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Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen, Lahu Alhamdul Hassan Wa Thana'u Al Jameel, Wa Ash'hadu An Laa Ilaha Illa Allahi Wahdahu Laa Sharika Laha, Yaqulu Al Haqqa Wa Huwa Yahdi Al Sabeel, Wa A'udhu Billahi Minash Shaitanir Rajeem. Wa Ash'hadu Anna Muhammadan Abduhu Wa Rasuluh, Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Ala Alihi Wa Ashabihi Wa Ttabi'ina Lahum Bi Ihsanin Ila Yawmi Al Deen Amma Ba'd. This InshaAllah Ta'ala is our third episode.
We're going to carry on speaking about Al-Amru Min Makli Allah. In this episode InshaAllah Ta'ala I want to speak about the importance of seeking refuge in Allah from your evil soul and Shaytan and how that helps towards not being a person who feels secure from the plans of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. The Messenger Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam in his Khutab that he would do Alayhi Salatu Wasallam, the sermons that he would do and any important reminder or lecture that the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam would start by mentioning and saying, Wa Na'udhu Billahi Min Shururi Anfusina Wa Sayyiati Amalina.
We seek refuge in Allah, the Prophet would say, from the evils of our nafs and the evils of our actions. So the nafs is something you seek refuge in Allah from. It is the nafs that wants to feel safe from the plans and the punishment of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
I remember a Tirmidhi narrated in his Sunan, from the hadith of Abu Hurairah that Abu Bakr he came to the Messenger and he said, Ya Rasool Allah, Murni Bishayin Aqooluhu Idha Asbahtu Wa Idha Amsaytu. Abu Bakr said to the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, say to me, command me something O Prophet of Allah. Abu Bakr is saying, Siddiquhu Hadhi Al-Ummah, command me something that I could say in the morning and in the evening.
The Messenger Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam has said to him, Qul say, Allahumma Alim Al-Ghaybi Wa Al-Shahada, O Allah, the Lord of the universe, the seen and the unseen, Fatir As-Samawati Wa Al-Ard, the one who created the earth, the one who created the sky, the heavens, Rabb Kulli Shay'in Wa Malika, the master of everything, the king of everything, Ashhadu An La Ilaha Illa Ant, I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except you, A'udhu Bika, I seek refuge in you, O Allah, Min Sharri Nafsi, I seek refuge in you, O Allah, from the evils of my soul, Wa Min Sharri Shaytani, and I seek refuge in you, O Allah, from Shaytan, Wa Shirkihi, and you can also say Wa Sharakihi, Wa Shirkihi means and his helpers, I seek refuge in Shaytan and those who help him and aid him in misguiding the people. Shaytan has friends, he has allies, he has people who are working for him, Wa Inna Ash-Shayateena La Yuhuna Ila Awliya'ihim Li Yujadilukum, Shaytan has friends and colleagues and helpers who help him in misguiding the people. So I seek refuge in Allah from Shaytan and those who help him.
And if we read it as Wa Sharakihi, it means I seek refuge in Allah from Shaytan, Wa Sharakihi and the instrument that he uses to misguide others, I seek refuge in Allah from that as well. The Prophet said to Abu Bakr, Qulhu, say this Dua, Idha Asbahta Wa Idha Amsayta, say it in the morning, say it in the evening, Wa Idha Akhatta Madhja'aka, and say it when you go to your bed. What we benefit from this Hadith is, or this Dua that the Prophet taught Abu Bakr is that we seek refuge in Allah from the evil of our soul.
We seek refuge in Allah from Shaytan, Shaytan is planning and plotting against us. He wants to misguide us, he wants us to feel safe from the punishment of Allah and he wants us to believe that we are good and we are righteous and there's nothing wrong with us, that's why Shaytan wants to convince us and he wants Allah's punishment to come to us when we're least expecting it. Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says in the Qur'an, Wa Ma Ubarri'u Nafsi, Inna An-Nafsa La'ammaratun Bis-Su'i Illa Ma Rahima Rabbi, Inna Rabbi Ghafoorun Raheem.
Allah Ta'ala elaborates here, Allah Ta'ala points out that this Nafs of ours, it's one that calls us to evil. Allah says, Wa Ma Ubarri'u Nafsi, Inna An-Nafsa, Verily the Nafs, what is it? La'ammaratun Bis-Su'i, it commands evil, it calls the person to evil. And then Allah says, Illa Ma Rahima Rabbi, except those who Allah has bestowed upon them his mercy, they're an exception.
There are people who Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala has guided them and their Nafs is Nafs which is Mutma'inna, a tranquil soul, a Nafs that is in line with Allah's commandments and stays away from the prohibitions of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. They have tranquility in their life. This is the Nafs that we're all trying to work towards in order to achieve it and gain it.
Inna An-Nafsa La'ammaratun Bis-Su'i Illa Ma Rahima Rabbi, Inna Rabbi Ghafoorun Raheem. Verily Allah is one that is forgiving, a very merciful one. So if Allah is forgiving and he's merciful and our Nafs is calling us to evil, who should we run to? We should run to Allah and not to our Nafs that is calling us to misguidance, that wants to bring upon us destruction.
We seek refuge in Allah from that Nafs. We ask Allah Ta'ala to protect us from that Nafs because if we do, we will Insha'Allah we will not be from those who feel safe from the punishment of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala in the ayah The last part of the verse is what I want.
Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, He says Anyone who is protected from the stinginess of his Nafs, Verily they are the successful ones. Anyone who is protected from the evil of his Nafs, Verily he is from the successful ones. Anyone who is protected from the bad traits that are generally present in the human Nafs, Verily they are from the successful ones.
This Nafs, you need Allah Ta'ala to help you from the evils that it can do to you. This Nafs, it's problematic. And SubhanAllah, its evil traits become clear at times when you are least expecting it.
At times when you don't even think it's going to do something, it does it. And a lot of people, they learn themselves in situations, they get to know who they really are. They didn't know themselves before that.
They say, I wasn't expecting myself to do that. Why did I do that? How did that even come from me? How did that even occur from me? And the reason for that is, it is what the scholars call It is those hidden evil traits in the Nafs which pops out in random situations. So you need to keep cleansing and keep cleansing and keep cleansing.
And get those traits that are hiding. Pull them out. Expose them out of your body.
And bring them out into the open and deal with them. Don't hide them. Don't cover them up.
If you've got a wound on your body, you don't place creams on your body. What you do is, you've got a wound. You go to a doctor or you do surgery or you do something.
And then if you want to put cream on it, you can. The cream is not going to remove the wound. The wound is deeply into your body.
So you need to get a doctor's observation. وَمَن يُوقَى شُحَى نَفْسِهِ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ If you are protected from the evil of your nafs, then Wallahi you are a successful person. Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah said something very powerful.
He said مَا مِنْ نَفْسٍ إِلَّا وَفِيهَا مَا فِي نَفْسِ فِرْعَوْا He said that there is, Ibn Taymiyyah mentioned that there was the great scholars of Islam, the early scholars of Islam. They mentioned, Ibn Taymiyyah is referencing them or quoting them. He is saying that they said مَا مِنْ نَفْسٍ There is no soul إِلَّا وَفِيهَا مَا فِي نَفْسِ فِرْعَوْا Except that in the nafs, there is no individual.
Except in his nafs is what was in the nafs of Firaun. The transgression and the wrongdoing and the crimes that Firaun had in him. يعني تَوْغِيَان That Firaun had in him.
That tyrannical, ignorant, oppressive mindset that Firaun had. Every nafs has that. What is the difference? غَيْرَ أَنَّ فِرْعَوْنَ قَدَرَ فَأَظْهَرْ The difference here is Firaun had the ability to execute that feeling.
Because he was in control, he had a position. So he brought that trait out. He brought it out.
وَغَيْرُهُ عَجَزَ فَأَضْمَرْ And other than Firaun, they were unable to do it. Because they don't have the followers and they don't have the power and the money and whatnot. So what do they do? Because they are unable, they hid that trait.
You see? So this nafs, if the statement is said like that, we should all be scared. And that is why we always have to remember that we don't want to worship our nafs. Allah Ta'ala says in the Qur'an أَرَعَيْتَ مَنِ اتَّخَذَ إِلَهَهُ هَوَاهُ أَفَأَنْتَ تَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ وَكِيلًا Those who take their desires as their Lord, they worship their nafs.
Their nafs tells them to do something and they do it. Whereas if Allah was to tell them to do something else, they wouldn't do it. Their nafs is what commands them.
Their nafs is what prohibits them. Their nafs is the source of legislation for them. Not Allah and His Messenger.
Allah says أَرَعَيْتَ مَنِ اتَّخَذَ إِلَهَهُ هَوَاهُ أَفَأَنْتَ تَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ وَكِيلًا His Ilah is what? His Hawa, his desires is. No one can help you on the Day of Judgement if you're one who follows his desires and everything. And that you do everything that comes to your heart and mind.
وَلِذَٰلِكَ الَّمَسْنِجَةَ صَلَى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَامًا He instructed and He Himself used to do it. That we make the following dua by saying اللَّهُمَّ آتِ نَفْسِهِ تَقْوَاهَا O Allah, give my nafs piety. Give it taqwa.
Give it the fear that it needs. Make it righteous. Make my nafs conscious of You, O Allah.
اللَّهُمَّ آتِ نَفْسِهِ تَقْوَاهَا O Allah, give my nafs piety. That is the dua that the Messenger ﷺ used to say. Wallahi, what you don't want it to happen is that you come Yawm al-Qiyamah.
And when you come the Day of Judgment, you thought that you did righteous action. You thought you exerted a lot of effort. But you come the Day of Judgment, and what really is waiting for you is the punishment and the wrath of Allah ﷻ. What is going to happen to you? You're going to be gobsmacked.
You're going to be mind boggled. What has happened? What is taking place in that situation? There's no running away. There's no one who can help you.
وَلِذَٰلِكَ أَللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَىٰ He said in the Qur'an, وَلَوْ أَنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا مَا فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا وَمِثْلَهُ مَعَهُ لَفْتَجَوْا بِهِ مِنْ سُوءِ الْعَدَابِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَبَدَى لَهُم مِّنَ اللَّهِ مَا لَمْ يَكُونُوا يَحْتَسِبُونَ Allah ﷻ said, وَلَوْ أَنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا If it was for the oppressors, if the oppressors and the wrongdoers were to have مَا فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا وَمِثْلَهُ مَعَهُ If they were to have what is on this earth, if they were to have everything on this earth, if they were to have it, the wrongdoers and the criminals, what would they have done? لَفْتَجَوْا بِهِ مِنْ سُوءِ الْعَدَابِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ They would have given all of that to free themselves from the hellfire. And then Allah ﷻ, He says, وَبَدَى لَهُم مِّنَ اللَّهِ مَا لَمْ يَكُونُوا يَحْتَسِبُونَ It became clear to them. It became clear to them that all of the good that they did was really not for them.
وَبَدَى لَهُم مِّنَ اللَّهِ مَا لَمْ يَكُونُوا يَحْتَسِبُونَ It became clear to them that which they were doing وَبَدَى لَهُم مِّنَ اللَّهِ مَا لَمْ يَكُونُوا يَحْتَسِبُونَ And they came to the Day of Judgment and they saw that which they were not expecting. Mujahid ibn Jabrin, the great tabi'i, the great scholar, and the student of Abdullah ibn Abbas, an imam in tafsir, who took that entire tafsir from Ibn Abbas three times, from beginning to end, from beginning to end, from beginning to end. He took the entire tafsir from Ibn Abbas, Mujahid ibn Jabrin.
Mujahidin, he said, when he came to this ayah, he said, عَمِلُوا أَعْمَالَ These people, they did actions. تَوَهَمُوا أَنَّهَا حَسَنَاتٌ فَإِذَا هِيَ سَيِّئَاتٌ These people, they did actions, good actions. تَوَهَمُوا أَنَّهَا حَسَنَاتٌ They thought that they were good actions.
فَإِذَا هِيَ سَيِّئَاتٌ But in reality, they were sins at which they did. They either did it with no intention, so it became an evil action, or they did it in a way that wasn't in accordance to the sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ, so they were doing innovation. So all of it became clear to them that all the crying and all the dancing that they thought that they were going to get closer to Allah with, all of it is null and void.
وَبَدَى لَهُمْ مِنَ اللَّهِ مَا لَمْ يَكُونُوا يَحْتَسِبُونَ Also, it was said regarding this tafsir on the ayah, some of the Mufassireena, they said عَمِلُوا أَعْمَالَ تَوَهَمُوا أَنَّهُمْ يَتُوبُونَ مِنْهَا قَبْلَ الْمَوْتِ فَأَدْرَكَهُمُ الْمَوْتُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَتُوبُوا Another tafsir, another meaning was given to the verse, which was they did actions, يعني they committed crimes, they did sins, they disobeyed Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى and they thought that they would repent. They said, we're young right now, we're still in our teens, Inshallah, we're going to repent. And Inshallah, that will be when we grow older.
Right now, we just want to have fun. We're just young. I'll get there.
And what happened to them is death came to them before they could repent. فَأَدْرَكَهُمُ الْمَوْتُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَتُوبُوا Death came to them before they could repent. They did not live their lives with preparation.
They didn't work. They came with الأمن من مكر الله They felt secure from the plans and the plots of Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى Allah's plan and Allah's punishment. They found from it safety, security.
They said there's nothing to worry about. Ikrimah Ibn Ammarin he said جَزَعَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنُ الْمُنْكَدِرِ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ جَزَعًا شَدِيدًا Ikrimah Ibn Ammarin he mentioned that Muhammad Ibn Al-Munkadir, the great Tabi'i when he was on his deathbed he became very very frightened فَقِيلَ لَهُ They said to him مَا هَذَا الْجَزَعَ Why are you so frightened? Why are you so scared? Why are you so nervous? قَالَ He said أَخَافُ آيَةٍ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ There is a verse in the book of Allah in which I fear, I am scared of and the ayah is وَبَدَى لَهُم مِنَ اللَّهِ مَا لَمْ يَكُونُوا يَحْتَسِبُونَ It has become clear to them وَبَدَى لَهُم It has become clear to them from Allah SWT مَا لَمْ يَكُونُوا يَحْتَسِبُونَ That which they did not expect فَأَنَا أَخْشَى أَنْ يَبْدُوَ لِي مَا لَمْ أَكُنْ أَحْتَسِبُ And he said, Muhammad Ibn Al-Munkadir said I am scared that it will become clear to me that which I was not expecting He was scared He didn't have the strength that many of us have الأَمْنُ مِنْ مَكْلِ اللَّهِ That we are good We are noble No one can judge us That's the mindset that we came with And now We are standing in front of Allah SWT ليس بيننا وبين الله ترجمان And there is no one between us and Allah SWT He is right in front of us He is questioning us Interrogating us سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى What are we going to say that day Allah is not one that we can deceive Allah is not one we can take a lawyer for And that lawyer will get the case dismissed And inshallah Maybe that might be a means of me not entering hellfire That won't work No lawyer No solicitor Nothing will work for you that day Your whole entire actions are documented And they are written Even before you speak Even before you utter any word It is all going to be presented to you And it's all there Abu Huraira narrated Before I mention the hadith of Abu Huraira What I want to mention is that Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir Was a great imam who did many hajj He did many hajj He came with many righteous actions With that being said He still was scared Did he become a person Who depended on his righteous actions And say but I did this But I did this But I did this Is that what he said The prophet told us In the hadith of Abu Huraira Muslim and Bukhari narrated Muslim and Bukhari both narrated That the Messenger of Allah He said Anyone who goes and does hajj And does not commit any sin in hajj Does not come with fisq Does not have sexual intercourse That person Will come back Like the day his mother gave birth to him Sinless That's how he is going to come Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir could have said This hadith applies on me I have not only done one hajj But I have done many hajj So I am a person Who Allah has forgiven me for my sins He could have said that But he didn't rely on that He didn't rely on that He knows that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala Is the one that he is going to go to So we need to be very We need to be very cautious And we also have to be We need to take heed There is a story inshallah I want to mention How important it is That we take heed in all of our actions And that we don't delay anything For tomorrow Al-A'isha Who was an Arab poet A well known poet Of the poets of The Arabs And Quraysh knew of Al-A'isha And everyone knew Al-A'isha Al-A'isha's words were very highly respected If Al-A'isha said something It was Memorized And it would circulate In the Society Everyone would be speaking about his Lines of poetry He had influence Al-A'isha made the decision That he was going to take Islam He said I'm no longer going to be Upon this way, I need to rectify myself I need to go to Muhammad And take Islam So he got his riding beast ready He put his belonging on there And he made his way to Medina Quraysh heard of this So they They Ran after him And they intercepted him And they told him Al-A'isha what are you trying to do Why are you trying to take Islam for What do you need What is it that we can do for you So he dismissed everything that they put on the table He said I'm going to go to Muhammad And I'm going to take this religion In which he propagates and he calls to They said to him then Did you not hear Muhammad He bans And he forbids Zina Did you not know that Muhammad does not allow you to have Sexual intercourse with a woman Before marriage, did you not know that Al-A'isha said I'm a very Old man, I'm not Sexually driven At this moment that isn't my problem I'm more than happy to follow him in that Command Then they thought Did you not also hear That he also forbids Alcohol He forbids intoxication He doesn't allow it, did you know that Did you hear that Al-A'isha said is that what he does He said yes, Muhammad does not allow Alcohol and alcohol is forbidden In his religion and then he said Okay if that is the case I love Alcohol, this year I'm going to drink alcohol and I'm going to Drink and I'm going to make sure That I Reach My pinnacle and when I finish and I Enjoyed it and I spent all my time with it I'm going to stop and I'm going to go to Muhammad And I'm going to take Islam They said that same year In which he was drinking the alcohol he died And passed away So he delayed a righteous action He died in other than Islam The people who Called him And made him not go to Muhammad are Shayateen, he obeyed them He listened to them He also obeyed his nafs The poet he said The poet he said If yesterday you did A sin and you committed crimes Then today Is a second chance You have a second chance Today you have a chance So what do you do? Come with righteous action Do not delay Good deeds for tomorrow Because tomorrow could come and you are dead If you've done a sin in the past Then you have another chance today That was yesterday you did a sin You have a chance today to repent And ask Allah for forgiveness And also If there is any righteous action That you can do This moment do it Don't push it to tomorrow Because tomorrow could come But you are not there Tomorrow might come And you are not alive So don't delay Any righteous action That's what he did This is the problem He delayed a righteous action for tomorrow He pushed it backwards But he didn't live for it Our messenger instructed us The best action in Islam After the shayateen is what? The salah And the messenger used to say to his companions If you stand up for your prayer Pray the salah of one Who is not going to pray ever again Pray this salah as though it's going to be your last Salah I now ask you a question How would you pray your last salah? Isn't that another important question? How do you pray Your last salah? What are the things that you would do In your last prayer? You would make sure that the ruqa is long You would make sure that the qiyam is long You would make sure that The dua's that you can make You would make it all in the sujood You would make sure that the recitation of the Quran Is read You're going to do that You're going to beautify your voice You're going to make sure you stand properly when you pray You're going to make sure that your salah Has khushu' All of that you will make sure Because you know there is no prayer after this إذا قمت في صلاتك فصل صلاة مودع The Prophet said that عليه الصلاة والسلام Do not delay a righteous action for tomorrow Tomorrow might come And you're not alive ولذلك الله سبحانه وتعالى He says ليس بأمانيكم ولا أماني أهل الكتاب من يعمل سوء أن يجز به ولا يجد له من دون الله ولي ولا نصيرا Allah سبحانه وتعالى He says It is not your wishful thinking And it is also not the wishful thinking Of the people of the scripture من يعمل سوء And anyone who does any evil action يجز به He will be punished in accordance to that ولا يجد And he will not find له من دون الله For him, besides Allah ولي ولا نصيرا One that's going to give him Victory and aid him and support him He won't find it If you've committed crimes And you've done wrong No one is able to protect you From the punishment of Allah When it comes to you, there's no one who can help you You won't have any allies You won't have anyone aiding or supporting you So what is it that you must do? You must depend On Allah سبحانه وتعالى Alone I'm going to stop there Anything which I have said that was wrong or incorrect Is from me and shaytan And Allah and his messenger are both free from it سبحانك اللهم وبحمده أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله أستغفرك وأتوب إليه السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
