1 00:00:00,210 --> 00:00:03,669 In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful 2 00:00:03,669 --> 00:00:08,560 Milestones on the path to stability 3 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:11,970 The second requirement 4 00:00:11,970 --> 00:00:14,470 Means of stability 5 00:00:14,470 --> 00:00:21,519 There are means for steadfastness that God has prescribed in His Book 6 00:00:21,519 --> 00:00:25,719 And on the tongue of His Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace 7 00:00:25,719 --> 00:00:30,559 It was represented in the stories of the proven prophets and messengers 8 00:00:30,559 --> 00:00:35,060 And the righteous saints of God from the first and the last 9 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:40,310 This is explained and detailed in the following 10 00:00:40,310 --> 00:00:41,840 Firstly 11 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:44,340 God is the stabilizer 12 00:00:44,340 --> 00:00:48,140 The millstone pole in the stabilization process 13 00:00:48,140 --> 00:00:50,140 To know the knowledge of certainty 14 00:00:50,140 --> 00:00:52,640 That God is the stabilizer 15 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:57,640 And the hearts of the servants are between two of the Most Merciful’s fingers 16 00:00:57,640 --> 00:01:00,140 He turns it around as he wants 17 00:01:00,140 --> 00:01:02,200 God Almighty 18 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:07,859 He establishes his righteous guardians in this life and the hereafter 19 00:01:07,859 --> 00:01:10,859 What is proven is its description and action 20 00:01:10,859 --> 00:01:13,359 It is not one of his names 21 00:01:13,359 --> 00:01:19,859 No one can do without the affirmation of God Almighty for a single moment 22 00:01:19,859 --> 00:01:22,930 Even the prophets and messengers 23 00:01:22,930 --> 00:01:24,989 God Almighty said 24 00:01:24,989 --> 00:01:31,489 Even if they almost tempt you away from what We have revealed to you 25 00:01:31,489 --> 00:01:34,489 To slander others against us 26 00:01:34,489 --> 00:01:37,989 And if they would not have taken you as a friend 27 00:01:37,989 --> 00:01:46,989 Had We not made you firm, you would have been little dependent on them 28 00:01:46,989 --> 00:01:51,989 We would have made you taste the weakness of life and the weakness of death 29 00:01:51,989 --> 00:01:59,989 Then you will not find a helper against us 30 00:02:01,319 --> 00:02:04,319 Ibn al-Qayyim said in Rawdat al-Muhibbin 31 00:02:04,319 --> 00:02:09,319 The servant should not rely on himself, his patience, his condition, or his chastity 32 00:02:09,319 --> 00:02:14,360 Relying on that, the infallibility of God has abandoned him 33 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:17,360 He was surrounded by disappointment 34 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:22,360 God Almighty said: “The most honorable of creation to Him and the most beloved to Him.” 35 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:29,479 Had We not made you firm, you would have been dependent on them for a little while 36 00:02:29,479 --> 00:02:31,479 This was one of his supplications 37 00:02:31,479 --> 00:02:36,479 O converter of hearts, make my heart steadfast in your religion 38 00:02:36,479 --> 00:02:41,479 Most of his right hand was not the one who turned hearts 39 00:02:41,479 --> 00:02:44,520 How, when it was revealed to him 40 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:49,520 And know that God comes between a person and his heart 41 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:51,840 And the Almighty said 42 00:02:51,840 --> 00:03:00,930 God strengthens those who believe with the firm word in this life and in the afterlife 43 00:03:00,930 --> 00:03:05,930 And God misleads the wrongdoers 44 00:03:05,930 --> 00:03:11,960 And God does whatever He wants 45 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:14,960 And in the two Sahihs, the wording is by Muslim 46 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:16,960 On the authority of Al-Baraa bin Azib 47 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:20,960 On the authority of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, he said 48 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:24,960 God confirms those who believe with the firm word 49 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:28,960 He said: I descended into the torment of the grave 50 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:31,960 It will be said to him, “Who is your Lord?” 51 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:38,960 He says: My Lord is God and the Prophet Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace 52 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:41,960 That is what God Almighty says 53 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:50,310 God strengthens those who believe with the firm word in this life and in the afterlife 54 00:03:50,310 --> 00:03:53,310 Ibn al-Qayyim said in informing the signatories 55 00:03:53,310 --> 00:03:55,310 And under his saying 56 00:03:55,310 --> 00:04:01,310 God strengthens those who believe with the firm word in this life and in the afterlife 57 00:04:01,310 --> 00:04:03,310 Great treasure 58 00:04:03,310 --> 00:04:05,310 Whoever according to his suspicion 59 00:04:05,310 --> 00:04:09,310 And extract it well, acquire it, and spend from it 60 00:04:09,310 --> 00:04:11,310 He lost sheep 61 00:04:11,310 --> 00:04:14,310 Whoever deprives him is deprived 62 00:04:14,310 --> 00:04:19,310 This is because the servant cannot do without God’s affirmation of him even for the blink of an eye 63 00:04:19,310 --> 00:04:21,310 If it is not proven 64 00:04:21,310 --> 00:04:26,310 Otherwise, the sky and earth of his faith will disappear from their place 65 00:04:26,310 --> 00:04:32,310 God Almighty said: “The most honorable of His creation is His servant and Messenger.” 66 00:04:32,310 --> 00:04:38,310 Had We not made you firm, you would have been dependent on them for a little while 67 00:04:38,310 --> 00:04:42,370 And God Almighty said to the most honorable of His creation 68 00:04:42,370 --> 00:04:50,560 When your Lord revealed to the angels, “I am with you, so strengthen those who believe.” 69 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:52,560 And God Almighty said to His Messenger 70 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:59,560 And we will tell you from the noblest messengers what we will strengthen your heart with 71 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:02,759 All creation is divided into two parts 72 00:05:02,759 --> 00:05:07,759 Successful with the installation and disappointed in abandoning the installation 73 00:05:07,759 --> 00:05:12,850 The subject of confirmation is its origin and its like from the fixed saying 74 00:05:12,850 --> 00:05:15,850 And he did what the servant commanded 75 00:05:15,850 --> 00:05:18,850 Through them, God establishes His servant 76 00:05:18,850 --> 00:05:22,850 And everyone who was proven in word and did better 77 00:05:22,850 --> 00:05:24,850 It was the greatest fixation 78 00:05:24,850 --> 00:05:26,920 God Almighty said 79 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:35,079 If they had done what they preach, it would have been better for them and more steadfast 80 00:05:35,079 --> 00:05:39,079 So people are more steadfast in their hearts and more steadfast in their words 81 00:05:39,079 --> 00:05:43,079 The fixed statement is the true and honest statement 82 00:05:43,079 --> 00:05:46,079 It is the opposite of false statement and lying 83 00:05:46,079 --> 00:05:50,079 The statement is kind of fixed and has truth 84 00:05:50,079 --> 00:05:53,079 It is false and has no truth 85 00:05:53,079 --> 00:05:58,079 The statement is proven by the word monotheism and its implications 86 00:05:58,079 --> 00:06:04,139 It is the greatest thing by which God strengthens His servants in this world and the hereafter 87 00:06:04,139 --> 00:06:09,139 This is why you see the truthful person as the most steadfast and bravest of people in heart 88 00:06:09,139 --> 00:06:17,170 A liar is one of the most disgraceful, cowardly, most colorful, and least steadfast people 89 00:06:17,170 --> 00:06:20,170 The people of physiognomy know the sincerity of the truthful person 90 00:06:20,170 --> 00:06:25,170 From the steadfastness of his heart in times of danger, his courage, and his fearlessness 91 00:06:25,170 --> 00:06:29,170 They know that the liar is lying to the contrary 92 00:06:29,170 --> 00:06:33,170 This is only hidden from the weak-sighted 93 00:06:33,170 --> 00:06:39,269 Since God is the One who establishes stability, then stability is from Him and to Him 94 00:06:39,269 --> 00:06:45,269 Therefore, the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, used to pray frequently for steadfastness 95 00:06:45,269 --> 00:06:48,360 On the authority of Shahr bin Hawsh bin he said: 96 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:51,360 I said to Umm Salamah, may God be pleased with her 97 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:53,360 O Mother of the Believers 98 00:06:53,360 --> 00:07:00,360 What was the most frequent supplication of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, if you had it? 99 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:02,360 She said 100 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:04,360 It was more his supplication 101 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:06,360 O converter of hearts 102 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:09,399 Make my heart firm on your religion 103 00:07:09,399 --> 00:07:10,399 She said 104 00:07:10,399 --> 00:07:11,399 So I told him 105 00:07:11,399 --> 00:07:13,399 O Messenger of God 106 00:07:13,399 --> 00:07:16,399 How many times do you pray for this? 107 00:07:16,399 --> 00:07:17,399 He said 108 00:07:17,399 --> 00:07:19,399 Oh Umm Salamah 109 00:07:19,399 --> 00:07:26,399 He is not a human being unless his heart is between two of God's fingers 110 00:07:26,399 --> 00:07:30,399 Whoever wants to stay, and whoever wants to visit 111 00:07:30,399 --> 00:07:37,589 And in Sahih Muslim, on the authority of Abdullah bin Omar bin Al-Aas, may God be pleased with them both, he said 112 00:07:37,589 --> 00:07:41,589 I heard the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, say 113 00:07:41,589 --> 00:07:47,589 The hearts of all the children of Adam are between two of the Most Merciful’s fingers 114 00:07:47,589 --> 00:07:49,589 As one heart 115 00:07:49,589 --> 00:07:52,589 He spends it wherever he wants 116 00:07:52,589 --> 00:07:56,680 Then the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said 117 00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:59,680 Oh God, the bank of hearts 118 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:03,879 Devote our hearts to your obedience 119 00:08:03,879 --> 00:08:05,879 On the authority of Anas he said: 120 00:08:05,879 --> 00:08:10,879 The Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, used to say a lot 121 00:08:10,879 --> 00:08:12,879 O converter of hearts 122 00:08:12,879 --> 00:08:15,879 Make my heart firm on your religion 123 00:08:15,879 --> 00:08:16,879 He said 124 00:08:16,879 --> 00:08:19,879 So we said, O Messenger of God 125 00:08:19,879 --> 00:08:22,879 We believed in you and what you brought 126 00:08:22,879 --> 00:08:24,879 Do you fear for us? 127 00:08:24,879 --> 00:08:25,879 He said 128 00:08:25,879 --> 00:08:27,879 And he said yes 129 00:08:27,879 --> 00:08:33,879 Hearts are between two of God Almighty's fingers. He turns them around 130 00:08:33,879 --> 00:08:39,039 Ibn al-Qayyim said in the path of migration and the chapter on happiness 131 00:08:39,039 --> 00:08:45,100 If the servant knows that God Almighty is the One who turns hearts 132 00:08:45,100 --> 00:08:49,100 And it comes between a person and his heart 133 00:08:49,100 --> 00:08:53,100 And He, Glory be to Him, is in a matter every day 134 00:08:53,100 --> 00:08:57,100 He does what he wants and rules what he wants 135 00:08:57,100 --> 00:09:01,100 And He guides whom He wills and misleads whom He wills 136 00:09:01,100 --> 00:09:05,100 He raises whomever He wants and lowers whomever He wants 137 00:09:05,100 --> 00:09:08,100 He does not believe that God will change his heart 138 00:09:08,100 --> 00:09:11,100 And it comes between him and him 139 00:09:11,100 --> 00:09:14,450 And he deviates from it after his residence 140 00:09:14,450 --> 00:09:18,450 God praised His faithful servants by saying: 141 00:09:18,450 --> 00:09:23,450 Our Lord, do not let our hearts deviate after You have guided us 142 00:09:23,450 --> 00:09:29,679 Were it not for the fear of deviation, they would not have asked him not to make their hearts shift 143 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:32,740 He said in the key to the house of happiness 144 00:09:32,740 --> 00:09:37,740 This is why in the supplication narrated by Imam Ahmad and Al-Nasa’i 145 00:09:37,740 --> 00:09:40,740 On the authority of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace 146 00:09:40,740 --> 00:09:44,769 Oh God, I ask you to be steadfast in the matter 147 00:09:44,769 --> 00:09:47,870 And the determination to reach maturity 148 00:09:47,870 --> 00:09:51,870 These two words are the intercourse of the farmer 149 00:09:51,870 --> 00:09:55,899 And the servant did not achieve anything except by wasting them 150 00:09:55,899 --> 00:09:57,899 Or wasting one of them 151 00:09:57,899 --> 00:10:01,899 No one came except out of haste and recklessness 152 00:10:01,899 --> 00:10:04,899 And the Bedouins provoked him 153 00:10:04,899 --> 00:10:07,929 Or out of negligence and complacency 154 00:10:07,929 --> 00:10:11,960 And wasting an opportunity after it had passed 155 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:15,960 If stability comes first and determination comes second 156 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:17,960 Every farmer succeeded 157 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:21,600 God is the Grantor of success 158 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:23,600 And pray for steadfastness 159 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:26,600 He was righteous before 160 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:29,600 Especially in times of adversity 161 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:35,080 God Almighty said, describing the first Mujahideen 162 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:39,080 When they came out to Goliath and his soldiers 163 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:49,080 They said, “Our Lord, bestow upon us patience.” 164 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:54,080 And steady our feet 165 00:10:54,080 --> 00:11:00,080 And grant us victory over the disbelieving people 166 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:02,179 And he said 167 00:11:02,179 --> 00:11:05,179 And there is no prophet 168 00:11:05,179 --> 00:11:09,179 Many rabbis fought with him 169 00:11:09,179 --> 00:11:16,179 They were not weakened by what befell them in the cause of God 170 00:11:16,179 --> 00:11:20,179 They were not weak and did not submit 171 00:11:20,179 --> 00:11:24,179 And God loves those who are patient 172 00:11:24,179 --> 00:11:28,179 What they said was nothing but what they said 173 00:11:28,179 --> 00:11:35,179 They said, “Our Lord, forgive us our sins.” 174 00:11:35,179 --> 00:11:38,179 And our extravagance in our affairs 175 00:11:38,179 --> 00:11:43,179 And steady our feet 176 00:11:43,179 --> 00:11:48,179 And grant us victory over the disbelieving people 177 00:11:48,179 --> 00:11:52,179 So God gave them the reward of this world 178 00:11:52,179 --> 00:11:55,179 And good reward in the afterlife 179 00:11:55,179 --> 00:12:01,179 And God loves the doers of good 180 00:12:01,179 --> 00:12:04,919 He said in the supplication of the believers 181 00:12:04,919 --> 00:12:09,299 Our Lord, do not let our hearts deviate from delusion 182 00:12:09,299 --> 00:12:14,299 When You have guided us, grant us mercy from You 183 00:12:14,299 --> 00:12:21,299 You are the Wahhab 184 00:12:21,299 --> 00:12:23,750 And in the two Sahihs 185 00:12:23,750 --> 00:12:26,750 On the authority of Al-Baraa, may God be pleased with him, he said: 186 00:12:26,750 --> 00:12:29,750 I saw the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace 187 00:12:29,750 --> 00:12:32,750 The day of parties moves the dirt 188 00:12:32,750 --> 00:12:35,750 The white dust of his stomach was covered 189 00:12:35,750 --> 00:12:37,750 And he says 190 00:12:37,750 --> 00:12:40,750 If you were not our guide 191 00:12:40,750 --> 00:12:43,750 Do not believe us or pray 192 00:12:43,750 --> 00:12:46,750 So they sent down Sakina upon us 193 00:12:46,750 --> 00:12:50,750 And keep your feet steady except for a while 194 00:12:50,750 --> 00:12:53,750 The former have transgressed against us 195 00:12:53,750 --> 00:12:56,750 If they want to seduce our father 196 00:12:56,750 --> 00:13:01,740 Milestones on the path to stability