WEBVTT 00:00:00.210 --> 00:00:03.669 In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful 00:00:03.669 --> 00:00:08.560 Milestones on the path to stability 00:00:08.560 --> 00:00:11.970 The second requirement 00:00:11.970 --> 00:00:14.470 Means of stability 00:00:14.470 --> 00:00:21.519 There are means for steadfastness that God has prescribed in His Book 00:00:21.519 --> 00:00:25.719 And on the tongue of His Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace 00:00:25.719 --> 00:00:30.559 It was represented in the stories of the proven prophets and messengers 00:00:30.559 --> 00:00:35.060 And the righteous saints of God from the first and the last 00:00:35.320 --> 00:00:40.310 This is explained and detailed in the following 00:00:40.310 --> 00:00:41.840 Firstly 00:00:41.840 --> 00:00:44.340 God is the stabilizer 00:00:44.340 --> 00:00:48.140 The millstone pole in the stabilization process 00:00:48.140 --> 00:00:50.140 To know the knowledge of certainty 00:00:50.140 --> 00:00:52.640 That God is the stabilizer 00:00:52.640 --> 00:00:57.640 And the hearts of the servants are between two of the Most Merciful’s fingers 00:00:57.640 --> 00:01:00.140 He turns it around as he wants 00:01:00.140 --> 00:01:02.200 God Almighty 00:01:02.200 --> 00:01:07.859 He establishes his righteous guardians in this life and the hereafter 00:01:07.859 --> 00:01:10.859 What is proven is its description and action 00:01:10.859 --> 00:01:13.359 It is not one of his names 00:01:13.359 --> 00:01:19.859 No one can do without the affirmation of God Almighty for a single moment 00:01:19.859 --> 00:01:22.930 Even the prophets and messengers 00:01:22.930 --> 00:01:24.989 God Almighty said 00:01:24.989 --> 00:01:31.489 Even if they almost tempt you away from what We have revealed to you 00:01:31.489 --> 00:01:34.489 To slander others against us 00:01:34.489 --> 00:01:37.989 And if they would not have taken you as a friend 00:01:37.989 --> 00:01:46.989 Had We not made you firm, you would have been little dependent on them 00:01:46.989 --> 00:01:51.989 We would have made you taste the weakness of life and the weakness of death 00:01:51.989 --> 00:01:59.989 Then you will not find a helper against us 00:02:01.319 --> 00:02:04.319 Ibn al-Qayyim said in Rawdat al-Muhibbin 00:02:04.319 --> 00:02:09.319 The servant should not rely on himself, his patience, his condition, or his chastity 00:02:09.319 --> 00:02:14.360 Relying on that, the infallibility of God has abandoned him 00:02:14.360 --> 00:02:17.360 He was surrounded by disappointment 00:02:17.360 --> 00:02:22.360 God Almighty said: “The most honorable of creation to Him and the most beloved to Him.” 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 00:02:29.479 --> 00:02:31.479 This was one of his supplications 00:02:31.479 --> 00:02:36.479 O converter of hearts, make my heart steadfast in your religion 00:02:36.479 --> 00:02:41.479 Most of his right hand was not the one who turned hearts 00:02:41.479 --> 00:02:44.520 How, when it was revealed to him 00:02:44.520 --> 00:02:49.520 And know that God comes between a person and his heart 00:02:49.520 --> 00:02:51.840 And the Almighty said 00:02:51.840 --> 00:03:00.930 God strengthens those who believe with the firm word in this life and in the afterlife 00:03:00.930 --> 00:03:05.930 And God misleads the wrongdoers 00:03:05.930 --> 00:03:11.960 And God does whatever He wants 00:03:11.960 --> 00:03:14.960 And in the two Sahihs, the wording is by Muslim 00:03:14.960 --> 00:03:16.960 On the authority of Al-Baraa bin Azib 00:03:16.960 --> 00:03:20.960 On the authority of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, he said 00:03:20.960 --> 00:03:24.960 God confirms those who believe with the firm word 00:03:24.960 --> 00:03:28.960 He said: I descended into the torment of the grave 00:03:28.960 --> 00:03:31.960 It will be said to him, “Who is your Lord?” 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 00:03:38.960 --> 00:03:41.960 That is what God Almighty says 00:03:41.960 --> 00:03:50.310 God strengthens those who believe with the firm word in this life and in the afterlife 00:03:50.310 --> 00:03:53.310 Ibn al-Qayyim said in informing the signatories 00:03:53.310 --> 00:03:55.310 And under his saying 00:03:55.310 --> 00:04:01.310 God strengthens those who believe with the firm word in this life and in the afterlife 00:04:01.310 --> 00:04:03.310 Great treasure 00:04:03.310 --> 00:04:05.310 Whoever according to his suspicion 00:04:05.310 --> 00:04:09.310 And extract it well, acquire it, and spend from it 00:04:09.310 --> 00:04:11.310 He lost sheep 00:04:11.310 --> 00:04:14.310 Whoever deprives him is deprived 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 00:04:19.310 --> 00:04:21.310 If it is not proven 00:04:21.310 --> 00:04:26.310 Otherwise, the sky and earth of his faith will disappear from their place 00:04:26.310 --> 00:04:32.310 God Almighty said: “The most honorable of His creation is His servant and Messenger.” 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 00:04:38.310 --> 00:04:42.370 And God Almighty said to the most honorable of His creation 00:04:42.370 --> 00:04:50.560 When your Lord revealed to the angels, “I am with you, so strengthen those who believe.” 00:04:50.560 --> 00:04:52.560 And God Almighty said to His Messenger 00:04:52.560 --> 00:04:59.560 And we will tell you from the noblest messengers what we will strengthen your heart with 00:04:59.560 --> 00:05:02.759 All creation is divided into two parts 00:05:02.759 --> 00:05:07.759 Successful with the installation and disappointed in abandoning the installation 00:05:07.759 --> 00:05:12.850 The subject of confirmation is its origin and its like from the fixed saying 00:05:12.850 --> 00:05:15.850 And he did what the servant commanded 00:05:15.850 --> 00:05:18.850 Through them, God establishes His servant 00:05:18.850 --> 00:05:22.850 And everyone who was proven in word and did better 00:05:22.850 --> 00:05:24.850 It was the greatest fixation 00:05:24.850 --> 00:05:26.920 God Almighty said 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 00:05:35.079 --> 00:05:39.079 So people are more steadfast in their hearts and more steadfast in their words 00:05:39.079 --> 00:05:43.079 The fixed statement is the true and honest statement 00:05:43.079 --> 00:05:46.079 It is the opposite of false statement and lying 00:05:46.079 --> 00:05:50.079 The statement is kind of fixed and has truth 00:05:50.079 --> 00:05:53.079 It is false and has no truth 00:05:53.079 --> 00:05:58.079 The statement is proven by the word monotheism and its implications 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 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 00:06:09.139 --> 00:06:17.170 A liar is one of the most disgraceful, cowardly, most colorful, and least steadfast people 00:06:17.170 --> 00:06:20.170 The people of physiognomy know the sincerity of the truthful person 00:06:20.170 --> 00:06:25.170 From the steadfastness of his heart in times of danger, his courage, and his fearlessness 00:06:25.170 --> 00:06:29.170 They know that the liar is lying to the contrary 00:06:29.170 --> 00:06:33.170 This is only hidden from the weak-sighted 00:06:33.170 --> 00:06:39.269 Since God is the One who establishes stability, then stability is from Him and to Him 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 00:06:45.269 --> 00:06:48.360 On the authority of Shahr bin Hawsh bin he said: 00:06:48.360 --> 00:06:51.360 I said to Umm Salamah, may God be pleased with her 00:06:51.360 --> 00:06:53.360 O Mother of the Believers 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? 00:07:00.360 --> 00:07:02.360 She said 00:07:02.360 --> 00:07:04.360 It was more his supplication 00:07:04.360 --> 00:07:06.360 O converter of hearts 00:07:06.360 --> 00:07:09.399 Make my heart firm on your religion 00:07:09.399 --> 00:07:10.399 She said 00:07:10.399 --> 00:07:11.399 So I told him 00:07:11.399 --> 00:07:13.399 O Messenger of God 00:07:13.399 --> 00:07:16.399 How many times do you pray for this? 00:07:16.399 --> 00:07:17.399 He said 00:07:17.399 --> 00:07:19.399 Oh Umm Salamah 00:07:19.399 --> 00:07:26.399 He is not a human being unless his heart is between two of God's fingers 00:07:26.399 --> 00:07:30.399 Whoever wants to stay, and whoever wants to visit 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 00:07:37.589 --> 00:07:41.589 I heard the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, say 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 00:07:47.589 --> 00:07:49.589 As one heart 00:07:49.589 --> 00:07:52.589 He spends it wherever he wants 00:07:52.589 --> 00:07:56.680 Then the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said 00:07:56.680 --> 00:07:59.680 Oh God, the bank of hearts 00:07:59.680 --> 00:08:03.879 Devote our hearts to your obedience 00:08:03.879 --> 00:08:05.879 On the authority of Anas he said: 00:08:05.879 --> 00:08:10.879 The Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, used to say a lot 00:08:10.879 --> 00:08:12.879 O converter of hearts 00:08:12.879 --> 00:08:15.879 Make my heart firm on your religion 00:08:15.879 --> 00:08:16.879 He said 00:08:16.879 --> 00:08:19.879 So we said, O Messenger of God 00:08:19.879 --> 00:08:22.879 We believed in you and what you brought 00:08:22.879 --> 00:08:24.879 Do you fear for us? 00:08:24.879 --> 00:08:25.879 He said 00:08:25.879 --> 00:08:27.879 And he said yes 00:08:27.879 --> 00:08:33.879 Hearts are between two of God Almighty's fingers. He turns them around 00:08:33.879 --> 00:08:39.039 Ibn al-Qayyim said in the path of migration and the chapter on happiness 00:08:39.039 --> 00:08:45.100 If the servant knows that God Almighty is the One who turns hearts 00:08:45.100 --> 00:08:49.100 And it comes between a person and his heart 00:08:49.100 --> 00:08:53.100 And He, Glory be to Him, is in a matter every day 00:08:53.100 --> 00:08:57.100 He does what he wants and rules what he wants 00:08:57.100 --> 00:09:01.100 And He guides whom He wills and misleads whom He wills 00:09:01.100 --> 00:09:05.100 He raises whomever He wants and lowers whomever He wants 00:09:05.100 --> 00:09:08.100 He does not believe that God will change his heart 00:09:08.100 --> 00:09:11.100 And it comes between him and him 00:09:11.100 --> 00:09:14.450 And he deviates from it after his residence 00:09:14.450 --> 00:09:18.450 God praised His faithful servants by saying: 00:09:18.450 --> 00:09:23.450 Our Lord, do not let our hearts deviate after You have guided us 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 00:09:29.679 --> 00:09:32.740 He said in the key to the house of happiness 00:09:32.740 --> 00:09:37.740 This is why in the supplication narrated by Imam Ahmad and Al-Nasa’i 00:09:37.740 --> 00:09:40.740 On the authority of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace 00:09:40.740 --> 00:09:44.769 Oh God, I ask you to be steadfast in the matter 00:09:44.769 --> 00:09:47.870 And the determination to reach maturity 00:09:47.870 --> 00:09:51.870 These two words are the intercourse of the farmer 00:09:51.870 --> 00:09:55.899 And the servant did not achieve anything except by wasting them 00:09:55.899 --> 00:09:57.899 Or wasting one of them 00:09:57.899 --> 00:10:01.899 No one came except out of haste and recklessness 00:10:01.899 --> 00:10:04.899 And the Bedouins provoked him 00:10:04.899 --> 00:10:07.929 Or out of negligence and complacency 00:10:07.929 --> 00:10:11.960 And wasting an opportunity after it had passed 00:10:11.960 --> 00:10:15.960 If stability comes first and determination comes second 00:10:15.960 --> 00:10:17.960 Every farmer succeeded 00:10:17.960 --> 00:10:21.600 God is the Grantor of success 00:10:21.600 --> 00:10:23.600 And pray for steadfastness 00:10:23.600 --> 00:10:26.600 He was righteous before 00:10:26.600 --> 00:10:29.600 Especially in times of adversity 00:10:29.600 --> 00:10:35.080 God Almighty said, describing the first Mujahideen 00:10:35.080 --> 00:10:39.080 When they came out to Goliath and his soldiers 00:10:39.080 --> 00:10:49.080 They said, “Our Lord, bestow upon us patience.” 00:10:49.080 --> 00:10:54.080 And steady our feet 00:10:54.080 --> 00:11:00.080 And grant us victory over the disbelieving people 00:11:00.080 --> 00:11:02.179 And he said 00:11:02.179 --> 00:11:05.179 And there is no prophet 00:11:05.179 --> 00:11:09.179 Many rabbis fought with him 00:11:09.179 --> 00:11:16.179 They were not weakened by what befell them in the cause of God 00:11:16.179 --> 00:11:20.179 They were not weak and did not submit 00:11:20.179 --> 00:11:24.179 And God loves those who are patient 00:11:24.179 --> 00:11:28.179 What they said was nothing but what they said 00:11:28.179 --> 00:11:35.179 They said, “Our Lord, forgive us our sins.” 00:11:35.179 --> 00:11:38.179 And our extravagance in our affairs 00:11:38.179 --> 00:11:43.179 And steady our feet 00:11:43.179 --> 00:11:48.179 And grant us victory over the disbelieving people 00:11:48.179 --> 00:11:52.179 So God gave them the reward of this world 00:11:52.179 --> 00:11:55.179 And good reward in the afterlife 00:11:55.179 --> 00:12:01.179 And God loves the doers of good 00:12:01.179 --> 00:12:04.919 He said in the supplication of the believers 00:12:04.919 --> 00:12:09.299 Our Lord, do not let our hearts deviate from delusion 00:12:09.299 --> 00:12:14.299 When You have guided us, grant us mercy from You 00:12:14.299 --> 00:12:21.299 You are the Wahhab 00:12:21.299 --> 00:12:23.750 And in the two Sahihs 00:12:23.750 --> 00:12:26.750 On the authority of Al-Baraa, may God be pleased with him, he said: 00:12:26.750 --> 00:12:29.750 I saw the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace 00:12:29.750 --> 00:12:32.750 The day of parties moves the dirt 00:12:32.750 --> 00:12:35.750 The white dust of his stomach was covered 00:12:35.750 --> 00:12:37.750 And he says 00:12:37.750 --> 00:12:40.750 If you were not our guide 00:12:40.750 --> 00:12:43.750 Do not believe us or pray 00:12:43.750 --> 00:12:46.750 So they sent down Sakina upon us 00:12:46.750 --> 00:12:50.750 And keep your feet steady except for a while 00:12:50.750 --> 00:12:53.750 The former have transgressed against us 00:12:53.750 --> 00:12:56.750 If they want to seduce our father 00:12:56.750 --> 00:13:01.740 Milestones on the path to stability