1 00:00:00,850 --> 00:00:04,799 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 2 00:00:04,799 --> 00:00:11,560 The life of the righteous between word and deed. 3 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:17,059 Moderation in worship, ease, and avoiding extremism and over-scrupulousness. 4 00:00:17,059 --> 00:00:25,429 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, established a bond of brotherhood between Salman and Abu al-Darda', may Allah be pleased with them both. 5 00:00:25,429 --> 00:00:28,429 Salman visited Abu al-Darda'. 6 00:00:28,429 --> 00:00:31,429 He saw Umm al-Darda' looking unkempt. 7 00:00:31,429 --> 00:00:34,429 He asked her, "What is the matter with you?" 8 00:00:34,429 --> 00:00:40,429 She replied, "Your brother Abu al-Darda' has no interest in the world." 9 00:00:40,429 --> 00:00:44,429 Abu al-Darda' came and prepared food for him. 10 00:00:44,429 --> 00:00:46,429 He said, "Eat." 11 00:00:46,429 --> 00:00:49,429 Salman said, "I am fasting." 12 00:00:49,429 --> 00:00:54,429 He said, "I will not eat until you eat." 13 00:00:54,429 --> 00:00:56,429 So he ate. 14 00:00:56,429 --> 00:00:58,460 When night came, 15 00:00:58,460 --> 00:01:01,460 Abu al-Darda' went to stand for prayer. 16 00:01:01,460 --> 00:01:03,460 Salman said, "Sleep." 17 00:01:03,460 --> 00:01:04,459 So he slept. 18 00:01:04,459 --> 00:01:06,459 Then he went to stand again. 19 00:01:06,459 --> 00:01:08,459 He said, "Sleep." 20 00:01:08,459 --> 00:01:11,459 When it was the last part of the night, 21 00:01:11,459 --> 00:01:14,459 Salman said, "Get up now." 22 00:01:14,459 --> 00:01:16,459 "And pray, O brother." 23 00:01:16,459 --> 00:01:18,459 Then Salman said to him, 24 00:01:18,459 --> 00:01:21,459 "Indeed, your Lord has a right over you," 25 00:01:21,459 --> 00:01:23,459 "And your own self has a right over you," 26 00:01:23,459 --> 00:01:26,459 "And your family has a right over you." 27 00:01:26,459 --> 00:01:29,459 "So give each one who has a right their due right." 28 00:01:29,459 --> 00:01:32,659 He then went to the Prophet, peace be upon him. 29 00:01:32,659 --> 00:01:35,659 And mentioned that to him. 30 00:01:35,659 --> 00:01:38,659 The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, 31 00:01:38,659 --> 00:01:40,659 "Salman has spoken the truth." 32 00:01:40,659 --> 00:01:45,040 Abdullah Ibn Mas'ud, may Allah be pleased with him, said, 33 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:50,040 "Moderation in the Sunnah is better than exertion in innovation." 34 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:52,170 And he, may Allah be pleased with him, said, 35 00:01:52,170 --> 00:01:55,170 "By the One besides whom there is no god," 36 00:01:55,170 --> 00:02:03,170 "I have never seen anyone more severe against those who are over-scrupulous than the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him." 37 00:02:03,170 --> 00:02:10,259 "And I have never seen anyone more severe against them after him than Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him." 38 00:02:10,259 --> 00:02:12,460 He, may Allah be pleased with him, used to 39 00:02:12,460 --> 00:02:15,460 Remind the people every Thursday. 40 00:02:15,460 --> 00:02:17,460 A man said to him, 41 00:02:17,460 --> 00:02:19,460 "O Abu Abd al-Rahman," 42 00:02:19,460 --> 00:02:23,460 "I wish you would remind us every day." 43 00:02:23,460 --> 00:02:24,460 He said, 44 00:02:24,460 --> 00:02:29,460 "What prevents me from doing that is that I dislike to bore you." 45 00:02:29,460 --> 00:02:32,460 "I choose the appropriate times for the sermon," 46 00:02:32,460 --> 00:02:37,460 "Just as the Prophet, peace be upon him, used to choose the times for us," 47 00:02:37,460 --> 00:02:40,900 "For fear of causing us weariness." 48 00:02:40,900 --> 00:02:42,900 And he, may Allah be pleased with him, said, 49 00:02:42,900 --> 00:02:45,900 "Do not contend with this night," 50 00:02:45,900 --> 00:02:47,900 "For you will not be able to endure it." 51 00:02:47,900 --> 00:02:51,900 "So if one of you feels sleepy, let him go to his bed," 52 00:02:51,900 --> 00:02:53,900 "For that is safer for him." 53 00:02:53,900 --> 00:02:59,479 A man came to Abu Umamah, may Allah be pleased with him, and said, 54 00:02:59,479 --> 00:03:03,479 "Someone came to me and said," 55 00:03:03,479 --> 00:03:06,479 "'Perform deeds like the deeds of Abu Umamah.'" 56 00:03:06,479 --> 00:03:08,509 Abu Umamah said, 57 00:03:08,509 --> 00:03:12,509 "And what could the deeds of Abu Umamah possibly amount to?" 58 00:03:12,509 --> 00:03:15,509 "I perform the five prayers and fast Ramadan," 59 00:03:15,509 --> 00:03:18,509 "And three days of every month." 60 00:03:18,509 --> 00:03:22,509 "And when the birds sing, I sing with them," 61 00:03:22,509 --> 00:03:24,509 "Meaning at the time of the pre-dawn prayer (sahar)." 62 00:03:24,509 --> 00:03:27,900 From 'Umayr Ibn Ishaq, may Allah have mercy on him, 63 00:03:27,900 --> 00:03:31,900 Who had met most of the Companions, may Allah be pleased with them, 64 00:03:31,900 --> 00:03:33,900 He said, 65 00:03:33,900 --> 00:03:36,900 "I have never seen a people more easy-going," 66 00:03:36,900 --> 00:03:41,900 "Nor less prone to extremism than the Companions of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him." 67 00:03:41,900 --> 00:03:45,219 And from Abu 'Ubaydah, may Allah have mercy on him, 68 00:03:45,219 --> 00:03:47,250 He said, 69 00:03:47,250 --> 00:03:54,250 "I have never seen anyone more gentle in worship than al-Rabi' Ibn Khuthaym, may Allah have mercy on him." 70 00:03:54,250 --> 00:03:56,659 Some of the wise said, 71 00:03:56,659 --> 00:04:01,659 "These hearts have an aversion like the aversion of wild animals," 72 00:04:01,659 --> 00:04:04,699 "So win them over with moderation in teaching," 73 00:04:04,699 --> 00:04:07,699 "And balance in presentation," 74 00:04:07,699 --> 00:04:11,699 "So that their obedience may be improved and their energy may endure." 75 00:04:11,699 --> 00:04:13,979 Some of the wise said, 76 00:04:13,979 --> 00:04:16,980 "Beware of departing from moderation," 77 00:04:16,980 --> 00:04:21,980 "For the one who goes to excess is like the one who falls short in overstepping the limit." 78 00:04:21,980 --> 00:04:24,240 The wise said, 79 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:27,240 "The seeker of knowledge and the doer of good," 80 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:29,240 "Are like one who eats food." 81 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:32,240 "If he takes a nourishing amount, it sustains him," 82 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:35,240 "But if he overindulges, it causes him indigestion," 83 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:38,240 "And it may even be the cause of his death." 84 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:40,240 "It is like taking medicine," 85 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:43,240 "Where the intended purpose is healing," 86 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:48,430 "But exceeding the intended dose is a deadly poison." 87 00:04:48,430 --> 00:04:52,500 From Makhlad Ibn al-Husayn, may Allah have mercy on him, he said, 88 00:04:52,500 --> 00:04:55,500 "Allah has not called the servants to anything," 89 00:04:55,500 --> 00:04:58,500 "Except that Iblis has obstructed it with two things," 90 00:04:58,500 --> 00:05:01,500 "He does not care which of the two he succeeds with:" 91 00:05:01,500 --> 00:05:03,500 "Either extremism in it," 92 00:05:03,500 --> 00:05:05,500 "Or falling short of it." 93 00:05:05,500 --> 00:05:12,029 The life of peace between word and deed.