In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Within the embrace of Allah, happiness pours into the heart.
Seek ever-greater closeness to the Most Merciful.
The Muhammad Ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Musa Mosque.
Through Al-Badi', presents:
The Musk of the Sermon.
By Sheikh Usama Bahr, may Allah preserve him.
Everyone who obeys the Lord dissolves into the sweetest of feelings.
This is a youth from Yemen.
Our Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, has advised us:
To treat the youth with goodness.
In the Prophetic biography, it is recorded:
That a delegation from the people of Yemen asked the Prophet, peace be upon him,
About the Qur'an and the Sunnah.
The Prophet, peace be upon him, grew in his affection
For them.
He commanded Bilal to host them well.
They stayed for several days,
And the Messenger of Allah honored them.
Then he asked, "Is there anyone left among you?"
They replied, "Yes,
A young boy who is tending to the camels;
He is the youngest of us."
The Prophet, peace be upon him, said,
"Send him to me."
When they returned to their camp, they said to the boy,
"Go to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,
And have your needs met by him,
For we have already had our needs met by him."
When the young boy came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,
He said, "O Messenger of Allah,
I am a man from the tribe of Abda,
And you have fulfilled the needs of the people;
Please fulfill my need."
The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, asked,
"And what is your need?"
He said,
"My need is not like the needs of my companions.
By Allah, O Messenger of Allah,
Nothing brought me from my land
Except that you ask Allah, the Almighty and Majestic,
To forgive me and have mercy on me,
And to place my wealth within my heart."
The Prophet, peace be upon him, said,
Turning his attention to the boy,
"O Allah, forgive him and have mercy on him,
And place his wealth within his heart."
He then ordered for him the same as he had ordered for the men of his companions.
They departed, returning to their people.
Later, he returned a second time to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,
During the season at Mina in the tenth year.
The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, asked,
"What has become of the boy who came to me with you?"
They replied,
"We have never seen his like,
Nor have we heard of anyone more content with what Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, has provided him.
If people were to divide the world among themselves,
He would not look toward them,
Nor would he turn his attention to them."
The Prophet, peace be upon him, said,
"I truly hope that he dies in a state of wholeness."
One of them asked, "O Messenger of Allah,
Does a man not die in a state of wholeness?"
The Prophet, peace be upon him, replied,
"His desires and concerns become scattered across the valleys of the world,
So his appointed time may overtake him in one of those valleys,
And Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, will not care in which of its valleys he perishes."
They said,
"That boy lived in the best of states, the most ascetic in the world,
And the most content with what he was provided."
When the Prophet, peace be upon him, passed away,
And the people of Yemen apostatized from Islam,
This young man stood among his people,
Reminding them of Allah and Islam.
They returned to Islam,
And not a single one of them returned to apostasy.
How wondrous is the youth!
How much resolve and energy they possess.
For this young man, through the supplication of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,
Became a caller to Allah the Almighty,
A striver in the path of Da'wah.
Were it not for him, the people of Yemen would have remained in their apostasy.
So, O youth,
Let your resolve be in Da'wah,
And let your resolve be in contentment and asceticism.
You have in this youth of Yemen a lesson and an admonition.
Seek ever-greater closeness to the Most Merciful,
So that joy may embrace you.
Attach your soul to your Lord,
And fill the horizons with light.
For whoever obeys the Lord,
Dissolves into the sweetest of feelings.
There is darkness, then light,
And life thereafter.
If Allah wills a thing,
He says to it, 'Be,' and it is brought into being.