 فشرف بل اشتغالي بالعلم ولا تبغي به ما عشت يا دا دا دا لا وياله من شراف عظيمي الحمد لله رب العالمين والعاقبة للمتقين ولا عدوان إلا على الظالمين وأسلي وأسلم على منبعث رحمة للعالمين سيدنا ونبينا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه إلى يوم الدين أما بعد وإن شاء الله today we are going to start a series in which we are going to talk about how to become a successful da'a how to be a successful da'a one who succeeds in his da'a what will strengthen your da'a will allow you to go out and speak to society and teach them and educate them about Islam and to become a as the salaf used to be before حراص is a border controller you control the borders of the sharia not letting anything be an attitude and nothing to be deducted from it how could one be successful in that way there are characteristics and things that are required that a person can become a real da'a and inshallah we hope to go through it the first part of this series that we are going to do is we are going to be go through the things that a da'a needs the characteristics that are required from him that's the first part inshallah and the second part is going to be an example of the life of applying all the characteristics that we learned we are going to apply it on his life and start to take segments of his life and we are going to look at each of the topics that we mentioned so the first one that we are going to start today with is the importance of knowledge so we are going to look at how is his knowledge like and we are going to look at the books and the things that he authored and what the people of his time had said about his knowledge and the next one that we are going to look at is wisdom and we are going to look at in the way that he gave the da'a and how he approached matters and also to have forbearance for matters we are going to look at that in the life of ibn Utamia and also not to be hasty in matters but rather to calm down to observe matters and to also verify things we are going to look at that in the life of the fifth thing which is his tenderness and softness that he had towards people in society are sabru his patience and how he was patient upon wherever he conveyed and how that he didn't hasten to رحمه الله and then how he had sincerity and he was truthful about what he رحمه الله called to and I implemented it القدوة الحسنة to be a good role model which is the eighth one applying that characteristics on the life of sheikh al-Islam ibn Utamia last but not least القلق الحسن to have good character how sheikh al-Islam ibn Utamia's characters and manners were all of those nine points that I said that we are going to look at because those nine are going to be the first segment of our our series that a da'a requires the second part is the life of ibn Utamia and we are going to take those nine and we are going to place on him and again the third which is the life of sheikh al-Islam taking those nine and applying it on his life as well to see has he come with the characteristics a da'a requires did he come with it did he have those nine characteristics which was required so inshallah today we are going to start with the first one which is beneficial knowledge beneficial knowledge the knowledge brothers and sisters who call who are da'a who call to the path of Allah the first thing in which you require is beneficial knowledge is what a da'a means and Allah ordered us it and Allah made it mandatory for the person to have knowledge before he even speaks or even implements anything the person before he even speaks and utter a word or before he even implements anything he needs to have knowledge as Allah سبحانه وتعالى he said انه لا إله إلا الله واستغفل لذنبك وللمؤمنين والمؤمنات والله يعلم متقلبكم ومثواكم الله started the verse صورة محمد ayah 19 فعلم have knowledge first انه لا إله إلا الله that there is none worthy of worship except Allah سبحانه وتعالى you see so فعلم which is to have knowledge it precedes what implementing where is the evidence that it precedes implemented because Allah then said after that واستغفر ask Allah for forgiveness asking for forgiveness what has to precede is the knowledge first you see and that's why الإمام البخاري in his book كتاب العلم and he called it بابون العلم ونالج قبل القول والعمل knowledge precedes speech and action knowledge precedes speech and action and we all need to know بخاري رحمه الله his chaptering was based on his fiq بخاري's chaptering is his fiq it's ruling he's deriving from a hadith and ayat in which he chapters رحمه الله إمام البخاري so الله سبحانه وتعالى in that verse right now which is فعلم أنه لا إله إلا الله the message is the first matter is knowledge and then after that to implement that knowledge because he said وستغفد لي ذنبكه ask the lord ask you Allah سبحانه وتعالى forgiveness knowledge is a condition knowledge is a condition for an action and a speech for it to be a correct for an action to be accepted to be taken in the condition prior to it or a speech is that the person has knowledge of it that the person has knowledge of it and what we need to know is ولا يكون الداعية the da'ee will not be إلا الله مستقيمة he will not be steadfast and straight in the path of Allah إلا بالعلم الشرعي unless he has Islamic knowledge وإلا مصحب الداعي if the da'ee doesn't accompany him knowledge من أول قدم يضعه if knowledge does not accompany him on the first step he takes to give da'ee if knowledge doesn't come with him what will happen is the path in which he then will take there will be so much errors and so much mistakes in which he will cause and he will harm the religion then he will benefit the religion and nowadays we tend to find a people who tell people to give da'ee and say we don't need knowledge we don't need to take knowledge knowledge is wasting our time these people without a doubt they are cut in the straight path between Allah and His creation and they are the police officers of the shayateen the shayatans how can a person embark on this great noble path and again he doesn't have knowledge and again he has no knowledge and Allah سبحانه وتعالى he praised the people of knowledge and Allah سبحانه وتعالى he mentioned their virtue and Allah سبحانه وتعالى he continued praising them in the Quran Allah said in surah al-Zumar in ayah 9 Allah said are they the same the ones who know and the ones that don't know are they the ones who know and the ones that don't know are they the same the answer is clear no they are not the same the ones who know are far greater than the ones who don't know also Allah said يرفع الله Allah lifts the status of the believers believers have ranks over the disbelievers a believer is higher than a disbeliever ولو أعجبكم even if the disbeliever amazes you however rich he is how much money he has how well respected he is in the community doesn't matter the best of the disbelievers and the worst of the Muslims the worst of the Muslims is better because Allah says has lifted the ranks and the position of the believers over the disbelievers good the scholars that lifting that the believers are given that rank that the believers have been given to Allah by the believers over the disbelievers the scholars they share that with the believers and then they also have an additional one over the believers which Allah then says إن أعوط العلم درجات and Allah lifts the scholars higher ranks over the normal believers so the believer has a position higher than the disbeliever and the scholar has a higher position than the disbeliever and the actual normal layman believer also الله سبحانه وتعالى he is exclusively affirmed a characteristics I don't book characteristics rather for the scholars over the normal Muslim which is the characteristics of Al-Khashya fearing Allah سبحانه وتعالى humbling oneself for Allah سبحانه وتعالى that characteristics Allah سبحانه وتعالى he exclusively affirmed it for the scholars over the normal general mass as Allah said in Surah Tufatir ayah 28 إن عباده العلماء the ones that fear Allah سبحانه وتعالى who have fear of him سبحانه وتعالى are the scholars alone the scholars are alone the ones that fear Allah سبحانه وتعالى also Allah سبحانه وتعالى he said and he clarified that the knowledge is a light for the carrier of it the one that has this knowledge he is carrying a light as Allah said in the Quran about knowledge او من كان ميتن is it the one that is dead فحيناه we gave him life وجعلنا له and we made for him light يمشي به with that light he walks amongst the people في الناس amongst the people كما مثل who the likes is it like him the one who is in what في الظلمات he is in darkness one that has got light who is walking amongst the people with his light guiding himself not falling into any is he the same as the one who is in darkness in darkness ليس بخارج منها who is not able to get out of the darkness he is unable to get out of it Allah then says the darkness is that the disbelievers are in because they don't have knowledge Allah made beautiful for them the wrong that they are doing their actions have become made seem good to them why because they had no knowledge of what they are doing it to be evil and bad but the scholar when he does something wrong easy for him is to leave the wrong and go to the good because of the knowledge in which he has also the messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم has said العلم امام المسلمي نريت الكتاب الزكات that the messenger said anyone who Allah wants for him good يفقخ في الدين anyone who Allah wants good for him Allah makes him understand the religion so when a person has some understanding of the religion it's a sign that Allah wants good for him and the opposite holds truth which is the مفخوم المخالفة which is the reverse understanding is that anyone who doesn't get this ability to understand who is deprived from this from this great opportunity of having understanding that individual he is what it's a sign that Allah did not want good for him it's a sign that Allah did not want good for him also مخاري رحمه الله he narrated in his انكتاب العلم باب فضل من علم من علم و علم من علم و علم the virtue of the one who had knowledge who acquired knowledge who gained knowledge and then after that he taught the knowledge the virtue of that one مسلم انكتابه الفضائل and you know all of you all know about this book so the majority of scholars they say that the chapter of صحيح مسلم صحيح مسلم it's done by امام النووي he's the one who made the abwab of كتاب صحيح مسلم but the kitab this kitab that that صحيح باب بياني مثل ما بعثل الله من علم و علم he used the hadith of the messenger in which we're going to read right now which the messenger said and this hadith is very powerful it shows you the importance of knowledge and how by having knowledge you become a successful da'ee the messenger said مثل ما بعثل الله of that which Allah has set me with from guidance and knowledge it is like كمثل غيف it's like rain اصاب ارضى the earth the rain came down and it came down on the earth فكانت منها طائفة the earth becomes how many types in regards to the water two types the land the earth when the rain comes down the way it deals with the water is two types the first type is earth which takes in the water and it produces something with the water that was given to it the second type of earth is the earth in which when the rain comes down on it it doesn't accept the water it's like the road if a rain comes down on the road it won't produce anything or even some places in some places where it isn't isn't a built place it's just like that it never produces crops but the rain it fills it it doesn't do whereas in another place small water sufficient it becomes green grass and then it produces milk and so do the people live on it the prophet saying my knowledge that I came with and the guidance in which I came with it's like that rain that comes down from the sky the people accepted are two types the knowledge I came with and the guidance the way that the rain when it comes down the earth is two types so are the people two types in the guidance and the knowledge in which I came with فكانت منها طائفة طيبة قبلة الماء فأم بتة الكلا first earth is the earth when the rain comes down on it the earth accepts the water it produces grass والعشب الكثير the grass becomes a lot وكان منها أجاديب أم سكة الماء فنفع الله بها الناس فشريبوا منها وسقوا وزراعوا another one it keeps the water the people come they take the water from it and they drink it it's the earth which is good beneficial the second one is وأصابة طائفة منها another one next group next one إنما هي قيعان قيعان is the earth that doesn't it doesn't produce anything لتمسكة الماء it won't hold the water for you because there's the earth some of them what does it do it swallows the water and it produces green for you that's a good one right because what does it produce for you it produces green for you there's another part of the earth which what does it do it doesn't take in the water but what does it do it's the second good one it doesn't take in the water meaning it doesn't absorb the water but it keeps the water on the surface but it's good because that water can then be moved from there and it can be taken cleaned and drunk that's a beneficial water the people are like that a person who when the knowledge and the religion comes down what does he do to him it goes into his body he takes it in and what does he do he understands it implements it and he gives it to the people and the people can take it from him another one what he doesn't do is he doesn't have much understanding of the religion but he keeps the evidences when the people come he just reads it on them and they benefit more from it than he does that's a beneficial first type the second one is a land which is hard if the water comes down if the water comes down it doesn't hold the water for you he won't hold the knowledge for you he won't hold the guidance for you that's one the second one is he won't hold the the water will absorb into him but he's unable to produce it for you it goes into him but he's unable to produce any form of grass or greenery he can't produce it for you that then the messenger said مثل all of the example in how people are at the earth is towards water is how the people are towards what it is like that the one who understands the religion of Allah and he benefits him and he benefits the people and he benefits the people اذا자는 الله بئة فعلمه استغلال وعلماء ف worshiping the day مثلو right and supuesto a person who never lifted up knowledge he doesn't even understand the religion and doesn't even lift his head up for it and he doesn't accept guidance in which i was sent with the earth doesn't take the water that doesn't accept the water it doesn't produce anything this hadith هو المهمة المعلمة لدعات المساعدة لطبيع الله كيف يحتاجها في تحديث تكون ممتاز وفي ما يقوم بشكل جيد وممتاز وإيداعي يحتاج المعلمة وماذا يحتاج المعلمة هو أنه ينبكب على مصر كما أقول مصر ومصر يأخذون ومصر هو المصر ومصر محمد يبن عبد الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ماذا يحتاج؟ يريد أن يأخذ المصر ومصر في طريقه وماذا يأخذ؟ هذا هو ما يريد وذلك المصر يقول يقول هاذيه سبيلي هذا هو المصر إذا لم تكن المعلم ستعلم المصر المصر يقول يقول هاذيه سبيلي أدعو إلى الله على بصيرة أنا أقول ومن التبعاني يقول يقول وسبحان الله وما أنا من المشكلة أنا من المصر أنا من المصر المصر هو المصر يقول هاذيه سبيلي هذا هو المصر أدعو أقول أقول إذا لم تكن المعلم ماذا تقول و进 من النم willingly يقول أقول لذلك where are you calling them people to where are you taking the people where are you because the messenger said this is the path i call to and the path of those who follow me this is the path that they called to this is the path that they are this is the path that they are in do you see the path that the messenger called to we can know it with 2 places that we take it from the book of Allah and the sunnah of the messenger sallAllahu A.A That's the 2 places to know لأننا نستطيع أن نتعرف حينما يصراحه أو كيف وقاله ما يصرحه عليه السلام والسلام ونعلم أنه لو ما يصرحه يكون في محطة وكاله عليه السلام والسلام يصرحه و هذا يعني المام المشافعي تأخذه و نصفه يصرح كل العلوم سوى القرآن مشغلة إلا الحديث والعلم الفق في الدين العلم ما كان فيه فيه قال وحدثنا وما سوى ذلك وسوى سوى الشياطين لما مشافع يسد all forms of knowledge other than the Quran it all does its destruction except the Hadith the Quran and the Hadith وعلم الفقي and the knowledge of Fiqh in the religion فالعلم ونالج is ما كان ذا which is in it وما سوى ذلك and anything other than the Kitab وكتاب and the Sunnah and the Fiqh is what وسوى سوى الشياطين is the waswess of shaitan so the aim and the objective for what a student a da'i is what knowledge the knowledge in which he needs to know is the book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم أقصام العلم the types of knowledge شيخ وليسابي بن تايميا did this dividing the dividing of knowledge before I mentioned the types there's a beautiful quote in which you need to write at the top and it's always beneficial for you as a da'i that إمام شيخ وليسابي بن تايميا said he said the praiseworthy knowledge is الذي يدل علي الكتاب is the praiseworthy knowledge is the knowledge that it has been indicated it has been shown by the book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم and it's the knowledge that inherits الذي هو العلم الذي ورثه الأنبياء and it's the knowledge that the prophets inherited it is the knowledge that the prophet inherited from one another that they took from each other as Allah said in the Quran وَوَارِثَا سُلَيْمَانُوا دَاَوُود سُلَيْمَانْ إِنْهَرِتْ دَاوُود he didn't inherit from him wealth he inherited him from knowledge the praiseworthy knowledge is the knowledge that we find in the Kitab of Allah and the Sunnah and the one that the prophet inherited from one another and the Messenger told us that the prophets they did not inherit from one another and wealth عليه الصلاة والسلام he said إن الأنبياء لم يورّثوا ديرها من ولا دينها را وإنما ورثوا العلم فمن أخذها أخذ بحذ وافرد the prophets they did not inherit دينها را ديرها that's not what they left behind for the people but they left behind for the people and knowledge anyone who takes that knowledge for verily he has taken a great portion great noble thing knowledge is three types the first one is العلم بالله knowledge of Allah his names his characteristics that's the first type knowledge of Allah is Allah's existence Allah's characteristics and Allah's name that is the first type so it's the knowledge of Allah's existence سبحانه وتعالى Allah's names and Allah's name so it's basically knowledge of Allah's تحيد الربوبية تحيد الألوهية تحيد الأسماع والسفات that's the first type of knowledge and that is summarized in Surat Al-Ikhlas and Surat Ayat Al-Khursi that the da'ee needs to understand thoroughly he needs to understand it the Surat Al-Ikhlas very well and the one who is the third of the Qur'an Surat Al-Ikhlas is one third of the Qur'an Ayat Al-Khursi is the best ayat in the Qur'an the best verse in the Qur'an the second form of knowledge that the da'ee requires more than anyone else is العلم بما أخبر الله به the knowledge in that which Allah has informed us of سبحانه وتعالى مما كان that which was من الأمور الماضية that which was in the past history that matters which have taken place وما يكون من الأمور المستقبلة and the matters that are going to be in the future وما هو كائن من الأمور الحاضرة and the matters that will actually take place in this present time that we live in the da'ee needs to know it so that is what knowing the verses of the قصص the stories that have happened والوعدو the promises والوعيدو and the warnings وصفة الجنة the descriptions of the jannah والنار and the description of the hellfire and the likes of that and the likes of that the third type of knowledge that the da'ee requires is what العلم to know the knowledge بما أمر الله به the matters that that which Allah has ordered سبحانه وتعالى that which Allah سبحانه وتعالى had ordered us like the salat and its ahkam the fasting and its ahkam the zakat and its ahkam حج and its ahkam and matters pertaining to that the da'ee should know it he should have good understanding of theq also he also needs to know the chapters of البيوع the transactions and matters pertaining to that ذواج marriage and matters regarding that he needs to also know and the حدود and the قصاص and matters pertaining to that rulings in books of fiq he has to have understanding of that which Allah commanded سبحانه وتعالى and all of that which I said ابن القيم summarized it in his his ابن القيم said علم أقصام ثلاثة ما لها من رابع والحق ضد تبيان علم بأوصاف الإله وفعله وكذلك الأسماء للرحمان والأمر والنهي الذي هو دينه وجزاءه يوم المعادي الثاني ذو ستري ابن القيم سمرized it in his book رحمه الله