaba, watchfulness.
What does that mean exactly?
Being truthful requires what, Jamal?
Consistency.
How can you make sure that you are
truthful all the time?
By doing what?
Knowing that Allah is watching over you.
That's called muraqaba.
Like divine surveillance, basically.
If you believe and you know and you
truly, genuinely have it in your heart that
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is watching you,
and He's always watching over you as well,
then you would watch what you say, what
you do, what you see, what you hear,
all these kind of things.
So muraqaba is extremely important.
And as a matter of fact, it's one
of the highest levels, of course, of your
sincerity and also your truthfulness.
Because you're always true about Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala being there in your life.
So he says, rahimahullah, he began the chapter,
qaal baab al-muraqaba, the examination and observation,
of course, being watchful.
He is the one who sees you, Ya
Muhammad, when you stand up, which means alone
at night, and your movements among those who
fall in prostration to Allah azza wa jal.
Like when no one else is watching you,
he is seeing you when you wake up
at night, alone, even your family who is
sleeping next to you don't even know that
you woke up.
They don't even feel that you move out
of your bed, and you stood up alone
making ibadah, and you spend your night among
those who put their forehead on the ground
in prostration to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
Imagine in a moment of seclusion and solitude
like this, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is
watching over you and watching you.
Qaal, wa huwa ma'akum aynama kuntum, and
he is with you wherever you go, wherever
you are.
This is called ma'iyya, which means he
is with you, the withness, basically, as we
call it.
And we studied that together, if you guys
remember, from the book Imam al-Rajab, rahimahullah.
We explained the meaning of this ma'iyya.
Like what does it mean that Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala is with you?
That means that he is with you in
terms of, first of all, his knowledge, that
he knows where you are.
He is with you, subhanahu wa ta'ala,
in terms of watching you and seeing you
at all times.
He is with you in terms of helping
you and aid you and support you and
taking care of you.
He is with you in many aspects.
But one of them, that he sees you
and he is watching you, subhanahu wa ta
'ala.
So what does that mean?
You can't hide from him.
Like the foolishness of those who think they
are alone when they commit sins.
What are you talking about?
I mean, who are you hiding from?
He is there, he is watching you.
So even when you think that you are
alone, you are not alone.
That is just an elusive feeling of being
alone.
Because he is there watching you, subhanahu wa
ta'ala.
Wa qala ta'ala, inna allaha la yakhfa
'a alayhi shay'un fil ardi wa la
fissama'a.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, he says in
this ayah, truly nothing is hidden from Allah
azza wa jal in the earth or in
the heaven.
Like nothing is hidden.
Isn't he who, subhanahu wa ta'ala, knows
the number of droplets of rain that they
come down from the sky?
Isn't he the one who knows how many
leaves fell from the trees and where they
fall and where they go?
He knows all of this, subhanahu wa ta
'ala.
So nothing is hidden from him in the
heavens or in the earth.
So if nothing is hidden from him, how
do you think that you can hide from
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala or hide your
deeds from him?
Qala ta'ala ya'lamu kha'inatal a
'yuni wa ma tukhfus sudur.
Verily your Lord is ever watchful over, he
says subhanahu wa ta'ala, Verily your Lord
is ever watchful over them.
Actually, no, that's another ayah, sorry about that.
So the ayah here, inna rabbaka labbil mursad.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is always watching
over them.
Always.
But the last ayah he says, Qala ya
'lamu kha'inatal a'yuni wa ma tukhfus
sudur.
And Allah knows the fraud of the eyes
and all that the hearts conceal.
What does it mean exactly when he says
know the frauds?
I don't know if the translation is actually
right, but kha'inatal a'yun means the
deceitful eye.
What does that mean?
So Ibn Abbas explained that.
He says ar-rajul, you'll be sitting with
friends, and then a scene that is not
supposed to look at, it kind of emerges
or appears.
Like somebody walks in front of you, you're
not supposed to look at them.
Right?
And then while everybody is kind of like
talking to them, and he's showing you're not
watching, but the moment you see the people
not looking at you, you go and you
sneak a peek at that sight.
So that's kha'inatal a'yuni.
Like you're pretending not looking, right?
Allah musta'an.
You walk these days, everywhere you go, you
have all these scenes that you're not supposed
to be looking at.
So you pretend that you're not looking.
Oh no, I'm not looking.
And then you really sneak a peek just
to see that.
That's kha'inatal a'yuni.
So even that little subtle look, that you
think it's just no one paid attention to
it, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala saw that,
and he registered that subhanahu wa ta'ala.
So this is what he's, alhamdulillah, began with,
and mentioned many, many other ahadith, beginning with
the first hadith, the hadith of Umar ibn
al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him,
about Jibreel coming in the form of a
human being.
But we're going to discuss this tomorrow, insha
'Allah, wa ta'ala.
Keep in mind, as you walk out from
this masjid, Allah is still watching you.
And as you go to your car, Allah
is watching you.
And when you go into your house, to
your office, or to your bedroom, wherever that
you go to, Allah is there watching you,
so make sure when he's looking at you,
make sure that he looks at you when
you are doing something that is pleasing to
him.
May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make us
all true to this faith, ya rabbil alameen.
Any questions, jama'at?
Yes.
Is taqwa and muraqabah the same?
Well, taqwa is an overall, you know, meaning
to find a shield, or build a shield,
build a barrier, between you and that which
is displeasing to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
So it's a preventive measure, right?
Al-muraqabah is one of the tools that
will help you acquire this taqwa, or keep
that taqwa.
Like to keep your guards up, you need
to have muraqabah, right?
So to have taqwa, you have to make
sure that you're always knowing that Allah observes
you.
Wallahu a'lam.