1 00:00:00,850 --> 00:00:04,799 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 2 00:00:04,799 --> 00:00:11,939 The life of the salaf between speech and action. 3 00:00:11,939 --> 00:00:13,439 Modesty. 4 00:00:13,439 --> 00:00:18,309 Modesty before Allah. 5 00:00:18,309 --> 00:00:22,809 Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, once addressed the people and said: 6 00:00:22,809 --> 00:00:25,309 "O assembly of Muslims, 7 00:00:25,309 --> 00:00:28,309 show modesty before Allah, the Almighty and Majestic. 8 00:00:28,309 --> 00:00:30,309 For by Him in whose hand is my soul, 9 00:00:30,309 --> 00:00:34,810 I remain, when I go to relieve myself in the open, 10 00:00:34,810 --> 00:00:40,420 covered by my garment out of modesty before my Lord, the Almighty and Majestic." 11 00:00:40,420 --> 00:00:43,420 Abu Musa, may Allah be pleased with him, also said: 12 00:00:43,420 --> 00:00:46,420 "I bathe in a dark room, 13 00:00:46,420 --> 00:00:49,920 and I do not straighten my back while taking my garment, 14 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:53,799 out of modesty before my Lord, the Almighty and Majestic." 15 00:00:53,799 --> 00:00:57,299 Abu Sulayman al-Darani, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 16 00:00:57,299 --> 00:01:00,799 "If a servant feels modesty before my Lord, the Almighty and Majestic, 17 00:01:00,799 --> 00:01:05,409 then he has attained complete goodness." 18 00:01:05,409 --> 00:01:07,409 Modesty before people. 19 00:01:09,420 --> 00:01:14,420 Zayd ibn Thabit, may Allah be pleased with him, went out intending to attend the Friday prayer, 20 00:01:14,420 --> 00:01:17,420 but he met people returning [from it]. 21 00:01:17,420 --> 00:01:20,420 He entered a house, and it was said to him: 22 00:01:20,420 --> 00:01:22,420 "Are you shy before the people?" 23 00:01:22,420 --> 00:01:23,920 He replied: 24 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:26,920 "Indeed, whoever is not modest before people, 25 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:28,920 will not be modest before Allah." 26 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:33,430 Salman, may Allah be pleased with him, said: 27 00:01:33,430 --> 00:01:38,430 "When Allah, the Almighty, intends evil or destruction for a servant, 28 00:01:38,430 --> 00:01:40,430 He strips modesty from him. 29 00:01:40,430 --> 00:01:44,430 Then you will find him only hateful and hated. 30 00:01:44,430 --> 00:01:47,430 Once he is hateful and hated, 31 00:01:47,430 --> 00:01:49,430 mercy is stripped from him. 32 00:01:49,430 --> 00:01:52,930 Then you will find him only harsh and callous. 33 00:01:52,930 --> 00:01:54,930 Once he is like that, 34 00:01:54,930 --> 00:01:57,430 trustworthiness is stripped from him. 35 00:01:57,430 --> 00:02:01,430 Then you will find him only treacherous and a traitor. 36 00:02:01,430 --> 00:02:03,430 Once he is like that, 37 00:02:03,430 --> 00:02:06,430 the bond of Islam is stripped from his neck, 38 00:02:06,430 --> 00:02:09,719 and he becomes accursed and a source of cursing." 39 00:02:09,719 --> 00:02:11,719 Some wise men said: 40 00:02:11,719 --> 00:02:14,719 "Whoever is clothed in the garment of modesty, 41 00:02:14,719 --> 00:02:16,719 people will not see his faults." 42 00:02:16,719 --> 00:02:19,129 A poet said: 43 00:02:19,129 --> 00:02:22,259 "If you do not fear the consequence of the nights, 44 00:02:22,259 --> 00:02:26,259 and you have no modesty, then do as you wish. 45 00:02:26,259 --> 00:02:29,259 By Allah, there is no good in life, 46 00:02:29,259 --> 00:02:33,289 and no world, once modesty is gone. 47 00:02:33,289 --> 00:02:36,289 A person lives well as long as he has modesty, 48 00:02:36,289 --> 00:02:39,289 just as a branch remains as long as its bark remains." 49 00:02:39,289 --> 00:02:44,150 Modesty before one's own self. 50 00:02:44,150 --> 00:02:47,560 Some wise men said: 51 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:50,560 "Let your modesty before your own self 52 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:54,129 be greater than your modesty before others." 53 00:02:54,129 --> 00:02:56,129 Some scholars of etiquette said: 54 00:02:56,129 --> 00:02:58,129 "Whoever performs an act in secret 55 00:02:58,129 --> 00:03:01,129 that he would be ashamed of in public, 56 00:03:01,129 --> 00:03:04,129 then his own self has no value to him." 57 00:03:04,129 --> 00:03:09,469 Generosity, munificence, and altruism. 58 00:03:09,469 --> 00:03:14,159 'Urwah ibn al-Zubayr, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 59 00:03:14,159 --> 00:03:17,159 "Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, embraced Islam 60 00:03:17,159 --> 00:03:20,159 while possessing forty thousand dirhams." 61 00:03:20,159 --> 00:03:23,159 'A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, informed me, 62 00:03:23,159 --> 00:03:26,159 saying: "Abu Bakr passed away 63 00:03:26,159 --> 00:03:30,479 and did not leave behind a single dinar or dirham." 64 00:03:30,479 --> 00:03:33,479 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, took 65 00:03:33,479 --> 00:03:35,479 four hundred dinars, 66 00:03:35,479 --> 00:03:37,479 placed them in a pouch, 67 00:03:37,479 --> 00:03:39,479 and said to his servant: 68 00:03:39,479 --> 00:03:44,479 "Take this to Abu 'Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah, may Allah be pleased with him." 69 00:03:44,479 --> 00:03:46,479 The servant went, 70 00:03:46,479 --> 00:03:47,479 and said: 71 00:03:47,479 --> 00:03:50,479 "The Commander of the Faithful says to you: 72 00:03:50,479 --> 00:03:53,680 'Use this for some of your needs.'" 73 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:54,680 He said: 74 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:57,680 "May Allah join him [to goodness] and have mercy on him." 75 00:03:57,680 --> 00:03:58,680 Then he said: 76 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:00,680 "Come here, slave girl, 77 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:03,680 take these seven to so-and-so, 78 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:06,680 and these five to so-and-so, 79 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:09,680 and these five to so-and-so," 80 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:11,680 until he had spent it all. 81 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:13,770 The servant returned to 'Umar 82 00:04:13,770 --> 00:04:14,770 and informed him. 83 00:04:14,770 --> 00:04:18,769 He found that he had prepared the same amount for Mu'adh ibn Jabal. 84 00:04:18,769 --> 00:04:20,769 He said: 85 00:04:20,769 --> 00:04:24,769 "Take this to Mu'adh ibn Jabal, may Allah be pleased with him." 86 00:04:24,769 --> 00:04:26,769 He went to him with it. 87 00:04:26,769 --> 00:04:27,769 He said: 88 00:04:27,769 --> 00:04:30,769 "The Commander of the Faithful says to you: 89 00:04:30,769 --> 00:04:33,769 'Use this for some of your needs.'" 90 00:04:33,769 --> 00:04:34,769 He said: 91 00:04:34,769 --> 00:04:37,769 "May Allah have mercy on him and join him [to goodness]." 92 00:04:37,769 --> 00:04:39,769 "Come here, slave girl, 93 00:04:39,769 --> 00:04:42,769 take this much to the house of so-and-so, 94 00:04:42,769 --> 00:04:46,839 take this much to the house of so-and-so." 95 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:48,839 His wife came out 96 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:49,839 and said: 97 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:51,839 "By Allah, we are also needy, 98 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:53,839 so give us something." 99 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:56,839 There were only two dinars left in the cloth, 100 00:04:56,839 --> 00:04:59,839 so he tossed them to her. 101 00:04:59,839 --> 00:05:01,930 The servant returned to 'Umar 102 00:05:01,930 --> 00:05:03,930 and informed him of that. 103 00:05:03,930 --> 00:05:04,930 He said: 104 00:05:04,930 --> 00:05:08,930 "They are brothers, one from the other." 105 00:05:08,930 --> 00:05:14,480 Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, may Allah be pleased with him, used to say to his children: 106 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:16,480 "Remember the owner of the loaf of bread." 107 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:22,600 Then he mentioned that a man from the Children of Israel worshipped Allah for seventy years, 108 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:26,730 then Satan made a woman appear beautiful in his eyes, 109 00:05:26,730 --> 00:05:29,730 and he stayed with her for seven days. 110 00:05:29,730 --> 00:05:31,730 Then he fled, 111 00:05:32,730 --> 00:05:34,730 and stayed with some poor people. 112 00:05:34,730 --> 00:05:37,730 He was given a loaf of bread as charity, 113 00:05:37,730 --> 00:05:40,730 which one of those poor people wanted. 114 00:05:40,730 --> 00:05:43,730 He preferred him over himself with it, then he died. 115 00:05:43,730 --> 00:05:48,860 His worship was weighed against the seven days he spent with the woman, 116 00:05:48,860 --> 00:05:51,860 and the seven days outweighed his worship. 117 00:05:51,860 --> 00:05:55,860 Then the loaf of bread was weighed against the seven days, 118 00:05:55,860 --> 00:05:58,439 and it outweighed them. 119 00:05:58,439 --> 00:06:04,439 Sa'da bint 'Awf, the wife of Talhah ibn 'Ubayd Allah, may Allah be pleased with him, said: 120 00:06:04,439 --> 00:06:08,439 "Talhah once gave one hundred thousand dirhams in charity, 121 00:06:08,439 --> 00:06:12,439 and it kept him from going to the mosque 122 00:06:12,439 --> 00:06:15,439 because I had gathered it for him between the folds of his garment." 123 00:06:15,439 --> 00:06:20,790 Al-Zubayr ibn al-'Awwam, may Allah be pleased with him, had one thousand slaves 124 00:06:20,790 --> 00:06:22,790 who paid him tribute, 125 00:06:22,790 --> 00:06:25,790 and he would distribute it every night, 126 00:06:25,790 --> 00:06:30,790 then go to his house with nothing of it left. 127 00:06:30,790 --> 00:06:34,329 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, 128 00:06:34,329 --> 00:06:39,360 freed his slave girl who was called Rumaythah. 129 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:40,360 He said: 130 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:44,360 "I heard Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, say in His Book: 131 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:50,430 ﴿You will not attain righteousness until you spend from that which you love.﴾ 132 00:06:50,430 --> 00:06:54,430 And by Allah, I truly loved you in this world, 133 00:06:54,430 --> 00:06:58,430 so go, for you are free for the sake of Allah." 134 00:06:58,430 --> 00:07:01,879 When he, may Allah be pleased with him, fell ill, 135 00:07:01,879 --> 00:07:04,879 he craved a fish, so it was prepared for him. 136 00:07:04,879 --> 00:07:08,879 Just as it was placed before him, a beggar came. 137 00:07:08,879 --> 00:07:11,879 He said: "Give him the fish." 138 00:07:11,879 --> 00:07:15,879 His wife said: "We will give him a dirham, 139 00:07:15,879 --> 00:07:18,879 it is more useful to him than this, 140 00:07:18,879 --> 00:07:20,879 and you fulfill your craving with it." 141 00:07:20,879 --> 00:07:23,879 He said: "My craving is not what I want." 142 00:07:23,879 --> 00:07:27,230 Twenty thousand were brought to him, 143 00:07:27,230 --> 00:07:31,230 and he did not rise from his seat until he had given it all away. 144 00:07:31,230 --> 00:07:34,839 Ibn 'Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, said: 145 00:07:34,839 --> 00:07:37,839 "There are three whom I cannot repay: 146 00:07:37,839 --> 00:07:40,839 a man who made space for me in a gathering— 147 00:07:40,839 --> 00:07:42,839 I cannot repay him, 148 00:07:42,839 --> 00:07:46,839 even if I gave him everything I own. 149 00:07:46,839 --> 00:07:50,870 The second is he whose feet became dusty walking to me— 150 00:07:50,870 --> 00:07:53,870 I cannot repay him, 151 00:07:53,870 --> 00:07:56,870 even if I shed my blood for him. 152 00:07:56,870 --> 00:07:59,870 And the third I cannot repay, 153 00:07:59,870 --> 00:08:02,870 until the Lord of the Worlds repays him on my behalf: 154 00:08:02,870 --> 00:08:05,870 one who brought a need to me 155 00:08:05,870 --> 00:08:08,870 and found no one else to fulfill it but me." 156 00:08:08,870 --> 00:08:12,120 'Urwah ibn al-Zubayr, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 157 00:08:12,120 --> 00:08:16,120 "If one of you gives something to Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, 158 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:19,120 let him not give Him what he would be ashamed 159 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:21,120 to give to someone noble, 160 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:25,120 for Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, is the most noble of the noble, 161 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:28,379 and the most deserving of that which is chosen for Him." 162 00:08:28,379 --> 00:08:31,379 Ja'far ibn Muhammad, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 163 00:08:31,379 --> 00:08:34,409 "A good deed is not complete except with three things: 164 00:08:34,409 --> 00:08:38,409 hastening it, belittling it, and concealing it." 165 00:08:38,409 --> 00:08:40,860 Some wise men said: 166 00:08:40,860 --> 00:08:43,860 "If you do a good deed, conceal it, 167 00:08:43,860 --> 00:08:46,860 and if a good deed is done to you, spread it." 168 00:08:46,860 --> 00:08:52,210 The annual income of Sahnun ibn Sa'id, may Allah have mercy on him, from an olive grove 169 00:08:52,210 --> 00:08:55,210 was five hundred dinars a year, 170 00:08:55,210 --> 00:08:59,210 yet the year would not end without him being in debt 171 00:08:59,210 --> 00:09:02,210 due to the abundance of his charity and kindness. 172 00:09:02,210 --> 00:09:06,789 'Uray ibn al-Husayn, may Allah have mercy on him, was thought to be stingy, 173 00:09:06,789 --> 00:09:12,789 but when he died, they found he had been feeding one hundred households in Medina. 174 00:09:14,039 --> 00:09:19,039 He, may Allah have mercy on him, used to carry a sack of bread on his back at night, 175 00:09:19,039 --> 00:09:22,039 give it in charity, and say: 176 00:09:22,039 --> 00:09:27,330 "Indeed, secret charity extinguishes the anger of the Lord, the Almighty and Majestic." 177 00:09:27,330 --> 00:09:31,330 When he died, may Allah have mercy on him, and they washed him, 178 00:09:31,330 --> 00:09:35,330 they began to notice black marks on his back. 179 00:09:35,330 --> 00:09:38,330 They asked: "What is this?" 180 00:09:38,330 --> 00:09:42,330 They said: "He used to carry sacks of flour on his back at night 181 00:09:42,330 --> 00:09:45,330 to give to the poor of the people of Medina." 182 00:09:45,330 --> 00:09:49,590 Al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufrah, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 183 00:09:49,590 --> 00:09:53,620 "It is strange that one would buy slaves with his wealth, 184 00:09:53,620 --> 00:09:56,620 but not buy free men with his kindness." 185 00:09:56,620 --> 00:10:00,909 Maimun ibn Mihran, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 186 00:10:00,909 --> 00:10:04,909 "That I give a dirham in charity during my life 187 00:10:04,909 --> 00:10:09,909 is more beloved to me than one hundred dirhams being given on my behalf after my death." 188 00:10:10,909 --> 00:10:16,389 A beggar came asking at the door of al-Rabi' ibn Khuthaym, may Allah have mercy on him, 189 00:10:16,389 --> 00:10:21,389 and he said: "Feed this beggar sugar." 190 00:10:21,389 --> 00:10:25,389 His family said: "He only wants us to feed him a piece of bread." 191 00:10:25,389 --> 00:10:29,450 He said: "Feed him sugar, 192 00:10:29,450 --> 00:10:32,450 for al-Rabi' loves sugar." 193 00:10:32,450 --> 00:10:39,000 Ibn al-Muqaffa' said: "Generosity with what one can afford is the ultimate generosity." 194 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:42,090 Some of the salaf, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 195 00:10:42,090 --> 00:10:44,090 "One of them belittles a small thing, 196 00:10:44,090 --> 00:10:47,090 so he ends up doing what is worse than it," 197 00:10:47,090 --> 00:10:49,090 meaning withholding. 198 00:10:49,090 --> 00:10:51,700 And the one who said it spoke the truth: 199 00:10:51,700 --> 00:10:54,700 Be kind to people, and you will enslave their hearts. 200 00:10:54,700 --> 00:10:58,700 For how often has kindness enslaved a human being. 201 00:10:58,700 --> 00:11:02,700 Whoever is generous with wealth, all people will incline 202 00:11:02,700 --> 00:11:06,700 toward him, for wealth is a great temptation for man. 203 00:11:07,700 --> 00:11:11,759 Be kind whenever you have the possibility and the means, 204 00:11:11,759 --> 00:11:15,759 for the possibility will not last forever for any man. 205 00:11:15,759 --> 00:11:20,340 Hubaysh Ibn Mubashir, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 206 00:11:20,340 --> 00:11:25,340 I sat with Ahmad Ibn Hanbal and Yahya Ibn Ma'in, may Allah have mercy on them, 207 00:11:25,340 --> 00:11:27,340 while many people were gathered around, 208 00:11:27,340 --> 00:11:32,340 and they unanimously agreed that they did not know a single righteous man who was a miser. 209 00:11:32,340 --> 00:11:35,820 Ibn al-Jawzi, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 210 00:11:36,820 --> 00:11:39,820 Nizam al-Mulk, may Allah have mercy on him, fell ill, 211 00:11:39,820 --> 00:11:42,850 so he began to treat himself through charity. 212 00:11:42,850 --> 00:11:46,850 A crowd of the needy would gather before him, 213 00:11:46,850 --> 00:11:49,850 and he would give charity to them, and he was cured. 214 00:11:49,850 --> 00:11:55,009 Al-Hafiz Ibn Fadl Allah al-'Umari, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 215 00:11:55,009 --> 00:12:00,009 Wealth would come to Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allah have mercy on him, 216 00:12:00,009 --> 00:12:04,009 “Beautified for mankind is love of the joys (that come) from women and offspring; and stored-up heaps of gold and silver, and horses branded (with their mark), and cattle and land. That is comfort of the life of the world. Allah! With Him is a more excellent abode.” (3:14) 217 00:12:04,009 --> 00:12:08,009 such as branded horses, livestock, and crops, 218 00:12:08,009 --> 00:12:10,009 and he would give it all away, 219 00:12:10,009 --> 00:12:14,009 placing it in the hands of those in need where it belonged. 220 00:12:14,009 --> 00:12:18,009 He would not take anything from it except to give it away, 221 00:12:18,009 --> 00:12:23,009 and he would not keep it except to spend it all in the path of righteousness. 222 00:12:23,009 --> 00:12:27,009 This is the way of the humble, not the way of the arrogant. 223 00:12:27,009 --> 00:12:30,009 He was not swayed by the love of worldly desires, 224 00:12:30,009 --> 00:12:33,009 nor was anything from the three worldly delights made dear to him, 225 00:12:33,009 --> 00:12:35,490 except for prayer. 226 00:12:35,490 --> 00:12:38,490 Wealth would come to him every year 227 00:12:38,490 --> 00:12:40,490 in amounts that could hardly be counted, 228 00:12:40,490 --> 00:12:44,490 yet he would spend it all, in the thousands and hundreds, 229 00:12:44,490 --> 00:12:47,490 never seeking to keep a single dirham for himself, 230 00:12:47,490 --> 00:12:50,490 nor spending it on his own needs. 231 00:12:50,490 --> 00:12:52,490 Rather, if he had nothing else to give, 232 00:12:52,490 --> 00:12:55,490 he would take one of his own garments 233 00:12:55,490 --> 00:12:59,450 and hand it over to the person asking. 234 00:12:59,450 --> 00:13:01,450 A life of peace, 235 00:13:01,450 --> 00:13:03,769 between word and deed.