1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,399 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 2 00:00:03,399 --> 00:00:11,589 Within the embrace of Allah, happiness pours into the hearts. 3 00:00:11,589 --> 00:00:15,589 Seek to increase your closeness to the Most Merciful. 4 00:00:15,589 --> 00:00:18,589 The Muhammad Ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Musa Mosque. 5 00:00:18,589 --> 00:00:21,589 In Al-Badi', presents: 6 00:00:21,589 --> 00:00:24,589 The Musk of Discourse. 7 00:00:24,589 --> 00:00:27,589 By Sheikh Usama Bahr, may Allah preserve him. 8 00:00:27,589 --> 00:00:35,590 Everyone who obeys the Lord dissolves into the sweetest feeling. 9 00:00:35,590 --> 00:00:37,590 Adab (proper conduct) comes before seeking knowledge. 10 00:00:37,590 --> 00:00:44,630 An hour in which a person is alone to seek knowledge 11 00:00:44,630 --> 00:00:47,729 Is better than an hour in which one is distracted. 12 00:00:47,729 --> 00:00:51,729 The scholars used to race toward seeking knowledge, 13 00:00:51,729 --> 00:00:54,729 And the teacher held a position of status and reverence. 14 00:00:54,729 --> 00:00:59,729 The luminous examples that illustrate the high status of teachers 15 00:00:59,729 --> 00:01:02,729 And the loftiness of the students' conduct are numerous. 16 00:01:02,729 --> 00:01:08,140 For instance, the student of knowledge, Imam al-Shafi'i, may Allah have mercy on him, 17 00:01:08,140 --> 00:01:12,140 Tells of his situation with his teacher, Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, 18 00:01:12,140 --> 00:01:16,140 When he would read the text to him, saying: 19 00:01:16,140 --> 00:01:21,140 "I would turn the pages—meaning I would flip the paper in front of Malik, may Allah have mercy on him—" 20 00:01:21,140 --> 00:01:23,140 "With great care," 21 00:01:23,140 --> 00:01:26,140 "Out of reverence for him, so that he would not hear the sound of the pages turning." 22 00:01:27,140 --> 00:01:30,140 And this is Al-Rabi' Ibn Sulayman, may Allah have mercy on him, 23 00:01:30,140 --> 00:01:34,140 A student of Imam al-Shafi'i and one of the narrators of his school of thought, 24 00:01:34,140 --> 00:01:38,140 Who says: "By Allah, I never dared to drink water" 25 00:01:38,140 --> 00:01:42,140 "While Al-Shafi'i was looking at me, out of reverence for him." 26 00:01:42,140 --> 00:01:47,269 And this is the Imam and Hafiz, Shu'bah Ibn al-Hajjaj, may Allah have mercy on him, who says: 27 00:01:47,269 --> 00:01:50,269 "Whenever I heard a hadith from a man," 28 00:01:50,269 --> 00:01:53,269 "I would be a servant to him as long as he lived." 29 00:01:54,269 --> 00:01:57,269 And this is Imam Ahmad, may Allah have mercy on him, 30 00:01:57,269 --> 00:02:00,269 Saying to the son of Imam al-Shafi'i, may Allah have mercy on him: 31 00:02:00,269 --> 00:02:04,269 "Your father is one of the five people I pray for at every dawn." 32 00:02:04,269 --> 00:02:07,269 He asked, "Why is that?" 33 00:02:07,269 --> 00:02:12,270 Ahmad replied, "Al-Shafi'i was like the sun to the world," 34 00:02:12,270 --> 00:02:14,270 "And like health to the body." 35 00:02:14,270 --> 00:02:17,270 "Consider, then, if there are any successors to these two." 36 00:02:17,270 --> 00:02:20,620 Some of the salaf, may Allah have mercy on them, 37 00:02:20,620 --> 00:02:23,620 When going to their teacher, would give charity, 38 00:02:23,620 --> 00:02:27,620 Then say, "O Allah, conceal the faults of my teacher from me," 39 00:02:27,620 --> 00:02:30,620 "And do not let the blessing of his knowledge depart from me." 40 00:02:30,620 --> 00:02:34,069 This adab, before seeking knowledge, 41 00:02:34,069 --> 00:02:37,069 Is the path to success and the path to achievement 42 00:02:37,069 --> 00:02:40,069 For anyone who desires knowledge and strives for it. 43 00:02:52,349 --> 00:02:57,349 They have drawn near so that joy may embrace you. 44 00:02:57,349 --> 00:03:05,349 Attach your soul to your Lord and fill the surroundings with light. 45 00:03:05,349 --> 00:03:13,800 Everyone who obeys the Lord dissolves into the sweetest feeling. 46 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:21,800 It is darkness, then light, and revelation thereafter. 47 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:29,800 If Allah wills a thing, He says to it "Be," and it is.