WEBVTT 00:00:00.850 --> 00:00:03.850 In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful 00:00:03.850 --> 00:00:09.300 The life of the predecessors between words and deeds 00:00:09.300 --> 00:00:13.470 Hope 00:00:13.470 --> 00:00:19.980 What was said about hope is that it is an instinct in humans 00:00:19.980 --> 00:00:25.480 Mutarrif Ibn Abdullah, may God have mercy on him, said 00:00:25.480 --> 00:00:30.480 If I knew when my deadline would be, I would fear that my mind would go away 00:00:30.480 --> 00:00:35.479 But God grants His servants heedlessness of death 00:00:35.479 --> 00:00:41.479 Were it not for heedlessness, they would not have enjoyed a living and markets would not have existed among them 00:00:41.479 --> 00:00:46.270 Urging the shortness of hope 00:00:46.270 --> 00:00:51.579 Ali bin Abi Talib, may God be pleased with him, said 00:00:51.579 --> 00:00:55.619 The thing I fear most for you are two things 00:00:55.619 --> 00:00:59.649 Following your desires and longing hope 00:00:59.649 --> 00:01:03.649 As for following one’s desires, it strays from the truth 00:01:03.649 --> 00:01:07.650 As for long hope, he forgets the afterlife 00:01:07.650 --> 00:01:11.680 Indeed, the afterlife has arrived 00:01:11.680 --> 00:01:15.680 Except that the world has departed 00:01:15.680 --> 00:01:18.739 And each of them has sons 00:01:18.739 --> 00:01:21.739 So be among the children of the afterlife 00:01:21.739 --> 00:01:25.739 And do not be among the children of the world 00:01:25.739 --> 00:01:28.739 Today is work and there is no reckoning 00:01:28.739 --> 00:01:31.739 Tomorrow there will be a reckoning and no work 00:01:31.739 --> 00:01:36.189 Al-Fudayl bin Iyad, may God have mercy on him, said 00:01:36.189 --> 00:01:39.189 But like yesterday 00:01:39.189 --> 00:01:41.189 Today he worked 00:01:41.189 --> 00:01:43.510 And tomorrow is hope 00:01:43.510 --> 00:01:46.670 Some of the predecessors, may God have mercy on him, said 00:01:46.670 --> 00:01:48.670 I never slept 00:01:48.670 --> 00:01:52.670 So I told myself that I would wake up from it 00:01:52.670 --> 00:01:56.090 Muhammad bin Wasi’, may God have mercy on him 00:01:56.090 --> 00:02:00.090 If he wants to sleep, he tells his family 00:02:00.090 --> 00:02:02.090 I entrust you to God 00:02:02.090 --> 00:02:07.090 Perhaps it is a death from which I will not rise 00:02:07.090 --> 00:02:11.120 This was his habit when he wanted to sleep 00:02:11.120 --> 00:02:16.599 She was a woman of worship in Mecca, and when she went to sleep in the evening, she said: 00:02:16.599 --> 00:02:20.599 Oh the same night is your night 00:02:20.599 --> 00:02:23.599 There is no other night for you 00:02:23.599 --> 00:02:24.599 So I worked hard 00:02:24.599 --> 00:02:27.599 So if it becomes, she says 00:02:27.599 --> 00:02:30.599 Oh the same day is your day 00:02:30.599 --> 00:02:32.599 There is no other day for you 00:02:32.599 --> 00:02:34.599 So I worked hard 00:02:34.599 --> 00:02:37.860 Al-Muzani said: “Bakrni Al-Muzani, may God have mercy on him.” 00:02:37.860 --> 00:02:41.860 If you want your prayer to benefit you, say it 00:02:41.860 --> 00:02:44.860 Perhaps I will not pray otherwise 00:02:44.860 --> 00:02:48.370 Some of the predecessors, may God have mercy on him, said 00:02:48.370 --> 00:02:50.370 It is said 00:02:50.370 --> 00:02:53.370 Whoever shortens his hope, his life becomes miserable 00:02:53.370 --> 00:02:55.530 Sufyan said 00:02:55.530 --> 00:02:58.530 I mean, in restaurants and clothes 00:02:58.530 --> 00:03:02.780 On the authority of Shamit bin Ajlan, may God have mercy on him, he said: 00:03:02.780 --> 00:03:05.819 The believer says to himself 00:03:05.819 --> 00:03:08.849 It is only three days 00:03:08.849 --> 00:03:11.879 Yesterday has passed 00:03:11.879 --> 00:03:15.879 And tomorrow is hope that you may not realize 00:03:15.879 --> 00:03:18.939 If you are one of the people of tomorrow 00:03:18.939 --> 00:03:21.939 Tomorrow will bring provision 00:03:21.939 --> 00:03:25.039 Without tomorrow there is only one day and one night 00:03:25.039 --> 00:03:28.039 Many souls will be pierced therein 00:03:28.039 --> 00:03:31.039 Perhaps you are the one who chooses it 00:03:31.039 --> 00:03:34.039 Enough of every day's worries 00:03:34.039 --> 00:03:37.360 Then you have burdened your weak heart 00:03:37.360 --> 00:03:40.360 They are the years and the times 00:03:40.360 --> 00:03:43.360 The illusion of high prices and cheapness 00:03:43.360 --> 00:03:46.360 The illusion of winter before winter comes 00:03:46.360 --> 00:03:50.419 They are summer before summer comes 00:03:50.419 --> 00:03:54.520 What do you keep from your weak heart for the afterlife? 00:03:54.520 --> 00:03:57.810 Every day decreases in order 00:03:57.810 --> 00:04:00.810 It decreases for you and you do not grieve 00:04:00.810 --> 00:04:03.969 And every day you are equal in your livelihood 00:04:03.969 --> 00:04:07.189 And you don't feel sad 00:04:07.189 --> 00:04:10.189 I gave you enough 00:04:10.189 --> 00:04:13.189 You ask for what tempts you 00:04:13.189 --> 00:04:16.189 No, you will be convinced with a little 00:04:16.189 --> 00:04:19.480 Nor will you be satisfied with much 00:04:19.480 --> 00:04:22.480 How can he not become aware of his ignorance in the world? 00:04:22.480 --> 00:04:25.480 He was unable to be thankful for what he was in 00:04:26.480 --> 00:04:29.769 Or how will it work for the afterlife? 00:04:29.769 --> 00:04:32.769 He whose desire for this world is never cut off 00:04:32.769 --> 00:04:35.769 And his hunger never stops 00:04:35.769 --> 00:04:39.089 It is absolutely astonishing for those who believe it 00:04:39.089 --> 00:04:42.089 In the animal house 00:04:42.089 --> 00:04:45.629 He seeks the abode of vanity 00:04:45.629 --> 00:04:48.629 On the authority of Ibrahim bin Nashit, he said: 00:04:48.629 --> 00:04:51.660 Abu Zar’ah, may God have mercy on him, told me 00:04:51.660 --> 00:04:54.660 I will tell you what I said 00:04:54.660 --> 00:04:57.819 For anyone but you 00:04:57.819 --> 00:05:00.819 I have not left the mosque for 20 years 00:05:00.819 --> 00:05:03.819 So I told myself to go back to him 00:05:03.819 --> 00:05:07.110 Some of the predecessors, may God have mercy on him, said 00:05:07.110 --> 00:05:10.110 We are all certain of death 00:05:10.110 --> 00:05:13.209 And we don't see him ready 00:05:13.209 --> 00:05:16.209 We are all certain of heaven 00:05:16.209 --> 00:05:19.209 We do not see a factor in it 00:05:19.209 --> 00:05:22.209 We were all certain of the fire 00:05:22.209 --> 00:05:25.300 And what we see is her frightened 00:05:25.300 --> 00:05:28.300 It is a sign of Arjun 00:05:28.300 --> 00:05:31.300 And what can you wait for? 00:05:31.300 --> 00:05:34.300 Death is the first thing that comes to you 00:05:34.300 --> 00:05:37.500 Whether God is good or good 00:05:37.500 --> 00:05:40.500 Brothers 00:05:40.500 --> 00:05:45.930 Walk to your Lord in a beautiful way 00:05:45.930 --> 00:05:50.399 Slandering greed and miserliness 00:05:50.399 --> 00:05:53.500 Abu Bakr, may God be pleased with him, said 00:05:53.500 --> 00:05:56.500 What disease is worse than miserliness? 00:05:56.500 --> 00:06:00.040 Omar, may God be pleased with him, was 00:06:00.040 --> 00:06:03.139 He says on the pulpit 00:06:03.139 --> 00:06:06.139 O people, greed is poverty 00:06:06.139 --> 00:06:09.139 And despair is rich 00:06:09.139 --> 00:06:12.139 If a person despairs of something 00:06:12.139 --> 00:06:15.490 We dispensed with him 00:06:15.490 --> 00:06:18.490 Yahya bin Moaz, may God have mercy on him, said 00:06:18.490 --> 00:06:21.490 Two calamities that the first and the last did not hear about 00:06:21.490 --> 00:06:24.680 In his money upon his death 00:06:24.680 --> 00:06:27.680 It was said whatever 00:06:27.680 --> 00:06:30.680 He said it will be taken from him entirely 00:06:30.680 --> 00:06:34.220 And he asks about it all 00:06:34.220 --> 00:06:37.290 Some of the predecessors, may God have mercy on him, said 00:06:37.290 --> 00:06:40.290 If you have what God Almighty has given you 00:06:40.290 --> 00:06:43.290 Noah, Abraham, Moses and Jesus 00:06:43.290 --> 00:06:46.290 And Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon them 00:06:46.290 --> 00:06:49.350 You don't see anything 00:06:49.350 --> 00:06:52.350 What God gave Nimrod, Pharaoh, and Haman was restored 00:06:52.350 --> 00:06:55.350 When will you succeed? 00:06:55.350 --> 00:06:58.959 Banan Al-Hamal, may God have mercy on him, said 00:06:58.959 --> 00:07:01.959 The free is the slave of what he covets 00:07:01.959 --> 00:07:04.959 The slave is free as long as he is content 00:07:04.959 --> 00:07:09.910 The life of the ancestor 00:07:09.910 --> 00:07:12.910 Between words and action