Asalamualikoum. Welcome to Allah Loves so last time we talked about the strong
believer and in this episode I want to focus on independence this idea of
actually being independent so obviously a person should seek to be in a place in
which they are giving the prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam mentioned
"inAllaha yohibo al'abd al fakeer al mota'afif" verily Allah loves a servant who is poor
yet at the same time maintains a sense of dignity does not go out and beg does
not put themselves in a vulnerable situation but instead tries to pick
themselves up and the prophet (pbuh) mentioned "aba ele'yal" even if that person
might have a big family they still do their best to be as
independent as possible the prophet (pbuh) taught us to seek refuge in
Allah from debt to seek refuge in Allah from being in a difficult situation yet
there are entire chapters of hadith on the virtues of poverty the virtues of
being in these types of tests that are not self-inflicted but at the same time
their tests and trials that come and that a person tries their best to
maintain as much of modesty as much of their independence as possible even in
those situations and it becomes a mindset sometimes if a person finds
himself in a difficult situation and has to resort to something they typically
would not then they can actually adopt that as a mindset and that's something
that the scholars mentioned that a person should try to avoid Allah loves
that person who is trying even in their most difficult moments to be as
independent as possible the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam went through
numerous examples of this Ouf bin Malek says we took a "bay'a" we took a pledge with the
Prophet sallallahu alahi wasallam "'ala 'ala nas'alo alnas shay'a" that we would not ask
people for anything and he says the Companions that were present in that
pledge took that pledge so seriously that if one of them were on their riding
animal and they dropped something they dropped the whip or they dropped
whatever it is that they had with them they wouldn't ask someone else to pick
it up for them but instead they would get down and they would pick it up
themselves so that sense of Independence is something that is to be ingrained in
the mindset in the psyche the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam mentioned
five advices that Jibreel alayhi asalam the angel Gabriel gave to him and
the last two things he said "wa'lam ana sharaf al mo'men qiyamahoum bilayl"
know that the nobility of the believer is a standing up in prayer at night that
your sense of nobility is not in the things that other people endow you with
it's not with the awards that are given to you it's not with the recognition of
this world it's in the standing up in prayer at night and distinguishing
yourself in the sight of Allah seeking honor in his sight "wa'lam ana
sharaf al mo'men qiyamahoum bilayl" know that the nobility of the believer is his
standing up at night "wa 'ezaho 'este'na'ho 'an el nas" and his sense
of dignity is his not being in need of people so a person should strive as much
as they can to be always in a state of independence whether it's financial
emotional physical whatever it may be now with that being said with all of the
dua'as all of the supplications that you make asking Allah to protect you from
"al 'abs was kasal" from inability from laziness from " 'alabet el dayn wa qahr el rejaal"
from the the hardship of poverty the hardship of of debt and the
cruelty of man being in the situation where you are subject to some sort of
cruelty because you need someone with all of that being said if a person finds
themselves in a situation where they are in need of help obviously they should
seek help this is speaking to the mindset Allah does not want us to suffer
in silence Allah subhana wa ta'ala simply wants us to not accept or resign
ourselves to a position of weakness or to a position of being dependent to try
our best to not adopt it as a mindset and that speaks to the same strength
that the prophet (pbuh) was speaking about in the previous
episode so we ask Allah to never allow us to be in need of anyone but him to
make us people that always strive for his goodness and strength and to make us
a people that are independent of all things but him for surely upon him we
are always dependent even if we don't recognize it jazakoumAllah khayran and see
you all next time and salamualikoum wa rahmatollahi wa barakatu.