Yaser Birjas – The Value Of Tawakkul
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The importance of trusting oneself and not letting fear control one's behavior is emphasized in Islam. The world is around people of Guinea and the people of Guinea who are telling them what, that's what Allah promised. The whole world is around them and the people of Guinea are telling them what, that's what Allah promised. The world is around them and the people of Guinea are telling them what, that's what Allah promised. The whole world is around them and the people of Guinea are telling them what, that's what Allah promised. The world is around them and the people of Guinea are telling them what, that's what Allah promised. The whole world is around them and the people of Guinea are telling them what, that's what Allah promised.
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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.