 وَأَقُولُ فِي القُرْآنِ مَا جَاءَتْ بِيهِ آيَاتُهُ فَهُوَ الْكَارِيمُ المُنزَالُهُ وَأَقُولُ قَالَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ وَالْمُصْطَافَ الْهَاديِ وَلَا أَتْ أَوْوَالُهُ الحمد لله رب العالمين له الحمد الحسن والثناء الجميل وأشجع الله إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له يقول الحق وهو يهدي السبيل وأشد أن سيدنا ونبينا محمد صلى الله عليه وعليه وعلى آله وأصحابه والتابعين لهم بإحسان إلى يوم الدين أما بعد شاء الله تعالى before we take the شاء الله في الكتاب نواقظ الإسلام I wanted to read the كتاب عمازس رسالة which is called منهج يومي للطالب العلم هذا الكتاب is the daily routine or the daily methodology of a student of knowledge the daily routine of a student of knowledge this is actually a رسالة a letter that الشيخ من العثمين رحمه الله sent to a young man this is what it is الشيخ من العثمين wrote a letter to a young boy who asked him a question الشيخ من العثمين رحمه الله and advised him accordingly and I think this is very important that we we cover this book I think it's of great importance that we do go over this book due to many factors that we have as much as we need to memorise the Quran and we need to memorise Ahadith and we need to learn we also need to perfect our dealings and our actions and the way we are and the way we carry ourselves brothers and sisters I think it's of very great importance things that we need to do many of us some of us have not probably been blessed to have studied from a very young age so we started to practice when we became old and so we misunderstood the concept of learning what it really is how should it be done some have only understood from seeking knowledge to just memorise to know source texts and having the knowledge of books the last word knowledge and seeking knowledge is but it's far greater than that and by reading this letter we'll see the advice of this noble Imam العلمة محمد بن صالح العثمين الشيخ من العثمين I hope he's Ganiyul عليك تعريف I don't think he needs to be told who he is رحمه الله تعالى رحمة نواسعة الشيخ من العثمين I don't think any one of you here doesn't know who he is, right? if you haven't come across the life of this man then it's really a shame الشيخ من العثمين رحمه الله is mentioned next to the two great imams of this time as well الشيخ عبد عزيز من الباز and الشيخ محمد ناصر الدينة الالبانية رحمه الله these three are the nujum of this time they're the stars of this time this Risala the author who wrote it is who الشيخ محمد بن صالح عثمين he died and the boy that he wrote it to also died both of them are not alive today ما تشيخ وما تطالب فرحمة الله عليهما the sheikh died and also the boy who he wrote the letter to has also passed away and died as well the sheikh says in the Risala he starts by saying محمد الصالح العثمين الالبن and he mentioned the boy's name حفظه الله تعالى من الله تباركه تعالى protect him this was the time the sheikh wrote it when he mentioned the boy's name the young man he said حفظه الله and generally the word حفظه الله is used for what a person who's alive generally but now we know that the boy has what has passed away then the sheikh says السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته وبعضه so the sheikh says السلام عليكم may peace be upon you ورحمة الله مع الله as mercy be upon you وبركاته and Allah's blessings be upon you وبعضه to proceed the sheikh says فقد سألتني you asked me بارك الله فيك ما الله سبحانه وتعالى place a blessing over you ان أبع عليك for me to place for you you've asked for me to put together for you من هجن تسير علي في حياتك you asked for me to place for you or to author for you or to put for you a methodology which you should tread on الله أكبر this boy knew that sheikh they mean was the right person to ask the sheikh to write him a methodology in which he should tread on and that's how the students should always be come back to the علماء and ask them of advices the sheikh says first the sheikh said I ask Allah that he gives both of us the ability توفيق means that Allah gives us استطاعا نقوة the strength and the ability لمفيه الهودة والرشاد in that which is in it guidance and uprightness والصواب والصداد and that which is correct and that is that which is according to the Kitab and the Sunnah وإن يرجع لنا I ask Allah also to make us هوداتا مهتدين ones who are guided and one who guide those around them صالحين Allah makes us people who are righteous and noble مسلحين people who also perfect and bring nobility out of others فأقولوا I will then say to you now أولاً so the sheikh breaks the Risala into points things that he's so he breaks into how a student of knowledge should be with Allah and then how should a student of knowledge be with the Prophet and the Messenger and then how should a student of knowledge be in terms of seeking knowledge he talks about all of that he says أولاً the first one مع الله عز و جل مع الله سبحانه و تعالى مع الله سبحانه و تعالى so he starts the first point of his letter how should a student of knowledge be with Allah سبحانه و تعالى الله عز و جل number one he says إحرص strive a student of knowledge strive على أن تكون دائماً for you to always be مع الله عز و جل مستحظراً عظمته one who the greatness of Allah is present with be an individual دائماً always مع الله عز و جل مستحظراً عظمته you always is present with you all the time the greatness of Allah تبارغ و تعالى متفكراً في آياتي and also be one who always thinks and ponders and contemplates in Allah سبحانه و تعالى في آياتي الكونية his universal signs be a person who always contemplates and ponders over الله تبارغ و تعالى universal signs مثل خلق السماوات والأرض like the creating of the سماوات the heavens and the earth be one who ponders and contemplates over that وما أو دع فيهما and that which Allah has placed in it من بالغ حكمته that which Allah has placed in it that shows and indicates الله سبحانه و تعالى is extreme wisdom و باهرة قدرته and Allah تبارغ و تعالى is unlimited ability و عظيم رحمته و من نتي and it also shows الله تبارغ و تعالى his great mercy and his great blessing over his slaves and also to contemplate and think over و آياتي الشرعية that you also contemplate and you ponder over الله تبارغ و تعالى his verses the Quran there's آيات which are which are universal signs and there are the you ponder and you contemplate over the legislational signs اللتي بعت بها رسوله in which Allah has sent his messages with و لا سي يما خاتمه محمد the last and the final صلى الله عليه وسلم let's step over this point now the first point a طالب علم a student of knowledge gives so much importance to and give so much seriousness to this point which is تفكر و تدبر the person thinks and ponders and contemplates and they ponder over الله ملكوت الله الله تبارغ و تعالى in which he created and that the person also looks over the Quran look what الله تبارغ و تعالى said that the people who ponder over الله تبارغ و تعالى's universal signs are the smart intellectual ones الله says in the Quran إن في خلق السماوات والأرض واختلاف الليل والنهار لا آيات لا آيات اللي أولئ للبال that the signs that are in the earth in the heavens إن في خلق السماوات the creating of the heavens and the earth is لا آيات it's signs but it's not a sign for everybody not everyone sees it as a sign it's a sign for who لا آيات اللي أولئ للبال it's a sign for the people who are smart the people who are truly intellectual the people who are أولئ للبال have عقل they have great minds لا آيات اللي أولئ للبال وعالى جلوبهم ويتفكرون في خلق السماوات والأرض ربنا ما خلقت هذا باطلا سبحانك فقنا على النار they are the ones who are they remember Allah when they are standing in prayer when they are sitting they also remember him when they are lying in their beds just before they sleep they also remember him سبحانه وتعالى and guess what they say their contemplation and their pondering and their analyzing of everything it doesn't just make it another contemplation but rather it turns into a a great manifestation they say ربنا ما خلقت هذا باطلا oh Allah you didn't create this all aimlessly without no purpose behind it سبحانك فقنا على النار and then from that they say oh Allah protect us from the hellfire ولذلك you're looking at the universe today and looking at what's in it it's actually meant to bring you closer to Allah and not to take you away from what that there's a creation that created this universe it doesn't it more proves there is a creator that created it and that you should more say ربنا ما خلقت هذا باطلا سبحانك فقنا على النار if a person looked at a gadget today and the more they looked at it the more they were amazed with what what was used in it and the method in which it was made the more they are amazed with the people who made it how they made it right not that they become ones that say that this phone was randomly came out of nowhere so the person ponders over و الله سبحانه وتعالى created it عبدالعبن عباسن he said he said ربي الله متعالى عنه عبدالعبن عباسن I spent a night over the house of my auntie my maternal auntie my mother, the wife of the prophet فتحدث رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم about his family ثم رقدا then the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he spoke with his wife and then he went to sleep فلما كان ثورة الليل للأخير when it was the last third of the night قاعد فنظر إلى السماء the prophet sat down عليه الصلاة والسلام فنظر إلى السماء the prophet looked in the sky فقاله ذا سيد إن في خلق السماوات والرض واختلاف الليل والنهار الليل الالبان the prophet sat down ثم قامه سترأب عليه الصلاة والسلام فتوضأ the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم هيدان وضوء وستنأ يدره سن عليه الصلاة والسلام فصلى إحدى عشر حقا he prayed إلا ذا الركعة ثم أبدنا بلال فصلى رقعتين he prayed to raka ثم خرج فصلى الصبح then he prayed صلاة والصبح وستنك also it means the prophet used his miswak عليه الصلاة والسلام مقارن مسلم بوثنريت ذات so what do you take from that the pondering and the contemplating of the prophet it made him stand up and do what it made him stand up and go and pray عليه الصلاة والسلام because everything around us and everything that we see indicates that there is only one creator الله تبارك وتعالى ولي ذلك the poet he said وعجبا كيف يقصى الإله amazement is how is Allah disobeying سبحانه وتعالى and how is the stubborn one stubborn towards Allah وفي كل شيء إلا هو آياته when every single thing there is a sign in it تدل على أنه واحد that indicates that Allah is is one كل تحريكة everything that moves and everything that is calm and that doesn't move أبدا شاهدوا all of them are always witnesses so everything has everything has an indication and evidence what is it that it shows us كمال خلقه the complete creation of Allah and this process it helps a person it makes a person a student of knowledge especially this is things that increases iman the second thing that the sheikh he says أن يكون قلبك مملوئا بمحبة الله تعالى لما يغضوك به من النعم ويدفع عنك من النقام ولا سيما نعمة الإسلام والاستقامة عليه حتى يكون أحب حتى يكون أحب شيء إليك أن يقول قلبك that your heart is مملوئا and filled up with what بمحبة الله the love of Allah لما يغضوك به من النعم because of that which Allah provides for you and gives to you of blessings ويدفع عنك and that which Allah repels from you من النقام and that which Allah prevents from you in terms of what ولا سيما and especially نعمة الإسلام the blessings of Islam which Allah gave you سبحانه وتعالى والاستقامة and the blessings of being upright and steadfast الله gave that to you حتى يكون أحب شيء إليك until you become the most until he becomes the most beloved one to you سبحانه وتعالى الشيخ رحمه الله here he talks about filling your stomach with the love of Allah سبحانه وتعالى there are things that aid a person to fill in his heart the love of Allah سبحانه وتعالى and the sheikh mentioned what can help you increase the love of Allah what is it to look at what he has blessed you with and what he has given you سبحانه وتعالى look at Allah's نعم the blessings that he has given and he has placed over you look at the health he has given you سبحانه وتعالى look at the time that Allah has given you سبحانه وتعالى look at the clothing and the house look at the food in which he has given you سبحانه وتعالى and also look at the greatest of it all look at the fact that Allah gave you Islam and Tauheed many have been prevented from that if you look at a surah in the Quran it is called صورة النعم صورة النعم صورة النعم means it is it is a surah that mentions the النعم of Allah وطبارك و تعالى and this surah is صورة النحل صورة النحل it is called صورة النعم if you look at the first النعم that Allah mentions is what النعم of لا إله لله الله سيد أتها أمر الله فلا تستعجلوا سبحانه وتعالى عما يشركون ينزلو الملائيةって بالرحب من أمره أن أنذيروا أنه لا إله إلا أنى و posture Allah ستعتفوه سبحانه وتعالى عما يشركون ينزلو الملائية بالرحب من أمره عما يشاء من عباده اللهم يخبرون أنه يخبرون الناس ماذا؟ لا إلهي لله و لذلك هو الأشياء اللهم يساعدوننا يقول الله في صورة الحدورات و لكن الله حبب إليكم الإيمانة و زيناه في قلوبكم و كررها إليكم الكفرة والفصوقة والأصيان أولئك هم الراشيدون فضلا من الله و نعمة والله عليم الحكيم فضلا من الله و نعمة و نعمة إسلام فضلا من الله سبحانه وتعالى فبالتالي سوف أقول يمرون عليك أن أسلموا قل لا تمرون علي إسلامكم بل الله يمرون عليكم أن أهداكم للإيمان إذا كنتم صادقين يمرون عليك أن أسلموا هل أنت كنت تقول أني أحبك لا الله يصحبك بإمانك و أنت يحبك بإمان إسلام هذا هو فبالتالي ورلى الله عليه وسلم انه اليوم اكملت لكم ديناكم today I have completed your religion for you واتممت عليكم نعمتي and I have established my blessing onto you what is it that he was talking about that day what blessing is it that الله completed for the believers then نعمة الإسلام the message of islam so this is the greatest blessing that a person can be given and it's from the greatest نعم و لذلك ابن رجب الرحمة الله he says in his كتاب كلمة الإخلاص وتحقيقه معناه page 53 he says كلمة التوحيد لها فضائل عظيبة لا يمكنها ونستقصائها كلمة التوحيد لا إلى الله has many virtues he said it's not possible for somebody to bring all of its virtues together you wrote a whole book in it and look what he says وفي هذه فهذا فرم its virtues is آية اول ما عدد على عباده من النعم في صورة النعم التي تسمى صورة صورة النحن و رجب says that from the virtues of لا إله إلا الله and كلمة التوحيد is what that when Allah was naming the blessings of his slaves he started with the blessing of صورة لا إله إلا الله صورة النحن و لها القالب العيينة because of that صفيانب العيينة said ما أنا عم الله على عبد من العباد الله has not bestowed upon a slave from his slaves نعمة a blessing أعظم أم عرفهم لا إله إلا الله greater than the fact that he allowed them to know what لا إله إلا الله means صفيان العيينة said that there is not a blessing that Allah has bestowed upon his slaves greater than the fact that he has allowed them to what he has allowed them to know what لا إله إلا الله means it's the greatest thing that you've been given that many of the people you see today don't have that blessing you have that blessing the Prophet's uncle didn't get that blessing أبو طالب and the Prophet really wanted him to take Islam إنك لا تهدي من أحبابة ولكن الله يهدي من يشاء الله wanted sorry the Prophet wanted his uncle to be guided but his uncle wasn't guided to Islam Allah gave it to you the third point that sheikh says so we have to fuel that brothers a student of knowledge every day you wake up the one of the things that you're happy about is the fact that you're still a Muslim and it really brings joy to you and happiness and you're also happy that Allah made you Subhanahu و تعالى from the people who understood the sunnah it's also something that you're happy about these are from the blessings of Allah Subhanahu و تعالى upon us the third point that the sheikh mentions is أن يكون قلبك مملوءا بتعظيم الله عز وجل حتى يكون في نفسك أعظم شيء و باجتماع محبة الله تعالى وتعظيمه في قلبك تستقيموا على طاعته قائمة بما أمر بما أمر به لمحبني محبتك إياه تاركا لما نهى عنه لتعظيمك له الشيخ رحمه الله يسيز أن يكون قلبك مملوءا that your heart is filled with what بتعظيم الله of the veneration of Allah عز وجل حتى يكون في نفسك أعظم شيء until Allah becomes the greatest thing in your heart so another thing that you need to focus on is that Allah is the greatest thing in your heart that Allah fills your heart Subhanahu و تعالى you fill your heart with Allah تعالى is glorification and Allah تعالى is veneration و بجتباع محبة الله combining the love of Allah وتعظيمه and the venerating of Allah في قلبك in your heart تستقيموا على طاعته will allow you to be steadfast upon his obedience so these two look loving him Subhanahu و تعالى and venerating him those two things those two components are going to bring about for you those two he says شيخ رحمه و تعظيمه في قلبك تستقيموا على طاعته you will be steadfast upon his obedience قائمة بما أمرك به and you will be standing up to what he has commanding you to do لما حبتك إياه because of the love that you have for him تاريكا لما نهاع عنه لتعظيمك له and you're also going to leave off that which he prohibited you from because of your honor the veneration and the honoring that you have for him so when you do something you're doing it out of love for him and when you stay away from something you're doing it out of love تعظيم له veneration of Allah تعالى الشيخ منشف ذا رحمه الله تعالى and those are things that a person needs Allah combines them both in one آية but in one place in صورة الحجر he says نبع عبادي أني أنا الغفور الرحيم و أن عذابي هو العذاب والأليم نبع ينفوم عبادي my slaves نبع عبادي أني أنا الغفور الرحيم tell my slaves that I am one who is forgiving one who is merciful to his creation tell them and inform them of this محمد and also inform them of و أن عذابي that my punishment is what هو العذاب والأليم it's a severe punishment i can destroy you so if these two things are filled in your heart محبة الله the love of Allah is in your heart this when it fills your heart تسوقك إلى طاعته this automatically pushing to obeying الله تعالى and then you go to do فعلا برداتي everything that is pleasing to him and also و التعظيم لهم and also when you are venerating him and glorifying him what will it do to you it will prevent you and stop you from what علي الوغوء فيه معاصي to fall into sinning and disobeying him سبحانه وتعالى and to come with what ما نهى وتعالى عباده عنه and to stay away from that which he Allah تعالى وتعالى prohibitive is laid from you stay away from it point number four that the sheikh mentions أن تكون مخلص له جل وعلا that you're sincere for الله تعالى you're a what a person who is sincere full of sincerity في عباداتك متوكلا عليه في جبيئة حواليكة you are one who relies on him سبحانه وتعالى in all of your affairs why are you doing all of that so you can fulfill the station of you can fill that station you can come with it and you also bring it present in your heart تيثانا لأمره that you are coming with in that which he has commanded you to come with because he commanded you to come with it وتترك ما نهى عنه and that you're also leaving off ما نهى عنه that which Allah prohibited from you امتثانا لنهيه following his prohibition and he's come on and staying away from this فإنك بذلك because in that you are when you do that you'll find the sweetness of which you will not attain through heedlessness and in all your matters you will find help you will never attain if you only rely on yourself the slave needs two things as the sheikh mentions here the person needs اخلاص and the person needs توقل that's what Allah says it's surah to hoot Allah says and rely on him سبحانه وتعالى and as you all know the prophet he said something he said إحرص strive enough which is going to benefit you you come with the effort of striving and then what do you do you know you can't do it your efforts are only going to take you to a particular limit but then after that what do you do واستعلم واستعلم بالله seek help and aid from him الله سبحانه وتعالى لباب مسلم ولذلك ابن قيم in his kitab مدارج الساليكين يسأل وكثيرا الما كنت أسمع شيخه الإسلام إبن وطايمية تقدس الله روحة ابن وطقيم سال اللقط تلعيسته here ابن وطايمية say ابن وطايمية is the student of ابن وطايم sorry the sheikh of ابن وطايم ابن وطايم is the student of ابن وطايمية and ابن وطايمية is the teacher of ابن وطايم ابن وطايم he said my teacher شيخه الإسلام وطايمية he said a lot that i used to hear him say this إياك نعبوده ابن وطايمية say this إياك نعبوده تدفع الرياه إياك نعبوده it deflects and pushes away showing off وإياك نستاعين وإياك نستاعين it pushes and deflects تدفعه كبل إياه arrogance if the person says إياك نعبوده oh wallah you we worship this is what it gets rid of showing off because you're doing it for who's sake because remember تقديمه محقود تأخير يفيد الحصق and then nobody else to be worshiped except you this is إخلاص إياك نستاعين means i don't seek help from anybody else in other words you're admitting you need help it gets rid of arrogance arrogance is a person who's full of himself ابن وطايم said i'm not that i used to hear sheikh of islam and ibن وطايمية say that so the slave is a very great need of إخلاص انا توقل إخلاص which is what sincerity and اتوقل is to rely on him because wallah there's nothing you can attain in this world if he doesn't support you and aid you so wallah aids you that you will learn if wallah supports you you will reach what you're looking for then sheikh رحمة الله he moves on to a second point now which is مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم we finished allah now he's moved on to the prophet he's now going to mention things that are a student of knowledge or a believer generally speaking to be honest should come with in regards to the prophet عليه صلى الله عليه وسلم the sheikh says the first one is that you give presidents you give presidents to love of the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم over the love of all creation you give presidents to his guidance و سنةه and his way over every guidance and every way you give the prophet guidance و لذلك the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he said when lady left his hand I swear by the lord in which my soul is in his hand لا يومنو أحدكم that one of you is not a true believer or one of you is not a believer حتى أقول أحبة until I become more beloved to him من واليده then his parents و والدي and his children و الناس اجمعين and all of the people that the prophet becomes more beloved to you than what that the prophet becomes beloved to you عليه صلى الله عليه وسلم he becomes beloved to you than your parents he becomes more beloved to you than your children he becomes beloved to you than everyone when الناس اجمعين you're not a believer rather that's not enough that alone itself is not enough and he knows it's sufficient بل إضافة إلى ما تقدم we have to add on what we just previously mentioned which is you have to even love him more than yourself the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he said in a hadith an Imam al-Mukhari narrated that عمر ربي الله تعالى عنه he said أنت أحب إلي من كل شيء or messenger of Allah you are more beloved to me than everything إلا من نفسي except myself قال صلى الله عليه وسلم the prophet said to Abu Omar لا أول الذي نفسي بيدي لا I swear by the moon in which my soul is in its hand حتى أكونا لا أعمر until I become أحب إليك بنفسك until I may be Allah Muhammad become more beloved to you than your own نفس