WEBVTT 00:00:00.850 --> 00:00:04.799 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:04.799 --> 00:00:11.560 The life of the righteous between word and deed. 00:00:11.560 --> 00:00:17.059 Moderation in worship, ease, and avoiding extremism and over-scrupulousness. 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. 00:00:25.429 --> 00:00:28.429 Salman visited Abu al-Darda'. 00:00:28.429 --> 00:00:31.429 He saw Umm al-Darda' looking unkempt. 00:00:31.429 --> 00:00:34.429 He asked her, "What is the matter with you?" 00:00:34.429 --> 00:00:40.429 She replied, "Your brother Abu al-Darda' has no interest in the world." 00:00:40.429 --> 00:00:44.429 Abu al-Darda' came and prepared food for him. 00:00:44.429 --> 00:00:46.429 He said, "Eat." 00:00:46.429 --> 00:00:49.429 Salman said, "I am fasting." 00:00:49.429 --> 00:00:54.429 He said, "I will not eat until you eat." 00:00:54.429 --> 00:00:56.429 So he ate. 00:00:56.429 --> 00:00:58.460 When night came, 00:00:58.460 --> 00:01:01.460 Abu al-Darda' went to stand for prayer. 00:01:01.460 --> 00:01:03.460 Salman said, "Sleep." 00:01:03.460 --> 00:01:04.459 So he slept. 00:01:04.459 --> 00:01:06.459 Then he went to stand again. 00:01:06.459 --> 00:01:08.459 He said, "Sleep." 00:01:08.459 --> 00:01:11.459 When it was the last part of the night, 00:01:11.459 --> 00:01:14.459 Salman said, "Get up now." 00:01:14.459 --> 00:01:16.459 "And pray, O brother." 00:01:16.459 --> 00:01:18.459 Then Salman said to him, 00:01:18.459 --> 00:01:21.459 "Indeed, your Lord has a right over you," 00:01:21.459 --> 00:01:23.459 "And your own self has a right over you," 00:01:23.459 --> 00:01:26.459 "And your family has a right over you." 00:01:26.459 --> 00:01:29.459 "So give each one who has a right their due right." 00:01:29.459 --> 00:01:32.659 He then went to the Prophet, peace be upon him. 00:01:32.659 --> 00:01:35.659 And mentioned that to him. 00:01:35.659 --> 00:01:38.659 The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, 00:01:38.659 --> 00:01:40.659 "Salman has spoken the truth." 00:01:40.659 --> 00:01:45.040 Abdullah Ibn Mas'ud, may Allah be pleased with him, said, 00:01:45.040 --> 00:01:50.040 "Moderation in the Sunnah is better than exertion in innovation." 00:01:50.040 --> 00:01:52.170 And he, may Allah be pleased with him, said, 00:01:52.170 --> 00:01:55.170 "By the One besides whom there is no god," 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." 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." 00:02:10.259 --> 00:02:12.460 He, may Allah be pleased with him, used to 00:02:12.460 --> 00:02:15.460 Remind the people every Thursday. 00:02:15.460 --> 00:02:17.460 A man said to him, 00:02:17.460 --> 00:02:19.460 "O Abu Abd al-Rahman," 00:02:19.460 --> 00:02:23.460 "I wish you would remind us every day." 00:02:23.460 --> 00:02:24.460 He said, 00:02:24.460 --> 00:02:29.460 "What prevents me from doing that is that I dislike to bore you." 00:02:29.460 --> 00:02:32.460 "I choose the appropriate times for the sermon," 00:02:32.460 --> 00:02:37.460 "Just as the Prophet, peace be upon him, used to choose the times for us," 00:02:37.460 --> 00:02:40.900 "For fear of causing us weariness." 00:02:40.900 --> 00:02:42.900 And he, may Allah be pleased with him, said, 00:02:42.900 --> 00:02:45.900 "Do not contend with this night," 00:02:45.900 --> 00:02:47.900 "For you will not be able to endure it." 00:02:47.900 --> 00:02:51.900 "So if one of you feels sleepy, let him go to his bed," 00:02:51.900 --> 00:02:53.900 "For that is safer for him." 00:02:53.900 --> 00:02:59.479 A man came to Abu Umamah, may Allah be pleased with him, and said, 00:02:59.479 --> 00:03:03.479 "Someone came to me and said," 00:03:03.479 --> 00:03:06.479 "'Perform deeds like the deeds of Abu Umamah.'" 00:03:06.479 --> 00:03:08.509 Abu Umamah said, 00:03:08.509 --> 00:03:12.509 "And what could the deeds of Abu Umamah possibly amount to?" 00:03:12.509 --> 00:03:15.509 "I perform the five prayers and fast Ramadan," 00:03:15.509 --> 00:03:18.509 "And three days of every month." 00:03:18.509 --> 00:03:22.509 "And when the birds sing, I sing with them," 00:03:22.509 --> 00:03:24.509 "Meaning at the time of the pre-dawn prayer (sahar)." 00:03:24.509 --> 00:03:27.900 From 'Umayr Ibn Ishaq, may Allah have mercy on him, 00:03:27.900 --> 00:03:31.900 Who had met most of the Companions, may Allah be pleased with them, 00:03:31.900 --> 00:03:33.900 He said, 00:03:33.900 --> 00:03:36.900 "I have never seen a people more easy-going," 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." 00:03:41.900 --> 00:03:45.219 And from Abu 'Ubaydah, may Allah have mercy on him, 00:03:45.219 --> 00:03:47.250 He said, 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." 00:03:54.250 --> 00:03:56.659 Some of the wise said, 00:03:56.659 --> 00:04:01.659 "These hearts have an aversion like the aversion of wild animals," 00:04:01.659 --> 00:04:04.699 "So win them over with moderation in teaching," 00:04:04.699 --> 00:04:07.699 "And balance in presentation," 00:04:07.699 --> 00:04:11.699 "So that their obedience may be improved and their energy may endure." 00:04:11.699 --> 00:04:13.979 Some of the wise said, 00:04:13.979 --> 00:04:16.980 "Beware of departing from moderation," 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." 00:04:21.980 --> 00:04:24.240 The wise said, 00:04:24.240 --> 00:04:27.240 "The seeker of knowledge and the doer of good," 00:04:27.240 --> 00:04:29.240 "Are like one who eats food." 00:04:29.240 --> 00:04:32.240 "If he takes a nourishing amount, it sustains him," 00:04:32.240 --> 00:04:35.240 "But if he overindulges, it causes him indigestion," 00:04:35.240 --> 00:04:38.240 "And it may even be the cause of his death." 00:04:38.240 --> 00:04:40.240 "It is like taking medicine," 00:04:40.240 --> 00:04:43.240 "Where the intended purpose is healing," 00:04:43.240 --> 00:04:48.430 "But exceeding the intended dose is a deadly poison." 00:04:48.430 --> 00:04:52.500 From Makhlad Ibn al-Husayn, may Allah have mercy on him, he said, 00:04:52.500 --> 00:04:55.500 "Allah has not called the servants to anything," 00:04:55.500 --> 00:04:58.500 "Except that Iblis has obstructed it with two things," 00:04:58.500 --> 00:05:01.500 "He does not care which of the two he succeeds with:" 00:05:01.500 --> 00:05:03.500 "Either extremism in it," 00:05:03.500 --> 00:05:05.500 "Or falling short of it." 00:05:05.500 --> 00:05:12.029 The life of peace between word and deed.