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Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. To Him is all praise, all good, and all praise is beautiful. I bear witness that there is no god but God, and that there is no partner for Him. He speaks the truth, and He is the Guide to the way.
I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him and his family and his companions. And follow them in good faith until the Day of Judgment.
Allah Almighty, in today's episode, I want to carry on speaking about Al-Muhasabatu lil-Nafs, accounting yourself, looking and pondering over and contemplating on what you say and what you do.
From the ways, God Almighty, that you could do Al-Muhasabatu lil-Nafs, it's for the person to look at their own actions, in which you do daily, and those which you have to do at night. You think about them. And you ask yourself this question, وَهَلْ هَذِهِ الْأَعْمَالَ يَسَّرَهُ أَن يَلْقَى اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى بِهَا أَمْ لَا؟ You ask yourself this question.
These actions that you're doing, هَلْ هَذِهِ الْأَعْمَالَ يَسَّرُهُ أَن يَلْقَى اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى بِهَا أَمْ لَا؟ Is it something that you know that it will please Allah when you meet Him on the Day of Judgment? That's a question you need to ask yourself.
So for example, you look at your actions starting from the obligatory acts. The واجبات, the things which are obligatory. Once you've looked at that, if that's intact, and it's good, then you move on to فيما يتعلق بالمنهيات, the things that are prohibited. The things Allah Ta'ala prohibited upon His slaves.
And then the person after looking at the prohibited, you move on to the third, which is الرغائب والمستحبات. You look at the recommended acts of worship. Where are you in regards to that? Are you fasting Mondays and Thursdays? Are you praying voluntary prayers? Okay? That's called المحاسبة بالدرجة. You are pondering and you're thinking and you're contemplating based on levels.
So you're starting from the واجبات. Am I doing the واجبات? Yes. الحمد لله. That's good. Now that you say, second thing that you say is, Am I staying away from the prohibited acts? Or speeches? Am I staying away from it? If you say yes to that, then your third question you ask yourself is, What about the الرغائب والمستحبات, the recommended acts? What about those? Where are you in regards to that?
Once you do that, you're, Inshallah Ta'ala, upon a path which is, يعني, good. And you're heading towards the right direction.
Okay? The obligatory acts are a lot. And when you look at the obligatory acts, you first of all look at your Salah that Allah Ta'ala made obligatory on you. Are you doing the Salahs that you're praying? This is محاسبة.
Do I pray my Salah بشروطها with its conditions? Am I praying the Salah with its أركان, the pillars that are in the prayer that I need to come with? Am I coming with it? And then you say, The Salah that I pray, am I doing the واجبات? You ask yourself, The Salah that I'm praying, am I doing it في أوقاتها in its timing? And also you ask yourself, These Salahs that I'm praying, am I doing it مع جماعة المسلمين? Am I doing it with the Muslims?
يعني, Al-Imam Ibn Al-Qayyim said something very powerful regarding the Salah. And the person needs to really internalize what he said, رحمه الله, in his كتاب أسرار الصلاة. Ibn Al-Qayyim, رحمه الله, he said, لا ريب أن الصلاة قرة عيون المحبين، ولذة أرواح الموحدين، وبستان العابدين، ولذة نفوس الخاشعين، وبحق أحوال الصادقين، وميزان أحوال السالكين، وهي رحمة الله المهدات إلى عباده المؤمنين.
That's what the Salah is to the believers. It is what brings warmth to their eyes. قرة عيون المحبين. Those who love the prayer, when they pray they find warmth and comfort and tranquility and ease. ولذة أرواح الموحدين. It's the sweetness of the spirits, the soul of the ones who only worship Allah تبارك وتعالى.
It is the بستان العابدين. It's the garden of the worshippers. ولذة نفوس الخاشعين. It's the sweetness of the humble creations of Allah تبارك وتعالى. ومحق أحوال الصادقين. It's the crux of the situation of the truthful slaves of Allah تبارك وتعالى.
It is also وميزان أحوال السالكين. Those who are treading the path to get to Allah تبارك وتعالى. That's their scaling. That's what everything is based on for them. وهي رحمة الله المهدات. It is a mercy sent from Allah to guide us.
إلى عباده المؤمنين. To his slaves. Allah is doing it for them سبحانه وتعالى. Brothers and sisters. I haven't first of all given justice to the statement of Ibn Al-Qayyim رحمه الله. It's so eloquent. But you've understood the gist.
So when you are pondering and you're contemplating first thing you start off with is with the prayer. After لا إله إلا الله you come to the prayer. ولذا الشيخ عبد الرزاق بن عبد المحسن العباد has a very good book. It's called تعظيم الصلاة. It's worth reading. You can get that كتاب and look into it. I've heard والله أعلى وأعلم. I've heard that it is translated.
So Inshallah وتعالى look at that كتاب. It's a كتاب ماتع. And it is a مصنف نافع. That Sheikh عبد الرزاق بن عبد المحسن العباد wrote called تعظيم الصلاة. It's worth reading Inshallah وتعالى.
After the person looks at the صلاة and they ponder over the صلاة then the person looks at the other واجبات of the religion. Okay. And the person also looks at the things Allah prohibited سبحانه وتعالى from his slaves. Have you really stayed away from those things? Drinking alcohol, committing Zina and etc.
Are you staying away from those things Allah has prohibited سبحانه وتعالى? Also you look at the precision of your actions. How precise are you in whatever you do in the religion? Is it precise? Am I doing it with precision? Am I giving it the best that I can give?
Wallahi once you do that and you then thank Allah سبحانه وتعالى and you ask Him سبحانه وتعالى to keep you firm upon that what you're going to find is a lot of good. And then you repent to Allah تبارك وتعالى for any deficiencies that have passed that you've come with and any deficiencies that you currently are coming with because this world again that we're living in brothers and sisters is دار العمل it's the place of actions.
This is the chance that we have. We all know the famous حديث القدسي where Allah تبارك وتعالى He says يا عبادي إنما هي أعمالكم أحصيها لكم ثم أوفيكم إياها فمن وجد خيرا فليحمد الله ومن وجد غير ذلك فلا يلومن إلا نفسه It's everyone's actions today. How precise are you in your actions? How much effort and hard work are you putting in? Are you holding back?
The matter is يا عبادي إنما هي أعمالكم It's everyone's actions أحصيها لكم that is being accounted for them. فمن وجد خيرا فليحمد الله If you find good in it praise Allah تبارك وتعالى ومن وجد غير ذلك and if you find anything other than that فلا يلومن إلا نفسك Don't blame anyone except yourself.
فلا يلومن إلا نفسك The person should not blame anyone except himself. We need to repent all the time brothers and sisters and by repenting you have to have come with حاسبوا أنفسكم قبل أن تحاسبوا You had to have come with the concept of المحاسبة للنفس To say that I did a sin Oh Allah اغفر لي Forgive me Oh Allah توبة comes from recognition of your mistakes and what you've done.
Okay If you look at the righteous people The great Imams of Islam The people who Inshallah تعالى We want to tread on their path سلفنا الصالح Our pious predecessors Starting from our Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم They used to repent Rectify their situation And they used to always want to work hard.
Our Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم A person who is forgiven for everything صلى الله عليه وسلم As Allah mentioned to us in the Quran إِنَّا فَتَحْنَا لَكَ فَتْحًا مُّبِيْنًا لِيَغْفِرَ لَكَ اللَّهُ مَا تَقَدَّمِ مِنْ ذَنْبِكَ وَمَا تَأْخَرَ Our Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم He is errorless In the sense where Allah تبارك وتعالى Everything is forgiven for عليه الصلاة والسلام.
However He told us صلى الله عليه وسلم He said إِنِّي أَتُوبُ فِي الْيَوْمِ مِئَةَ مَرَّةً I repent to Allah تبارك وتعالى Every day a hundred times. And Allah accepts the repentance He told us عليه الصلاة والسلام From every person who does a mistake And does a shortcoming Or comes with a shortcoming Allah will accept that repentance And that rectification from you.
عَبْدِ الْأَبْنِ عُمَنِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُمَا May Allah be pleased with him and his father On the In جامع الترمذي And Ibn Majah And Shaykh Al-Albani رحمه الله I've read it to be صحيح That the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم He said إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَقْبَلُ تَوْبَةَ الْعَبْدِ مَا لَمْ يُغَرْغِرْ Allah He accepts subhanahu wa ta'ala The repentance from the slave As long as he doesn't what مَا لَمْ يُغَرْغِرْ As long as the The moment of death doesn't come to him.
Okay before you pass away Also Imam Muslim narrated On the authority of Abu Musa رضي الله تعالى عنه That the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم He said إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَى يَبْسُطُ يَدَهُ بِالْلَّيْلِ لِيَتُوبَ مَسِيءُ النَّهَارِ وَيَبْسُطُ يَدَهُ بِالْنَّهَرِ لِيَتُوبَ مَسِيءُ اللَّيْلِ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ مِن مَغْرِبِهَا That Allah سبحانه و تعالى He opens his palm بِاللَّيْلِ At night time To accept the repentance Of the people who've asked Allah forgiveness For that day.
And he also opens his palms سبحانه و تعالى To accept the repentance of the one So he does it day time and he does it night time He does it night time For the ones who ask repentance for the whole day And the same one And the same is وَيَبْسُطُ يَدَهُ Allah opens his palm بِالْنَّهَرِ Day time لِيَتُوبَ So he can forgive مُسِيءُ اللَّيْلِ The one who يعني Committed mistakes and shortcomings At night time He does all of this حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ مِن الْمَغْرِبِهَا Until the sun comes from the opposite direction.
So that's consistent repentance. That's how the Salaf as-Saleh Including the Prophet ﷺ and the Sahabas were like. And يعني In more than one of the great Imams of Al-Islam also In their biography you find That they were hard working.
That if it was said to them إِنَّ مَلَكَ الْمَوْتِ بِبَابِكِ That the angel of death is standing at the door And he's standing there لِقَبْضِ رُوحِكَ To take your soul He would not be able to لَمْ يَكُنْ عِندَهُ مَزِيدُ عَمَلٍ He wouldn't have anything more to do. Why? لِأَنَّهُ فِي كُلِّ الْأُمُورِ مُنْتَضِبُ Because everything is on schedule يَعْنِ فِي الْمُحَافَظَةِ عَلَيْهَا وَأَدَائِهَا Everything is doing it accordingly.
But there's some people Brothers and sisters From the people If today it was said to them That the angel of death is standing at the door And he's going to take your soul He will find in front of himself يَجِدُ أَمَامَهُ أُمُورًا كَثِيرًا He will find many things in front of himself Many things يَعْنِ وَشَلْ اَسْتَرْتْ Where should I start from? What can I do? Where? Which one? There's so many wajibat that we've left behind There's so many muharramat that we've fallen into.
So we're muqassir in everything So which one should we start with? And we don't want to be like those people Brothers and sisters Who will come yawm al qiyamah And they will say لَعَلِّي أَعْمَنُ صَالِحًا فِي مَا تَرَكْتُ كَنْ لَا إِنَّهَا كَلِيمَةٌ هُوَ قَائِلُهَا وَمِنْ وَرَآءٍ بَرْزَخٌ إِلَى يَوْمٍ يُبْعَثُونَ We don't want to be like that Brothers and sisters That's not our aim and our objective.
It was mentioned And Imam al Dahabi رحمه الله He brings many examples of great imams Who were like that بُكَيْرِ بْنُ عَامِلٍ It was said كان لو قِيلَ بُكَيْرِ بْنُ عَامِلٍ رحمه الله He mentions If it was said to Abdul Rahman ibn Abi Nu'min If it was said to him قَدْ تَوَجَّهْ إِلَيْكَ مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ The angel of death has come to your direction ما كان عنده زيادة عمل He did not have anything more to add to it وَكَانْ يَمْكُثُ جُمْعَتَيْنِ لَا يَأْكُلُ He will stay for two Jum'ahs not eating.
أنس بن عياظ He said رَأَيْتُ صَفْوَانِ بْنُ السُّلَيْمِنِ I saw Safwan ibn Sulaiman I saw him وَلَوْ قِيلَ لَهُ إِفِي وَسَدْ تُهِمْ غَدَّنَ الْقِيَامَةُ The tomorrow is Yawm al Qiyamah ما كان عنده مزيد عَلَى مَا هُوَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْعِبَادَةِ He did not have anything more to add on the actual Ibadah he was doing.
It was also mentioned that Hushayn رحمه الله He said كَانَ مَنْصُورُ إِبْنُ زَادَان Hushayn when he is saying this If it was said to him إِنَّ مَلَكَ الْمَوْتَ Angel of Death عَلَى الْبَابِ Standing in front of the door ما كان عنده زيادة في العمل There is nothing more he could possibly do.
الله أكبر Imagine that brother How hard you have to be working For you to be told Qiyamah is tomorrow Or the Angel of Death is right now at the front door He is going to take your nafs. Think about it How hard do you have to really work For you not to have anything more to do? And it shows that they were consistently in Ibadah In everything that they did.
And the reason why they got that brothers and sisters Is they came with They were known for being Ones who came with يَعَنِي مُحَاسَبَةُ لِلنَّفْسِ They accounted themselves for everything they did And they looked at their actions Day and night What am I doing? What am I not doing?
Brothers and sisters We will not be in any way shape or form To achieve all of that Unless Allah helps us. There is a common mistake that many people fall into And it is a common mistake which a lot of us fall into And I myself I am guilty of as well Which is we spread this concept And we say it a lot to people We say to people have ثِقَةُ بِالنَّفْسِ I have used that quite a lot.
We say that to the people We say to them go and Have ثِقَةُ in yourself يَعْنِي rely on yourself And that is something we shouldn't say to the people That is wrong It goes against an important point in our religion. ثِقَةُ بِالنَّفْسِ ثِقَةُ brothers and sisters It is تَوَكُل And it is not just تَوَكُل.
ثِقَةُ is not just تَوَكُل It is actually خُلَاصَةُ التَوَكُل وَلُبُّ It is the core of تَوَكُل. ثِقَةُ is the core of تَوَكُل. Okay And we will know the famous Dua that the Prophet ﷺ used to do which is اللَّهُمَا رَحْمَتَكَ أَرْجُوكَ يعني Sorry He used to say اللَّهُمَا رَحْمَتَكَ أَرْجُوكَ فَلَا تَكِنِّي إِلَى نَفْسِي طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ وَأَصْلِحْ لِي شَأْنِي كُلَّهُ لا إله إلا أنت.
This brothers and sisters In this Dua the Prophet would say Oh Allah رَحْمَتَكَ أَرْجُوكَ I hope for your mercy فَلَا تَكِنِّي إِلَى نَفْسِي طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ Don't leave me to my own self. Where is the ثقة بالنفس Where is a ثقة Rely on yourself That doesn't exist.
We ask Allah فَلَا تَكِنِّي إِلَى نَفْسِي Oh Allah do not let me run my own affairs I can't do it I need you. So when you say to the person Have ثقة بالنفس And ثقة is توكل And توكل should be done for who Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى.
وَلِذَا لِكَ ذَا مُفْتِي Before Shaykh Abdul Aziz Bin Ubaid Shaykh Muhammad Ibrahim A.S He was asked about the statement that the people say To one another تَجِبُوا الثِّقَةُ بِالنَّفْسِ You have to have ثقة in yourself He said لا تَجِبُوا وَلا تَجْرُزُوا He said it's not wajib And rather it's not even allowed الثقةُ بالنفس.
And then he mentioned the hadith فَلَا تَكِنِّي إِلَى نَفْسِي طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ You can find that in his فَتَاوَ وَرَسَائِل رحمه الله. Also Shaykh Bakar Abu Zaid He has a kitab called معجم المناهي اللفظية. Shaykh Bakar Abu Zaid In there he talks about Shaykh Bakar Abu Zaid In there He speaks about Terms that people use Which are prohibited in the sharia.
He talks about names and terms And things like that It's worthy of reading And he says that in page 185. Every action that you do Brothers and sisters When it comes to The topic that I'm speaking about حَاسِبُوا أَنفُسَكُمْ قَبْلَ أَنتُ حَاسَبُوا Every action that you do Brothers And you come with Make sure that you come with The two pillars.
What are the two pillars? With sincerity For Allah's sake And do it in accordance to The sunnah of the Prophet. Shaykh Bakar Abu Zaid He said بِالشَّرْعِ زِنْ كُلَّ أَمْرِ مَا هَمَمْتَ وَبِهِ وَفَإِن بَدَى صَالِحًا أَقْدِمْ وَلَا تَجِمْ.
Every action that you want to do يعني بِالشَّرْعِ زِنْ Scale it in the sharia Is this in line with the sharia يعني بِالشَّرْعِ زِنْ كُلَّ أَمْرِ مَا هَمَمْتَ Everything you intend to do Weigh it in the religion بِهِ فَإِن بَدَى صَالِحًا And then if it seems to be good Then أَقْدِمْ وَلَا تَجِمْ يعني go forward and do it.
Do it with sincerity Brothers and sisters And do it in accordance to The way that the Prophet ﷺ did it The way he sanctioned ﷺ. And ask Allah تبارك وتعالى Every day of your life Allah gives you ثبات.
I ask Allah تبارك وتعالى In this little reminder That I gave وَذَكِّرْ فَإِنَّ ذِكْرًا تَنْفَعُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ The benefit You see It benefits the believer. And Inshallah وتعالى I hope it has benefited you all.
أَسْأَلُ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَن يُصْلِحْ لَنَا أَجْمَعَيْنَ دِينَنَا الَّذِي هُوَ عِصْمَةُ أَمْرِنَا وَأَن يُصْلِحْ لَنَا دُنْيَانَ الَّتِي فِيهَا مَعَاشُنَا وَأَن يُصْلِحْ لَنَا آخِرَتَنَا الَّتِي فِيهَا مَعَادُنَا وَأَن يَجْعَلَ الحَيَاةَ زِيَادَةً لَنَا فِي كُلِّ خَيْرٍ وَأَن يَجْعَلَ الْمَوْتَ رَاحَةً لَنَا فِي كُلِّ شَرٍّ.
اللَّهُمَ اغْفِرْ لَنَا وَلِوَالِدِينَا وَلِلْمُسْلِمِينَ وَالْمُسْلِمَاتِ وَالْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ الْأَحْيَاءِ مِنْهُمْ وَالْأَمْوَاتِ إِنَّهُ تَبَارَكُ وَتَعَالَىٰ سَمِيعٌ قَرِيبٌ مُجِيبٌ وَاللَّهُ تَعَالَىٰ أَعْلَمُ سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِهِ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَاتُوبُ لَهُ.
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