Lecture by Sister Eman al Obaid

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1 Hadith 24:... ى ي عد ب ع : ينن: ت م ر م ل ظ ى ل ع ي س ف ن ' (iv) Thursday, April Lecture by Sister Eman al Obaid Review - We all need Allah subhana wa ta'ala, don t be unjust, Allah subhana wa ta'ala forbade the zulm on Himself - You can t live without Allah subhana wa ta'ala, you need Allah subhana wa ta'ala to guide you all the time - You are hungry and you need Allah subhana wa ta'ala to feed you even if you have the food - You need Allah subhana wa ta'ala to clothe you even if your wardrobe is full - You sin and you need to rely on Allah subhana wa ta'ala to forgive you your sins, you need to seek the forgiveness from Allah subhana wa ta'ala. Allah subhana wa ta'ala loves that His creation has a connection with Him all the time; you need to attach to Allah subhana wa ta'ala. We need to always ask Allah subhana wa ta'ala, but Allah subhana wa ta'ala is not in need of your asking. Allah Al Ghaniy. The Rich. O My servants, you will not attain harming Me so as to harm Me nothing can reach Allah subhana wa ta'ala. Allah subhana wa ta'ala is talking to His creation as My servants. If you did not ask Allah subhana wa ta'ala for forgiveness Allah subhana wa ta'ala will not be harmed. Nothing is harming Allah subhana wa ta'ala. If you want to harm Allah subhana wa ta'ala with words, actions or disobedience, Why can nobody harm Allah subhana wa ta'ala? Al Rububiyyah Allah huwa al Rabb, huwa al Ilah. Nobody can harm Allah subhana wa ta'ala because Allah subhana wa ta'ala is the Most Rich Rich in mercy He does not need anyone to be merciful to Him Rich in love He does need anyone s love Rich in knowledge Rich in all the Names and Attributes 1

2 No one can harm Allah even in little things. If someone can be harmed this makes their position less. No one is able to harm the God that we worship. Human beings can harm other human beings by words or actions, but SubhanAllah in this life no one can harm your Rabb. If everyone is worshipping idols, if everyone is trying to harm Allah subhana wa ta'ala, nobody can harm Allah subhana wa ta'ala. Now the opposite. و ل ن ت ب ل غ وا and you will not attain benefiting Me so as to benefit Me When you worship Allah subhana wa ta'ala don t think you will benefit Allah subhana wa ta'ala. When you worship, when you fast, when you remember Allah subhana wa ta'ala or when you love Allah subhana wa ta'ala you are not benefitting Allah subhana wa ta'ala. nobody can benefit Allah subhana wa ta'ala. Allah subhana wa ta'ala is so High and Allah subhana wa ta'ala is so Great nobody can reach Him. In life someone who has a position will be surrounded with security in order to prevent any harm coming to them. In life no one can benefit him because he has everything. What about Allah subhana wa ta'ala? No one can reach to Allah subhana wa ta'ala, no one can harm Allah subhana wa ta'ala and no one can reach to Allah subhana wa ta'ala to benefit Him. Your Illah, the Rabb deserves the worship. Nobody can harm Him and no one can affect Him. It is the human being which needs benefitting and needs the protection, needs the guarding. We need something to guard us and to protect us. Human beings need benefits. This is the richness of Allah subhana wa ta'ala ض ر One Who causes harm One Who causes benefit You can t use these two Names of Allah separately Allah subhana wa ta'ala protects you from the harm and Allah subhana wa ta'ala benefits you so you rely on Allah subhana wa ta'ala. O My servants, if the first of you and the last of you, and the humans of you and the jinn of you, were all as pious as the most pious heart of any individual amongst you, then this would not increase My Kingdom an iota. 2

3 The place of the taqwa is in the heart one person has so much taqwa and if all the people had this much taqwa it will never increase anything in Allah subhana wa ta'ala s dominion because Allah is so Rich. If you make some rules and everyone follows your rules you will benefit, if people do not follow your rules you will despair. Allah subhana wa ta'ala created us not because He needs us, but because of a hikmah. When Allah subhana wa ta'ala created us, we benefit from having been created. Allah subhana wa ta'ala does not need His creation to worship Him. Allah subhana wa ta'ala is the Most Rich by Himself. If you don t worship Allah subhana wa ta'ala, Allah subhana wa ta'ala can create a billion other people to worship Him. Life does not stop because of one person. Everyone being pious will not add anything to Allah subhana wa ta'ala - if you do good it is good for you and nobody else. If you are pious, Allah subhana wa ta'ala will not benefit because Allah is the Most Rich - Allah subhana wa ta'ala does not need anybody - Allah subhana wa ta'ala does not need the worship from anybody Allah subhana wa ta'ala does not need anything because He is the Most Rich. Don t perform any ibadah as if you are doing Allah subhana wa ta'ala a favour. When you wear hijab don t feel as if you are doing Allah subhana wa ta'ala a favour. When fasting don t feel as if you are doing Allah subhana wa ta'ala a favour. When you do good you need to thank Allah subhana wa ta'ala because He made you to do good, He put you in this situation. If you want to know your makan din Allah you need to see in which place Allah subhana wa ta'ala has put you look at where Allah subhana wa ta'ala placed you. When Allah subhana wa ta'ala put you in place of ibadah Al-HamduliLlah Allah subhana wa ta'ala choose me to do this ibadah. We cannot benefit Allah subhana wa ta'ala even if we are pious we are attached to Allah subhana wa ta'ala so Allah subhana wa ta'ala has a favour on us but people deal with the ibadah as if they are doing a favour for Allah subhana wa ta'ala. If people do not believe in Allah subhana wa ta'ala, Allah subhana wa ta'ala is able to replace them with a people who are better. When Allah subhana wa ta'ala puts you in a position of being a worshipper or you are doing any kind of good deed you need to grab it. If you don t appreciate it Allah subhana wa ta'ala will bring somebody else, or bring ten people or even hundreds of people. This is the Richness of Allah it is not based on the numbers of followers. A religion or any organisation is known by the number of people in it - except Islam. Even if nobody follows Islam, this is the truth. Islam by itself it is high, it is honoured, even if most of the people follow the falsehood. Deen Allah Deen Allah does not have an honour because of the people, it is an honour by itself. Even if all the people are saying bad things about Islam it has no effect. We need the taqwa, Allah subhana wa ta'ala does not need our taqwa so we need to be mutaqeen We need to obey Allah subhana wa ta'ala, Allah subhana wa ta'ala does not need our obedience. We need to be close to Allah subhana wa ta'ala, Allah subhana wa ta'ala does not need us to be close to Him. We need, Allah subhana wa ta'ala does NOT need. If no one is close to Allah subhana wa ta'ala it will not harm Allah subhana wa ta'ala but it will harm human beings. There is no blood relation between any of us and Allah subhana wa ta'ala. So don t feel you are chosen, we need, Allah subhana wa ta'ala does NOT need. It is the same for every single person. 3

4 Worship If Allah subhana wa ta'ala puts you in a situation of worship say Ya Rabbi, help me to keep up with my worship and increase it for me. It is better to keep up with the worship than to lose it otherwise someone else will take it. Humble We need to be humble to Allah subhana wa ta'ala Allah subhana wa ta'ala does not need our submission. Nowadays people are great because people make them great. They need something to make them great. Nobody is born great. Greatness and richness is according to your relationship with Allah subhana wa ta'ala. We need to show Allah subhana wa ta'ala the goodness in us. We need to show Allah subhana wa ta'ala Allah subhana wa ta'ala does need it. Allah is the Most Rich Allah subhana wa ta'ala does not need anybody and He is the One Who enriches others. Allah is the Most Rich nobody can do anything to Him Allah Enriches - enriches all the creation which is poor to Allah subhana wa ta'ala. Your taqwa is for you, your obedience, your submission, your worship is good for you. O My servants, if the first of you and the last of you, and the humans of you and the jinn of you, were all as wicked as the most wicked heart of any individual amongst you, then this would not decrease My Kingdom an iota. To be evil or wicked is in the heart exceeding their boundaries. When you don t follow the rules you will be harmed, there is no respect. If no one is worshipping Allah subhana wa ta'ala, if no one is following Allah subhana wa ta'ala, if everyone is disobeying Allah subhana wa ta'ala it will not decrease anything in Allah subhana wa ta'ala s dominion. In this hadith you see; Allah subhana wa ta'ala s richness day and night Allah subhana wa ta'ala is showering us with His blessings, nothing can decrease. Nobody can harm Allah subhana wa ta'ala, nobody can benefit Allah subhana wa ta'ala. Nothing can increase Allah subhana wa ta'ala in His dominion, nothing can decrease His dominion. People are rich but when they spend it will decrease their wealth, if someone gives to you, your wealth will increase. Allah subhana wa ta'ala is not like this. Ibadah for the Sake of Allah When you do an ibadah, Allah subhana wa ta'ala is encouraging you to do this ibadah for the Sake of Allah. The reward is for you, your ibadah will not increase anything in Allah subhana wa ta'ala. Even before Allah subhana wa ta'ala created the creation, Allah is the Most Rich. Taqwa Allah is the Most Rich and yet Allah subhana wa ta'ala encourages us in the Qur an: Give a goodly loan to Allah subhana wa ta'ala. This does not mean Allah subhana wa ta'ala needs your loan or your sadaqa or your sacrifice. When you sacrifice for the Sake of Allah, when you 4

5 give charity for the Sake of Allah, Allah subhana wa ta'ala will not benefit from that, it is your taqwa which will reach to Allah subhana wa ta'ala. This hadith makes you to magnify Allah subhana wa ta'ala Allah is the Owner of all the bounties, provisions, and mercies. O My servants, if the first of you and the last of you, and the humans of you and the jinn of you, were all to stand together in one place and ask of Me, and I were to give everyone what he requested, then that would not decrease what I Possess, except what is decreased of the ocean when a needle is dipped into it. Everybody is asking according to what they want unlimited requests. Allah subhana wa ta'ala listens to everyone at the same time and gives to each person what they need imagine this happened. It would not decrease anything Allah subhana wa ta'ala has. Allah subhana wa ta'ala has the treasures of everything, the knowledge, the happiness, physical needs, emotional needs, well-being etc. if Allah subhana wa ta'ala gives to the people it would not decrease anything in Allah subhana wa ta'ala s treasure. Parable - except what is decreased of the ocean when a needle is dipped into it. Imagine you put a needle in the sea it would have no effect, it would not decrease anything in Allah subhana wa ta'ala s dominion or treasure. Whatever Allah subhana wa ta'ala gives it does not affect Allah subhana wa ta'ala, our actions do not affect Allah subhana wa ta'ala, He is our Rabb, nobody is like Him. It does not suit us to not be effected but nothing affects Allah subhana wa ta'ala. Hadith: Allah subhana wa ta'ala s treasure is full, it never decreases. Will you ask someone who does not have? You will ask Allah the Most Rich. Without you asking Allah subhana wa ta'ala is giving to you. Without you even thinking Allah is giving to you because Allah knows what you want. If you ask, Allah subhana wa ta'ala will give. When making du a and Allah subhana wa ta'ala does not give, it does not mean that Allah subhana wa ta'ala does not have. When Allah subhana wa ta'ala does not give, Allah subhana wa ta'ala withholds the blessings because it is not good for you now. Allah subhana wa ta'ala knows when the time is good for you or bad for you. We need to trust Allah subhana wa ta'ala, but we are hasty. Day and night Allah subhana wa ta'ala is giving. Can anyone give you a gift even once in a day, once in a month or once in year? Allah subhana wa ta'ala is giving you gifts continually and giving you different gifts which are good for you. Allah subhana wa ta'ala is giving you gifts you don t even think about. How much has Allah subhana wa ta'ala spent since He created the heavens and the earth? Has this spending affected Allah subhana wa ta'ala? When you give it affects you, affects your finances. You can t buy the gifts Allah subhana wa ta'ala is giving to you there is no market for these gifts. Imagine the akhirah, imagine 5

6 Paradise there is no comparison to the dunya. This is the life we are hoping for. We need Allah subhana wa ta'ala but He is the Most Rich, the needs of the servant are nothing but we make it so big. Even if you keep asking it is nothing compared to Allah subhana wa ta'ala s dominion. Allah subhana wa ta'ala is giving to you from the earth and from the heavens. O My servants, it is but your deeds Deeds when you do anything this is what you own. Our test in life is our deeds. When Allah subhana wa ta'ala Created the Creation Our creation is not to benefit Allah subhana wa ta'ala. Allah subhana wa ta'ala is not afraid of harm from His creation. Allah subhana wa ta'ala is not in need to give to His creation. Allah subhana wa ta'ala created the creation for our deeds, for you. You need to thank Allah subhana wa ta'ala that you exist. Your deeds should be for the Sake of Allah. You need to worship Allah subhana wa ta'ala for you own good. Even if one single human being exists, still they will be tested. Your existence cannot be without the tests. The tests are your actions. The tests are to elevate you. The tests are different, the tests are without you even realising. When is the result of the tests? When you die. What will Allah subhana wa ta'ala do with your deeds? that I account for you, You don t need anybody else to account your deeds. Ihsa to count, to detail, to guard and to protect. If you acquire the knowledge for example you need to know Allah subhana wa ta'ala accounts it in detail, the time you spent learning etc. nobody else can account your deeds so you need Allah subhana wa ta'ala. Allah subhana wa ta'ala will protect those deeds. Even evil and sin Allah subhana wa ta'ala will account it and it will never be lost. In life the good and bad deeds are accounted. and then recompense you for When your time in this dunya finishes then the account starts in the moment of death. At the time of death you can see the result you will see a little of the good. The one who has done wrong will not want the 6

7 Day of Judgement to come. What you see at the time of death is preparation of what is to come. If you did good you will be among the successful ones, if you did not you will be in trouble. Your amal in the dunya are important so account yourself now. In life, the most important thing (our amal) we don t worry about, and the we worry about what is not important, the food, the house, the children. Your amal is your responsibility. So he who finds good, let him praise Allah, This is how you think about your deeds focus on your actions. If you see good, for example you are learning, you praise Allah subhana wa ta'ala, in your heart you turn to Allah subhana wa ta'ala because Allah subhana wa ta'ala guided you; Allah subhana wa ta'ala put the seeking of knowledge in your heart. Allah subhana wa ta'ala helped you; Had it not been for Allah subhana wa ta'ala I cannot do good. Praise Allah subhana wa ta'ala because of the reward hope from Allah subhana wa ta'ala, think good of Allah subhana wa ta'ala. Don t attribute the good to yourself or to someone else, immediately praise Allah subhana wa ta'ala be firm as sometimes you forget when you see good. and he who finds other than that, let him blame no one but himself. You are the best judge of yourself be a student and a teacher, you are learning, correct yourself. You don t need somebody to tell you when you are wrong account yourself. If you see evil don t blame anyone, don t even blame shaitan (he only whispers you do the evil yourself). Shaitan wants company in Hellfire, he does not want to be alone. Don t blame anyone. Be strict with yourself. Scholars are very lenient with the people but they are very strict with themselves. With yourself be strict but don t hurt yourself. Chapter (74) sūrat l-mudathir (The One Enveloped) 74:38 Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained Anything that comes out you it sticks to you, is attached to you. If your amal is bad don t blame anyone, ask for forgiveness. 7

8 Chapter (75) sūrat l-qiyāmah (The Resurrection) 75:14 Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness, 75:15 Even if he presents his excuses. Don t give excuses for yourself, you can see your errors and you can account yourself. Al Jazaa is the reward in the dunya and in the akhirah. For the Mumin the reward in the akhirah is for sure. If the disbeliever did good in their life they will have no reward in the akhirah, Allah will give them the reward in the dunya. This is a transcript of a lecture given by Sister Eman al Obaid. Anything that is good from these notes is from Allah subhana wa ta ala. Any mistakes & misrepresentations are my own. 93:4 And the Hereafter is better for you than the first [life]. 8