 وإن الحمد لله نحن ذوه ونستعينه ونستخدينه ونستبتروه ونتوب إليه ونؤمنه بديه ونتبكل عليه ونعود بالله من شروع أنفسنا ومن سيئات عمالنا من يحته الله وفرامدنا له ومن يبدنه فلا هذه الأن وأشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وحتى بنا شريك له وأشهد أن محمد عبد رسوله الله مسلم وسلم ودارك على سيئنا محمد الله ومي وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم تسليم الكثيرا يا أيها الذين آمنوا بطب الله حق تغاته ولا تموتنا إلا وأنتم مسلمون يا أيها الذين آمنوا بطب الله وقولوا قولا سليدا يسلح لكم أعمالكم ويغفر لكم قلوبكم ومن يوضع إله ورسوله وفقه الثالث وخزن عظيمة أما بعد الحمد لله في البلاد المين وشكرا لله you thank Allah سبحانه وتعالى we praise him we glorify his sublime name we ask him to send blessings and salutations to the peace upon the best of creation our master Muhammad ﷺ and his family and folk and followers and companions and followers until the end of time الحمد لله في البلاد المين that إمام التلمرير رحمه الله يوليت the authentic hadith of the prophet ﷺ in which he teaches us foundational principles of our religion where he said التقلاحة حيث ما كنت وأتبئ سيئة الحسنة التنقفة وخالق الناسة بخلوك الحسن that التقلاحة حيث ما كنت that have mindful and fearful and God conscious of Allah and therefore act according to me حيث ما كنت wherever you are whatever your circumstance is and the second principle وَأتبئ سيئة الحسنة التنقفة and follow up an ill deed with a beautiful deed and it will wipe out the form the latter will efface the form the good will erase the bad and then the third one وخالق الناس بخلوك الحسن and treat all people with beautiful character deal with all of humanity with the best of virtues with prophetic character and prophetic ethics and prophetic virtue and that if we reflect on these three that the first one the Taqwa of Allah عز و جن is that this is to implement the injunctions of the religion and to protect oneself from falling into what is prohibited this is the foundation of our faith and the first level of Taqwa is Imam itself is to have a Taqwa and this great grace of Allah for a person to have Imam in their heart Imam in their heart for them to affirm that Imam is the basis of eternal bliss it's not a light matter it's the basis of eternal salvation eternal bliss everlasting joy a moment of which is unimaginable an iota of which we cannot conceive with our minds that's Subhan Allah what a great gift this is the outpouring of divine generosity upon the Ummah of Sayyidina Rasool Allah every member of the Ummah of the Prophet SAW it's as if they are beneath a downpour a rainfall that is falling upon everyone a rainfall of divine generosity but those that ascend and seek the higher levels of Taqwa and at the next level avoiding what is prohibited and fulfilling the obligations this is extending one's hand and receiving more of that divine generosity because it is the basis of not going even temporarily into the fire when they are in the dark and higher degrees in paradise and that the more that one ascends in the Taqwa the more that they are God conscious and act in their behavior outward behavior and in the state of their inner heart based off of Taqwa they are extending their arms more and more and getting cups and containers to take this rain to take this divine generosity which manifests most fully in the next life but also in this life and so far as the divine grace is not limited to the next life and this is like جالله ربنا ربنا ربنا ربنا ربنا مخ mets ربنا ربنا ربنا أكل كتب ، إن كانت تقوى الله ، يلغقهم كمهر ، ويقيتهم سوى خلالهم ويقوي البناء من حيث لاتيجيكم. ويضعهم قيمة وقتهم ليس يبدووا بناء حتى. لن يتكلم أن يتواف with حدث من هذه المنطقة. الإستعمار الجديد ، إعتاد النظر. كل هذه سيده هؤلاء تقوى. هذه هي سعدة第三ة ، احيانات عكد. هذا هي وجودنا ، أحد of our metaphysicians أبو حسن الشادر. من فارغ المعاصف يباهي رهي من who departs from disobedience in terms of their behavior من who departs from disobedience in terms of their behavior وَنَبَدَ خُبُ الدُّنْيَا بِنْ بَالْدِنِهِ وَنَكَسْتْ أَوْبْ The love of this life from their heart حُبُ الدُّنْيَا That the heart is too precious to give to the dunya in terms of love دُّنْيَا This life and worldly success is meant for the hand but not for the heart The hand partakes of the blessings of this life The hand we take the means to increase the blessings that we have in this life to set ourselves up for success Worldly success is not in and of itself a wrong thing but for it to take over the heart No, this is wrong, this is misplaced because the heart is precious, the ru' is precious The human soul was made for the remembrance of Allah for the recognition of Allah It was not made for being stuck in the mud of this life And so the heart is for Allah It's not for the dunya And so نَبَدَحُبُ الدُّنْيَا من بَغْتِنِهِ And then he says وَلَزِمَا حِفْ جَوَارِحِهِ وَمُرْعَدْ سِبِهِ And whoever is steadfast in holds fast to protecting their limbs from what is wrong and foul and guarding their Sid The Sid is the innermost dimension of the heart which is solely for the oneness of Allah for the remembrance of Allah for the recognition of Allah Whoever does this وَلَزِمَا حِكْتَ جَوَارِحِهِ وَمُرْعَدْ سِبِهِ What happens? What's the fruit? Not simply otherworldly but even worldly fruit for such a person اتَتْهُ أَزَّوَائِدُ وِنْ رَبِّهِ Is that the increased blessings pour upon such a person from his Lord And Subhan Allah We ask Allah for these Zawa'il These extra, extra, extra blessings that the people of Allah have Let Allah in the next one Let Allah in the next one The main aim is the Akhira But we also seek the blessings of this life We also seek the blessings of this life And these are of the fruits of تقوة الله عز و جب So back to the Hadith that we began with اتَقِلَّ حَيْفُ مَا كُنْسِ You know, have تقوة الله irrespective of wherever you are regardless of your circumstance In good days when you're successful when you're happy when things are going well have تقوة الله Don't attribute those blessings to yourself Don't attribute those blessings to your own talent or your own strategy or your own intelligence or your own achievements No, have تقوة الله in good times by ascribing the blessings to Allah أبو بكرة والراقر رحم الله He says Gratitude for the blessing is to behold the favor of Allah Gratitude for the blessing is to recognize the favor of Allah not the favor of one's own talents If we're in bad times تقوة الله عز و جب In bad days when we're in a bad mood when success is not there and not apparent in our days when we're finding difficulty in our lives when tribulations when we find tribulations or trials when we're really feeling overwhelmed in the times of stress in the times of anxiety which is part of the life of this world Whoever promised that dunya would be in paradise Whoever promised that dunya would be in paradise No, this life is not meant to be in paradise We seek the blessings of this life but we recognize its innate nature The innate nature of the dunya is to disappoint The innate nature of the dunya is to distract The innate nature of the dunya is to create delusion for the person and it's from the blessing of Allah that the dunya is in paradise otherwise we would fall in love with the dunya it's from the blessing of Allah that the dunya is not paradise otherwise we wouldn't think of Allah we would just be thinking of dunya It's during those dire times that we turn to Allah in distress that we turn to Allah in distress and so have تقوة الله in bad times what's the تقوة الله in bad times to turn to Him and to not complain to Him in other words, to not complain about Him we complain to Him, we go to our problems we go to Allah with our problems but we don't do so out of objection to what He has decreed we do not object to Allah but experiencing pain does not contradict رضا رضا رضا we're human beings we become sad we become stressed أبو علي الدقاء رحمه الله the sheikh of Imam al-Fushali he says it's not from contentment with Allah that you don't experience the pain of tribulation وإنما رضا أن تعترد على الحق و القضاء but rather contentment with Allah is that you do not object as to the decree of Allah to the ruling of Allah نحن نحن نحن أرقب with Allah أدب with Allah this is the sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ it's also from Taqwa of Allah in those difficulties to make dua to Allah دعاء مخلق إبالة the Prophet ﷺ دعاء is the very essence of worship it's the very marrow of devotion we turn to Allah in the remembrance of Allah in the difficult times حسن الله و نعمن وكيل it's not sufficient for us and the best one to rely on حسن الله و حسبي الله لا إله إلاه و عليه توكل دوا هو رب العرش العليم الله is my sufficiency and the relief from the trial itself is not my sufficiency الله alone is my sufficiency and so when the relief comes I go to Allah in gratitude I don't just stop at the relief but I go to the giver of relief شكر النعم المشاهد في المنة أتابعوا بصدقائنا وعلى حسن الله و عليه وحقنا what is the Prophet teaching to us يَدَقْنَا أَبْطَقْوَأَبْوَ الَّلَى وعلى حسن الله و عليه الكثير من الناس when people harm them when they are harmed by other people this is when the Taqwa goes out the window this is when it's time to get back at them this is why when tests happen what's the state of our character when we are mistreated when we're mistreated by others what's the state of our character? what's the state of our remembrance of Allah? you know people, there's people that they have the best character and they're kind and they're gentle and they're generous but then there's a nasty divorce and it's all out war against the former spouse you know, just the ugliest way of ending a marriage because it's time, it's payback time and this is اتبلا حيث ما كن نحب تقوى بلا wherever you are not just in good times not just when people are nice no, when people are rude or if they hurt us then we have to have تقوى بلا we don't transgress the حدودة بلا just to get back just to win in that moment we have to ask ourselves what's the state of our recognition of Allah in the most difficult of circumstances? and then the second part of the حديث اتبير اتبير اي سيئة الحسنة التمحوها and then follow up the الدين with the beautiful deed and then they face it what is one of the wisdoms of this statement that the Prophet is teaching us صلى الله عليه وسلم is that we're not infallible is that as much as we try to safeguard ourselves from what is wrong that we will slip we will err the Prophet said كلوا اجنعوا دم خطاء وخيروا الخطائين اتوابون that all human beings besides Prophet ﷺ all non-profits are going to err are going to sin are going to slip but the best of those are those that return to Allah and so this is the first حسنة when we make a mistake when we commit a wrong when we fall into sin when we fall into when our faults are manifested the first حسنة that we must do which is obligatory in that situation is توبة to Allah is to make repentance to Allah عز وجن and this is why there's a difference between the sayeea happening despite ourselves are slipped into wrongs versus الاسرار في معصية الله is persisting in sin what is contradictory to the state of a true mu'min is persisting in sin but this is inadmissible this is something we have to get rid of if we find ourselves persisting in wrong then we have to make توبة such that our wrongs are our slips alone they're not something that we are consistent in right إمام الجنيل إبراحيم الله was once asked كيف السبيل التحديق what is the path to be realized in this prophetic way in these prophetic teachings and the first thing he says بتوبة تن تزير الإسراء by a major توبة repentance that does a way with persistence in sin this is what is very gross for the believer but our slips are going to happen and then we must make توبة for each slip and what is توبة but remorse in the heart and resolve to not do it again to stop the sin to have remorse in the heart and to make a resolve not to do it again this is the حسنة the first حسنة it faces the sin it erases it from the book of deeds and this presupposes introspection a person cannot make توبة for their wrongs unless they are cognizant of their wrongs which is why one of the most important foundational traits of a believer is to be someone that is vigilant in monitoring themselves not content with the way we are but concerned with the way we are the believer is not content with themselves himself or herself the believer is concerned I need to continue to work on myself إبنه تعالى says أسقلوا كل ماقسية وشهوة وغفلة أرد عن النفس the basis of every act of disobedience and every time of heedlessness and inattention to Allah and every and every vial passion misplaced passion misplaced appetite is what أرد عن النفس to be content with oneself to be satisfied with the way we are وأسقل كل طاعة ويقضة وإفة and the basis of every act of obedience and every time of remembrance of Allah when we're paying attention to the divine and إفة and the basis of every time when we have dignified restraint when we have enough modesty to restrain ourselves from foul appetites what's the basis of that of every single one عدم رد منك عنها to not be content with oneself for you to not be content with yourself وَلِنْ تَسْحَبَ عَالِمَنْ يَرْضَا لِيَنَفْسِيَةَ even if you kept the company of a scholar that was satisfied with himself a self-satisfied scholar there's no such thing that obviates them being a scholar وَلِيَنْ تَسْحَبَ عَالِمَنْ يَرْضَا عَنَفْسِيَةَ فَأِيُّ رَإِنْ مِيْ عَالِمِنْ يَرْضَا لِيَنَفْسِيَةَ what knowledge does a scholar have if they're content with themselves if they're self-satisfied وَأَيُّ جَهْنَ لِيْجَاهِرِدَا لِيَرْضَا عَنَفْسِيَةَ and what ignorance does the ignoramus really have if they're dissatisfied with themselves that's the true person of Hikma that's the true person who understands the sunnah even if they can't quote much of the Qur'an or much of the hadith or much of our tradition even if they haven't sat with scholars and read books with scholars even if they haven't indicated how intellectually formidable they may be or may not be but they are true scholars they have true or any if they are people of introspection dissatisfaction with the ego and genuine repentance to Allah we ask Allah for Taufeeq in this أقول الله بهذا وأستفر الله لي ولكم فاستفر الله إن الله يقول الرحيم الحمد للهر في العالمين وصد الله على سيدنا محمد النبي رمو ورقاده وصحفه وسنب تسليم كثيرا and so returning to the second principle of this prophetic hadith وأثبية سيئة الحسنة تلحوها follow up the ill deed with the beautiful deed and it will erase the former it will erase the bad deed and this is why another meaning of this is that the person is less susceptible to committing it again because true remorse and true Toba makes one disgusted with their slip and so the erasing is not just of that specific past wrong but future similar wrongs the person is less able to do that wrong when they make genuine Toba this is why بندار من حسينج he was one of the main students of Abu Bakr al-Shibri and he was a great Shafi'i Imam of Azerbaijan he was a faqi and usuni of the Shafi'i school بندار من حسين احمه الله he says من حرب من الدنوب حربت منه whoever flees from sins sins flee from him الله تعالى ربما تقوم with the appetite for those sins with a halawa with the sweetness in the obedience of Allah with the sweetness in the remembrance of Allah with the sweetness in the company of the people of Allah and that sweetness is far far greater than whatever pleasure was derived in the sin but the key is to have the strength to turn a chapter in one's life to have the strength to give up with that sin to have the wherewithal and the inner strength to say I'm done with this wrong there's people that have addictions to sins there's some of our young people that have gross addictions to sins and we have to teach them that it's a path that leads to nothing but pain not only in the next life but in this life as well there are certain addictions internet addictions that don't allow a person to have a functional marriage they destroy one's ability to enjoy intimacy with one's spouse but if a person has the strength to to make hijrah from that wrong and to give it up forever then Allah تعالى will replace the sweetness of one's marriage and other blessings in one's life but alone the remembrance of Allah that far far outweigh that sin we have to have a good opinion of Allah من حسنا ذنو بالله فقد فتح عليه باب الرحمن أبو سلمان الداريين he says whoever has a good opinion of Allah Allah has already opened the floodgates of his mercy to them have a good opinion of Allah if you're struggling with the addiction have a good opinion of Allah if you're struggling with the sin have a good opinion that Allah تعالى will take care of you and give you greater pleasure in his remembrance greater pleasure in the حلال blessings of this life than you ever might have found in the wrong this is part of the effasement of the wrong past wrong as well as future wrongs it's gone, it's erased a new chapter in your life and you're a new person and then you have the illumination of the prophetic support you have the illumination of being someone that the Prophet will be proud of يوم القيامة تسيب صلى الله عليه وسلم you have the illumination that when you see him on the day of the Resurrection صلى الله عليه وسلم he will receive you with his blessed arms he will say I'm proud of you that you have the strength to do that and what about that pleasure compared to whatever pleasure is in the sin الله وسلم و سلم و بارك عليه now rise up to be true ambassadors of Sayyidina Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and get out of these vile things and what's the third thing of the hadith the third principle of the hadith و خالق الناس بخلقن حسن have beautiful character with everyone be universal in your mercy خالق الناس بخلقن حسن treat all people with beautiful character be universal in your generosity be universal in your compassion be universal in your goodwill be universal in your forgiveness be universal in any good that you can muster in your heart and express through your limbs give it to everyone be a sign of God for people be someone that when people are distressed you are there to serve them and they say you not only helped me with my problem but you saved my faith because I know you're a person of of God consciousness and for you to come and help me in this in this difficulty it made me recognize my board إنا من الناس مفاتيح لذكر الله إذا رؤوا ذكر الله the hadith says there are people they are keys to the remembrance of Allah when they are but seen Allah is remembered why because part of it is they have such gracious character such gracious character we ask Allah to make us people of prophetic mercy of prophetic compassion of people who follow the sunnah of consistent tawba asking Allah for forgiveness in the morning and the evening working on ourselves to perfect and ascend in our God consciousness in our tapwa of Allah as a وجد in the remembrance of Allah as a وجد morning and evening day and night اللهم إنا نسألك التوفير والإخلاس والدواء من نعم وحس الخطام ربنا عاتنا من لذنك رحمة وحيئ لنا من أمرنا رشدات اللهم إنا نسألك العفو العافر معفت عامة فتوني والآخر ولكني مسلم اللهم إنا نعود بك من هنين والحزن نعود بك من العجزي والكسل نعود بك من الجمني والبخل اللهم إنا نعود بك من غلب الدين وقاهر ريجاب اللهم إنا نعود بك من زوال نعمتك وتحول عافيتك وفجائز نعمتك الجميع سختي هو الأول والآخر والظاهر والباطن وغوة بكل شيء نعنين إن الله ومالآئك تهو يسادون على النبي يا ألو هندينا أمنو صدو عليه وسلم التسلمة اللهم سلي وسلم بارك على سيدنا وحمد النبي وقاهر وقاهر