WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.299 In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful 00:00:04.450 --> 00:00:07.450 We are pleased at Sheikh Hasa Islamic Center 00:00:07.450 --> 00:00:10.449 To present to our valued listeners 00:00:10.449 --> 00:00:12.449 Reading a book 00:00:12.449 --> 00:00:14.449 Muslim treasure 00:00:14.449 --> 00:00:16.949 In the virtue of calling to God 00:00:16.949 --> 00:00:19.949 Written by John Yaar Bamerni 00:00:21.780 --> 00:00:25.780 Dawah is the best of words and deeds 00:00:25.780 --> 00:00:28.160 The call to God 00:00:28.160 --> 00:00:31.160 The best deeds and the best words 00:00:31.160 --> 00:00:33.450 God Almighty said 00:00:33.450 --> 00:00:40.450 Who is better in speech than he who calls to God? 00:00:40.450 --> 00:00:48.450 He did good deeds and said that I was a Muslim 00:00:48.450 --> 00:00:52.320 Al-Saadi, may God Almighty have mercy on him, said 00:00:52.320 --> 00:00:54.320 In interpreting this verse 00:00:54.320 --> 00:00:58.320 This is an interrogative in the sense of decided negation 00:00:58.320 --> 00:01:01.320 That is, no one said it better 00:01:01.320 --> 00:01:04.319 Any words, manner, or situation 00:01:04.319 --> 00:01:06.319 Whoever calls to God 00:01:06.319 --> 00:01:08.319 By teaching the ignorant 00:01:08.319 --> 00:01:11.319 And bite the heedless and the vulnerable 00:01:11.319 --> 00:01:13.319 And arguing with invalids 00:01:13.319 --> 00:01:17.319 The command to worship God in all its forms 00:01:17.319 --> 00:01:21.319 Encourage and improve it as much as possible 00:01:21.319 --> 00:01:24.319 And rebuking what God has forbidden 00:01:24.319 --> 00:01:28.319 And making it ugly in every way requires abandoning it 00:01:28.319 --> 00:01:30.319 Especially from these 00:01:30.319 --> 00:01:34.319 Calling for the origin and improvement of the religion of Islam 00:01:34.319 --> 00:01:38.319 And argue with his enemies in a way that is best 00:01:38.319 --> 00:01:42.319 And prohibiting the opposite of it, such as disbelief and polytheism 00:01:42.319 --> 00:01:45.319 Enjoining good and forbidding evil 00:01:45.319 --> 00:01:49.510 Al-Hasan Al-Basri said regarding this verse: 00:01:49.510 --> 00:01:51.510 This is God's beloved 00:01:51.510 --> 00:01:53.510 This is God's guardian 00:01:53.510 --> 00:01:55.510 This is God's best 00:01:55.510 --> 00:01:58.510 This is the most beloved of the people of the earth to God 00:01:58.510 --> 00:02:00.510 God answered his call 00:02:00.510 --> 00:02:04.510 He called people to what God answered his call 00:02:04.510 --> 00:02:07.510 He did good in his answer 00:02:07.510 --> 00:02:10.509 He said that I am a Muslim 00:02:10.509 --> 00:02:13.889 This is God's successor 00:02:13.889 --> 00:02:16.889 Good speech requires wisdom 00:02:16.889 --> 00:02:19.080 God Almighty said 00:02:19.080 --> 00:02:27.280 Invite to the path of your Lord with wisdom and good advice 00:02:27.280 --> 00:02:36.800 And argue with them in a way that is best 00:02:36.800 --> 00:02:40.800 Great reward and great reward 00:02:40.800 --> 00:02:45.509 Among the virtues of advocacy is the great reward 00:02:45.509 --> 00:02:48.509 Because preaching guides people to the truth 00:02:48.509 --> 00:02:52.509 And guide them to their Lord and their deity, Glory be to Him 00:02:52.509 --> 00:02:56.509 He kept them away from the causes of his anger and punishment 00:02:56.509 --> 00:03:00.539 God Almighty loves that and rewards him 00:03:00.539 --> 00:03:02.539 It was mentioned in the two Sahihs 00:03:02.539 --> 00:03:05.539 That the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace 00:03:05.539 --> 00:03:08.539 He said to Ali, may God be pleased with him 00:03:08.539 --> 00:03:12.539 By God, God will guide one man through you 00:03:12.539 --> 00:03:15.990 Better for you than red camels 00:03:15.990 --> 00:03:17.990 This includes it in general 00:03:17.990 --> 00:03:19.990 Guidance of non-Muslims 00:03:19.990 --> 00:03:22.990 And the guidance of Al-Aas from the Muslims 00:03:22.990 --> 00:03:25.990 So where is the seeker of His Excellency? 00:03:25.990 --> 00:03:30.430 May God have mercy on the preacher 00:03:30.430 --> 00:03:35.129 Supplication is a reason for the mercy of God Almighty 00:03:35.129 --> 00:03:37.129 God Almighty says 00:03:37.129 --> 00:03:41.289 And the believing men and believing women 00:03:41.289 --> 00:03:46.289 Some of them are guardians of each other 00:03:46.289 --> 00:03:49.479 They enjoin what is right 00:03:49.479 --> 00:03:53.479 And they forbid evil 00:03:53.479 --> 00:04:01.740 And they perform prayers 00:04:01.740 --> 00:04:04.740 And they pay zakat 00:04:04.740 --> 00:04:08.740 And they obey God and His Messenger 00:04:08.740 --> 00:04:15.740 Those will God have mercy on them 00:04:16.740 --> 00:04:23.740 God is Mighty, Wise 00:04:23.740 --> 00:04:27.569 See how God made mercy 00:04:27.569 --> 00:04:31.569 For those who have these qualities 00:04:31.569 --> 00:04:37.879 By preaching, enjoining good, and forbidding evil 00:04:37.879 --> 00:04:42.329 Our nation has become the best of nations 00:04:42.329 --> 00:04:44.589 God Almighty said 00:04:44.589 --> 00:04:52.589 You were the best nation ever created for mankind 00:04:52.589 --> 00:04:55.589 You enjoin what is right 00:04:55.589 --> 00:04:59.589 And they forbid evil 00:04:59.589 --> 00:05:02.970 You enjoin what is right 00:05:02.970 --> 00:05:06.970 And they forbid evil 00:05:06.970 --> 00:05:11.970 And you believe in God 00:05:11.970 --> 00:05:14.839 Ibn Kathir, may God have mercy on him, said 00:05:14.839 --> 00:05:18.839 Who among this nation is characterized by these qualities? 00:05:18.839 --> 00:05:23.839 Join them in praising and praising them 00:05:23.839 --> 00:05:28.250 Omar bin Al-Khattab, may God be pleased with him, recited this verse 00:05:28.250 --> 00:05:30.250 Then he said 00:05:30.250 --> 00:05:33.250 Who is pleased to be from that nation? 00:05:33.250 --> 00:05:36.250 Let God's condition be fulfilled in it 00:05:36.250 --> 00:05:38.569 And whoever is not characterized by that 00:05:38.569 --> 00:05:43.569 I liken the People of the Book whom God condemned to His saying 00:05:43.569 --> 00:05:52.759 They would not refrain from the evil they had done 00:05:52.759 --> 00:05:58.920 What they were doing was miserable 00:05:58.920 --> 00:06:02.910 Mujahid said 00:06:02.910 --> 00:06:06.910 You were the best nation ever created for mankind 00:06:06.910 --> 00:06:09.910 On the conditions mentioned in the verse 00:06:09.910 --> 00:06:12.910 And the conditions mentioned in the verse 00:06:12.910 --> 00:06:17.910 It is enjoining what is right, forbidding what is wrong, and believing in God 00:06:17.910 --> 00:06:23.910 In this verse, this nation is praised as long as they practice this and are characterized by it 00:06:23.910 --> 00:06:27.449 Imam Al-Qurtubi said 00:06:27.449 --> 00:06:31.449 If they abandon change and conspire in evil 00:06:31.449 --> 00:06:33.449 The name of praise has disappeared from them 00:06:33.449 --> 00:06:35.449 We give them the name of slander 00:06:35.449 --> 00:06:38.449 This was the cause of their destruction 00:06:38.449 --> 00:06:40.519 Scientists said 00:06:40.519 --> 00:06:45.519 He prioritized enjoining good and forbidding evil over faith 00:06:45.519 --> 00:06:49.519 Because belief in God is limited to those who believe 00:06:49.519 --> 00:06:53.519 The one who enjoins good and forbids evil is a believer 00:06:53.519 --> 00:06:55.519 And his faith went beyond that 00:06:55.519 --> 00:06:57.519 So he spread what he believed in 00:06:57.519 --> 00:07:01.519 Therefore, he was given precedence over all other believers 00:07:01.519 --> 00:07:06.550 Atonement of sins also occurs through commands and prohibitions 00:07:06.550 --> 00:07:10.550 As in the hadith of Hudhayfah bin Al-Yaman 00:07:10.550 --> 00:07:14.220 The preacher is the best of people 00:07:14.220 --> 00:07:17.439 It is enough that the preacher lives for Islam 00:07:17.439 --> 00:07:21.439 He carries on his shoulders the greatest message 00:07:21.439 --> 00:07:25.439 Thus, to be a successor to the prophets and messengers 00:07:25.439 --> 00:07:28.439 Not someone who lives an empty life 00:07:28.439 --> 00:07:32.439 There is no concern, no goal, and no message 00:07:32.439 --> 00:07:37.879 The farmer in this world and the hereafter 00:07:37.879 --> 00:07:43.360 The call to God is a reason for success in this world and the hereafter 00:07:43.360 --> 00:07:46.750 God Almighty says 00:07:46.750 --> 00:08:02.750 And among you there will be a nation who invite to good and enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong. 00:08:02.750 --> 00:08:11.000 And those are the successful ones 00:08:11.000 --> 00:08:19.170 If they do it, they will become successful and among the elite of the believers 00:08:19.170 --> 00:08:23.709 Firmness in religion 00:08:23.709 --> 00:08:28.279 The call to God is one of the reasons for steadfastness in religion 00:08:28.279 --> 00:08:30.279 God Almighty says 00:08:31.480 --> 00:08:48.080 O you who believe, support us, may God support you and make your feet firm. 00:08:48.080 --> 00:08:52.750 Let everyone who walked in the convoy of advocacy rejoice 00:08:52.750 --> 00:08:55.750 May God grant him steadfastness in religion 00:08:55.750 --> 00:08:57.750 And the strength to stick to it 00:08:57.750 --> 00:09:00.750 Increased faith and complete certainty 00:09:00.750 --> 00:09:04.750 Integrity and variety of good deeds 00:09:04.750 --> 00:09:09.750 May God reward him for his advocacy efforts 00:09:09.750 --> 00:09:13.129 Ibn al-Qayyim, may God have mercy on him, said 00:09:13.129 --> 00:09:17.129 The servant’s guidance, education and advice to others 00:09:17.129 --> 00:09:20.129 The door of guidance opens for him 00:09:20.129 --> 00:09:23.129 Because the reward is of the type of work 00:09:23.129 --> 00:09:25.129 The more he guided him, the more he changed and taught him 00:09:25.129 --> 00:09:28.129 May God guide him and teach him 00:09:28.129 --> 00:09:31.129 He will become a guide, a guide 00:09:31.129 --> 00:09:35.230 Ibn al-Qayyim's letter to one of his brothers 00:09:35.230 --> 00:09:39.639 Preachers are the most powerful and consistent people over time 00:09:39.639 --> 00:09:44.639 This is something we see in our reality of great scholars 00:09:44.639 --> 00:09:47.679 He read the news of scholars and prayed 00:09:47.679 --> 00:09:49.679 Like Ahmed bin Hanbal 00:09:49.679 --> 00:09:52.679 Who was victorious and served the religion on the day of strife 00:09:52.679 --> 00:09:54.679 The fruit was his 00:09:54.679 --> 00:09:57.679 May God make him steadfast in religion 00:09:57.679 --> 00:10:01.679 And grant him patience with the temptation of imprisonment and flogging 00:10:01.679 --> 00:10:04.740 This is Sheikh Al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah 00:10:04.740 --> 00:10:06.740 Who Nasr al-Din 00:10:06.740 --> 00:10:11.740 With his writings in response to the followers of false religions and sects 00:10:11.740 --> 00:10:15.740 Nasr al-Din sought to spread knowledge in all fields 00:10:15.740 --> 00:10:18.740 The fruit was his 00:10:18.740 --> 00:10:21.740 That God strengthened him when he was imprisoned 00:10:21.740 --> 00:10:26.740 They are the strongest people who remain steadfast over time and changing circumstances 00:10:26.740 --> 00:10:29.740 And in the most severe cases 00:10:29.740 --> 00:10:33.080 The divine preacher 00:10:33.080 --> 00:10:36.080 Who cares about his faith education 00:10:36.080 --> 00:10:40.080 It balances between worship and advocacy 00:10:40.080 --> 00:10:43.080 Between knowledge, work and education 00:10:43.080 --> 00:10:47.080 He gives each side what it deserves 00:10:47.080 --> 00:10:50.080 Of time, effort, money and attention 00:10:50.080 --> 00:10:55.649 God will take care of your affairs 00:10:55.649 --> 00:10:59.450 unanimously agreed upon by those working in the field of advocacy 00:10:59.450 --> 00:11:02.450 Every time you put in this call 00:11:02.450 --> 00:11:06.450 Your religious and worldly affairs are settled 00:11:06.450 --> 00:11:09.450 Because you live for God, not for yourself 00:11:09.450 --> 00:11:12.450 This is the ultimate sacrifice 00:11:12.450 --> 00:11:15.450 So you will notice if you work sincerely 00:11:15.450 --> 00:11:18.450 Ease and simplicity of life 00:11:18.450 --> 00:11:22.450 Perhaps you remember what Dr. Al-Sumait’s wife said 00:11:22.450 --> 00:11:26.450 It is in a scary place in Africa 00:11:26.450 --> 00:11:29.450 You say, Abdul Rahman 00:11:29.450 --> 00:11:34.450 Is the happiness of the people of Paradise like our happiness now? 00:11:34.450 --> 00:11:39.580 So accustom your family to humility and sacrifice for the religion of God 00:11:39.580 --> 00:11:42.580 Yes, it is a sacrifice to God 00:11:42.580 --> 00:11:45.580 So what did we offer? 00:11:49.029 --> 00:11:51.669 By calling to God 00:11:51.669 --> 00:11:54.830 You gain heartfelt comfort 00:11:54.830 --> 00:11:56.830 Do you find the joy of life? 00:11:56.830 --> 00:11:59.830 If you don't find it, hurry 00:11:59.830 --> 00:12:02.830 Throw yourself into this invitation 00:12:02.830 --> 00:12:04.830 And the days will not go away 00:12:04.830 --> 00:12:07.830 Until you find great comfort and comfort 00:12:07.830 --> 00:12:10.830 You will regret the days gone by