1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,459 In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. 2 00:00:03,459 --> 00:00:07,349 I do not know where this feeling comes from. 3 00:00:07,349 --> 00:00:09,830 I do not know what its cause is. 4 00:00:09,830 --> 00:00:12,050 I do not know its symptoms. 5 00:00:12,050 --> 00:00:14,050 I do not know its remedy. 6 00:00:14,050 --> 00:00:18,530 But pause for a moment and reflect. 7 00:00:18,530 --> 00:00:21,019 As long as you are holding yourself to account, 8 00:00:21,519 --> 00:00:23,519 then distance from Allah the Exalted, 9 00:00:23,519 --> 00:00:25,519 and the feeling of that distance, 10 00:00:25,519 --> 00:00:29,519 only arises from being away from the places of worship. 11 00:00:29,519 --> 00:00:32,750 For whoever is infrequent in prayer, 12 00:00:32,750 --> 00:00:34,750 and infrequent in prostration, 13 00:00:34,750 --> 00:00:36,750 and whose sins are many, 14 00:00:36,750 --> 00:00:38,750 and whose transgressions are grave, 15 00:00:38,750 --> 00:00:41,750 will experience this feeling of distance. 16 00:00:41,750 --> 00:00:43,939 The symptoms of this are: 17 00:00:43,939 --> 00:00:46,939 a feeling of hardness in the heart, 18 00:00:46,939 --> 00:00:50,939 a rebellion against complying with acts of obedience at their appointed times, 19 00:00:51,439 --> 00:00:53,439 a weakness in the soul, 20 00:00:53,439 --> 00:00:56,439 and a lethargy in one's longing for Allah the Exalted. 21 00:00:56,439 --> 00:00:58,570 And at times, 22 00:00:58,570 --> 00:01:02,659 an arrogance toward the Bestower, Glorified and Exalted is He. 23 00:01:02,659 --> 00:01:05,819 These are all symptoms of distance. 24 00:01:05,819 --> 00:01:07,819 As for the cure and the remedy, 25 00:01:07,819 --> 00:01:11,890 they are sessions of obedience that the body requires, 26 00:01:11,890 --> 00:01:14,890 doses of faith, 27 00:01:14,890 --> 00:01:16,890 and injections of spiritual tonics, 28 00:01:16,890 --> 00:01:18,890 to be administered to the dormant conscience, 29 00:01:19,390 --> 00:01:25,390 making a person vigilant and eager to act in proximity to Allah the Almighty. 30 00:01:25,390 --> 00:01:28,519 It makes them breathe the faith 31 00:01:28,519 --> 00:01:34,519 of which they were deprived throughout the period of estrangement and distance between them and their Creator, the Exalted. 32 00:01:34,519 --> 00:01:38,549 He is near to them in prostration, 33 00:01:38,549 --> 00:01:43,579 and they see Him through the channels of connection throughout the day and night, 34 00:01:43,579 --> 00:01:47,579 which the worshiper transmits via the device of prayer, 35 00:01:48,079 --> 00:01:51,079 as well as through the ether waves 36 00:01:51,079 --> 00:01:56,079 sent by the live broadcast from the tongue of the one who remembers Allah the Exalted, 37 00:01:56,079 --> 00:02:00,079 through glorification, declaring His oneness, and magnifying Him, 38 00:02:00,079 --> 00:02:03,370 and through seeking forgiveness, gratitude, and intimate supplication. 39 00:02:03,370 --> 00:02:06,370 So, you who seek the proximity of Allah the Exalted, 40 00:02:06,370 --> 00:02:09,370 and the proximity of His Messenger, peace be upon him, 41 00:02:09,370 --> 00:02:12,370 be prostrate at His door, the Exalted, 42 00:02:12,370 --> 00:02:17,400 connected to every network that links you to discourse and intimate supplication. 43 00:02:17,900 --> 00:02:19,900 The network of prostration 44 00:02:19,900 --> 00:02:26,930 is the closest connection network that links you to the outer stations leading to Allah the Exalted, 45 00:02:26,930 --> 00:02:29,930 which cannot be reached 46 00:02:29,930 --> 00:02:32,960 except through this network. 47 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:35,960 For it is narrated that Rabi'ah ibn Ka'b said: 48 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:38,960 "I used to spend the night with the Prophet, peace be upon him, 49 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:41,960 bringing him his water for ablution and his needs." 50 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:44,960 He said, "Ask of me." 51 00:02:45,460 --> 00:02:48,460 I said, "I ask for your companionship in Paradise." 52 00:02:48,460 --> 00:02:51,460 He said, "Is there anything else?" 53 00:02:51,460 --> 00:02:54,060 I said, "That is it." 54 00:02:54,060 --> 00:02:59,479 He said, "Then help me against your own self by performing many prostrations." 55 00:02:59,479 --> 00:03:02,479 So why the distance, and why the abandonment? 56 00:03:02,479 --> 00:03:04,479 Why this coldness? 57 00:03:04,479 --> 00:03:07,979 When proximity to Him, the Exalted, is possible and attainable. 58 00:03:07,979 --> 00:03:10,479 Between you and Allah the Exalted 59 00:03:10,979 --> 00:03:16,479 is a prostration through which you enter a world of delight and absolute happiness, 60 00:03:16,479 --> 00:03:19,009 and refined sensations. 61 00:03:19,009 --> 00:03:24,009 The soul is renewed and returns to its Creator, Glorified and Exalted is He, 62 00:03:24,009 --> 00:03:26,009 and connects with Him, 63 00:03:26,009 --> 00:03:29,009 and its energy and resolve are renewed, 64 00:03:29,009 --> 00:03:31,009 and its strength returns, 65 00:03:31,009 --> 00:03:34,009 like a charger for an empty battery; 66 00:03:34,009 --> 00:03:36,009 when it is connected to the charger, 67 00:03:36,009 --> 00:03:39,009 its power is renewed once again. 68 00:03:39,009 --> 00:03:41,009 Likewise, our souls 69 00:03:41,009 --> 00:03:43,009 are in need of charging, 70 00:03:43,009 --> 00:03:46,009 to return strong once again, 71 00:03:46,009 --> 00:03:49,229 to resume their work once again. 72 00:03:49,229 --> 00:03:53,229 So, you who find yourself distant from Allah the Exalted, 73 00:03:53,229 --> 00:03:55,229 hold fast to prostration, 74 00:03:55,229 --> 00:03:57,300 hold fast to prostration, 75 00:03:57,300 --> 00:04:02,300 and you will find proximity to Allah the Exalted in its greatest form.