WEBVTT 00:00:00.210 --> 00:00:03.730 In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful 00:00:03.730 --> 00:00:09.859 Milestones on the path to stability 00:00:09.859 --> 00:00:15.300 By His Eminence Sheikh Dr. Fayez bin Hussein Al-Salah 00:00:15.300 --> 00:00:21.329 Introduction 00:00:21.329 --> 00:00:24.370 In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful 00:00:24.370 --> 00:00:27.410 Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds 00:00:27.410 --> 00:00:32.049 I bear witness that there is no god but God, the clear truth 00:00:32.210 --> 00:00:37.250 I bear witness that Muhammad is His true and faithful servant and Messenger 00:00:37.250 --> 00:00:41.009 May God bless him and his family and companions 00:00:41.009 --> 00:00:45.170 And whoever follows them in goodness until the Day of Judgment 00:00:45.170 --> 00:00:47.299 As for after 00:00:47.299 --> 00:00:51.700 Steadfastness in religion is the requirement of every sincere Muslim 00:00:51.700 --> 00:00:54.899 And the ultimate goal of every worshiper is success 00:00:54.899 --> 00:01:00.340 And the religion of the prophets, messengers, saints, and righteous people 00:01:00.560 --> 00:01:05.359 There is a dire need for it at all times 00:01:05.359 --> 00:01:10.640 Especially in a time when there are a lot of people falling off the road 00:01:10.640 --> 00:01:14.299 From the general public and their private ones 00:01:14.299 --> 00:01:16.859 Since that was the case 00:01:16.859 --> 00:01:19.819 This was the brief message 00:01:19.819 --> 00:01:25.500 A reminder for me and my Muslim brothers on the road 00:01:25.500 --> 00:01:27.260 And I named it 00:01:27.260 --> 00:01:30.459 Milestones on the path to stability 00:01:30.459 --> 00:01:33.260 And I made it into two requirements 00:01:33.260 --> 00:01:37.980 The first is the reality of consistency and its importance 00:01:37.980 --> 00:01:41.980 The second requirement is regarding means of stability 00:01:41.980 --> 00:01:45.810 In twenty full means 00:01:45.810 --> 00:01:51.010 I ask God to make us steadfast in His religion until we meet Him 00:01:51.010 --> 00:01:59.010 Our last supplication is: Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds 00:01:59.010 --> 00:02:01.439 The first requirement 00:02:01.599 --> 00:02:06.670 The truth and importance of consistency 00:02:06.670 --> 00:02:10.189 Constancy is permanence and continuity 00:02:10.189 --> 00:02:16.590 The firmness and durability of a thing is connected to what it is attached to or is based on 00:02:16.590 --> 00:02:21.120 The truth about steadfastness is being straight on the path 00:02:21.120 --> 00:02:24.800 Al-Saadi said in Tayseer Al-Latif Al-Mannan 00:02:24.800 --> 00:02:28.879 Integrity is the necessity of the straight path 00:02:28.879 --> 00:02:32.159 That the servant is steadfast in his faith in God 00:02:32.240 --> 00:02:35.439 And performing his duties and leaving behind his forbidden things 00:02:35.439 --> 00:02:37.599 Keep doing that 00:02:37.599 --> 00:02:41.360 Repentant of what he violated her rights 00:02:41.360 --> 00:02:43.199 That's why he said 00:02:43.199 --> 00:02:46.560 So be upright to him and ask for his forgiveness 00:02:46.560 --> 00:02:51.300 Any of your mistakes in integrity 00:02:51.300 --> 00:02:54.020 The Muslim must pay 00:02:54.020 --> 00:02:57.219 If he is not able to do so, then approach 00:02:57.219 --> 00:02:59.539 If it is removed from the approach 00:02:59.620 --> 00:03:03.419 All that remains is neglect and loss 00:03:03.419 --> 00:03:07.419 And in the two Sahihs on the authority of Aisha, may God be pleased with her 00:03:07.419 --> 00:03:11.979 On the authority of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, he said 00:03:11.979 --> 00:03:15.900 They paid, they approached, and they gave good news 00:03:15.900 --> 00:03:19.900 No one whose deeds will enter Paradise will enter Paradise 00:03:19.900 --> 00:03:21.099 He said 00:03:21.099 --> 00:03:23.740 Neither do you, O Messenger of God 00:03:23.740 --> 00:03:24.860 He said 00:03:24.860 --> 00:03:26.379 Neither do I 00:03:26.379 --> 00:03:30.539 Unless God showers me with His mercy 00:03:30.539 --> 00:03:36.740 And know that the most beloved work to God is to do it consistently, even if it is small 00:03:36.740 --> 00:03:40.500 God Almighty has commanded His faithful servants 00:03:40.500 --> 00:03:44.509 By steadfastness in this religion until death 00:03:44.509 --> 00:03:46.270 God Almighty said 00:03:46.270 --> 00:03:50.590 And worship your Lord until certainty comes to you 00:03:50.590 --> 00:03:52.830 And he said 00:03:52.909 --> 00:04:01.710 O you who have believed, fear God as He should be feared 00:04:01.710 --> 00:04:08.509 And do not die unless you are Muslims 00:04:08.509 --> 00:04:11.120 And the Almighty said 00:04:11.120 --> 00:04:18.079 So be upright as you are commanded, and whoever repents with you, and do not deceive him 00:04:18.079 --> 00:04:23.920 He sees what you do 00:04:23.920 --> 00:04:26.180 And he said 00:04:26.180 --> 00:04:31.379 Therefore, pray and be upright as you have been commanded 00:04:31.379 --> 00:04:35.540 Do not follow their desires 00:04:35.540 --> 00:04:42.579 And say, “I believe in what God has revealed of the Book.” 00:04:42.579 --> 00:04:45.620 And I was commanded to be fair among you 00:04:45.699 --> 00:04:49.139 God is our Lord and your Lord 00:04:49.139 --> 00:04:53.540 We have our deeds and you have your deeds 00:04:53.540 --> 00:04:57.139 There is no argument between us and you 00:04:57.139 --> 00:05:03.550 God brings us together and to Him is our destiny 00:05:03.550 --> 00:05:07.389 And whoever strives himself to be straight on the path 00:05:07.389 --> 00:05:11.550 God Almighty will not waste it 00:05:11.550 --> 00:05:14.350 As God said 00:05:14.430 --> 00:05:20.509 Those who said, “Our Lord is God,” and then remained steadfast 00:05:20.509 --> 00:05:29.310 They have no fear, nor do they grieve 00:05:29.310 --> 00:05:34.189 Those are the companions of Paradise 00:05:34.269 --> 00:05:42.029 He said that those who said, “Our Lord is God,” then remained steadfast 00:05:42.029 --> 00:05:50.939 Angels descend upon them 00:05:50.939 --> 00:05:56.060 Not to be afraid and not to be cautious 00:05:56.060 --> 00:06:01.420 They have no fear, nor do they grieve 00:06:01.420 --> 00:06:04.939 Those are the companions of Paradise 00:06:04.939 --> 00:06:07.899 Grieve and rejoice 00:06:07.899 --> 00:06:16.379 And give good tidings of the Paradise that you were counting on 00:06:16.379 --> 00:06:24.459 We are your guardians in this life and in the afterlife 00:06:24.459 --> 00:06:29.579 You have in it whatever your souls desire 00:06:29.579 --> 00:06:33.899 And you have in it whatever you call upon 00:06:33.899 --> 00:06:40.610 They came down from the Most Forgiving, Most Merciful 00:06:40.610 --> 00:06:46.769 Constancy is the commandment of the prophets and messengers to their children and followers 00:06:46.769 --> 00:06:50.430 As in the Almighty’s saying 00:06:50.430 --> 00:06:58.750 Whoever turns away from the religion of Abraham except one who fools himself 00:06:58.750 --> 00:07:02.750 We have chosen him in this world 00:07:02.750 --> 00:07:09.100 In the afterlife, he will be among the righteous 00:07:09.100 --> 00:07:12.939 When his Lord said to him, “Submit.” 00:07:12.939 --> 00:07:18.779 He said: I have submitted to the Lord of the Worlds 00:07:18.779 --> 00:07:23.420 Abraham recommended it to his sons and Jacob 00:07:23.420 --> 00:07:29.339 My son, God has chosen the religion for you 00:07:29.339 --> 00:07:34.060 My son, God has chosen the religion for you 00:07:34.060 --> 00:07:40.860 Do not die unless you are Muslims 00:07:40.860 --> 00:07:46.379 If steadfastness in Islam is the commandment of the prophets and messengers 00:07:46.379 --> 00:07:49.819 It is in a time of difference and separation 00:07:49.819 --> 00:07:56.850 Steadfastness in Islam and the Sunnah is the goal of all those who follow the true approach 00:07:56.850 --> 00:07:59.040 Al-Hasan Al-Basri said 00:07:59.040 --> 00:08:03.920 Your Sunnah and God, besides whom there is no god, are between them 00:08:03.920 --> 00:08:06.639 Between the precious and the dry 00:08:06.639 --> 00:08:09.790 So be patient, may God have mercy on you 00:08:09.790 --> 00:08:14.430 The Sunnis were the fewest people in the past 00:08:14.430 --> 00:08:17.870 They are the fewest people remaining 00:08:17.870 --> 00:08:22.430 Those who did not go with the people of the Atraf in their Atraf 00:08:22.430 --> 00:08:25.870 Nor with the people of innovation in their innovations 00:08:25.870 --> 00:08:30.350 And they were patient in their Sunnah until they met their Lord 00:08:30.350 --> 00:08:34.830 So will you, God willing, so be it 00:08:34.830 --> 00:08:38.590 If the people of disbelief are patient with their disbelief 00:08:38.590 --> 00:08:41.870 They communicate it among themselves 00:08:41.870 --> 00:08:45.200 As God said about them 00:08:45.200 --> 00:08:51.919 And the chiefs of them set off: Be patient and be patient with your gods 00:08:51.919 --> 00:08:57.840 This is something that is intended 00:08:57.840 --> 00:09:02.639 He said that he almost led us astray from our gods 00:09:02.639 --> 00:09:06.220 If we had not been patient with it 00:09:06.220 --> 00:09:10.779 It is better for the people of truth to be patient and be patient with him 00:09:10.779 --> 00:09:13.889 As God Almighty said 00:09:13.889 --> 00:09:16.690 O you who believe 00:09:16.690 --> 00:09:24.529 Be patient, be patient and watch 00:09:24.529 --> 00:09:31.250 And fear God that you may succeed 00:09:31.250 --> 00:09:34.000 He also said 00:09:34.000 --> 00:09:39.919 By the time, man is in loss 00:09:39.919 --> 00:09:44.399 Except those who believe and do righteous deeds 00:09:44.399 --> 00:09:48.960 And communicate the truth 00:09:48.960 --> 00:09:51.440 And be patient 00:09:51.440 --> 00:09:53.840 And he said 00:09:53.840 --> 00:09:57.759 So be patient, for God’s promise is true 00:09:57.759 --> 00:10:00.159 And ask forgiveness for your sin 00:10:00.159 --> 00:10:05.279 And praise your Lord 00:10:05.279 --> 00:10:09.070 In the evening and early 00:10:09.070 --> 00:10:12.110 Sheikh Al-Islami said in Al-Istiqamah 00:10:12.110 --> 00:10:13.950 So he ordered him to be patient 00:10:13.950 --> 00:10:17.470 And tell him that God's promise is true 00:10:17.470 --> 00:10:20.190 He ordered him to ask forgiveness for his sin 00:10:20.190 --> 00:10:25.139 No trial will occur except those who abandon what God has commanded 00:10:25.139 --> 00:10:29.820 For God Almighty commanded truth and commanded patience 00:10:29.820 --> 00:10:32.860 Sedition is either the result of abandoning the truth 00:10:32.860 --> 00:10:36.830 Or one who abandons patience 00:10:36.830 --> 00:10:40.190 Milestones on the path to stability