Stories of the Companions: Abdullah ibn Umar رضي الله عنهما

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Résumé

TLDRThe video provides an in-depth exploration of the life of Abdullah ibn Umar, a prominent companion of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). It details his young acceptance of Islam, his dedication to the Sunnah, and his contributions to Hadith narration, highlighting that he had over 200 students. The narrative includes his profound generosity, humility, and extensive worship practices. It shares personal anecdotes that underline his religious commitment, reflections during his final days, and a lasting legacy as a revered scholar and follower of the Prophet. The video concludes with lessons about the importance of faith, patience, and the impact of strong mentoring in shaping future generations.

A retenir

  • 📖 Abdullah ibn Umar was a significant companion of the Prophet Muhammad.
  • 📚 He is known for narrating over 200 Hadith.
  • 🔖 He demonstrated immense dedication to following the Sunnah.
  • 🕌 Abdullah's life is a symbol of humility and generosity.
  • ⏳ He expressed regrets over missed worship opportunities.
  • 🤝 His teachings emphasize the importance of mentorship in Islam.
  • ✊ Abdullah avoided political conflicts to focus on community unity.
  • 💭 He clarified misconceptions about Islam with wisdom and knowledge.
  • ⛪ He taught the significance of appropriate context in discussions about faith.
  • 🔑 His legacy continues to inspire Muslims worldwide.

Chronologie

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    The talk centers around the life and significance of Abdullah, a great companion of the Prophet Muhammad (saw). Known for his youth and longevity among the companions, he was one of four prominent Abdullahs mentioned by scholars of Hadith, each of whom had a notable role in narrating key events in Islamic history.

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    Abdullah Ibn Umar, son of Umar, was introduced as a key figure who accepted Islam at a young age, contributing to major battles alongside the Prophet. His passion for following the Sunnah was emphasized, portraying his dedication to Islamic principles and worship.

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    Abdullah's generosity, simplicity, and devotion to worship set him apart, with numerous stories from his students illustrating his interactions and fervor for prayer. His diligent practice of making up for missed prayers highlights his commitment to worship and spirituality.

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    The narrative expands on Abdullah's extensive network of over 200 students who carried forward his knowledge and legacy. His high status as a narrator of Hadith showcases how impactful he was in preserving the sayings and actions of the Prophet.

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    Discussion points include the varying opinions regarding Abdullah's name at birth, with a rejection of alternate narrations that contradict his widely recognized identity. His early acceptance of Islam and special family connections to other companions provided him access to the Prophet's teachings.

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    Abdullah's dreams and their interpretations by the Prophet provided insights into his character. An emphasis was placed on his commitment to nighttime worship in light of the Prophet's encouragement, demonstrating his deep desire for closeness to Allah.

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    As Abdullah approached death, he expressed regrets for missed opportunities in worship and for not standing firm against rebel forces, showcasing his awareness of responsibilities as a Muslim and a companion.

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    The legacy of Abdullah reflected in several Hadith narrations speaks not only of his actions but also how he nurtured numerous champions of knowledge, indicating the importance of mentorship in Islamic tradition.

  • 00:40:00 - 00:45:00

    Abdullah's steadfastness against theological misconceptions highlights his pivotal role in defining Islamic beliefs, demonstrating the balance between faith and knowledge, particularly in discussing predestination and human choice.

  • 00:45:00 - 00:50:00

    The discussion covers the societal implications of Islam, portraying it as a robust solution against oppression while stating the significance of Jihad only under specific circumstances, distancing it from being a central tenet, unlike the Five Pillars.

  • 00:50:00 - 00:55:45

    Reflections on Abdullah's death reveal an elder still passionate about faith and service to Allah, capturing the sentiment of lifelong regret and potential that unites many sincere believers throughout their spiritual journeys.

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Vidéo Q&R

  • Who is Abdullah ibn Umar?

    Abdullah ibn Umar was a great companion of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and is recognized for his deep commitment to the Sunnah and his extensive narration of Hadith.

  • What is the significance of the four Abdullahs mentioned?

    The four Abdullahs are distinct companions known for their strong positions in Hadith narration, highlighting their important role in Islamic teachings.

  • What does the video say about Abdullah ibn Umar's personality?

    The video portrays him as a generous, humble individual who was deeply devoted to worship and following the teachings of the Prophet.

  • What role did Abdullah ibn Umar play in Hadith narration?

    He is one of the top narrators of Hadith, with over 200 students who narrated from him.

  • What were Abdullah ibn Umar's regrets on his deathbed?

    He expressed regret for not being able to fast during hot days, missing nighttime worship, and not standing by Ali during battles.

  • How did Abdullah ibn Umar demonstrate his love for the Sunnah?

    He meticulously followed the Prophet's practices, including their mannerisms in prayer and other daily activities.

  • What was Abdullah ibn Umar's view on political involvement?

    He chose to stay away from political conflicts to focus on teaching and maintaining unity in the community.

  • What can we learn from Abdullah ibn Umar's life?

    His life teaches the importance of dedication to worship, the value of patience, and standing firm in one's beliefs.

  • How did Abdullah ibn Umar address misconceptions about Islam?

    He used knowledge and teachings from the Prophet to clarify misunderstandings and defend the principles of Islam.

  • What lessons does the speaker draw from Abdullah ibn Umar's interactions?

    The speaker emphasizes the importance of context and appropriateness in discussions about faith and worship.

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    so we went into the grave we lowered his
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    body and thereafter because the prophet
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    abdullah's name was Abdullah from birth
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    he was always known as
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    being written in books
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    that and brother and sister accepted
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    narration narrates one incident he was
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    access to the prophet of Allah he was
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    able to not only ask questions to
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    sallallahu alaihi wasallam directly but
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    questions on his
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    life of sahu alaihi wasallam would share
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    their dreams to the prophet of
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    Allah I was young one night I was
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    sleeping in the Masid and I saw a dream
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    of two angels approaching me and they
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    took me to this fire it was terrifying
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    it was very scary and you know as they
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    brought me close to the fire I started
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    saying
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    I seek protection with Allah from the
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    fire and then the Angels turned to him
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    and they said there's nothing to fear
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    you have nothing to worry
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    about so then he woke up and shared this
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    dream
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    with who then asked sallallahu alaihi
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    wasallam for the
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    interpretation and in response to this
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    sallallahu alaihi was said one
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    statement
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    how great of a servant how great of a
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    person is Abdullah only if he dedicated
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    more time to worshiping Allah during the
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    night hours only if he dedicated more
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    time to
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    I so the narrator
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    says
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    after said this statement abdah then
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    spent very little of his night in sleep
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    most of it he spent awake reading Quran
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    making Dua and worshiping Allah
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    subhanahu wa
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    tala
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    when was on his
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    deathbed he narrates that when was on
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    his deathbed I heard him saying we heard
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    him saying we heard him saying
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    that there are three things that I
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    regret a lot in my
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    life number
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    one I'm going to really regret missing
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    out on fasting during the middle of the
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    hot
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    day there was a pleasure in that staying
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    hungry for the sake of Allah the second
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    thing that I have regret over as I leave
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    this world is the joy and pleasure of
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    worshiping Allah in the middle of the
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    night knowing that Allah subhanahu wa
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    tala gave me to hear the alarm in our
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    context to stand up for my bed to have
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    the strength to do W to then spend some
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    time worshiping Allah that this wasn't
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    something that everyone was able to do
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    but Allah gave me the to do it this is
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    something I'm really going to miss and
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    the third thing I wish I had stood up
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    against the rebels and stood by the side
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    of I really not I really regret not
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    being with Ali in the battles by his
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    side supporting him and the right cause
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    something he lamented over and had
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    tremendous regret over even right until
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    he passed away
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    was
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    known by everyone in
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    m
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    and so many people narrated Hadith from
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    him including his own servants including
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    his own children
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    IM says that the most authentic chain
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    of
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    Malik Malik IM Malik who narrates from
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    na who narrates from this is the most
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    authentic chain that exists because each
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    of these three three people were giants
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    and accepted by all no one made any sort
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    of accusation against any of these
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    people that their integrity wasn't where
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    it should have been that they weren't
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    truthful that they were confused people
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    that these people didn't have a deep
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    understanding of knowledge each of these
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    people were the best of their time
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    his when
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    narrating that same student of he
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    see my
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    teacher and how particular and punctual
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    he was when it came to following the sun
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    of sahu alai wasallam you would say the
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    man is lost in
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    love he's no longer looking left or
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    right he doesn't care about what people
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    see what people
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    think is obsessed with theah
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    ofam the same student again
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    narrates would Trace back on the roads
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    and paths that Al wasallam traveled on
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    and where the prophet of Allah prayed
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    Salah while he was
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    alive right until the point that once
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    sahu alai wasallam was traveling and he
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    stopped under a tree to
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    prayah noted that exact tree down and
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    every time he would pass by that tree he
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    would stop and pray Salah in that same
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    place
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    and he would manage that tree to make
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    sure it would not go dry or it would not
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    die that I'm going to take care of this
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    tree my Prophet prayed Salah here I will
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    keep this tree alive he would come there
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    water the tree pray some Salah and move
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    on and we as students saw how much this
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    man
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    loved one time again same narrating says
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    one time
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    heard the prophet sallallahu alaihi
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    wasallam
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    saying how beautiful would it have been
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    if we left this door specifically for
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    women to come and come and go from in
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    the mosque of sahu alaih wasallam women
  • 00:18:12
    would attend so if this area this path
  • 00:18:15
    was left for them so they can come and
  • 00:18:16
    go at their own
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    convenience never went near that door
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    until he died because the prophet
  • 00:18:29
    sallallahu alaihi wasallam had a desire
  • 00:18:31
    that path be kept specifically for the
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    women one of his students
  • 00:18:39
    narrates I never
  • 00:18:41
    saw hearing the mention
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    of but he fell into tears he would cry
  • 00:18:50
    immediately just by hearing the name of
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    r s. wasallam another one of his
  • 00:18:56
    students says that one time a person
  • 00:18:58
    person sat in front
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    of and recited the Ayah of ay number
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    [Music]
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    40 this same verse when recited
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    toam by
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    abdah at that moment when was reciting
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    this verse the prophet of Allah broke
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    out into tears so now a person recites
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    this verse
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    to
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    started crying and not just one or two
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    tears came out of his eyes his beard and
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    His Garment became soaked in tears one
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    person then turned to the reciter and
  • 00:19:40
    said buddy stop look at this man's State
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    how much are you going to read this Ayah
  • 00:19:45
    every time you read it he breaks out
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    into tears
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    again slow it down a little bit take it
  • 00:19:52
    easy on
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    him narrates that
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    when would recite the Ayah of verse
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    number
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    [Music]
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    16 has a time not come for the Believers
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    that their hearts fall into the fear of
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    Allah subhanahu wa
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    tala for the remembrance of Allah that
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    their hearts are humbled that fear comes
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    into their
  • 00:20:26
    heart after all that has been revealed
  • 00:20:28
    from the
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    truth he would cry until tears would
  • 00:20:34
    overcome him meaning the state of crying
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    wouldn't just be something small it
  • 00:20:39
    wasn't just a few tears but it would
  • 00:20:41
    overcome him his entire State what he
  • 00:20:43
    would enter like into a trans of just
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    crying this state where he couldn't
  • 00:20:48
    control himself anymore simply by the
  • 00:20:50
    reciting of an Ayah of the
  • 00:20:56
    Quran was known for
  • 00:20:59
    his someone asked his servant
  • 00:21:03
    and that tell us
  • 00:21:06
    about inside his home we've seen him
  • 00:21:09
    outside the
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    home you ask howar was at home you would
  • 00:21:19
    not be able to match him they said no
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    tell us tell us what his life was inside
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    the
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    house
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    that's
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    it would perform a fresh
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    forah and then until the next Salah he
  • 00:21:38
    would sit down and read the Quran there
  • 00:21:41
    was nothing else there that was his
  • 00:21:43
    entire life he would read Quran pray
  • 00:21:46
    Salah read Quran and then the next
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    Salah na narrates that
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    when
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    that if he missed in he would then spend
  • 00:22:05
    the rest of the night in worship he
  • 00:22:08
    would not sleep that
  • 00:22:10
    night na narrates what a student all the
  • 00:22:14
    details everything he saw it all
  • 00:22:16
    observed it all preserved it
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    all
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    narrates my master and teacher abdah did
  • 00:22:31
    not leave this world until he had freed
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    over 1,000
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    slaves he would set him free and set him
  • 00:22:39
    free and anyone he saw in slavery
  • 00:22:41
    wherever he could he would purchase them
  • 00:22:44
    and set them
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    free
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    narrates
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    sent 100,000
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    coins
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    one year had not even passed by and he
  • 00:23:04
    had nothing
  • 00:23:06
    left spent all 100,000 on the and
  • 00:23:13
    the his students narrate that
  • 00:23:16
    when was in a public
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    area every person he passed by if it was
  • 00:23:28
    a young child or an elderly person every
  • 00:23:32
    person that he passed
  • 00:23:33
    by would give Salam to them which is a
  • 00:23:37
    sign of not only his love for the Sunnah
  • 00:23:40
    of sah alaihi wasallam but you can also
  • 00:23:43
    see from
  • 00:23:44
    this his humility and his humbleness
  • 00:23:47
    that's such a great Giant and scholar
  • 00:23:49
    and sahabi of alaih wasallam you would
  • 00:23:51
    expect people would come and say Salam
  • 00:23:53
    to him to honor him but before they even
  • 00:23:56
    noticed him would approach them and he
  • 00:23:59
    would give them
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    Salam he was such a lover of the Sunnah
  • 00:24:04
    that not only did he practice it but he
  • 00:24:06
    refused to follow the footsteps of
  • 00:24:09
    people who went against the Sunnah
  • 00:24:11
    that's another side of following the
  • 00:24:12
    Sunnah one thing is that individually a
  • 00:24:15
    person does everything to follow the
  • 00:24:16
    Sunnah on the other side you see someone
  • 00:24:18
    else doing something and promoting
  • 00:24:20
    something that seems to be religious a
  • 00:24:23
    and you just walk away it's not of my
  • 00:24:26
    business no they made it their problem
  • 00:24:28
    they made it their business because they
  • 00:24:30
    understood as the scholars teach us the
  • 00:24:32
    opposite of Sunnah just as the opposite
  • 00:24:34
    of uh night is day just as the opposite
  • 00:24:37
    of hot is cold the and the they say the
  • 00:24:41
    opposite ofah
  • 00:24:43
    is they are literally opposites the two
  • 00:24:46
    cannot coexist either you have a or you
  • 00:24:49
    have a Sunnah right
  • 00:24:53
    so one time he was with someone and a
  • 00:24:56
    person next to him
  • 00:24:58
    sneezed so the individual who was
  • 00:25:00
    responding to the sneeze he said
  • 00:25:06
    alul when a person sneezes to say
  • 00:25:08
    alhamdulillah in response we are taught
  • 00:25:11
    by the prophet of Allah to
  • 00:25:13
    say may Allah's mercy be upon you but
  • 00:25:17
    instead of saying he said something else
  • 00:25:19
    which is actually very beautiful what
  • 00:25:20
    the man said the man said
  • 00:25:25
    alhamdulillah all Praises for Allah and
  • 00:25:27
    may peace and bless Bings be upon the
  • 00:25:28
    prophet of
  • 00:25:30
    Allah
  • 00:25:37
    said that I also say this I believe in
  • 00:25:41
    this too that all prais is for Allah and
  • 00:25:43
    peace and blessings be upon the prophet
  • 00:25:44
    of Allah but this is not what the
  • 00:25:46
    sallallahu alaihi wasallam taught us to
  • 00:25:48
    say at this point the prophet of Allah
  • 00:25:50
    taught us that when someone sneezes and
  • 00:25:52
    they say alhamdulillah in response we
  • 00:25:54
    should
  • 00:25:56
    say he taught the person the lesson
  • 00:26:00
    immediately a person came from kufa
  • 00:26:03
    to and he
  • 00:26:05
    said that people in kufa have started
  • 00:26:08
    making some interesting claims the
  • 00:26:11
    famous um theological deviant that began
  • 00:26:15
    to spread in kufa
  • 00:26:18
    was which meant that there is no
  • 00:26:21
    predestination God does not know of
  • 00:26:24
    anything before it happens there's
  • 00:26:26
    nothing written by Allah subhu wa ta'ala
  • 00:26:28
    there is no documentation of any of it
  • 00:26:30
    everything just happens as Hollywood
  • 00:26:33
    says every man creates their own destiny
  • 00:26:36
    right so that's the idea that there's
  • 00:26:38
    nothing written by Allah subhanahu wa
  • 00:26:40
    ta'ala we aren't slaves of gods we
  • 00:26:42
    aren't Servants of God everything's
  • 00:26:44
    already written
  • 00:26:47
    now when you heard this he immediately
  • 00:26:50
    said that uh he they were referring to
  • 00:26:53
    in the group so in response to
  • 00:26:55
    that said that go and tell them that I
  • 00:26:58
    have nothing to do with them and they
  • 00:27:01
    will have nothing to do with me until
  • 00:27:03
    they believe in that we Muslims believe
  • 00:27:06
    that good Fai good and bad are both from
  • 00:27:09
    Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
  • 00:27:10
    right Allah subhanahu wa tala has given
  • 00:27:13
    every human being the ability to choose
  • 00:27:17
    every abil every human being chooses
  • 00:27:18
    between what they do right now you can
  • 00:27:20
    choose to sit here or walk out of this
  • 00:27:21
    room this is your choice but the of
  • 00:27:24
    Allah subhanahu wa taala the knowledge
  • 00:27:25
    that Allah subhanahu wa taala has what
  • 00:27:27
    you will choose is with Allah and it
  • 00:27:29
    cannot change you know the the word for
  • 00:27:34
    this concept that Allah subhana wa TAA
  • 00:27:37
    has has a knowledge of everything that
  • 00:27:39
    we do in Arabic is which could also be
  • 00:27:42
    literally translated as an estimation
  • 00:27:44
    and a person's estimation is based off
  • 00:27:46
    of how well they know something someone
  • 00:27:48
    knows a car well you ask them how much
  • 00:27:49
    is his car they'll say that oh it's
  • 00:27:51
    $5,000 you ask me who knows nothing
  • 00:27:53
    about cars you know how much is this car
  • 00:27:55
    worth I might say 50,000 it means
  • 00:27:56
    nothing cuz I don't know
  • 00:27:58
    Allah subhanahu wa tala is the creator
  • 00:27:59
    of his creation he knows every intimate
  • 00:28:02
    thought every intimate detail of a
  • 00:28:04
    father can almost tell you what his son
  • 00:28:05
    will do if a mother can tell you that
  • 00:28:07
    how will my child respond to this
  • 00:28:09
    scenario if a brother can say that about
  • 00:28:10
    his brother if a friend could say that
  • 00:28:11
    about their friend with limited
  • 00:28:13
    knowledge no matter how much we claim to
  • 00:28:14
    know them imagine the knowledge of Allah
  • 00:28:16
    subhanahu wa'ta'ala and beyond that time
  • 00:28:20
    and space in itself are both creations
  • 00:28:21
    of Allah Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is
  • 00:28:24
    not bound by them God is not bound by
  • 00:28:25
    his own creation so so what exists for
  • 00:28:28
    us over a period of time to Allah
  • 00:28:30
    subhanahu wa ta'ala as if it's all in
  • 00:28:32
    one moment Allah's knowledge is complete
  • 00:28:36
    now we do accept that the human being
  • 00:28:38
    has their ability to make decisions and
  • 00:28:40
    make good choices so when the prophet of
  • 00:28:42
    Allah was asked regarding the matter of
  • 00:28:44
    someone said oh god oh messenger of
  • 00:28:45
    Allah if everything's already been
  • 00:28:47
    written then what's the point what's the
  • 00:28:49
    point in doing anything and that's the
  • 00:28:51
    beauty of Islam that these questions
  • 00:28:54
    were asked directly to the prophet of
  • 00:28:56
    Allah you look at for example
  • 00:29:00
    Christianity and you look at the gospels
  • 00:29:02
    you look at St Paul and his teachings
  • 00:29:07
    these are all people who narrate from
  • 00:29:12
    Isa 40 to 50 years after his lifting
  • 00:29:16
    from the d none of these people actually
  • 00:29:19
    lived during the time
  • 00:29:21
    ofam or actually narrate directly from
  • 00:29:24
    isaam you know Prophet Jesus they don't
  • 00:29:27
    narrate directly from him they they
  • 00:29:29
    weren't direct students of his you know
  • 00:29:32
    Saul Paul never saw Isa Alam during his
  • 00:29:36
    life he never met with him yet such a
  • 00:29:38
    significant part of Christianity is
  • 00:29:40
    based off of his testimony his teaching
  • 00:29:43
    his
  • 00:29:44
    preaching he never saw Isa Alam once in
  • 00:29:47
    his life and the same could be said
  • 00:29:49
    regarding the other gospels and in Islam
  • 00:29:53
    the story is very different in Islam
  • 00:29:56
    these questions were were asked directly
  • 00:29:58
    from the prophet sallallahu alaihi
  • 00:29:59
    wasallam and sallah alaihi wasallam
  • 00:30:02
    answered these issues one by one
  • 00:30:04
    directly
  • 00:30:05
    himself that a messenger of Allah what's
  • 00:30:07
    the purpose of you know doing things if
  • 00:30:10
    it's all just written by Allah subhana
  • 00:30:11
    tala everything's already written what's
  • 00:30:13
    the
  • 00:30:15
    point sallam answered back by
  • 00:30:20
    saying you are trying to contend with
  • 00:30:23
    the knowledge of God if a person claims
  • 00:30:26
    that Allah wa T did not know what abdan
  • 00:30:30
    is going to do in the next moment that
  • 00:30:32
    means we claim deficiency in God's
  • 00:30:34
    knowledge and as Muslims that is
  • 00:30:35
    impossible we refuse any deficiency in
  • 00:30:38
    our God in Allah in the Quran
  • 00:30:42
    says all knowing very fully informed not
  • 00:30:46
    one thing passes Allah subhana wa tala
  • 00:30:49
    but he knows
  • 00:30:50
    it however in this moment right now for
  • 00:30:53
    every for everything that you do there
  • 00:30:55
    are multiple options and you need to
  • 00:30:57
    choose choose which option you will you
  • 00:30:59
    with you wish to you wish to take on
  • 00:31:02
    which one you wish to be held
  • 00:31:03
    accountable for and that option even
  • 00:31:05
    though in this moment it's your choice
  • 00:31:07
    Allah subhah wa taala has knowledge of
  • 00:31:08
    it and the knowledge of something does
  • 00:31:12
    not equate to is not equal to an action
  • 00:31:16
    I can have knowledge of something but
  • 00:31:17
    that knowledge in itself isn't enough
  • 00:31:19
    until I actually do it if a person goes
  • 00:31:21
    to court and says I have knowledge that
  • 00:31:23
    tomorrow this person is going to do
  • 00:31:24
    something it means nothing on the day of
  • 00:31:26
    judgment Allah subhanahu wa tala
  • 00:31:28
    establishes the not based off of only
  • 00:31:31
    his knowledge that something was going
  • 00:31:32
    to happen but rather based off of the
  • 00:31:35
    actions you what you did in the D
  • 00:31:38
    someone
  • 00:31:39
    asked that how much of my how much of my
  • 00:31:43
    do I actually have control of so gave a
  • 00:31:47
    beautiful analogy he said you're
  • 00:31:48
    standing on two feet raise one he raised
  • 00:31:50
    one he said now raise the other he said
  • 00:31:52
    I can't that's the
  • 00:31:55
    reality while explaining once the issue
  • 00:31:57
    of one time he was traveling and he
  • 00:32:00
    stopped over for um
  • 00:32:04
    Salah so he told a person would you mind
  • 00:32:07
    watching over my horse let me go inside
  • 00:32:08
    and pray so the man was watching over
  • 00:32:10
    Ali's horse he went inside he prayed his
  • 00:32:13
    prayer when he came back out the horse
  • 00:32:15
    was there his saddle was
  • 00:32:19
    gone in that moment was actually holding
  • 00:32:21
    on to 10 Dirhams 10 golden coins 10
  • 00:32:25
    Dinars sorry and his intention was to
  • 00:32:27
    give that guy that didham that silver
  • 00:32:29
    that din that golden coin he was going
  • 00:32:31
    to give the guy some money as a kind as
  • 00:32:33
    a kind gesture as a gift the thank you
  • 00:32:35
    for waiting for me but now that he got
  • 00:32:37
    outside that money that he was holding
  • 00:32:39
    in his hand he couldn't give it to that
  • 00:32:40
    person anymore put it back in his pocket
  • 00:32:41
    the guy was missing his saddle was
  • 00:32:43
    missing couldn't ride a horse without a
  • 00:32:45
    saddle that's dangerous so he walked his
  • 00:32:47
    horse to the nearby Market he found a
  • 00:32:49
    store that was selling Saddles and he
  • 00:32:51
    went to a guy and he said I need to buy
  • 00:32:53
    a saddle the guy said we describe for
  • 00:32:55
    what you want and he described his the
  • 00:32:57
    saddle that he was looking for like
  • 00:32:58
    something with this specification this
  • 00:33:00
    material this this that that guy said oh
  • 00:33:02
    well you're un luuck I just came into
  • 00:33:03
    the perfect saddle for you he pulls out
  • 00:33:05
    Ali
  • 00:33:07
    saddle this is a saddle right
  • 00:33:09
    here Ali says that's my saddle he said
  • 00:33:13
    well I bought it so you're going to buy
  • 00:33:15
    it I put money into
  • 00:33:19
    thisi agrees he purchases a saddle
  • 00:33:22
    mounts it on his animal right when he's
  • 00:33:24
    about to leave he turns back to the man
  • 00:33:25
    and asks him
  • 00:33:27
    how much did he sell it to you
  • 00:33:29
    for he said for 10
  • 00:33:34
    coinsi turned to his companions and says
  • 00:33:36
    10 coins were always
  • 00:33:38
    his he was destined to have those
  • 00:33:42
    10 whether he received them through
  • 00:33:44
    Halal Oram was his
  • 00:33:45
    choice he chose the wrong
  • 00:33:52
    path that Allah subhana wa T facilitates
  • 00:33:55
    the path for which you were created
  • 00:33:57
    focus on what you can do in this moment
  • 00:34:00
    that's where your focus should be and if
  • 00:34:02
    things don't work out for you it's okay
  • 00:34:04
    go back to the drawing board and
  • 00:34:05
    continue sometimes you give it your best
  • 00:34:08
    and the class doesn't work out the job
  • 00:34:10
    doesn't work out the relationship
  • 00:34:11
    doesn't work out it's
  • 00:34:14
    okay Fai good and bad are both from
  • 00:34:17
    Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala the good is
  • 00:34:19
    from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala so we
  • 00:34:21
    exercise gratitude to Allah we learn to
  • 00:34:23
    be thankful that I'm thankful that
  • 00:34:25
    things are going good right now they're
  • 00:34:27
    going well in my life I'm thankful that
  • 00:34:29
    I have freedom I'm thankful that I have
  • 00:34:30
    shelter I'm thankful that I have faith
  • 00:34:32
    I'm thankful that I have wealth I'm
  • 00:34:34
    thankful for the people that love me and
  • 00:34:36
    the people that I'm able to love sh and
  • 00:34:39
    on the other hand there are rough days
  • 00:34:41
    and when those rough days come you don't
  • 00:34:42
    run
  • 00:34:44
    away you exercise patience and that's
  • 00:34:47
    one of the major differences between an
  • 00:34:49
    atheist and a theist The Atheist rejects
  • 00:34:52
    God the moment things get tough why
  • 00:34:55
    didn't God give me me what I wanted when
  • 00:34:58
    I wanted and the simple analogy that I
  • 00:35:00
    give for an atheist is equivalent to a
  • 00:35:03
    child who's in a store with their parent
  • 00:35:06
    and they're driving and they're rolling
  • 00:35:07
    past the the candy aisle and the child
  • 00:35:10
    says to mom that mom buy me candy and
  • 00:35:12
    Mom says I'm not going to buy you candy
  • 00:35:14
    and the kid says mom you hate me you're
  • 00:35:15
    not my mom anymore I don't love you and
  • 00:35:18
    Mom was like okay buddy why don't you
  • 00:35:20
    calm down a little bit why don't you
  • 00:35:22
    settle in I still love you right saying
  • 00:35:25
    that I'm not your mother doesn't change
  • 00:35:27
    anything while the believer on the other
  • 00:35:29
    hand no matter how difficult things get
  • 00:35:31
    remains patient things don't always work
  • 00:35:34
    out sometimes it's your calamities that
  • 00:35:37
    break your ego away and help you come
  • 00:35:40
    back into touch with your own reality
  • 00:35:43
    calamities are powerful if you let them
  • 00:35:44
    do what they're supposed to do tests in
  • 00:35:48
    life could spiritually Elevate you to a
  • 00:35:50
    point that you wouldn't be able to reach
  • 00:35:52
    on with your own worship even if you
  • 00:35:54
    tried I think of challenging in life
  • 00:35:57
    kind of like a
  • 00:35:59
    catalyst expedites the process the
  • 00:36:01
    chemical reactions are so much faster if
  • 00:36:03
    you're kind of growing like this
  • 00:36:05
    gradually a MBA comes in a just vertical
  • 00:36:09
    growth instant growth the story in the
  • 00:36:12
    Quran of all the prophets all the
  • 00:36:15
    prophets all the righteous people that
  • 00:36:16
    are referenced in the Quran they are not
  • 00:36:19
    mentioned as biographical entries rather
  • 00:36:22
    they are mentioned in the Quran as men
  • 00:36:24
    and women who face difficulty in life
  • 00:36:27
    and they didn't give up on Allah they
  • 00:36:29
    remained loyal and patient and Allah
  • 00:36:31
    subhanahu wa tala loved them so much
  • 00:36:33
    that their stories were crystallized for
  • 00:36:35
    eternity in theam of Allah subhah wa
  • 00:36:37
    tala every one of
  • 00:36:40
    them
  • 00:36:43
    zarb every single one of them the same
  • 00:36:46
    story every single
  • 00:36:49
    time when he was asked this
  • 00:36:52
    question that is it true that there is
  • 00:36:54
    no such thing as he said I have nothing
  • 00:36:57
    to do with these people and they have
  • 00:36:58
    nothing to do with me until they believe
  • 00:37:12
    in narrates one of the students of
  • 00:37:16
    abdah that a person once offered
  • 00:37:18
    him
  • 00:37:21
    jaish a person offered him
  • 00:37:25
    jaish
  • 00:37:28
    had no idea what this jaish was he said
  • 00:37:30
    what's
  • 00:37:31
    jaish so he said this is something that
  • 00:37:34
    we eat after we have a big heavy meal
  • 00:37:37
    and we're full you know like you've had
  • 00:37:39
    four slices of Chicago style deep dish
  • 00:37:41
    gano's pizza and you're like completely
  • 00:37:44
    bloated and you can't turn left or right
  • 00:37:46
    you're maxed out he said when we eat a
  • 00:37:51
    lot and you're having tough digesting
  • 00:37:54
    that food we eat
  • 00:37:57
    to help with the
  • 00:38:01
    digestion
  • 00:38:05
    said I haven't eaten to my full in four
  • 00:38:09
    months and then he said and it's not
  • 00:38:20
    because and it's not because I didn't
  • 00:38:22
    have the ability to eat but rather is
  • 00:38:24
    because I made a commitment to a people
  • 00:38:26
    who would eat one day eat a meal and
  • 00:38:29
    then stay hungry for the next one they
  • 00:38:31
    didn't always eat these were people that
  • 00:38:33
    weren't just s filling themselves and
  • 00:38:35
    that's the American problem that's the
  • 00:38:36
    Western problem that we're just so
  • 00:38:39
    greedy with our appetites just eat and
  • 00:38:41
    eat and eat and we're not thinking about
  • 00:38:43
    it we don't care about what it's doing
  • 00:38:45
    to our bodies you know the most advanced
  • 00:38:48
    Nation uh possibly when it comes to
  • 00:38:51
    Science and Technology and
  • 00:38:53
    Innovation but the most obese as well
  • 00:38:56
    we're up there man and you look at the
  • 00:38:58
    Muslim world and you look at the third
  • 00:38:59
    world as well they were actually doing
  • 00:39:01
    much better before we started giving
  • 00:39:02
    them all of our artificial food before
  • 00:39:04
    we started sending them you know U
  • 00:39:07
    McDonald's and twinkies and and soda
  • 00:39:10
    those people were doing quite decent and
  • 00:39:12
    then we started sending them all sorts
  • 00:39:13
    of junk food and now people are just
  • 00:39:15
    hooked on to that cheap meal you go to
  • 00:39:18
    the Middle East now I went to Saudia and
  • 00:39:20
    like I was trying to have a healthy meal
  • 00:39:22
    and the only thing I could find that was
  • 00:39:24
    close to being healthy was fried chicken
  • 00:39:28
    not even Al bake Al fake
  • 00:39:30
    like everywhere you
  • 00:39:33
    go it's say fried chicken and I'm like
  • 00:39:35
    come on give me some can I buy a salad I
  • 00:39:38
    did not see one salad store in the
  • 00:39:40
    entire
  • 00:39:41
    MCA their Sala is like not even like a
  • 00:39:44
    full salad it's like dacy salad dacy
  • 00:39:47
    salad is like sliced carrots sliced
  • 00:39:50
    cucumbers and beets with Chutney on the
  • 00:39:53
    side if you're not this you're like what
  • 00:39:55
    in the world is going on on what am I
  • 00:39:57
    what is this for the rabbit or
  • 00:40:03
    something this is a powerful narration
  • 00:40:06
    the son of it has some in it that one
  • 00:40:09
    day he came outside and while he was
  • 00:40:11
    walking he saw that everyone had
  • 00:40:14
    gathered so he asked them what's going
  • 00:40:17
    on they
  • 00:40:20
    said there's a lion in the road so
  • 00:40:23
    everyone's you know there's a wild cat
  • 00:40:25
    there people are being cautious people
  • 00:40:28
    are trying to wait it out to see what
  • 00:40:29
    happens
  • 00:40:31
    next
  • 00:40:32
    so
  • 00:40:34
    dismounted and he went to the lion and
  • 00:40:38
    literally held it by the
  • 00:40:44
    ear he then held the animal and pulled
  • 00:40:47
    it aside he held the line and pulled it
  • 00:40:51
    aside people are shocked like what what
  • 00:40:54
    is this guy doing does he not have any
  • 00:40:57
    fear and then he said I heard the
  • 00:40:59
    prophet of Allah
  • 00:41:15
    saying that had the son of Adam not
  • 00:41:17
    feared anyone other than Allah no one
  • 00:41:20
    would overcome the insan it's that we
  • 00:41:22
    have started fearing others that's why
  • 00:41:24
    their fear has entered into our hearts
  • 00:41:27
    this applies to Jin as well the Muslims
  • 00:41:28
    are very terrified of Jin there's no
  • 00:41:31
    need to be afraid of
  • 00:41:33
    them Allah gave you honor there's no
  • 00:41:36
    need to be afraid of any any animal any
  • 00:41:39
    creation you have this like six-foot
  • 00:41:41
    dude who weighs like 200 lb and he's
  • 00:41:43
    terrified of a
  • 00:41:45
    cockroach God created you Superior have
  • 00:41:48
    some dignity you're jumping in the air
  • 00:41:51
    like a young child by the passing of a
  • 00:41:52
    small Mouse not even the size of this
  • 00:41:55
    cup
  • 00:41:57
    you know what happened to the
  • 00:41:59
    insan the statement of is quite profound
  • 00:42:03
    that Allah subhana wa taala he gave the
  • 00:42:07
    human being honor over all that you
  • 00:42:09
    don't fear anyone other than Allah
  • 00:42:11
    subhanahu wa
  • 00:42:13
    tala you ever seen
  • 00:42:16
    someone
  • 00:42:17
    Fearless just approach a lion or a wild
  • 00:42:21
    animal and control it have you guys ever
  • 00:42:23
    seen that yes no I've seen it
  • 00:42:26
    it's crazy you know these people I I was
  • 00:42:30
    in um zomia in like kind of southern
  • 00:42:34
    part of Africa and um My teacher asked
  • 00:42:37
    me to go there you know to teach Islam
  • 00:42:39
    to some of the people there and spend
  • 00:42:40
    time with the Muslims so we were
  • 00:42:43
    literally in uh what they called the
  • 00:42:46
    bush like we were in the
  • 00:42:48
    jungle and so we're driving in this car
  • 00:42:51
    this guy's driving me and he he
  • 00:42:53
    literally chopped the top part of his
  • 00:42:54
    car off so it's it's open and as we're
  • 00:42:58
    driving we're passing by this is I saw
  • 00:43:01
    this with my own eyes we're driving past
  • 00:43:03
    hyenas we're driving past giraffes going
  • 00:43:06
    past so many rhinos just sitting on the
  • 00:43:09
    side of the bank passing by like bulls
  • 00:43:13
    and buffalo and all the animals so then
  • 00:43:16
    we're passing by one area he said this
  • 00:43:18
    area is known for cheetah and
  • 00:43:20
    lions so we saw the we saw them there
  • 00:43:23
    was a group of female lions by the side
  • 00:43:25
    and this is getting closer I'm telling
  • 00:43:28
    him you know is by why don't you slow
  • 00:43:30
    down a little bit we don't need to go
  • 00:43:31
    that close my camera has a zoom in
  • 00:43:34
    feature we don't need to go any
  • 00:43:37
    closer M that's a he used to always say
  • 00:43:42
    mu you don't need to be afraid of
  • 00:43:44
    anything I'm here I said aren't you
  • 00:43:46
    afraid he said no I said what would you
  • 00:43:49
    do if that lion from there pounced on us
  • 00:43:51
    cuz there's nothing on top of us there's
  • 00:43:53
    no security no safety what would you do
  • 00:43:55
    right now if that lion right there
  • 00:43:57
    five sofs away jumps on
  • 00:43:59
    us this man holds up his big light that
  • 00:44:01
    he's holding in his hand he goes I hit
  • 00:44:02
    it with
  • 00:44:04
    this Not Afraid at all
  • 00:44:08
    man that didn't increase my confidence
  • 00:44:10
    in
  • 00:44:12
    him but I definitely saw what confidence
  • 00:44:15
    was the guy's Not Afraid you put me up
  • 00:44:18
    against that guy I'll take him down and
  • 00:44:20
    it's not false confidence either like
  • 00:44:23
    it's it's a state that these people are
  • 00:44:25
    not afraid
  • 00:44:26
    you look at the like you know in
  • 00:44:29
    Afghanistan these people are not afraid
  • 00:44:31
    of Tanks they're not afraid of jets
  • 00:44:33
    they're tough they're really tough
  • 00:44:36
    people they look at the enemy and they
  • 00:44:38
    say you should be afraid of me not the
  • 00:44:40
    other way around the son of Adam did not
  • 00:44:43
    fear anyone other than Allah nothing
  • 00:44:45
    else would overcome
  • 00:44:47
    him one person came to because avoided
  • 00:44:52
    participating in any of the wars between
  • 00:44:55
    any of the sahaba you know any disputes
  • 00:44:58
    or anything he said I'm not going to get
  • 00:45:00
    involved in any of this and it was
  • 00:45:02
    beautiful that he didn't
  • 00:45:04
    because politics are just an ongoing
  • 00:45:07
    story there's always going to be an up
  • 00:45:08
    and down you need some people in the
  • 00:45:10
    community that kind of stay away from
  • 00:45:12
    the politics and teach and educate
  • 00:45:14
    people not dividing the people because
  • 00:45:17
    once you're a part of one party when
  • 00:45:18
    people from the other group see you they
  • 00:45:20
    won't study from you because why oh
  • 00:45:21
    you're from that group there's some
  • 00:45:23
    assumption that this person is going to
  • 00:45:24
    feed an agenda to me
  • 00:45:27
    made it a policy that I am a teacher
  • 00:45:29
    everyone learns the Hadith from me and I
  • 00:45:31
    wouldn't remain that so I'm not going to
  • 00:45:32
    get involved in any of this right he
  • 00:45:35
    chose not to be a part of it so a person
  • 00:45:37
    once came
  • 00:45:38
    to and he said to him you know thatth
  • 00:45:42
    that we always hear that Islam is based
  • 00:45:44
    on Five Pillars you guys know that
  • 00:45:47
    narration Islam is built on Five Pillars
  • 00:45:50
    we teach it to kids in Sunday School in
  • 00:45:52
    theas at Interfaith Islam is based on
  • 00:45:55
    Five Pillars most of you may not know
  • 00:45:57
    this that narration is narrated
  • 00:46:01
    by and the reason why he narrated that
  • 00:46:04
    Hadith is this a person came to trying
  • 00:46:08
    to Guilt Trip him he said that why don't
  • 00:46:11
    you go for Jihad everyone's going for
  • 00:46:13
    Jihad why don't you go for Jihad so at
  • 00:46:16
    that point in response to him
  • 00:46:20
    said Islam is built on Five Pillars and
  • 00:46:23
    Jihad is not one of those five pillars
  • 00:46:25
    that's how he quoted that narration to
  • 00:46:27
    him that we believe in God Salah
  • 00:46:32
    Zak is Jihad fighting in the battlefield
  • 00:46:36
    obligatory it could be in certain
  • 00:46:37
    circumstances your city is getting
  • 00:46:39
    ransacked you can't stand at home with
  • 00:46:41
    your um with your cheese and crackers
  • 00:46:44
    you got to get up and go fight you got
  • 00:46:46
    to defend the people that's a time you
  • 00:46:48
    know but overall in Islam we don't have
  • 00:46:51
    this concept that everyone's on barbaric
  • 00:46:53
    mode where we're all just fighting and
  • 00:46:54
    shooting and killing and blowing up each
  • 00:46:56
    other kind of like what you know
  • 00:46:57
    Hollywood wants people to believe like
  • 00:46:59
    they're always showing Muslim as a crazy
  • 00:47:01
    cuckoo guy that's was making it a point
  • 00:47:04
    that Islam is a Jihad is a tool that
  • 00:47:07
    Muslims use if there is a need for it if
  • 00:47:10
    we get pushed we will push back if there
  • 00:47:12
    is a need we will stand up if there is a
  • 00:47:14
    need if oppression becomes common we
  • 00:47:16
    will stand up to establish justice Islam
  • 00:47:19
    is not some pacifist religion some
  • 00:47:21
    so-called Buddhist Faith that's not what
  • 00:47:23
    it is Islam believes in Justice
  • 00:47:26
    and if there is oppression the the the
  • 00:47:29
    Muslim ruler if there is one at any
  • 00:47:32
    given time in any given State can pass a
  • 00:47:34
    ruling that Muslims get up and spread
  • 00:47:36
    justice but it's not one of the five
  • 00:47:39
    pillars of
  • 00:47:40
    Islam the five pillars of Islam that
  • 00:47:42
    apply to everyone at all
  • 00:47:45
    times and then he narrates these five um
  • 00:47:50
    pillars so that questioner he then cited
  • 00:47:53
    a verse
  • 00:47:54
    to vers number eight that okay I'll
  • 00:47:58
    accept that one but what about the
  • 00:48:06
    Ayah he cited this verse so responded
  • 00:48:11
    back to him what about the Ayah of the
  • 00:48:16
    Quran that whoever kills another
  • 00:48:18
    believer intentionally will be in the
  • 00:48:20
    fire of Hell eternally you're going to
  • 00:48:22
    kill people he's he's saying I I'm not
  • 00:48:25
    going to fight you can't shame me into
  • 00:48:27
    fighting I'm not going to go fight
  • 00:48:29
    against another Muslim another
  • 00:48:31
    mmin so then that guy said what about
  • 00:48:34
    the
  • 00:48:37
    AY 193 so said to him that you've
  • 00:48:41
    misunderstood this verse this verse is
  • 00:48:43
    talking about the early days of Islam
  • 00:48:45
    where Muslims weren't even allowed to
  • 00:48:46
    practice their faith they were tortured
  • 00:48:48
    so then Allah when we arrived in Madina
  • 00:48:52
    gave us permission to fight to defend
  • 00:48:54
    ourselves to establish our own land and
  • 00:48:56
    to worship Allah subhana T
  • 00:48:57
    freely now Islam has become
  • 00:49:00
    abundant and there is no F anymore this
  • 00:49:03
    Ayah does not apply he's a muf you can't
  • 00:49:06
    shame him into you know partially
  • 00:49:07
    stating this and partially stating that
  • 00:49:09
    he is a knowledgeable Man Who Saw
  • 00:49:11
    Revelation come down upon he lived with
  • 00:49:14
    the prophet of
  • 00:49:17
    Allah when he realized that he couldn't
  • 00:49:20
    convince he
  • 00:49:23
    said the man was one of these trolls
  • 00:49:25
    from you know social media Twitter uh
  • 00:49:29
    Facebook Instagram so he said so what's
  • 00:49:31
    your opinion
  • 00:49:34
    regarding so he
  • 00:49:37
    said like the other companions was
  • 00:49:39
    forgiven by Allah you choose you people
  • 00:49:40
    choose not to forgive him if he did
  • 00:49:43
    anything you people are the ones that
  • 00:49:44
    hold grudges not me I don't have a
  • 00:49:46
    grudge against another companion as
  • 00:49:48
    for he was the cousin of the prophet of
  • 00:49:50
    Allah the son-in-law of the prophet of
  • 00:49:52
    Allah and his house was right here he
  • 00:49:55
    pointed to towards the area in front of
  • 00:49:56
    him was right next to the house of the
  • 00:49:58
    Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam
  • 00:50:00
    that's what he meant to the prophet of
  • 00:50:01
    Allah so what opinion do I havei is
  • 00:50:05
    beloved to us just as he was beloved to
  • 00:50:08
    the prophet sallallahu alaihi
  • 00:50:10
    wasallam now we go to the end
  • 00:50:13
    of's
  • 00:50:19
    life um it passes from this world in the
  • 00:50:24
    73rd year after
  • 00:50:27
    migration 73rd year after
  • 00:50:32
    migration there's a lot going on at this
  • 00:50:35
    time politically there's a lot of things
  • 00:50:36
    happening haaj Yu has just basically
  • 00:50:39
    ransacked Makkah M to bring down
  • 00:50:42
    Abdullah Zu who was the established khif
  • 00:50:46
    in Makkah we covered abdah Zu story and
  • 00:50:50
    actually his mother's
  • 00:50:53
    story earlier in our classes
  • 00:50:56
    so after abdah Zu was
  • 00:50:59
    martyred um ha the man who orchestrated
  • 00:51:03
    the whole thing the general behind om
  • 00:51:05
    Army he was delivering a sermon and he
  • 00:51:07
    began to say very foul things against
  • 00:51:10
    certain Companions of the Prophet
  • 00:51:11
    sallallahu alaihi
  • 00:51:14
    wasallam stood up he was an old man
  • 00:51:18
    senior person some historians say he was
  • 00:51:22
    around 87 years old in his mid to late
  • 00:51:26
    80s he heard the man speaking foul about
  • 00:51:29
    a sahabi so stood up and he said oh
  • 00:51:32
    enemy of Allah stop it you say bad
  • 00:51:35
    things about the companions you
  • 00:51:37
    desecrated the honor of the Caba by
  • 00:51:39
    bringing War
  • 00:51:40
    here this was a land that people were
  • 00:51:42
    not allowed to have weapons in and you
  • 00:51:45
    brought weapons here you brought an army
  • 00:51:47
    here you fought a war in mecah who does
  • 00:51:49
    such who does something like
  • 00:51:51
    this
  • 00:51:53
    Hau was a man so he turned to and in
  • 00:51:59
    front of everyone publicly he said this
  • 00:52:01
    man is senile he's lost his brains he's
  • 00:52:04
    no
  • 00:52:06
    good
  • 00:52:08
    then ha Yu called one of his people and
  • 00:52:12
    instructed him to inflict a wound on
  • 00:52:16
    with a poisoned uh
  • 00:52:24
    weapon
  • 00:52:31
    that man came and he made a small cut
  • 00:52:35
    on which led to's Health deteriorating
  • 00:52:39
    significantly when he was on his death
  • 00:52:41
    bed ha YF came to visit him and he
  • 00:52:44
    played innocent he said is there
  • 00:52:46
    anything I can do for you point out who
  • 00:52:48
    cut you and I will deal with him so
  • 00:52:51
    first didn't respond when ha kept trying
  • 00:52:54
    to make a
  • 00:52:57
    scene turned towards him and he said you
  • 00:52:59
    were the one who killed me he said how
  • 00:53:02
    could you say such a thing so abdah then
  • 00:53:05
    repeated that before your arrival there
  • 00:53:07
    was none of this in Makkah there were no
  • 00:53:10
    weapons here this was a safe town this
  • 00:53:12
    is a Haram a sanctuary whoever cut me
  • 00:53:15
    did it because you allowed it to happen
  • 00:53:17
    you're the one who brought all these
  • 00:53:18
    weapons into makah M you're the one who
  • 00:53:20
    bought the war here you're the one who
  • 00:53:21
    bought the fight here and as
  • 00:53:26
    was on his um deathbed his student
  • 00:53:30
    narrates that the last thing that he uh
  • 00:53:33
    stated regret over was uh not being able
  • 00:53:37
    to spend more time in this world
  • 00:53:39
    worshiping Allah subhanahu wa taala he
  • 00:53:42
    said man I wish I could live longer to
  • 00:53:43
    worship Allah more to fast more to do
  • 00:53:46
    more good deeds and I also regret not
  • 00:53:48
    standing up against the rebel group uh
  • 00:53:51
    when they stood up against the Khalifa
  • 00:53:53
    may Allah subhanahu wa taala elev at the
  • 00:53:55
    m
  • 00:53:57
    ofd so many lessons to learn from him
  • 00:54:00
    there again there's so many there are so
  • 00:54:01
    many stories and so many anecdotes so
  • 00:54:04
    many things that we can learn from
  • 00:54:07
    everything had a place in time one time
  • 00:54:10
    was doing of the a person came to him
  • 00:54:12
    and said I would like to marry your
  • 00:54:15
    daughter in the middle of his ta
  • 00:54:20
    so didn't even respond to him he just
  • 00:54:22
    kept
  • 00:54:23
    walking that guy felt so shameful that
  • 00:54:25
    man I wanted to marry that guy's
  • 00:54:27
    daughter and I took my moment you know
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    how young people when they get excited
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    sometimes they get a little nervous too
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    so he's thinking man what's think of me
  • 00:54:35
    and he's so nervous and shocked after
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    his uh after he did his finish his time
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    in mecah he went to Medina this person
  • 00:54:42
    and was already in Madina when he
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    met called him he said weren't you the
  • 00:54:48
    guy who wanted to marry my daughter he
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    said yes so then W very compassionate Le
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    softly says to him buddy there's a place
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    and time for everything that's not the
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    time and place for it when we're doing
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    Ta on the Caba are we supposed to be
  • 00:55:03
    thinking about like marriage no you're
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    worshiping Allah you're supposed to
  • 00:55:08
    think about your
  • 00:55:10
    I and then he says to him okay tell me
  • 00:55:13
    about yourself are you still interested
  • 00:55:16
    he said yes even said I do have a
  • 00:55:18
    daughter who's interested in marriage
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    too he presented
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    himself then sought the of his daughter
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    he called two of his sons and did the
  • 00:55:27
    nikah right
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    there there's a time and place for
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    everything so many lessons from the
  • 00:55:34
    wisdom and knowledge
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    of allow us to learn and follow their
  • 00:55:43
    footsteps
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