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 heart. 3 00:00:11,589 --> 00:00:15,689 Seek ever-greater closeness to the Most Merciful. 4 00:00:15,689 --> 00:00:18,690 The Muhammad Ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Musa Mosque. 5 00:00:18,690 --> 00:00:21,690 Through Al-Badi', presents: 6 00:00:21,690 --> 00:00:24,690 The Musk of the Sermon. 7 00:00:24,690 --> 00:00:27,690 By Sheikh Usama Bahr, may Allah preserve him. 8 00:00:27,690 --> 00:00:34,689 Everyone who obeys the Lord dissolves into the sweetest of feelings. 9 00:00:34,689 --> 00:00:37,689 This is a youth from Yemen. 10 00:00:37,689 --> 00:00:42,770 Our Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, has advised us: 11 00:00:42,770 --> 00:00:44,770 To treat the youth with goodness. 12 00:00:44,770 --> 00:00:46,770 In the Prophetic biography, it is recorded: 13 00:00:46,770 --> 00:00:50,770 That a delegation from the people of Yemen asked the Prophet, peace be upon him, 14 00:00:50,770 --> 00:00:52,770 About the Qur'an and the Sunnah. 15 00:00:52,770 --> 00:00:55,770 The Prophet, peace be upon him, grew in his affection 16 00:00:55,770 --> 00:00:56,770 For them. 17 00:00:56,770 --> 00:00:59,770 He commanded Bilal to host them well. 18 00:00:59,770 --> 00:01:01,770 They stayed for several days, 19 00:01:01,770 --> 00:01:03,770 And the Messenger of Allah honored them. 20 00:01:03,770 --> 00:01:06,769 Then he asked, "Is there anyone left among you?" 21 00:01:06,769 --> 00:01:08,769 They replied, "Yes, 22 00:01:08,769 --> 00:01:10,769 A young boy who is tending to the camels; 23 00:01:10,769 --> 00:01:12,769 He is the youngest of us." 24 00:01:12,769 --> 00:01:15,769 The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, 25 00:01:15,769 --> 00:01:17,769 "Send him to me." 26 00:01:17,769 --> 00:01:20,769 When they returned to their camp, they said to the boy, 27 00:01:20,769 --> 00:01:24,769 "Go to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 28 00:01:24,769 --> 00:01:26,769 And have your needs met by him, 29 00:01:26,769 --> 00:01:29,769 For we have already had our needs met by him." 30 00:01:29,769 --> 00:01:34,769 When the young boy came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 31 00:01:34,769 --> 00:01:36,769 He said, "O Messenger of Allah, 32 00:01:36,769 --> 00:01:39,769 I am a man from the tribe of Abda, 33 00:01:39,769 --> 00:01:42,769 And you have fulfilled the needs of the people; 34 00:01:42,769 --> 00:01:44,769 Please fulfill my need." 35 00:01:44,769 --> 00:01:46,769 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, asked, 36 00:01:46,769 --> 00:01:48,769 "And what is your need?" 37 00:01:48,769 --> 00:01:49,769 He said, 38 00:01:49,769 --> 00:01:52,769 "My need is not like the needs of my companions. 39 00:01:52,769 --> 00:01:55,769 By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, 40 00:01:55,769 --> 00:01:57,769 Nothing brought me from my land 41 00:01:57,769 --> 00:02:00,769 Except that you ask Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, 42 00:02:00,769 --> 00:02:02,769 To forgive me and have mercy on me, 43 00:02:02,769 --> 00:02:05,769 And to place my wealth within my heart." 44 00:02:05,769 --> 00:02:07,769 The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, 45 00:02:07,769 --> 00:02:09,770 Turning his attention to the boy, 46 00:02:09,770 --> 00:02:12,770 "O Allah, forgive him and have mercy on him, 47 00:02:12,770 --> 00:02:14,770 And place his wealth within his heart." 48 00:02:14,770 --> 00:02:18,770 He then ordered for him the same as he had ordered for the men of his companions. 49 00:02:18,770 --> 00:02:21,770 They departed, returning to their people. 50 00:02:21,770 --> 00:02:26,770 Later, he returned a second time to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 51 00:02:26,770 --> 00:02:29,770 During the season at Mina in the tenth year. 52 00:02:29,770 --> 00:02:32,770 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, asked, 53 00:02:32,770 --> 00:02:35,770 "What has become of the boy who came to me with you?" 54 00:02:35,770 --> 00:02:36,770 They replied, 55 00:02:36,770 --> 00:02:39,860 "We have never seen his like, 56 00:02:39,860 --> 00:02:43,860 Nor have we heard of anyone more content with what Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, has provided him. 57 00:02:43,860 --> 00:02:46,860 If people were to divide the world among themselves, 58 00:02:46,860 --> 00:02:48,860 He would not look toward them, 59 00:02:48,860 --> 00:02:50,860 Nor would he turn his attention to them." 60 00:02:50,860 --> 00:02:52,860 The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, 61 00:02:52,860 --> 00:02:55,860 "I truly hope that he dies in a state of wholeness." 62 00:02:55,860 --> 00:02:58,930 One of them asked, "O Messenger of Allah, 63 00:02:58,930 --> 00:03:01,930 Does a man not die in a state of wholeness?" 64 00:03:01,930 --> 00:03:03,930 The Prophet, peace be upon him, replied, 65 00:03:03,930 --> 00:03:08,930 "His desires and concerns become scattered across the valleys of the world, 66 00:03:08,930 --> 00:03:12,930 So his appointed time may overtake him in one of those valleys, 67 00:03:12,930 --> 00:03:17,930 And Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, will not care in which of its valleys he perishes." 68 00:03:17,930 --> 00:03:19,060 They said, 69 00:03:19,060 --> 00:03:24,060 "That boy lived in the best of states, the most ascetic in the world, 70 00:03:24,060 --> 00:03:27,060 And the most content with what he was provided." 71 00:03:27,060 --> 00:03:30,060 When the Prophet, peace be upon him, passed away, 72 00:03:30,060 --> 00:03:33,060 And the people of Yemen apostatized from Islam, 73 00:03:33,060 --> 00:03:35,060 This young man stood among his people, 74 00:03:35,060 --> 00:03:38,060 Reminding them of Allah and Islam. 75 00:03:38,060 --> 00:03:40,060 They returned to Islam, 76 00:03:40,060 --> 00:03:43,060 And not a single one of them returned to apostasy. 77 00:03:43,060 --> 00:03:45,120 How wondrous is the youth! 78 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:48,250 How much resolve and energy they possess. 79 00:03:48,250 --> 00:03:52,250 For this young man, through the supplication of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 80 00:03:52,250 --> 00:03:55,250 Became a caller to Allah the Almighty, 81 00:03:55,250 --> 00:03:57,250 A striver in the path of Da'wah. 82 00:03:57,250 --> 00:04:01,379 Were it not for him, the people of Yemen would have remained in their apostasy. 83 00:04:01,379 --> 00:04:03,379 So, O youth, 84 00:04:03,379 --> 00:04:05,379 Let your resolve be in Da'wah, 85 00:04:05,379 --> 00:04:08,379 And let your resolve be in contentment and asceticism. 86 00:04:08,379 --> 00:04:13,370 You have in this youth of Yemen a lesson and an admonition. 87 00:04:20,689 --> 00:04:24,689 Seek ever-greater closeness to the Most Merciful, 88 00:04:24,689 --> 00:04:28,689 So that joy may embrace you. 89 00:04:28,689 --> 00:04:32,689 Attach your soul to your Lord, 90 00:04:32,689 --> 00:04:36,689 And fill the horizons with light. 91 00:04:36,689 --> 00:04:40,879 For whoever obeys the Lord, 92 00:04:40,879 --> 00:04:45,069 Dissolves into the sweetest of feelings. 93 00:04:45,069 --> 00:04:49,069 There is darkness, then light, 94 00:04:49,069 --> 00:04:53,069 And life thereafter. 95 00:04:53,069 --> 00:04:57,069 If Allah wills a thing, 96 00:04:57,069 --> 00:05:01,069 He says to it, 'Be,' and it is brought into being.