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<b>SufiLive.com</b><br> <a href="http://www.sufilive.com/You_Don_t_Learn_How_to_Be_Humble_from_the_Internet-4409.html">http://www.sufilive.com/You_Don_t_Learn_How_to_Be_Humble_from_the_Internet-4409.html</a> <html><head><script type="text/javascript"> (function(){(function(){function d(a){this.t={};this.tick=function(a,b,c){this.t[a]=[void 0!=c?c:(new Date).getTime(),b]};this.tick("start",null,a)}var a=new d;window.jstiming={Timer:d,load:a};if(window.performance&&window.performance.timing){var a=window.performance.timing,b=window.jstiming.load,c=a.navigationStart,a=a.responseStart;0<c&&a>=c&&(b.tick("_wtsrt",void 0,c),b.tick("wtsrt_","_wtsrt",a),b.tick("tbsd_","wtsrt_"))}try{a=null,window.chrome&&window.chrome.csi&&(a=Math.floor(window.chrome.csi().pageT), b&&0<c&&(b.tick("_tbnd",void 0,window.chrome.csi().startE),b.tick("tbnd_","_tbnd",c))),null==a&&window.gtbExternal&&(a=window.gtbExternal.pageT()),null==a&&window.external&&(a=window.external.pageT,b&&0<c&&(b.tick("_tbnd",void 0,window.external.startE),b.tick("tbnd_","_tbnd",c))),a&&(window.jstiming.pt=a)}catch(e){}})();})() </script><script type="text/javascript">var KX_timer = new window.jstiming.Timer(); KX_timer.name = 'published';</script><title>MSH.22 JUN 2012.POST.ENG</title><style type="text/css"> body { font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; margin: 0; } iframe { border: 0; frameborder: 0; height: 100%; width: 100%; } #header, #footer { background: #f0f0f0; padding: 10px 10px; } #header { border-bottom: 1px #ccc solid; } #footer { border-top: 1px #ccc solid; border-bottom: 1px #ccc solid; font-size: 13; } #contents { margin: 6px; } .dash { padding: 0 6px; } </style></head><body><div id="header">MSH.22 JUN 2012.POST.ENG</div><div id="contents"><style type="text/css">ol{margin:0;padding:0}.c7{max-width:504pt;background-color:#ffffff;padding:57.6pt 54pt 36pt 54pt}.c3{font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"}.c14{color:#1155cc;text-decoration:underline}.c10{font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold}.c9{color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit}.c12{font-size:18pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"}.c0{font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"}.c1{height:11pt;direction:ltr}.c13{font-size:10pt}.c11{text-align:justify}.c6{text-align:center}.c8{direction:rtl}.c15{margin-right:5pt}.c4{font-style:italic}.c2{direction:ltr}.c5{text-align:right}.title{padding-top:24pt;line-height:1.15;text-align:left;color:#000000;font-size:36pt;font-family:"Arial";font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:6pt}.subtitle{padding-top:18pt;line-height:1.15;text-align:left;color:#666666;font-style:italic;font-size:24pt;font-family:"Georgia";padding-bottom:4pt}li{color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial"}p{color:#000000;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:"Arial"}h1{padding-top:24pt;line-height:1.15;text-align:left;color:#000000;font-size:18pt;font-family:"Arial";font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:6pt}h2{padding-top:18pt;line-height:1.15;text-align:left;color:#000000;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Arial";font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:4pt}h3{padding-top:14pt;line-height:1.15;text-align:left;color:#666666;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial";font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:4pt}h4{padding-top:12pt;line-height:1.15;text-align:left;color:#666666;font-style:italic;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial";padding-bottom:2pt}h5{padding-top:11pt;line-height:1.15;text-align:left;color:#666666;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial";font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:2pt}h6{padding-top:10pt;line-height:1.15;text-align:left;color:#666666;font-style:italic;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial";padding-bottom:2pt}</style><p class="c6 c2"><span class="c12">Humility Cannot Be Learned from the Internet</span><p><p class="c6 c2"><span class="c3">Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani</span><p><p class="c6 c2"><span class="c3">22 June 2012 Los Angeles, California</span><p><p class="c2 c6"><span class="c3 c4">Suhbah </span><span class="c3">at the International Institute of Tolerance</span><p><p class="c1 c6"><span class="c3"></span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0 c4">As-salaamu `alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh.</span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0 c4"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0 c4">Alhamdulillah </span><span class="c0">that </span><span class="c0">Allah (swt) gave us life to see this holy month of </span><span class="c0 c4">Sha`baan</span><span class="c0">. It’s an honor for me to be here today by the invitation of Imam Ashraf, whom I have known from a long time ago, and how he has done his best for the community and </span><span class="c0 c4">inshaa-Allah</span><span class="c0"> he will continue doing that. I would like to say one thing, which I was not told to say, and that is to donate generously to keep this </span><span class="c0 c4">Daaru ‘l-Arqam </span><span class="c0">running. </span><span class="c0 c4">Daaru ‘l-Arqam</span><span class="c0"> was the first place the Prophet (s) used to teach his </span><span class="c0 c4">Sahaabah </span><span class="c0">(r), who were yet few in number, and today </span><span class="c0">in this place I feel like we are in </span><span class="c0 c4">Daaru ‘l-Arqam;</span><span class="c0"> only a few people are coming, but they are of the best quality of </span><span class="c0 c4">Ahlu ’s-Sunnah wa ’l-Jama`ah</span><span class="c0">! </span><span class="c0">There might be other places for </span><span class="c0 c4">Ahlu ’s-Sunnah wa ’l-Jama`ah, </span><span class="c0">but here </span><span class="c0">I feel peace. </span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Islam is based on humbleness and the Prophet (s) was the most humble one. In a hadith, the Prophet (s) said to his </span><span class="c0 c4">Sahaabah </span><span class="c0">(r):</span><p><p class="c8"><span class="c3">عن حارثة بن وهب رضي الله عنه: قال سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول: ألا أخبركم بأهل الجنة؟ كل ضعيف متضعف لو أقسم على الله لأبره, ألا أخبركم بأهل النار كل عتل جواظ مستكبر</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0 c4">Alaa ukhbirukum bi ahli ’l-jannah? Kullu da`eefin mutada`afin. Law aqsama `ala Allahi la-abarrahu. Alaa ukhbirukum bi ahli ‘n-naar? Kullu `utullin jawaazhun mustakbir. </span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0 c4">Shall I inform you about the People of Paradise? (They will be) every weak and oppressed person. Were he to swear by Allah, Allah would fulfill his oath. Shall I inform you about the People of Hellfire? (They will be) every violent and arrogant person. </span><p><p class="c2 c5"><span class="c0">(Narrated by Haritha bin Wahb. Bukhari, Muslim) </span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">T</span><span class="c0">oday this is a </span><span class="c0 c4">jannah</span><span class="c0">, a Paradise on earth! Here we are seeing a simple wall-to-wall carpet, not a Persian carpet, although one day </span><span class="c0 c4">inshaa-Allah</span><span class="c0"> it will be a Persian carpet, but this is to say that </span><span class="c0 c4">Ahlu ‘l-Jannah, </span><span class="c0">the People of Paradise,</span><span class="c0"> are humble as they like to be in a place where they are honored by Allah (swt) and His Prophet (s)! When you love someone, sometimes that one will honor you, which is a sign of love to Prophet (s) and to Allah (swt), Who honored us with a place where people are humble and coming, then there are other places where you see the rich do not want to mix with the poor. In Islam you can be rich and have a big house, that is not a problem, but what counts is the </span><span class="c0 c4">masjid </span><span class="c0">to be the </span><span class="c0">most humble. </span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Humbleness is what Prophet (s) told his </span><span class="c0 c4">Sahaabah </span><span class="c0">(r) about</span><span class="c0">, saying, “Do you want me to tell you about the People of Paradise?” Everyone wants to know about the People of Paradise </span><span class="c0">in order to do what they are doing and not to have a high ego. The Prophet (s) raised his </span><span class="c0 c4">Sahaabah </span><span class="c0">(r) on humbleness, which is known as </span><span class="c0 c4">Tazkiyyatu ‘n-nafs</span><span class="c0">, the Purification of the Self. </span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0 c4"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0 c4">Tasawwuf </span><span class="c0">is the core of Islam, nothing else; it is the discipline that teaches how to improve ourselves in order to reach moral excellence and to increase the good in the hearts of people. Learning how to p</span><span class="c0">ray and fast is </span><span class="c0 c4">fiqh, </span><span class="c0">which is something </span><span class="c0">people can now easily go on the Internet and learn about; however, you cannot learn how to be humble on the Internet. For example, you may take a course in Chemistry and learn the several type of formulas and their applications, but if you don’t experience it yourself by adding the correct measurement in the formulas, you will not truly understand the reaction that’s taking place. So </span><span class="c0 c4">tasawwuf </span><span class="c0">gives you an understanding of the things that are taking place and how you are going to improve yourself, like in a residency; you can’t practice medicine without completing your residency, which is the experience. </span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">So the Prophet (s) wanted to show his </span><span class="c0 c4">Sahaabah </span><span class="c0">(r)</span><span class="c0 c4"> </span><span class="c0">and all of us how to become from </span><span class="c0 c4">Ahlu ‘l-Jannah,</span><span class="c0"> the People of Paradise. He asked them, “Do you want me to tell you about the People of Paradise?” Do you want to hear that hadith, yes or no? This is not yet </span><span class="c0 c4">Jumu`ah, </span><span class="c0">so </span><span class="c0">you can speak as it’s a lecture, but during the </span><span class="c0 c4">khutbah </span><span class="c0">you can neither speak, laugh or joke, because if you laugh you have to renew your </span><span class="c0 c4">wudu </span><span class="c0">as when you are in prayer. </span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Prophet (s) said, </span><span class="c0 c4">kullu da`eefin mutada`af</span><span class="c0">, “The People of Paradise is every humble person who humiliates himself for the benefit of others.” The People of Paradise are not arrogant and stubborn-minded, nor those who think themselves to be the leaders in Islam. If they want to be leaders they have to follow the way of the Prophet (s), which is the way of humbleness, to humble and humiliate themselves. Not only that, but the Prophet (s) said, </span><span class="c0 c4">mutada`af,</span><span class="c0"> “increasing in humbleness,” to be like soil. </span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">How have scholars or students of </span><span class="c0 c4">awliyaullah </span><span class="c0">in the past </span><span class="c0">defined a </span><span class="c0 c4">wali</span><span class="c0">? A </span><span class="c0 c4">wali </span><span class="c0">is like earth; if you step on him he doesn’t say anything, he simply accepts. How many </span><span class="c0 c4">awliyaullah </span><span class="c0">have </span><span class="c0">they stepped on and killed because </span><span class="c0 c4">Ahlu ‘zh-zhaahir</span><span class="c0">, the People of Outer Knowledge didn’t understand the hearts of such saints! They spread false accusations and tried to boycott them and killed them in the end. So the Prophet (s) wants his </span><span class="c0 c4">Sahaabah </span><span class="c0">(r) </span><span class="c0">to understand that this is not the case and that they must be humble, because as much as you humble yourself, you will be raised in Paradise. The importance of good leadership is humbleness. Although Allah (swt) gave the Prophet (s) the highest level, he was the most humble and we are ordered to follow his footsteps! </span><p><p class="c1 c5"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2 c5"><span class="c0">قُلْ إِن كُنتُمْ تُحِبُّونَ اللّهَ فَاتَّبِعُونِي يُحْبِبْكُمُ اللّهُ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمْ وَاللّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0 c4">Qul in kuntum tuhibboona 'Llaaha fattabi`oonee yuhbibkumullaahu wa yaghfir lakum dhunoobakum w 'Allaahu Ghafooru 'r-Raheem.</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0 c4">Say (O Muhammad), "If you (really) love Allah, then follow me! Allah will love you and forgive your sins, and Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. </span><span class="c0">(Surat Aali-`Imraan, 3:31) </span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Allah (swt) ordered His Prophet (s), “Say to them, O Muhammad, ‘If you love Allah, follow me! Allah will love you.’” How many follow the Prophet (s) in humbleness? They might follow in prayers or fasting, but this takes them only to a certain level. If you want to increase your level, show humbleness to everyone and don’t say, “I’m the leader,” say, “I’m nothing!” We are all the same with eyes, noses, ears, heads, and hearts, so you must not see yourself (as being different or better). </span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">In an authentic hadith, the Prophet (s) said: </span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2 c5"><span class="c3">رب اشعث اغبر لو اقسم على الله لأبره</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0 c4">Rubba ash`ath aghbara law aqsama `ala Allaahi la-abbarah.</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0 c4">There may be a disheveled, dusty person who, if he swears an oath by Allah, Allah will fulfill it.</span><p><p class="c2 c5"><span class="c0">(Bukhari, Muslim)</span><p><p class="c1 c5"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Perhaps there is someone like this among us here who you might think is a disgusting-looking person with filthy clothes, coming from the door to pray, and you say to him, “Your clothes are full of grease, you are going to ruin our carpets!” You might look at that greasy-haired man and say, “Who is this?” but to Allah (swt) he is better than everyone! If he says, “</span><span class="c0 c4">Yaa Rabb</span><span class="c0">!” Allah will say, “</span><span class="c0 c4">Yaa `Abdee, </span><span class="c0">O My Servant!</span><span class="c0">” If he asks anything, Allah will give him. Today people don’t look at that. Rather, they say whoever wears a tie, a vest, or who has a handkerchief in his pocket is higher, and, “O! An important person came.” That is not an important person, that is the worst person! </span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">We come back to the hadith where the Prophet (s) said, “Do you want me to tell you about the People of Hellfire?” Now be careful as he said, </span><span class="c0 c4">kullu `utullin jawaazhun mustakbir, </span><span class="c0">“T</span><span class="c0">he People of Hellfire are those who are ignorant,” not without knowledge, as you can easily buy a book and read, but ignorant in the relationship between you and Allah (swt) and His Prophet (s). </span><span class="c0 c4">Ahlu ‘l-Jannah </span><span class="c0">are not like that; if they ask Allah for anything Allah will give, but </span><span class="c0 c4">Ahlu ‘n-Naar</span><span class="c0"> are arrogant and proud of themselves! Such people are not important to Allah (swt) because they are </span><span class="c0 c4">mutakabbir</span><span class="c0">, arrogant, thinking themselves to be the best. To Allah (swt) and His Prophet (s), they are the People of Hellfire. </span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">How many today think they are important, while to Allah (swt) a poor person might be more important than anyone else! </span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">I will read a hadith by Bukhari and Muslim, which many people might not have heard before. It is good to mention this hadith here as it is a message for you, me and everyone around the world:</span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c3"></span><p><p class="c8"><span class="c3">وعن أبي العباس سهل بن سعد الساعدي رضي الله عنه قال: مر رجل على النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم، فقال لرجل عنده جالس: "ما رأيك في هذا؟" فقال: رجل من أشراف الناس، هذا والله حري إن خطب أن ينكح، وإن شفع أن يشفع . فسكت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم، ثم مر رجل آخر، فقال له رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: " ما رأيك في هذا؟" فقال: يا رسول الله هذا رجل من فقراء المسلمين هذا حري إن خطب أن لا ينكح، وإن شفع أن لا يشفع، وإن قال أن لا يسمع لقوله. فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: “هذا خير من ملء الأرض مثل هذا" ((متفق عليه))</span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0 c4"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0 c4">A man passed by the Prophet (s), so he asked a man who was sitting near him, "What is your opinion about this man?" That man replied: "He is one of the noblest men. By Allah he is certainly a proper person for (a girl) being given in marriage if he seeks to marry, and his recommendation is fit to be accepted if he recommends." The Messenger of Allah (swt) remained silent. Then another man passed. The Messenger of Allah (swt) enquired, "What is your opinion about this man?" He replied: "O Messenger of Allah, he is one of the poor Muslims. He is not a proper person (for a girl) to be given in marriage to, and his recommendation would not be accepted if he makes one; if he speaks, he is not to be listened to." The Messenger of Allah (swt) said, "He is better than the former by earthfuls!" </span><span class="c0">(Al-Bukhari and Muslim) </span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">The Prophet (s) was sitting with one of his Companions (r) on the street by the mosque or by his house when a man passed by. The Prophet (s) looked at that person and asked the one sitting beside him, “What do you think of this man who passed by?” He was a high, elite person in the community to whom everyone ran; an aristocrat. </span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">He replied, “</span><span class="c0 c4">Yaa Rasoolullah</span><span class="c0">! This man is from the highest community. If he asks anyone to give his daughter in marriage to him, everyone will run to him and accept without question. If you ask him to intercede for you, to speak with leaders or anyone on your behalf or to do work for you, no one will put his recommendation down. When he says something, it happens.” </span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">The Prophet (s) did not say a word. After that another man passed, and the Prophet (s) said, “Okay, now what do you think about the second one?” And he said, “</span><span class="c0 c4">Yaa Rasoolullah</span><span class="c0">!” </span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">(Someone passes around a collection box for the </span><span class="c0 c4">masjid.</span><span class="c0">) Give generously! This </span><span class="c0 c4">masjid </span><span class="c0">needs your help and your support. You are giving your money to buy your house in Paradise, which is very cheap, because in </span><span class="c0 c4">dunya </span><span class="c0">you cannot buy a house or even a shack for $20, $30, or $100, but you can buy a house in Paradise for that price!</span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">So going back, the Prophet (s) asked the one sitting next to him, “What do you think about this second one?” He said, “</span><span class="c0 c4">Yaa Rasoolullah</span><span class="c0">! This is a man from the poorest of the Muslim community, he has nothing. If he seeks to find a girl for himself, no one will give him.” </span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">I am saying this because this is our culture, Pakistanis, Indians, Lebanese, Arabs, Egyptians, South Africams and Muslims everywhere! “If you have money, come in, we will give you our girls. You’re not rich? Put him in the dustbin, no need for him!” They ask you, “What work do you do?” and if you say, “I don’t work,” or, “I work at the flea market,” they will tell you, “Go away, don’t come here!”</span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">But Prophet (s) said, “This man is from the poorest community and if he recommends someone to another, no one will listen to him, as to them he is garbage. If he says anything, no one will listen to him!” I’m sorry to say this, but I don’t like to be introduced (before giving a speech), because if you introduce someone who is going to give an advice, a lecture or a </span><span class="c0 c4">khutbah</span><span class="c0">, the ego will step in and you feel like a peacock from within, thinking, “I did this, I did that.” If people want to listen they can; if they don’t, I will be the one to pray with them and listen to any speaker. Unfortunately, today we are see written in front of names, “Mufti,” “Sahib,” “Dr.” “PhD,” “Mawlana.” What is the benefit? Nothing, it only brings up the ego. </span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">So if that second man who passed in front of the Prophet (s) says anything, no one will listen to him. Look at what the Prophet said, O my friend, and this speech is for us when the Prophet (s) is saying, “If the whole earth is filled with the first one, who is rich and sits at the head of every table and thinks he is good, to Allah (swt) and His Prophet (s) this poor man is better than all of them!” Here is a lesson to us: don’t be arrogant. Don’t say, “I know,” as Allah (swt) said:</span><p><p class="c2 c5"><span class="c3">وَفَوْقَ كُلِّ ذِي عِلْمٍ عَلِيمٌ</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0 c4">Fawqa kulli dhi `ilmin `aleem.</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0 c4">Above every knower is a (higher) knower.</span><span class="c0"> (Yusuf, 12:76)</span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">The Prophet (s) is saying that this poor person is better than all those whom you praise! And in another hadith the Prophet (s) said, “On</span><span class="c0"> the Day of Judgement the men who come to be judged are </span><span class="c0 c4">rajul as-sameen</span><span class="c0"> (with a</span><span class="c0"> fat, big body, or full of richness or things no one can have; he is big with what he has) and </span><span class="c0 c4">al-azheem</span><span class="c0">, great (he is known in the community, everyone runs to him to say, "You have a good center, </span><span class="c0 c4">masjid</span><span class="c0">, school and you are teaching what you are doing;" he is proud of what he did) but his value is not that of a wing of a mosquito.”</span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">It is not me who is saying this, it’s </span><span class="c0 c4">Rasoolullah </span><span class="c0">(s); it’s a hadith </span><span class="c0 c4">muttafakin `alayh</span><span class="c0">, which means it is narrated by Bukhari and Muslim. Today if you say, “Narrated by Ibn Habban, Abu Dawood, or this or that,” they say, “No, give us Bukhari and Muslim!” It’s not only them; there are eight different </span><span class="c0 c4">muhadditheen</span><span class="c0">!</span><span class="c0"> How can you ignore them all and say, “I only accept Bukhari and Muslim.” Islamically that is not accepted as you have to accept them all.</span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">So on the Day of Judgment those heavy ones will have many </span><span class="c0 c4">dunya </span><span class="c0">medallions; they made </span><span class="c0 c4">masaajid </span><span class="c0">and schools </span><span class="c0">for their own benefit and said, “You love the Prophet? Go out!” or, “You are on the fringe of loving Prophet (s), so we might accept you.” Everyone must say, “We love the Prophet (s)!” and no one can say, “I don’t love the Prophet (s).” That one will come in front of Allah (swt) on the Day of Judgment thinking his value weighs a lot, but the Prophet (s) says that his value is not even the weight of the wing of a mosquito!</span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">O Muslims! Run away from being an </span><span class="c0 c4">imaam, </span><span class="c0">because on the Day of Judgment the </span><span class="c0 c4">imaams </span><span class="c0">are going to carry everyone on their shoulders. That is why I don’t like to be </span><span class="c0 c4">imaam; </span><span class="c0">I only speak if I have to. But it will be </span><span class="c0 c4">barakah </span><span class="c0">if you have hundreds and thousands of </span><span class="c0 c4">imaams </span><span class="c0">like Imam Ashraf, because they have love of Prophet (s) in their hearts! You go to other </span><span class="c0 c4">masaajid</span><span class="c0"> and </span><span class="c0">see the </span><span class="c0 c4">imaams </span><span class="c0">going on the </span><span class="c0 c4">mimbar </span><span class="c0">to give </span><span class="c0 c4">khutbah </span><span class="c0">wearing</span><span class="c0"> jeans, or with tie and suit. If you want to be a </span><span class="c0 c4">khateeb, </span><span class="c0">a</span><span class="c0">t least come dressed Islamically!</span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">As mentioned before in the hadith by Muslim, there might be someone whom they push out of the door, do they not do that? We have to be careful. Someone whom we don’t like because his face does not look nice might come through the door and we may say to him, "Next time don’t come to my store, my business, or my school!” Doesn’t this happen?” The Prophet (s) said, “Don’t do that because he might be one from many, that if he asks Allah (swt) for anything, Allah (swt) will give him; to Allah (swt) that person is accepted!” </span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">This was a warning to make us aware and to be careful. Now to make it easy, I will end with this hadith by giving happiness to everyone. The Prophet (s) said:</span><p><p class="c2 c5"><span class="c3">غني شاكر خير من عَبْدًا فقير</span><p><p class="c2 c11"><span class="c0 c4">Ghaniyyun shaakir khayrun min `abdan faqeer.</span><p><p class="c11 c2"><span class="c0 c4">The rich thankful one is better than the poor worshipper.</span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">If a rich, thankful man or woman, someone to whom Allah (swt) gave wealth, who spends in the way of Allah (swt), is better than the poor who sit in the corner of the </span><span class="c0 c4">masjid </span><span class="c0">day and night in worship, because the poor one cannot not help anyone, but the rich one can. This is for those who are rich and helping, because that poor worshipper is lazy and doesn’t want work. The other one is working, so Allah (swt) is giving him, after which he gives in the Way of Allah (swt) to make this possible here. All of this here did not come from nowhere, without money, it came from investment in the Way of Allah (swt) from rich ones who donated. </span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">In the other interpretation of the hadith, the one who is rich in knowledge, humbleness, generosity and moral excellence is better in value than that one who is poor, looking and asking only for </span><span class="c0 c4">dunya.</span><span class="c0"> T</span><span class="c0">he one who is looking for </span><span class="c0 c4">Akhirah </span><span class="c0">is rich, whereas the one who is looking for </span><span class="c0 c4">dunya </span><span class="c0">is poor. May Allah (swt) make us rich in </span><span class="c0 c4">dunya </span><span class="c0">and </span><span class="c0 c4">Akhirah, </span><span class="c0">because </span><span class="c0">Allah (swt) said in the Holy Qur’an:</span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2 c5"><span class="c3">رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0 c4">Rabbanaa atinaa fi'd-dunya hasanatan wa fi ’l-akhirati hasanatan wa qinaa `adhab an-naar.</span><p><p class="c2 c15"><span class="c0 c4">O our Lord! Give us goodness in this life and goodness in the Next Life, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire. </span><span class="c0">(Surat al-Baqara, 2:201) </span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Make our </span><span class="c0 c4">dunya akhirah </span><span class="c0">and our </span><span class="c0 c4">akhirah akhirah</span><span class="c0">, meaning, “O Allah! Do</span><span class="c0">n’t make us love </span><span class="c0 c4">dunya </span><span class="c0">too much because we will lose, but rather make us love </span><span class="c0 c4">akhirah</span><span class="c0">!” T</span><span class="c0">o show that you love </span><span class="c0 c4">akhirah </span><span class="c0">you must </span><span class="c0">do good and have good `</span><span class="c0 c4">amal</span><span class="c0">. If your `</span><span class="c0 c4">amal </span><span class="c0">are</span><span class="c0"> not good, that’s a sign that you are not a good Muslim, or that you didn’t reach perfection. You are a Muslim or </span><span class="c0 c4">mu’min</span><span class="c0">, but you didn’t yet reach perfection, and perfection is needed! </span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0 c4">Wa min Allahi 't-tawfeeq, bi hurmati 'l-habeeb, bi hurmati 'l-Fatihah.</span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0 c4"></span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c6 c2"><span class="c13 c14"><a class="c9" href="http://sufilive.com/You_Don_t_Learn_How_to_Be_Humble_from_the_Internet-4409.html">http://sufilive.com/You_Don_t_Learn_How_to_Be_Humble_from_the_Internet-4409.html</a></span><p><p class="c6 c2"><span class="c10">© Copyright 2012 Sufilive. All rights reserved. This transcript is protected<br>by international copyright law. 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