 الله يقول في القرآن إِنَّ الَّذِينَ قَالُوا رَبُّنَ اللَّهِ Those who said Allah is my Lord ثم أستقاموا and then they became steadfast تتنزلوا عليهم الملايكة The angels will come down on them ألا تخافوا ولا تحزنوا Sometimes you ask yourself Can you tell these topics to the people A person who is steadfast himself can say to other people to be steadfast I am not steadfast but can I say to you God الحمد لله رب العالمين له الحمد الحسن والثناء الجميل وشدوا الله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له يقول الحق وهو يهد السبيل وشدوا أن سيدنا ونبينا محمد صلى الله عليه وعلى آله واصحابه والتابعين لهم بحسان إلى يوم الدين أما بعد Before I start my topic إن شاء الله تعالى بارك الله فيك أريد أن أقول I am extremely tired so I may not give the talk justice so I apologize in advance The second point is I am also against the idea of We leave the best to last and that isn't the case All the brothers were doing a good job أخونا أبو عبد العزيز عبد الرحمن أخونا خالد أخونا قولد أخونا أبو تيميا and all the brothers to come later who are going to talk So insha'Allah تعالى That is not something I am happy with or pleased with and we shouldn't distinguish between our speakers amongst ourselves We are all trying to call to Allah Subhanahu و تعالى's path but I wanted to apologize because I am very tired I woke up very very early and this whole week my sleeping pattern has been very bad The topic that I am going to be speaking about again and I apologize because I changed it a couple of times is الإستقامة to be steadfast first of all I wanted to talk about the advice that the pious predecessors gave to the youngsters and the youth but now I have changed it to إستقامة A man came to the prophet عليه الصلاة والسلام There was a man who came to the prophet of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم and he walked in His name is رضي الله تعالى عنه He said to the prophet of Allah يا رسول الله قل لي في الإسلام قولا or messenger of Allah say to me in Islam a speech لا أسأله أحد بعدك in which I don't go and ask anyone after you So a man came to the prophet of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم and he said to the prophet of Allah I am going to ask you for something and what he asked for the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم is something that he is never wanting to ask anyone after the prophet I want to ask you and I want the answer from you I am never going to ask anyone after you and the messenger عليه الصلاة والسلام he responded by saying قول أمامة بالله say I believe in Allah ثم أستقم and be steadfast So this is the hadith الإمام المسلم نريد this hadith and the scholars they consider it they consider it to be from من من فرد المسلم من علي البخاري the hadith that only Muslim narrated بخاري did not narrate this hadith with him until me and others narrated it So let's focus on this hadith and this is what's going to be the discussion and there's three benefits that we can take from this hadith Number one حرص الصحابة the companions how they strove to ask very beneficial questions the question that he asked the prophet of Allah was what say to me something I would never ask anyone after you and the companions my beloved brothers and sisters they asked a question and they were ready to implement the answer so it wasn't just a مجرد سؤال it wasn't just a mere question sometimes if you go to lectures you see that people ask a question and the question they ask is for somebody else or even if they hear the answer they're not even ready to take it on board and that isn't what the companions were they were asking it for themselves so when we read this hadith we need to know that the seriousness and the weight that this hadith carries Number two the benefit that we take from it is how concise the speech of the messenger was عليه الصلاة والسلام in which the prophet said قل أمن تبي الله say I believe in Allah ثم مستقل ما بيستد فاست the prophet didn't give a whole lecture and a reminder how he's fast and quick and comprehensive his speech was and now if you try to take that word and you break it down والله I wouldn't hesitate if I was to say to you 10 volumes can be written on that hadith alone by itself 10 volumes without repeating anything the magnitude and the weight of the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم's speech عليه الصلاة والسلام and he said clearly او تي تو I was given جوامل عالكالي my speech was very comprehensive عليه الصلاة والسلام also the hadith it shows us جماع الخير the conclusion of all good is what to be steadfast after believing in Allah is to be steadfast and this my beloved brothers and sisters worries me as an individual more than anyone else because being steadfast is scary you know when you memorize the Quran at the beginning stages of your life is not as hard as when it has to be held down keeping that memorization of the Quran is actually harder than memorizing it the first time sometimes and استقامة is like that my beloved brothers and sisters to be consistent 10 years still go by you're still stuck to your still stuck to your religion is very very hard والله and the reason why it says it's hard is because استقامة which is to be steadfast and upright so many people have misunderstood its reality and what it really means اللامة بالنقيم رحمة الله in this Kitab مدارج السالكين he mentions that it's استقامة it enters three things it enters your intentions number one it enters your speech what you speak and it enters your actions so you need to be steadfast and upright in your speech and you have to be steadfast and upright in your action and you also have to be steadfast and upright in your intentions many Muslims will say to you my heart is good my heart is good if your heart was really good then you've only come with one part of uprightness if that's the truth if we take your claim then where are the other two that's missing from you which is to be upright and steadfast in your speech and to be upright and steadfast in your actions and as the poet said إنما تدعيه حقا كدبت وشواه دا الامتحري that which you claim what has disbelieved in it is what we see manifesting on your limbs وكل إناين بالذي فيه أنظه every vessel will sweat what's inside it you don't have to put your finger into a water to know if it's cold or hot just by touching the glass from the outside you know if it's cold or hot and that's how you know if somebody's heart is good it will show on their limbs it will show on their body parts also one of the misconceptions regarding steadfastness is that استقامة doesn't mean that you don't fall into sins no, that isn't the case you are a human being and you are bound to fall into shortcoming and you're going to do mistakes the messenger عليه الصلاة والسلام he said كل بلو آدم everyone from the children of Adam is خطاء is a sila and he comes with shortcomings وخير الخطائي وابون and the best from those sinners is the one who when he sins he repents so every one of us is going to come with shortcomings but by being steadfast it does not mean my beloved brothers and sisters that you don't do sins but what it means is that you repent when you do sins you come back to your Lord الله says in the Quran والذين إذا فعلوا فاحشة أو ظلموا أنفسهم ذكروا الله فاستغفروا لذنوبهم وما يغفروا الذنوب إلا الله ولم يسروا على ما فعلوا وهم يعلمون and they are the ones والذين إذا فعلوا فاحشة if they do sins and they come with shortcomings they remember Allah سبحانه وتعالى and they are not consistent in their sin so when they do the sin they remember Allah and they can only have remembered Allah if their heart was connected to him in the beginning but if your heart was empty from Allah then there is nothing for you to remember you remember what you once knew you don't remember what you didn't know also الله says in the Quran فاستقيموا واستغفروا be steadfast and ask Allah for what for forgiveness that shows that sinning and asking for forgiveness does not nullify being upright and steadfast also الله سبحانه وتعالى he says on a salary the Prophet ﷺ he said اتق الله اتق الله فيها الله and be conscious of him سبحانه وتعالى حيثما كنت wherever you are وأتبع السيئة الحسنة and every sin that you do follow it up with good وقالق الناس بخلق الحسن and deal with the people in a good eye in a good way also the Messenger ﷺ he said سددوا وقاربوا be as close as you can to goodness that does not mean that if you do a sin that you're not trying to be steadfast الله سبحانه وتعالى my beloved brothers and sisters commanded us to be steadfast and he told us to come with استقامة الله said in the Quran وقاربوا وقاربوا be as close as you can to goodness that does not mean that if you do a sin that you're not trying to be steadfast الله سبحانه وتعالى my beloved brothers and sisters commanded us to come with استقامة الله said in the Quran إن الذين قالوا ربنا الله those who said Allah is my lord ثم استقاموا and then they became steadfast تتنزلوا عليهم الملايكة the angels will come down on them اللى تخافوا ولا تحزنوا sometimes you ask yourself can you tell these topics to the people a person who's steadfast himself can say to other people to be steadfast I'm not steadfast how can I say to you guys الله سبحانه وتعالى he says إن الذين قالوا ربنا الله those who say Allah is my lord ثم استقاموا and then they become steadfast تتنزلوا عليهم الملايكة the angels will come down on them اللى تخافوا don't be scared ولا تحزنوا and don't have حزم don't be sad وأبشروا بالجنة and glad tidings for you is paradise those are for the people who are steadfast every Salat that we pray we say to Allah سبحانه وتعالى إهدنا السراط المستقيم but Allah guide us to the straight path واللهي بلاد the topic itself requires somebody who possesses this personality so I will conclude that إن شاء الله anything which I have said that was wrong incorrect is from me and Shaytan and Allah needs message that are free from it سبحانك اللهم بحمدك شادوة الله إله إلا الله أستغفرك وأتوب إلي