3 Great Qualities of a True Servant of Allah (s) from Imam Sadiq (a) | Sayed M. Baqer Al-Qazwini

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[0:02][Music] one of the very beautiful and profound hadiths that we have

[0:31]from the six is the of Anan was an old man who

[0:46]wanted to seek wisdom and knowledge from IM he asks im a

[0:52]very profound and beautiful question he says to the IM which is

[1:06]the title of tell me what is the reality of servitude to

[1:11]God do we not say that we are slaves to God we

[1:17]are Servants of God I want you to describe for me the

[1:21]essence of what it means to be a servant of Allah subhah

[1:26]wa ta'ala what does servitude mean the Imam said three things let's

[1:36]briefly examine the three tips or descriptions that the Imam gives us

[1:41]so we can all be better Servants of the almighty God the

[1:48]first one the states the first one is you should not see

[2:04]anything that Allah subhana wa ta'ala has given you has lent you

[2:13]as milk as something that you own you don't have ownership over

[2:19]anything why is this significant why is this important because the states

[2:30]if you truly genuinely don't see what you have as your own

[2:36]possession as you are the real owner in that case it becomes

[2:52]easy for you to donate and spend according to what Allah subhana

[2:57]T has commanded you why is it difficult for for us to

[3:00]spend on Charities to give our religious dues to donate in general

[3:08]it's not easy I've heard from some people they say I'd rather

[3:11]give my soul than give my money we are attached to our

[3:17]money to our wealth to your stocks to your cryptocurrency you're attached

[3:23]to it one reason is because you really think it's your money

[3:26]when I have money in my bank account I am under the

[3:33]impression that this is my money my possession I am the owner

[3:36]but if you remind yourself that this is not your money this

[3:42]money belongs to Allah subhana wa ta'ala God is just letting you

[3:47]borrow his resources it's his money he's letting you borrow it you're

[3:52]not the real owner and if you want evidence and proof that

[3:55]you're not the real owner just think about this did you create

[4:02]your wealth from nothing no no human being has ever been able

[4:07]to create any resources all we do is reassemble them God is

[4:14]the creator of resources we reassemble these resources for our benefit none

[4:22]of us here created our wealth from nothing everything you use to

[4:30]gather your wealth was created by Allah subhana wa ta'ala so you're

[4:33]not the real owner God is the real owner in that case

[4:40]it should be easier for us to give to contribute to be

[4:43]generous because it's not your money God allowed you to borrow it

[4:50]and now God is telling you help out the poor support these

[4:54]projects you're using his money in fact when you donate to the

[5:03]poor for instance let's say you give an amount of money to

[5:07]the poor to the destitute to those who are in need to

[5:10]those who are victims of war to to those who are going

[5:15]through a crisis you should be thankful to those people in need

[5:20]you should be thankful to the projects that are helping those poor

[5:26]people for relieving you of the responsibility of owning wealth money is

[5:38]not really a privilege if you look at it money is a

[5:44]burden because we will be held accountable for how we spent money

[5:46]on the day of judgment in fact even before the day of

[5:52]judgment in our Graves God will hold us accountable how did you

[5:55]make your money how did you spend your money money is a

[5:59]liability it's a burden did you spend it a appropriately did you

[6:01]spend it wisely did you spend it in a Halal legitimate manner

[6:05]or no money is a burden we will be held accountable for

[6:11]how we spent it now when you give money to the poor

[6:16]when you donate you are fulfilling your financial responsibility before God before

[6:20]Humanity so actually you are indebted to the poor more than the

[6:27]poor is indebted to you because those poor people who re receive

[6:30]your assistance they help you release yourself from this burden from this

[6:35]responsibility you should be thankful to them that's servitude if you are

[6:43]able to truly see your wealth your Estates your properties your stocks

[6:51]your cash your balance whatever you have if you really able to

[6:55]see it as God's resources and God is just letting me borrow

[6:59]it you're one step closer to True servitude then you can really

[7:07]see yourself as a servant of God and act like a servant

[7:11]of God that's the first one the second one the IM States

[7:15]in this Hadith a true servant of God is not one who

[7:26]is obsessed with planning for himself and thinking that he or she

[7:35]can determine all factors around him or her now why is this

[7:40]important the states if you're able to do that if you can

[7:54]delegate your life and your Affairs and your fate to Allah rely

[8:04]on God then the trials of this world will become easy for

[8:08]you you can handle them now how do we understand the second

[8:13]recommendation from does that mean we should be Reckless and not have

[8:19]any plans and be aimless in this world of course not be

[8:23]productive fulfill your responsibilities plan appropriately but don't go to the extreme

[8:31]trying to plan every angle uh of your life every single aspect

[8:34]of your life such that if your plans are disrupted you collapse

[8:38]realize that life comes with trials be able to improvise submit yourself

[8:45]to Allah subhah wa ta'ala tell him my Lord you manage my

[8:51]life Affairs I'll do my part but I know that the outcome

[8:53]will come from you I don't own my circumstances I don't own

[9:03]anything in that case when a tragedy strikes us we will be

[9:07]more resilient because we know that God is with us we know

[9:11]that God allowed this to happen because this is in our interest

[9:14]God is elevating us he's training us he's strengthening us through these

[9:20]trials that's the second step to becoming a true servant of the

[9:31]almighty God realize that he is in charge not you many times

[9:33]when we over plan things and we want to run every aspect

[9:38]of Our Lives according to our desires and interests we forget that

[9:42]God is in charge we think that we're actually in charge we're

[9:48]not in charge Allah is in charge a true servant of God

[9:55]never forgets that the third recommendation that's gives us he States if

[10:06]you really want to be a servant of Allah subhana wa tala

[10:11]you should be preoccupied throughout your day and night obeying Allah subhana

[10:15]wa taala observing his commands and if there's something that God has

[10:17]prohibited you avoid it that's how you become a true servant then

[10:24]the states that's the fruit of being preoccupied with God's laws and

[10:36]commands if you're always fulfilling what God wants from you such as

[10:41]prayer such as fasting reading the Quran helping the poor keeping ties

[10:46]with your family members being good to your parents having good AK

[10:50]being helpful seeking knowledge these are all things God commanded us to

[10:57]do if you fulfill that and you avoid sins you avoid harm

[11:01]others backbiting gossiping avoid causing trouble in your family and your Society

[11:07]avoid looking at Haram listening to Haram if you can preoccupy yourself

[11:14]with observing God's laws then the result of that the fruit of

[11:19]that is what the IM States you will not have extra time

[11:34]to argue with people to cause problems with people to boast in

[11:38]the presence of people to talk about yourself and become self-conceited and

[11:44]become arrogant you'll not have time for any of that a true

[11:49]servant is the one who preoccupies himself or herself with what God

[11:54]wants not wasting any time on worldly matters not wasting time for

[11:59]pride pride and arrogance these are the three recommendations that the IM

[12:06]recommends to us in the now what is the result of these

[12:10]three virtues the if Allah has honored you he's gifted you these

[12:23]three virtues it's a gift from God and you have to ask

[12:26]Allah to give you these virtues in the month of Ramadan I

[12:30]know of you have your prayers you have your goals and objectives

[12:33]let one of them be Ya Allah give me these three gifts

[12:36]that's IM mentions in this Ya Allah honor me with these three

[12:46]virtues if Allah has honored you with these three virtues the result

[12:53]is the consequence is what is the trophy that God is going

[12:58]to give you for that you will overcome three things the first

[13:09]one is this world this material materialistic world this world powerfully attracts

[13:16]us and sets traps for us and eventually makes us drown just

[13:21]like a ship that sails on water that water carries the ship

[13:29]we need this world to be functional to obey God to do

[13:32]that which is good but the minute that water enters inside the

[13:35]ship that's it it's over the ship will sink how do you

[13:41]avoid the world pulling you to the point where you sink by

[13:47]having these three virtues it will be become feasible for you to

[13:55]overcome the challenges of this world the second one is El Satan

[14:01]you will be able to defeat Satan you'll overcome the traps ofan

[14:06]and people there are people out there they'll make you tired there

[14:10]are people out there who will drain you from any positive energy

[14:13]there are people out there who are scheming against you sometimes you

[14:17]have people they're jealous of you they don't wish well for you

[14:20]how do you overcome all of that by having these three virtues

[14:26]the first virtue is to truly know and think that everything that

[14:34]you have is from Allah subhana tala and belongs to God I'm

[14:38]just borrowing it not more you're just borrowing the resources from Allah

[14:44]subhanahu wa ta'ala nothing else that is the first virtue the second

[14:49]virtue is not to see yourself as fully in charge Allah is

[14:55]the one who's in charge and the third one is to truly

[15:00]be preoccupied with the commands of Allah subhana wa tala to fulfill

[15:04]them and to avoid sins and among the best deeds in the

[15:07]month in the month of Ramadan is to avoid sins because IM

[15:12]asked the prophet what's the best of deeds in this month the

[15:21]prophet said respect the boundaries that God has put for you respect

[15:28]the laws of Allah subh waala and then the IM in the

[15:36]of further States the fruit of having these three virtues you will

[15:45]not be enslaved to this world running after it always wanting more

[15:49]and to be boastful about it you'll never be enslaved to other

[15:56]people always chasing them and pursuing them and wanting what they have

[16:02]you will have contentment you will not spend what remains of your

[16:09]life in falsehood you'll spend it in Truth this is the first

[16:16]step that takes you to piety then the IM he cites verse

[16:27]83 of Allah states in the Holy Quran you really want a

[16:39]big chunk of the pie in the you want to get there

[16:44]Allah says that I have made it for those who do not

[16:46]seek power in this earth they're not they don't seek arrogance and

[16:54]pride or to spread corruption or to violate the laws of Allah

[16:59]subhah wa tala the is for them God may allow the evil

[17:08]ones to maneuver a little bit in this world but the end

[17:15]is for the the reward is for the pious ones the victory

[17:18]is for the pious ones [Music] n [Music]

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