Yaser Birjas – The Value Of Tawakkul

Alhamdulillah Rabbil Alameen.

Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam ala bin Muhammadin wa

ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam wa ba'd.

So Imam al-Nadr, rahimahullah ta'ala, after

talking about taqwa, he moves to a new

chapter.

And that chapter is the chapter of al

-yaqeen wa al-tawakul.

Al-yaqeen wa al-tawakul.

Because one of the main characteristics of the

mutaqeen is what ajma'a.

That's once you have Allah subhanahu wa ta

'ala always on your mind, then everything in

your life is to Allah subhanahu wa ta

'ala.

So you trust Allah azza wa jalla in

your affairs.

You have the absolute certainty as a result

of that taqwa.

And obviously when you have that certainty, you

will have the complete submission on Allah subhanahu

wa ta'ala, tawakul, reliance on Allah azza

wa jalla.

Imam al-Nadr, rahimahullah ta'ala, qala qala

Allahu tabaraka wa ta'ala.

And when the believers saw al-ahzab, these

were the confederates, the Arab tribes, when they

gathered around the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam

in Medina.

They said, this is what Allah and his

messenger Muhammad salallahu alayhi wa sallam had promised

us.

And Allah and his messenger had spoken the

truth.

And it only added them in their faith

actually and to their submission to Allah azza

wa jalla.

Like what they saw didn't deter them from

believing in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

Rather, it confirmed their iman.

It made it certain to them what Allah

promised, that it's true.

Because we know the society today is the

exact same example in our time, subhanallah.

The closer you are to the way of

the anbiya, the harsher the attack is going

to be on you.

Because no one likes to be told you're

wrong, your ways are horrible, that you're causing

fitna and deceiving the people.

No one likes to hear that.

So the more you come to them with

the path to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,

the more they will reject you and fight

against you.

Look at the example in Gaza right now.

The whole world is around them and the

people of Gaza are telling them what?

That's what Allah promised.

And what they really have against them other

than they believe in Allah subhanahu wa ta

'ala and call to the way of Allah

azza wa jalla.

And that's what they hate the most about

them.

Those are the people who when they were

told that the people have gathered against you,

like a great army is coming against you.

What do they expect that they hear in

response to that?

Like really?

Oh my God, what do we do?

Instead, what do the believers say?

Of course, this is from Allah subhanahu wa

ta'ala.

This is what we saw, what they say,

when they're told, be aware of them, be

afraid of them.

That made them actually now even stronger in

their iman, in belief in Allah subhanahu wa

ta'ala.

He says, fear who?

To fear who?

If we have Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

with us and we have Allah subhanahu wa

ta'ala sufficient for us.

If Allah is sufficient for us, we don't

care about anybody else.

Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says that we

have transformed their affairs completely to a blessing.

Meaning, regardless of how hard it is and

how far we go into hardship and trials,

at the end of the day, Allah subhanahu

wa ta'ala promised what?

And the aqiba, which means the end result,

is always in favor of the righteous.

We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to

make the affairs of the believers in Gaza

to the best.

Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says, means, put

your trust, put your trust in the one

who is ever living and never dies.

Subhanahu wa ta'ala.

This is one of the many very important

powerful statements that negates all the horrible practices

we see in the world and especially in

the Muslim ummah in regards to people going

to shrines and graves of saints and others

asking them for things.

Not too long ago, a very major sect

in Islam, they go to graves and they

call them and they ask them and they

worship them, basically.

And when you ask them, they say, no,

no, no.

I mean, they bring us closer to Allah

subhanahu wa ta'ala.

Exactly the same thing what the mushrikeen said

at the time of the Prophet ﷺ.

And here Allah azza wa jalla is telling

us, Depend and you put your trust in

the ever living who never dies.

Which means, if a person dies, like any

living that dies, don't depend on them.

Any living who dies, don't put too much

trust in them.

If Allah says, the living who dies, don't

put so much trust in them.

What about those who are already dead then?

Like if the living who could possibly help

you in some way, Allah says, don't put

too much trust in them.

Because they're going to die eventually.

Why would people put their trust in someone

who's dead?

No matter who that person is.

Their trust should be to Allah subhanahu wa

ta'ala.

And let the believers, those who believe in

Allah, put their trust and reliance on Allah

azza wa jalla.

And Allah says, And when you're determined, means

when you made your mind, then put your

tawakkul and reliance on Allah subhanahu wa ta

'ala.

And those who put their reliance on Allah

azza wa jalla, Allah will suffice them.

Allah promised, you rely on me and I'll

suffice you of anything that you need.

وَقَالَ إِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِّرَ اللَّهُ وَجِلَتْ

قُلُوبُهُمْ The true believers are those when Allah

subhanahu wa ta'ala's name is mentioned before

them.

وَجِلَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ Means their hearts humbled themselves.

Or trembled by the mention of Allah azza

wa jalla.

وَإِذَا تُلِيَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ آيَاتُهُ زَادَتْهُمْ إِيمَانًا And when

the ayat of Allah is being recited in

front of them, it will increase them in

iman.

What does that mean when you hear, زَادَتْهُمْ

إِيمَانًا Which means iman is what?

It's not one thing.

Your iman is not static.

So when you sometimes see your iman is

increasing, if something increases, what does that mean?

If something goes up, what does it mean

then?

It can go what?

Go down.

If something goes up, it can go down.

What does that mean?

There will be times when you feel mashallah

your iman like Abu Bakr as-Siddiq.

And then there will be times when you

feel your iman is like, I don't want

to mention who.

But at least you feel your iman is

going down.

So you need to make sure that when

your iman is going up, what do you

do?

You do so much of good deeds for

the time when your iman goes down.

So at least when your iman goes down

after that time, it wouldn't go as low

as it was in the time before.

You're always in a better position.

Always in a better position.

Some people, unfortunately, when their iman goes down,

what do they do?

They let go.

So they go free fall.

So when they pick up the pieces to

go up, they have to climb all the

way up again from scratch.

And they keep always in the same situation,

the same bottom.

Every time they have to now raise their

iman again, they start from the exact same

low point.

And keep climbing up.

And then when they go down, they let

go again.

So they go down to the bottom.

And they start going up from that same

spot.

And they get just exhausted.

And they feel that they never get out

of it.

Yeah, because when your iman starts going up,

you're so scared that you don't do more

than what you should.

Because you're just like, you know, I know

myself.

No, you need to do better than what

you can think of yourself.

And put your trust in Allah subhanahu wa

ta'ala.

So your iman keeps going up.

So next time when it starts going down,

you stop at a place that is higher

than the last time.

So that you're always climbing up, inshallah, with

your iman no matter what.

So that's very important to remember.

It is called, And those are the ones

who truly rely on Allah subhanahu wa ta

'ala.

There are many hadith.

We're supposed to take the first hadith.

But we'll delay that until, inshallah, tomorrow.

Wallahu ta'ala a'lam.

Jazakumullah khair.

Any questions, jama'at?

Tawakkul ala Allah.

Subhanaka Allah wa bahamdik.

Ashraa Allah wa astaghfiruka wa atubu ilaih.