1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:08,830 A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah. 2 00:00:08,830 --> 00:00:11,830 The danger of the diseases of the heart. 3 00:00:11,830 --> 00:00:15,699 Since the heart is the sovereign of the limbs, 4 00:00:15,699 --> 00:00:18,699 and through its soundness the entire body is sound, 5 00:00:18,699 --> 00:00:22,699 as has been previously explained regarding the actions of the heart, 6 00:00:22,699 --> 00:00:26,699 then its corruption also entails the corruption of the entire body, 7 00:00:26,699 --> 00:00:28,699 as mentioned in the hadith. 8 00:00:28,699 --> 00:00:29,699 Therefore, 9 00:00:29,699 --> 00:00:33,700 just as it is obligatory to attend to the inward actions of the heart 10 00:00:33,700 --> 00:00:36,700 in order to rectify the outward actions of the limbs, 11 00:00:36,700 --> 00:00:40,700 it is likewise necessary to pay attention to the inward diseases of the heart, 12 00:00:40,700 --> 00:00:44,700 and to be wary of them so that they do not corrupt one's outward deeds, 13 00:00:44,700 --> 00:00:47,700 and so that a person does not perish, 14 00:00:47,700 --> 00:00:51,700 despite their scrupulous avoidance of some minor sins and doubtful matters, 15 00:00:51,700 --> 00:00:55,700 due to their neglect of these destructive heart diseases. 16 00:00:56,700 --> 00:00:59,880 Hypocrisy and the disease of the heart. 17 00:00:59,880 --> 00:01:04,840 Hypocrisy is considered one of the most severe and dangerous diseases of the heart, 18 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:09,840 whether it is major hypocrisy related to belief, 19 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:12,840 or minor hypocrisy related to actions, 20 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:15,840 both of which are the two types previously detailed 21 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:17,840 in the concepts of creed. 22 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:20,000 What concerns us here 23 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:24,000 is to clarify that hypocrisy is among the most dangerous diseases of the heart, 24 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:28,000 to the extent that you will hardly find a verse in the Book of Allah 25 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:30,000 in which a disease of the heart is mentioned 26 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:35,000 without it being in the context of discussing hypocrisy and its people, 27 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:38,000 whether the term "hypocrisy" is mentioned explicitly 28 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,000 or not. 29 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:43,030 Among those where the term is mentioned explicitly 30 00:01:43,030 --> 00:01:45,030 is the saying of Allah the Exalted: 31 00:01:45,030 --> 00:01:49,030 "When the hypocrites and those in whose hearts is..." 32 00:01:49,030 --> 00:01:52,030 “When the hypocrites and those in whose hearts is a disease said: Their religion hath deluded these. Whoso putteth his trust in Allah (will find that) lo! Allah is Mighty, Wise.” (8:49) 33 00:01:52,030 --> 00:01:54,030 And His saying: 34 00:01:54,030 --> 00:01:58,030 “And when the hypocrites, and those in whose hearts is a disease, were saying: Allah and His messenger promised us naught but delusion.” (33:12) 35 00:01:58,030 --> 00:02:04,030 “And when the hypocrites, and those in whose hearts is a disease, were saying: Allah and His messenger promised us naught but delusion.” (33:12) 36 00:02:04,030 --> 00:02:07,189 Among those where the term "hypocrisy" is not mentioned 37 00:02:07,189 --> 00:02:09,189 is the saying of Allah the Exalted: 38 00:02:09,189 --> 00:02:14,189 “In their hearts is a disease, and Allah increaseth their disease. A painful doom is theirs because they lie.” (2:10) 39 00:02:14,189 --> 00:02:19,189 “In their hearts is a disease, and Allah increaseth their disease. A painful doom is theirs because they lie.” (2:10) 40 00:02:19,189 --> 00:02:21,189 And His saying: 41 00:02:21,189 --> 00:02:26,189 "You see those in whose hearts is a disease hastening toward them." 42 00:02:26,189 --> 00:02:31,189 “And thou seest those in whose heart is a disease race toward them, saying: We fear lest a change of fortune befall us. And it may happen that Allah will vouchsafe (unto thee) the victory, or a commandment from His presence. Then will they repent them of their secret thoughts.” (5:52) 43 00:02:31,189 --> 00:02:34,379 The conflict between the hypocrites and the people of truth 44 00:02:34,379 --> 00:02:38,379 is not a disagreement over a single intellectual issue; 45 00:02:38,379 --> 00:02:41,379 rather, their entire faculty of judgment 46 00:02:41,379 --> 00:02:44,379 is a diseased and ailing heart. 47 00:02:44,379 --> 00:02:47,379 They have a disease in their hearts. 48 00:02:47,379 --> 00:02:50,379 Whim (al-hawa). 49 00:02:50,379 --> 00:02:55,370 Whim is the inclination of the soul toward what it loves and desires. 50 00:02:56,370 --> 00:03:01,370 If this inclination contradicts what Allah has commanded or permitted, 51 00:03:01,370 --> 00:03:03,370 it is one of the most dangerous diseases of the heart, 52 00:03:03,370 --> 00:03:07,370 and the one with the most negative impact on the soul, 53 00:03:07,370 --> 00:03:12,370 as it is the primary motive for every transgression, overstepping, and act of disobedience. 54 00:03:12,370 --> 00:03:16,370 Who is more astray than one in this state? 55 00:03:16,370 --> 00:03:18,370 As He, the Exalted, said: 56 00:03:18,370 --> 00:03:23,370 “And if they answer thee not, then know that what they follow is their lusts. And who goeth farther astray than he who followeth his lust without guidance from Allah. Lo! Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk.” (28:50) 57 00:03:24,370 --> 00:03:28,500 "Indeed, Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people." 58 00:03:28,500 --> 00:03:31,500 In fact, following one's whim continues to distance a person 59 00:03:31,500 --> 00:03:33,500 from the command of Allah the Exalted, 60 00:03:33,500 --> 00:03:37,500 until they take it as a god besides Allah. 61 00:03:37,500 --> 00:03:39,590 He, the Exalted, said: 62 00:03:39,590 --> 00:03:42,590 “Hast thou seen him who maketh his desire his god, and Allah sendeth him astray purposely, and sealeth up his hearing and his heart, and setteth on his sight a covering? Then who will lead him after Allah (hath condemned him)? Will ye not then heed?” (45:23) 63 00:03:42,590 --> 00:03:44,590 “Hast thou seen him who maketh his desire his god, and Allah sendeth him astray purposely, and sealeth up his hearing and his heart, and setteth on his sight a covering? Then who will lead him after Allah (hath condemned him)? Will ye not then heed?” (45:23) 64 00:03:44,590 --> 00:03:47,590 “Hast thou seen him who maketh his desire his god, and Allah sendeth him astray purposely, and sealeth up his hearing and his heart, and setteth on his sight a covering? Then who will lead him after Allah (hath condemned him)? Will ye not then heed?” (45:23) 65 00:03:47,590 --> 00:03:50,590 “Hast thou seen him who maketh his desire his god, and Allah sendeth him astray purposely, and sealeth up his hearing and his heart, and setteth on his sight a covering? Then who will lead him after Allah (hath condemned him)? Will ye not then heed?” (45:23) 66 00:03:50,590 --> 00:03:53,590 “Hast thou seen him who maketh his desire his god, and Allah sendeth him astray purposely, and sealeth up his hearing and his heart, and setteth on his sight a covering? Then who will lead him after Allah (hath condemned him)? Will ye not then heed?” (45:23) 67 00:03:53,590 --> 00:03:55,590 "Will you not then remember?" 68 00:03:55,590 --> 00:03:58,590 Whim becomes a god 69 00:03:58,590 --> 00:04:02,590 because it diverts the person from the truth that Allah commands, 70 00:04:02,590 --> 00:04:06,590 and it becomes that which is followed instead of Allah the Exalted. 71 00:04:06,590 --> 00:04:11,129 Whim blinds and deafens, 72 00:04:11,129 --> 00:04:14,129 and leads its possessor into follies. 73 00:04:14,129 --> 00:04:18,470 If whim takes hold of a person, 74 00:04:18,470 --> 00:04:20,470 it blinds and deafens them, 75 00:04:20,470 --> 00:04:22,470 as mentioned in the previous verse, 76 00:04:22,470 --> 00:04:25,470 and leads them into contradictions and follies 77 00:04:25,470 --> 00:04:29,470 that a person of reason would never commit. 78 00:04:29,470 --> 00:04:32,500 Whim blinded the insight of the Quraysh, 79 00:04:32,500 --> 00:04:36,500 so they rejected the prophethood of Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 80 00:04:36,500 --> 00:04:39,500 on the pretext that he was a human being, 81 00:04:39,500 --> 00:04:42,500 even though they took a stone as a god. 82 00:04:42,500 --> 00:04:48,139 Whim leads to disbelief, immorality, or fanaticism. 83 00:04:48,139 --> 00:04:51,689 The harms of following whim vary, 84 00:04:51,689 --> 00:04:54,689 ranging from falling into disbelief or immorality, 85 00:04:54,689 --> 00:04:57,689 to fanaticism and factionalism. 86 00:04:57,689 --> 00:05:00,750 The disbelievers are driven by their whims to reject the truth 87 00:05:00,750 --> 00:05:04,750 and to be fanatical about what their forefathers were upon, 88 00:05:04,750 --> 00:05:07,750 despite knowing the falsehood of what they are upon, 89 00:05:07,750 --> 00:05:10,750 and that what the messengers call them to 90 00:05:10,750 --> 00:05:12,750 is the clear truth. 91 00:05:12,750 --> 00:05:14,850 As for the people of sin and immorality, 92 00:05:14,850 --> 00:05:17,850 their whims drive them to defend their immorality 93 00:05:17,850 --> 00:05:20,850 and their wickedness with weak interpretations 94 00:05:20,850 --> 00:05:23,850 and false justifications. 95 00:05:23,850 --> 00:05:26,850 Whim may even cause some students of knowledge 96 00:05:26,850 --> 00:05:29,850 to reject the truth in some matters, 97 00:05:29,850 --> 00:05:31,850 despite its clarity, 98 00:05:31,850 --> 00:05:34,850 and that is only out of fanaticism for the opinions of their teachers 99 00:05:34,850 --> 00:05:37,850 and their school of thought, even if they are false, 100 00:05:37,850 --> 00:05:40,850 which causes factionalism and division 101 00:05:40,850 --> 00:05:43,850 and conflict between the followers of the same religion, 102 00:05:43,850 --> 00:05:46,850 instead of unity and harmony. 103 00:05:48,620 --> 00:05:51,620 From the sayings of the salaf regarding striving against whim 104 00:05:51,620 --> 00:05:54,579 and warning against it: 105 00:05:54,579 --> 00:05:56,579 Al-Hasan al-Basri said: 106 00:05:56,579 --> 00:05:59,579 "The best jihad is the jihad against one's whim." 107 00:05:59,579 --> 00:06:03,610 And Umar Ibn Abd al-Aziz, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 108 00:06:03,610 --> 00:06:07,610 "Do not be one who follows the truth if it aligns with his whim, 109 00:06:07,610 --> 00:06:10,610 and opposes it if it contradicts his whim; 110 00:06:10,610 --> 00:06:15,610 for you will not be rewarded for the truth you followed, 111 00:06:15,610 --> 00:06:18,610 and you will be punished for what you abandoned of it, 112 00:06:18,610 --> 00:06:22,610 because you followed your whim in both cases." 113 00:06:27,470 --> 00:06:31,209 There are numerous reasons that drive a person 114 00:06:31,209 --> 00:06:34,209 to fall into whim and oppose the truth. 115 00:06:34,209 --> 00:06:37,209 Among them, firstly: 116 00:06:37,209 --> 00:06:40,209 That a person sees that admitting the truth 117 00:06:40,209 --> 00:06:44,209 necessitates admitting that they were upon falsehood, 118 00:06:44,209 --> 00:06:50,209 or acknowledging that their forefathers, teachers, or leaders were upon falsehood, 119 00:06:50,209 --> 00:06:54,209 and that there is a belittlement of them and oneself in that. 120 00:06:56,399 --> 00:06:59,399 And from the previous point, or close to it: 121 00:06:59,399 --> 00:07:01,399 Arrogance. 122 00:07:01,399 --> 00:07:06,399 One becomes too arrogant to follow the truth because it was explained to them by someone else, 123 00:07:06,399 --> 00:07:10,399 and they did not arrive at it through their own research and reflection. 124 00:07:10,399 --> 00:07:12,500 Thirdly: 125 00:07:12,500 --> 00:07:15,500 Also linked to arrogance is envy, 126 00:07:15,500 --> 00:07:19,500 for one envies others for their guidance to the truth and their explanation of it, 127 00:07:19,500 --> 00:07:23,500 and this drives them not to acknowledge it, 128 00:07:23,500 --> 00:07:27,500 so as not to admit the virtue and knowledge of the possessor of the truth. 129 00:07:27,500 --> 00:07:29,779 Fourthly: 130 00:07:29,779 --> 00:07:35,779 That a person has already attained status, fame, and worldly benefits through falsehood, 131 00:07:35,779 --> 00:07:41,779 so it becomes difficult for them to admit the falsehood and lose those benefits. 132 00:07:41,779 --> 00:07:46,709 Most people are overcome by whim. 133 00:07:46,709 --> 00:07:52,259 Among the clearest proofs that whim overcomes most people 134 00:07:52,259 --> 00:07:56,259 is that you see them upon different religions, 135 00:07:56,259 --> 00:07:58,259 varying doctrines, 136 00:07:58,259 --> 00:08:00,259 divided schools of thought, 137 00:08:00,259 --> 00:08:02,259 and clashing opinions, 138 00:08:02,259 --> 00:08:06,259 yet you see them, as Allah the Exalted said: 139 00:08:06,259 --> 00:08:10,259 “But they (mankind) have broken their religion among them into sects, each group rejoicing in its tenets.” (23:53) 140 00:08:10,259 --> 00:08:14,259 "Each faction rejoicing in what they have." 141 00:08:14,259 --> 00:08:20,279 From the signs of the claimant of knowledge who follows whim: 142 00:08:20,279 --> 00:08:24,790 For one who claims knowledge but inclines toward whim, 143 00:08:24,790 --> 00:08:26,790 there are signs by which they are known. 144 00:08:26,790 --> 00:08:28,790 Among them: 145 00:08:28,790 --> 00:08:29,790 First: 146 00:08:29,790 --> 00:08:33,789 Creating confusion with falsehood against the truth and its people. 147 00:08:33,789 --> 00:08:38,789 Whenever a proof is presented to them that contradicts their opinion and whim, 148 00:08:38,789 --> 00:08:41,789 they strive to reject it in any way possible, 149 00:08:41,789 --> 00:08:45,789 through obfuscation, slander, or deception. 150 00:08:45,789 --> 00:08:48,139 Second: 151 00:08:48,139 --> 00:08:51,139 Selecting the evidence that aligns with their whim 152 00:08:51,139 --> 00:08:53,139 and abandoning what contradicts it. 153 00:08:53,139 --> 00:08:58,139 If they see in a verse what they perceive as evidence for the correctness of their whim, 154 00:08:58,139 --> 00:09:00,139 they hold fast to it; 155 00:09:00,139 --> 00:09:03,139 but if they see in another what contradicts their whim, 156 00:09:03,139 --> 00:09:06,139 they ignore it and turn away from it. 157 00:09:06,139 --> 00:09:11,240 If they find two hadiths and do not know their authenticity from their weakness, 158 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:14,240 and one of them aligns with their whim, 159 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:16,240 they hold fast to it and neglect the other, 160 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:21,240 without considering the issue of authenticating or weakening hadiths. 161 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:23,429 Third: 162 00:09:23,429 --> 00:09:27,429 Specifying or generalizing the ruling of an issue according to whim, 163 00:09:28,429 --> 00:09:33,429 without the rules of generalization and specification used in the science of usul (principles of jurisprudence). 164 00:09:33,429 --> 00:09:36,429 If the ruling was in a specific context, 165 00:09:36,429 --> 00:09:39,429 but generalization achieves their whim, 166 00:09:39,429 --> 00:09:41,429 they make it general, 167 00:09:41,429 --> 00:09:43,429 and vice versa. 168 00:09:43,429 --> 00:09:49,429 Like one who makes the verse of hijab specific to the wives of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 169 00:09:49,429 --> 00:09:53,429 even though its generality is clear from its wording. 170 00:09:53,429 --> 00:10:02,429 “O Prophet! Tell thy wives and thy daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks close round them (when they go abroad). That will be better, so that they may be recognised and not annoyed. Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.” (33:59) 171 00:10:02,429 --> 00:10:06,429 “O Prophet! Tell thy wives and thy daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks close round them (when they go abroad). That will be better, so that they may be recognised and not annoyed. Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.” (33:59) 172 00:10:06,429 --> 00:10:10,690 "And Allah is Ever Forgiving, Merciful." 173 00:10:10,690 --> 00:10:11,690 Fourth: 174 00:10:11,690 --> 00:10:14,690 If two men dispute an issue 175 00:10:14,690 --> 00:10:16,690 and ask for their verdict on it, 176 00:10:16,690 --> 00:10:20,690 and they know one of them and their heart inclines toward him, 177 00:10:20,690 --> 00:10:22,690 and they do not know the other, 178 00:10:22,690 --> 00:10:24,690 or they know him and hate him, 179 00:10:24,690 --> 00:10:27,690 they rule in favor of the one their heart inclines toward, 180 00:10:27,690 --> 00:10:32,690 even if they have not grasped the ruling of the disputed issue and its evidence. 181 00:10:32,690 --> 00:10:34,779 In summary, 182 00:10:34,779 --> 00:10:37,779 the paths of whim are too numerous to count, 183 00:10:37,779 --> 00:10:40,779 and the duty of the scholar or student of knowledge 184 00:10:40,779 --> 00:10:44,779 is to search for the whims of their own soul until they know them, 185 00:10:44,779 --> 00:10:47,779 then to guard against them with the utmost caution, 186 00:10:47,779 --> 00:10:51,779 and to reflect deeply on the truth as it is in itself, 187 00:10:51,779 --> 00:10:53,779 isolated from whim. 188 00:10:53,779 --> 00:10:57,809 How does a person repel whim? 189 00:10:57,809 --> 00:11:00,809 And the fruit of this repulsion: 190 00:11:00,809 --> 00:11:05,450 The most powerful way a person repels whim from their soul 191 00:11:05,450 --> 00:11:07,450 is the fear of Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, 192 00:11:07,450 --> 00:11:09,450 and the fear of His punishment, 193 00:11:09,450 --> 00:11:13,450 and keeping in mind the fruit of this piety and its reward, 194 00:11:13,450 --> 00:11:18,450 for that is the solid barrier against the violent attacks of whim. 195 00:11:19,450 --> 00:11:22,450 Let it be known that Allah did not charge them 196 00:11:22,450 --> 00:11:24,450 that whim should not stir within their soul, 197 00:11:24,450 --> 00:11:27,450 for that is beyond their capacity, 198 00:11:27,450 --> 00:11:30,450 but He charged them to restrain their soul 199 00:11:30,450 --> 00:11:33,450 from this whim and to repel it, 200 00:11:33,450 --> 00:11:35,450 and He has written for them through this repulsion 201 00:11:35,450 --> 00:11:37,450 and this difficult struggle 202 00:11:37,450 --> 00:11:40,450 Paradise as a reward and a dwelling. 203 00:11:40,450 --> 00:11:42,450 He, the Exalted, said: 204 00:11:42,450 --> 00:11:45,450 “But as for him who feared to stand before his Lord and restrained his soul from lust,” (79:40) 205 00:11:45,450 --> 00:11:47,450 “But as for him who feared to stand before his Lord and restrained his soul from lust,” (79:40) 206 00:11:47,450 --> 00:11:50,450 “Lo! the Garden will be his home.” (79:41) 207 00:11:50,450 --> 00:11:56,539 Likewise, they must also remember the consequence of the tyranny of whim and its end. 208 00:11:56,539 --> 00:12:00,539 "So as for he who transgressed and preferred the life of the world..." 209 00:12:00,539 --> 00:12:03,539 “Lo! hell will be his home.” (79:39) 210 00:12:03,539 --> 00:12:06,539 And included in what has preceded also 211 00:12:06,539 --> 00:12:10,539 is to remember the nobility of the truth and the virtue of its people, 212 00:12:10,539 --> 00:12:13,539 and the baseness of falsehood and the vileness of its people, 213 00:12:14,539 --> 00:12:18,539 and what they deserve of the wrath of Allah and His punishment. 214 00:12:18,539 --> 00:12:21,539 Among what helps in abandoning the whim 215 00:12:21,539 --> 00:12:24,539 that inclines one toward the opinion of their predecessors and teachers, 216 00:12:24,539 --> 00:12:27,669 despite its contradiction of the truth, 217 00:12:27,669 --> 00:12:30,669 is to keep in mind that what concerns them 218 00:12:30,669 --> 00:12:32,669 This is his state within himself. 219 00:12:32,669 --> 00:12:35,669 It does not harm him before Allah to differ from his mentors, 220 00:12:35,669 --> 00:12:39,669 as long as the truth has become clear to him in their disagreement. 221 00:12:39,669 --> 00:12:42,669 Rather, what harms him is following them 222 00:12:42,669 --> 00:12:45,860 in what he knows to be contrary to the truth. 223 00:12:45,860 --> 00:12:48,860 His teachers may be excused, 224 00:12:48,860 --> 00:12:51,860 and rewarded for the position they reached, 225 00:12:51,860 --> 00:12:54,860 due to the lack of evidence for the truth being established for them in the matter, 226 00:12:54,860 --> 00:12:57,860 or because of a valid interpretation they hold, 227 00:12:57,860 --> 00:13:00,860 while the proof was not established against them 228 00:13:00,860 --> 00:13:04,179 regarding that in which they differed. 229 00:13:04,179 --> 00:13:07,179 Among the things that also help in opposing one's desires 230 00:13:07,179 --> 00:13:10,179 is relying on adopting the most cautious approach in a matter, 231 00:13:10,179 --> 00:13:13,250 rather than his desire and what he was raised upon. 232 00:13:13,250 --> 00:13:16,250 If he finds among the people of knowledge those who reject some of 233 00:13:16,250 --> 00:13:19,250 what his soul has become accustomed to and what his desire inclines toward, 234 00:13:19,250 --> 00:13:22,250 despite their honor and high status, 235 00:13:22,250 --> 00:13:25,250 he should take the more cautious approach for his religion, 236 00:13:25,250 --> 00:13:28,250 and abandon what he was accustomed to, in order to preserve his faith, 237 00:13:28,250 --> 00:13:32,240 and to choose safety. 238 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:36,419 Love of the world and reliance upon it. 239 00:13:36,419 --> 00:13:39,419 Love of the world is ingrained in the nature of people, 240 00:13:39,419 --> 00:13:41,419 as Allah the Exalted said: 241 00:13:41,419 --> 00:13:44,419 “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) 242 00:13:44,419 --> 00:13:47,419 "of women and children," 243 00:13:47,419 --> 00:13:50,419 “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) 244 00:13:50,419 --> 00:13:53,419 "and silver, and branded horses," 245 00:13:53,419 --> 00:13:56,419 "and cattle, and tilled land." 246 00:13:56,419 --> 00:13:59,419 “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) 247 00:13:59,419 --> 00:14:02,549 “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) 248 00:14:02,549 --> 00:14:05,549 There is no harm in this love, 249 00:14:05,549 --> 00:14:08,549 if it does not exceed the permitted measure. 250 00:14:08,549 --> 00:14:11,549 “Say: Who hath forbidden the adornment of Allah which He hath brought forth for His bondmen, and the good things of His providing? Say: Such, on the Day of Resurrection, will be only for those who believed during the life of the world. Thus do we detail Our revelations for people who have knowledge.” (7:32) 251 00:14:11,549 --> 00:14:14,549 “Say: Who hath forbidden the adornment of Allah which He hath brought forth for His bondmen, and the good things of His providing? Say: Such, on the Day of Resurrection, will be only for those who believed during the life of the world. Thus do we detail Our revelations for people who have knowledge.” (7:32) 252 00:14:14,549 --> 00:14:17,620 The blame is directed and the danger lies 253 00:14:17,620 --> 00:14:20,620 when this love overwhelms a person's heart, 254 00:14:20,620 --> 00:14:23,620 to the point that he prefers the world over the Hereafter, 255 00:14:23,620 --> 00:14:26,649 as Allah the Exalted said: 256 00:14:26,649 --> 00:14:29,649 "So as for he who transgressed," 257 00:14:29,649 --> 00:14:32,649 "and preferred the life of the world," 258 00:14:32,649 --> 00:14:35,649 “Lo! hell will be his home.” (79:39) 259 00:14:36,649 --> 00:14:39,649 “Say: If your fathers, and your sons, and your brethren, and your wives, and your tribe, and the wealth ye have acquired, and merchandise for which ye fear that there will no sale, and dwellings ye desire are dearer to you than Allah and His messenger and striving in His way: then wait till Allah bringeth His command to pass. Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk.” (9:24) 260 00:14:39,649 --> 00:14:42,649 "and your sons, and your brothers," 261 00:14:42,649 --> 00:14:45,649 "and your wives, and your clan, and wealth" 262 00:14:45,649 --> 00:14:48,649 "which you have acquired, and trade," 263 00:14:48,649 --> 00:14:51,649 "and trade you fear will decline," 264 00:14:51,649 --> 00:14:54,649 “Say: If your fathers, and your sons, and your brethren, and your wives, and your tribe, and the wealth ye have acquired, and merchandise for which ye fear that there will no sale, and dwellings ye desire are dearer to you than Allah and His messenger and striving in His way: then wait till Allah bringeth His command to pass. Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk.” (9:24) 265 00:14:54,649 --> 00:14:57,649 “Say: If your fathers, and your sons, and your brethren, and your wives, and your tribe, and the wealth ye have acquired, and merchandise for which ye fear that there will no sale, and dwellings ye desire are dearer to you than Allah and His messenger and striving in His way: then wait till Allah bringeth His command to pass. Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk.” (9:24) 266 00:14:57,649 --> 00:15:00,649 "then wait until Allah brings" 267 00:15:00,649 --> 00:15:03,649 "His command; and Allah..." 268 00:15:04,649 --> 00:15:07,870 When the matter reaches 269 00:15:07,870 --> 00:15:10,870 the point of preferring the world over the Hereafter, 270 00:15:10,870 --> 00:15:13,870 it becomes a disease of the heart. 271 00:15:13,870 --> 00:15:16,870 If it spreads throughout the Ummah, 272 00:15:16,870 --> 00:15:19,870 it causes the loss of both the world and the Hereafter. 273 00:15:19,870 --> 00:15:22,870 As the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: 274 00:15:22,870 --> 00:15:25,870 "The nations are about to call one another against you," 275 00:15:25,870 --> 00:15:28,870 "as diners call one another to their dish." 276 00:15:28,870 --> 00:15:31,870 A person asked: 277 00:15:31,870 --> 00:15:34,870 "Is it because we will be few in number that day?" 278 00:15:34,870 --> 00:15:37,870 He said: "No, you will be many that day," 279 00:15:37,870 --> 00:15:40,870 "but you will be like the scum of a torrent." 280 00:15:40,870 --> 00:15:43,870 "And Allah will surely remove" 281 00:15:43,870 --> 00:15:46,870 "from the chests of your enemies the fear of you," 282 00:15:46,870 --> 00:15:49,870 "and He will cast into your hearts wahn (weakness)." 283 00:15:49,870 --> 00:15:52,870 A person asked: 284 00:15:52,870 --> 00:15:55,870 "O Messenger of Allah, what is wahn?" 285 00:15:55,870 --> 00:15:58,870 He said: "Love of the world." 286 00:15:59,870 --> 00:16:02,870 Narrated by Abu Dawud and Ahmad, 287 00:16:02,870 --> 00:16:05,870 and authenticated by al-Albani. 288 00:16:05,870 --> 00:16:08,870 And the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) also said: 289 00:16:08,870 --> 00:16:11,870 "By Allah, it is not poverty that I fear for you," 290 00:16:11,870 --> 00:16:14,870 "but I fear that the world will be spread out for you," 291 00:16:14,870 --> 00:16:17,870 "as it was spread out for those before you," 292 00:16:17,870 --> 00:16:20,870 "so you will compete for it as they competed for it," 293 00:16:20,870 --> 00:16:23,870 "and it will destroy you as it destroyed them." 294 00:16:23,870 --> 00:16:26,870 Agreed upon. 295 00:16:26,870 --> 00:16:30,100 Preferring the world over the Hereafter 296 00:16:30,100 --> 00:16:33,100 occurs by falling into the forbidden to obtain its pleasures, 297 00:16:33,100 --> 00:16:36,100 just as it occurs by causing one 298 00:16:36,100 --> 00:16:39,100 to slacken in the obligatory deeds of the Hereafter. 299 00:16:39,100 --> 00:16:42,190 Let the person know 300 00:16:42,190 --> 00:16:45,190 that there is a direct correlation today 301 00:16:45,190 --> 00:16:48,190 between increasing one's worldly affairs 302 00:16:48,190 --> 00:16:51,190 and frequently falling into doubts and desires. 303 00:16:51,190 --> 00:16:54,190 So let him be wary of that. 304 00:16:55,190 --> 00:16:59,090 How does a person know that he is 305 00:16:59,090 --> 00:17:02,090 preferring the world over the Hereafter? 306 00:17:02,090 --> 00:17:06,109 A person must look at his concern for the world, 307 00:17:06,109 --> 00:17:09,109 and the space it occupies within himself, 308 00:17:09,109 --> 00:17:12,109 his thinking, and his work, 309 00:17:12,109 --> 00:17:15,109 and his concern for the Hereafter and its deeds. 310 00:17:15,109 --> 00:17:18,109 If he finds that his concern for the world and his striving for it— 311 00:17:18,109 --> 00:17:21,109 from trade, employment, and so on— 312 00:17:21,109 --> 00:17:24,109 is greater than his concern for the Hereafter and striving for it, 313 00:17:24,109 --> 00:17:27,109 and this is the state of most people today, 314 00:17:27,109 --> 00:17:30,109 except those upon whom my Lord has mercy, 315 00:17:30,109 --> 00:17:33,109 then his world has overwhelmed his Hereafter, 316 00:17:33,109 --> 00:17:36,109 and he has preferred it over it. 317 00:17:36,109 --> 00:17:39,109 His heart has become diseased with the love of this fleeting world, 318 00:17:39,109 --> 00:17:42,109 and he is in great danger and a bitter, grave state. 319 00:17:42,109 --> 00:17:45,269 Let the person beware, 320 00:17:45,269 --> 00:17:48,269 especially those who call to Allah, 321 00:17:48,269 --> 00:17:51,269 against praying for expansion in worldly matters, 322 00:17:52,269 --> 00:17:55,269 for that is a difficult and dangerous path. 323 00:17:55,269 --> 00:17:58,269 And Allah knows best what is hidden. 324 00:17:58,269 --> 00:18:01,269 How many have we seen of those who delved into the world, 325 00:18:01,269 --> 00:18:04,269 and its waves carried them away, 326 00:18:04,269 --> 00:18:07,269 and they relied upon it, 327 00:18:07,269 --> 00:18:10,269 and Satan placed for them in every valley 328 00:18:10,269 --> 00:18:13,269 of its valleys a preoccupation and a concern. 329 00:18:13,269 --> 00:18:16,269 We ask Allah the Majestic for pardon and well-being, 330 00:18:16,269 --> 00:18:19,269 and that He grants us the concern for working for this religion, 331 00:18:19,269 --> 00:18:22,269 and supporting it, and calling to His path, 332 00:18:22,269 --> 00:18:25,269 thereby transcending the love of worldly desires 333 00:18:25,269 --> 00:18:28,269 in our souls. 334 00:18:28,269 --> 00:18:32,259 Hardness of the heart and the lack of its softness and humility. 335 00:18:32,259 --> 00:18:36,450 For the hardness of the heart and the lack of its softness, 336 00:18:36,450 --> 00:18:39,450 there are several causes. 337 00:18:39,450 --> 00:18:42,450 The primary cause is the weakness of knowledge of Allah (Mighty and Majestic is He), 338 00:18:42,450 --> 00:18:45,450 and His Beautiful Names, 339 00:18:45,450 --> 00:18:48,450 which results in a weakness of glorifying Allah the Exalted 340 00:18:48,450 --> 00:18:51,450 in the heart and a lack of fear of Him, 341 00:18:51,450 --> 00:18:54,450 (Glorified is He), and this results in 342 00:18:54,450 --> 00:18:57,450 all other diseases of the heart. 343 00:18:57,450 --> 00:19:00,450 Also, the heart being filled with the love of the world 344 00:19:00,450 --> 00:19:03,450 and its desires; for how is it possible 345 00:19:03,450 --> 00:19:06,450 for a heart scattered in the branches and valleys of the world 346 00:19:06,450 --> 00:19:09,450 to reflect, or to soften and humble itself 347 00:19:09,450 --> 00:19:12,480 before the majesty and greatness of Allah? 348 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:15,480 If, in addition to the love of the world, there is an abundance of sins, 349 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:19,480 the petrification of the heart becomes entrenched, 350 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:22,480 as Allah the Exalted said: 351 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:25,480 “Nay, but that which they have earned is rust upon their hearts.” (83:14) 352 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:28,480 "what they used to earn." 353 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:31,480 Meaning, their sins have covered and veiled their hearts. 354 00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:34,480 The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: 355 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:37,480 "When the believer commits a sin," 356 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:40,480 "a black dot appears on his heart." 357 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:43,480 "If he repents, desists, and seeks forgiveness," 358 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:46,480 "it is polished; but if he increases, it increases until it covers" 359 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:49,480 "his heart, which is the 'ran' (rust) that Allah (Mighty and Majestic is He) mentioned" 360 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:52,480 "in the Qur'an." 361 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:55,480 Narrated by Ahmad and al-Tirmidhi, 362 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:58,670 and authenticated by al-Albani. 363 00:19:58,670 --> 00:20:01,670 If the heart petrifies and humility departs from it, 364 00:20:01,670 --> 00:20:04,670 then perhaps only a false, hollow humility 365 00:20:04,670 --> 00:20:07,670 will appear on the body, 366 00:20:07,670 --> 00:20:10,700 which some of the salaf call the humility of hypocrisy, 367 00:20:11,700 --> 00:20:15,019 while the heart is not humble. 368 00:20:15,019 --> 00:20:18,019 The possessor of a hard, petrified heart 369 00:20:18,019 --> 00:20:21,019 is not benefited by verses or admonitions, 370 00:20:21,019 --> 00:20:24,019 and the saying of Allah the Exalted applies to him: 371 00:20:24,019 --> 00:20:27,019 "Then do they not reflect upon the Qur'an?" 372 00:20:27,019 --> 00:20:30,019 “Will they then not meditate on the Qur'an, or are there locks on the hearts?” (47:24) 373 00:20:30,019 --> 00:20:33,019 Nor are they deterred by calamities and trials, 374 00:20:33,019 --> 00:20:36,019 but rather he becomes one of those who turn away, 375 00:20:36,019 --> 00:20:39,019 as Allah the Exalted said: 376 00:20:39,019 --> 00:20:42,019 “How many a portent is there in the heavens and the earth which they pass by with face averted!” (12:105) 377 00:20:42,019 --> 00:20:45,019 "and they are turning away from it." 378 00:20:45,019 --> 00:20:48,890 Hidden Shirk and Riya' (showing off). 379 00:20:48,890 --> 00:20:52,559 Allah the Exalted says: 380 00:20:52,559 --> 00:20:55,559 “And most of them believe not in Allah except that they attribute partners (unto Him).” (12:106) 381 00:20:55,559 --> 00:20:58,559 "while they are polytheists." 382 00:20:58,559 --> 00:21:01,559 This verse, just as it applies to major Shirk 383 00:21:01,559 --> 00:21:04,559 that expels one from the fold of Islam, 384 00:21:04,559 --> 00:21:07,559 it also encompasses the hidden minor Shirk, 385 00:21:07,559 --> 00:21:10,559 from which many people are not free, 386 00:21:10,559 --> 00:21:13,559 as it creeps into their hearts 387 00:21:13,559 --> 00:21:16,559 without them noticing. 388 00:21:16,559 --> 00:21:19,559 It is more hidden to them than the crawling of an ant. 389 00:21:19,559 --> 00:21:22,559 Among them are those who associate with the power of Allah 390 00:21:22,559 --> 00:21:25,559 a cause among the causes, 391 00:21:25,559 --> 00:21:28,559 and those who associate with the hope in Allah 392 00:21:28,559 --> 00:21:31,559 attachment to others among His servants, 393 00:21:31,559 --> 00:21:34,559 even while striving in the path of Allah, 394 00:21:34,559 --> 00:21:37,559 as Allah the Exalted said to the Companions on the day of Uhud: 395 00:21:37,559 --> 00:21:40,559 “Allah verily made good His promise unto you when ye routed them by His leave, until (the moment) when your courage failed you, and ye disagreed about the order and ye disobeyed, after He had shown you that for which ye long. Some of you desired the world, and some of you desired the Hereafter. Therefore He made you flee from them, that He might try you. Yet now He hath forgiven you. Allah is a Lord of Kindness to believers.” (3:152) 396 00:21:40,559 --> 00:21:43,619 And the most emphasized type of minor Shirk, 397 00:21:43,619 --> 00:21:46,619 the hidden one, and the most dangerous, 398 00:21:46,619 --> 00:21:49,619 is Riya' (showing off). 399 00:21:49,619 --> 00:21:52,619 This is as the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: 400 00:21:52,619 --> 00:21:55,660 "The thing I fear most for you is minor Shirk." 401 00:21:55,660 --> 00:21:58,660 They said: "O Messenger of Allah," 402 00:21:58,660 --> 00:22:01,660 "what is minor Shirk?" 403 00:22:01,660 --> 00:22:04,660 "It is that Allah says on the day He rewards the servants" 404 00:22:04,660 --> 00:22:07,660 "for their deeds:" 405 00:22:07,660 --> 00:22:10,660 "Go to those whom you used to show off to" 406 00:22:10,660 --> 00:22:13,660 "with your deeds in the world," 407 00:22:13,660 --> 00:22:16,720 "and see if you find any reward with them." 408 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:19,720 It is sufficient regarding the danger of Riya' 409 00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:22,720 that it nullifies the deed, as in the previous 410 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:25,720 hadith, 411 00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:28,720 and as in the Qudsi hadith also: 412 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:31,720 "Whoever performs a deed in which he associates someone else with Me," 413 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:34,779 "I leave him and his Shirk." 414 00:22:34,779 --> 00:22:37,779 The harms of desiring the world 415 00:22:37,779 --> 00:22:40,779 through the deeds of the Hereafter are not limited to nullifying the reward of the deed 416 00:22:40,779 --> 00:22:43,779 on the Day of Resurrection, 417 00:22:43,779 --> 00:22:46,779 but it is also a cause for the loss of the world 418 00:22:46,779 --> 00:22:49,779 at the level of the Ummah as well, 419 00:22:49,779 --> 00:22:52,779 for if some believers make the world 420 00:22:52,779 --> 00:22:55,779 the primary director of their actions, 421 00:22:56,779 --> 00:22:59,779 as happened on the day of Uhud, 422 00:23:09,779 --> 00:23:12,779 “Allah verily made good His promise unto you when ye routed them by His leave, until (the moment) when your courage failed you, and ye disagreed about the order and ye disobeyed, after He had shown you that for which ye long. Some of you desired the world, and some of you desired the Hereafter. Therefore He made you flee from them, that He might try you. Yet now He hath forgiven you. Allah is a Lord of Kindness to believers.” (3:152) 423 00:23:12,779 --> 00:23:15,779 “Allah verily made good His promise unto you when ye routed them by His leave, until (the moment) when your courage failed you, and ye disagreed about the order and ye disobeyed, after He had shown you that for which ye long. Some of you desired the world, and some of you desired the Hereafter. Therefore He made you flee from them, that He might try you. Yet now He hath forgiven you. Allah is a Lord of Kindness to believers.” (3:152) 424 00:23:23,410 --> 00:23:26,410 although it precedes it, 425 00:23:26,410 --> 00:23:29,410 and is a cause of it. 426 00:23:29,410 --> 00:23:32,410 'Ujb (self-admiration) is to see that you possess something others do not, 427 00:23:32,410 --> 00:23:35,410 which causes you to despise 428 00:23:35,410 --> 00:23:38,410 those you consider beneath you, 429 00:23:38,410 --> 00:23:41,410 and to be arrogant toward them. 430 00:23:41,410 --> 00:23:44,410 'Ujb is based on looking 431 00:23:44,410 --> 00:23:47,410 at the self and its characteristics, 432 00:23:47,410 --> 00:23:50,410 and it is a grave disease of the heart, 433 00:23:50,410 --> 00:23:53,410 While arrogance involves looking down upon people, 434 00:23:56,039 --> 00:23:59,549 self-admiration in worship 435 00:23:59,549 --> 00:24:02,549 may lead one to overestimate one's deeds and eventually abandon them, 436 00:24:02,549 --> 00:24:05,549 being content with what has been achieved of them, 437 00:24:05,549 --> 00:24:08,549 and it may even nullify them entirely. 438 00:24:08,549 --> 00:24:11,549 Al-Hasan said regarding the interpretation of the words of Allah the Exalted: 439 00:24:11,549 --> 00:24:14,549 ﴾And do not confer favor to acquire more﴿ 440 00:24:14,549 --> 00:24:17,549 meaning: do not consider your deed a favor to your Lord in order to seek more. 441 00:24:17,549 --> 00:24:20,549 This is the view favored by al-Tabari in his Tafsir. 442 00:24:20,549 --> 00:24:23,549 Mutarrif Ibn 'Abdullah said: 443 00:24:23,549 --> 00:24:26,549 "That I spend the night sleeping and wake up regretful 444 00:24:26,549 --> 00:24:29,549 is more beloved to me than that I spend the night standing in prayer 445 00:24:29,549 --> 00:24:32,549 and wake up feeling self-admiring." 446 00:24:32,549 --> 00:24:35,549 He is pointing here to the danger of 447 00:24:35,549 --> 00:24:38,549 a person’s self-admiration regarding their own self and deeds. 448 00:24:38,549 --> 00:24:42,420 The difference between self-admiration and joy 449 00:24:42,420 --> 00:24:45,960 in a good deed is that one should 450 00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:48,960 not confuse the joy 451 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:51,960 of one's good deed and obedience with self-admiration for it. 452 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:54,960 For the believer’s joy in their good deed 453 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:57,960 is merely joy at Allah’s granting them the success to perform it, 454 00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:00,960 rejoicing in its reward, 455 00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:03,960 and hoping for it from Allah. 456 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:06,960 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: 457 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:09,960 "Whoever is gladdened by his good deed and saddened by his evil deed, 458 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:12,960 that is the believer." 459 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:15,960 Narrated by al-Tirmidhi and authenticated by al-Albani. 460 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:19,059 As for self-admiration, 461 00:25:19,059 --> 00:25:22,059 one is deluded by one's self and relies upon it, 462 00:25:22,059 --> 00:25:25,059 and prides oneself on the good deed, believing that one 463 00:25:25,059 --> 00:25:29,049 deserves the credit for performing it. 464 00:25:29,049 --> 00:25:32,049 Protection from self-admiration and its cure: 465 00:25:32,049 --> 00:25:35,819 Self-admiration is a hidden disease 466 00:25:35,819 --> 00:25:38,819 that may secretly seep into the soul. 467 00:25:38,819 --> 00:25:41,819 Therefore, one must seek protection from it through the following: 468 00:25:41,819 --> 00:25:44,819 First, to be constantly 469 00:25:44,819 --> 00:25:47,819 remembering and acknowledging Allah’s favor upon oneself, 470 00:25:47,819 --> 00:25:50,819 while knowing one's own shortcomings toward one's Lord, 471 00:25:50,819 --> 00:25:53,819 and failing to give Him His due of gratitude 472 00:25:53,819 --> 00:25:56,819 and worship, no matter what one does. 473 00:25:56,819 --> 00:25:59,819 And that if one were left to one's own self for even the blink of an eye, 474 00:25:59,819 --> 00:26:02,980 one would go astray and be lost. 475 00:26:02,980 --> 00:26:05,980 Second, to remember one's sins 476 00:26:05,980 --> 00:26:08,980 and faults, and forget one's good deeds and acts of obedience. 477 00:26:08,980 --> 00:26:11,980 So do not be deluded by the strength of your faith 478 00:26:11,980 --> 00:26:14,980 or the abundance of your deeds. 479 00:26:14,980 --> 00:26:17,980 Third, to look at those whom one considers oneself better than, 480 00:26:17,980 --> 00:26:21,039 realizing that they may possess hidden 481 00:26:21,039 --> 00:26:24,039 righteous deeds that one does not know of, 482 00:26:24,039 --> 00:26:27,329 but which Allah knows. 483 00:26:27,329 --> 00:26:30,329 And that these deeds may be greater and more significant 484 00:26:30,329 --> 00:26:33,329 than what one does, or that the person one deems 485 00:26:33,329 --> 00:26:36,329 inferior to oneself 486 00:26:36,329 --> 00:26:39,329 may be looking at their own self 487 00:26:39,329 --> 00:26:42,329 and forgetting their own good deeds. 488 00:26:43,329 --> 00:26:46,329 Or that the person one deems inferior 489 00:26:46,329 --> 00:26:49,329 may indeed not perform as many righteous deeds as one does, 490 00:26:49,329 --> 00:26:52,329 but they excel in performing their deeds, 491 00:26:52,329 --> 00:26:55,329 and are sincere in them with a sincerity 492 00:26:55,329 --> 00:26:58,579 that the self-admiring person lacks. 493 00:26:58,579 --> 00:27:01,579 Fourth, to remember that 494 00:27:01,579 --> 00:27:04,579 one's self-admiration for one's deed may nullify it, 495 00:27:04,579 --> 00:27:07,579 so that on the Day of Resurrection, it becomes scattered dust, 496 00:27:07,579 --> 00:27:11,259 at the very moment one is most in need of it. 497 00:27:11,259 --> 00:27:14,930 Envy is hating the blessing of Allah upon others 498 00:27:14,930 --> 00:27:17,930 and wishing for its removal. 499 00:27:17,930 --> 00:27:20,930 It is a chronic heart disease 500 00:27:20,930 --> 00:27:23,930 that afflicts many people. 501 00:27:23,930 --> 00:27:26,930 Its reality 502 00:27:26,930 --> 00:27:29,930 is objecting to the decree of Allah the Almighty 503 00:27:29,930 --> 00:27:33,089 and His wisdom in giving and withholding. 504 00:27:33,089 --> 00:27:36,089 So one must be wary of being among the envious without realizing it, 505 00:27:36,089 --> 00:27:39,089 and must struggle against one's self in this with the utmost effort. 506 00:27:39,089 --> 00:27:42,089 One should arm oneself with faith 507 00:27:42,089 --> 00:27:45,089 in the decree of Allah and His wisdom, 508 00:27:45,089 --> 00:27:48,089 to repel any feeling of grief 509 00:27:48,089 --> 00:27:51,089 or constriction of the heart from Allah’s bestowing 510 00:27:51,089 --> 00:27:54,089 a blessing upon others, 511 00:27:54,089 --> 00:27:57,089 or feeling joy at its removal from them. 512 00:27:57,089 --> 00:28:00,089 Instead, one should strive to feel joy and relief 513 00:28:00,089 --> 00:28:03,089 for Allah’s bestowing of blessings upon other Muslims, 514 00:28:03,089 --> 00:28:06,089 whether they are people one knows or not, 515 00:28:06,089 --> 00:28:09,089 peers, superiors, or subordinates. 516 00:28:09,089 --> 00:28:13,140 Causes and motives of envy: 517 00:28:13,140 --> 00:28:17,200 A person falls into envying others 518 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:20,200 for one or more of the following reasons: 519 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:23,299 First, prior enmity 520 00:28:23,299 --> 00:28:26,460 toward the envied person and hatred for them. 521 00:28:26,460 --> 00:28:29,460 Second, the envious person’s disdain for the 522 00:28:29,460 --> 00:28:32,460 envied person rising above them in worldly matters or religion. 523 00:28:32,460 --> 00:28:35,549 Third, the love of leadership, 524 00:28:35,549 --> 00:28:38,549 seeking status and praise, 525 00:28:38,549 --> 00:28:41,549 or arrogance and contempt for others, 526 00:28:41,549 --> 00:28:44,549 and the desire for them to always be 527 00:28:44,549 --> 00:28:47,549 submissive and followers of oneself. 528 00:28:47,549 --> 00:28:50,549 So if one of them receives a blessing, he envies them, 529 00:28:50,549 --> 00:28:53,779 fearing that he might lose their subservience to him. 530 00:28:53,779 --> 00:28:56,779 Fourth, that the envied person is a peer 531 00:28:56,779 --> 00:28:59,779 to the envious person in a worldly matter 532 00:28:59,779 --> 00:29:02,940 or religious matter, so he envies him if he surpasses him in it. 533 00:29:03,940 --> 00:29:06,940 Competition to attain a specific interest, 534 00:29:06,940 --> 00:29:09,940 such as a job or an award, 535 00:29:09,940 --> 00:29:12,940 leads one to envy a competitor for any blessing 536 00:29:12,940 --> 00:29:15,940 that might help them attain the interest instead of oneself. 537 00:29:18,130 --> 00:29:21,130 That one’s own nature is inherently malicious, 538 00:29:21,130 --> 00:29:24,130 stingy with goodness toward the servants of Allah, 539 00:29:24,130 --> 00:29:27,259 and joyful at misfortunes befalling them. 540 00:29:27,259 --> 00:29:30,259 So one should be careful not to let 541 00:29:31,259 --> 00:29:34,259 envy harm the envious person before anyone else. 542 00:29:34,259 --> 00:29:38,220 Envy bears no fruit in the heart of the envious 543 00:29:38,220 --> 00:29:42,079 except malice, hatred, and resentment 544 00:29:42,079 --> 00:29:45,079 toward the one they envy. 545 00:29:45,079 --> 00:29:48,079 All of this weakens the heart of the envious person, 546 00:29:48,079 --> 00:29:51,079 afflicts them with anxiety and turmoil, 547 00:29:51,079 --> 00:29:54,079 and distances them from the reality of faith in Allah. 548 00:29:54,079 --> 00:29:57,079 Unlike the possessor of a sound heart, 549 00:29:57,079 --> 00:30:00,079 who is free from envy and other ailments, 550 00:30:00,079 --> 00:30:03,079 you find them calm in spirit and tranquil in heart, 551 00:30:03,079 --> 00:30:06,079 content with the decrees of Allah, 552 00:30:06,079 --> 00:30:09,079 loving goodness for all Muslims, 553 00:30:09,079 --> 00:30:12,079 and Allah knows that from their heart, 554 00:30:12,079 --> 00:30:15,079 so He rewards them for it with bliss and serenity 555 00:30:15,079 --> 00:30:18,079 in this world, and loftiness and high status 556 00:30:18,079 --> 00:30:22,809 in the Hereafter. 557 00:30:22,809 --> 00:30:25,809 How does the envious person treat their own self for this chronic disease? 558 00:30:25,809 --> 00:30:29,380 In order for the envious person to rid themselves 559 00:30:29,380 --> 00:30:32,380 of this chronic disease, 560 00:30:32,380 --> 00:30:35,380 they must follow two paths: 561 00:30:35,380 --> 00:30:38,480 one theoretical and the other practical. 562 00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:41,480 As for the theoretical path, 563 00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:44,480 it is to learn and understand the meaning of divine decree and predestination 564 00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:47,480 with true knowledge and understanding, 565 00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:50,480 and to delve deep into understanding the Beautiful Names of Allah 566 00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:53,480 and His Exalted Attributes related to this subject, 567 00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:56,480 such as the All-Powerful, the All-Knowing, and the All-Wise. 568 00:30:56,480 --> 00:30:59,480 The reality of Allah’s power and His effective will 569 00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:02,480 in giving and withholding, 570 00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:05,480 and His perfect knowledge of what every human deserves, 571 00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:08,480 and His profound wisdom in that matter. 572 00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:11,609 As for the practical path, 573 00:31:11,609 --> 00:31:14,609 it is to treat one’s desire for envy 574 00:31:14,609 --> 00:31:17,609 with beneficial action, 575 00:31:17,609 --> 00:31:20,609 by tasking oneself with the opposite of one’s intent. 576 00:31:20,609 --> 00:31:23,609 If envy drives one to desire to disparage the envied person, 577 00:31:23,609 --> 00:31:26,609 one should strive to praise and commend them 578 00:31:26,609 --> 00:31:29,609 instead of disparaging and criticizing them. 579 00:31:29,609 --> 00:31:32,609 And if one finds arrogance in one’s self, 580 00:31:32,609 --> 00:31:35,609 one should compel it to be humble and pray for the one they envied, 581 00:31:35,609 --> 00:31:38,609 and exert efforts to bring goodness 582 00:31:38,609 --> 00:31:43,240 to them and repel evil. 583 00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:47,420 Thinking ill of Allah: 584 00:31:47,420 --> 00:31:50,420 Thinking ill of Allah is a dangerous heart disease, 585 00:31:50,420 --> 00:31:53,420 and it is originally a trait of the polytheists and the hypocrites, 586 00:31:53,420 --> 00:31:56,420 as the Almighty said: 587 00:31:56,420 --> 00:31:59,420 ﴾And [that He may] punish the hypocrite men and hypocrite women, 588 00:31:59,420 --> 00:32:02,420 and the polytheist men and polytheist women 589 00:32:02,420 --> 00:32:05,420 who assume an assumption of evil about Allah.﴿ 590 00:32:05,420 --> 00:32:08,420 “And may punish the hypocritical men and the hypocritical women, and the idolatrous men and the idolatrous women, who think an evil thought concerning Allah. For them is the evil turn of fortune, and Allah is wroth against them and hath cursed them, and hath made ready for them hell, a hapless journey's end.” (48:6) 591 00:32:08,420 --> 00:32:11,420 “And may punish the hypocritical men and the hypocritical women, and the idolatrous men and the idolatrous women, who think an evil thought concerning Allah. For them is the evil turn of fortune, and Allah is wroth against them and hath cursed them, and hath made ready for them hell, a hapless journey's end.” (48:6) 592 00:32:11,420 --> 00:32:14,420 “And may punish the hypocritical men and the hypocritical women, and the idolatrous men and the idolatrous women, who think an evil thought concerning Allah. For them is the evil turn of fortune, and Allah is wroth against them and hath cursed them, and hath made ready for them hell, a hapless journey's end.” (48:6) 593 00:32:14,420 --> 00:32:17,519 And evil is their destination. 594 00:32:17,519 --> 00:32:20,519 Those who follow them in this disease are also included, 595 00:32:21,519 --> 00:32:24,519 as they fall under the generality of His saying: 596 00:32:40,519 --> 00:32:43,519 “That, your thought which ye did think about your Lord, hath ruined you; and ye find yourselves (this day) among the lost.” (41:23) 597 00:32:43,519 --> 00:32:46,519 ﴾...about your Lord has brought you to ruin, 598 00:32:46,519 --> 00:32:49,549 and you have become among the losers.﴿ 599 00:32:49,549 --> 00:32:52,549 The people of innovation are also considered among those who think 600 00:32:52,549 --> 00:32:55,549 ill of their Lord, as will become clear 601 00:32:55,549 --> 00:32:58,549 in the forms of thinking ill of Allah the Exalted. 602 00:32:58,549 --> 00:33:02,509 The cause of thinking ill of Allah: 603 00:33:02,509 --> 00:33:06,470 No one falls into thinking ill 604 00:33:06,470 --> 00:33:09,470 of Allah except due to a severed connection 605 00:33:09,470 --> 00:33:12,470 of their heart to Him, the Glorified, and a lack 606 00:33:12,470 --> 00:33:15,470 of true knowledge of their Lord, 607 00:33:15,470 --> 00:33:18,470 the Glorified, and His Beautiful Names, 608 00:33:18,470 --> 00:33:21,470 and what they necessitate of love for Him, the Almighty, 609 00:33:21,470 --> 00:33:24,470 contentment with Him and His decree, 610 00:33:24,470 --> 00:33:27,470 and fear and hope in Him. 611 00:33:27,470 --> 00:33:30,470 And a lack of realization of the value of constantly thinking well 612 00:33:30,470 --> 00:33:33,470 of Allah in times of ease and hardship, 613 00:33:33,470 --> 00:33:36,470 and in all matters. 614 00:33:36,470 --> 00:33:39,470 Allah the Almighty said in the Hadith Qudsi: 615 00:33:39,470 --> 00:33:42,470 "I am as My servant thinks of Me." 616 00:33:42,470 --> 00:33:45,470 Narrated by al-Bukhari and Muslim. 617 00:33:45,470 --> 00:33:48,470 Ibn Hibban added at the end: 618 00:33:48,470 --> 00:33:51,470 "So let him think of Me whatever he wishes." 619 00:33:51,470 --> 00:33:54,470 But this is from the narration of Wathilah Ibn al-Asqa', may Allah be pleased with him. 620 00:33:54,470 --> 00:33:57,470 Narrated by Ibn Hibban 621 00:33:57,470 --> 00:34:00,569 and authenticated by al-Albani. 622 00:34:00,569 --> 00:34:03,569 The one who thinks ill of his Lord has his heart attached 623 00:34:03,569 --> 00:34:06,569 only to the outward appearances of things, 624 00:34:06,569 --> 00:34:09,570 and builds his judgments upon them, 625 00:34:09,570 --> 00:34:12,570 so he expects evil and harm 626 00:34:12,570 --> 00:34:15,570 without reliance on the ways of Allah the Exalted, 627 00:34:15,570 --> 00:34:18,570 nor trust in His decree and His power, the Glorified, 628 00:34:18,570 --> 00:34:21,570 and His hidden, subtle management. 629 00:34:21,570 --> 00:34:26,260 Most of creation think ill of their Lord. 630 00:34:26,260 --> 00:34:29,840 Most of creation, 631 00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:32,840 except those whom Allah wills, 632 00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:35,840 “Then, after grief, He sent down security for you. As slumber did it overcome a party of you, while (the other) party, who were anxious on their own account, thought wrongly of Allah, the thought of ignorance. They said: Have we any part in the cause? Say (O Muhammad): The cause belongeth wholly to Allah. They hide within themselves (a thought) which they reveal not unto thee, saying: Had we had any part in the cause we should not have been slain here. Say: Even though ye had been in your houses, those appointed to be slain would have gone forth to the places where they were to lie. (All this hath been) in order that Allah might try what is in your breasts and prove what is in your hearts. Allah is Aware of what is hidden in the breasts (of men).” (3:154) 633 00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:38,840 think thoughts of evil and ignorance. 634 00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:41,840 For many of the children of Adam believe that they have been denied their rights, 635 00:34:41,840 --> 00:34:44,840 and that they deserve more than what Allah has given them, 636 00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:47,840 And his inner state declares: 637 00:34:47,840 --> 00:34:50,840 "My Lord has wronged me and withheld my due," 638 00:34:50,840 --> 00:34:53,840 while his own soul bears witness against him in that, 639 00:34:53,840 --> 00:34:56,840 even if his tongue denies it and he dares not 640 00:34:56,840 --> 00:34:59,869 openly express it. 641 00:34:59,869 --> 00:35:02,869 None is safe from this except one who has truly known Allah, 642 00:35:02,869 --> 00:35:05,869 and has understood the meanings of His Beautiful Names 643 00:35:05,869 --> 00:35:08,869 and His Exalted Attributes with precise and sound understanding. 644 00:35:09,869 --> 00:35:14,119 Among the forms of thinking ill of Allah 645 00:35:14,119 --> 00:35:18,139 is any thought that does not befit Allah the Exalted, 646 00:35:18,139 --> 00:35:21,139 His wisdom, His mercy, His knowledge, His justice, 647 00:35:21,139 --> 00:35:24,139 and His truthful promise which He does not break; 648 00:35:24,139 --> 00:35:27,139 for all of that is thinking ill of Allah 649 00:35:27,139 --> 00:35:30,139 and an affront to His Beautiful Names and Exalted Attributes. 650 00:35:30,139 --> 00:35:33,139 There are several forms of this, 651 00:35:33,139 --> 00:35:36,139 the first of which is: 652 00:35:36,139 --> 00:35:39,139 Despairing of the mercy of Allah and losing hope in His relief 653 00:35:39,139 --> 00:35:42,139 is thinking ill of Allah the Exalted. 654 00:35:42,139 --> 00:35:45,340 Second: 655 00:35:45,340 --> 00:35:48,340 Pessimism is thinking ill of Allah, 656 00:35:48,340 --> 00:35:51,659 just as optimism is thinking well of Allah the Exalted. 657 00:35:51,659 --> 00:35:54,690 Third: 658 00:35:54,690 --> 00:35:57,690 Thinking that Allah has left His creation to no purpose, 659 00:35:57,690 --> 00:36:00,690 idle, without command or prohibition, 660 00:36:00,690 --> 00:36:03,690 having sent them no messengers and revealed to them no books, 661 00:36:03,690 --> 00:36:06,690 but rather left them neglected like cattle, 662 00:36:07,690 --> 00:36:10,690 then death without resurrection or reckoning; 663 00:36:10,690 --> 00:36:13,690 all of this is thinking ill of Allah the Almighty. 664 00:36:13,690 --> 00:36:16,690 This is the claim of the Dahriyyah (materialists) who say: 665 00:36:16,690 --> 00:36:19,690 “And they say: There is naught but our life of the world; we die and we live, and naught destroyeth us save time; when they have no knowledge whatsoever of (all) that; they do but guess.” (45:24) 666 00:36:19,690 --> 00:36:22,690 “And they say: There is naught but our life of the world; we die and we live, and naught destroyeth us save time; when they have no knowledge whatsoever of (all) that; they do but guess.” (45:24) 667 00:36:22,690 --> 00:36:25,690 "It is only time [that destroys us]." 668 00:36:25,690 --> 00:36:28,690 They have no knowledge of that; they are 669 00:36:28,690 --> 00:36:31,719 only guessing. 670 00:36:31,719 --> 00:36:34,719 Fourth: Thinking that Allah will not grant victory 671 00:36:34,719 --> 00:36:37,719 to His Messenger and His believing servants, 672 00:36:37,719 --> 00:36:40,719 nor support His party, 673 00:36:40,719 --> 00:36:43,719 nor exalt them over their enemy; 674 00:36:43,719 --> 00:36:46,719 all of this is thinking ill of Allah the Exalted. 675 00:36:46,719 --> 00:36:49,719 For Allah the Almighty has said: 676 00:36:49,719 --> 00:36:52,719 “And verily Our word went forth of old unto Our bondmen sent (to warn)” (37:171) 677 00:36:52,719 --> 00:36:55,719 "Indeed, it is they who will be the victors," 678 00:36:55,719 --> 00:36:58,719 “And that Our host, they verily would be the victors.” (37:173) 679 00:36:58,719 --> 00:37:01,719 and other such verses. 680 00:37:02,719 --> 00:37:04,750 Fifth: 681 00:37:04,750 --> 00:37:07,750 Denying or being ignorant of the fact that whatever Allah decrees 682 00:37:07,750 --> 00:37:10,750 for His allies in terms of trials or afflictions 683 00:37:10,750 --> 00:37:13,750 is only for a profound wisdom, 684 00:37:13,750 --> 00:37:16,750 a praiseworthy end, and a good outcome; 685 00:37:16,750 --> 00:37:19,750 and claiming that their affliction 686 00:37:19,750 --> 00:37:22,750 is a will devoid of wisdom, 687 00:37:22,750 --> 00:37:25,750 and an inevitable decree that does not change; 688 00:37:25,750 --> 00:37:29,070 that is thinking ill of Allah. 689 00:37:29,070 --> 00:37:32,070 Sixth: Thinking that it is possible for Allah 690 00:37:32,070 --> 00:37:35,070 to punish His allies despite their righteousness 691 00:37:35,070 --> 00:37:38,070 and their sincerity, and that He treats them 692 00:37:38,070 --> 00:37:41,230 the same as He treats His enemies. 693 00:37:41,230 --> 00:37:44,230 Seventh: Thinking that Allah loves disbelief, 694 00:37:44,230 --> 00:37:47,230 wickedness, and disobedience, and is pleased with them, 695 00:37:47,230 --> 00:37:50,230 just as He loves faith, righteousness, and obedience, 696 00:37:50,230 --> 00:37:53,230 based on the claim that Allah 697 00:37:53,230 --> 00:37:56,230 is the Creator of all that, so He must desire it; 698 00:37:56,230 --> 00:37:59,230 yet Allah, glory be to Him, says: 699 00:37:59,230 --> 00:38:02,230 “If ye are thankless, yet Allah is Independent of you, though He is not pleased with thanklessness for His bondmen; and if ye are thankful He is pleased therewith for you. No laden soul will bear another's load. Then unto your Lord is your return; and He will tell you what ye used to do. Lo! He knoweth what is in the breasts (of men).” (39:7) 700 00:38:02,230 --> 00:38:05,230 “If ye are thankless, yet Allah is Independent of you, though He is not pleased with thanklessness for His bondmen; and if ye are thankful He is pleased therewith for you. No laden soul will bear another's load. Then unto your Lord is your return; and He will tell you what ye used to do. Lo! He knoweth what is in the breasts (of men).” (39:7) 701 00:38:05,230 --> 00:38:08,230 “If ye are thankless, yet Allah is Independent of you, though He is not pleased with thanklessness for His bondmen; and if ye are thankful He is pleased therewith for you. No laden soul will bear another's load. Then unto your Lord is your return; and He will tell you what ye used to do. Lo! He knoweth what is in the breasts (of men).” (39:7) 702 00:38:08,230 --> 00:38:11,360 Eighth: Thinking that what is with Allah 703 00:38:11,360 --> 00:38:14,360 can be attained through His disobedience and opposition, 704 00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:17,360 just as it is attained through His obedience 705 00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:20,550 and drawing near to Him. 706 00:38:20,550 --> 00:38:23,550 Ninth: Thinking that Allah punishes a person 707 00:38:23,550 --> 00:38:26,550 for what they had no part in. 708 00:38:27,550 --> 00:38:30,679 Tenth: Thinking that Allah 709 00:38:30,679 --> 00:38:33,679 might waste a person's righteous deed 710 00:38:33,679 --> 00:38:36,679 in which they sincerely sought His Face, glory be to Him, 711 00:38:36,679 --> 00:38:39,679 and that He might nullify it 712 00:38:39,679 --> 00:38:42,679 without any cause from the servant, 713 00:38:42,679 --> 00:38:45,679 while Allah, glory be to Him, says: 714 00:38:45,679 --> 00:38:48,679 “Thus We have appointed you a middle nation, that ye may be witnesses against mankind, and that the messenger may be a witness against you. And We appointed the qiblah which ye formerly observed only that We might know him who followeth the messenger, from him who turneth on his heels. In truth it was a hard (test) save for those whom Allah guided. But it was not Allah's purpose that your faith should be in vain, for Allah is Full of Pity, Merciful toward mankind.” (2:143) 715 00:38:48,679 --> 00:38:51,679 "Indeed, Allah is, to the people, Kind and Merciful." 716 00:38:51,679 --> 00:38:54,969 Eleventh: Thinking that if a person 717 00:38:54,969 --> 00:38:57,969 leaves something for the sake of Allah, 718 00:38:57,969 --> 00:39:01,099 Allah will not compensate them with something better. 719 00:39:01,099 --> 00:39:04,099 Twelfth: Whoever thinks that 720 00:39:04,099 --> 00:39:07,099 there occurs in the dominion of Allah what He does not will, 721 00:39:07,099 --> 00:39:10,099 or that He is unable to bring it into existence, 722 00:39:10,099 --> 00:39:13,349 has thought ill of Allah. 723 00:39:13,349 --> 00:39:16,349 Thirteenth: Whoever thinks that Allah has 724 00:39:16,349 --> 00:39:19,349 a consort, a child, or a partner, 725 00:39:19,349 --> 00:39:22,349 or that anyone intercedes with Him without His permission, 726 00:39:22,349 --> 00:39:25,349 or that there are intermediaries between Allah and His creation 727 00:39:25,349 --> 00:39:28,349 who raise their needs to Him, 728 00:39:28,349 --> 00:39:31,349 and that they are His allies to the exclusion of other people, 729 00:39:31,349 --> 00:39:34,349 and that people draw near and seek them as a means 730 00:39:34,349 --> 00:39:37,349 to Him, glory be to Him; 731 00:39:37,349 --> 00:39:40,670 all of this is thinking ill of Allah, glory be to Him. 732 00:39:40,670 --> 00:39:43,739 Fourteenth: Whoever thinks that 733 00:39:43,739 --> 00:39:46,739 Allah informed about Himself, 734 00:39:46,739 --> 00:39:49,739 or His Messenger informed about Him, in a way that is merely apparent, 735 00:39:50,739 --> 00:39:53,739 and that He abandoned the truth regarding His attributes 736 00:39:53,739 --> 00:39:56,739 and did not state it clearly, 737 00:39:56,739 --> 00:39:59,739 but rather hinted at it with remote symbols 738 00:39:59,739 --> 00:40:02,739 that only the philosophers and the theologians understand, 739 00:40:02,739 --> 00:40:05,739 according to their claim—whoever thinks this thought 740 00:40:05,739 --> 00:40:08,739 has stripped Allah’s Beautiful Names and Exalted Attributes 741 00:40:08,739 --> 00:40:11,739 of their reality and the meaning intended by them, 742 00:40:11,739 --> 00:40:14,739 and has thought ill of Allah the Exalted. 743 00:40:14,739 --> 00:40:17,800 It has appeared among the innovators 744 00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:20,800 those who claim that Allah does not love, nor is He pleased, 745 00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:23,800 nor does He become angry, nor is He displeased, 746 00:40:23,800 --> 00:40:26,800 nor does He befriend, nor does He show enmity, 747 00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:29,800 and so on. 748 00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:32,800 Exalted is Allah above what they say. 749 00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:35,800 So everyone who thinks of Allah 750 00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:38,800 contrary to what He has described Himself with, 751 00:40:38,800 --> 00:40:41,800 and what His Messenger (peace be upon him) has described Him with, 752 00:40:41,800 --> 00:40:44,800 or strips the realities of what He has described Himself with, 753 00:40:44,800 --> 00:40:47,800 and what His Messenger (peace be upon him) has described Him with, 754 00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:50,800 has thought ill of their Lord. 755 00:40:50,800 --> 00:40:54,179 Fifteenth: 756 00:40:54,179 --> 00:40:57,179 Among the innovators who think ill 757 00:40:57,179 --> 00:41:00,179 of their Lord are the Shia Rawafid; 758 00:41:00,179 --> 00:41:03,179 for all of their beliefs 759 00:41:03,179 --> 00:41:06,179 are thinking ill of Allah the Almighty, 760 00:41:06,179 --> 00:41:09,179 such as their claim that most of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) 761 00:41:09,179 --> 00:41:12,179 conspired against the Messenger of Allah 762 00:41:12,179 --> 00:41:15,179 (peace be upon him) during his lifetime, 763 00:41:15,179 --> 00:41:18,179 and usurped the authority after his death 764 00:41:18,179 --> 00:41:21,179 instead of his successor, Ali Ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him), 765 00:41:21,179 --> 00:41:24,179 as they claim, 766 00:41:24,179 --> 00:41:27,179 and wronged the family of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), 767 00:41:27,179 --> 00:41:30,179 and deprived them of their rights; 768 00:41:30,179 --> 00:41:33,179 all of this is a fabrication against Allah, 769 00:41:33,179 --> 00:41:36,179 His Messenger, and His noble Companions, 770 00:41:36,179 --> 00:41:39,179 about whom Allah said: 771 00:41:40,179 --> 00:41:43,179 "And those with him are forceful..." 772 00:41:43,179 --> 00:41:46,179 “Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. And those with him are hard against the disbelievers and merciful among themselves. Thou (O Muhammad) seest them bowing and falling prostrate (in worship), seeking bounty from Allah and (His) acceptance. The mark of them is on their foreheads from the traces of prostration. Such is their likeness in the Torah and their likeness in the Gospel - like as sown corn that sendeth forth its shoot and strengtheneth it and riseth firm upon its stalk, delighting the sowers - that He may enrage the disbelievers with (the sight of) them. Allah hath promised, unto such of them as believe and do good works, forgiveness and immense reward.” (48:29) 773 00:41:46,179 --> 00:41:49,179 "You see them bowing and prostrating [in prayer], 774 00:41:49,179 --> 00:41:52,179 seeking bounty from Allah and [His] pleasure." 775 00:41:52,179 --> 00:41:55,179 And He said at the end of the verse: 776 00:41:55,179 --> 00:41:58,179 "Allah has promised those who believe..." 777 00:41:58,179 --> 00:42:01,179 “Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. And those with him are hard against the disbelievers and merciful among themselves. Thou (O Muhammad) seest them bowing and falling prostrate (in worship), seeking bounty from Allah and (His) acceptance. The mark of them is on their foreheads from the traces of prostration. Such is their likeness in the Torah and their likeness in the Gospel - like as sown corn that sendeth forth its shoot and strengtheneth it and riseth firm upon its stalk, delighting the sowers - that He may enrage the disbelievers with (the sight of) them. Allah hath promised, unto such of them as believe and do good works, forgiveness and immense reward.” (48:29) 778 00:42:01,179 --> 00:42:04,179 "...and a great reward." 779 00:42:04,179 --> 00:42:07,179 And they take a portion of the verse 780 00:42:08,179 --> 00:42:11,179 so that the innovators may cling to it, 781 00:42:11,179 --> 00:42:14,179 but the intent is to clarify that this forgiveness 782 00:42:14,179 --> 00:42:17,179 and that great reward 783 00:42:17,179 --> 00:42:20,179 are for the Companions to the exclusion of all other believers; 784 00:42:20,179 --> 00:42:23,179 their reward is not like the reward of others, 785 00:42:23,179 --> 00:42:26,179 and Allah’s forgiveness for them exceeds His forgiveness 786 00:42:26,179 --> 00:42:29,340 for anyone else. 787 00:42:29,340 --> 00:42:32,340 And among their thinking ill of their Lord 788 00:42:32,340 --> 00:42:35,340 is their slanderous fabrication against the Mother of the Believers, Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), 789 00:42:35,340 --> 00:42:38,340 thereby belying 790 00:42:38,340 --> 00:42:41,340 Allah the Exalted’s exoneration of her, 791 00:42:41,340 --> 00:42:44,340 as He called the slander against her a "great falsehood" (ifk), 792 00:42:44,340 --> 00:42:47,340 saying: "Indeed, those who came 793 00:42:47,340 --> 00:42:50,340 with the falsehood are a group among you." 794 00:42:50,340 --> 00:42:53,340 And He exonerated her, glory be to Him, by saying: 795 00:42:53,340 --> 00:42:56,340 "Good women are for good men, 796 00:42:56,340 --> 00:42:59,340 and good men are for good women. 797 00:42:59,340 --> 00:43:02,340 Those are innocent of what they say; 798 00:43:02,340 --> 00:43:05,340 for them is forgiveness and noble provision." 799 00:43:05,340 --> 00:43:08,340 Despite that, 800 00:43:08,340 --> 00:43:11,340 the Rawafid persist in their falsehood, 801 00:43:11,340 --> 00:43:14,340 thereby disparaging the status of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), 802 00:43:14,340 --> 00:43:17,340 and thinking ill of Allah 803 00:43:17,340 --> 00:43:20,340 by claiming He did not honor His Prophet 804 00:43:20,340 --> 00:43:23,340 with good wives, 805 00:43:23,340 --> 00:43:26,340 and even by permitting that there be buried beside him 806 00:43:26,340 --> 00:43:29,340 (peace be upon him) the "Jibt" and the "Taghut," 807 00:43:29,340 --> 00:43:32,340 as they claim that Abu Bakr al-Siddiq 808 00:43:32,340 --> 00:43:35,340 and Umar Ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with them both), 809 00:43:35,340 --> 00:43:38,340 who are the best of the Prophet’s Companions 810 00:43:38,340 --> 00:43:41,340 (peace be upon him), 811 00:43:41,340 --> 00:43:44,340 are the "Jibt" and the "Taghut." 812 00:43:44,340 --> 00:43:47,340 We seek refuge in Allah from the misguidance of the people of innovation, 813 00:43:47,340 --> 00:43:50,340 and we disavow ourselves to Him, glory be to Him, 814 00:43:50,340 --> 00:43:53,949 from their thinking ill of Him, glory be to Him. 815 00:43:53,949 --> 00:43:56,949 A summary of the concepts of the Ahl al-Sunnah.