WEBVTT 00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:03.399 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:03.399 --> 00:00:11.589 Within the embrace of Allah, happiness pours into the hearts. 00:00:11.589 --> 00:00:15.589 Seek to increase your closeness to the Most Merciful. 00:00:15.589 --> 00:00:18.589 The Muhammad Ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Musa Mosque. 00:00:18.589 --> 00:00:21.589 In Al-Badi', presents: 00:00:21.589 --> 00:00:24.589 The Musk of Discourse. 00:00:24.589 --> 00:00:27.589 By Sheikh Usama Bahr, may Allah preserve him. 00:00:27.589 --> 00:00:35.590 Everyone who obeys the Lord dissolves into the sweetest feeling. 00:00:35.590 --> 00:00:37.590 Adab (proper conduct) comes before seeking knowledge. 00:00:37.590 --> 00:00:44.630 An hour in which a person is alone to seek knowledge 00:00:44.630 --> 00:00:47.729 Is better than an hour in which one is distracted. 00:00:47.729 --> 00:00:51.729 The scholars used to race toward seeking knowledge, 00:00:51.729 --> 00:00:54.729 And the teacher held a position of status and reverence. 00:00:54.729 --> 00:00:59.729 The luminous examples that illustrate the high status of teachers 00:00:59.729 --> 00:01:02.729 And the loftiness of the students' conduct are numerous. 00:01:02.729 --> 00:01:08.140 For instance, the student of knowledge, Imam al-Shafi'i, may Allah have mercy on him, 00:01:08.140 --> 00:01:12.140 Tells of his situation with his teacher, Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, 00:01:12.140 --> 00:01:16.140 When he would read the text to him, saying: 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—" 00:01:21.140 --> 00:01:23.140 "With great care," 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." 00:01:27.140 --> 00:01:30.140 And this is Al-Rabi' Ibn Sulayman, may Allah have mercy on him, 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, 00:01:34.140 --> 00:01:38.140 Who says: "By Allah, I never dared to drink water" 00:01:38.140 --> 00:01:42.140 "While Al-Shafi'i was looking at me, out of reverence for him." 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: 00:01:47.269 --> 00:01:50.269 "Whenever I heard a hadith from a man," 00:01:50.269 --> 00:01:53.269 "I would be a servant to him as long as he lived." 00:01:54.269 --> 00:01:57.269 And this is Imam Ahmad, may Allah have mercy on him, 00:01:57.269 --> 00:02:00.269 Saying to the son of Imam al-Shafi'i, may Allah have mercy on him: 00:02:00.269 --> 00:02:04.269 "Your father is one of the five people I pray for at every dawn." 00:02:04.269 --> 00:02:07.269 He asked, "Why is that?" 00:02:07.269 --> 00:02:12.270 Ahmad replied, "Al-Shafi'i was like the sun to the world," 00:02:12.270 --> 00:02:14.270 "And like health to the body." 00:02:14.270 --> 00:02:17.270 "Consider, then, if there are any successors to these two." 00:02:17.270 --> 00:02:20.620 Some of the salaf, may Allah have mercy on them, 00:02:20.620 --> 00:02:23.620 When going to their teacher, would give charity, 00:02:23.620 --> 00:02:27.620 Then say, "O Allah, conceal the faults of my teacher from me," 00:02:27.620 --> 00:02:30.620 "And do not let the blessing of his knowledge depart from me." 00:02:30.620 --> 00:02:34.069 This adab, before seeking knowledge, 00:02:34.069 --> 00:02:37.069 Is the path to success and the path to achievement 00:02:37.069 --> 00:02:40.069 For anyone who desires knowledge and strives for it. 00:02:52.349 --> 00:02:57.349 They have drawn near so that joy may embrace you. 00:02:57.349 --> 00:03:05.349 Attach your soul to your Lord and fill the surroundings with light. 00:03:05.349 --> 00:03:13.800 Everyone who obeys the Lord dissolves into the sweetest feeling. 00:03:13.800 --> 00:03:21.800 It is darkness, then light, and revelation thereafter. 00:03:21.800 --> 00:03:29.800 If Allah wills a thing, He says to it "Be," and it is.