is first and foremost by fulfilling the commandments of allah
along with fulfilling these commandments of allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
one must leave off all those things that allah subhanahu wa and naturally in extension the
prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam has prohibited us from so by fulfilling the commandments and by
leaving after prohibition one can start his journey to getting close to allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala and the messenger sallallahu alaihi wasallam told us of this in a beautiful hadith
whatever i have prohibited you from then leave that prohibition all together and
whatever i have commanded you of then fulfill that commandment as best you can
so by leaving the prohibitions by fulfilling the commandments one can start that journey
of getting close to allah subhanahu wa now one of the mistakes that a lot of people fall into
of course with good intentions inshaallah we don't judge people's intentions
but sometimes those intentions need to be coupled together with knowledge as well so that the person
can be uplifted from where they are to an even greater station one of the mistakes that people
sometimes make is they end up doing the deeds and the actions which are voluntary before they
have fulfilled their obligations i'll give you an example ramadan time comes people go to the masjid
in the masjid they pray and as they're praying they go for tarawih because the tarawih hype in
ramadan is there and that's true there's great reward within tarawih the prophet salallahu
whoever stands up the night prayer in ramadan and he has belief in the in allah and in the
reward that allah will grant and he's hoping for that reward as well allah will forgive the
sins that he's committed previously so this is a beautiful reward for standing in the night prayer
so a person must race for this but some people as they're racing for this they might forget
the obligations going for tarawih at night but forgetting that you also have to wake up for fajr
going for tarawih at night but forgetting that you also have to pray isha as well
sometimes this also happens this is not the right way to get closer to allah wa
the correct way and the best way is to start by the obligations and
the messenger sallallahu alaihi wasallam told us of this any hadith that allah said
that a slave of mine can never come closer to me through anything than that which
i have made obligatory upon him so the best way and the most beloved way to allah for you to get
closer to him is by getting closer to allah subhanahu wa ta'ala through the obligations
once you're done with the obligations allah said that um
and then my slave continues to get closer and closer and closer to me
through the voluntary actions until i fall in love with him or until i begin to love him as well
yes when i love him i become like his ears that he hears with and i become like the sight that he
sees with and i become like the hand with which he strikes and the feet with which he walks as well
if he asks me at this junction and at this point i will grant him and if he seeks refuge in him
i will give him refuge as well what does this mean the scholars of islam they said that by saying
i become his hearing with which he hears i become the site with which he sees the hand with which
he strikes the feet with which he walks allah is telling us that allah grants the allah grants the
ability to do righteousness with all of these faculties to the person who is close to allah
through firstly fulfilling his obligations leaving off all of the muharram then doing all those
things that happen to be voluntary actions in that order i ask allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to grant us
the ability to leave off the haram fulfill the fulfill the obligations and to also get closer
to allah through voluntary deeds which bring us closer to allah and grant us the love of allah