 وَأَقُولُ فِي القُرْآنِ مَا جَاءَتْ بِهِ آيَاتُوهُ فَهُوَ الْكَارِيمُ الْمُنْزَالُهُ وَأَقُولُ قَالَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ وَالْمُصْطَافَ الْهَاديِ وَلَا أَتْ أَوَّالُهُ قَالَ لَهُ عُمَرْ رضي الله تعالى عَرْ عُمَرْ they'll set to the Prophet فَإِنَّهُ الْآناْ نَا وَاللَّهِ لَأَنْتَ أَحَبُوا إِلَيَّ مِنْ نَفْسِي now you are more beloved to me than my own self قال صلى الله عليه وسلم then the Prophet said الْآناْ يا عُمَرْ now now you have completed your Eman so this claim that I love the Prophet and I give Presidents to him is not a mere claim this is what we have to truly understand many of us if you were asked today is the Prophet most beloved to you than yourself you'd say yes I do I love him عليه الصلاة والسلام so this is not brothers like he said it's not a mere claim that a person just claims because it's easy لأنه من السهل على كل اللسان every tongue everyone can say that it's the easiest thing that a person can do but what is it that we will do what we need to do is to put that love of yours which you've claimed to the test right الله تعالى كبارك وتعالى he sent an ayah an ayah that tests the person's claim of that which they love if they pass this test then their claim is right and if not then their claim is it is from the mere claims that are out there what is it that the Prophet says in the Quran وإن كنتم تحبور الله if you love Allah فالتبعوري follow me يحببكم الله و الله will love you ويغفل لكم دلوبكم أنا الله وفقيبي for your sins والله وفور الرحيم الله تعالى is what he forgives the shortcomings and the errors of his slaves حسن البصري يسر إدعاء قومن محبط الله a group of people came out and they claimed the love of Allah فبتلاه الله بهذه الآية الله تستخدم with الله تستخدم with this aya many people brothers and sisters they love Allah on a noom day on a noom day when they enjoy themselves and everything they say good things and they happy and they say masha Allah Allah loves me I love Allah الله سلم القرآن من الناس يعمد الله على حرف فإن أصابه خير لتما النبي وإن أصابته في تنتن قلب على وجه there is a group of people they worship Allah على حرف on the edge فإن أصابه خير لتما النبي if good comes his way he is calm, he is tranquil he is enjoying himself, he is smiling Allah loves me وإن أصابه فتلاه when calamity is hidden trials and tribulation is put towards him انقلب على وجه this person turns backwards خسر الدنيا والأخل great misguided and great loss ذلك والخسرات من المبين الله تباركه تعالى he told us that there is a group of people who made the love of Allah and is messaged equal to the others الله says ومن الناس من يتخذوا من دون الله أندادا يحبونهم كحب الله والذين آمنوا أشد حبا لله ولو يرى الذين ظلموا عذاب أن القوة لله جميعا وأن الله شديد العقاب اتبرأ الذين اتبعوا من الذين اتبعوا ورأوا العذاب وتقطعت بهم الأسباب وقال الذين اتبعوا لو أننا لدى كرة فلتبرأ منهم كما تبرأوا مننا كذلك يريهم الله أعمالهم حسرات عليهم وما هم بخارجين منها الله توزس الإسآية ومن الناس من يتخذوا من دون الله والذين يحبونهم يحبونهم كما يحبون الله والذين آمنوا أشد حبا لله ولكن الشخص يحبون الله أكثر من أي شيء من يأكد المحب for the believers الله سبحانه وتعالى لماذا؟ لأن المحبين يحبونهم ليس فقط يحبونهم ليس فقط ماذا يحبونهم؟ يحبونهم أشياء يحبونهم حقيقة يحبونهم للتأكيد يحبونهم ليس فقط يحبونهم ليس فقط يحبونهم يحبونهم للمحب الكثير من الناس يتخلقون الإسلام في الهواء الأسلحة ويأتيون المنافق من المحب حسر باتل أهد باتل أهد أخبرته كبير من أسلحة في هذه المسجد عندما أصبح قريش يأتيون ويأتيون لتركي من المحب لأن قريش كانوا قمت بفتحه لجميع يودي من باتل أهد وعندما حقا سنبدأ من باتل وعندما فعل لهم بعد فتح باتل وعندما فعل لهم لأن باتل كانت لأن فتح باتل وعندما فعلت لمحب وما كان يصبح على باتل أهد يجب أن يتحرك القافلة القرش، قرارة الناس في مكا. لذا, من قلت؟ سرحاديد القرش، قرارة القرش قلت، أبو جهل قلت، عتبة قلت، بيغمان، أميط بالخلاف، لقد قلت في البداية. لذا, when قرش came the children of these اكرمة and others with the children of who they were the children of who أبو جهل and others they came back to Madinah Makkah they tell Abu Sufah listen has this caravan made it to Madinah sorry Makkah has this caravan made it back to Makkah Abu Sufah he said yeah of course it did they said everything on this caravan now is not going to be used for anything except to prepare for the war they're going to prepare so all of the merchandise and everything and the money and everything that was on that caravan they used it to prepare for the army money they put in it a whole year these men were getting ready the whole year رمضان the battle of bedel was when it was in the second year the 17th of Ramadan right the second year of Hijriah it took place on the 17th of رمضان and the battle of Uhud took place the month of Shawwal the third year of Hijriah the different three call something 11, something 15, something 6 a different Aqwal what day it was there is a khilaf but the Ijmaa is at Shawwal and it's the third year of Hijriah so the one year difference and one year, one month right قريب for preparing نبيلهي محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم قريب for making their way they're making their way to what مديلة they're making their way from مكة to مديلة so the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم told that he led the Salat Al-Jum'a he finished the Salat Al-Jum'a he turned and finished and then went to lead the Jalaza the Prophet there was a man from the companions who died the Prophet led the Jalaza he turned around to his people and said listen all companions what do you guys see that we should do today عبداللهي محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم رئيس المنفق he put his finger up and he said I have an advice what is it or mission of Allah which is fight for Medina the Prophet liked that idea he said I think what عبداللهي محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم is good anyways the overwhelming majority said let's go out look at the quwa and the iman of the Ansar look at the quwa of Muhajireen look at the quwa of the Sahabas and their true love for this religion what did they say there was a noble companion his name was called ماليك ماليك his name was ماليك الأنصاري رحمه الله he said to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم يا رسول الله لا تحرمني don't prevent me from entering Jannah I did not participate in the battle of Badr I wasn't there I wasn't alive I wasn't able to fight then or because he came to Islam late I wasn't there I now see the opportunity of Jannah don't prevent me from it he said to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم I don't think we should fight in Medina I think we should go out there wherever the number is يا رسول الله we're gonna fight the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he got up he went into his room he put on his arm he came out when he came out before the Prophet came out فيما بينهم amongst themselves they started to converse we pressured the Messenger of Allah into this decision he didn't want it he wanted to fight in Medina this was his decision we have now come and we clouded the Prophet's decision we've discussed we've pressured him into it he did not want to do this so when he comes we'll say the Messenger of Allah was sorry we'll fight in Medina in the city as you wanted and the reason why the Prophet wanted the city is because the city the roads are coming are very narrow and if they're large in number their number is not gonna matter now because the people who are large in number they need to spread out if they all narrow themselves on one road it's easy for them to be destroyed with arrows and he said that the cities are so we could go on every little corner every little hill every benefit from it like that and it was a process and by the time he came out the Messenger of Allah was sorry we apologize now we're gonna fight in Medina look what he said to them he said to them he said to them he said it is not befitting for a Messenger after he puts his armor on for him to take it off unless he sees the enemy and he fights with them that's the way that a Prophet is he can't just take his armor off now it's too late we have to go we have to now go to the enemy so the process I said we'll prepare everybody he gave because he's from Abdul Dar he said look he organized the companions he took some of the companions like Abdullah ibn al-Jubeir he placed him on top of the mountain and 50 men and arrow men he said you guys be here and everything he sorted everything out but on the way Abdullah ibn al-Sullah took 300 of the companions away I'm at 300 men sorry from the Prophet 300 men and he said look at the Munafiq he's always seen this time ومن الناس who worship Allah على حرف what did he do he took 300 men from the Prophet and then not only that two noble groups of companions from two powerful tribes بني سلامة and بني حارثة both of them even intended to leave الله سلم القرآن اضهام الطائفة تاني ملكم انتفشلة والله وليهم وعلى الله فليت وكل المؤمنون there were group of companions two big large tribes these were the tribes جهبنا عبدالله was from جهب رسال فينا نزل هذه الآية this ayah came down on us this ayah اضهام الطائفة تاني ملكم انتفشلة والله وليهم but he said I'm so happy that this ayah came down on us why? because he said الله سلم آية والله وليهم الله is their ally بني حارثة and بني سلامة both of them Allah is there he's their ally سبحانه وتعالى and it's true they didn't leave because Allah made them firm they threw about it their decision and they said how can we leave the Prophet of Allah today that he needs us look at the believer his iman shakes in he's it wasn't like this what shows you that he wasn't a claim it wasn't مجرد دعوة he's got ثبات قوة they stood by the Prophet عليه السلام and only they just 300 men I guess how much the companions their effort was put to gather them together how much are they now or were they they were 1 1,000 men they were 1,000 men عبد الله how much is left now 700 men 700 after the struggle 1,000 they reached كفارة القرش they divided their men in two sides the right side and the left side they gave the right side 200 men they gave the right side 2 who and the right left side Khalid and they divided them like that they said you guys go and they directed them towards where the companions were on the mountain the point and the I'm trying to come to it is that يا اخوة these people if you look at the battle of bedar and how it took place every struggle Islam went through what did the Sahab as they said to us look what Ansar said to the Prophet of Allah لموسى we're not going to say to you what Benu Israel said to the Prophet of Allah موسى ادهب انت وربك فقاتل إنها هنا قائلون we're not going to say that to Muhammad that you and your Lord go and fight we're not going to say that to you رسول الله that's what we're not going to say that to you ادهب انت وربك you and your Lord fight فإنها معكم مقاتلون we are with you fighting so look at the difference between the followers of Mousa and the followers of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم the difference between the two and the statements that came from them صح if you look at the battle of Uhud how the companions you know the battle took place مخالفة أمر رسول الله the Prophet was opposed عليه الصلاة عليه الصلاة was opposed and the companions when he told them don't come down from that mountain they did come down right because of the fact that they saw two spoils of war عبدالله من المسور it's something very powerful because the ayah came down الله says منكم يريدوا الدنيا ومنكم يريدوا الأخيرة ثم صلافكم عنهم ليابتريكم ولا قاد عفا عنكم عبدالله من المشور it's that I never thought from amongst us the companions there were those who wanted the dunya I never thought that he said I never thought within us until this ayah came down منكم من يريدوا الدنيا ومنكم من يريدوا الأخيرة it's that I never thought amongst the companions of the Prophet there were those who wanted the dunya never thought that these Sahabas they stir it into their hearts it was the furthest from their hearts رضي الله تعالى عنهم so the fact that the Prophet his companions their iman was tested and it was put to the test and they passed it so the iman يا إخوة القرآن and the love of the messenger is not مجرد الدعوة it's not a mere claim so it's something we just say and then when we found the times when it's جد and اجتهاد the times of hardness and the times of toughness when we looked at we're not there we're missing from that circle or we're missing from that place يا إخوة that's not and the guidance of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and he's sunnah and everything is what it's present on you والله one of the powerful things was that شيخ من عثيمين was diagnosed with cancer رحمه الله رحمة واسعة and when he was diagnosed with cancer they told him the doctors they said شيخ we're going to have to do chemotherapy on you you're going to have to do chemotherapy and when they said to him you're going to do chemotherapy they told him what's going to happen how is it going to be and then you know the chemotherapy what does it involve you're half lying off and then the شيخ said we're buying a bid they said شيخ even your bid is going to go he said I don't want to meet الله without a bid I don't want to meet Allah سبحانه وتعالى the day of judgment with no bid شيخ تهد because of that you throw cancer رحمه الله رحمة واسعة they were serious about the deed now it's chemo it will kind of freeze this cancer it will make you you know if your things will be smooth your life will be better for a period of time شيخ رفع ذلك why because this is الله says do you think Allah will not distinguish between who's truthful about this Eman and who's lying about it the person will be tested الله wants to see who's saying the truth and who's what and who's lying all of that has to be put it has to be put to the test رحمه الله رحمة واسعة and الله I'll tell you something you can only be steadfast you can only be in love of the prophet and be the one that you want to be if you're like that at the times of ease then you can be in the times of hardship you prepare yourself and you nurture yourself at the times when you're in the glory days of your life and the times of ease and simplicity and fun if you hold up to that Deen and you're real about it والله brothers by Allah والله when the time comes hardship hits الله سبحانه وتعالى إن الله لا يضع عجل من أحسن عملاء الله will not forsake you the good that you did here will come and intercessor for you and it will bring you through the calamities and hardship that you're going through so this is powerful يا إخوة محبت الرسول loving the prophet عليه الصلاة والسلام there's a point I wanted to mention when the battle of Urud happened the campaign is all dispersed and of course they ran away nine men came back to the prophet عليه الصلاة والسلام how many men? how many men? everyone ran away from him the prophet Qudi يا إيها الناس إليا the prophet said oh people come back to me come back to me I'm the messenger of Allah don't leave me the battlefield so they came back to him nine managed to make it seven of them Ansar two of them والله if you look at and you read the way they defended the prophet عليه الصلاة والسلام in that battle and the way they put their chests out out seven of them he sends them and he says do this they'll do it all seven of them died before they made him reach the mountain عليه الصلاة والسلام يا إقرأوا تاريخ الصحابة read their biography then you will realize what real love is do you realize what true love was point number two انتتخدوا إماما لك في عباداتك that you take the prophet as your Imam in عبادة واخلاككك in your manners بحيث تستحظر عند فعل العبادة أنك متبع له that you bring in your heart that when you're doing an act of worship أنك متبع له that you are in accordance to him وكأنه أمامك and like he's in front of you تترسم خطاه وتنهج نهج هو and you're taking his footsteps and you're training on his path like he's in front of you and you're following him like that footsteps he puts his foot up and then you put your foot right where he took his foot from وكذلك في مخالقات الناس and also in the way that you deal with the people and your mannerism is towards the people أنك متخلق بأخلاقه التي قال الله عنها that your etiquette and your character and your mannerism is in accordance to how he was عليه الصلاة والسلام the prophet in which Allah said about his frustration and his affairs وإنك يو محمد لعلا خلق العظيم you're of great mannerism you're of great character and etiquette ومتل تزمت and whenever you are brothers بحالة if you are like that you're in accordance to what brothers you follow him in his عبادة you follow him in his etiquette you follow him in everything فستكون حريسا غاية الحرسة على العلم بشريعته وخلاقه you will then trust brothers you will then strive greatly in knowledge of his شريعة and his mannerism if you look at what Allah said in the Qur'an that supports the statement of this sheikh رحمه الله تعالى is الله said in the Qur'an لقد كان لكم فيه رسول الله اصوة حسنة لمن كان يرجو الله واليوم الاخر وذكر الله كثيرا الله tells us in the ayah that in the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم is a great example many people say to you the youngsters nowadays don't have role models and that is not true that is not true to say that they have the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he is a true role model for them عليه صلى الله عليه وسلم and anyone who ponders on the verse realizes the power of how Allah spoke here Allah did not say there is the prophet is a role model for you all in his etiquette or he is a role model in his عباد or he is a role model no Allah says that the prophet is a role model in and within himself he said in the ayah لقد كان لكم في رسولنا in the prophet is a role model in him so that means everything that comes from him is an example for you that you need to follow him in عليه صلى الله عليه وسلم and the thing that is needed from us all is to follow him in his عباد as much as we need to follow in his etiquette عليه صلى الله عليه وسلم if you complete عباد and you have a role model and you haven't completed the etiquettes that the prophet came with then there's deficiency in you اهل العلم the people of knowledge they didn't believe to the concept of etiquettes and mannerism that's where you find بقص العقائد at the end they mention it mention it the كتاب عقيد طلاصطية what's the ending etiquettes and mannerism he talks about it I don't know he talks about عقيد at the end so it's no point believing in the articles of faith and coming with ايمان and coming with عقيد اهل السنة والجماع باب الاسماء والصفات باب الاسماء والاحكام والمسائل القضاء والقدر والراعد والوعيد للصحابة and then you have deficiency in the etiquettes and the way you carry yourself الله said to the prophet وإنك لعلا خلوق العظيم محمد you are a great character صح what did the prophet say بوريثتو I was sent out as a messenger this is my job this is my mission I was sent بوريثتو I was sent to complete good etiquettes بوريثتو this is the purpose in which I was brought out to complete the good etiquettes in the people ولي ذلك it's sad والله it's extremely sad when we find Muslims Muslims who are supposedly meant to be practicing when you find them have the lowest and the weakest of etiquettes صح خلق is really the way they speak the way they talk the way they deal with people the way they react the way they act all of it you are you are shocked to what you see from them and it makes it even worse when it's meant to be brothers who are meant to be practicing who got who understood منهج أهل السنة they've understood منهج السلفية and you see good bad etiquettes from them it's shocking did you just think that following the prophet is only in عقيدة and منهج don't you think you need to follow the prophet and the etiquettes and the way you deal with others don't you think if a woman a sister who is متحجب who is wearing hijab and some of the characters that you see from her والله it's غريب it's عجيب it's something that's amazing so we have two brothers and sisters follow the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and all of that and the way we carry ourselves the way we are the way we talk the way we act all of it point number three عمالك اليومي غير المفترضات now the sheikh moves on to the last and final one which is your daily doings your daily your daily doings what you do daily I think there's one more he finally mentioned which is طريقة طالب العلم a part how to seek knowledge so the sheikh he now moves on to عملوك اليومي what does a student of knowledge need to do daily I missed number three okay انتكون داعي اللي سنته that you are a person who calls to his sunnah ناصيرا لها and you give victory to the prophet sunnah مدافعا عنها and you defend the sunnah of the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم فإن الله سيانصورك بقدر نصرك لخاريعة and Allah is going to give you victory as much as you give victory to his sunnah if you give victory to the sunnah of the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم الله will give you victory in accordance so that you give to the sunnah of the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم but what is it that the sheikh first mentioned first of all let it be found in you وفقك الله يا عبد الله may Allah give you توفق السداد let it be found in you الي اتمام به ولي اتداء بهدي you be in accordance to his guidance in your mannerism and in your عبادة and all of that and the way you take his path then the sheikh رحم الله then says then be a person who will not accept this low finger of anything being changed from his religion and the way of the prophet no one can add anything whilst you live and no one can deduct from his the prophet's statements and his doings اي دعان مله this much don't accept it defend it because if you give victory to the sunnah of the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and you help and aid it and support it remember that all going to come back for you and deal with you in the way you deal towards his religion and the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he told us عليه صلى الله عليه وسلم that the people are three times the prophet told us this لا يزالوا طائفة من أمتي ظاهرين على الحق منصورين the prophet told us that the people are three times the first people are the people who are طائفة المنصورة the victorious group who are giving victory to the religion and they are being given victory to Allah that's the first group صح طائفة المنصورة the second is what لا يزالوا طائفة من أمتي ظاهرين على الحق لا يضروا منخذهم the people deceived them a person used who is meant to be from the sunnah who is deceiving you who is pulling the plug on you he is meant to be with you he is infiltrating you what is he doing he is an infiltrator he is deceiving you he is lying to you he is very what he is very corruptive and he is bringing about problems for you he is mentioning your little shortcomings here and there you did this you said this خلام ما ينبني he is a big agenda though so he discriminates you it's a deceptive individual that's the second the type of people لا يضروا the prophet told us لا يضروا منخذهم the one who does خدلام to them he won't harm them ولا منخلفهم and the third one is مخالف a person who is opposing him there is no line with him there is no agreement with him there is no respect with him لا يضروا منخذهم ولا منخلفهم حتى يأتي أمر الله until the time of the hour comes they won't be able to harm him so Allah سبحانه وتعالى is going to what give that person victory now the sheikh رحمه الله moves on to عملوك اليومي your daily doings your daily doings that which are not obligatory so the sheikh is going to mention things that are واجبات and مفرضات he is only going to mention غير مفرضات things that are voluntary that a person needs to do and the sheikh رحمه الله he has placed منها جن محرر جميلا جميلا a very beneficial and a very amazing methodology places that a person of knowledge needs to take the first one is إذا قمت من الليل when you stand up at night فدقوا لله تعالى remember Allah ودعوا الله بما شئتا and call on to Allah and supplicate to him بما شئتا of whatever you want فإن الدعاء because supplication في هذا الموطني because the دعاء at this particular place when you build ijabati is most likely going to be accepted وقرأ قول الله تعالى and read the statement of Allah إن في خلق السماوات والأرض read that حتى تختمة until you complete صورة آلع عمرانة وهي عشر آيات and they are ten verses read them الشيخ رحمه الله he goes into here what is known as قيام الليل standing at night this period of time that we're living in you even come across a person who would pray قيام الليل back in those days it wasn't even seem to be a very virtuous person to pray قيام الليل it was it was like you have to do it's to do list for a student of knowledge that he prays قيام الليل and كثير and many brothers a lot do I say that a person who doesn't have a portion of the night where they pray and they don't remember Allah at that time at the time at that time does he really deserve the title of student of knowledge does he really deserve it so the الشيخ رحمه الله he mentions but here there is an issue which is that and a scholar they used to dislike is that the person he shouldn't spend the whole night praying the reason is because as the Imam of Shah Tabeer رحمه الله mentions he said that Imam أمالك إبن ألس he disliked إحياء الليل to give life to the whole night means he stand up all night كله all of it وقالة he said لعله يصبح مغلوبا because it could happen that if he's praying all night what's going to happen to you you're going to be overcome for Fajr the person may not you might miss Fajr or you might even be overcome at that time so the person should try to stand up through the Lail the last third of the night the last third of the night and pray and remember الله سبحانه وتعالى الله descends as the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم وقال ينزل ربنا أو الله descends تعالى كل ليلة إلى السماء الدنيا حين يبقى كله في الليل الليل الله descends يقول الله says من يدعني who's going to ask me فأستجيب له in which I will respond to him and give him what he wants من يسألوني who's going to ask me فأعطيه I'll give him what he wants من يستغفروني who's going to ask me for forgiveness فأعوفر له and I will ask forgiveness for him so the time that the du'az accepted is now الإمام ابن مفلح in his Kitab أهداب الشرعية he mentioned the story he said بات عند الإمام أحمد a man spent the night over with إمام أحمد إبن حمد رحمه الله فوضع عندهما إمام أحمد place water for this man in front of his place فلم أكم بالليل لما تلعين wait up at night ولم استعمل الماء I didn't use the water فلم أصبحت قال لي ونا وقب في الموني أحمد ستمي ده تستعمل الماء didn't you use the water some of the story mentioned that إمام أحمد he broke him water before after Isha أحمد went to sleep prayed his Qiyam finished when Fajr was close أحمد wanted to get him أضع a new water why? because he had to have used the first water for Qiyam and then the second water is for what? for Fajr so he broke the second he broke the second water when he came and he broke the second water he saw that the first water wasn't utilized and it wasn't used and then إمام أحمد said to him when he saw that the water wasn't used سبحان الله سبحان الله إمام أحمد said ما سمعت بصحب بحنيت إلا يقوم بالليل أحمد said أحمد said I never had a person who's seeking the knowledge of Hadith and he doesn't pray at night I've never had that 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