WEBVTT 00:00:00.850 --> 00:00:04.799 In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful 00:00:04.799 --> 00:00:12.070 The life of the predecessors between words and deeds 00:00:12.070 --> 00:00:14.070 Stories of ascetics 00:00:14.070 --> 00:00:19.300 On the authority of Jabir, may God be pleased with him, he said 00:00:19.300 --> 00:00:23.829 I prayed with Abu Bakr, may God be pleased with him, in the afternoon 00:00:23.829 --> 00:00:26.829 Then I went with him to his house 00:00:26.829 --> 00:00:30.829 He said to his wife Asma bint Umays 00:00:30.829 --> 00:00:32.829 Do you have food? 00:00:32.829 --> 00:00:36.890 She said no, by God, there is nothing 00:00:36.890 --> 00:00:38.890 He said look 00:00:38.890 --> 00:00:42.990 She said no, by God, there is nothing 00:00:42.990 --> 00:00:46.990 He arrested a sheep that had given birth that day 00:00:46.990 --> 00:00:49.020 And he missed him 00:00:49.020 --> 00:00:51.520 He was milked from its milk 00:00:51.520 --> 00:00:54.020 Then empty it into a whole 00:00:54.020 --> 00:00:57.520 Then he ordered his maid and she cooked 00:00:57.520 --> 00:00:59.520 Then we brought him 00:00:59.520 --> 00:01:01.520 So he ate and we ate 00:01:01.520 --> 00:01:04.019 Then he prayed and we prayed 00:01:04.019 --> 00:01:08.060 Do not perform ablution or place us 00:01:08.060 --> 00:01:11.560 Anas bin Malik, may God be pleased with him, said 00:01:11.560 --> 00:01:15.060 I saw Omar bin Al-Khattab, may God be pleased with him 00:01:15.060 --> 00:01:18.060 On that day, he will be the Commander of the Faithful 00:01:18.060 --> 00:01:22.060 He had four patches between his shoulders 00:01:22.060 --> 00:01:25.299 Some on top of each other 00:01:25.299 --> 00:01:27.299 And Al-Hasan said: 00:01:27.299 --> 00:01:30.299 I saw Othman, may God be pleased with him 00:01:30.299 --> 00:01:32.299 Sleeping in the mosque 00:01:32.299 --> 00:01:35.799 In a blanket with no one around him 00:01:35.799 --> 00:01:39.180 He is the Commander of the Faithful 00:01:39.180 --> 00:01:43.219 On the authority of Harun bin Antara, on the authority of his father, he said: 00:01:43.219 --> 00:01:47.219 I entered Ali bin Abi Talib, may God be pleased with him 00:01:47.219 --> 00:01:50.719 He thunders under the velvet shamrock 00:01:50.719 --> 00:01:53.780 So I said, O Commander of the Faithful! 00:01:53.780 --> 00:01:59.280 God has provided this money for you and your family 00:01:59.280 --> 00:02:02.280 And you make yourself what you make 00:02:02.280 --> 00:02:03.780 And he said 00:02:03.780 --> 00:02:07.810 By God, I will not give you anything of your money 00:02:07.810 --> 00:02:12.810 And it's the plush that I left my house with 00:02:12.810 --> 00:02:16.860 She was Aisha, may God be pleased with her 00:02:16.860 --> 00:02:19.860 It is divided into seventy thousand per day 00:02:19.860 --> 00:02:22.860 And she's patching up her armor 00:02:22.860 --> 00:02:27.900 And selling Salman’s belongings, may God be pleased with him 00:02:27.900 --> 00:02:30.900 It amounted to fourteen dirhams 00:02:31.719 --> 00:02:34.719 On the authority of Maimun bin Mahran, he said: 00:02:34.719 --> 00:02:38.719 I entered the house of Ibn Omar, may God be pleased with them both 00:02:38.719 --> 00:02:43.759 There was nothing in it that would make up for this whole year of my life 00:02:43.759 --> 00:02:47.259 Sham bin Abdul Malik entered the Kaaba 00:02:47.259 --> 00:02:51.259 So he was Salem bin Abdullah, may God have mercy on him 00:02:51.259 --> 00:02:52.759 And he said to him 00:02:52.759 --> 00:02:56.300 Hey Salem, ask me something 00:02:56.300 --> 00:02:57.800 And he said to him 00:02:57.800 --> 00:03:03.300 I am ashamed of God to ask in the house of God other than God 00:03:03.300 --> 00:03:05.919 When he left, he followed him 00:03:05.919 --> 00:03:07.419 He told him 00:03:07.419 --> 00:03:09.419 Now I'm out 00:03:09.419 --> 00:03:11.419 Ask me something 00:03:11.419 --> 00:03:13.419 Salem said to him 00:03:13.419 --> 00:03:17.419 The needs of this world or the needs of the afterlife? 00:03:17.419 --> 00:03:18.919 And he said 00:03:18.919 --> 00:03:21.419 Rather, the needs of the world 00:03:21.419 --> 00:03:23.419 Salem said to him 00:03:23.419 --> 00:03:25.919 I didn't ask who owned it 00:03:26.419 --> 00:03:29.419 How can I ask someone who does not have it? 00:03:29.419 --> 00:03:33.310 On the authority of Maslama bin Abdul Malik, he said: 00:03:33.310 --> 00:03:38.810 I went to see Omar bin Abdul Aziz, may God have mercy on him, to visit him during his illness 00:03:38.810 --> 00:03:41.810 He had a dirty shirt on him 00:03:41.810 --> 00:03:44.900 So I said to Fatima bint Abdul Malik 00:03:44.900 --> 00:03:46.900 Oh Fatima 00:03:46.900 --> 00:03:49.900 Wash the shirt of the Commander of the Faithful 00:03:49.900 --> 00:03:50.900 She said 00:03:50.900 --> 00:03:53.400 We will do it, God willing 00:03:53.400 --> 00:03:54.900 Then come back 00:03:54.900 --> 00:03:57.400 So the shirt is intact 00:03:57.400 --> 00:03:58.900 So I said 00:03:58.900 --> 00:04:00.400 Oh Fatima 00:04:00.400 --> 00:04:04.400 Did I not order you to wash the shirt of the Commander of the Faithful? 00:04:04.400 --> 00:04:07.400 People will come back to him 00:04:07.400 --> 00:04:08.400 She said 00:04:08.400 --> 00:04:12.449 By God, no one else has a shirt 00:04:12.449 --> 00:04:15.449 On the authority of Malik bin Dinar, he said: 00:04:15.449 --> 00:04:17.449 People say 00:04:17.449 --> 00:04:20.449 Malik bin Dinar Zahid 00:04:20.449 --> 00:04:23.449 The ascetic Omar bin Abdul Aziz 00:04:23.449 --> 00:04:26.949 The one to whom the world came and left it 00:04:26.949 --> 00:04:32.220 Sayings and wisdom about conviction 00:04:32.220 --> 00:04:38.689 Saad bin Abi Waqqas, may God be pleased with him, said to his son Omar 00:04:38.689 --> 00:04:40.189 My son 00:04:40.189 --> 00:04:44.189 If you seek wealth, seek it with contentment 00:04:44.189 --> 00:04:46.720 If you are not convinced 00:04:46.720 --> 00:04:49.220 Kamal does not sing 00:04:49.220 --> 00:04:55.769 A man asked Abdullah bin Omar bin Al-Aas, may God be pleased with them both, and he said 00:04:56.269 --> 00:04:59.269 Aren't we among the poor immigrants? 00:04:59.269 --> 00:05:01.769 Abdullah said to him 00:05:01.769 --> 00:05:04.769 Do you have a woman to take shelter with? 00:05:04.769 --> 00:05:06.329 He said yes 00:05:06.329 --> 00:05:07.829 He said 00:05:07.829 --> 00:05:09.829 Do you have a place to live? 00:05:09.829 --> 00:05:11.829 He said yes 00:05:11.829 --> 00:05:12.829 He said 00:05:12.829 --> 00:05:15.459 You are one of the rich 00:05:15.459 --> 00:05:16.459 He said 00:05:16.459 --> 00:05:18.459 I have a servant 00:05:18.459 --> 00:05:19.959 He said 00:05:19.959 --> 00:05:22.279 You are one of the kings 00:05:22.279 --> 00:05:25.779 Abu Darda, may God be pleased with him, said 00:05:25.779 --> 00:05:29.279 People with money eat and we eat 00:05:29.279 --> 00:05:31.279 And they drink and we drink 00:05:31.279 --> 00:05:33.779 They wear and we wear 00:05:33.779 --> 00:05:36.279 And they ride and we ride 00:05:36.279 --> 00:05:40.279 They have money to look at 00:05:40.279 --> 00:05:42.779 And we look at it with them 00:05:42.779 --> 00:05:44.779 They have to account for it 00:05:44.779 --> 00:05:47.279 We are innocent of it 00:05:47.279 --> 00:05:51.160 Ali bin Sahl, may God have mercy on him, said 00:05:51.660 --> 00:05:53.160 Seek comfort 00:05:53.160 --> 00:05:55.660 I found her in despair 00:05:55.660 --> 00:05:58.550 Some of them said 00:05:58.550 --> 00:06:02.050 The soul is willing if it desires it 00:06:02.050 --> 00:06:06.620 And if you reduce it to a little, you will be satisfied 00:06:06.620 --> 00:06:08.660 The other said 00:06:08.660 --> 00:06:12.160 If it doesn't enrich you, it's enough for you 00:06:12.160 --> 00:06:16.759 Everything on earth does not enrich you 00:06:16.759 --> 00:06:19.800 Al-Shafi’i, may God have mercy on him, said 00:06:19.800 --> 00:06:22.800 If you have a content heart 00:06:22.800 --> 00:06:26.389 You and the owner of the world are the same 00:06:26.389 --> 00:06:28.889 He said, may God have mercy on him 00:06:28.889 --> 00:06:31.889 I saw contentment as the head of wealth 00:06:31.889 --> 00:06:35.019 So I was holding on to its tails 00:06:35.019 --> 00:06:38.019 No one sees me at his door 00:06:38.019 --> 00:06:41.620 Nor does he see me as concerned with it 00:06:41.620 --> 00:06:45.120 I became rich without a dirham 00:06:45.120 --> 00:06:48.879 He commanded the people like a king 00:06:48.879 --> 00:06:51.879 Al-Fath bin Khaqan, may God have mercy on him, said 00:06:51.879 --> 00:06:54.879 One day I entered upon Al-Mutawakkil 00:06:54.879 --> 00:06:57.879 I saw him looking down and contemplating 00:06:57.879 --> 00:06:59.879 So I told him 00:06:59.879 --> 00:07:03.420 What is this thought, O Commander of the Faithful? 00:07:03.420 --> 00:07:07.420 By God, there is no better life on earth than you 00:07:07.420 --> 00:07:09.920 I am not more blessed than you 00:07:09.920 --> 00:07:11.920 And he said 00:07:11.920 --> 00:07:13.920 Better than me 00:07:13.920 --> 00:07:16.420 A man with a large house 00:07:16.420 --> 00:07:18.420 And a good wife 00:07:18.420 --> 00:07:20.420 And present living 00:07:20.420 --> 00:07:23.420 He does not know us, so we are harmed 00:07:23.420 --> 00:07:26.420 He does not need us, so we despise him 00:07:26.420 --> 00:07:29.980 A life of peace 00:07:29.980 --> 00:07:33.300 Between words and action