Misk al-Khattab (6) This is a boy from Yemen

0:00 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

0:03 Within the embrace of Allah, happiness pours into the heart.

0:11 Seek ever-greater closeness to the Most Merciful.

0:15 The Muhammad Ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Musa Mosque.

0:18 Through Al-Badi', presents:

0:21 The Musk of the Sermon.

0:24 By Sheikh Usama Bahr, may Allah preserve him.

0:27 Everyone who obeys the Lord dissolves into the sweetest of feelings.

0:34 This is a youth from Yemen.

0:37 Our Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, has advised us:

0:42 To treat the youth with goodness.

0:44 In the Prophetic biography, it is recorded:

0:46 That a delegation from the people of Yemen asked the Prophet, peace be upon him,

0:50 About the Qur'an and the Sunnah.

0:52 The Prophet, peace be upon him, grew in his affection

0:55 For them.

0:56 He commanded Bilal to host them well.

0:59 They stayed for several days,

1:01 And the Messenger of Allah honored them.

1:03 Then he asked, "Is there anyone left among you?"

1:06 They replied, "Yes,

1:08 A young boy who is tending to the camels;

1:10 He is the youngest of us."

1:12 The Prophet, peace be upon him, said,

1:15 "Send him to me."

1:17 When they returned to their camp, they said to the boy,

1:20 "Go to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,

1:24 And have your needs met by him,

1:26 For we have already had our needs met by him."

1:29 When the young boy came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,

1:34 He said, "O Messenger of Allah,

1:36 I am a man from the tribe of Abda,

1:39 And you have fulfilled the needs of the people;

1:42 Please fulfill my need."

1:44 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, asked,

1:46 "And what is your need?"

1:48 He said,

1:49 "My need is not like the needs of my companions.

1:52 By Allah, O Messenger of Allah,

1:55 Nothing brought me from my land

1:57 Except that you ask Allah, the Almighty and Majestic,

2:00 To forgive me and have mercy on me,

2:02 And to place my wealth within my heart."

2:05 The Prophet, peace be upon him, said,

2:07 Turning his attention to the boy,

2:09 "O Allah, forgive him and have mercy on him,

2:12 And place his wealth within his heart."

2:14 He then ordered for him the same as he had ordered for the men of his companions.

2:18 They departed, returning to their people.

2:21 Later, he returned a second time to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,

2:26 During the season at Mina in the tenth year.

2:29 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, asked,

2:32 "What has become of the boy who came to me with you?"

2:35 They replied,

2:36 "We have never seen his like,

2:39 Nor have we heard of anyone more content with what Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, has provided him.

2:43 If people were to divide the world among themselves,

2:46 He would not look toward them,

2:48 Nor would he turn his attention to them."

2:50 The Prophet, peace be upon him, said,

2:52 "I truly hope that he dies in a state of wholeness."

2:55 One of them asked, "O Messenger of Allah,

2:58 Does a man not die in a state of wholeness?"

3:01 The Prophet, peace be upon him, replied,

3:03 "His desires and concerns become scattered across the valleys of the world,

3:08 So his appointed time may overtake him in one of those valleys,

3:12 And Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, will not care in which of its valleys he perishes."

3:17 They said,

3:19 "That boy lived in the best of states, the most ascetic in the world,

3:24 And the most content with what he was provided."

3:27 When the Prophet, peace be upon him, passed away,

3:30 And the people of Yemen apostatized from Islam,

3:33 This young man stood among his people,

3:35 Reminding them of Allah and Islam.

3:38 They returned to Islam,

3:40 And not a single one of them returned to apostasy.

3:43 How wondrous is the youth!

3:45 How much resolve and energy they possess.

3:48 For this young man, through the supplication of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,

3:52 Became a caller to Allah the Almighty,

3:55 A striver in the path of Da'wah.

3:57 Were it not for him, the people of Yemen would have remained in their apostasy.

4:01 So, O youth,

4:03 Let your resolve be in Da'wah,

4:05 And let your resolve be in contentment and asceticism.

4:08 You have in this youth of Yemen a lesson and an admonition.

4:20 Seek ever-greater closeness to the Most Merciful,

4:24 So that joy may embrace you.

4:28 Attach your soul to your Lord,

4:32 And fill the horizons with light.

4:36 For whoever obeys the Lord,

4:40 Dissolves into the sweetest of feelings.

4:45 There is darkness, then light,

4:49 And life thereafter.

4:53 If Allah wills a thing,

4:57 He says to it, 'Be,' and it is brought into being.

Misk al-Khattab (6) This is a boy from Yemen

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