 رحمة الله وبركاته بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والصلاة والسلام وعلى سيدنا وحبيه بنا وشفه عنا وقائدنا وقرأة عيون إلى سجدنا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم يا ربنا لك الحمد كما ينبغي لجلال وجه كما عظيم سلطانك اللهم افتح علينا فتح العارفين اللهم علمنا ما ينفعنا وانفعنا بما علمتنا يا رحم الرحمن today insha Allah we will be starting a new series of the حديث القدسي so we might say what is the difference between حديث قدسي and the regular حديث and حديث القدسي is the sayings of سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم it's the words of محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم as revealed to him by Allah سبحانه و تعالى the Almighty so the chain of authority or the senate of the حديث القدسي is traced back to Allah سبحانه و تعالى whereas the senate of the regular حديث is traced back to prophet محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم so the regular حديث is the words, the actions what سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم approved what he what he did so all of this is regular حديث but the حديث القدسي is the words of سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم as revealed to him by Allah سبحانه و تعالى we can say the number of the حديث قدسي as Ibn Al-Arabi said it's about 101 حديث whereas the the sound that was narrated by البخاري himself only البخاري and we know there are many narrators البخاري مسلم النسائي so one of them has narrated 4000 sound حديث so the number is different between the حديث القدسي which is about 101 حديث and the the regular حديث محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم which was over 4000 that is narrated by one of the بخاري by one of the narrators مسلم رضي الله عنه narrated over 3000 حديث so a lot of regular حديث why the حديث القدسي is 101 حديث now someone might say what's the difference between the حديث القدسي and the Qur'an both of them were revealed by Allah سبحانه و تعالى to say the محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم but when we read the Qur'an we say Allah said you lord said Allah said in the Qur'an but when we read the حديث القدسي we say Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم said that Allah said so and so so this is the difference the Qur'an is mentioned directly while the حديث القدسي is mentioned through Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم but the words are the words of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم something else we can read the Qur'an in the prayer but if we read حديث قدسي in the prayer it will invalidate the prayer so we only pray with the Qur'an and we read the حديث القدسي out of the Qur'an so today Insha'Allah we will cover a few حديث of the حديث القدسي however it will not be the same way that we followed during our previous series when we talked about حديث صلى الله عليه وسلم in the previous series but we used to finish one حديث and move them to the second حديث now I think for today and we might do the same later on during our sessions which will be 12 sessions so we will talk about the حديث and within it we will go through another حديث and we will go back to the first حديث so we will get them all together spoken Insha'Allah talked about so the first حديث that we will be talking about today is قول رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول الله عز وجل أنا عند ظن عبد و أنا معه حين يذكرون و إن ذكرني في نفسه ذكرتهم في نفسي و إن ذكرني في ملئ ذكرتهم في ملئ خير منه و إن اقترب إلي شبرا تقربت إليه ذراعا و إن قطرب إلي ذراعا و إن اقترب إلي ذراعا اقتربت إلي باعا و إن أتاني يمشي والسلام عليهم يقول ، الله قال ، I am as my servant thinks I am, and I am with him as he remembers me, or when he makes mention of me, and if he remembers me in his heart or to himself, I also remember him to myself. If he mentions me in an assembly or in a group, I will mention him. I will make mention of him in an assembly better than his, better than his assembly. And if he draws near me an arms length, or if he comes to me draws near me an arms length, I draw him phantom legs. I come to him, I draw near him. And if he comes to me walking, I rush towards him. So let's talk about, let's dig into the meanings, the deep meanings of this hadith. Now, here, from this hadith, we realize that when we are believers of Allah SWT, when we are Muslims, when we have faith, then Allah SWT has made us in control of things. So if we want to get closer to Allah SWT, Allah SWT will come closer to you as soon as he sees that you are coming towards him. So he asked you during the day to come before him five times a day during the prayers. But that was not the end. He left the door open so that you can come to him anytime you want. Now imagine that you want to meet the president. And you ask for an appointment to meet the president. The president might accept, or he might refuse your request. And if he accepts, he will give you the place and the time. And he might ask you for a reason why do you want to meet him, or what do you need from this meeting. But if you think of Allah SWT, Allah left the door open for the Muslim, for the believer. To meet him anytime he wills, to meet him anytime he wishes. And the best place to meet Allah SWT is the gatherings of Dhikr. And here I'm going to mention another hadith, another قدسي حديث. سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم. Says إن لله ملائكة يطوفون في الطرق يلتمسون أهل الذكر. فإذا وجدوا قوم يذكرون الله تنادوا هلوموا إلى حاجتكم. سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم. Says God has angels who go about on the roads, seeking those who remember Allah SWT. And when they find people doing so, they call to one another. Come, come to what you are looking for. So they surround this group of people who come together to meet Allah, to mention Allah SWT. They would circle them, they would surround them with their wings up to the lowest heaven. So Allah SWT would say فيسألهم ربهم وهو أعلمهم. ما يقولوا عبادي. So he said that الله سبحانه وتعالى now is talking to the angels. And he asked them, although he is the best informed about them and he knows everything. So he asked them ما يقولوا عبادي. What are my servants saying? قال that the angels would reply يقولون يسبحونك ويكبرونك ويحمدونك ويمجدونك. They are exalting, magnifying, praising and glorifying you. So Allah SWT says فيقول هل رأوني. Did they see me? And the angels would say لا والله ما رأوك. No indeed, they have not seen you. فيقولوا كيف يرأوني. He asked how they would act if they had seen me. So imagine now الله سبحانه وتعالى is asking the angels. Those people are remembering me and they are glorifying me. They are praising me and they have not seen me. So what would happen? How is it that if they see me? And the angels say يقولون لو رأوك كانوا أشد لك عبادة وأشد لك تمجيدا وأكثر لك تسبحة. So they said, the angels said if they had seen you they would have engaged more earnestly in worshipping and glorifying thee. So they will worship you more. They will glorify you more and they would have extolled you much more. They would have made much mentioning, much remembrance, much vicar of you, ya Allah. Then Allah سبحانه وتعالى says فيقولوا فما يسألون. And Allah asks what are they asking for? And the angels say يسألونك الجنة. The angels would reply they are asking you for paradise. Again Allah سبحانه وتعالى says to them هل رأوها؟ Have they seen the angel? Have they seen paradise? And they say لا والله يا ربي ما رأوها. Oh no indeed my lord they have not seen it. Allah سبحانه وتعالى would say فكيف لو رأوها؟ And how they would act if they had seen it? So the angels would reply لو أنهم رأوها كانوا أشد حرصا وأشد لها طلبا وأعظم فيها رغبة. If they had seen it they would have been more intensely eager for it. And they would have asked more earnestly for it and they would have had a greater desire for it. And Allah سبحانه وتعالى goes on with this amazing conversation with the angels and he says فمما يتعوزون؟ So why are they what are they seeking refuge from? And they would say from hell. And Allah سبحانه وتعالى asks the same thing فهل رأوها؟ Have they seen it? لا والله يا ربي ما رأوها. No indeed my lord that they have not seen it. So Allah asks فكيف لو رأوها؟ How would they act if they had seen it? And the angels would answer يقولون لو رأوها. كانوا أشد منها فرارم وأشد لها مخافخ. If they had seen it they would have been more earnest in flying from it in being away far away from it and fearing it. قال فيقول فأشهدكم أني قد غفرت لهم. So Allah سبحانه وتعالى then says I call you to witness that I have forgiven them. One of the angels says فيهم فلانا ليس منهم إنما جاء الحاجة. One of the angels says among them is so and so who came only for something he wants and he was not coming to attend the zikr. So Allah سبحانه وتعالى says هم الجلسة ولا يشقى جليسهم. They are the people who are seated together and he who sits with them will not be miserable. Imagine the mercy of Allah سبحانه وتعالى This is the mercy of Allah سبحانه وتعالى. So when we go to to those blessed gatherings of zikr remembering Allah, remembering سيطة محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم always remember that Allah سبحانه وتعالى is mentioning us a pie in the sky with a group who are better than the group we are sitting with. So this is one of the ways that Allah سبحانه وتعالى is mentioning us. This is one of the ways that we get closer to Allah سبحانه وتعالى. But now we can ask we can say oh is this the only way we say no Allah سبحانه وتعالى has given us the Holy Quran and whenever we open the Quran and we read then we are meeting Allah سبحانه وتعالى and through reading the Holy Quran our bond with Allah سبحانه وتعالى gets gets bigger, gets stronger so our heart is attached to the Holy Quran our heart is attached to the ayahs of the Quran and our heart will be attached closely to the ayahs that in which Allah سبحانه وتعالى tells whom He loves who are the people whom He loves and some of these ayahs are Allah سبحانه وتعالى says in Surah Al-Baqarah ayah 195 و أحسنوا إن الله يحب المحسنين and do good indeed Allah loves the doers of good so this is the first group the doers of good are loved by Allah سبحانه وتعالى إن الله يحبوا التوابين و يحبوا المتطهرين Allah loves those who are constantly repentant Allah يحبوا التوابين Allah يحبوا المتطهرين Allah loves those who purify themselves always in Surah Al-Tawba ayah 4 الله سبحانه وتعالى says إن الله يحبوا المتقين اللهم يحبون الناس الذين يشعرونهم ، those who always feel the company of Allah سبحانه وتعالى with them. So they feel that Allah is with them. A history رضي الله عنه says اللهم يحبون الناس الذين يشعرونهم ، so everything we do is recorded and on the day of judgment we will be standing before Allah سبحانه وتعالى and we will be rewarded or punished for our deeds. So we have to fear Allah سبحانه وتعالى in this dunya so that we will get the ease in the day after. In Surah Al-Anr'an, ayah 146 Allah says اللهم يحبون الصابرين. Allah سبحانه وتعالى loves the people, loves the people who practice patience. Those who are the steadfast. And in the same Surah Surah Al-Anr'an ayah 159 Allah says فتوقل على الله إن الله يحب المتوكلين. Relay upon Allah سبحانه وتعالى. Indeed Allah loves those who relay upon Him. In Surah Al-Ma'id ayah 42 إن الله يحب المقصطين. Allah loves those who act justly. So there are different types of people whom Allah سبحانه وتعالى loves and the list goes on and on and on. So we have to always ask Allah سبحانه وتعالى to make us of those whom He loves. Those whom He is happy and pleased with to make us always of the winners on the Day of Judgment. But even when we ask these dohas, we have to ask the highest that we can think of. We have always to remember that we are asking the giver. We are asking the most generous. So we have to ask the highest that we can imagine because he is the giver. He is so generous. And here is a story that Sayyidina Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم narrates about two men. They used to worship Allah سبحانه وتعالى for righteous people, very good people. And they used to pray together, do Qiyamul-Leh together, pray the night prayer together. They fast together, they do the righteous things together, everything they do together. And when they both died, one of them was in the Jannah. And the other one was in the highest مقام of الفردوس الأعلى. So they both asked Allah سبحانه وتعالى. And Allah says, Allah answered them. And he said. فقال كان أحدهم. And this is the words of Sayyidina Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم. That he said. كان أحدهم يدعوا. اللهم أدخلني الجنة. وكان الآخر. ويقول اللهم أدخلني الفردوس الأعلى. So one of them used to say. اللهم. Oh Allah, I want to be in paradise. And the other one was saying. Oh Allah, I want to be in the highest مقام of الفردوس الأعلى. So remember to ask the highest that you can imagine. The highest that you can think of of Allah سبحانه وتعالى. And Sayyidina Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم says. He gives us the advice. And he says. إن في الجنة مئة درجة. ما بين كل درجتين. كما بين السماء والأرض. والفردوس أعلى الجنة. وأوسطها. وفوق ذلك عرش الرحمن. ومنها تفجر أنهار الجنة. فإذا سألتم الله فسألوه الفردوس. So the messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى. أعلى. أعلى. أعلى. And he says. فردوس أعلى. There are a hundred levels. ما بين كل درجتين. كل درجتين. ما بين السماء والأرض. فردوس أعلى. أعلى. فردوس أعلى. والفردوس أعلى. وفردوس أعلى. الشيء biggest among messengers. أعلى. أعكب الله سبحانه وتعالى. هل يمكنك أن تقوم بتأكيد الآن إلى التأكيد من الله سبحانه وتعالى؟ مالذي يجب أن يجعل تحصل على دهاء؟ إما أن دهاء يفكرون باستخدامه كل طالما أنه يجب أن تحصل على دهاء يجب أن تحصل على دهاء أيضاً ولكن سيدالمحمد صلى الله عليه وسلم ينزل ربنا تبارك وتعالى كل ليلة إلى السماء الدنيا. حيث يبقى سلسل ليل الآخر. يقول. من يدعوني فأستجيب له. ومن يسألوني فأعطيه. ومن يستغفروني فأغفر له. سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم. Our lord تبارك وتعالى the best and the exalted descends every night to the lowest heaven when one third of the last part of the night is left. So Allah سبحانه وتعالى says Who supplicates me so that I may answer him Who is making the dua so that I answer him Who asks me so that I give him Who asks me for forgiveness so that I may forgive him So that's one third of the last part of the night This is the time when everyone at your household is sleeping This is the time when you are alone with Allah سبحانه وتعالى And this is the time when you can talk to Allah سبحانه وتعالى without engaging in anything else There is nothing to distract you This is the time during which Allah سبحانه وتعالى is asked And He will answer the dua So do not lose this precious time Wake up during this time It doesn't need to be the whole night Choose maybe you can choose 15-20 minutes before the Adhan of Fajr before the Fajr Adhan calls Make wudu, pray to Raqas and talk to Allah سبحانه وتعالى Each and every one of us has something to tell Allah سبحانه وتعالى Oh let me put it as a lot of things to tell Allah سبحانه وتعالى And Allah سبحانه وتعالى He promised to answer our calls In Surat Ghafir ayah 60 He said وقال ربك مدروني أستجب لكم And your Lord says call upon me I will respond to you And When you make a dua And Allah سبحانه وتعالى fulfill your dua Remember Remember the other ayah That He says in Surah to Ibrahim ayah 7 لأنجكرتم لأزيبنكم If you are grateful I will surely increase you Increase you in favors So whenever you have something good A job promotion, a new home Something good that happens to you Remember who gave this to you It's not your hard work It's not your hard work without the will of Allah سبحانه وتعالى It's Allah He's the giver Remember that you have to thank Allah سبحانه وتعالى لأنجكرتم لأزيبنكم If you are grateful I will surely increase you And Allah سبحانه وتعالى says وإن تعدوا نعمة الله لا تحصوها If you should count the favors of Allah You could not enumerate them Look at yourself You can use your eyes to see Your ears to hear You can use your legs to walk You don't need anyone to hold you You don't need anyone to hold your hand You don't need a cane to lean on You Your kidneys are working perfectly Imagine the blessings just of using the restroom Imagine that Imagine the blessings that Allah The countless blessings that Allah has given us In our body That's only in our body If anything goes wrong Then More things would go wrong So many favors, so many blessings That Allah has given us We have to thank Allah سبحانه وتعالى For that We have to practice The good thinking of Allah سبحانه وتعالى جابه رض الله عنه Narrated that he heard رفت محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم Says three days Just three days before his death لا يموتن أحدكم إلا وهو يحسينوا ظنة بالله عز وجل None of you should die Except in a state of thinking Good of Allah سبحانه وتعالى All of us should have good thinking Of Allah سبحانه وتعالى No one is allowed to say No one should say I made so many big sins I am doomed How can I How can Allah forgive me No, no, no This is not acceptable Do not say these words Have you heard the Habith That says Allah سبحانه وتعالى Has created mercy And he divided it to 100 portions He descended one portion down to the earth And he kept 99 portions up in the sky So with the one portion We see all the mercy among people How the mother takes care of her children How the animals take care of their babies How people take care of each other How neighbors pay attention to each others How people help each others This is one mercy that Allah has sent amongst people But imagine that he kept 99 portions of this mercy Till the day of judgment To show his mercy To the followers of Sayyidina Muhammad To show his mercy To those who say لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله To those who have good thinking Of Allah سبحانه وتعالى That he is the merciful He is the forgiver He is the only one who says كن في يكون بي And it will be There is nothing hard for Allah سبحانه وتعالى Nothing is difficult for him It is one word Two letters بي And it will be So let's all practice this act of worship And this act of worship is called Having a positive belief in Allah سبحانه وتعالى Having a positive belief of Allah سبحانه وتعالى Having good thinking of Allah سبحانه وتعالى He is the merciful We believe he is the merciful And we believe of his mercy in the day of judgment So what is your opinion of Allah سبحانه وتعالى What do you believe Allah will do to you This is Our Hadith of today We have to practice the good thinking Of Allah سبحانه وتعالى We have to thank Allah سبحانه وتعالى For all the blessings that he has given us We have to thank him And we have to say يا ربنا And until we meet again next week I would leave you now By sending your Salam and my Salam And Salawat to our beloved prophet سيد محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم والسلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته