Do we truly fear Allah and place our hope in Him?
Shaykh Abdur Razzaq
al-Badr
Taken from a Friday
sermon entitled
لايرجو عبد إلا ربه ولا يخاف إلا ذنبه
/ للشيخ عبدالرزاق العباد البدر حفظه الله
The slave only places
his hope in Allah and he only fears his sins
O slaves of Allah, when
the slave has these attributes, meaning he only places his hope in Allah, and
he only fears his sins then his life, all of it, will be established around
obedience and righteous deeds and staying far away from sins, and actualizing
the Tawheed of Allah the Exalted.
Beware O slaves of
Allah, beware that your only portion of this is a mere claim and statement. And
the people may fall into this knowingly and unknowingly.
Imam Ahmad narrated in
his book Zuhud that Muawiyah ibn Qurah said:
“I entered upon Muslim
ibn Yasar and said to him ‘I do not have any major good deeds, but I place my
hope in Allah and I fear Him’.”
Muslim ibn Yasar
responded: “Ma-sha Allah, whoever fears something, he is cautious of it, and
whoever hopes for something, he seeks for it. And I don’t know; what is the
value of an individual’s fear if when desires are presented to him, he does not
abandon them due to what he fears? Or when he is tested with a calamity, he is
not patient due to what he hopes for?”
Muawiyah said: “I
ascribed purity to myself, while I was not aware of it.”
Translated by Rasheed
ibn Estes Barbee
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May 23, 2020 at 2:07 AM
