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Talk · al-Sirat al-Mustaqeem | 2024 Ramadan Series, part 27 of 32

The Living Qur'an | Al-Sirat Al-Mustaqeem EP.25 | A Journey With Shaykh Alauddin ElBakri

Shaykh Alauddin ElBakri

Transcript

  1. Assalamu 'Alaikum
  2. and welcome back to our Ramadan series, "As-Sirat al-Mustaqim"
  3. And here we are at the fourth stop in this station.
  4. The wisdom. Allah said that He sent Prophet Muhammad PBUH to recite
  5. the word of Allah, to purify them, to teach them the book, and now the wisdom.
  6. Now, when we look
  7. through the Ayahs of the Quran, this has been repeated so many times
  8. that Allah said: (We revealed to you the book and the wisdom)
  9. And we look at the life of the pProphet PBUH
  10. Because everything he said, we have recorded it.
  11. What did the Prophet PBUH teach other than the Quran?
  12. The only other thing is what Allah revealed to him of the wisdom
  13. that we call the Sunnah, one of the names of the Sunnah,
  14. which means the way and the path of the Prophet, is to call it a wisdom. Why?
  15. Because it's the implementation of the divine guidance in a human life
  16. and the best implementation that anyone has ever done of the Noble Quran,
  17. was the implementation of the Prophet PBUH
  18. when he himself said:
  19. "The best of guidance is the guidance of Muhammad PBUH"
  20. So the translation of the Sunnah into a wisdom is very important.
  21. Subhanallah, every year people come out to us
  22. and say, do not follow the Sunnah, do not follow the Hadith.
  23. Oh my God.
  24. Al Bukhari has this, Muslim has that, this book has this.
  25. So then you're like sitting down and asking: So whom do I follow?
  26. Subhanallah, as if they're jealous of the Prophet PBUH
  27. they want to push him and they want to sit there and say: Follow me.
  28. I'd rather follow the Messenger of Allah
  29. this attach on the Sunnah happened at the time of the Prophet PBUH
  30. literally people said: Whatever we find in the book of Allah,
  31. we follow it. Whatever we don't, we leave it.
  32. The Prophet PBUH said:
  33. "Let it not come to my ears,
  34. that one of you says that" Wisdom is so important in this religion
  35. that Allah SWT called himself
  36. Al-Hakeem, The Wise Allah called The Noble Quran:
  37. (Yâ-Sĩn, By the Quran, rich in wisdom!)
  38. The wise book
  39. Allah described his Prophet PBUH
  40. as being the wise man
  41. and his Sunnah as the wisdom.
  42. And wisdom is something when you take this Quran
  43. that you're reciting in the month of Ramadan and apply it, from
  44. the experience that you get from applying the Quran, you will get wisdom.
  45. This is called acquired wisdom.
  46. You get it from the Book of Allah, you get it from a teacher,
  47. you get it from your own implementation, and you'll get it as an inspiration
  48. from Allah.
  49. Subhanahu wa Ta'ala
  50. Now, having said that about the wisdom,
  51. wisdom is also something that Allah inspires
  52. some of his servants, some of us, men and women, to be wise
  53. Allah in The Noble Quran said:
  54. (He grants wisdom to whoever He wills.
  55. And whoever is granted wisdom is certainly blessed with a great privilege)
  56. Allah gives the Hikma,
  57. the wisdom to whomever He pleases
  58. and whosoever is given wisdom,
  59. Allah has given him an abundance of goodness.
  60. Subhanallah, in our daily life,
  61. we find that people are attracted to smart people.
  62. Smart is, what can I do with this right now?
  63. But what's the difference between smart and wise? Wisdom,
  64. there are so many definitions for it out there.
  65. But one of the definitions, is to know why things happen.
  66. Not only how things happen, when to take that knowledge
  67. of why things happen, and then predict
  68. how things are going to end up being.
  69. And once you have that projection and that understanding how
  70. things will end up being, then you come and influence things.
  71. If things are going to become evil, you try to stop it.
  72. If things are going to become good,
  73. you either leave it as it is or even make it better.
  74. This is the act of wisdom.
  75. But some of the definitions which there are all right,
  76. is to say the right thing,
  77. at the right time, at the right place, with the right intention.
  78. Or to do the right thing, at the right time, with the right
  79. intention, and the right place, because that's also being wise.
  80. You will find that usually
  81. smart people, they talk, they're talkative, but wise people,
  82. they're calm, and you know, slow and they don't respond quickly.
  83. May Allah SWT bring the wise people among us
  84. and in this Ummah as we desperately need them, you cannot find wisdom
  85. on your mobile phone, or on your iPad, or on your computer.
  86. Wisdom is something that you have to learn from others
  87. and the Prophet PBUH put us on a mission.
  88. He said: "Wisdom is the lost treasure of the believer,
  89. Wherever he finds it, he claims it"
  90. So we are even open to learning from others.
  91. If we find there is wisdom in what they do and it does not contradict
  92. the teachings of our faith, we will happily take it and claim it
  93. as we are always chasing wisdom in our lives.
  94. I ask Allah SWT to make us from those whom are wise.
  95. Grant us wisdom in this month of wisdom,
  96. Ramadan Al Mubarak and may Allah SWT
  97. forgive our sins and guide us to the straight path every day of our lives.
  98. Ameen Ya Rabb Alameen

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