Patience - Dr. Bilal Philips

Allah said he would try us and test us with fear hunger loss of life wealth fruit of our labors but give glad tidings to those war fish a wonderful thing having patience in times of trial and adversities is relatively easy a wonderful thing summon us to be patient and worshiping along when things are going well some hats should be dry that is the difficult summer as you can son I wonderful they saw that as you are wonderful there's a southern a wonderful thing Saba al hamdulillah he na mother who were Nesta Hina who wanna stuff you and I'm gonna be here on Etobicoke Lowell a Burnout double la him in cerulean Fujinami che Atia Melina Maya hadiyyah-lah who follow Moodle yalla oh my Google Allahu Allahu Allah ashhadu an LA ilaha illallah wahdahu la sharika lah washer donna muhammadan abduhu wa rasuluhu am Abad vinhai' radhika table pyrrol muhammad in salallahu alaihe salam bashar al Morimoto dato ha oculomotor debt in vida oh cool a bigot in de la la oh cool adel arlathan filner Salaam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato all praise is due to allah i welcome you all to this evenings lecture by dr. abominable al phillips this topic patience inshallah we'll throw a lot of light into what islam speaks about patience I would request dr. bilal philips to deliver a speech hamdulillahi rabbil aalameen of salat wa salam ala rasoolillah kareem voila and he was happy woman is tender Bissonnette ela romo Dean all praise due to Allah and may allah's peace and blessings be on the last messenger mohammad salallahu alayhi wasalam and on all those who follow the path of righteousness until the last day patience as my brother introduced the topic is a key element in the life of the believer when we looked at the search for inner peace this evening I will elaborate on it further patients mentioned in the 103rd chapter of the Quran about which Imam Shafi he had said that were no other chapter of the Quran to have been revealed that chapter would have been sufficient for humankind for them to be guided that chapter is how the below him in ash-shaytani r-rajim bismillahi r-rahman r-rahim were lost by time in Salafi host indeed humankind is in a state of loss ll Idina am anew Romulo slowly hot except for those who believe and do righteous deeds what a while so bil Haq and advise each other in truthfulness what a while soul is sober and advised each other to be patient so a loss of an Tala in this chapter small chapter from the end of the Quran identified patience and advice to each other to be patient as being among the keys for success in this life he stressed it above many other characteristics which are important also generosity kindness lovingness compassion there are many other wonderful characteristics but he chose out of all of them to truthfulness and patience because first and foremost for anyone to attain the proper relationship with God with Allah subhana WA Ta'ala that person has to be true has to be about truth accepting the truth when it comes to him or her and following that truth they have to commit themselves to that truth belief is based on truth truth which has come from the creator of this world he did not leave us to wander around blindly in this world on our own but he sent the truth to us the truth which we know as Islam our acceptance of that truth living in accordance with it is the righteous deeds Allah ladina Amma knew who I am Allah Salih hat holding on firmly through to the truth throughout our lives is a requirement even if that truth is against us if Muslims in the world commit evil they cut off people's heads on television and hold it up blow up children we know this is not right no matter what the circumstance it's not right then we have to stand up for the truth because we are about the truth ultimately we may try to understand the reasons behind people doing this and educate others about them but still the truth must stand out clear from falsehood has a large shoulders and we come back to patience because once a person has committed himself or herself to the truth in all aspects of his or her life then he or she has to be patient because that truth will be tried and tested so patience what is patience if this is required of us it is important for us to understand it if null Kem had said that patience in the spiritual sense means that in times of grief we stop ourselves from despairing panicking we stop ourselves our tongues from complaining and we stop our hands from striking our faces and tearing our clothes in times of grief and stress we stop ourselves from falling into despair feeling the situation is hopeless feeling that a law has burdened us beyond our capacity there is no way out when a lost Morales ready told us oh my a tequila yaaahooo maharaja whoever fears allah allah will make a way out for them we stop our tongues from complaining complaining about the trials of life complaint destroys patience there is a difference however when we look at patients and complaint where one complains to allah subhana wa ta'ala this is not considered the complaint which destroys patients the complaint which destroys patients is like the woman problems assalam passed by her when she was at her son's grave crying screaming wailing and the Prophet said to her a woman get a hold of yourself and she turned angrily to him and said you haven't suffered what I have suffered and the Prophet SAW Salim turned and walked away and some other women ran up to her and said that was the Messenger of Allah so she got up quickly in Wrentham o Messenger of Allah I'm sorry I'm sorry yes you're right II right I have to control myself I control myself he said patience is at the time of the calamity patience is at the time of the calamity her complaint you haven't suffered what I have suffered that is the complaint to human beings human beings who can do nothing about the trials of our lives but turning to allah subhanaw taala this is acceptable because we found for example in the Quran sewer use of verse 86 we find prophet yaqoob saying in Omashu Bethy Rajas knee in Allah I only complain of my destruction and anguish to Allah after his sons had caused Youssef to be lost pretending that he had been killed by a wolf prophet yaqoob could only turn to allah subhanaw taala and that's what he did and that is perfectly legitimate and that's who we should take our complaints to so patience is real and it's maintained as long as we stay away from complaining to people people who cannot do anything for us we're just looking for sympathy all you pour in vidual it's really not good it's unfair really this shouldn't have happened to you no that's not true if it happened to you it is because allah wrote it for you because allah chose you to experience this particular trial allah tailors the trials for each and every individual when the prophet saw Salim was asked who among humankind has the most trials and calamities in their lives he replied the prophets then the those most like them then those was like them and the law looks into an individual's level of faith and if he sees that his faith is strong when he puts a strong trial on him and if he sees that his faith is weak he puts a week trial on him Allah tailors each and every for each and every individual particular trials and we talked about the purpose of the trials that these trials ultimately are to bring out the best in us to bring out the best and the highest of our spiritual qualities but unfortunately most of us don't realize that so when the trial comes we complain we ball we cry we blame everybody it's not my fault it's everybody else's fault or we might even reach this stage where we blame a loss of Anna Tala a very evil stage a very evil stage but what we are called to do is to be patient to be patient under all of the various circumstances of life as Allah said well Anna Blouin Macumba Shaymin al hafi well jury van opossum in alarm wall-e well alphys what the Mourad abashiri sovereign alladhina ada so bottom Musa Burton kalo in lillahi wa inna ilayhi Rajan Allah said he will try and test us with fear hunger loss of life wealth the fruit of our labors but give glad tidings to those who are patient those who when a calamity strikes them say in Ali lie well in LA he wrote your own we belong to Allah and to him is our return usually we only end up saying this when somebody dies that's fine if somebody dies to say in a lillahi wa inna Ilayaraja oon is good but we should remember to say it whenever a calamity strikes us and this is what we forget time of death ok but the rest of the times as if they're different no they all fall into the same category so when the calamity strikes this is the expression of our patients in a Leela we belong to Allah Allah owns us so whatever he puts on us he has the right to do and it ultimately is the best for us no matter how harmful how evil it may seem to us we have to believe ultimately that it is what is best for us were it not best for us then this implies that a law is unfair dangerous door to go through to say that Allah is unfair is to deviate our faith in Allah is destroyed no Allah is the most just and whatever he has given us is exactly what we need so how does a person learn patience can we learn it or is it just that some people are born patient and others are not yes we see some people seem to be quite patient from the time they were kids they're able to handle things they have grown-up patients where other kids just seem to fly off the handle they're here they're there don't can't seem to be patient it's patient something we can learn yes prophet muhammad saw selamat said well my ear to sob bar is a beautiful law if Malcolm had said if a person does not naturally possess the characteristic of patience he can attain this characteristic by acting as if he does possess it until it eventually becomes second nature to him oh my episode bar whoever pretends to be patient Eusebio who law Allah will give him patience so it is something that we all can achieve and that is logical because why would Allah then put patience as one of the keys for success in this life if we are unable to learn it if it is only those who are born with it meaning Allah has destined for you patience and then he gives you success in life because you're patient no that would be unfair if we couldn't learn it so obviously it is something which we can learn now let us look briefly at the times when patience is needed there are three basic times if not I am identified them one in worshipping a law and following his commands two in abstaining from wrong actions and three in accepting the decree and ruling of allah-allah Scudder one in worshipping a law and following his commands to in abstaining from wrong actions and three in accepting Allah's decree these three areas are mentioned in surah Luqman verse 17 when he said yah Bonilla alchemists Allah wat morbol Marouf one hand in one car was vert a lama a Sawbuck in the lake Amin Osman Amur oh my son establish regular prayer and join what is just and forbid what is wrong and bear with patient constancy whatever befalls you for this is firmness of purpose in the conduct of affairs oh my son establish regular prayers the advice of look man to his son and join what is just and forbid what is wrong and there with patient constancy whatever befalls you enjoining what is just involves doing what is good forbidding what is wrong includes abstaining from wrong action so let us look at patients in worshipping Allah worship which is not performed regularly is of no value if no claim said worship not performed regularly is of no value meaning those people who worship Allah subhana Allah in Ramadan the Ramadan Muslims throughout the year they don't worship Allah but when ramadan comes you see them in the kids praying taraweeh fasting on the friday muslim he doesn't pray all during the week but when Friday comes you see him in the Masjid the Friday Muslim this is a person who does not worship Allah regularly so when you ask that person why don't you worship Allah regularly why do you worship Him infrequently only on Fridays or only during Ramadan and there are some people who only worship on the last Friday in Ramadan a few years back somebody whose we're talking about the preferable things to do in Ramadan and they told me they said oh yeah it's it's also good to catch Juma till we die I said what yeah Juma actually with AH the farewell Juma so what is that he see the you know the last Juma in Ramadan that is known as the farewell JaJuan I said Oh somebody made that up we know of the farewell pilgrimage edgerton wa da we know of the farewell tour off too awful with that the last time you go around debates if the copper before leaving Mecca but Juma tool with AH never heard of it something people made up say yeah if you catch Juma till with AH you know all of your sins are forgiven no Prophet Muhammad SAW solemn didn't say that if your peer or your Sheikh or your willy or your whatever told you that he lied there is no Juma to Louie de so the person who only worships Friday's Ramadan all a little cutter that's the other day isn't it right 27th of Ramadan because prayer on the 27th of Ramadan if you catch lailatul other that is worth elfish are a thousand months of worship so our infrequent worship or what does he do it takes out his calculator it puts in a thousand months divides that by 12 that comes out to 83 point so many years huh that's a lifetime you catch a little putter you're covered for a lifetime people who worship infrequently this worship is not really acceptable to Allah because when you go back and you look at the root of why they are worshipping like this we call this in reality worship in Arabic they call it f TR t or precautionary worship precautionary worship what does that mean it means that just in case just in case there is a law and he asked me what did you do you were a Muslim nu I did worship in Ramadan I did do Fridays you know I did have some ebody some worship that's precautionary worship based on a person's doubt about the loss of an Ewald Allah if one doubts about a loss of hana wa taala doubts about the existence of Allah he has disbelieved in Allah this is anything belief in Allah is certain belief belief based on certainty not doubt maybe there could be just in case no that is not true belief in Allah not acceptable so worship naturally based on these thoughts has no value it's just a physical exercise just like people who are obliged to make hatch the time for Hajj comes when when you've reached puberty and you have the economic means but what we do we find in the Muslim community if a young man who is 21 years old he's got his started out in life whatever he's got a business goings got some money ready to go and make Hajj what is they what is his parents what is his friends and uncles that tell it no no don't make Hajj now you're young you're still young meaning what meaning you better to leave hatch until the end of your life right because hatch washes away your sins so if you make hatch now you come back you got a bunch of since you lost your Hajj so better to leave it delay your Hajj till you run out of steam you can't do anymore sins now is the time to go and purify yourself at the Kaaba but reality is that you won't be able to make the Hajj mob rule the acceptable hat you won't be able to do it why because you've lived a life of sin a life where you cursed people you swore at them you cheated them it did all these things do you think you're going to be able to go to Mecca with all those people three million people from all around the world and be a good boy no no that's why I've been to Hajj and a number of times and I've seen old brothers with long white beards acting in the most violent ways I was shocked people steps on their toe they're elbowing scream being shouting cursing mother you're on Hajj shut up hey Hajj what happened to hatch because they had thought that they could come through and do an acceptable Hajj but Allah said had you know that's acceptable now rafasa voila for suka voila gee Dallas a lodge lara fuss no bad language well now for Sukarno bad dealings with people voila gee Donna no argumentation fail Hajj won't be able to get through hatch that way not possible because it must be based on true faith in Allah subhana Allah so as we said worship has to be regularly performed there for patients in worshipping Allah this is a primary requirement and it's not easy worshiping him regularly it's not easy because what happens when people do things regularly is that they take it for granted you lose your sincerity you get up for Tahajjud every night every night every night every night the first nights who got up there's a good feeling strong feeling there but after you start to doing it regularly it becomes a norm for you then the sincerity of it tends to go and this is something very serious because what is the use though regular prayer is required of us what is the use of this regular prayer if our hearts are not really in it what Allah has prescribed is not achieved so we have to stop we have to reflect we have to regularly renew our intentions we have to question ourselves what are we doing is this really for Allah or is it just a habit let me renew my intention and let us ask for loss want the other to give us sincerity in our prayers in all of the various acts of our worship secondly in being patient in worshipping Allah we have to make sure that we don't deviate from the way prescribed by Rasulullah sallallahu wasallam we have to make sure we don't deviate from that way because if we have deviated then we have lost the value of our prayer so we may be praying regularly but we are praying a prayer which is not according to what rasool allah solenoid with some them told us to do so we have to maintain sincerity and we have to maintain the sunnah the way of rasul allah saw Yolanda was a limb so patience in worshipping Allah it is natural for us to have an aversion to carry out certain acts of worship getting up for Fajr in the morning our body tells us we need more sleep our mind tells us I'm still tired the pillow feels softest at the time we need to get up in the morning so naturally it's difficult we have to struggle and that's why the promise our Solomon said among the signs of the hypocrites is their inability to pray father so we have to be patient here patient meaning holding restraining our desires and fulfilling the commandments of Allah subhana WA Ta'ala secondly we have to be patient in abstaining from wrong actions we have to have within ourselves a fear of punishment and this is something that most of us have lost as a child growing up we have a sense of fear of punishment from our parents in school fear of punishment from our teachers but when we become mature and there's nobody who is over us then the fear of punishment is gone although the fear of punishment from Allah subhana Allah should remain it should be there and if we really fear the loss of anti Allah then our lives would be straight we will be following the straight path but it's because of a lack of fear weakness of our fear that we disobey Allah and we engage in wrong actions also we should have a shyness haya shame before a loss Rantala shame in using the blessings which Allah has given us our strength our minds our bodies using them in a way which is display to him we should feel ashamed knowing that he is watching us he sees us knowing that we'll have to stand before him and give a count for whatever we have done we should have higher shame in order for us to stop doing wrong actions smoking cigarettes and know that smoking cigarettes is haram it's not just makrooh as some people say it is haram the prophet sallahu Salim had told us that whoever kills himself in this life using a knife throwing himself off a mountain however he kills himself he will remain in the Hellfire killing himself in the same way over and over again so smoking killing ourselves by smoking will doom us to hell killing ourselves over and over with cigarettes if we love cigarettes that much then I feel very sorry when we have bad habits how do we break them we have to tackle them head on stop commit ourselves for the sake of Allah to give it up we may use what is available to help us but in the end we just have to break these habits wherever we have become used to doing continually we have to tackle them whether it is smoking whether it is cheating whether it is lying whatever our bad habits we have developed we have to break these habits in order to develop patience from abstaining to abstain from wrong actions the last category in accepting allows decree and ruling patience in times of trial and adversity this one is actually among the easiest ones having patience in times of trial and adversity is relatively easy because even the non-believer one who doesn't believe in God in a law can decide to be patient in times of trial and adversity calamity strikes him he says what's the point in screaming and hollering it's not gonna do anything so I'll just bite the bullet take it that's life but for us to be patient in worshipping a law when things are going well that's the big trial that is the difficulty and if you notice people in general when calamity strikes there in the Masjid praying begging a law when things are going well you don't see them anymore so he can see this it's easy to turn to a law in times of trial but still it is for us to do so that is required and the laws want allah has promised a great reward for those of us who turn to Him in times of adversity as i mentioned from surah Baqarah before o Bashar is sovereign give glad tidings to the patient ones so there is a great reward and that should encourage us to be patient also the fact that the law is savant Allah told us in the malice to USERRA with every difficulty comes ease that should also help us to be patient because we know that whatever calamity has struck us will end it will not continue forever there's a difficult time then these comes that is the promise of Allah so Allah Allah and then if we think of all of the other blessings that Allah has put in our lives then this calamity becomes very small when we forget all of the blessings then the calamity seemed so great and so big so in the time of calamity think about all of the good that has come and that will help us to be patient and with regards to the blessings of Allah so and Allah we have to also be careful that we are not fooled by them as we said before when things go good we forget Allah we have the verse in surah munafa poon the chapter of the hypocrites verse 9 which allows want Allah said the yahoo ladina am anew lot aleikum walekum oh allah allah dhu commander kril ah oh my f al dhalika fula a Kamal Hasan or you who believe let not your riches or your children divert you from the remembrance of Allah in any atlas the loss is their own or you believe do not let your riches or your children diverts you from the remembrance of Allah if anyone acts this way the loss is their own if not bad when it was asked about this verse said it was in reference to some Meccans some people from Mecca who when the command for Hydra had come and they had decided to migrate along with the prophets allah salaam their wives and their children suggested to them not to go begged them not to go they would be abandoning their homes their wealth the comfortable life so they stayed back later on when they went to Medina and join the rest of Muslims when Medina was established they saw that those who had gone ahead and made the Hitler with the Prophet SAW Salim had learned so much had gone so far ahead they became upset and they wanted to punish their wives and children so Allah revealed the verse o you who believe do not let your riches or your children divert you from the remembrance of the law if any acts this way the loss is their own this is the danger we need to keep this in mind this is part of the trial and the test for us for patience in this life so patience should be in worshipping a law and following his commands even in the best of times we said it's easy in times of difficulty difficult in times of ease and abstaining from wrong actions fearing a law fearing his punishment and avoiding doing what is displeasing to him and finally in accepting the decree of Allah whatever Allah has decided believing that ultimately it is the best the tsunami which has hit us hit Muslims over a hundred thousand Muslims of lost their lives somebody says well where is the good in all of this what possible good could there be as Muslims we say Allah knows best he knows that there is good in it and that is why he permitted it to take place whether we can see that good or not Allah knows best he doesn't do anything except for a good reason so my brothers and sisters let us reflect on surah no sir voilá sir say it with me voilá sir in l-insan allah fearful sir ll Idina Avenue Romulo Salah heart whatever so we'll hop what was all this suburb let's put it in our hearts make it real let's make that Quran real as a loss father Allah said when I attended Varun and Quran will they not reflect on the meanings of the Quran amalaki Lubin of kahlúa or are their hearts locked up open those hearts brothers and sisters reflect on the meanings and may Allah give us all occasions it's not what I cannot deliver Oh send me a message in the LB cyan love for show

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Length: 44min 22sec (2662 seconds)

Published: Wed Feb 17 2010