WEBVTT 00:00:00.850 --> 00:00:04.209 In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful 00:00:04.209 --> 00:00:11.669 The life of the predecessors between words and deeds 00:00:11.669 --> 00:00:14.669 Fear, apprehension and hope 00:00:14.669 --> 00:00:17.500 Fear and apprehension 00:00:17.500 --> 00:00:21.910 When Omar, may God be pleased with him, was stabbed 00:00:21.910 --> 00:00:25.410 People came and praised him 00:00:25.410 --> 00:00:26.910 And he said 00:00:26.910 --> 00:00:32.420 I wished that this would be a subsistence, neither for me nor for me 00:00:32.420 --> 00:00:35.920 He said to Abu Musa Al-Ashari, may God be pleased with them both 00:00:36.780 --> 00:00:41.780 Does our Islam please you with the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace? 00:00:41.780 --> 00:00:43.780 We left with him 00:00:43.780 --> 00:00:45.780 And our struggle is with him 00:00:45.780 --> 00:00:47.780 We all worked with him 00:00:47.780 --> 00:00:49.780 Refund us 00:00:49.780 --> 00:00:53.280 And every action we did after him, we were saved from it 00:00:53.280 --> 00:00:56.280 Contour head to head 00:00:56.280 --> 00:00:58.280 He said, “No, by God.” 00:00:58.280 --> 00:01:02.780 We struggled after the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace 00:01:02.780 --> 00:01:04.780 We prayed and fasted 00:01:04.780 --> 00:01:07.780 We did a lot of good 00:01:07.780 --> 00:01:10.780 Many people converted to Islam at our hands 00:01:10.780 --> 00:01:12.780 We hope for that 00:01:12.780 --> 00:01:14.780 Omar said 00:01:14.780 --> 00:01:18.780 But I am by the One in whose hand is the soul of Omar 00:01:18.780 --> 00:01:21.780 I wish that would have cooled us off 00:01:21.780 --> 00:01:25.780 And everything we did after him, we survived 00:01:25.780 --> 00:01:29.230 Contour head to head 00:01:29.230 --> 00:01:32.230 On the authority of Ibn Omar, may God be pleased with them both, he said: 00:01:32.230 --> 00:01:36.230 Omar's head, may God be pleased with him, was in my lap 00:01:36.230 --> 00:01:39.230 He said, “O Abdullah.” 00:01:39.230 --> 00:01:41.230 Put my head on the ground 00:01:41.230 --> 00:01:44.329 He said, so I gathered my robe 00:01:44.329 --> 00:01:46.329 So I put it under his head 00:01:46.329 --> 00:01:51.489 He said, "Put my head on the ground. You have no mother." 00:01:51.489 --> 00:01:55.489 Then he said, Woe to Omar and woe to his mother 00:01:55.489 --> 00:01:57.489 If God does not forgive him 00:01:57.489 --> 00:02:01.969 Abdullah Ibn Masoud, may God be pleased with him, said 00:02:01.969 --> 00:02:06.969 The believer sees his sins as if he were sitting under a mountain 00:02:06.969 --> 00:02:09.969 He is afraid it will happen to him 00:02:09.969 --> 00:02:14.969 The immoral person sees his sins as flies passing by his nose 00:02:14.969 --> 00:02:16.969 He said it like this 00:02:16.969 --> 00:02:22.610 Abu Shihab Al-Zuhri said with his hand above his nose 00:02:22.610 --> 00:02:25.610 Hudhayfah Ibn Al-Yaman, may God be pleased with him, said 00:02:25.610 --> 00:02:31.610 People used to ask the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, about goodness 00:02:31.610 --> 00:02:36.900 I used to ask him about evil for fear that he would overtake me 00:02:36.900 --> 00:02:41.900 When Hudhayfah Ibn Al-Yaman, may God be pleased with him, died 00:02:41.900 --> 00:02:43.900 He was very alarmed 00:02:43.900 --> 00:02:46.930 He was told: What makes you cry? 00:02:46.930 --> 00:02:50.930 He said: I don't cry out of regret for the world 00:02:50.930 --> 00:02:52.930 Rather, death is more beloved to me 00:02:52.930 --> 00:02:56.930 But I don't know what to do 00:02:56.930 --> 00:03:00.219 Satisfaction or discontent? 00:03:00.219 --> 00:03:03.219 On the authority of Abu Hurairah, may God be pleased with him, he said 00:03:03.219 --> 00:03:07.219 He who cries out of fear of God will not seek refuge in Hell 00:03:07.219 --> 00:03:10.500 Until the milk returns to the udder 00:03:10.500 --> 00:03:13.500 He, may God be pleased with him, cried during his illness 00:03:13.500 --> 00:03:16.500 He was told: What makes you cry? 00:03:16.500 --> 00:03:20.500 He said: I do not cry for this world of yours 00:03:20.500 --> 00:03:25.500 But I cry over the distance of my travel and the lack of my provision 00:03:25.500 --> 00:03:30.500 I went up and down in heaven and hell 00:03:30.500 --> 00:03:34.500 I don't know which one to take 00:03:34.500 --> 00:03:39.919 Ibn Abbas sought permission before the death of Aisha, may God be pleased with her 00:03:39.919 --> 00:03:40.919 She is defeated 00:03:40.919 --> 00:03:45.919 He said, "You are fine, God willing." 00:03:45.919 --> 00:03:49.919 The wife of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace 00:03:49.919 --> 00:03:52.919 He did not marry a virgin other than you 00:03:52.919 --> 00:03:54.919 Your excuse came down from heaven 00:03:54.919 --> 00:04:00.919 She said, “I wish I had been forgotten.” 00:04:00.919 --> 00:04:04.300 Khabbab Ibn Al-Art, may God be pleased with him, returned 00:04:04.300 --> 00:04:09.300 Remnants of the companions of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace 00:04:09.300 --> 00:04:12.300 They said: Give good news to Abu Abdullah 00:04:12.300 --> 00:04:16.300 Your brothers come forward tomorrow 00:04:16.300 --> 00:04:20.300 He cried and said, “What’s wrong with her?” 00:04:20.300 --> 00:04:23.339 But I am not alarmed 00:04:23.339 --> 00:04:26.339 But you reminded me of some people 00:04:26.339 --> 00:04:29.339 And you called them brothers for me 00:04:29.339 --> 00:04:34.339 And those people have received their wages as they are 00:04:34.339 --> 00:04:39.339 And I fear that the reward for those deeds you remember will be 00:04:39.339 --> 00:04:42.689 We did not come after them 00:04:42.689 --> 00:04:46.720 On the authority of Shaddad Ibn Awsan Al-Ansari, may God be pleased with him 00:04:46.720 --> 00:04:49.720 That was when he got into bed 00:04:49.720 --> 00:04:51.720 He rolls over on his bed 00:04:51.720 --> 00:04:53.720 Sleep does not come to him 00:04:53.720 --> 00:04:55.720 And he says 00:04:55.720 --> 00:04:59.720 Oh God, the fire has taken away my sleep 00:04:59.720 --> 00:05:04.300 So he gets up and prays until morning 00:05:04.300 --> 00:05:07.300 On the authority of Abu Raja’in al-Attardi, he said: 00:05:07.300 --> 00:05:11.300 I saw Ibn Abbas, may God Almighty be pleased with him 00:05:11.300 --> 00:05:16.779 And the bottoms of his eyes were like worn-out traps of tears 00:05:16.779 --> 00:05:20.779 Ibn Omar, may God Almighty be pleased with him, entered the Kaaba 00:05:20.779 --> 00:05:23.779 I heard him prostrating, saying 00:05:23.779 --> 00:05:29.779 You may know what prevents me from competing with the Quraysh in this world 00:05:29.779 --> 00:05:32.100 Except your fear 00:05:32.100 --> 00:05:35.100 Ka'b Al-Ahbar, may God have mercy on him, said 00:05:35.100 --> 00:05:38.100 Because I cry out of fear of God 00:05:38.100 --> 00:05:41.100 So my tears flow down my cheeks 00:05:41.100 --> 00:05:46.449 I love it more than giving my weight in gold in charity 00:05:46.449 --> 00:05:49.449 Sufyan Al-Thawri, may God have mercy on him, said 00:05:49.449 --> 00:05:53.449 None of me could bear worship or be able to do it 00:05:53.449 --> 00:05:55.449 Except for the intensity of fear 00:05:55.449 --> 00:05:58.860 He was Saeed bin Al-Musayyab, may God have mercy on him 00:05:58.860 --> 00:06:01.860 He says a lot in his gatherings 00:06:01.860 --> 00:06:04.860 Oh God, grant us peace 00:06:04.860 --> 00:06:08.149 It was said to Al-Hasan Al-Basri, may God have mercy on him 00:06:08.149 --> 00:06:12.180 What do we do with people who fear us? 00:06:12.180 --> 00:06:15.180 Until our hearts almost fly 00:06:15.180 --> 00:06:17.220 Al-Hassan said 00:06:17.220 --> 00:06:21.220 By God, you are in the company of people who fear you 00:06:21.220 --> 00:06:23.220 Until security reaches you 00:06:23.220 --> 00:06:27.220 It is better for you than to be with people who believe in you 00:06:27.220 --> 00:06:29.220 Until fear catches up with you 00:06:29.220 --> 00:06:31.790 Some predecessors said 00:06:31.790 --> 00:06:35.790 He is not afraid of crying and squeezing his eyes 00:06:35.790 --> 00:06:39.790 But the one who is afraid of abandoning the matter is the one who is afraid 00:06:39.790 --> 00:06:42.399 To torture him 00:06:42.399 --> 00:06:45.399 On the authority of Ibrahim bin Shayban, may God have mercy on him 00:06:45.399 --> 00:06:47.459 He said 00:06:47.459 --> 00:06:49.459 Fear resides in the heart 00:06:49.459 --> 00:06:52.459 Burn the places of desires in it 00:06:52.459 --> 00:06:55.459 He expelled from him the desire of the world 00:06:55.459 --> 00:06:58.879 On the authority of Al-Qasim bin Muhammad, he said: 00:06:58.879 --> 00:07:02.879 We were traveling with Ibn Al-Mubarak, may God have mercy on him 00:07:02.879 --> 00:07:05.879 It often crossed my mind 00:07:05.879 --> 00:07:07.879 So I say to myself 00:07:07.879 --> 00:07:11.879 In what way did this man prefer us? 00:07:11.879 --> 00:07:15.879 Until he became famous among the people 00:07:15.879 --> 00:07:17.879 If he prays 00:07:17.879 --> 00:07:19.879 We will pray 00:07:19.879 --> 00:07:21.879 Even if he fasts 00:07:21.879 --> 00:07:23.879 We will fast 00:07:23.879 --> 00:07:25.879 Even if it invades 00:07:25.879 --> 00:07:27.879 We will invade 00:07:27.879 --> 00:07:29.879 Even if he is performing Hajj 00:07:29.879 --> 00:07:31.939 We will perform Hajj 00:07:31.939 --> 00:07:33.939 He said 00:07:33.939 --> 00:07:36.939 We were on the road to Damascus for some time 00:07:36.939 --> 00:07:38.939 One night we have dinner at home 00:07:38.939 --> 00:07:41.040 When the lamp went out 00:07:41.040 --> 00:07:44.040 Some of us got up and took the lamp 00:07:45.040 --> 00:07:47.040 So he stayed there 00:07:47.040 --> 00:07:49.040 Then he brought the lamp 00:07:49.040 --> 00:07:52.069 So I looked at Ibn Al-Mubarak's face 00:07:52.069 --> 00:07:55.069 His beard was wet with tears 00:07:55.069 --> 00:07:57.170 So I said to myself 00:07:57.170 --> 00:08:01.170 With this fear, this man preferred us 00:08:01.170 --> 00:08:04.170 Perhaps when he lost the lamp 00:08:04.170 --> 00:08:06.170 So he went into darkness 00:08:06.170 --> 00:08:08.740 Mention of the Resurrection 00:08:08.740 --> 00:08:11.740 Ibn Al-Mubarak, may God have mercy on him, said 00:08:11.740 --> 00:08:13.740 The most knowledgeable of you 00:08:13.740 --> 00:08:16.740 He should be the most afraid of you 00:08:16.740 --> 00:08:21.000 Abdul Rahman Ibn Yazid Ibn Jaber said 00:08:21.000 --> 00:08:24.000 I told Yazid Ibn Murtadar, may God have mercy on him 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:27.000 Why do I see your eyes not dry? 00:08:27.000 --> 00:08:28.000 He said 00:08:28.000 --> 00:08:30.000 What is your issue? 00:08:30.290 --> 00:08:33.289 Why do I see your eyes not dry? 00:08:33.289 --> 00:08:34.379 He said 00:08:34.379 --> 00:08:36.379 What is your question about him? 00:08:36.379 --> 00:08:38.450 I said 00:08:38.450 --> 00:08:41.450 May God Almighty help me with it 00:08:41.450 --> 00:08:43.509 He said 00:08:43.509 --> 00:08:49.509 God has threatened me that if I disobey Him, He will imprison me in Hell 00:08:49.509 --> 00:08:54.509 By God, if he had not threatened me, he would only imprison me in the bathroom 00:08:54.509 --> 00:08:58.830 I would have liked my eyes not to dry out 00:08:58.830 --> 00:09:02.830 Al-Fudayl Ibn Iyad, may God have mercy on him, said 00:09:02.830 --> 00:09:05.830 Whoever fears God, no one will harm him 00:09:05.830 --> 00:09:11.149 Whoever fears other than God, no one will benefit him 00:09:11.149 --> 00:09:15.149 Abu Suleiman Al-Darani, may God have mercy on him, said 00:09:15.149 --> 00:09:18.149 From his good faith in God Almighty 00:09:18.149 --> 00:09:20.149 Then he does not fear God 00:09:20.149 --> 00:09:22.629 He is deceived 00:09:22.629 --> 00:09:24.629 Al-Marwadhi said 00:09:24.629 --> 00:09:27.629 He was Abu Abdullah, may God have mercy on him 00:09:27.629 --> 00:09:30.629 If he mentions death, the lessons choke him 00:09:30.629 --> 00:09:32.659 And he was saying 00:09:32.659 --> 00:09:36.659 Fear prevents me from eating and drinking 00:09:36.659 --> 00:09:38.659 And if you mention death 00:09:38.659 --> 00:09:41.659 Everything in the world is easy for me 00:09:41.659 --> 00:09:44.700 It is food without food 00:09:44.700 --> 00:09:47.700 And clothes without clothes 00:09:47.700 --> 00:09:50.700 And it's only a few days 00:09:50.700 --> 00:09:53.700 I do not do anything justice to the poor 00:09:53.700 --> 00:09:55.700 If only I could find the way 00:09:55.700 --> 00:09:59.700 I would have gone out so that I would not have a male 00:10:01.740 --> 00:10:04.740 Hope and good faith in God 00:10:04.740 --> 00:10:09.899 Abdullah bin Masoud, may God be pleased with him, said 00:10:09.899 --> 00:10:13.899 So that God will forgive me on the Day of Resurrection 00:10:13.899 --> 00:10:16.899 It never occurred to a human heart 00:10:16.899 --> 00:10:20.220 He also said, may God be pleased with him 00:10:20.220 --> 00:10:23.220 And besides Him there is no god 00:10:23.220 --> 00:10:25.220 I did not give Abdul anything 00:10:25.220 --> 00:10:28.340 Better than having good faith in God 00:10:28.340 --> 00:10:30.340 And besides Him there is no god 00:10:30.340 --> 00:10:33.340 My servant does not think well of God 00:10:33.340 --> 00:10:36.340 Unless God gave him that thought 00:10:36.340 --> 00:10:39.340 The good is in his hand 00:10:39.340 --> 00:10:42.570 He also said, may God be pleased with him 00:10:42.570 --> 00:10:45.570 By God, if only you knew from God what we know 00:10:45.570 --> 00:10:47.570 Don't talk 00:10:47.570 --> 00:10:51.049 A Bedouin fell ill and was told 00:10:51.049 --> 00:10:53.049 You are dying 00:10:53.049 --> 00:10:56.049 He said where is he taking me? 00:10:56.049 --> 00:10:59.049 He said to God 00:10:59.049 --> 00:11:02.049 He said: I don't hate to go 00:11:02.049 --> 00:11:05.049 To whom I only see goodness 00:11:05.049 --> 00:11:08.429 On the authority of Al-Mu'tamir bin Suleiman, may God have mercy on him 00:11:08.429 --> 00:11:10.429 He said 00:11:10.429 --> 00:11:13.429 My father, may God have mercy on him, said when I attended him 00:11:13.429 --> 00:11:15.429 Oh Muammar 00:11:15.429 --> 00:11:17.429 Tell me about the cheapness 00:11:17.429 --> 00:11:21.429 Perhaps I met God while I thought well of Him 00:11:21.429 --> 00:11:23.620 Some of them said 00:11:23.620 --> 00:11:27.620 And I am confident in my fear of God 00:11:27.620 --> 00:11:31.620 With His blessings, God is the most generous of those who grant me 00:11:31.620 --> 00:11:35.100 On the authority of Ibrahim Al-Nakha’i, may God have mercy on him 00:11:35.100 --> 00:11:36.100 He said 00:11:36.100 --> 00:11:39.100 They liked the slave to be taught 00:11:39.100 --> 00:11:41.100 The merits of his work upon his death 00:11:41.100 --> 00:11:44.100 To improve his belief in his Lord 00:11:44.100 --> 00:11:46.679 Some of them said 00:11:46.679 --> 00:11:50.679 And I hope in God even as if I were 00:11:50.679 --> 00:11:54.679 I see with beautiful thought what God is doing 00:11:54.679 --> 00:11:58.899 Hammad bin Salamah, may God have mercy on him, said 00:11:58.899 --> 00:12:01.899 By God, if you had to choose between holding God accountable 00:12:01.899 --> 00:12:02.899 Me 00:12:02.899 --> 00:12:04.899 And holding my parents accountable 00:12:04.899 --> 00:12:09.899 I would choose to hold God accountable rather than hold my parents accountable 00:12:09.899 --> 00:12:14.899 This is because God Almighty is more merciful to me than my parents 00:12:14.899 --> 00:12:18.450 Yahya bin Moaz, may God have mercy on him, said 00:12:18.450 --> 00:12:22.480 If it were not for the fact that forgiveness is one of the most beloved things to him 00:12:22.480 --> 00:12:26.480 He is afflicted with sin, the most honorable of creation 00:12:26.480 --> 00:12:30.990 When Bishr bin Mansour, may God have mercy on him, was dying, he laughed 00:12:30.990 --> 00:12:31.990 And he said 00:12:31.990 --> 00:12:37.019 Remove from my presence those whose temptations I fear 00:12:37.019 --> 00:12:41.019 And I approach Him whose mercy I do not doubt 00:12:41.019 --> 00:12:46.230 Balancing fear and hope 00:12:46.230 --> 00:12:50.769 Mutarrif, may God have mercy on him, said 00:12:50.769 --> 00:12:53.799 If the believer's fear and hope are weighed 00:12:53.799 --> 00:12:55.799 If there is either 00:12:55.799 --> 00:12:58.799 One of them does not exceed the other 00:12:58.799 --> 00:13:03.090 On the authority of Al-Hasan Al-Basri, may God have mercy on him, he said: 00:13:03.090 --> 00:13:07.120 Hope and fear are the mount of the believer 00:13:07.120 --> 00:13:11.220 Al-Fudayl bin Iyad, may God have mercy on him, said 00:13:11.220 --> 00:13:13.220 Fear is better than hope 00:13:13.220 --> 00:13:16.220 As long as the man is healthy 00:13:16.220 --> 00:13:18.220 If death befalls him 00:13:18.220 --> 00:13:20.220 Hope is better 00:13:20.220 --> 00:13:25.519 What was mentioned about someone who is shocked when giving a sermon 00:13:25.519 --> 00:13:28.519 And the position of the predecessors regarding that 00:13:28.519 --> 00:13:32.860 On the authority of Hussein bin Abdul Rahman, he said: 00:13:32.860 --> 00:13:36.860 I said to Asmaa bint Abi Bakr, may God be pleased with her 00:13:36.860 --> 00:13:41.860 How were the companions of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace? 00:13:41.860 --> 00:13:43.860 When reading the Qur’an 00:13:43.860 --> 00:13:45.860 She said 00:13:45.860 --> 00:13:47.860 They were as God mentioned them 00:13:47.860 --> 00:13:50.860 Or as God Almighty described them 00:13:50.860 --> 00:13:53.860 Their eyes tear up 00:13:53.860 --> 00:13:55.929 And their skins peel 00:13:55.929 --> 00:13:57.929 So I told her 00:13:57.929 --> 00:13:59.929 It's men here 00:13:59.929 --> 00:14:03.929 If someone recites the Qur’an, he will faint 00:14:03.929 --> 00:14:05.929 And she said 00:14:05.929 --> 00:14:09.470 I seek refuge in God from the accursed Satan 00:14:09.470 --> 00:14:12.470 Murr bin Omar, may God be pleased with him 00:14:12.470 --> 00:14:14.470 A fallen man from Iraq 00:14:14.470 --> 00:14:16.470 And he said 00:14:16.470 --> 00:14:18.470 What's up? 00:14:18.470 --> 00:14:19.470 And they said 00:14:19.470 --> 00:14:23.470 If the Qur’an is read to him, this will happen to him 00:14:23.470 --> 00:14:25.470 He said 00:14:25.470 --> 00:14:27.470 We fear God Almighty 00:14:27.470 --> 00:14:29.950 And we don't fall 00:14:29.950 --> 00:14:32.950 A man was thundering at the remembrance 00:14:32.950 --> 00:14:36.950 Ibrahim Al-Nakhai, may God have mercy on him, said to him 00:14:36.950 --> 00:14:38.950 If you have it 00:14:38.950 --> 00:14:41.950 I don't care if I don't respect you 00:14:41.950 --> 00:14:43.950 Even if you don't have it 00:14:43.950 --> 00:14:46.950 You have disagreed with someone better than you 00:14:46.950 --> 00:14:51.929 Other benefits 00:14:51.929 --> 00:14:56.559 On the authority of Al-Hasan Al-Basri, may God have mercy on him 00:14:56.559 --> 00:14:58.559 In His saying, God Almighty 00:14:58.559 --> 00:15:01.559 E is a written reading 00:15:01.559 --> 00:15:06.620 I thought I would meet his account 00:15:06.620 --> 00:15:07.620 He said 00:15:07.620 --> 00:15:12.620 The believer has good thoughts about his Lord and does good deeds 00:15:12.620 --> 00:15:17.850 If the hypocrite has bad thoughts, he will do bad deeds 00:15:17.850 --> 00:15:20.850 On the authority of Abu Hazim, may God have mercy on him, he said: 00:15:20.850 --> 00:15:24.909 One of the greatest qualities a believer can hope for 00:15:24.909 --> 00:15:27.909 To be more afraid of himself 00:15:27.909 --> 00:15:31.870 I hope it is for every Muslim 00:15:31.870 --> 00:15:34.190 Weapon life 00:15:34.190 --> 00:15:36.190 Between words and action