1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,399 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 2 00:00:03,399 --> 00:00:06,400 Some righteous deeds have begun to fade from among the people. 3 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:09,400 They have become forgotten or are on the verge of extinction. 4 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:12,589 I have found some people striving to preserve 5 00:00:12,589 --> 00:00:15,589 the species of certain animals 6 00:00:15,589 --> 00:00:17,820 for fear of their extinction. 7 00:00:17,820 --> 00:00:20,820 Indeed, there are laws that punish those who cause 8 00:00:20,820 --> 00:00:23,879 the extinction of certain animals. 9 00:00:23,879 --> 00:00:26,879 But when moral virtues begin to go extinct, 10 00:00:26,879 --> 00:00:29,039 who will stand up for them? 11 00:00:29,039 --> 00:00:33,039 Among the virtues that are fading and being forgotten day by day 12 00:00:33,039 --> 00:00:36,070 is a magnificent virtue: 13 00:00:36,070 --> 00:00:39,299 fulfilling the needs of others. 14 00:00:39,299 --> 00:00:42,299 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 15 00:00:42,299 --> 00:00:45,299 used to strongly encourage this deed. 16 00:00:45,299 --> 00:00:48,299 He said, "The most beloved of people to Allah 17 00:00:48,299 --> 00:00:51,299 is the one who is most beneficial to people." 18 00:00:51,299 --> 00:00:54,299 And the most beloved of deeds to Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, 19 00:00:54,299 --> 00:00:57,299 is bringing joy to a Muslim, 20 00:00:57,299 --> 00:01:00,359 or relieving him of a hardship, 21 00:01:00,359 --> 00:01:03,359 or paying off a debt for him, 22 00:01:03,359 --> 00:01:06,359 or driving away hunger from him. 23 00:01:06,359 --> 00:01:09,359 "For me to walk with a brother to fulfill a need 24 00:01:09,359 --> 00:01:12,359 is dearer to me than to seclude myself in this mosque for months," 25 00:01:12,359 --> 00:01:15,359 meaning the mosque of Medina. 26 00:01:15,359 --> 00:01:18,359 "Whoever restrains his anger, Allah will conceal his faults." 27 00:01:18,359 --> 00:01:21,359 And whoever suppresses his rage, 28 00:01:21,359 --> 00:01:24,359 even though he could have acted upon it, 29 00:01:24,359 --> 00:01:27,359 hoping for the reward of the Day of Resurrection. 30 00:01:27,359 --> 00:01:30,359 "And whoever walks with his brother to fulfill a need until it is secured for him, 31 00:01:30,359 --> 00:01:33,359 Allah will make his feet firm 32 00:01:33,359 --> 00:01:36,709 on the day when feet shall slip." 33 00:01:36,709 --> 00:01:39,709 On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: 34 00:01:39,709 --> 00:01:42,709 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: 35 00:01:42,709 --> 00:01:45,780 "Whoever relieves a believer of a hardship, 36 00:01:45,780 --> 00:01:48,780 Allah will relieve him of a hardship from the hardships 37 00:01:48,780 --> 00:01:51,780 of the Day of Resurrection." 38 00:01:52,780 --> 00:01:55,780 Allah will make things easy for him in this world and the Hereafter. 39 00:01:55,780 --> 00:01:58,780 "And Allah is in the aid of the servant 40 00:01:58,780 --> 00:02:01,780 as long as the servant is in the aid of his brother." 41 00:02:01,780 --> 00:02:05,099 Among the virtues of fulfilling needs, 42 00:02:05,099 --> 00:02:08,159 Allah the Almighty says: 43 00:02:08,159 --> 00:02:11,159 “Whoso interveneth in a good cause will have the reward thereof, and whoso interveneth in an evil cause will bear the consequence thereof. Allah overseeth all things.” (4:85) 44 00:02:11,159 --> 00:02:14,159 "He will have a share of it." 45 00:02:14,159 --> 00:02:17,159 "And whoever intercedes with an intercession 46 00:02:17,159 --> 00:02:20,159 that is evil will have 47 00:02:21,159 --> 00:02:24,159 a portion of it." 48 00:02:24,159 --> 00:02:27,159 "And Allah is ever, over all 49 00:02:27,159 --> 00:02:30,159 things, a Keeper." 50 00:02:30,159 --> 00:02:33,479 The Prophet, peace be upon him, said: 51 00:02:33,479 --> 00:02:36,479 "Intercede, and you will be rewarded." 52 00:02:36,479 --> 00:02:39,479 And Allah decrees through the tongue of His Prophet what He wills. 53 00:02:39,479 --> 00:02:42,830 Ibn 'Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, said: 54 00:02:42,830 --> 00:02:45,860 "Indeed, Allah has servants 55 00:02:45,860 --> 00:02:48,860 to whom people turn for the fulfillment of 56 00:02:48,860 --> 00:02:51,860 their needs, 57 00:02:51,860 --> 00:02:54,860 and for the bringing of joy to them. 58 00:02:54,860 --> 00:02:58,150 Those are the ones who will be safe from the punishment of the Day of Resurrection." 59 00:02:58,150 --> 00:03:01,150 Al-Dahhak said regarding the words of Allah the Almighty: 60 00:03:01,150 --> 00:03:04,150 "Indeed, we see you as one of the doers of good," 61 00:03:04,150 --> 00:03:07,180 in the story of Yusuf, peace be upon him. 62 00:03:07,180 --> 00:03:10,180 His goodness was such that 63 00:03:10,180 --> 00:03:13,180 if a man fell ill in prison, he would care for him. 64 00:03:13,180 --> 00:03:16,340 And if the place became too cramped for him, 65 00:03:17,340 --> 00:03:20,340 may Allah be pleased with him, he would look after the widows, 66 00:03:20,340 --> 00:03:23,379 bringing them water at night. 67 00:03:23,379 --> 00:03:26,379 Talhah saw him at night entering 68 00:03:26,379 --> 00:03:29,379 the house of a woman, and he doubted the matter. 69 00:03:29,379 --> 00:03:32,379 He entered after him, and it was an old, 70 00:03:32,379 --> 00:03:35,379 blind, and bedridden woman. He asked her, 71 00:03:35,379 --> 00:03:38,379 "What does this man do for you?" 72 00:03:38,379 --> 00:03:41,379 She replied, "He has been doing this for such 73 00:03:41,379 --> 00:03:44,409 and such a time, looking after us 74 00:03:45,409 --> 00:03:48,659 and removing the harm from me." 75 00:03:48,659 --> 00:03:50,729 So Talhah said, 76 00:03:50,729 --> 00:03:53,759 "May your mother be bereaved of you, O Talhah! 77 00:03:53,759 --> 00:03:56,949 Are you tracking the slips of 'Umar?" 78 00:03:56,949 --> 00:03:59,949 Who can match 'Umar Ibn al-Khattab 79 00:03:59,949 --> 00:04:02,949 in fulfilling the needs of the people? 80 00:04:02,949 --> 00:04:05,949 Or has this deed been sentenced to extinction?