The Ultimate Truth | Al-Sirat Al-Mustaqeem EP.28 | A Journey With Shaykh Alauddin ElBakri

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1. 0:00Assalamu 'Alaikum
2. 0:01and welcome back to Tawasaw
3. 0:03Ramadan series, "As-Sirat al-Mustaqim"
4. 0:06Yesterday we covered: (Except those who have faith, do good)
5. 0:10and we focused on righteous, good deeds.
6. 0:13Today, we will continue to:
7. 0:15(And urge each other to the truth, and urge each other to perseverance)
8. 0:19we will take: (And urge each other to the truth) and dice it and see what
9. 0:23we can benefit from this one sentence that can change your entire life.
10. 0:28The word "Tawasaw" in Arabic is a verb in the past
11. 0:33tense, plural and masculine tense.
12. 0:37It's like past continuous tense.
13. 0:40What is it asking of us?
14. 0:42It's asking us believers to care about one another and to advise one another.
15. 0:48The word "Wassiyah" in Arabic is used in the Quran
16. 0:51to describe the most sincere advice
17. 0:56to someone that your love so much:
18. 0:59(This was the advice of Abraham, as well as Jacob, to his children)
19. 1:03when Ibrahim PBUH was about to pass away
20. 1:07and his grandson Jacob PBUH was about to pass away.
21. 1:12He gathered all of his children and he gave them a "Wasiyyah"
22. 1:16And what was the "Wasiyyah"?
23. 1:18Are you going to keep the covenant of Allah?
24. 1:21There is no God but Allah
25. 1:22And follow the path of the Prophets?
26. 1:25They said: "Yes"
27. 1:27So when Allah describes us
28. 1:29as believers, that we care so much about one another
29. 1:34that we will advise and support one another.
30. 1:37It's not only advise and then run away.
31. 1:40No, it's a support system.
32. 1:42(And urge each other to the truth)
33. 1:44What are we aiming for as Muslims our entire life? It is to match the truth.
34. 1:50The truth is that which matches actual
35. 1:54reality, not perceived reality.
36. 1:57And that's why Allah's name in The Noble Quran is the truth "Al-Haqq"
37. 2:03The Quran, one of its descriptions in the Quran is the "Truth"
38. 2:08Allah says that he sent Prophet Muhammad PBUH with the truth.
39. 2:13And that's why the truth is very, very important.
40. 2:17We live at a time that people came up with, a term that they call
41. 2:22this is my personal truth, as if, you know, truth means nothing.
42. 2:28Like, I think that the sky is red.
43. 2:31That's my personal truth.
44. 2:32And I'm going to move on with my life
45. 2:34based on the fact in my head that the sky is red. We seek refuge in Allah
46. 2:39we don't have time.
47. 2:41As Allah said in Surah Al-Asr, we don't have time,
48. 2:44we're running out of time, and we should focus on the truth.
49. 2:48Are you focused on the truth?
50. 2:49Do you seek the truth?
51. 2:51Because many of us live just want to
52. 2:54chase some dreams and illusions,
53. 2:57and what I like to think about myself, not actually who I am.
54. 3:03And that's the scariest thing that could happen to the believer.
55. 3:06My dear brothers and sisters, Allah asks us to advise one another.
56. 3:11How do we advise?
57. 3:12Four things have to be in mind.
58. 3:14Number one, that you use the best words when you talk to the people.
59. 3:20You don't talk to the people in a way
60. 3:22that turns them off and turns them against your advice.
61. 3:26Since you really love
62. 3:28the one that you're about to advise, you should really use the best words.
63. 3:32Don't attack them.
64. 3:33Don't tell them: "You've been always doing this"
65. 3:36Don't tell them: "This is who you are"
66. 3:37Don't put them down before you give them an advice.
67. 3:41And that's very, very important because this way
68. 3:43you prepare the person in front of you to listen to you
69. 3:46when you say something good about them before you criticize them.
70. 3:50Constructive criticism.
71. 3:52Now, the second important thing is that your intention
72. 3:57behind the advice has to be, for the sake of Allah,
73. 4:01that you really want something better for your Muslim brother or sister,
74. 4:05that this is not just to put them down, you're not getting back at them
75. 4:09because one day
76. 4:10they said something about you and now it's time to get back at them.
77. 4:14That's why it has to have a very sincere intention.
78. 4:19The third point with advice, is to use
79. 4:22the best place, it is not okay
80. 4:26to advise people in front of others, that's called exposing them.
81. 4:31You don't like someone to come and talk
82. 4:33about your private business in front of everyone else.
83. 4:36That's not the right place.
84. 4:37That has to be one-to-one.
85. 4:40And the best thing is to choose the right time.
86. 4:44Don't talk to people when they are hungry, thirsty,
87. 4:48tired, angry, sleepy.
88. 4:51You need to choose the time that the are
89. 4:54ready to receive your advice.
90. 4:58My dear brothers and sisters, I have noticed that people
91. 5:02now when someone advises them, they say: "Oh, they stepped on my toes"
92. 5:06"Oh, they got into my personal business"
93. 5:10Even though the other person has a very sincere intention.
94. 5:14As Muslims, we function in a Jama'a "group"
95. 5:18You want people, not only to step on your toes, let them step on your feet.
96. 5:23If that's going to mean that you will wake up and go to Jannah "heaven"
97. 5:28instead of being in your delusional world, going wrong
98. 5:32and no one is talking to you and advising you and directing you to the right path.
99. 5:38Look what we do in Ramadan,
100. 5:40we're really focused on gaining
101. 5:43the pleasure of Allah SWT
102. 5:45and not worrying about our Nafs.
103. 5:48We're disciplining our Nafs.
104. 5:50It is your Nafs that will stop you from listening to an advice.
105. 5:54As we have explained in the earlier episode. My dear brother, sisters
106. 6:00Allah expects from us to seek the truth,
107. 6:04want the truth, apply the truth,
108. 6:07believe in the truth,
109. 6:09and to always want to hear the truth,
110. 6:11and obey it, and follow it.
111. 6:14Because our life is very short and we don't have time or energy to waste.
112. 6:20May Allah SWT purify our intentions
113. 6:23and make us from those who practice:
114. 6:26(And urge each other to the truth)
115. 6:28Ameen
116. 6:30Go home and practice that Ayah and see how people react to your practice.
117. 6:35May Allah guide us all to accept advice from others.
118. 6:40Ameen