 وأقول في القرآن ما جاءت به آياته فهو الكاريم المنزالو وأقول قال الله جل جلالوه والمصطف الهادي ولا أتأوّالو الحمد لله رب العالمين له الحمد الحسن والثناء الجميل وأشد أن لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له وأشد أن سيدنا ونبينا محمد صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وأصحابه والتابعين لهم بحسان إلى يوم الدين أما بعد إن شاء الله تعالى today we're going to cover and go over the كتاب السير إلى الله والدار الآخرة The journey to Allah and the hereafter this book is written by a great Imam is written by a great scholar his name is الشيخ العلمة عبد الرحمن بن ناصر السعدي ورحمه الله before we talk about the book let's talk about the This book or these lines of poetry that we're going to cover is written by عبد الرحمن بن ناصر بن عبد الله بن رحمد آل سعدي رحمه الله and some scholars they say سعدي both is said سعدي and سعدي the sheikh was born in a place called عينيزا من أعمال القصين it falls under قصين and he was born in the Islamic calendar the 12 of محرم سنة ألف وثلاث مئة وسبع للهجرة 1307 that's when he was born 1307 هجرية the sheikh he grew up في كنة في واليدهي in the household of his father تربية صالحة he had a good upbringing his tarbiyah was very good لكن الله سبحانه وبر الله took away his father from him قبل أن يبلغا before he could reach سعدي the age of 10 before he reached the age of 10 his father passed away so he lived after that under the care of his oldest brother حمد حمد took care of him but hamed was a wise man a righteous man فوجههو he directed him towards Islamic knowledge and the religion of Allah سبحانه وتعالى he aided him he supported him so the sheikh رحمه الله had an older brother that played the role of his of his father the sheikh رحمه الله he took knowledge from great scholars from them is الشيخ إبراهيم ابنو حمد ابنو حمد ابنو جاسر he took from him تفسير حديث and مصطلح الحديث he also took knowledge from الشيخ محمد ابن عبد الكريم ابنو ابراهيم ابنو صالح الشيبن and he took from him فق and the Arabic language he also took knowledge from الشيخ صالح ابنو عثمان ابنو حمد ابنو ابراهيم من القاضي and he took from him التوحيد and other than that he also took knowledge from الشيخ ابراهيم ابنو صالح ابنو ابراهيم القحطاني he took from him توحيد and he also took knowledge from الشيخ محمد الأمين محمود الشانكيغطيه he took from him تفسير حديث and Arabic language the sheikh رحمه الله his role was a person used to give reminders لأكتر he used to leave his masjid and he used to sit down to do fatwas so he was a وعب a person who had effect on people's hearts and he was an Imam so he used to leave the prayer well if that and he was a Mufti meaning he used to give fatwa in قصيم people would come to him رحمه الله and he was also a person who's very مرسفل very very merciful kind and generous they said one day he came into the masjid and I lived in قصيم for a period of time when قصيم gets cold he gets cold it gets very cold if you don't have the right clothing for it so he came into the masjid and he saw a poor man in the masjid frozen cold shivering and so what the sheikh did was he took off his upper garment and he shrouded it around the poor man and he رحمه الله sat down away from him so it was that type of person very very kind and very soft رحمه الله he wrote many books his books have now passed 20 something volumes they published it all together his رسائل and his works his past 20 something volumes but from the well-known books that he's wrote written is بهجة قلوب العبرار 99 حديث he gathered from the جوامع الكلم the Prophet ﷺ comprehensive speech حديث which are very little in wording but very powerfully meaning what he did was he took 99 حديث he brought them together and then he explained it they explained it in that book of his بهجة قلوب العبرار he also has a little تعليقات on the book written by ابن القيم الكافية والشافية في الانتصار اللي الفرقة الناجية he has a little تعليقات little commentary points on it he has an explanation on the كتاب العقيدة الواسطية and he called it he also wrote one of the greatest تفسير of the Quran rather in some of his تفسير words and things that he bought out from the ayat you may not find it from any other person except him and his تفسير book is تيسير الكريم الرحمن في تفسير الكلم المنان and Alhamdulillah recently it came out published I think 10 volumes right in the English language recently it came out the international published house they've wrote it out the fifth book that I want to mention that he also published was known as منهج الساليكين a small book in فق and this book of his منهج الساليكين is a كتاب حقيقة very strong in دليل he's a quala very strong in دليل and the sheikh was really affected by the works of شيخ الاسلام تيميا and ابن القيم he loved those two to the extent that his words they were similar to the words of ابن القيم he has a two volume book where they gathered all of his فتاوة where they called it this sheikh he's the teacher of شيخ محمد ابن صالح العثيمين he's the teacher of who شيخ محمد ابن صالح العثيمين ابن عثيمين learned from him and ابن عثيمين رحمه الله he said that he was the one that affected me the most in his تربية in his اخلاق in everything about him and also his knowledge و لذلك شيخ ابن عثيمين said one time I left قصيم when they opened the university جامعة الرياض they opened the ma'hat side they opened the institute side and so شيخ ابن عثيمين said I moved from قصيم and I came to the university جامعة الرياض the ma'hat side I enrolled, I came but in my heart I felt so bad that I left behind my teacher شيخ ابن رحمه الناصل السعدي and so he said I came to the classroom and then a man came in who was wearing flip flops you know very simple clothing was not appealing he came and he sat down and he started to explain and then he said as soon as he came in I looked and I said why did I leave my teacher for why did I leave سعدي for this man but do you know who this man was it was محمد الأمين رحمه الله it's the author of the كتاب عضوع البيان he said he spoke and he opened his mouth and he started to explain the derse he said my jaw dropped whatever topic we went in with him it was like he was that was his subject رحمه الله so شيخ ابن عثيم رحمه الله he took knowledge from who عبد الرحمن ناصل السعدي رحمه الله he died رحمه الله قبل طلوع الفجري he died before فجر on a Thursday when it was the 23rd of جماد الأخرة جماد الأخرة when the year was 1376 before he reached the age of 70 so he died at the age of 60 69 he died at the age of 69 his life can be found in many books one of the best books that you can find is علماء النجد by بسام مشاهير علماء النجد by قاذي الأعلام by زركلي معجم المؤلفين by للكلاحة or روضة النظرين by الشيخ القاذي رحمه الله this book that we have in front of us that we are going to cover today إن شاء الله وتعالى all of it it's a book that he wrote when he was only 23 years old he only wrote it when he was ستة وعشرين عامة it was 23 years of age رحمه الله so if we calculate it now roughly this book is over 90 years ago 95 90 90 90 to 95 years ago this book was written the شيخ wrote it رحمه الله وتعالى this book the reason I chose it is because it's a منظومة أخلاقية تربوية it talks about أخلاق منز it's a book for heart softening it talks about عمادة it talks about loving Allah it talks about turning back to Allah and repenting to him it talks about how a person should carry themselves and the way that they should be and knowledge like this there's no place better than to take it from the words of the great scholars those who lived and those who live now the author started by saying سعيدة happy are those سعيدة اللذينة تجنبوا صبول الرداء happy are those who avoid the destructive parts they stay away from it and what do they do in return وَتَيَمَّ مُولِي مَنَازِلِ الْرِضْوَانِ and they aim for the stations of Allah's pleasure سبحانه وتعالى in other words they turn away from the parts of destruction and they go to the parts that are pleasing to Allah they turn away from the path of Shaytan and they turn to the path of عباد الرحمن the states of Allah سبحانه وتعالى they stay away from the path of جحيمة they have fire and they go to the path of جنة they stay away from sins and shortcomings and errors they stay away from it and they come with righteous actions they protect their hearts they protect their tongues and they protect their limbs عن المحرامات the things which are haram also they protect their tongues and their hearts and their limbs from the المكروهات the things Allah disliked سبحانه وتعالى what do they busy themselves with وشغلوه and they busy themselves with بفعلي الواتبات والمستحبات and I want you to always remember this if you don't busy yourself with the obligatory things and the voluntary things your body and mind will busy you with the prohibitive things and the disliked things always remember that if you don't preoccupy yourself with the things that are obligatory on you the mandatory things or if you finish the mandatory things then busy yourself with the voluntary things if you don't your body will busy itself or your mind and your nafs will busy itself with either the محرامات or the مكروهات so these people what they understood was they preoccupied themselves with what the واجبات the things that were obligatory on them and the مستحبات and so because they're always occupied the mind doesn't have what it doesn't have the desire to go and do anything else سبحان الله here I was reading the biography of the great scholars of this time of this ummah I mean not this time but this ummah and that was the great imam ابن قدام المقدسي and his brother his cousin ابن عبد الواحد المقدسي this time I'll mention a female the other sister called مينة مينتي محمد she was the sister of the scholar ابن قدام المقدسي she was his sister she was his what she was his sister she's the sister of the author that wrote 30 volume book they said that she was a scholar an imam in her own self she was an imam in قراءات and etc على كل حال they said one of the great scholars his name is called ضياء الدين المقدسي رحمة الله he said I traveled with her the reason why I traveled with her is that he was married to her daughter and ضياء الدين المقدسي was called محديث الشام the محديث الشام امام عالم عبد الواحد ابن محمد his name was so he said I traveled with her and he said والله ما رأيته by Allah I never saw رجولا او امراءة مثلها a man or woman like her no man or no woman have I ever seen like her and I swear by Allah he said I don't believe that that journey that we were on that the angels wrote anything against her any shortcomings the reason is because she was busy with her ذكر so she busied herself with that which is beneficial for her سعيدة الذين تجنبوا صبول الرداء وتيما مولي منازل الربواني now they come with two strong points and that is what they are ones who are sincere in transversing the path or traveling to Allah they are sincere in that the path they are going to Allah is they do all of this for Allah there is no one else in their hearts they all mean this everything for Allah the author is going to mention it later حركاتهم واسوكوا حركاتهم is going to mention that to you later their movements their speech everything is only for Allah they don't do anything to please anyone to get a reputation from anyone to be praised يفكين بالأحد يجب أن يخلص كلهم لأنهم يعرفون العائلة وما أميروا إلا ليعبد الله مخلصين له الدينة حنفاء ويقيموا الصلاة ويبتوزكاتا وذلك ديم القيما هذا هو الوصول على الواقع هذا هو الواقع الله يحب إنسان هذا هو الأول يأتي الأول يأتي هو المتابعة كل شيء يريدون أن يدعون يساعدون المجرد من this يجب أن يدعون هذا فهم الذين أخلصوا فيه مشيهم متشرعين بشرعة الإيماني هؤلاء الذين يتبعون ذلك كل محاولة التي تريدون إذا لم تفعلها مع سانسيرتي ولم تتبعون المسنجة فيها لا تتبعون الله سبحانه وتعالى فمن كان يرجو لقاء ربه فليعمل عملا صالحا ولا يشرك بعبادة ربه أحد ابن كتير said when he came to that ayah that this ayah is referring to anyone who wants Allah and the day of judgment these are the two things Allah mentioned in that ayah in accordance to how the prophet did it and sincerity once you do your action based on that then and only sincerity and in accordance to the sunnah will it be accepted so they are people who have sincerity and they also are in accordance to the way that the prophet did it نعم they are a people in all of their affairs مستصحبين وملازمين للخوف والرجع everything that they do everything that they say they are always fearful and they are what scared and hopeful they are fearful and they are hopeful every situation they are in why are they scared but what makes them scared and what brings hope to them they are scared when they look at themselves pay attention when they look at themselves and they look at their shortcomings in the right of Allah they get scared like why why have I done this so remember when you look at yourself when you look at your shortcomings you're looking at Allah says in the ayah وَلَوْ يُعَخِذُ اللَّهُ النَّاسَ if Allah was to grab the people every time that they did a sin every time we done a mistake if Allah was to grab us ما يترك على ظهرها من دابة Allah will never have left anyone on the face of this earth how merciful he is he's letting you live after you've committed crimes you went against what he told you so when they look at themselves they get scared and then when they look at Allah and his blessings and how merciful he is and how kind he is now they start to receive hope so those are the two things that they have they have fear and they also have hope the fear comes to them when they look at themselves and their own actions and how they're falling short and they become happy hopeful when they look at Allah and how kind he is and how generous he is also when they ponder over Allah's names Allah has names like justice or characteristics which is justice Allah is عدل عادل he's just سبحانه وتعالى when they look at that characteristics they know from the justice of Allah is anyone who commits a crime he deserves to be punished when they look at that they become scared and when they look at his names like merciful, kind, generous they become very hopeful so whatever they do they are either scared or they are fearful or they are fearful or they are hopeful anyone who just takes one and leaves the other one will always fall short in their actions وليذاليكس some of the groups they came and they only took one characteristics and they abandoned the other one the Muslim should take all of that he should be scared of Allah he should hope from Allah and we'll see the other one coming and the other one إن شاء الله تعالى the author is going to mention it now that you have love those are the three that you need fear hope and what love if that's balanced out you will definitely get to Allah and the journey that's what the book is called journey that's where you reach your journey your destination the author he says وهم اللذين ملأ الإله قلوبهم their hearts have become filled up with the love of Allah they love him they are excessively in love with him the person who is in love with Allah تعالى the way that you know he loves Allah is his heart is connected to the one he loves he's connected to it سبحانه وتعالى so he doesn't sit in a gathering he's not in a particular place except that he's talking about the one he loves the poet he said there was a man he was in love with a woman and then he said وقبلو ذالجداري وذالجداري I kissed this wall and I kissed this wall وما الجدار وشفقنا قلبي but it's not the love of the walls that have filled my heart ولك اللي من سكنا دياري the person who used to live in these walls is the one I love you see so the person who's in love whose heart is full of love and he's in love he's always going to talk about the one he loves he can't stop it however much he wants because he's in love فإن تكلم تكلم بالله if he speaks he speaks for Allah تبارك وتعالى وإن سكت سكت للله if he's silent he's silent for Allah تبارك وتعالى وإن تحرك فالله if he moves he moves for Allah's sake وإن سكنا فله if he's calm and he doesn't move he does it for Allah تبارك وتعالى all of that is based on the love that he has for his Lord الله سبحانه وتعالى the question here is how can one attain that love what is the if the goal is to gain love then how can one attain that love how can one receive it the author is going to mention it in the next line how to gain the love of Allah تبارك وتعالى this is the way to gain the love of Allah and that is zikr remembering him سبحانه وتعالى all the time وهم الذين they are the ones أكثر من ذكره they are always remembering him سبحانه وتعالى في السر when they are private والإعلان and when they are in public and they are in front of the people they are always what they are always remembering him سبحانه وتعالى this is truly a منزلة منزلة شريفة this is a high station which is to always remember Allah الله سبحانه وتعالى قران يا يولدين آمنوا those of you who believe who would call Allah remember Allah ذكرا كثيرا remember Allah تبارك وتعالى a lot وسبحوه بكرة وأصيلا and exalt him سبحانه وتعالى a man came to the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he said to the prophet إن شارائي على الإسلام قد كثورة علي the legislations of the religion has become too much he is a simple man he can't keep up with all of these issues so he said all the message of Allah and the legislations and the issues related to the religion are too much I can't keep up with it I don't know all of these intrinsic details I don't know all of that for all sinia advise me with something I'm a simple man just something I can hold on to the messenger then said to him لا يزالوا الإساءة نكاء رطبا من ذكر الله don't let your tongue drive from the remembrance of Allah the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he said إننا ذا حديث سبق المفردون مفردون have passed everybody else they are the Sahabas they said وَمَلْ مُفْرْدُونَ who are the مفردون or messenger of Allah and the prophet said الذاكرون الله كثيرا و الذاكرات they are the ones who remember Allah they are the men who remember Allah a lot and the female who remember Allah a lot they passed everyone else they might physically be with you but they are not they are not with you you might think they are walking around you but their levels and their stations that they are moving is great which he called منهج الحق he summarized some of the benefits some of the benefits that are in dhikr I'm going to read it on you إن شاء الله تعالى and we'll explain that book another time he says وَكُن ذاكِرَ اللَّهِ فِي كُلْ لِحَالَةٍ فَلَيْسَ لِذِكِرِ اللَّهِ وَقْتُنْ مُقَيَّدُ فَذِكْرُ إِلَاهِ الْعَرْشِ سِرَّن وَمُعْلَنَى يُزِيلُ الشَّقَا وَالْهَمَّاًكَ وَيَتُرُدُهُ وَإِيَتِكَ الْوَسْوَاسُ يَوْمًا يُشَرَّدُهُ فَقَدْ أَخْبَرَ المُخْتَارُ يَوْمًا لِصَحْبِهِ بِأَنَّ كَثِيرَ الْذِكْرِ فِي السَّبْقِ مُفْرِدُهُ وَوَالْصَّى مُعَاذًا يَسْتَعِينُ إِلَاهَهُ عَلَا ذِكْرِ وَالْشُكْرِ بِالْحُسْنِ يَعْبُدُهُ وَأُوْصَالِ شَخْسٍ قَدْ أَتَالِ نَصِيْحَةٍ وَقَدْ كَانَ فِي حَمْلِ الشَّرَائِعِ يُجْهَدُهُ بِأَلَّمْ يَزَرَّتْ بَالْلِسَانُ كَهَا بِهِ تُعِينُ عَلَا كُلِّ الْأُمُورِ وَتُسْعِدُهُ وَأَخْبَرَ أَنَّ الْذِكْرَ غَرْسٌ لِأَلِهِ بِجَنَّاتِ عَدِنٍ وَالْمَسَاكِنُ تُمْهَدُ وَأَخْب بَقَابِ جَنْبِهِ وَيَنْقَطِعُ التَكْلِيفُ حِيناً يُخَلَّدُهُ وَلَوْ لَمْ يَكْنْ فِي ذِكْرِهِ غَيْرُ أنَّهُ طريقٌ إِلَا حُبِّ الإِلَا يُوَ مُرْشِدُهُ وَيَنْهَلْفَتَ عَنْغِيبَةٍ وَنَمِيمَةٍ وَعْنْ كُلِّ قَولِ الدِّيانِ مُفسِدُهُ وَيَنْهَلْفَتَ عَنْغِيبَةٍ وَنَمِيمَةٍ وَعْنْ كِنَّنا من جهلنا قَلَّ ذِكْرُنا كما قَلَّ منَّا لِلَا هِتْتْتَعَبُدُهُ he says رحمه الله وكن دا كِنًا بِوَنْ who remembers Allah a lot في كل حالة في كل situation فليس لذكر الله for the remembrance of Allah there is no restricted time for it فذكر إله العرشي سرًا ومعلنى remember Allah in private and in public يُزيل الشقى it will remove from you the disease of the heart depression, sadness, anxieties also being from the people of the hellfire it will protect you from that يُزيل الشقى والحم عنك ويطلدوا ويجلبوا للخيراتي it will bring your way good so much good that you are looking for it will bring it your way وإن يأتيك الوسواس يوماً you shall redo whispers if it comes to you just do the dhikr it will all go it won't last فقد أخبر المخطار ونبي الله محمد has told us يوماً one day للصحبي to the companions بأن كثيرا دكري في السرق مفردو تستحليتها I read سبق المفردون he told these companions that the ones who remember Allah a lot have passed everybody else ووصى معاداً حين ووصى معاداً the messenger advised Muad يستعينوا إلهه Muad did the Prophet not come to him when he said to him يا Muad إني لا أحبك Muad I love you فلا تدعنا do not leave off after every Salat you say اللهمة اللهمة إني على ذكرك وشكرك وحسن عبادتك that's what he's talking about here ووصى معاداً ووصى معاداً يستعينوا إلهه على ذكره وشكري بالحسن يعبدوا ووصى لشخص the Prophet advised a man he said قد أتاه لنصيحة a man who came for advice who said to him the religion is too much for me I can't do it الشيخ has said to you the Prophet advised him to do dhikr he said to him بأن لم يزل رطباً لسانك هادي so let this tongue of yours become dry from the remembrance of Allah سبحانه وتعالى تعينوا على كل الأمور وتسعيدوا it will help you your happiness will be connected to it وأخبره the Prophet told us أن ذكره غرسوا لأهلي the Prophet told us that every time you make dhikr it's like you're planting into this into this into Jannah the dhikr is the flowers that have been made in your garden in Jannah the Prophet told us عليه الصلاة والسلام و أخبره أن الله يذكروا عبده that when you make so much dhikr الله will remember you in a better place than where you are و أخبره أن ذكر يبقى and he also told us that the remembrance of Allah will remain forever ولو لم يكن في ذكره غيرا أنه the sheikh then said if there was no other benefit in the remembrance of Allah there was no benefit in it except what غيرا أنه طريق that is the path إلى حب الإله in the love of Allah و مرشدون and it's the thing to guide you و ينه and it will also prevent you from الفتا عن غيبة و نمي متين if you busy yourself with dhikr it will prevent you from backbiting tell bearing و عن كل قولي ليد ديالة مفسدو and everything that can harm your religion if you just do dhikr you busy yourself with it you won't you won't see yourself talking about unnecessary stuff so this is إن شاء الله تعالى some of the benefits و لذلك I advise you all if you can buy the kitab written by ابن القيم it's called الواب للصيب ابن القيم mentions 70 benefits of dhikr 70 benefits in the dhikr of Allah سبحانه و تعالى شاكو لسامتين he said something very powerful about dhikr it's an adhikr للقلبي مثل الماء لسمكي the dhikr is for the heart like the water is for the fish فكيف يكون حال السمكي how is the situation of the fish going to be إذا فارق الماء if he leaves the water he will die so will yohad die و لذلك ابن القيم also said و حضرت شيخ الإسلام ابن تيمية مرة تنصل الفجرات ابن القيم said one day I came ابن القيم is saying one day I came to شيخ الإسلام من تيميا he prayed Salatul Fajr ثم جلس يذكر الله and he remained in his place doing dhikr إلى قريب من تصاف النهاري until half of the day ثم التفت إليه ثم التفت إليه then he looked at me و قاله إذا ستمي هادي غدوتي this is my breakfast و لو لم أتغده هذا الغداء سقطت قوتي this is my breakfast if I don't do this I become weak and I will drop و لذلك one of the things that شيخ الإسلام تيمية was seen was that when he fought with the Tatar he was more physically stronger than everybody else even though he wasn't a person he used to eat much as إبن القيم said I could only interpret that to mean that he was a man who was excessive in his dhikr the physical strength that he had رحمه الله نعم الشيخ رحمه الله he said they get closer to Allah تبارك وتعالى in doing righteous actions the first thing that you can get closer to Allah is number one do the obligatory things don't think about voluntary first start with the obligatory things because of the hadith وما تقر بإليه عبدي بشيء أحب إليه من مفتراته عليه the thing that Allah loves and that is pleasing to Him and that should be number one is that which is made obligatory on you ولا يزال عبدي يتقرب إليه بالنوافل and then the نوافل comes the voluntary act comes it comes after first and foremost is what? it is the obligatory things نعم they are people their life is between obligatory acts and voluntary acts فعلوا الفرائضي وان نوافل يدابهم معرؤية التقصير وان نقصاني they do فعلوا الفرائض they do the obligatory and they do the voluntary and guess what? they still see themselves to be deficient they're like I haven't done anything may Allah forgive me وليداركة the day of judgment the angels who Allah created in the state of prostration Allah created them in state of prostration it will be said that the day of judgment they will raise their heads and they will look at Allah تبارك وتعالى they will move from that position that they've never moved from and they will say سبحانك الله هم they say exalted you are our Lord ما عبدناك حق عبادتك we have not worshipped you the way you deserve to be the way you deserve to be worshipped that's what they would say first thing that they say they raise up from their head and the first thing that they say is oh Allah we have not worshipped you the way that you you deserve to be worshipped and then these people they come with actions obligatory acts voluntary acts ما عذالكة with that said they see themselves to be deficient they don't think they've done anything they're crying at night weeping asking Allah for forgiveness and in the daytime they are fasting they are praying their salawat in جماعة فعلوا الفرائضي والنوافذي دقبهم doing the obligatory acts and the voluntary act is there that means they're norms they're norms it's normal for them it's like breathing معروعية تقصير والنقصاني and they still see that they are deficient and they are not to the standard that was needed from them and so they blame themselves always they're blaming themselves why don't you do this why don't you correct yourself ولي دالكة some of the salaf it was said when they used to pray قيامون ليل they used to have a stick next to their themselves and so whenever the legs would stop standing they would take the stick and they would hit their legs and they would say to their legs قوم قوم stand up do you want to compete with محمد and his companions in جنة look what they're looking at like with me brothers they've done all of that and they're still going they're still seeing themselves to be deficient and that they haven't سفيان ابن سفيان الثوري مع إمامته how high he was in level all the good that he's done when he was on his deathbed he أخذة تبراة من الأرضي he took a little twig of the earth and then he said رحمه الله I just wish I could be like this that Allah could forgive me I'm just nothing for you know just Allah forgives me for everything I did أبو بكر ردي الله عنوين what did he say I wish I was a ram that a family slaughtered me and ate me and then I didn't come the day of judgment no accountability nothing just I was left alone I just wish that could be my case فعل الفرائض والنواف لدعبهم مع رؤية تقصير والنقصاني نعم they came with patience they're very patient people the word patience it means حبس نفسي is to prison the nefs it is to imprison your nefs and then it's to drag your nefs to what it doesn't like that's what patience is is to prison your nefs and then it's to drag it to which it does not like but rather what is pleasing to Allah سبحانه وتعالى the patience is three types and they come with all three types of patience first type of patience is patience in doing that which is pleasing to Allah تبارك وتعالى those things which are hard for them to do to get up for freedom to do all of this might be hard for them they come with it they also come with the second type of patience which is to be patient from the sins which the nefs wants and the nefs is calling them to they're patient from it and they are also patient from the calamities that are thrown at them the calamities that they go through they are patient from it that's what they come with الشيخ رحمه الله he said نزلوا بمنزلة الرضا فهم بها these people are a station higher patience on the calamities that before you is a powerful station but to be pleased with it is a high station to be pleased with the calamity it's another level this is where they go these people move the station up نزلوا بمنزلة الرضا they've reached a point where they are pleased with everything الله puts them through they're pleased with it they're happy you see فهم بها قد أصبحوا في جنة وأماني so they've become what they are in paradise if you're pleased with everything الله does to you your heart is content you're not going to tackle and argue with the qadr the ones who are they have depression and stress and anxiety is the one who's not content with what his creator has said for him these people are pleased they're happy when they informed about it they are happy ولي داليكة some of the scholars they called the station of الرضا they called it جنة الدنيا it's the جنة of the دنيا ومصطراح العبدين and it's where the comfort of the worshippers of Allah find they're very happy whatever Allah is pleased with is what they are pleased with نعم they come with another station of gratitude they are people who have gratitude that's in their heart and then it manifests on their limbs because شكور is not just what's in your heart it's also on your tongue and it's also on your limbs so they show gratitude in those three places brothers how do they do it in their hearts they believe ها يد من عند الله this is from Allah عز و جلم they also mention it on their tongue وَأَمَّا بِنْ عُمَةِ رَبِّكَ أَشْ فَحَدِّث they talk about the blessings of their Lord they say Allah has blessed me with this and the third thing is they physically use that they physically use the blessings of Allah in that which is pleasing to Him you're not grateful to Allah to the blessings of Allah that He's given you if you're using it in that which He does not like in that which angers Him سبحانه وتعالى He's given you those eyes and you're using it for haram He's given you your ears and you're using it for haram He's given you this mouth and you're speaking with haram if you want to show gratitude use those limbs in that which is pleasing to Him سبحانه وتعالى نعم they come with two things التوقل على الله they come with توقل in Allah تبارك وتعالى the author has mentioned it here وَلِتْشْتِهَادُوا فِيطاعةِ اللَّهِ and the efforts in the obedience of their Lord سبحانه وتعالى pay attention توقل brother means two things توقل is when two things are found the first one is الاعتماد على الله it is that you rely on الله تبارك وتعالى you believe in Him you rely on Him you trust Him سبحانه وتعالى and then you also come with the efforts on the hard work you exert the effort on the hard work and you believe in الله تبارك وتعالى and you trust Him but if you sit back and you don't do anything that's not توقل توقل means that you believe in الله تبارك وتعالى you trust Him سبحانه وتعالى and you also are what? you exert in the effort on the hard work that's what they do صحيب التوكول في جميع أمورهم مع عبدلي جهدين في رضر رحماني and they exert their efforts to make Allah تبارك وتعالى happy every day they are looking for whatever is going to make their load الله سبحانه وتعالى happy نعم these people what they've done is عبدل إلهة they worshiped الله تبارك وتعالى على اعتقاضي حضوره like Allah is the one that they can see they worshiped الله like they can see Him and if they can't see Him they know He can see them and this is the level called what? الإحسان فتبوءوا في منزل الإحساني they have stayed at the station of إحسان and تعبد الله كأنك تراه you worship Allah as though you can see Him as the highest level if you can't فإن لم تكن تراه فإنه يراك if you can't see Him then Allah can see you سبحانه وتعالى that's how they live their life ولي ذلك some of the scholars they said that when Allah came to the when He comes to the ayah إن الله يأمر بالعدلي والإحسان Allah commands you عدل and إحسان what does it mean? العدل أن يستوي صريرتك وعلانيةك عدل means justice, fairness your private affairs and your public affairs is the same and إحسان is when your private affairs is more stronger than your public affairs that's the level they reach the إحسان إن الله يأمر بالعدلي والإحسان إحسان is when your private affairs it's unprecedented you are doing so much to yourself that's what these people are at night time when He enters they are to their Lord الله سبحانه وتعالى they turn towards Him their heart is present but they don't pray Salah and they're absent minded no عبدل إله على اعتقاده رضوره they're present they're aware of their Lord الله سبحانه وتعالى may Allah make us from those people نصحوا الخليقة they sincerely advise the people if they see evil they tell the people stay away from this evil في رضا محبو بهم because they want to please Allah anything in this world is happening that's not right that Allah is not happy with they advise the people because they know it's pleasing to Allah that things are rectified are you with me brothers again I just recently read a story and I told you about it the story of أبو عمر المقدسي رحمه الله you see أبو عمر المقدسي was said that he used to sincerely advise and he was a sincere advisor to the people to the extent that the leaders used to say هذ الرجل شريكن في ملكي this man has ownership with me in my lead kingdom the way he used to advise people he was a sincere advisor he would go to the creation of Allah and he would tell them stay away from this because all he wants to see is that which is going to make his Lord happy because he knows Allah doesn't like this and he angers him سبحانه وتعالى so he wants to rectify and correct all of that that's what the author says نصح الخليقة they advise the creation في رضا محمو بهم to please their Lord الله تبارك وتعالى but how do they do it بالعلم والإرشاد والإحسان they do it with knowledge and they guide in the best way and they do it with excellence you see صحب الخلاقة this is powerful brothers they befriend the people their bodies are with the people صحب الخلاقة بالجصوم وإنما أرواحهم في منزل فوقاني they're physically with the people but their souls it's just dwelling in jannah that's where they are really at you're talking to them but they're absent minded because they're just connected to their Lord الله سبحانه وتعالى that's all they're thinking about how can I make ajar how can I make reward I've seen with my eyes some people of knowledge every movement they were doing it's like a checklist for them they are working you know how someone's always trying to invest money this and that how we do in the dunya we want to invest and make money and how much profit I can make for him every day he wakes up that's what he's thinking about today what can I do how can I get this كل يوم every single day that's what he's thinking about you know he smiles in the Muslim brothers face he's aware of it we are even absent when we say to somebody جزاك الله خيرا وعليكم السلام we're absent minded because it doesn't have much value to us like in these people everything is a level it's the other side it's the other side so they're working very hard when others are not choosing to نعم the author رحمة الله he said they are a people they're always pondering over their own affairs they're always thinking about themselves like where have I once upon a time been where am I now where am I heading what's going wrong where do I why am I not why am I not perfecting my Eman why am I still struggling in these sins accountability that's what they consistently do they always count themselves they stop themselves and they say I need to think they observe their actions they want to think about what made the Eman increase what made the decrease the Eman decrease they always think about it the author then says عزف القلوبة عن الشواغي لكلها they took their hearts away from all of the things that preoccupy them قد فرغوها من سوى الرحمان the only person who they've made their heart for is Allah this heart of theirs everyone is outside it only Allah has it nothing else everything else for them is replaceable not Allah only Allah lives in their hearts سبحانه وتعالى حركاتهم their movements وهمومهم وعزم if you see them distressed it's because of that it's because of a good act they could have done today they missed they're like today I missed I missed the Jama'a I didn't make it in time this is what they worry about وعزومهم لله لا للخلق والشيوطان all of that is for Allah تبارك وتعالى in other words they are people who are aesthetic they're very aesthetic the dunya doesn't mean anything to them it holds no weight to them has no value to them you with me brothers ولي ذلك again the story I read أحمد محمد من القدامة is the father of the Magdisi the author of the 30 volumes that is his father he ran away from Bayt al-Maghdis and he came to Damascus when he came it was a long story of what happened to him like he made it to a masjid and the masjid the leader at that time some of you might know who he is نور الدينة زينكي رحمه الله نور الدينة زينكي was the leader at that time ونور الدينة زينكي came and visited أحمد محمد من القدامة in his masjid and he gave him the endowment the oqaf he placed it into his hand and he said do what you wish you know what he said he pushed it out and he said I didn't leave Bayt al-Maghdis لأنافسا الناس على دنياهم I didn't leave Bayt al-Maghdis so I can come here to compete with the people in the dunya that's not what I came here for I'm not here to compete with the people's dunya and he pushed it away and he left it رحمه الله and when he died they said he used to pray 72 rak'a every single day voluntary 72 rak'a voluntary every single day رحمه الله so the older he got he put his children in charge and he used to lock himself in a room and he would sit there with عبادة and dhikr and atkar and Quran and everything رحمه الله may Allah be pleased with all of them so the first thing they did is they disconnected their hearts from the dunya they got rid of this this dunya leave it get away from it go towards your akhirah what you work for this dunya let it be what can help you for your akhirah that's the truth of it نعم these are the type of people you want to be with these are the type of people you want to be friend brothers these are the type of people who are الصالحين الله تبارك وتعالى سليني آية أولئك الذين أنا عمل الله وعليهم من النبيين والصديقين والشهداء والصالحين وحسن أولئك رفيقة those are the best people to be in their company they're the people when you're with them they're going to put you through those stations and those levels الله أسأل I ask Allah تبارك وتعالى بأسماء الحسن وصفاته وصفاته العلا أن لا يحرمنا خيرا ما عنده من الإحسان والغفران بشر ما عندنا من التقصير بحقوقه والعسيان ويجعلوا خالس اللي وجه الكريم وسبب للفوز عنده في جنات النعيم والحمد لله رب العالمين أولا وآخرا وظاهرا وباطنة حمدا كثيرا مبارك فيه كما ينبغي لكرم وجه وعزي جلاله سبحانك اللهم أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله أستغفرك وتبني