Insights From The Sermon Of The Pious - Sayed Ali Al-Qazwini

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[0:01][music] [music] Alhamdulillah.

[0:44]One of the most powerful sermons we find in is the sermon

[0:52]that was addressed to one of the great companions of Alam or

[0:58]Alcc according to versions and depending on the version of that you

[1:04]may have.

[1:06]This is sermon 193.

[1:10]Am I came up to the im and he said, "Describe to

[1:16]me the pious individuals.

[1:20]Describe it in a way such that I can see them." So

[1:24]he wants a very vivid description.

[1:28]Initially the im he was hesitant.

[1:33]He just gave him a very brief answer but he wasn't content.

[1:37]He asked again.

[1:38]He said no please tell me give me those vivid descriptions of

[1:42]what a mut is.

[1:43]Again the imam for some reason he didn't really want to give

[1:48]him an answer.

[1:49]He just gave him a very short brief answer.

[1:50]Then he kept on insisting.

[1:53]And he said, "No, you are IM and I want you to

[1:59]describe them to me." Finally, the im he accepted.

[2:01]He gave in.

[2:04]The sermon starts first with and sending salawat upon Muhammad and Muhammad.

[2:19]This sermon is so beautiful.

[2:21]Because in just one sermon, probably less than two pages, about maybe

[2:28]a page and a half, if you can really fit in the

[2:30]text, maybe even one page, the imam summarizes what faith is all

[2:38]about in the most eloquent of words, truly being worthy of being

[2:41]in the book peak of eloquence.

[2:44]The Imam starts this he was asked about what it means to

[2:49]be a pious individual.

[2:51]What does the life of a pious brother or sister a pious

[2:57]believing or what does their life revolve around?

[3:01]The imam says the Imam starts first by invoking the name of

[3:20]God and he starts by describing what happened when Allah created us

[3:25]because the the centrality of a believer's life is Allahel.

[3:30]You can't discuss what it means to be a good pious individual

[3:35]without discussing Allahel.

[3:35]Doesn't make sense.

[3:37]At the end of the day, the believer their walk, their breath,

[3:43]their steps is filled with.

[3:46]So then the imam says, The Imam here makes a very profound

[4:02]point.

[4:03]He says, "Allah, when he created me, did he need me?

[4:08]Is that why he created me?" Whenever we do anything, we open

[4:12]a new business.

[4:13]Even something as simple as getting up to go get water.

[4:17]Back in the old days, you would go, you know, dig in

[4:20]the well, carry the bucket.

[4:20]Now, alhamdulillah, just go and get the tap water.

[4:23]And I've heard tap water is safe to consume here, right?

[4:26]So where I come from, we have to always drink bottled water.

[4:29]It's not, you know, safe to consume regular tap water.

[4:32]So alhamdulillah, that really is a privilege.

[4:33]So even when I get up to go drink some water, right?

[4:37]I am in need such that I go and I make this

[4:41]action.

[4:40]All of our actions there's a deficit and we have to go

[4:44]and try to fill that deficit.

[4:46]Whether that's eating, whether that's sleeping.

[4:48]Why do we do all this stuff?

[4:50]We encounter a deficit because we're limited beings.

[4:53]And thus, after a long day of fasting, my stomach is empty.

[4:58]I have to fill it.

[4:58]After a long exhausting day, I have to go sleep.

[5:02]Why does Allah do what he does?

[5:03]Is Allah in need of creation?

[5:05]Is Allah in need of being praised?

[5:10]Is Allah in need of my existence?

[5:12]The imam says, "No." The Imam says Allah he does not need

[5:21]our and Allah knows that his servants his creation they can't harm

[5:24]him and they can't benefit him and I do anything to harm

[5:29]God can I I do anything to benefit allahel the lord of

[5:33]the universe [laughter] what can I do to affect you know the

[5:40]cosmos with our limited beings So it's not that Allah subh he's

[5:49]in need of us or there's a fear from his servant such

[5:51]that he wants to please us.

[5:56]Allah is beyond this and our servitude our our actions the Quran

[6:03]that we recite the prayer that we conduct the Hajj that we

[6:07]go and we spend an enormous amount of resources our time our

[6:10]money to go.

[6:12]Allah is not in need of any of this.

[6:14]This, my dear brothers and sisters, is our way of elevating our

[6:24]soul.

[6:22]We understand that we are humans, physical beings, but we have a

[6:27]metaphysical side.

[6:29]Yes, here according to the rules of this duny, you go, you

[6:32]get an education, you take care of your health.

[6:34]That's how you prosper materially.

[6:37]But the works differently.

[6:41]If you want your soul to be pure, to be cleansed, to

[6:46]have that, if you've seen people, they're so calm.

[6:49]Whatever trials that fall upon them as still as a rock.

[6:54]How do I be like that?

[6:55]Through.

[6:57]Because the more I get closer to to my Lord, to the

[7:05]one that created me, endowed me with everything that I have, the

[7:08]more my soul is cleansed.

[7:12]That's why all of our according to Islamic law needs, needs intention.

[7:18]Prayer, any that you do, any action, it needs intention.

[7:23]What's our intention?

[7:25]Seeking closeness to God.

[7:28]Because when you get closer to God, you get closer to that

[7:32]divine essence, yourself is purified.

[7:35]That's why the imam starts by discussing this.

[7:39]Then the Imam says, and we don't have time to discuss the

[7:45]entire we'll just discuss some short excerpts.

[7:48]Then the im says one difference between just a regular Muslim and

[7:59]someone that is a is that if you want to be a

[8:06]good Muslim, you have to engage in the obligations.

[8:07]And we know what our obligations are.

[8:12]We have fasting during Ramadan.

[8:14]We have salah.

[8:15]We have sometimes mandated.

[8:20]We have we have our obligations to our parents, to our spouses,

[8:27]to our kids.

[8:27]We all know this.

[8:29]What separates these individuals from a is this is you know this

[8:37]is pocket change for a for someone that is pious.

[8:38]Obviously, they've taken down and they've gone care of the obligations.

[8:45]What they're busy refining is the virtues abstaining from vices, greed, cowardice

[9:04]and trying to develop good qualities, good that is one difference between

[9:13]a and just a regular Muslim.

[9:14]So they're on a different plane of thinking.

[9:16]Their attitude is not you know did I miss the salah today?

[9:21]Did I wake up for but a is thinking how can I

[9:23]increase my in prayer that humility that concentration a doesn't just think

[9:31]you know let me just do the bare minimum for my community.

[9:35]A says how can I make a lasting impact on my community?

[9:40]How can I make every single person in this community be a

[9:47]better person because of my interactions with them?

[9:51]So the they concern themselves with virtues, generosity, magnanimity, strength, veil.

[10:02]This is the realm of their concerns.

[10:05]They're beyond that phase where we're still struggling to wake up for

[10:11]our fasting is that purely physical fasting.

[10:13]All I do is just not eat, not drink.

[10:16]But a mut understands that my fasting is not just not eating,

[10:22]not drinking.

[10:20]There's fasting of the eyes.

[10:23]There's fasting of the tongue, fasting of the heart, not letting the

[10:28]sanctuary of Allah, which is the heart, be occupied by anything else.

[10:31]love of this dunya, love of the football games, whatever is going

[10:34]on.

[10:34]Some people love drama, that's their god.

[10:38]Wherever there's drama, you'll find them at the epicenter is not concerned

[10:46]with all this.

[10:49]They have higher aims and higher goals.

[10:52]Then the im says whenever they speak some people the moment they

[11:04]you can see their lips forming letters.

[11:06]You already know what's going to come out of their mouth.

[11:07]They're either going to get angry, they're going to show some discrimination,

[11:10]they're going to start gossiping.

[11:12]Allah, what comes out of this mouth this time?

[11:16]And that's why it's caged.

[11:21]They strive that all their actions are in line with they only

[11:26]ever speak the truth.

[11:26]They don't speak because it serves their personal ego.

[11:32]They don't speak because of whether that's racism, whether that's special preference

[11:39]to people that I like.

[11:39]And I will speak for someone that's on my team, but I

[11:46]won't speak for someone that's not on my team.

[11:47]And the way they carry themselves, what they dress, they understand.

[11:54]You can dress nice clothing, you know, there's nothing wrong with it,

[11:59]silk dresses, best socks, you know, Apple watch.

[12:02]It doesn't that's okay.

[12:02]The imam is saying it's not haram.

[12:05]But the imam is saying concerns themselves with what's inside, not what's

[12:11]outside.

[12:11]You can have the best stuff on your body, but that's not

[12:15]what's important.

[12:15]That's not what you are going to be held accountable on the

[12:19]it's what's inside that matters.

[12:23]And then the im says some people just from the way they

[12:30]walk and he this guy thinks he's the biggest big shot.

[12:33]He owns the city.

[12:35]When I walk everyone has to show me respect.

[12:39]Look at all my accolades.

[12:42]Look at the wall of my achievements.

[12:44]And if I don't get the proper disrespect that I deserve, man,

[12:50]you know, someone's going to get it today.

[12:54]Their walk, their attitude, the way they carry themselves is humility.

[13:00]I understand this walk, this earth that I walk on, this dunya,

[13:05]maybe not this specific step, not that specific step, but one days

[13:10]one of these steps is going to be my grave.

[13:14]Why act allotty?

[13:13]act so mighty.

[13:15]It's just a few days and it ends.

[13:21]They carry themselves with humility.

[13:22]Then the imam says similar to how we want to have best

[13:36]heart health, mental health, visual health.

[13:39]We get visual checkups.

[13:42]We do heart checkups.

[13:42]We do our regular annual physical checkup.

[13:45]A is doing constant metaphysical checkups.

[13:49]Is what's reflecting in my eyes something proper?

[13:55]Am I controlling my eyes?

[13:58]Is the stuff that I'm listening to, is it something proper for

[14:02]my soul?

[14:03]Is it something that's nourishing my soul?

[14:06]The hadith of the good beneficial information, taking my study seriously, or

[14:10]is it gossip?

[14:11]Is it he said she said some sah during Ramadan?

[14:17]Mashallah.

[14:20]We have to be careful what enters.

[14:24]The same way if you're a lifelong chain smoker, you know, all

[14:27]the smoke that you're inhaling, eventually it's going to get to you.

[14:33]All this metaphysical impurity that you inhale, that you see, that you

[14:38]listen, this burdens the heart.

[14:39]We have to be careful.

[14:42]Then the im says part of being a is that no matter

[14:55]what your circumstances are in life and for many of us we

[14:57]can't really control our circumstances.

[14:57]You know I never chose my parents.

[15:00]Alhamdulillah I have wonderful parents.

[15:01]May Allah bless them.

[15:04]But I didn't choose them.

[15:05]I didn't choose where I was born.

[15:07]I didn't choose who my siblings are.

[15:09]I didn't choose my nationality and my race and my ethnicity.

[15:12]You know, a lot of it was just stuff that, you know,

[15:19]just happened one day.

[15:19]I was just there.

[15:20]I can't always control my circumstances, but what I can control is

[15:26]my reaction.

[15:25]How I react to the universe, that's fully within my control.

[15:31]The imam says, "In difficult times and in prosperous times, in war

[15:35]and in peace, the m does not change.

[15:39]Some people when you know that paycheck when that direct deposit hits

[15:49]mashallah best they're so happy you know they're handing out gifts candy

[15:53]to the kids at the mashallah but then the slightest struggle and

[16:01]they start questioning ya Allah but didn't I donate to these didn't

[16:06]I give didn't I go to during the Allah, why are you

[16:09]doing this to me?

[16:12]They start questioning and then their mood is terrible.

[16:14]The guy, he walks home.

[16:17]He's like a tyrant.

[16:17]He opens the door, everyone runs away.

[16:19]No one wants to even see him.

[16:24]All those inner demons are unleashed.

[16:25]A believer does not behave like this.

[16:28]Regardless of whatever scenario they find themselves in, their principles don't change.

[16:34]I treat people with respect.

[16:37]I'm always on time with my my smile is always on my

[16:47]face.

[16:48]In one hadith the imam says a believer the smile is on

[16:51]his or her face but they carry their pain inside.

[16:55]They don't always burden everyone else with all their problems.

[16:57]Some people the moment you sit with them you know how was

[17:01]your day?

[17:00]Alhamdulillah, but you know this happened and this happened and my aar

[17:03]wasn't too good, was too salty and this happened and this happened

[17:08]and guy cut me off on the way here and always reacting

[17:12]negatively to everything that comes across us.

[17:15]Either what comes across your way is blessings from Allah and you

[17:18]do shook or it's and you engage with patience and Allah also

[17:25]rewards you.

[17:23]That's the mentality of then the imam says they have so much

[17:40]belief in the they can almost visualize heaven and hell and then

[17:43]the im he says they can literally see the and they can

[17:48]hear the crackle of the fire of hell.

[17:50]Therefore they have no interest in this duny.

[17:53]If it wasn't that Allah had given them a certain expiry day,

[17:56]Allah knows when our time ends here on this dunya.

[18:00]No one else knows.

[18:02]No doctor can tell you.

[18:03]Noim, you know these astronomers who do astrology.

[18:07]No one can tell you when your end time is.

[18:08]Only Allah knows.

[18:10]But these people, if it wasn't for the fact Allah gave them

[18:13]a specific date, they would want to go back right now.

[18:16]They've had enough with this dunya because they can see what's awaiting

[18:19]them.

[18:20]All this we wake up, we pray and then you know half

[18:24]dizzy we go back to sleep.

[18:25]They understand all this leads to this and they can visualize heaven

[18:28]in front of them.

[18:31]They can visualize the heavenly food.

[18:33]You know you can sleep on clouds in heaven.

[18:36]You can do whatever you want.

[18:40]Then the im says him.

[18:49]Why does a believer behave this way?

[18:55]Because a believer Allah has occupied so much of their heart and

[19:01]their mind that everything else is minuscule.

[19:03]When you have the taste of knowing Allah, of getting close to

[19:11]Allah, everything else seems so insignificant.

[19:16]That pleasure of knowing God, of elevating yourself, tasting that divine bliss.

[19:24]Once you taste that, everything else seems so petty.

[19:26]People fight because of pieces of land.

[19:30]You know, there was a a brother I knew.

[19:32]He said, "My uncles," I have six uncles.

[19:34]He said, "They haven't spoken in 12 years." And he says, "It's

[19:39]because of a dispute over inheritance." And he says, "I wish at

[19:43]least it was like land in New York or some big urban

[19:46]city." He said it was back home in one of our Middle

[19:49]Eastern countries.

[19:49]And he said it was in a rural area.

[19:51]There's no roads in that area.

[19:52]There's no street signs.

[19:55]It's just like literally nature.

[19:56]It's not even worth anything.

[19:58]But they suspect that in the future this might appreciate in value.

[20:01]and they fought and six brothers don't speak to each other 12

[20:07]years because of this.

[20:09]If you taste that divine pleasure, this doesn't concern you anymore.

[20:16]Land, stupid stuff like that.

[20:18]Ego, I came into prayer.

[20:21]I usually sit in the first row and then someone sat in

[20:23]my spot.

[20:25]Who cares?

[20:27]my relationship with Allah, you know, my salah won't be degraded if

[20:31]I sit in the second row.

[20:32]But some people, oh, this is my spot.

[20:34]How?

[20:35]Especially if it's someone younger than them.

[20:37]Now, if it's someone older, they'll try to hold their tongue.

[20:39]But if it's someone younger, man, these kids these days, they have

[20:44]no manners.

[20:42]They're always on TikTok.

[20:45]This this, you know, but sometimes before we start criticizing others, we

[20:50]have to look within.

[20:53]Then the im says, A believer enjoys life but their heart always

[21:03]carries an element of sorrow.

[21:05]It's because of all the injustice that they see.

[21:08]Number one, injustice to ourselves.

[21:10]They see people sinning, people enjoying sin that brings them sorrow.

[21:17]And they see injustice done to other people.

[21:19]When you look at the news, my dear brothers and sisters, you

[21:21]see all this death, young school girls dying, a genocide being live

[21:26]streamed.

[21:26]How do you enjoy life the same way?

[21:30]No one cares.

[21:30]You know, everyone's just going about their daily life.

[21:34]Now, back then, maybe people had the excuse of, I didn't know,

[21:38]you know, this is thousands of miles away.

[21:39]How could I know?

[21:39]I didn't see.

[21:41]Now, we see with our own eyes.

[21:45]Allah, if some of these scenes that we see, if we really

[21:49]understand the tragedy, you probably couldn't even bring yourself to smile.

[21:57]Then the imam says for them this is a transaction.

[22:13]But what type of transaction?

[22:15]What are they trying to profit?

[22:18]They want they want eternal peace and rest.

[22:21]And they understand all they have to give in return for something

[22:24]so grand, you know, great prizes, great treasures are valuable.

[22:27]You have to spend big bucks to get them.

[22:30]All they understand is you spend a short time here.

[22:34]Don't get too caught up by the distractions.

[22:37]It's okay.

[22:39]Enjoy life, but don't get too caught up.

[22:41]You know, imagine if someone first time she flies on first class,

[22:48]you know, airways that Q suite, you know, mashallah.

[22:50]It's like it's like a room in the sky.

[22:53]Really enjoying it.

[22:55]You know, you're not so tired and all your bones are broken

[22:58]after that long international flight.

[22:59]Now imagine you arrive, the flight attendant comes.

[23:02]He tells that person, "All right, you know, lights up, get up."

[23:04]He says, "You know what?

[23:05]Let me enjoy this a couple more minutes.

[23:08]You know, this was a really nice nice chair.

[23:08]Turns into a a bed and it's so premium.

[23:11]It's so comfortable.

[23:12]And the flight of sense says, "Well, other people are coming into

[23:15]the plane.

[23:16]You have to deboard.

[23:17]You have to deplane.

[23:20]It's okay." The imam isn't saying don't enjoy life.

[23:24]It's okay to enjoy life.

[23:24]Well, don't get too caught up.

[23:28]Understand that before we were born, we did exist.

[23:33]We weren't we were in another form of universe and we are

[23:38]going to somewhere much better.

[23:39]This is just a transitory period.

[23:43]We're just crossing a bridge.

[23:44]If you cross the Ambassador Bridge, you know, Trump is having this

[23:47]whole fight about the Ambassador Bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor, Canada.

[23:51]It's beautiful.

[23:52]You see Detroit, you see Windsor, you're crossing over the river.

[23:56]But do you get out of your car, you set up camp,

[23:59]and you just stay there enjoying the view?

[24:00]It's okay.

[24:01]Enjoy the view while you're crossing.

[24:02]But just remember this is a bridge.

[24:04]The point of bridges is that you cross them.

[24:07]It's okay.

[24:08]You take in the scenery, you can drive slowly, but eventually you

[24:12]have to get to the other side.

[24:14]That's life.

[24:15]Real life according to the Quran starts at the moment of death.

[24:20]This is just that dream that we all have, that collective waking

[24:24]consciousness.

[24:26]But then real life and real blessings of Allah appear before you

[24:30]at the moment of death.

[24:33]Then the imam says, What do those spend their nights doing?

[24:44]Especially on nights of Ramadan where every waking moment at night is

[24:53]in fact your breath is during Ramadan.

[24:56]They spend it recitation of holy Quran.

[25:00]What is this divine message?

[25:01]If Allah created me and he loves me and the reason I

[25:04]serve him and I'm in servitude to him all my is not

[25:08]because he needs it.

[25:10]Nay rather I need it.

[25:11]Then how can I elevate myself even further?

[25:13]How can I get even closer to him?

[25:16]If the goal of purification of self is through nearness to Allah,

[25:22]then how can I get closer to Allah?

[25:26]What is his message to me?

[25:26]I go and I read the Quran and they're on their feet.

[25:28]They're on their toes in dua, in salah, in prayer, in supplication.

[25:36]Then the IM says, this is a very beautiful line.

[25:45]And let's just stop here for a minute.

[25:46]The Imam says before they go to sleep at night, they're busy

[25:54]reflecting on that day and offering thanks to Allah, being appreciative and

[25:58]grateful for what they have.

[26:00]Oh Allah, alhamdulillah, today I was fasting.

[26:02]First of all, thank you for the blessing of fasting.

[26:06]Some of us are ill or we have other conditions where we

[26:08]can't fast.

[26:09]We can't engage in this communal ab.

[26:12]But also, thank you for having that already.

[26:15]I didn't have to be concerned today after a long day of

[26:19]fasting.

[26:20]Will I have aar will there be food on the table?

[26:21]Thank you, Ya Allah.

[26:23]Thank you for the blessings of living in a safe area.

[26:28]My kids can go to good schools.

[26:29]I'm not worried that a bomb will come and drop on my

[26:33]school and kill over 100 people.

[26:36]Isn't this a blessing of God?

[26:39]We have to be thankful.

[26:42]So before they go to sleep, they're thankful.

[26:45]And then they wake up and the first thing on their mind

[26:50]is ya Allah thank you for giving me another day and I

[26:55]will dedicate this day to you.

[26:56]Allah could have taken his ama.

[26:59]At the end of the day we're our essence is our soul.

[27:00]This body is an ama.

[27:02]It's a trust from God.

[27:03]Allah could have taken his ama at night.

[27:05]Now a lot of people pass away in their sleep peacefully.

[27:09]But Allah says you know I'll give you one more chance.

[27:13]wake up today and you get do over.

[27:16]How are you going to spend today?

[27:18]How are you going to occupy your time?

[27:21]This is what concerns themselves with.

[27:28]Then the imam says the imam here is teaching us self- discipline.

[27:39]The imam says sometimes in life we have to do stuff that

[27:43]is not easy.

[27:44]We have to kind of force ourselves to wake up in the

[27:46]morning, go to work, develop good study habits, good work habits, good

[27:53]social habits.

[27:55]The imam says if I want to do something I have a

[28:00]goal and our ultimate goal in life is nearness to God and

[28:04]my neph doesn't like that.

[28:05]It doesn't want to do it.

[28:06]How do I discipline my soul?

[28:10]the stuff that it wants to do, I prevent it.

[28:10]If I've been craving a sweet treat, you know, dates are okay.

[28:16]Alhamdulillah, they're mentioned in our hadith.

[28:19]But, you know, a chocolate chip cookie, a piece of brownie, fudge

[28:24]brownie after a long day.

[28:24]But today, myself was wild.

[28:27]You know, my ears weren't very attentive.

[28:31]I wasn't controlling my eyes.

[28:33]My tongue was all over the place.

[28:36]in bad speech then how do I discipline myself I say okay

[28:41]tonight no matcha for you you know no smoothie when you train

[28:51]yourself that if you don't do what the tells you then you

[28:55]will not get what the nefs wants this develops your spiritual discipline

[29:01]if you constantly feed into the nefs even at the cost of

[29:07]Well, that's a big dilemma.

[29:13]Then the Imam says, and he also says, if just this one

[29:25]line we were to follow, forget everything else in this, how much

[29:28]better would our communities be?

[29:31]How much would we avoid?

[29:34]The im says a is someone that they trouble themselves so that

[29:41]others are at ease.

[29:41]They control their ego so that they don't lash out at others.

[29:46]They control their tongue so that others aren't harmed by their gossip.

[29:51]They manage their own expectations so that everyone else isn't always burdened.

[29:55]We mentioned being high maintenance a couple nights ago.

[29:59]So they trouble themselves.

[30:02]They discipline their soul so that alhamdulillah the community is at ease.

[30:06]Whereas you find some people they want to be comfortable at the

[30:10]expense of everybody else.

[30:12]Any issue that happens in my life it's always someone else's problem.

[30:15]I want something to be done and I can easily do it

[30:18]myself.

[30:19]But no, I see that other people are my slaves, my servants.

[30:21]No, I see this kid, hey, you get up, pass me the

[30:23]salt, get me a bottle of water.

[30:24]It's okay to help your fellow brothers and sisters in faith, but

[30:29]it's an attitude.

[30:31]Treat other people like full human beings with needs and emotions and

[30:37]sense of integrity and respect.

[30:41]Some people other people's autonomy and sovereignty and respect is none of

[30:46]their concern.

[30:47]But they trouble themselves.

[30:49]They develop their own self-discipline so that everyone else is at ease.

[30:54]You know this person will never harm you.

[30:57]Even if you make a mistake with them, they won't go spread

[31:02]your mistake to everyone else immediately.

[31:04]You know, going on WhatsApp and then getting that forwarded many times

[31:10]message and is always careful and that's why you're always comfortable with

[31:15]them.

[31:13]You know they'll keep your secrets.

[31:16]You won't tell them something, confide in them thinking that you could

[31:20]trust them and then find out on Facebook the next day know

[31:23]600 likes and even the mayor has commented they trouble themselves so

[31:31]that others are if we can only just take this my dear

[31:33]brothers and sisters let's just take this as a lesson then the

[31:39]imam says these are big traits you know are up to the

[31:48]task.

[31:48]Someone has wronged you, you forgive them.

[31:50]Some of us were so petty, both parties are in the wrong,

[31:56]but they don't want to compromise and forgive the other.

[31:59]The imam says, he goes a step further.

[32:02]They were 100% in the right.

[32:05]They were oppressed and yet they still forgive.

[32:06]Can we be the bigger person?

[32:09]Can we have that heart in us to say that at the

[32:12]end of the day, we're all humans.

[32:14]We all make mistakes.

[32:14]And if I see a sincere intention on your part to make

[32:19]it up to seek repentance, then I'll forgive you.

[32:21]Can we have that mindset?

[32:31]One of the most beautiful aspects of Kb is that when the

[32:40]Imam and his encampment were on the banks of the Euphrates, they

[32:43]allowed the enemy camp of Iben Zad to come drink water.

[32:49]And the IM knowing what was to happen, what was to come,

[32:54]he did this.

[32:56]Because the Imam is beyond saying, well, if you deprive me of

[32:58]something, if you hurt me, I'm going to respond in kind.

[33:01]That's not the of the even if someone didn't treat me with

[33:08]the best treatment, I will always try to treat them well.

[33:10]Not because they deserve it.

[33:12]It's not about them.

[33:13]It's because I want myself to be a type of person that

[33:17]always treats others with the best of treatment.

[33:21]Because aren't we all servants of Allah?

[33:24]Are we good servants sometimes?

[33:26]But Allah always extends his mercy to us.

[33:30]Are many many many abundant sins myself at the forefront.

[33:35]It does not prevent Allah from having mercy on us from granting

[33:38]us today's from grant granting us so many blessings.

[33:44]And then I'll conclude with this.

[33:48]The imam says Some people because they have a personal problem with

[33:57]someone and maybe they're even in the wrong.

[34:00]This person is evil.

[34:03]This person has no this person, you know, it's they start maybe

[34:06]even questioning if this is a Husini person, if this person attends

[34:08]the mosque, what their nia is, what their sincerity is because they

[34:12]have a personal problem.

[34:15]They make it everyone else's problem.

[34:17]But someone if this person is my friend, my brother, my sister,

[34:20]my relative, you know, my homie, this person, no m can never

[34:24]do no wrong.

[34:24]If they got into a fight with someone, definitely he's in the

[34:29]right.

[34:30]I was visiting someone and they were a very respectable family, but

[34:34]the wife, you know, it was the father, the mother, and the

[34:36]kids said some very unusual things.

[34:39]She said, and I guess it's good that she was showing appreciation

[34:44]for her husband, but she said something that was a bit striking.

[34:46]She said, you know, I trust him so much.

[34:48]I have so much respect for him.

[34:50]Whatever he says, I'll accept.

[34:51]Okay, I guess nothing wrong so far.

[34:54]Then she said, if he even claimed I'm a prophet, I would

[35:02]accept.

[35:03]Okay, maybe take a break right there.

[35:04]you know, excessive love.

[35:07]I guess it could be a problem sometimes, too.

[35:10]Then she said something else, too.

[35:12]She said, "I have two sons." She said, "One of them is

[35:15]such an angel." And I can clearly tell who's, you know, the

[35:17]spoiled favorite one.

[35:19]She said, and I literally quote what she said.

[35:23]She said, "If I saw the second son do something wrong, I'll

[35:25]blame the first one." So, you know, it's your fault, not your

[35:28]brother's fault, not the favorite one.

[35:32]This is not an acceptable attitude to have.

[35:37]Some of us, we go above and beyond in love for people

[35:42]who sometimes need an attitude adjustment or need a lifestyle check.

[35:49]This is not appropriate.

[35:51]Yes, of course, it's good to love your family, to love your

[35:58]friends, but is also a part of our faith.

[36:01]You have to advise them.

[36:01]Part of being a good friend is when you see your friend

[36:04]in the wrong, you go and you advise them.

[36:07]You tell them, "Hey." You know, this is an area where you

[36:10]messed up.

[36:10]Sometimes we don't want to be in that awkward situation.

[36:13]We avoid it.

[36:15]But that's not being a true friend.

[36:16]A true friend comes to you to your face and tells you,

[36:18]"Look, I'm your friend.

[36:19]And it's because I'm your friend.

[36:21]I'm telling you this.

[36:22]You can't do this anymore.

[36:22]You have to change.

[36:25]And just because I have personal problems with someone doesn't mean I

[36:28]should go and generalize.

[36:31]Yeah, this person is not a good person.

[36:32]We have a problem at oh man this guy you know even

[36:37]has an issue.

[36:40]No the we would see them giving credit even to their enemies.

[36:45]They would give credit when credit is due.

[36:47]They wouldn't deprive someone of credit just because they have an issue

[36:51]with that person.

[36:53]So these are various descriptions of the as mentioned in the sermon.

[37:00]Then when the imam concluded the narrator says I saw him collapse.

[37:07]The companions went to go check out him.

[37:09]He passed away.

[37:12]Why did he pass away?

[37:16]He couldn't, you know, really bear the weight of what the imam

[37:19]said.

[37:19]He was a true servant.

[37:22]He really wanted to be but the imam gave him so many

[37:25]descriptions it was just too much on him.

[37:27]He passed away.

[37:29]I remember once when I was younger I was in I was

[37:31]studying this with the teacher and there were other students in the

[37:34]class.

[37:35]So after we finished the and it took a while to discuss

[37:37]all the various aspects.

[37:38]I asked the teacher well you know you just said the entire

[37:43]why why why did nothing happen to me?

[37:45]So he said, and he was very humble, mashallah.

[37:47]He said, "It's one thing to hear it from me.

[37:52]It's another when tells it to you, it's one thing to hear

[37:58]it from someone who tries to do their best, but you know,

[38:00]we're still sinners.

[38:02]We make mistakes and it's a difference when you hear from the

[38:07]leader of the believers." So that's the difference.

[38:10]And that's in fact why the im in the beginning, he didn't

[38:12]want to say this.

[38:14]He kept on resisting because he knew Ham had certain potential but

[38:18]he didn't want to exceed it but because he insisted again and

[38:21]again and again the imam told him may Allah subhana ta grant

[38:32]us the of not only being amongst the being amongst im people

[38:36]who other are also inspired by.

[38:38]May Allah subhana ta guide us to proper virtues.

[38:41]May Allah subhana ta abstain from us from engaging in vices and

[38:45]negative qualities, negative traits, negative habits.

[38:49]Inshallah, this blessed month of Ramadan will be a month of spiritual

[38:53]growth, of spiritual evolution, of progress in our character, in our iman,

[38:59]in our and our knowledge.

[39:00]May Allahh bless us all, protect us all, protect and fellow believers

[39:07]all across the globe wherever they may be.

[39:09]I want to be a Muhammad.

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