Salamualikoum welcome back to Allah Loves. so we're going to get into a set
of traits that are a bit more complicated than the first set you know
as I said in the beginning we're really gonna cover the essentials that people
know when they think of Allah's love but maybe with a different lens but in these
next few videos we're actually going to tackle things that people typically
don't associate with righteousness and they don't associate with Allah as love
the Prophet sallallahu wasallam said "almo'men al qawi khairun wa 'ahabo
illAllah min almo'men al da'eef wa fee kol en khair" the strong believer is
better and more beloved to Allah than the weak believer and in all of them is
good the prophets (pbuh) is saying that and all of them is good because
sometimes you don't know where the exact barakah is because someone might read
this and say well I'm weak and you know it's not my fault and I have
certain conditions or things that hold me back it's just like when Allah
(swt) say in surat al Hadid "wa kolen wa'do Allah hosna"
speaking of the comparison of those who became Muslim early and those who became
Muslim late in the time of the prophet (pbuh) Allah says
all of them have their allotted promise but generally speaking a strong believer
is more beloved to Allah than a weak believer and the prophet (pbuh) said
"'ihres 'ala man yanf'ok" seek that which benefits you "wa 'esta'en bilAllah" and seek
your strength from Allah subhana WA Ta'ala seek your help from Allah "walk
ta'jez" and don't ever be helpless and if anything comes to you that is not
like to you then simply say "qadar Allah wa masha'a fa'al" it's the decree of Allah and
as he has willed has come and do not say if because that opens the doors of the
shayateen now the prophet peace be upon him is
talking about strength in a very broad sense but I do want to actually seize on
this point for a moment islam teaches us to seek strength in every way possible
of course through ethical means and through good means and not to go through
impure things not to become arrogant or proud but to seek strength and whatever
capacity that it can be why so that we can actually carry out some of the
things that are virtuous at a broader level have a bigger
now this hadith is talking about strength of iman strength of faith
strength of resilience strength of the body strength of the spirit all
different types of strength but it does it does cover many different things and
it's very clear that the Prophet (pbuh) is speaking about how your faith
informs you and empowers you "wala ta'jez" don't ever be helpless pick
yourself up try to grow try to be in a position of power both as an individual
Allah says the Prophet (pbuh) says that the upper hand is better than
the lower hand the giving hand is better than the receiving hand Allah says in the
Quran as a community "wa 'a'edo lahoum mastata'to men quwa" prepare
yourselves with strength show your strength so we are to seek to be in a
place where we can actually carry out some of those qualities after all if you
look at the previous episode we were talking about the most beloved of people
to Allah and the most beloved of actions to Allah subhana wa ta'ala the most
beloved of actions to Allah if you think of those people and those actions you
have to be in a place of emotional strength to be able to help someone
through their emotional vulnerability you have to be in a place of financial
strength to be able to remove someone's debt or to be able to provide for
someone that's having a difficult time providing for themselves so the most
beloved actions of Allah require of you to seek to be in a place of strength so
that you could amplify those most beautiful attributes of Allah subhana wa
ta'ala Allah does not want us to be weak defeated helpless people
and that's actually a beautiful connection to "tawakol" to trust in Allah
our trust in Allah should not make us incapable the prophet (pbuh) said
"wala ta'jez" don't ever be a person who's helpless
don't ever be a person who concedes who seems to be defeated instead always pick
yourself up always try to be a person who is giving rather than receiving
always seek to be the one who is comforting
rather than being comforted and that's what makes you beloved to Allah subhana
wa ta'ala but again "wa fee kolen khair"
everyone has their blessing don't think that if you're if it's something outside
of your circumstances that it's because Allah hates you or that you can't attain
that position this rather speaks to what is in our capacity not what we are
tested with but rather what's in our capacity we should always seek
to be in the giving position of strength we ask Allah (swt) to make us
strong in every way possible in our faith in our bodies and our spirit and
our minds and our intellect and our knowledge and our resilience all of
these things are that are implied within the hadith and we ask Allah (swt) to
allow us to use that strength for things that are good Allahoma Ameen
JazakumAllah Khayr, wasalamualikoum wa rahmatullahi wa baraktu