 we start with the name of Allah, the most encompassingly merciful, the university merciful, Ar-Rahman who gave us our existence and gives us our sustenance that we didn't ask for it and then Ar-Rahim, the particularly merciful, who gave us Iman before we asked for it who gave us subsistence on this Iman before we asked for it, insha'Allah, if Allah's Rahma allows that we pass from this world with that Iman in our hearts more complete than it is now and to understand what our the completion of Iman means we should understand what the characteristics of a mu'min are, what the characteristics of a believer are and so the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam he said that modesty or shyness or that sense of shame that we have in our hearts when we do something we're not supposed to do or somebody sees us do something we're not supposed to do that that is a part of Iman and it's from the mercy of Allah that he has made the attribute of this deen shyness, modesty a sense of shame, not out of guilt not out of making us feel as if we're constantly being scrutinized by others this characteristic of this faith hayat, shyness, modesty helps us become people of Iman become people of belief that Allah is with us Allah is watching us, that Allah sees what we're doing wa hua ma'akum ayna ma kuntum that he is with you wherever you are that no matter how hidden you may think you may be from your parents or your children or your friends or your coworkers or anyone that might be a person you might be a bit afraid of their scrutiny or teachers your elders but the mere fact that Allah has made hayat made modesty part of this faith and he has made it the part, he made it the sifa the attribute of this faith where other faith traditions have their attributes but the attribute of this deen is shyness, is modesty the fact that he has made you cognizant of your actions in front of others is a reminder for you that if you are afraid of what another might think or what might pass through the heart of someone else when they see you in a place you shouldn't be seen then this is a reminder that what about Allah Azawajal who is constantly seeing us who is constantly, we're constantly under his watch and under his care where if we wanted to disobey Allah Azawajal with the gift that he has given us wouldn't we feel a little bit shy to do that that Allah is the one that gave us our hands and Allah Azawajal gave us these eyes Allah Azawajal gave us this mind that we used to think and if we think about others in a way that we shouldn't think about them that though nobody may know what's on our mind Allah Azawajal knows that it's a form a lesser form of backbiting to think less of another that a person at a higher state is taken into account for that thought that goes through their mind and perhaps at a lower state they might not be taken to that but the closer you reach Allah that if things pass your mind that so and so I didn't see him do this I didn't see him do that or he has this issue with him that he doesn't pray as Sunnahs or he can learn to recite Quran better whatever it may be that that thought that passes through the mind that perhaps we're not taken into account from another because they don't know what's in our mind but the Hayat that we have in front of Allah that Allah sees that thought and Allah knows that thought better than we know that thought that that cognizance that shyness that modesty that we should have reminds us that that thought shouldn't be there in the first place that it encourages us to have to have better characteristics where Allah Azawajal says about the Prophet if we want to become more Muhammedin become more like the one that was the model of conduct for us when Allah Azawajal says that in the Messenger of Allah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam for you is a model of conduct a beautiful model of conduct and there was no more more shy than him Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam when he was described that he was more shy than the unmarried woman in her in her private quarters in the dark of the night that imagine that what cover what how difficult it is to be aware of what goes on with that such a person at that state where no one sees her that the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam was more shy than that when he would speak to people he would mostly look at the ground he wouldn't look at people in the eyes not because of some deficiency in him because that was the shyness that modesty Allah put into his heart and if he was to look at people directly in the eyes when he spoke to them it might make them uncomfortable knowing that this is or might make them feel like they're not able to say what's on their mind where he was Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam the master of creation where he says Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam I am the master of the children of Adam and this is not and I'm not boasting Allah commanded him to say that when somebody knew that about him he would look directly in the eyes how difficult is it to say what's on your mind but the shyness of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam that was a mercy to everyone else that Allah placed in his heart made him look more towards the ground than he looked towards others and how beautiful is that characteristic how beautiful is that modesty that that cognizance of what the other might think is a reminder of what Allah knows what another might think is not as important as what Allah knows of us another might think that we're deficient in our prayers or in our fasts or in our social conduct but what does Allah know about us and so to show the characteristics of boldness, audacity in front of creation makes it a bit difficult to have humility in front of the Creator it makes it a little bit difficult to understand that He, Azza wa Jannah, is not asked of what He does but they are asked it takes humility, it takes a sense of modesty to know that this is not my place to ask what Allah does and I am asked of what I do that Allah owns me that modesty that comes in the heart where Allah is my Creator He gave me these hands He gave me these eyes He gave me these nose He gave me these ears He gave me this heart and this mind and if I don't use that blessing for what it was made for if I don't use that blessing for what it was made for should I not be embarrassed imagine if someone gives you a gift in their face you use it for what it wasn't made for somebody gives you worth it might have a high worth in their heart and you know it has a high worth in their heart somebody can give you something as simple as a pen and you use it to scrape under your fingernails or something how immodest would that be when Allah gives us our eyes I mean look at what we're not supposed to look at look at, how immodest is that how contradictory is that to to He is with you wherever you are where if He would stop doing an action because our grandmother is there or because of our father our teacher is there or because of an elder is there but we wouldn't stop because Allah Azza wa Jinn is constantly there watching then we should reassess the modesty that we have in our hearts to summarize the modesty that we have with Allah is knowing that we belong to Him solely a servant to Him and it would be improper it would be injustice injustice to put something outside of its own place to put something outside of its place that's injustice that's the definition of injustice according to the ethicists of this tradition injustice is the opposite to put things where they are supposed to be it would be an injustice to the blessings that we've been given to not use them for to not use them for servitude and it would be an injustice to servitude to have the audacity to be to be actively contrary in our actions to what it should be with the master Allah Azza wa Jinn is the Maula Alhamdulillah, the Lord of the worlds the Rab the master, the Lord the owner the entity that owns the world all of creation however Allah Azza wa Jinn also says that we've made you a balanced nation and a virtue is to put things a virtue is to enact a particular quality when it's asked to be enacted and to not enact when it's not to be enacted so the modesty and the shyness and the humility that is asked of us if it stops us from fulfilling our responsibilities if we see somebody else insults a friend or a family member or someone on the street and we don't put a stop to it if we have the ability to because we might feel shy that modesty is outside of its place then it goes from a virtue to a vice if our temperance stops us from becoming angry when you should be angry then that's not a virtue, that's a vice so Allah Azza wa Jinn has made us a people of moderation that modesty comes with moderation and all the virtues of this deen come with moderation so may Allah make us a people of moderation may Allah make us a people of virtue and not make us a people of vice may Allah make us a people of modesty in front of me Azza wa Jinn may Allah make us of his Ibad of his servants and actualize that servitude may Allah allow us to actualize Ubudiyya may Allah allow us to actualize Hayat to actualize modesty in front of me Azza wa Jinn remember that he is constantly watching us may Allah makes the people who are cognizant of him watching us and be witness onto the fact that he is watching us may Allah make us a people who have no source of solace or peace except through him so he say Allahumma anta salam wa minka salam Tabarak t'iyat al-injalani wa nikram Hayyina wa dakhilna dara salam Rabbana aatina fi dunya hasana wa fi l-akhti hasana wa qin'a aadha bin-naar Rabbana hablana min azwajina wa dhriyatina qurr wa ta'ayini wunja anna li muttaqina imama may Allah have mercy on our teachers particular first teachers are parents so we say rabbir hamhumma kama rabbiyani sahirah rabbir hamhumma kama rabbiyani sahirah rabbir hamhumma kama rabbiyani sahirah rabbir hamhumma kama rabbiyani sahirah rabbir hamhumma kama rabbiyani sahirah or Allah forgive them as they be merciful to them as they were merciful to us when we were young I mean Allah Azza wa Jalla Allah was recognized as Allah and His angels send their benedictions and salutations upon the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and that we're asked to do the same innallahu walaikituhu yusalluna aalana nabi ya yuhalladina amru sallahu alayhi wa sallim utasneema Allahumma salli ala Sayyidina Muhammad wa ala aali Sayyidina Muhammad