WEBVTT 00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:03.399 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:15.619 --> 00:00:18.620 The Muhammad Ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Musa Mosque 00:00:18.620 --> 00:00:19.620 in al-Badi' 00:00:19.620 --> 00:00:21.620 presents 00:00:21.620 --> 00:00:24.620 Musk of the Discourse 00:00:24.620 --> 00:00:26.620 by Sheikh Usama Bahr, 00:00:26.620 --> 00:00:28.620 may Allah preserve him. 00:00:31.620 --> 00:00:35.619 It dissolves into the sweetest feeling. 00:00:35.619 --> 00:00:38.619 Indeed, a servant whom Allah the Exalted has guided. 00:00:38.619 --> 00:00:43.119 Abu al-'Atahiya said: 00:00:43.119 --> 00:00:47.310 Endure every calamity with fortitude, 00:00:47.310 --> 00:00:51.310 and know that no person is immortal. 00:00:51.310 --> 00:00:55.310 Be patient as the noble are patient, for these are 00:00:55.310 --> 00:00:59.469 trials that visit today and will be dispelled tomorrow. 00:00:59.469 --> 00:01:02.469 Do you not see that calamities are numerous, 00:01:02.469 --> 00:01:06.469 and that death lies in wait for the servants? 00:01:06.469 --> 00:01:10.500 So if a calamity befalls you that causes you distress, 00:01:10.500 --> 00:01:14.500 remember your loss of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. 00:01:14.500 --> 00:01:17.079 On the authority of Abu Muwayhiba, he said: 00:01:17.079 --> 00:01:21.079 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, sent for me 00:01:21.079 --> 00:01:23.079 in the middle of the night and said: 00:01:23.079 --> 00:01:25.079 "O Abu Muwayhiba, 00:01:25.079 --> 00:01:29.079 I have been commanded to seek forgiveness for the people of al-Baqi', 00:01:29.079 --> 00:01:31.079 so come with me." 00:01:31.079 --> 00:01:33.079 I went with him, 00:01:33.079 --> 00:01:36.079 and when we stood among them, he said: 00:01:36.079 --> 00:01:39.079 "Peace be upon you, O people of the graves. 00:01:39.079 --> 00:01:42.079 May you rejoice in what you have attained 00:01:42.079 --> 00:01:44.079 compared to what the people are experiencing. 00:01:44.079 --> 00:01:47.079 If you only knew what Allah has saved you from! 00:01:47.079 --> 00:01:51.239 Tribulations have approached like pieces of a dark night, 00:01:51.239 --> 00:01:54.239 the latter part following the former, 00:01:54.239 --> 00:01:57.239 with the latter being worse than the former." 00:01:57.239 --> 00:02:00.680 Then he said: 00:02:00.680 --> 00:02:02.680 "O Abu Muwayhiba, 00:02:02.680 --> 00:02:06.680 I have been given the keys to the treasures of the world, 00:02:06.680 --> 00:02:09.680 and eternity therein, followed by Paradise, 00:02:09.680 --> 00:02:14.680 and I have been given the choice between that and meeting my Lord, the Almighty and Majestic, 00:02:14.680 --> 00:02:15.680 and Paradise." 00:02:15.680 --> 00:02:16.840 He said: 00:02:16.840 --> 00:02:18.840 I said, "May my father and mother be sacrificed for you, 00:02:18.840 --> 00:02:23.840 take the keys to the world and eternity therein, followed by Paradise." 00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:24.870 He said: 00:02:24.870 --> 00:02:27.870 "No, by Allah, O Abu Muwayhiba, 00:02:27.870 --> 00:02:32.870 I have chosen to meet my Lord, the Almighty and Majestic, and Paradise." 00:02:32.870 --> 00:02:40.199 On the authority of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, may Allah be pleased with him, he said: 00:02:40.199 --> 00:02:45.199 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, addressed the people and said: 00:02:45.199 --> 00:02:50.199 "Indeed, Allah gave a servant a choice between the world and what is with Him, 00:02:50.199 --> 00:02:53.199 and that servant chose what is with Allah." 00:02:53.199 --> 00:02:54.259 He said: 00:02:54.259 --> 00:02:56.259 Abu Bakr wept, 00:02:56.259 --> 00:02:59.259 and we were surprised by his weeping, 00:02:59.259 --> 00:03:04.259 for the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, was informing us about a servant who was given a choice, 00:03:04.259 --> 00:03:09.259 yet the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, was the one who had been given the choice, 00:03:09.259 --> 00:03:12.259 and Abu Bakr was the most knowledgeable among us. 00:03:12.259 --> 00:03:14.360 He then said: 00:03:14.360 --> 00:03:17.360 "O Abu Bakr, do not weep. 00:03:17.360 --> 00:03:22.389 The person who has favored me most with his companionship and his wealth is Abu Bakr. 00:03:22.389 --> 00:03:25.389 If I were to take a close friend (khalil) from my Ummah, 00:03:25.389 --> 00:03:27.389 I would have taken Abu Bakr, 00:03:27.389 --> 00:03:31.389 but there is the brotherhood of Islam and its affection. 00:03:31.389 --> 00:03:36.650 Let no door in the mosque remain, except that it be closed, except for the door of Abu Bakr." 00:03:36.650 --> 00:03:40.870 'A'isha, may Allah be pleased with her, says: 00:03:40.870 --> 00:03:45.870 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, used to say while he was healthy: 00:03:45.870 --> 00:03:48.870 "No prophet is ever taken (in death) 00:03:48.870 --> 00:03:53.870 until he sees his place in Paradise, and then he is either given life or given a choice." 00:03:53.870 --> 00:03:57.060 When he became ill and death approached him, 00:03:57.060 --> 00:04:00.060 and his head was on 'A'isha's thigh, 00:04:00.060 --> 00:04:01.060 he fainted. 00:04:01.060 --> 00:04:03.060 When he regained consciousness, 00:04:03.060 --> 00:04:07.060 he fixed his gaze toward the ceiling of the room and said: 00:04:07.060 --> 00:04:10.060 "O Allah, to the Highest Companion." 00:04:10.060 --> 00:04:14.129 I said, "Then he will not choose us." 00:04:14.129 --> 00:04:16.129 So I realized that he had been given a choice. 00:04:16.129 --> 00:04:21.990 That was for the Messenger, peace be upon him, that he was given a choice. 00:04:21.990 --> 00:04:24.089 As for you, O servant, 00:04:24.089 --> 00:04:27.089 you have no choice but to die suddenly, 00:04:27.089 --> 00:04:31.089 whether in a moment of heedlessness or a moment of preparation. 00:04:31.089 --> 00:04:35.089 So choose for yourself whatever ending you desire. 00:04:57.819 --> 00:05:00.819 The night is full of light; 00:05:00.819 --> 00:05:09.110 everyone who obeys the Lord dissolves into the sweetest feeling. 00:05:09.110 --> 00:05:13.110 There is darkness, then light, 00:05:13.110 --> 00:05:17.110 and life thereafter. 00:05:17.110 --> 00:05:26.110 If Allah wills a thing, He says to it "Be," and it is.