 إن الحمد لله نحمده ونستعينه ونستوفره ونتور إليه ونعوذ بالله من شرور أنفسنا ومن سيات عمالنا من يهده الله فلا مضللا ومن يضلل فلا هاديا له وشدوا لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له وشدوا اللهم محمد العبده ورسوله صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وأصحابه أجمعين أما بعد today insha'Allah تعالى the reflection and what we're going to ponder over and contemplate over is the hadith a very powerful hadith which if you look at the books of the scholars especially books pertaining to عقيدة when it comes to the books that talk about مسائل الإيمان he will always find this hadith in them like for example if you look at the kitab kitab الإيمان لبنه من ده رحمه الله and the book kitab الإيمان written by sheikh of islam ibn utamiya he has two books الإيمان الكبير and الإيمان الأوسط and if you look at the kitab تعظيم قدر الصلاح written by محمد نصر المروزي and other books you will always find this hadith is mentioned a lot and this hadith is very well known as the hadith of وفد عبد القيس إن شاء الله تعالى my aim is to extract 20 benefits from this particular hadith إن شاء الله تعالى first of all I'm going to go over the hadith with you all and then we're going to extract the 20 benefits from the hadith إن شاء الله تعالى one after the other عبد الله عباس narrated this hadith and this hadith can be found in بخاري المسلم عبد الله عباس he said إن وفد عبد القيس لما أتوا النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم when the delegation of the tribe of عبد القيس came to the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم the prophet said when they came to him the prophet said to them من القوم أو من الوفد the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he said who are the people who are you guys and who are these delegation has come to me قالوا they responded by saying ربيعة the response that they gave to the prophet is we are ربيعة a tribe of ربيعة that's who we are قال that the prophet said to them مرحبا بالقوم أو بالوفدي غير خزايا ولا نداما the messenger said welcome o people or the narrator said he said welcome o delegation of عبد القيس neither will you face disgrace or regret then they said to the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم فقالوا يا رسول الله o messenger of Allah إِنَّا لَانَا سْتَطِعُ أَنَّا تِيَكْ o messenger of Allah we are not able to come to you إلا في شهر الحرامي except in the sacred months أشهر الحرم the sacred months which the disbelievers never used to fight that's the only time that we can come to you وبيننا وبينك هذا الحي من كفار مضر and between us o messenger of Allah there is the infidels the disbelievers the tribe of مضر the people of مضر they intervene between you and us o messenger of Allah فمرنا بأمر فصلم فمرنا كماننا o messenger of Allah instruct us please order us something good to do نخبروا به من وراء على that we can go back to those who we left behind we can inform them of what you told us وندخلوا به في جنة and it could be a means for us to enter جنة وسألوا وعلى الأشربة then they ask the prophet ﷺ ورى بي types of liquids that we can drink what kind of things are we allowed to drink what is legal the types of drinks then the messenger said فأمرهم بأربعين the prophet commanded them good ونهاءهم عن أربعين ونهاءهم عن أربعين and he prohibited them he prohibited them from four things أمرهم بالله أمرهم he commanded them بالإيماني بالله وحدا he commanded them to believe in Allah alone then the prophet said to them أتدرون ما الإيمان بالله do you know what it means to believe in Allah وحده alone قالوا they responded by saying الله ورسوله أعلم الله and his messenger are no best قال that the prophet said الإيمان means شهادة الله إلا الله that you bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except Allah وأن محمد الرسول الله and that the prophet Muhammad is the messenger of Allah وإيقام الصلاة and that you establish the prayer وإيقام الصلاة you establish the prayer وإيتاء الزكاتي and that you come with zakat وصوم رمضان and that you fast month of Ramadan وأنطر and that you give من المغنمي the spoils of war and the booty الخمس fifth of it ونهاهم عن أربعين and the prophet he prohibited them from four things he prohibited them from what الحمتمي والدبائي والنقير والمزفتي وربما قال المقايري those four in which he prohibited them from عليه الصلاة والسلام they were pots they were pots in which the Arabs used to drink alcohol from which they used to prepare alcohol from then the prophet said to them احفظوا هنة memorize all of this from me وأخبروا بهنة and inform these two من وراءكم those you have left behind this hadith as you can see it has a lot of benefits in it and it's great that we give our times to understand this hadith this hadith is going to teach us many lessons and my beloved brothers and sisters as you know the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he said تركت فيكم I have left I have left with you all say only two things لن تضللوا بعدهم you will never be misguided after those two now they كتاب الله the book of Allah is what I left with you was sunnati and I have left my sunnah with you anyone who holds onto those two will never be misguided and destruction will come his way so it's important that we give time out to understanding the hadith of the prophet because in it is our salvation and our prosperity this hadith as I said before is very well known as حديث وفد عبد القيس it's a hadith which is عظيم النفر the benefits that are in it are great and insha'Allah will extract one benefit after the other بإذن الله الكريم because the reason why this hadith deserves for us to stand over is that what the delegation asked the prophet for was what something that will allow them to enter what جنة and so the answer that the prophet gave them is something that slowly take them to what to جنة and isn't that what we want so let's stand over the hadith the benefits that are in it and the dalalat the indications and the wordings and what the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم الفائدة الأولى the first benefit that we can take from this hadith is that the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم قلت في المشاركة في المشاركة that came to him he placed in their hearts love and he placed in their hearts a passion عليه الصلاة و السلام the reason why he did is he tried to get to know who they are find out about them so he knows them when he sees them next time عليه الصلاة و السلام so he can place them in their right place give them their due rights because when you know somebody you are able to place them in their right place and the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he commanded as Aisha said that we place the people in their due places so the prophet said who is the people who are you or many left who is this delegation he showed that the prophet wanted to know who they were so this place is in their heart that the prophet asked about them and that the prophet wanted to know who they were so that's the first benefit that we take from when you meet a person don't just answer their question always try to make sure that you find about their name who are they get to know them and then answer their question and try to remember when you see them next time who they are and the second benefit that you can take from the hadith is the fact that the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he made them feel he made them feel عليه الصلاة والسلام that they are in his company he didn't make them feel lonely the way he didn't do that عليه الصلاة والسلام is by saying to them مرحب and welcome the fact that he said to them welcome shows that he's made them one of his companions and he's brought them in the fact that he used that term makes them feel welcomed so he said to them مرحب and welcome and this is something a person should try to do that when a person comes and visits you in your house that you tell them this house is your house you're welcome enjoy your time enjoy your stay these words of comfort it brings a techniques from قادم the person who's coming he feels that this place is for him and this is and the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم the prophet's methodology that when you come to a gathering when you come to a masjid that you feel welcomed if you come to a masjid and as soon as you walk in your scrutinized who are you? where are you from? where are you from? and this opposes the prophet's way the prophet as soon as he mentioned saw the delegation they felt home he told them مرحب and welcome عليه الصلاة والسلام so this is very important that you like this الفائدة الفائدة to the third the third benefit that we take from the hadith is that you can refer to yourself as a whole when you're just part of something التعبير على البعضي بالكل you can use something that shows that you're speaking as your everything of it but you're only part of it and the evidence for this is that when the prophet said to them مانيل قو who are you or when he said مانيل وفت who is the delegation they responded by saying ربيع and ربيع is a tribe and they are only part of the tribe they are not all of ربيع so if a person comes and says I am Somali that doesn't mean he is all of Somali is a part of it التعبير على البعضي using as though you are the whole but intending only part of it is what we take from the حديث which the علماء of linguistics among the علماء of they say ذكر البعض وإرادة الكلي and sometimes you mean you say bit but you intend the whole and sometimes you say the whole but you intend some الفائدة الربيع the fourth benefit that we take from the حديث is anybody who takes the path of guidance anybody who takes the path of guidance and looking for the truth that he will not go through disgrace or regret a person who takes a path where he wants to be guided and he wants to gain the truth he will not achieve and he will not endure خيز ولا ندامة he will not go through disgrace in this earth and nobody will go through regret because the Prophet ﷺ what did he say غير خزايا ولا ندامة and the علماء grammatically they say غيره is منصوب على الحال grammatically the word غيره is منصوب and it's منصوب as a حال situation مرحبا بالقومي مرحبا بالقومي مرحبا بالقومي والحال and the situation is that غيره خزايا ولا ندامة that upon you is not a disgrace or regret what were these people's intent and why did they come they wanted to know the truth they wanted to know guidance that was their aim that was their objective and the Prophet ﷺ told them the fact that they have tried to do that and this is for everybody who is serious about knowing the truth who seriously wants to know his religion الله will not disgrace him and no will he سبحانه وتعالى no will he make that person regret it rather the opposite is the truth الله raises the station of the people who want to learn the religion as he said in the Qur'an يرفع الله الذين آمنوا منكم والذين أوتوا العلمة درجات الله raises their ranks and their position سبحانه وتعالى الفائدة الخامسة the fifth benefit that we take from this Hadith is جواز الثلاء that is permissible to praise somebody it is permissible to praise a person في what he in front of him إذا أمنا عليه من الفتنة if you are safe from any fitna occurring that you can أما إذا خشية but if the fear comes that this might cause this person something فإنه ولا يمدح then we should have praised the person and the famous Hadith is what المدح الظبح المدح praising is what الظبح is slaughtering somebody it is killing somebody when you praise somebody in their face you are actually killing them but that is when you fear that this might cause the person something bad or might do something bad to the individual because what did the Prophet عليه السلام do because he said to them غير خزايا ولا ندامة you are not going to go through disgrace otherwise going to raise you guys you are raised you praise them so in it is what الثناء the sixth benefit that we take from the Hadith is what that this delegation their Islam was before they came to the Prophet عليه السلام they were Muslims before that and that this delegation is the best delegation that ever came and they were the first delegation that came to the Prophet عليه السلام the seventh benefit that we take from the Hadith is what that guidance is in whose hand brothers أن أمر الحداية بيدي الله سبحانه وتعالى the guidance is in Allah's hands الله guides whoever he will سبحانه وتعالى how is that the case and how do we benefit from the Hadith the وفد عبد القيس between them and the Prophet was which tribe كفار مضر and the وفد عبد القيس they were closer to the ممبع الوحيد they were closer to the revelation they were closer to the Prophet's Islam عبد القيس وفد عبد القيس they were further from the Prophet عليه السلام and the guidance came to them the guidance didn't come to the the people of what the قبيلة the tribe of مضر the كفار مضر didn't accept Islam but the وفد عبد القيس they accepted Islam even though they are further and this teaches us من شرح الله صدره للإسلام فهو على نور من ربه than anybody who Allah opens his chest Allah opens his سبحانه وتعالى for Islam فهو على نور من ربه he is upright from his Lord الله سبحانه وتعالى that guidance is in whose hands it is in Allah who سبحانه وتعالى's hands he guides whoever he wills سبحانه وتعالى there are eight benefits there are eight benefits that we take from the Hadith now it's eight right the brothers were writing it's the eight Hadith they were writing now it's eight it's eight those four were writing I don't see anyone else writing it's eight now you say it's eight الفائدة التعامل the eight benefits that we take from the Hadith is the importance of perfecting your intentions when asking question and that is these individual when they asked a prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم why were they asking the question and what was their reason to ask the question their reason was مرنا بأمر أمرين كماند أس أو دأس بأمرين فصلين كلير كأماتا اكتشن ورائجز دي that we can come with so who were they asking for who was it that they wanted to know this for for some of us they are intent was for themselves and nowadays some people will come to an عارب a scholar who has blessed them and gave them the opportunity to sit with a sheikh and the sheikh is in their gathering instead of asking them something that's beneficial for you something that you can benefit from a good that you can leave with what would that person do they are jumping to ask for other people they ask questions that are no benefit for them they even may ask the question just to show the people look how I'm giving the sheikh a hard question when Allah سبحانه وتعالى I mean when the prophet peace be upon him he said in a hadith anybody who tries to attain knowledge and he's aimed for gaining knowledge asking question is so that he can put the scholars down so look he doesn't know see he's confused my question confused the sheikh that's why he's asking or he's asking the question to show the people he knows something or he wants to bully the people through his knowledge and he wants to mock the people that's the purpose in why he is learning the prophet told us peace be upon him that that person the knowledge that they've taken will only be a way to hellfire and خالح الله like وفد عبد القيس their question was for who they said مرنا command us or message them order us what which is to the point that commands us and orders us that which we need to come with look how they wanted something for themselves and then look what they said after that and then we can take that information and when we implemented it we can take it to who those who have left behind وَلَا تُخُلُوا بِهِ الْجَرْنَةَ and this can be a means for us to enter jannah this is why they asked the question الله أكبر this is what this is why they asked the question وليالك وان بردا he said to me once when he graduated I asked him one time what was the best advice he graduated what was the best advice and one of the best advice that was given to you and who gave you the best advice and he said the best advice was given to me by sheikh عبد الرزاق عبد المحسن the son of the great scholar عبد المحسن so I said what did he say to you he said to me when I finished the جامعة he said make sure that all that you learnt you learnt it based on the questioning of the وفتا of عبد القيس the purpose you learnt it is that your intent was for it to be a guidance for you yourself and now that you are departuring and that you are leaving to go back to the United Kingdom وَنُخُبِلُ بِهِ مَنْغَرَ عَنَةَ and that you convey this message to those you left behind and you can guide them and that he said to him and it's also the knowledge that you've attained you always remember وَنَتْخُرُ بِهِ جَنَّةَ that it's a path for you to enter jannah the brother that's what the sheikh said to him يَلَهَ مِنْ نَصِحَةَ what is more greater than that I advise Allah, the one who takes it like the sheikh spoke from a very powerful point the sheikh mentioned this to him حفظ الله و تعالى the ninth benefit that we take from the hadith is إبداع العذري for coming with an excuse عند العجزي when you're unable to come to a place of khair when you know you couldn't attend a lesson and you were absent and you missed a class don't pretend like nothing happened hasten to the minute you lay eyes on your teacher to straight away give him an excuse of why you were absent the minute they met the messenger and they saw the prophet they didn't say anything to him except we are unable to come to you and except to come to you in the sacred months we can't come to you except the sacred months و بيننا و بينك بيننا و بينك و بينك بيننا و بينك بينك و بينك بينك و بينك بينك و بينك بينك و بينك بينك و بينك بينك و بينك بينك و بينك بينك و بينك بينك و بينك بينك و بينك بينك و بينك بينك و بينك كان ذلك سيقرأت في المنزل ، أشورو الهرم ، so look how they straightaway came to the Prophet and they gave him their reason why they can't participate in the lessons and that they can't benefit from him and this is the etiquette that a student of knowledge needs to have which is called تقديم عذر that you bring forward an excuse a legitimate excuse of why you couldn't make it to the class and why you couldn't participate in the خير and these companions this delegation they had a very valid excuse did they not because if they tried to move through the people of مضر they will kill them they will kill them so what is the مفهوم what is it that we understand from their statement is if the people of ففار مضر were not in that place we would have been there with you and we would have been those who attain knowledge from you the 10th benefit that we take from this حديث is البدء بسؤالة عاليل أهمي ثم المهم that when you ask a question you start with that which is most important for you don't ask what is less important start with what is most important to you this is what is from the etiquettes of a student of knowledge this is the etiquettes of gaining knowledge that you start with what concerns you what is important to you what you need as an individual start with yourself I ask you brothers look at the Quran every time you see the prophets make دعاء who do they start the دعاء for when they make the دعاء ربخ فرلي ولي who do they start with so everyone should start with for themselves والله إذا حليث ألمان أبو داود ريث يبني السنة which is what كان النبي وصلى الله عليه وسلم إلا دعاء that the prophet was one that if he supplicated بدأ بنفسي he will start with himself attaining knowledge is a path to jannah it's a path to gain guidance it's a path to what it's a path to gain guidance you first want it for yourself so when you ask a question first of all start with your questions first what is most important for you what is it that you need most ask those questions in that order even your questions that you have ask them in the order of importance it is and place it in that sequence start with what is what بسؤالي عن العهمة المهمة the most important second in order third and fourth look what they said فمرنا بامرن فصلن نخبر به من ورعانا give us a clear matter command us that then we can take that information to who those we've left behind وندخل به الجنة and we can enter jannah from it وسألوه عن الأشريبة and what was the first question they asked they asked about drinking what are they allowed to drink and what are they not allowed to drink that was the most important question for them the 11th benefit that we take from the حاليث إن شاء الله تعالى is the importance of giving da'wah brothers and how it is important to give da'wah to Allah SWT and how it's important especially in a community and a society like today to guide the people to the religion of Allah SWT the delegation even though they started with what was beneficial for them first they didn't forget the importance of those who they left behind and guiding others and I always mention the line of poetry فالتقصد أربعة قبل افتدى تعلم لكي تفوز بالهدى أولها الخروج من ضلالي والثالث نفر خلق للجلالي والثالث إحياء للعلومي والرابع العمل للعلومي أولها الخروج من ضلالي the first reason why you want to gain knowledge and you want to learn is to leave misguidance you don't want to be an ignorant person for the rest of your life والثالث نفر خلق للجلالي and the second reason why you are attaining knowledge and you want to learn is you want to benefit those who are around you and your community and the people around you so those are the two main among the two first reasons why you attend and you gain knowledge which is to give دعوة is to convey that message A person studies for six years, seven years graduates from a prestigious university comes back to this country the first thing that they should make their aim and objective is to give دعوة دعوة للله تعالى they shouldn't look for a 95 job they shouldn't be a bus driver should they work, of course they should work should they get a job, of course they should get a job should they study academic studies of course they should study academic studies but دعوة should be part of their time دعوة should be what part of their schedule that they are known to give دعوة and call to the path of الله سبحانه وتعالى when did the Prophet ﷺ I'm sorry when did Allah سبحانه وتعالى say والعص Allah swt by time إن الإنسانة ما في خص the very mankind is all upon what loss and then Allah تعالى He gives استثناء an exception what's the exception here إلا الذين وعملوا الصالحات وتواصوا بالحق وتواصوا so what is it that we take from it that the people who are not going to be lost are people who come with four characteristics anyone who hasn't got these four characteristics he's considered from the people who are upon loss who is it إلا الذين أعملوا those who gain beneficial knowledge وعملوا الصالحات who come with righteous deeds وتواصوا بالحق they call to good وتواصوا بالسامل and they come with patience if you don't have those four you're in a state of loss and it's all four of them have to be with you والعملوا الصالح ودعوة إي الله تعالى والصبر على الألف that you have benefit you gain beneficial knowledge you come with righteous deeds you call to the way of your Lord الله سبحانه وتعالى and the fourth one is you are patient in the harm that you go through when you are calling to the path of Allah and you are also patient when you are implementing the knowledge and you are also patient when you are attaining the beneficial knowledge if you don't have those four you fall under إن الإنسانة لفي خصر you are upon loss the only thing that can take you out of the loss is by coming with these four characteristics and الله سبحانه وتعالى he said in the Quran he said call to the path of your Lord and the command in the Quran shows obligation ولدعوة إي الله that the Muslims are not allowed to stay in the land of the disbelievers except with the condition that they are what that they are دعوة إي الله that they call to the path of Allah that's the condition that the Ulama after doing إستقراء following up the what following the Quran and the sunnah they came with that this is the condition if the Muslims want to stay in the land of the disbelievers that they are دعات that they call you to Allah's path now many people think to be a da'ee means you have to wear a particularly uniform you have to be registered from a particular masjid and that you have to be na'ee it doesn't mean any of that it can be a da'ee whilst you are driving your taxi you can be a da'ee to your next door neighbor you can be a da'ee in your 95 job that you go to you can be a da'ee in your university that you are in the classmates the people who go to your class all of these are places you can be given da'ee whilst you you are coming to a contact with people who are not Muslims the da'ee is also not restricted to the disbelievers you also give da'ee to the believers but the way that the person gives his brothers is in this ayah Allah tells us that the people you give da'ee are three types the people are three types one type of people is the mo'idah they need a reminder their heart is alive but it keeps going down and it dies just to remind the heart their back again another group of people those just need wisdom the ones whose heart is alive they need wisdom maybe they just need you to take them out to costa they just want to have cup of tea with somebody and you just doing that for them is maybe a way to do it wisdom in your way you approach their issue another group of people is a mo'idah a reminder with the wisdom that you give a mo'idah a reminder and you use a nice wise way sometimes you come from the angle of gifting them sometimes this sometimes there and a reminder in it come let's go to visit the graves today or go to a place where the graves are at and say to one day this could be you if you want to give them something say how about you visit the wisdom if you come today I want to take you out for a food come visit me at the masjid at ظهر bring him into the masjid for ظهر you're thinking because he wants the food so he comes into ظهر time into the masjid he prays جماعة and then you take him out you don't meet him on the street you're using wisdom you want his heart to wake up you use the حكمة with him and the mo'idah if you know your wife doesn't listen to you when it comes to reminders and heart softening or you know your parents don't listen to you maybe they listen to a sheikh that you know of by that tape for her maybe she listens maybe your wife might listen to another speaker another lecturer and wisdom is the way you go around it and the third type of person is وجاديل ومبيلتي أحسن this person you argue with them and you debate with them بيلتي أحسن if the person is and you just debate for a sake of debating they don't waste your time with them and if you look at today the Muslims today especially if you watch those who go to high park they don't distinguish between those three types of Muslims and they don't distinguish between the three types of audience not every single counter wants from you does he? doesn't somebody take them out from coffee someone that just wants wisdom and good manners and your actions and this that can bring them to Islam and exceptional right? but if you make every type of disbeliever that you talk to argument okay let me discuss this issue with you and you debate with them straight away why have you pushed everybody to one category are we together? I'll conclude there insha'Allah for today anything which I've said that was wrong is from me because Allah has messaged me from it سبحانك اللهم بحمدك أشهد بأن لا إله إلا الله أستطيع أن تشاهد