11/09/07 Dars

I. The attitude of the believer toward dunya. Whoever's concern is to collect dunya, one day against his will, he'll leave it all behind. The nafs does not feel satisfied in obtaining dunya, even though only a little would be sufficient. You want a house with Muhammad sal Allahu alayhi wasalam as your neighbor, built by Allah. Such a place where the ground is gold, dirt is like musk, milk and honey in the rivers, and birds sing tasbeeh - it's a very expensive house, that you need to invest in early. Jannah is being marketed to us as something to buy. Allah is the seller, his Prophet the real estate agent.
What is going to buy this?
One rakat, secretly, at night, between you and Allah. Or, you give a miskeen some food. The nafs always desires more dunyah, but the nafs also knows - to be safe from dunya is to leave dunya.

If the provision of one person is in the heart of a rock in the middle of the ocean, the rock may explode and get that person their due. If the provision is meant to be in jannah, Allah will make it so that the person goes there to get it, or it will come to them. We collect wealth and after we die it will be redistributed among our heirs. You build your home and leave it. After you die, you have no home to liv ein except the one you were building before you died. The beauty of that home you've never seen or heard of. Nor has such a thing come across your heart. Be careful about this home for their is a lot of deception; if you do khaiyr, without evil, you'll get that kind of home there.

2. Be careful and patient about what qadr has brought to you. Even if something happens to you that you don't like, it's better for you to be patient. It's always like this; if someone has a happy time, it's inevitable that bad days will come, so *be patient*. If you don't know something, ask those who know. A person may make a mistake and realize it; if you ignore it and don't repent, it becomes big; the nafs is never satisfied.

In knowledge, it's like light taking away the darkness of the heart; someone may make dhikr, but it won't benefit a dark heart. Death is like a bridge to that which we're expecting from the hereafter. If the remembrance of aakhira would make me lose sleep the way matters of dunya do.. if i were to know the cure to my heart's illness, as every disease has a cure..
The human being is always trying to climb higher, but no matter what - you're going to come back down. Whatever house you'd like to build, that too will age, as you will. Every gathering of every group will be scattered; nothing remains the same. That's the rule. Tree branches - some days, full of life, other times, same branch, dead.

Those who build houses in the way of the flood..how can they remain standing if the foundation is of mud? Our hearts need to be present in dhikr. Dhikr needs to be from a believing heart. Dhikr is dynamic - need to say it, feel it, live it. Reminds your heart to get of a given state.

Asbahna wa asbah al-mulk Lillaahi Rabb il-‘Aalameen. Allaahumma inni as’aluka khayra hadha’l-yawm fa-thahu wa nasrahu wa noorahu wa barakatahu wa hudaahu, wa a’oodhu bika min sharri ma fihi wa sharri ma ba’dahu
(We have awoken and dominion belongs to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds. O Allah I ask You for the good of this day and its goodness, support, help, light, blessing and guidance. And I seek refuge with You from the evil of what is in it and the evil of what comes after it).