WEBVTT 00:00:00.850 --> 00:00:04.799 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:04.799 --> 00:00:11.650 The life of the salaf between speech and action. 00:00:11.650 --> 00:00:16.850 Hastening to perform good deeds. 00:00:16.850 --> 00:00:19.350 Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said: 00:00:19.350 --> 00:00:22.850 The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:00:22.850 --> 00:00:27.350 used to spend the night conversing with Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, 00:00:27.350 --> 00:00:30.480 regarding the affairs of the Muslims. 00:00:30.480 --> 00:00:34.479 One night, he was conversing with him while I was with them. 00:00:34.479 --> 00:00:37.979 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, went out, 00:00:37.979 --> 00:00:39.979 and we went out with him. 00:00:39.979 --> 00:00:44.100 Suddenly, there was a man standing in the mosque praying. 00:00:44.100 --> 00:00:47.700 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, stood 00:00:47.700 --> 00:00:49.700 to listen to his recitation. 00:00:49.700 --> 00:00:52.259 When we recognized him, 00:00:52.259 --> 00:00:56.259 the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: 00:00:56.259 --> 00:01:00.759 "Whoever wishes to recite the Qur'an fresh as it was revealed, 00:01:00.759 --> 00:01:04.260 let him recite it according to the recitation of Ibn Umm 'Abd." 00:01:04.890 --> 00:01:06.390 He said: 00:01:06.390 --> 00:01:08.890 Then the man sat down to supplicate. 00:01:08.890 --> 00:01:12.390 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, began 00:01:12.390 --> 00:01:17.959 saying to him, "Ask, and you shall be given." 00:01:17.959 --> 00:01:19.459 Umar said: 00:01:19.459 --> 00:01:22.459 I said, "By Allah, I will go to him early in the morning 00:01:22.459 --> 00:01:24.489 to give him the good news." 00:01:24.489 --> 00:01:25.489 He said: 00:01:25.489 --> 00:01:28.489 So I went to him early and gave him the good news, 00:01:28.489 --> 00:01:33.549 only to find that Abu Bakr had already preceded me and given him the good news. 00:01:33.549 --> 00:01:37.549 By Allah, I have never raced him to a good deed 00:01:37.549 --> 00:01:40.900 but that he has beaten me to it. 00:01:40.900 --> 00:01:43.969 He also said, may Allah be pleased with him: 00:01:43.969 --> 00:01:46.969 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, commanded us 00:01:46.969 --> 00:01:48.969 to give charity. 00:01:48.969 --> 00:01:51.969 This coincided with me having some wealth, 00:01:51.969 --> 00:01:53.469 so I said: 00:01:53.469 --> 00:01:55.969 "Today I will surpass Abu Bakr, 00:01:55.969 --> 00:01:58.030 if I am ever to surpass him." 00:01:58.030 --> 00:02:01.030 Then I brought half of my wealth. 00:02:01.030 --> 00:02:05.030 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said to me: 00:02:05.030 --> 00:02:07.030 "What have you left for your family?" 00:02:07.030 --> 00:02:09.159 I said, "The same amount." 00:02:09.159 --> 00:02:14.189 Then Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, came with everything he had. 00:02:14.189 --> 00:02:18.189 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said to him: 00:02:18.189 --> 00:02:20.189 "What have you left for your family?" 00:02:20.189 --> 00:02:22.219 He said: 00:02:22.219 --> 00:02:25.219 "I have left them Allah and His Messenger." 00:02:25.219 --> 00:02:26.219 I said: 00:02:26.219 --> 00:02:30.219 "I will never compete with you in anything again." 00:02:31.060 --> 00:02:35.060 Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, used to say: 00:02:35.060 --> 00:02:39.060 "When you reach the evening, do not wait for the morning, 00:02:39.060 --> 00:02:43.090 and when you reach the morning, do not wait for the evening. 00:02:43.090 --> 00:02:46.090 Take from your health for your illness, 00:02:46.090 --> 00:02:48.090 and from your life for your death." 00:02:48.090 --> 00:02:51.860 Sa'id ibn Marjanah said, 00:02:51.860 --> 00:02:55.860 a companion of Ali ibn Husayn, may Allah have mercy on him: 00:02:55.860 --> 00:02:59.860 I heard his father, Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, say: 00:02:59.860 --> 00:03:03.889 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: 00:03:03.889 --> 00:03:07.889 "Any Muslim who frees a Muslim slave, 00:03:07.889 --> 00:03:13.889 Allah will ransom every limb of his with a limb of his from the Fire." 00:03:13.889 --> 00:03:14.889 He said: 00:03:14.889 --> 00:03:18.889 I left as soon as I heard the hadith from Abu Hurayrah, 00:03:18.889 --> 00:03:21.889 and I mentioned it to Ali ibn Husayn, 00:03:21.889 --> 00:03:23.889 so he freed a slave of his 00:03:23.889 --> 00:03:28.889 for whom Ibn Ja'far had offered him ten thousand dirhams, 00:03:28.889 --> 00:03:30.889 or a thousand dinars. 00:03:30.889 --> 00:03:35.370 Khalid ibn Ma'dan, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:03:35.370 --> 00:03:40.370 "If one of you opens a door to good, let him hasten to it, 00:03:40.370 --> 00:03:43.370 for he does not know when it will be closed to him." 00:03:43.370 --> 00:03:45.689 A poet said: 00:03:45.689 --> 00:03:49.689 "If you do not sow and you see a harvester, 00:03:49.689 --> 00:03:53.689 you will regret your negligence during the time of sowing." 00:03:53.689 --> 00:03:57.300 It was said to a man from 'Abd al-Qays: 00:03:57.300 --> 00:03:59.300 "Give us some advice." 00:03:59.300 --> 00:04:00.300 He said: 00:04:00.300 --> 00:04:02.300 "I warn you against 'later'." 00:04:02.300 --> 00:04:04.870 Some of them said: 00:04:04.870 --> 00:04:07.870 "Whoever delays an opportunity beyond its time, 00:04:07.870 --> 00:04:12.159 let him be certain of its loss." 00:04:12.159 --> 00:04:14.189 Some poets said: 00:04:14.189 --> 00:04:17.189 "When the winds of your fortune blow, seize them, 00:04:17.189 --> 00:04:21.189 for every gust is followed by a calm. 00:04:21.189 --> 00:04:24.189 Do not be heedless of doing good during them, 00:04:24.189 --> 00:04:28.189 for you do not know when the calm will come." 00:04:28.189 --> 00:04:32.699 Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:04:32.699 --> 00:04:36.829 "Everything of good should be hastened into." 00:04:36.829 --> 00:04:40.829 A man consulted him about going to the frontier, 00:04:40.829 --> 00:04:43.829 and he said to him, "Hasten, hasten." 00:04:43.829 --> 00:04:46.379 A poet said: 00:04:46.379 --> 00:04:50.410 "The best of good for people is the most immediate, 00:04:50.410 --> 00:04:54.410 and there is no benefit in good that is delayed." 00:04:54.410 --> 00:05:00.709 The state of the salaf regarding food and drink. 00:05:00.709 --> 00:05:05.100 Eating less and the encouragement to do so. 00:05:05.100 --> 00:05:08.800 Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said: 00:05:08.800 --> 00:05:10.829 "O people, 00:05:10.829 --> 00:05:13.829 beware of overeating, 00:05:13.829 --> 00:05:16.829 for it causes lethargy in prayer, 00:05:16.829 --> 00:05:18.829 corrupts the body, 00:05:18.829 --> 00:05:20.829 and breeds illness. 00:05:20.829 --> 00:05:24.829 Rather, you must be moderate in your sustenance, 00:05:24.829 --> 00:05:27.829 for it is closer to righteousness, 00:05:27.829 --> 00:05:29.829 further from extravagance, 00:05:29.829 --> 00:05:32.899 and stronger for the worship of Allah. 00:05:32.899 --> 00:05:34.899 No servant will perish 00:05:34.899 --> 00:05:39.439 until he prefers his desires over his religion." 00:05:39.439 --> 00:05:43.439 Uthman ibn Affan, may Allah be pleased with him, 00:05:43.439 --> 00:05:46.439 used to prepare the food of princes for the people, 00:05:46.439 --> 00:05:50.439 while he would enter his house and eat vinegar and oil. 00:05:50.439 --> 00:05:54.660 Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, said: 00:05:54.660 --> 00:05:57.660 "Two hollow things destroy the son of Adam: 00:05:57.660 --> 00:06:00.180 the stomach and the private parts." 00:06:00.180 --> 00:06:03.180 Sa'id ibn Jubayr, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:06:03.180 --> 00:06:07.180 I prepared for Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, 00:06:07.180 --> 00:06:11.180 and his companions various types of food and khabis (a sweet dish). 00:06:11.180 --> 00:06:12.180 He said to me: 00:06:12.180 --> 00:06:14.180 "O Sa'id, 00:06:14.180 --> 00:06:16.180 we are an Arab people; 00:06:16.180 --> 00:06:20.180 prepare for us instead of these dishes, tharid (bread and broth), 00:06:20.180 --> 00:06:23.180 and instead of these sweets, hais (a date and ghee dish). 00:06:23.180 --> 00:06:27.180 Were it not that you are one of us, the people of the house, 00:06:27.180 --> 00:06:29.850 I would not have said this to you." 00:06:29.850 --> 00:06:33.850 'Ubadah ibn al-Samit, may Allah be pleased with him, said: 00:06:33.850 --> 00:06:36.850 "The stomach is insatiable; 00:06:36.850 --> 00:06:39.850 let what suffices you be enough." 00:06:39.850 --> 00:06:45.459 Abdullah ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both, was brought a digestive aid. 00:06:45.459 --> 00:06:48.459 He asked, "What is this?" 00:06:48.459 --> 00:06:52.550 They said, "This helps digest food." 00:06:52.550 --> 00:06:57.550 He replied, "A month passes by me in which I do not eat my fill; 00:06:57.550 --> 00:07:01.220 what would I do with this?" 00:07:01.220 --> 00:07:05.220 Abu Ja'far, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:07:05.220 --> 00:07:09.639 "When the stomach is full, the body becomes rebellious." 00:07:09.639 --> 00:07:13.639 Malik ibn Dinar, may Allah have mercy on him, said to a man: 00:07:13.639 --> 00:07:16.639 "Do not sleep while you are full." 00:07:16.639 --> 00:07:19.639 "Leave food while you still desire it." 00:07:19.639 --> 00:07:21.699 The man said: 00:07:21.699 --> 00:07:25.740 "This is the prescription of the physicians of this world." 00:07:25.740 --> 00:07:28.740 Muhammad ibn Wasi', may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:07:28.740 --> 00:07:33.829 "Yes, and the prescription of the physicians of the path to the Hereafter." 00:07:33.829 --> 00:07:39.180 Malik said, "It is a medicine for both religion and the world." 00:07:39.180 --> 00:07:41.180 Some of them said: 00:07:41.180 --> 00:07:45.180 "Whatever you give your stomach of its demands, 00:07:45.180 --> 00:07:49.500 and your private parts, you will attain the ultimate blame." 00:07:49.500 --> 00:07:52.500 Al-A'mash, may Allah have mercy on him, said to a man: 00:07:52.500 --> 00:07:54.500 "Do you see this stomach? 00:07:54.500 --> 00:07:56.500 If you humiliate it, it will honor you, 00:07:56.500 --> 00:07:59.790 and if you honor it, it will humiliate you." 00:07:59.790 --> 00:08:03.790 Umar ibn Qays al-Mula'i, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:08:03.790 --> 00:08:08.790 "Beware of overeating, for it hardens the heart." 00:08:08.790 --> 00:08:14.269 Shaykh Taqi al-Din Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allah have mercy on him, 00:08:14.269 --> 00:08:17.269 consumed little food and drink, 00:08:17.269 --> 00:08:19.269 and would often recite: 00:08:19.269 --> 00:08:23.300 "She has hadiths from your remembrance that occupy her, 00:08:23.300 --> 00:08:27.300 away from drink, and distract her from food." 00:08:27.300 --> 00:08:33.700 Eating the lawful and caution against eating the unlawful. 00:08:33.700 --> 00:08:38.470 Wuhayb ibn al-Ward, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:08:38.470 --> 00:08:41.470 "If you stood in prayer as long as this pillar, 00:08:41.470 --> 00:08:45.470 it would not benefit you until you look at what enters your stomach: 00:08:45.470 --> 00:08:47.470 is it lawful or unlawful?" 00:08:47.470 --> 00:08:54.620 Avoiding affectation and showing off in hosting people. 00:08:54.620 --> 00:09:00.700 A man invited Ali ibn Abi Talib, may Allah be pleased with him, to a meal. 00:09:00.700 --> 00:09:06.700 He said, "I will come to you on the condition that you do not go to trouble for what you do not have, 00:09:06.700 --> 00:09:09.700 and do not withhold from us what you do have." 00:09:09.700 --> 00:09:13.149 Shu'ayb ibn al-Habhab said: 00:09:13.149 --> 00:09:18.149 Abu al-'Aliyah, may Allah have mercy on him, came to our house one day, 00:09:18.149 --> 00:09:21.149 and we wanted to go to trouble for him. 00:09:21.149 --> 00:09:25.149 He said, "Feed us from the food of the house, 00:09:25.149 --> 00:09:27.149 and do not go to trouble."