1 00:00:00,850 --> 00:00:03,850 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 2 00:00:03,850 --> 00:00:09,300 The life of the salaf between speech and action. 3 00:00:09,300 --> 00:00:14,500 Contentment. 4 00:00:14,500 --> 00:00:17,500 The servant’s contentment with Allah and His decrees. 5 00:00:17,500 --> 00:00:21,870 And refraining from complaining to created beings. 6 00:00:21,870 --> 00:00:24,870 When Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, fell ill. 7 00:00:24,870 --> 00:00:26,870 People visited him and said: 8 00:00:26,870 --> 00:00:29,870 "Shall we not call a physician for you?" 9 00:00:29,870 --> 00:00:31,870 He replied, "The Physician has already seen me." 10 00:00:31,870 --> 00:00:33,869 They asked: 11 00:00:33,869 --> 00:00:35,869 "And what did He say to you?" 12 00:00:35,869 --> 00:00:37,869 He said: 13 00:00:37,869 --> 00:00:40,869 "He said, 'I am the Doer of what I intend.'" 14 00:00:40,869 --> 00:00:44,479 And Umar Ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, said: 15 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:48,479 "I do not care in what state I wake up, 16 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:51,479 whether it is something I love or something I dislike, 17 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:56,479 for I do not know where the good lies—in what I love or in what I dislike." 18 00:00:56,479 --> 00:01:00,929 And regarding Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, it is said: 19 00:01:00,929 --> 00:01:04,930 "A man may seek guidance from Allah, and He chooses for him, 20 00:01:04,930 --> 00:01:06,930 yet the man becomes resentful toward his Lord. 21 00:01:06,930 --> 00:01:09,930 But it is not long before he looks at the outcome, 22 00:01:09,930 --> 00:01:12,930 and finds that it was indeed best for him." 23 00:01:12,930 --> 00:01:16,310 And Imran Ibn Husayn, may Allah be pleased with him, said, 24 00:01:16,310 --> 00:01:18,500 when he was ill: 25 00:01:18,500 --> 00:01:23,500 "By Allah, that which He loves is most beloved to Allah the Exalted." 26 00:01:23,500 --> 00:01:27,859 And Muhammad Ibn Ali, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 27 00:01:27,859 --> 00:01:29,859 "We call upon Allah for what we love, 28 00:01:29,859 --> 00:01:32,859 but when that which we dislike occurs, 29 00:01:32,859 --> 00:01:36,859 we do not oppose Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, in what He loves." 30 00:01:36,859 --> 00:01:40,750 And from Abd al-Aziz Ibn Abi Rawwad, who said: 31 00:01:40,750 --> 00:01:45,750 "I saw a sore on the hand of Muhammad Ibn Wasi', may Allah have mercy on him. 32 00:01:45,750 --> 00:01:49,780 He seemed to notice that I was distressed by it, 33 00:01:49,780 --> 00:01:55,780 so he said, 'Do you know what blessings Allah has bestowed upon me in this sore?'" 34 00:01:55,780 --> 00:01:58,819 He said, "I remained silent." 35 00:01:58,819 --> 00:02:01,069 Then he said: 36 00:02:01,069 --> 00:02:04,069 "That He did not place it on the pupil of my eye, 37 00:02:04,069 --> 00:02:06,069 nor on the tip of my tongue, 38 00:02:06,069 --> 00:02:08,069 nor on the tip of my private parts." 39 00:02:08,069 --> 00:02:12,069 He said, "His sore then became insignificant to me." 40 00:02:12,069 --> 00:02:16,389 And Malik Ibn Dinar, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 41 00:02:16,389 --> 00:02:21,389 "I envy the man who has just enough to live on and is content with it." 42 00:02:21,389 --> 00:02:25,520 Muhammad Ibn Wasi', may Allah have mercy on him, replied: 43 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:28,520 "I envy someone even more than that, by Allah: 44 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:31,520 the one who wakes up hungry and goes to sleep hungry, 45 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:35,520 yet is content with Allah, the Almighty and Majestic." 46 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:38,780 And Yahya Ibn Mu'adh, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 47 00:02:38,780 --> 00:02:41,780 "If you are not content with Allah, 48 00:02:41,780 --> 00:02:45,289 how can you ask Him to be content with you?" 49 00:02:45,289 --> 00:02:49,289 When Abd al-Malik Ibn Umar Ibn Abd al-Aziz died, 50 00:02:49,289 --> 00:02:51,289 Umar, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 51 00:02:51,289 --> 00:02:58,419 "I seek refuge in Allah from having a desire for anything that contradicts the will of Allah, 52 00:02:58,419 --> 00:03:04,419 for that would not be appropriate for me, given His trials and His kindness toward me." 53 00:03:04,419 --> 00:03:10,020 And Abu Mu'awiyah al-Aswad, may Allah have mercy on him, said regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted: 54 00:03:10,020 --> 00:03:14,020 ﴾We will surely cause him to live a good life﴿, 55 00:03:14,020 --> 00:03:18,020 "He said: 'It is contentment and satisfaction.'" 56 00:03:18,020 --> 00:03:21,500 And al-Hasan al-Basri, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 57 00:03:21,500 --> 00:03:24,500 "Whoever is content with what Allah has apportioned for him, 58 00:03:24,500 --> 00:03:27,500 it will suffice him, and Allah will bless him in it. 59 00:03:27,500 --> 00:03:32,500 And whoever is not content, it will not suffice him, nor will Allah bless him in it." 60 00:03:32,500 --> 00:03:35,629 Some of the wise said: 61 00:03:35,629 --> 00:03:38,629 "Treat what you sought of this world but did not attain, 62 00:03:38,629 --> 00:03:42,629 as something that never crossed your mind and you did not attain." 63 00:03:42,629 --> 00:03:45,919 And some of the wise said: 64 00:03:45,919 --> 00:03:48,919 "If you grieve over what has slipped from your hands, 65 00:03:48,919 --> 00:03:51,919 then grieve over what will never reach you." 66 00:03:51,919 --> 00:03:58,129 Allah’s contentment with the servant and the causes thereof. 67 00:03:58,129 --> 00:04:04,219 Abu Tayyib Sahl Ibn Muhammad Sa'luki, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 68 00:04:04,219 --> 00:04:08,379 "If the contentment of people is difficult and unattainable, 69 00:04:08,379 --> 00:04:12,379 the contentment of Allah is easy and should not be abandoned." 70 00:04:12,379 --> 00:04:15,569 And Hatim al-Asamm, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 71 00:04:15,569 --> 00:04:19,569 "Whoever wakes up upright in four things, 72 00:04:19,569 --> 00:04:22,569 he is moving within the contentment of Allah: 73 00:04:22,569 --> 00:04:24,600 The first of them: 74 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:26,600 Trust in Allah, 75 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:28,600 then reliance upon Him, 76 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:30,600 then sincerity, 77 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:32,600 then knowledge. 78 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:35,600 And all things are perfected through knowledge."