Yousef Bakeer – Special Khatirah Leave A Legacy

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A person (Speaker 1) describes a person named Shaykh who was a celebrity and was unknown to the public. They then visit Shaykh's old house in Cairo and tell him about a place called Ras Al-Bar, where they meet a guy named Ras Al-Bar. They discuss the signs of Islam and how it relates to the creation of a powerful universe. They ask permission for permission to visit the old house and visit the family.
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Ten years ago, I got the honor to
study under one of the giants of Fiqh
Shafi'i in Egypt.
His name is Shaykh Osama Abdul Azim.
And subhanAllah, Shaykh Osama died at the age
of 92-93.
And he was just a hidden gem, a
hidden gem.
But as the old Arabs used to say,
رُبَّ مَشْهُورٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ مَغْمُورٍ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَرُبَّ
مَغْمُورٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ مَشْهُورٍ فِي السَّمَاءِ That maybe
somebody here, and this earth is very famous,
gives this very motivational talks, and everybody knows
of him or her, is a celebrity or
she's a celebrity.
But he's absolutely or she's absolutely unknown to
Allah.
And maybe somebody who's an average man, not
too many people know of him or her,
but he's absolutely or she's absolutely known to
Allah عز و جل.
Ask Allah to make it known to him,
يا رب العالمين.
So subhanAllah, me along with one of my
peers in Azhar University at that time, we
wanted to visit the Shaykh.
And so we came couple years ago, and
we visited Shaykh Osama in his old house
in a very old town in Cairo, it's
called Imam Al-Shafi'i.
That's the name of the town.
And he is one of the giants of
Imam Al-Shafi'i, subhanAllah.
So we came to him and we told
him, Shaykh, we want to spend some time
with you.
Why don't you teach us something?
Then he told us something very interesting.
He said, I want you to take me
to a place that's called Ras Al-Bar.
Ras Al-Bar is a very interesting place
in Egypt, and I'll tell you why.
And I told him, Shaykh, why do you
want to go to Ras Al-Bar?
That's just a random place to go to.
And he said, because I want to eat
fish.
Me and my classmate, we figured that there
is something behind it.
It's obviously not about fish.
We know that there is something coming up.
But then alhamdulillah, we tagged along, and we
went to this place that's called Ras Al
-Bar.
And just to give you a little information
about this place, this is a unique place
because the Nile River meets the Mediterranean Sea
in this focal point, in this city that's
called Ras Al-Bar.
Nile River and the Mediterranean Sea, they actually
meet in this point.
So he got us in a boat, and
we went through the Nile River, and then
we were almost going to meet the Mediterranean
Sea, and he asked us to put our
hands in the water and to take a
sip from the Nile River.
And we did this.
And the water was pure, was not salty.
And then, a little bit of a distance,
we arrived to the Mediterranean Sea.
And he asked us to put our hands
and take a sip from the Mediterranean Sea.
And when we tasted it, it was very
salty.
Subhanallah.
Then he said, Allah says in the Qur
'an, مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانَ بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَا يَبْغِيَانَ
Allah said in the Qur'an, that the
two waters will meet, but they will never
transgress.
Meaning, they will never mix.
And that's one of the signs of Allah
عز و جل in this universe.
That He has created two waters.
And logically speaking, the two waters should mix.
That's just how nature is.
But Allah has created them in a very
unique manner, that they don't transgress.
They don't mix.
And then He said, فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُغَذِّبَانَ
Now, showing you one of the signs of
the universe.
How dare you disbelieve in Allah, or you
deny Allah's existence.
Subhanallah.
This is for me, it was a great
lesson.
Because I can talk about yaqeen and certainty,
and scientific proofs, and all of this.
But when you experience something like this, when
the Qur'an that was revealed 1400 years
ago, obviously, the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم
did not have access, and he did not
have Google Maps to just see where is
this place, and what's happening in Ras Al
-Bark.
Did not have that access.
Even himself didn't even go there.
And yet, the speech of the Qur'an,
the divine speech came to prove that there
are some signs in this universe, that me
and you eventually at some point will actually
experience.
And when we do experience these signs, then
we say, فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُغَذِّبَانَ How dare
you deny Allah's existence then.
And subhanallah, yes.
قُلْ سِيرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ Allah subhanahu wa ta
'ala says this in the Qur'an, Go
and explore.
Go out there and observe Allah's greatness through
His creation.
The creation leads to the Creator.
The creation leads to the Creator.
And yes, wallahi, we saw this, and we
experienced this, and we know for a fact,
that this is a universe that needed a
Creator.
Because it cannot just come from nowhere.
This giant universe has to have a power
that's much more powerful than itself, than the
universe itself.
And that is Allah azza wa jal.
We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to
make us among those who will reflect on
His signs.
يا رب العالمين جزاكم الله خيراً And jazakum
Allah khair for having me.
It's an honor, and really a great honor
to meet you and to see you and
to see your children.
May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala preserve you
and preserve your children.
يا رب العالمين And make this community a
blessed community.
A community that says لا إله إلا الله
محمد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم We
ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to make
our children firm.
لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله صلى
الله عليه وسلم بارك الله فيكم والسلام عليكم
ورحمة الله وبركاته