 وَأَقُولُوا فِي القُرْآنِ مَا جَاءَتْ بِهِ أَيَاتُوهُ فَهُوَ الْكَارِيمُ الْمُنْزَالُوْ وَأَقُولُوا قَالَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ جَلَالُوْهُ وَالْمُصْطَافَ الْهَاديِ وَلَا أَتْ أَوْوَالُوْ الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على المبعوث رحمة للعالمين نبينا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته مرحباً لكم في another episode from this brand new series brought to you by المدرسة العمرية the title of which is based upon the statement of Allah عز و جل وقال ربكم ودعوني أستجب لكم call on me and I will answer you and we have reached in this discussion on the topic of دعاء it's etiquettes, it's virtue, it's importance the things that make it answered and the things that prevent it from being answered and an explanation of some of the comprehensive ادعية the دعاء the prophets I used to make that was very comprehensive all of that is coming up in the series بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ الْكَرِينَ but right now we reached the general discussion introducing the topic of دعاء this time from the sunnah of the messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم so we are going to start with the hadith of النعمان ونبشير رضي الله تعالى عنه وارضا or we should say رضي الله عنهما may Allah be pleased with him and may Allah be pleased with his father among the Sahaba رضي الله عنهما and he said that the messenger of Allah رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال ادعاء هو العبادة he said that the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said the messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said دعاء is عبادة ثم قرأ وقال ربكم ودعوني أستجب لكم إن الذين يستكبرون عن عبادة سيدخلون جهنما داخلي this is surah ghafir ayah number 60 and the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم recited this ayah we mentioned this in the last episode and your lord said call upon me and I will answer indeed those people who are too proud to worship me will enter jahannam disgraced will enter jahannam disgraced so in this hadith the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he said ادعاء هو العبادة دعاء this is عبادة all of the essence of what عبادة is lowering yourself before Allah having humility and servitude before Allah سبحانه وتعالى الزل الخودور العبودية servitude humility submission presenting yourself before Allah as a slave as a poor slave that has nothing that whole concept that you find within عبادة that is exemplified by دعاء as exemplified by دعاء and الحاكم رحمة الله تعالى وانتقلت مع عبادة حسن حسن عباس رضي الله عنهما مرفوعا من عبادة صلى الله عليه وسلم that he said افضل العبادة الدعاء وقرأ وقال ربك مدعوني استجبك the best kind of عبادة is دعاء now when we see the best kind of عبادة here we have to be a little bit careful what this means that is an statement which is to be understood in an unrestricted way in the sense that the time for صلى الله عليه وسلم but instead of doing my ضهر prayer I'm making دعاء instead that's not the meaning because this تفاضل بين الأعمال this issue of making certain actions more important than others and better than others it has a fiqh to it it could be different depending on the place you're in the time you're in the ability that you have the what is required from you in that particular situation in that particular situation because if the time if the إقامة for ضهر comes then what is required from you is to pray ضهر and there is nothing better you can do than except to pray ضهر because the إقامة for ضهر has gone and you are you know مقيم you're in your place of إقامة your home place your home city and the time for the إقامة goes there's nothing better you can do than to go to the مسجد that's what you have to do at that time so you shouldn't understand this in the wrong way and take this to mean that that even when there are other things that I have to do like your mother calls you for example but it's better for me to make دعاء that's not what the meaning is but this at least indicates the importance of دعاء and it's high status among the عبادات that the Prophet ﷺ said أفضل العبادة the best act of worship is a دعاء and أبي حرير ربي الله عن narrated a حديث this حديث is found in جامعة ترمدي from the Prophet ﷺ that he said ليس شيء أكرم على الله من a دعاء there is nothing which is more noble in the sight of Allah than making دعاء so these حديث indicate the virtue of دعاء they indicate the virtue of دعاء and as we said there are certain reasons and the scholars spoke about some of the reasons for this and by the way this is a fantastic book on this topic which is the book فق الأدعية و الأذكار the thق of دعاء and ذكر by شيخ عبد الرزاق عبد المحسن البدر حبيضهم الله this is an amazing book and the sheikh went into a lot of detail in this and much of the class that I'm delivering to is going to be taken from this book in a summarized form we're not teaching the book here but just many of the benefits here and the sheikh mentioned in this he mentioned that there are the scholars when they talk about the reason why دعاء has such that virtue they put forward a number of things and I'll mention a few of them one of them is that دعاء contains اتضر إلى الله وضعف وإضحار وضعف و الحاجة إلي it contains submissiveness and showing your need of Allah showing your weakness before Allah showing your desperation and your need of Allah عز وجل glorified as he exalted in his perfection دعاء really shows that essence of عبادة as we said and another thing the scholars mentioned is that عبادة the more خشور is in the heart the more the heart is submissive and attentive and dedicated towards Allah and the more concentration a person has the more their mind is present this is better and more complete and دعاء is one of the closest of the عبادة the most likely of the عبادة for this to be present in it's easier I mean subhan Allah how difficult it is for example when you're praying in your salah and you know to keep that خشور and that concentration and that presence of mind and presence of heart it's not easy to do it when you're praying in the salah but in دعاء it's relatively easier to achieve and it's something which is natural that you're when you're asking for something and you're pleading Allah for something that generally it's easier for your heart to be present for your mind to be present to have that state of attentiveness and submission and desperation it comes naturally within دعاء and so دعاء really exemplifies what you should have in all of your in all of your عبادة to make them from the best of the عبادة also some of the things that scholars mentioned they said that دعاء comes along with and it necessitates تواكل and إستعانة بالله you can't when you're making دعاء the essence of that دعاء that you are making is تواكل that's the essence of the دعاء you're making it's saying that oh Allah I don't have the ability to do this if I don't put my reliance in you I don't have any way for this to happen so it brings about تواكل and it is the essence of إستعانة and that's why the prophets I'm saying in the famous حديث عبدالله عباس رضي الله عنهما إذا سألت فسأل الله وإذا استعانت فاستعين بالله if you ask then ask Allah and if you seek help seek help from Allah دعاء and asking Allah brings about إستعانة it entails it it has to be that it's ملازم it has to be that the two of them go together that the essence of what you're doing when you're making دعاء is that your دعاء comes along with تواكل and comes along with seeking help from Allah إياك نعبد وإياك نستعين because of the position of إستعانة in Islam so important look seeking help from Allah look at how Allah عز وجل said صورة الفاتحة إياك نعبد وإياك نستعين إستعانة was singled out among all of the عبادات to be mentioned in صورة الفاتحة it was singled out you alone you alone we worship and the عبادة that's singled out you alone we seek help from so دعاء comes along with that and embodies that soul and it necessitates that so that is another reason why دعاء is from the best of the عبادة from that حديث that we can quote which really tell us part of the virtue of دعاء and the importance of دعاء is that which was narrated by أليمام أحمد is Musnad by أليمام الترمذين رحمهم الله تعالى in his جامع and ابن ماجى in his سنن رحمه الله تعالى and others with a third chain from أبي هوريرة رضي الله عنه لما سنجأ الله صلى الله عليه وسلم he said من لم يدعوا الله سبحانه غاضبا عليه whoever doesn't make دعاء to Allah Allah becomes angry with them قلما يعبأ بكم ربي لو لا دعاءكم say my lord would not care for you would not give any concern to you if it were not for your دعاء whoever doesn't make دعاء to Allah الله becomes angry with him and أليمام البخاري narrated in الأدب المفرد outside of الصحيح أدب المفرد and likewise من حبان narrated in his صحيح from أبي هوريرة from the statement of أبي هوريرة and the طبراني narrated from him from the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم from the statement of the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم أعجز الناس من عجز عن الدعاء وأبقال الناس من بخلا بالسلام so this was narrated as a statement of أبي هوريرة by البخاري and by ترمذي and it was narrated by others as a statement of the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and this is that the person who is the most unable to do something عجز that has is totally has the most inability is the one who is unable to make دعاء and wallahi is so true even if it is a statement of أبي هوريرة رضي الله عنبا this is صلى الله عليه وسلم صلى الله عليه وسلم صلى الله عليه وسلم that is سبحان الله if you can't even make دعاء we're not talking about praying five times a day or a person who you know giving lot of صدق for the sake of Allah or a person who's going to هجن أمرا or a person who's fasting the days of the year the month of رمضان and the Mondays and the Thursdays but the least of the things دعاء is so easy to do it's the least of things that Allah سبحانه وتعالى requires from you the smallest thing that's so easy for you to do the trauma among the things that are extremely easy and that's why the person who is really truly عجز like truly just completely unable like really is is not doing anything at all that's the person who can't make even make دعاء to Allah سبحانه وتعالى but that has also a reverse benefit that when a person is struggling and you know if we talk about some of the people who might be watching you might have relatives or friends or family who are struggling to pray maybe they're struggling with it you know the important critical acts of worship in Islam one of the things you can start them off with you know when they feel like I'm عجز I can't do anything I can't pray I can't just I'm irregular with it I can't make keep you consistent with it one of the beautiful things you can tell them to do is دعاء just to start them off just to get them you know to get them in the status and so دعاء to ask Allah to give you the ability to pray to give you the ability to fast to give you the ability to do the actions that are required of you in Islam just to just to say a few words or Allah make it easy for me سبحانه وتعالى how difficult is that it's one of the easiest things in the world to do and that's one of the beautiful things about دعاء is how easy it is for a person to make دعاء اليمام أحمد and likewise اليمام الماجه رحمهم الله تعالى they narrated from ثوبان رضي الله عن أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال that the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said لا يرد القادر إلا الدعاء nothing repels the decree except دعاء this is a hadith that sometimes people struggle with because we have our belief in قادر it's a hookah it's a pillar from the pillars of ايمان people struggle to understand this what does it mean but in essence without going into too much detail it means that Allah سبحانه وتعالى has made دعاء a cause to protect a person and to keep a person away from negative things that might otherwise have happened to them and that دعاء doesn't go outside of the قادر of الله عزوجل that دعاء doesn't go outside of the قادر of الله عزوجل it doesn't go outside of the لوه المحفوث it's still from that which Allah سبحانه وتعالى knows about and knew about before he created you and the things which Allah سبحانه وتعالى commanded the pen to write but if you had not made that دعاء there was a something bad to happen but you made that دعاء which didn't go outside of the قادر of الله عزوجل and the decree of Allah سبحانه وتعالى and that دعاء was what prevented that thing that would otherwise have happened that would otherwise have happened to you and therefore دعاء is one of the major means of achieving happiness in this world and the next it's one of the keys to happiness in this world and the next it's a call upon Allah and to make دعاء and I'm going to give you a quote from الإمام ابن القيم رحمه الله تعالى he said أساس كل خير أن تعلم أنما شاء الله كان وما لم يشاء لم يكن he said the essence of everything good is for you to know that whatever Allah willed will happen and whatever Allah didn't will will not happen إذن أن الحسانات من نعمه فتشكوره عليها وتتضرع إليه أن لا يخطاعها عنك he said سوذين at that time you become certain that all the good things that happen to you are from the blessings of Allah so you show gratitude to Allah for them and you humble yourself and submit this yourself before Allah in fear so that Allah does not cut those blessings off out of the fear that Allah will not cut those blessings off from وأن السيئات من خضلانه وعقوبته and that the sins that happen are from the punishments of Allah and from what Allah عز وجل brings about which lower to lower a person and to take down this tears فتبتاه إليها أن يحول بينك وبينها so you turn to Allah and you you beg from Allah to make something to a barrier to come between you and between those sins ولا يكلك في فعل الحسانات وترك السيئات إلى نفسك and that Allah عز وجل doesn't leave you and abandon you to do good deeds and to leave sins by yourself because you can't do it without the help of Allah عز وجل that's why that's just part of the quote that our Imam إبن القيب he said رحمه الله in the essence of of you believing that all the good deeds are from the blessings of Allah if Allah left you alone to yourself you wouldn't be able to do those good deeds and keeping away from these sins that's from what Allah عز وجل gives you و هو بيد الله like إبن القيب said this in the hands of Allah لا بيد العبت it's not in the hands of the servant فمفتاحوا الدعاء و الافتقار و الصدق اللجاء و الرغبة و الرغبة إليه the key what is the key to opening up the state of knowing this and submitting to this what's the key to it the key to it is what's the key to the توفق of Allah عز وجل in this the success from Allah the key to it is دعاء and presenting yourself in a state of poverty and desperate need and truly turning to Allah and seeking refuge from Him and hope and fear of Him when you take this key like إبن القيب said when you when Allah gives the servant this key he said فمتع عطى العبت هذا المفتاح فقد أراد أن يفتح لها whoever Allah عز وجل whichever person Allah gives this key to the key of دعاء this is a person Allah really wants to open things up for them open up opportunities and a means to success from them ومتع عضله عن المفتاح بقيا باب الخير مرتجن دولة he said whenever the person loses or Allah عز وجل causes them to lose this key which is دعاء the things that he mentioned with it then the person will not be able to reach the door the means to be able to do good and then إبن القيب رحم الله he said وما أوتي أمن أوتي إلا من قبلي إضاعة الشكري وإهمال الافتقاري و الدعاء he said in the people who were put to trial they were only they only suffered these trials because they lost gratitude and they lost their need of Allah and they lost their دعاء making دعاء to Allah و لا ضفر من ضفر and no one was successful who was successful بمشيئة الله وعوني by the by the will of Allah and with Allah's help إلا بقيامه بشكر وصدق الافتقار ودعاء except because of the person was grateful they showed gratitude and they were truly they truly showed their need of Allah and they made دعاء to him there is a hadith that I would like to conclude this episode with and it's a rather long hadith it's narrated by الإيمان مسلم from a long hadith and it's the hadith of Abidar رضي الله عنه but this hadith has many many benefits in as it relates to دعاء and our desperate need of Allah and that دعاء is the key to opening up the doors to success and from this is and it's a hadith it's a hadith which the prophet is narrated from Allah سبحانه وتعالى in which Allah said يا عباد كلكم قالوا إلا من هديتوا فاستهدوني أهتكم all my servants all of you are misguided except the one that I guided so seek my guidance and I will guide you يا عباد كلكم جاعين إلا من أطعمتوا فاستهدوني أطعينكم all my servants all of you are hungry except for the one that I feed so seek food from me and I will feed you يا عباد كلكم معالن إلا من كسوتو فاستهدوني أكسكم all my servants all of you are naked except the one that I clothed so seek clothing from me and I will cloth you يا عباد إنكم تخطيون بالليل والنهار وأنا أغفر الظنوذة جميعا فاستغفروني أغفر لكم all my servants you commit sin all my servants you commit sins in the day and the night and I forgive all sins so seek forgiveness from me and I will forgive you until Allah عز وجل said يا عباد لو أن أولكم وأخركم وإنسكم وجنكم قاموا على صعيد واحد فسألوني فعطيتوا كل واحد مسألتها ما نقص ذلك مما عندي إلا كما ينقص المخيط وإذا أدخل البحر or my servants if the first of you and the last of you or and the men of you and the jinn of you stood on a single plane and all of you asked and I gave every one of you what you asked for that would not detract anything from what is with me except like the needle detracts from the water when it takes when it's dipped into the sea when you dip a needle into the sea does the volume of water in the sea decrease? that's God all the water that's coming into the sea by the time you dip the needle and take it out the water didn't decrease anything if Allah gave all of us everyone watching this video everyone on the earth every jinnie every human being of all time from Adam until the last human being on this earth and they all asked Allah at a single time one time and they all asked Allah for everything that they wanted and Allah gave everyone what they asked for it wouldn't decrease from what is with Allah except like the needle that is dipped into the sea and the reality is that when you dip a needle into the sea nothing from the sea is lost and as we said the Hadith narrated by Aliman Muslim and this really shows us our desperate need of Allah and it shows us that dua is the key if we use this dua dua is the key dua is the key for us to be able to open this door to good and to open this door to the forgiveness of Allah to the things that we want in the dunya and the akhirah to all of the khayr that Allah سبحانه وتعالى gives to His servants the key to this is a dua so we really have to show us the importance of dua and our need of Allah and our need of making dua to Allah سبحانه وتعالى so that's what we have time for in this episode and Allah knows best صلاة و السلام على نبينا محمد و على آله و صحبه أجمع السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته كيف يمكنك أن تفعل اعطاء الثقافة right now that will give you a share of the reward of everything we're doing 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