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My brothers and sisters, we all want to succeed in life and to work for that success is very important. Important. But what is the standard? Because you say I want to succeed, you say I want to win a race, then the most important thing if you want to win a race is to know what the goal is. Is the race to where? Is it a marathon so many kilometers or is it a hundred 100 meter dash, what is it? The direction of the race and where the race ends.
So when you say, I want to be successful, what does it mean? What is the goal? What is the definition of success?
Alhamdulillah, we have a religion where nothing is guesswork. Work. Allah has mentioned and clearly stated everything, so you don’t have to guess. We just have to follow that. With regard to success, Allah mentioned in Surah At-Tawbah, Surah Al-Fatihah, the best of the best, the first of the first, the foremost, minal muhajireen wal ansar. From the people who made hijrat and from the people who helped them, which means the people who went from Makkah to Madinah and the people of Madinah Munawwarah who helped them. Al muhajireen wal ansar. وَالَّذِينَ اَتَّبَعُهُمْ بِإِحْسَانِ اللہ سبحانہ وتعالیٰ انہی مرسی کے لئے ہر ہم اور ہر مسلمان کے لئے ایک دور کھڑا دیا جاتا ہے جو مہاجرین اور انصار پر پڑھنا چاہتے ہیں اور اللہ سبحانہ وتعالیٰ انہی مرسی کے لئے ایک حال پر پڑھا دیا جاتا ہے وہ نہیں کہا وَاتَّبَعَهُمْ وَلَوْمْ وہ کہا وَاتَّبَعَهُمْ بِإِحْسَانِ The ones who follow the Muhajireen and Ansar in excellence, with ihsan, not any old way, not in any old spare time fashion, but with dedication, with sincerity. Allah is pleased with them and they are pleased with Him. رَبِّهَا اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ وَرَضْوَانَ Now the pleasure of Allahﷻ, the rida of Allahﷻ ultimate goal. And Allah is defining here what is success. Success is to achieve the rida of Allah. Success is to be in a situation where Allah is pleased with us. Right? It’s nothing else. It’s not to have this or have that or this position, that authority,
یہ کیا بھی ہویا ہے، اللہ سبحانہ وتعالی کو ہم سے بہترین ہے۔ اگر ہمارے لئے مال ہے اور اللہ سبحانہ و تعالی ہم سے بہترین ہے تو الحمدللہ ہمیں مال ہے۔ اگر ہمارے لئے مال ہے اور اللہ اسے ہم سب سے دبائش ہے تو ہماری مال ایک مقصد ہے۔
اس نہیں ہے جو رحمت ہے۔ May Allah keep us safe from all forms of tests, wealth is a test, poverty is a test, health is a test, sickness is a test, everything is a test. The nature of the test is different, that’s all, right? It is a test. If Allah gives wealth, in some ways, wealth is a bigger test than poverty. Not abject poverty, but not having enough because when you have wealth, then all kinds of doors open to evil, which are not open to those who don’t have that wealth. So, take the Epstein files, for example. People who have committed evil to such an extent that it is literally unimaginable. And every single one of them, without exception, corruption is at least a millionaire. Most are billionaires. Every single one of them. There’s not one poor person in that, alhamdulillah. People who are poor or who are not in that billionaire bracket can congratulate themselves at having been saved by Allahﷻ. Every single پیپل نیمڈ این ڈی ایف سٹین فائلز ایز اے ہیومنگسلی ویلٹی ہیومن بینگ ہاں امیجن سفر اللہ رضی اللہ عنہ میں دیز نوٹ وان آنہ پیپل تنگ ہو رہے ہیں میرے پاس پائیس ہے رہے تو باہر سا کرتا ہے کہ پائیس ہے رہے تو باہر سا کرتا ہے آپ میں ہمارے ممکن میں کیا فرق کوئی فرق نہیں ہے وہ نے بھی انسان ہم بھی انسان ہے وہ تو اللہ بھی شان ہے اللہ کی مہربانی ہے اللہ ہمارے کو محفوظ رکھے I never think I never think that this is because of some ہم کو ایک ترمخواہ ہے کچھ بھی نہیں ہے اللہ محفوظ رکھے if Allah سبحانہ وتعالیٰ الحمدللہ has kept us in a state where we are not dependent on anybody الحمدللہ اللہ has kept us in a good state where we are we live lives of mashallah with dignity and with خیر and برکہ and Allah has not given us the kind of wealth which opens the the doors of evil for us.
This is the mercy of Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala. Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah. Because there is nothing. Just think about this. Yusuf alayhi salam, the Nabi of Allah. What does he say? He says, huma ubarri nafsi, inna nafsal amma ratubbi su illa ma rahima rabbi. He says, if I had been left to my nafs, my nafs would have taken me to evil and the one who is left except the one who has who Allah has mercy on if Allah does not have mercy on somebody the nafs can only lead to evil I am free from my nafs inna nafsa la amma ratum bisu inna and lam both double emphasis he is saying that verily the nafs is only the nafs will only lead to evil so to gain the rida of Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala Allah has mentioned, and this is the beauty of the Qur’an, that Allahﷻ mentioned the goal and how to get it, both in the same ayat. Allahﷻ mentioned the goal, which is the rida of Allah, and how to get it? Follow the sahaba of Rasulullah SAW. Il bil ihsan. Follow the muhajireen wal ansar bil ihsan, and you will get what they got, which is the rida of Allahﷻ, radiyallahu anhu wa radwan. اور لوگوں کو یہ سوچنے والے ہیں۔ اللہ سبحانہ وتعالی نے کہا کہ وَعَدَّ لَهُمْ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِيب تَهْتَهَا الْأَنْهَارِ فَعَلِدِينَا فِيهَا أَبَدَا ذَلِكَ الْفَوْضُ الْعَظِيمُ اللہ نے کہا کہ ان لوگوں کے لئے اللہ نے ان کے لئے جنگوں کے لئے جانے کیا ہے جنگوں کے ساتھ پہلے پہلے پہلے جانا جاتا ہے۔ اور یہ ہماری تیاری ہے۔ that is the ultimate success Allah used the word fawz not the word falah because in the Quran Al-Kareem two words are used for success falah and fawz falah is success but success which is temporary so it’s like if a child is in school he finishes his 10th matric exam so he’s got a good result which Alhamdulillah he is successful but that is not the last exam after that he’s got the 12th exam and after that he will have to sit for some entrance test or something to get into professional college or whatever he is doing. And then after that, he will have to pass that college year after year, exam after exam. And then when he finishes that, then he has to appear for some interview and so on and this continues. So, even though he may be successful in each test, there is a test after that and a test after that and a test after that. لیکن فاؤز یہ ایک نمبر ہے جس بعد کو کوئی تست نہیں ہوتا ہے۔ خلاص، آخری، کھلی ہے۔ اور یہ فاؤز جنہ میں ہی ہے۔ کہ ہم نے ایک بار پہلے جانا جایا اور ہم نے اللہ تعالیٰ نے اس کے بارے میں جانا جانا جایا۔ اس کے فضل کے لئے، کیونکہ اس کے فضل کے لئے ہم جانا جا سکتے ہیں۔ اللہ تعالیٰ نے یہ کہا کہ آپ جانا جانا نہیں کرتے ہیں۔ آپ کے عملوں کے بارے میں یہ اللہ تعالیٰ کا مرکزی ہے۔
May Allah be pleased with her. She said, Ya Rasulullah, even you, and he said, even me, only by the Fadl of Allah. So, we ask Allah for His Fadl. And Allah says, this is the greatest success, to get the Ridha of Allah .
So, I remind myself and you, let us think about this and say, what is it that I can do to please Allah Subh’anaHu Wa Ta-A’la. Again, that’s not a mystery. That is very simple and easy, as I mentioned to you, following the Sahaba Bil-Ihsan. And following the Sahaba Bil-Ihsan means, very simply, that we make sure that we do not do anything which displeases Allah Subh’anaHu Wa Ta-A’la. That’s it. Whatever be in our actions, anything we speak, anything we do, چھوٹا یا بڑی مانگو۔ اللہ سے اللہ سے اللہ سے شکریہ کرنے کی کوشش کرنا۔ ہم سب پہلے جانتے ہیں کہ آپ کو ایک مفتی ہوسکتا ہے جو آپ کے پہنچنے پر رکھتا ہے۔ ہم سب سے جانتے ہیں کہ اس کی طرح سے ہوتا ہے۔ اگر کچھ مقابلات ہیں جہاں کوئی دھوٹ ہو جاتا ہے اور کچھ بھی کچھ ہے جو ہم کو کچھ کام کر رہے ہیں۔ اگر کچھ مقابلہ ہو جاتا ہے جہاں کوئی دھوٹ ہو جاتا ہے۔ find out and check if it is something which is permissible do it if it is not permissible don’t do it
don’t act in doubt that’s the main thing that’s very important if you have a doubt on something don’t do it just hold on nothing is that urgent that it has to be done instantly so wait go check make sure it is correct and do it alright if we do this inshallah we can hope for the rida of Allahﷻ پیش کریں۔ پہلے سب ہی واقعہ میں اقیدہ میں ایک ہی امتحان ہے۔ بہترین کیا ہے؟ کیا کہ اس کے ساتھ اقیدہ میں کوئی امتحان نہیں ہے؟ اور پہلی بات یہ ہے کہ ادھر فراہد کو پیش کریں۔ ادھر پیش کریں کہ اللہ نے اس کے لئے کیا کیا ہے۔ ادھر پیش کریں۔ ہجہ، ہجہ کیا کیا ہم اس کے لئے پیش کرنا ہیں؟ ہر ایک یہاں کو پیش کر نہیں۔ on that. Third thing, halal and haram. What you eat, what you earn, what you spend, must be halal. There’s no, again, no compromise on that. Any doubt, leave it. There’s no need to fight with anybody, no need to argue with people, nothing. If there is a doubt, don’t touch it. Nothing will happen, right? Alhamdulillah, Allah has given us such khair and such in our lives. The biggest sort of you know what shall I say? I have the biggest doubt and the biggest मुसीबत is whether a chicken is halal or not, is this chicken hand slaughtered or is it machine slaughtered because machine slaughter is haram right, so therefore उसके बढ़के क्या है मारा कुछ भी नहीं है, अलहम दिया अल्लाह ताला ऐसा सुखोन की संदगी दिये, कोई चीज़ पूछने की ज़रूरत नहीं, इसमें चाहा ये की चीज़ में, कि वो खा रहा है Kya hota? Is it a life-saving drug or something? I mean, what is going to happen? Some sobbitol, if I don’t eat it, I will have a heart attack.
Mat kao ek baar? Kya hone ka? If you have a doubt, don’t eat it. Finished. Don’t eat that meat. The issue is, halal-halam is only with meat, with vegetables and with fish and with eggs and so on. Nothing. So, you’ve got so many choices.
I mean, supposing you were living in a place where every single thing you had to check and read and this, nothing ہم آپ کو بیلو کریں زندگی اور عبادت نہیں کریں کسی میں کسی سوچ کی ہے جو دور ہے یہ دعوت ہے۔ یقینی حاصل کریں، امتدائیز کریں، اچھا ہے۔ لہذا حلال حرام صحیحی تھی۔ ہمیں ایسی چیزیں کا رہنمائی، نتیجہ کا نیتیجہ پڑھیں، آپ کو حرام نہیں ملیں اور ہمیں ملیں کی ضروری نہیں ہے। هو دنیا کی طرح نہیں ہے۔ حضرت اللہ، آپ کو سب سے بھی نہیں دیں، and you are not robbing and you are not killing people and all this we are not doing anyway Alhamdulillah Just make sure that you don’t do anything which is what Allah has prohibited don’t touch it don’t smoke don’t drink right don’t go and look at pornography these are the things people don’t do these things dirty filthy stuff don’t do it don’t touch it khalas
and inshallah al-musta’a Make istighfar and tawbah, make this something which is part of our daily activities. At least 100 times, astaghfirullah. Nabi Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam used to do it, we have to do it. Istighfar and tawbah, Allah Subh’anaHu Wa Ta-A’la promised that Allah will not, this is the ayat in Surah Al-Anfa, Allah will not punish them as long as, وهم استغفروا as long as they are making استغفار اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم promise this so as long as we are making استغفار انشاءاللہ the punishment of Allah سبحانہ وتعالی will be lifted from us will be protected بس we ask Allah سبحانہ وتعالی to keep us in a state where we are obedient to Him and to take us in a state of obedience to Him and to resurrect us among those who are obedient to Him along with the صالحین انشاءاللہ انشاءاللہ Ve sallallahu aleyhi ve sahbihi meyni bi rahmetik ve rahmeten rahim.