Be a slave – 2

Auto-generated transcript:I want to draw your attention to this word as the highest form of honouring Rasulullah. Because he said in Surah Al-Isra' Surah Al-Isra' If you take this ayah, Allah said, His Abdihi, His Abdi. Now there is no, even though, as I said yesterday, if Allah had said, The meaning is conveyed, he is the Rasul. Allah did not say that. Allah said, His Abdihi. So when Allah SWT is using a form of address, it means that this is the highest level of honour. So being the Abdi of Allah, being called Abdi, my slave, being called this, being given this title by Allah SWT, is the highest level of honour that any creature can get. And this was given to Rasulullah SAW. So what's the difference? Our problem today is that, Alhamdulillah, may Allah have mercy on us, we don't completely rebel. Against Allah SWT. We are not atheists. We don't say there is no God. What we do, is something which is, actually even more serious. I might say what is more serious than being atheist, but I'll tell you the problem with Dalail. I never express my opinions. It's a question of what is Dalil in the Quran, and the Sunnah. What we do is, what I call selective obedience. So we have this whole Deen of ours, Alhamdulillah, it covers every aspect of our lives. This is the beauty of Islam. Islam has not left anything uncovered or left to do whatever you like. Anything in life. From our birth to our death, every single thing is covered in Islam. At any stage in your life, at any question that we have, we ask ourselves the question and say, what should I do according to the Quran and Sunnah? There is an answer. But what we do is, from this, what are we supposed to do? First of all, Allah SWT told us very clearly, two things to understand. First of all, any ayat of the Quran which begins like this, is a hukum. This is an amr of Allah. There is no, no scope for saying, okay, fine, let me think about it. No. Amr of Allah. Ya ayyuha alladheena amanu is a hukum of Allah SWT. Second thing is, Allah is addressing the people of Iman and He is calling them the people of Iman. Ya ayyuha alladheena amanu, all you who believe. Right? Udkhulu fi silmi kafatan. Wa la tattabihi khutuati shaitan, innahu lakum adhum mubeen. Right? Allah said, O you who believe, enter into Islam completely. Enter into Islam totally. Udkhulu fi silmi kafatan. Now this is a simple question. I am a believer. Allah Himself is calling me a believer. Then what's the meaning of entering into Islam? I mean, according to me, I have entered into Islam. That's why I am a believer. If I had not entered into Islam, how am I a believer? You are saying I am a believer, which means what? I am in Islam. No. Allah is saying no. Completely. Completely. In another place in the Qur'an, Allah SWT said, Allah said, they have said, La ilaha illallah, but Iman has not entered their hearts. What must they do? He said, obey Allah, obey Rasulullah, he said, salam, he said, salam. So there is a difference between the two. The two, the two, the two, the two, the two. the two, the two, the two, the two, the two, the two. the two, the two, the two, the two, the two. The two, the two, the two, the two, the two, the two, the two. The two, So the point is that Allah is saying this is not sufficient. Enter into Islam fully. Our problem is, we want to enter Islam as per our convenience. So, it is convenient for me to pray. I will pray. Salatul Fajr, too difficult to go to the masjid. Right? Get up and get out of the house and this and that. Forget it. I will pray Fajr at home. Zohar, masjid is next to my office. Okay, I will pray Zohar in the masjid. Asar also, before I go home, I will pray. So, convenience. I want to buy a car. I have an option. I can buy a second-hand car. Good condition second-hand car. I have the money. No. I want to buy a fancy car. I want to take it straight from the showroom. New car. Do you have the money? No. So, what will you do? You take a loan on it. Interest. You take a loan on interest. You are buying NBT with Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. I can live in a rented house. I can accumulate some funds and then buy a house. May not be a big house, but enough for myself. No. I must have a big house. I don't have the money. What do I do? Go to the bank. I am doing some business. Then somebody will come. Do this also. Why don't you keep some? In America, the latest one is jelly beans with marijuana. It is haram. No, in the US it is legal. Being legal. Being legal. And being halal. They should be the same. But they are not. It is legal to live without marrying a man and woman. It is legal to live together. To have children. It is legal. It's not illegal. You won't go to jail. Is it halal? It is there. It is there. It is there. It is there. To live in that state is go for. And I tell people, you don't like what I say, don't listen. Go away. I don't make the rules. You have a problem, go talk to Allah SWT about it. We want to be members of this Islamic organization, that Islamic organization, trustee in this Islamic trust. Trust. Trust. Trustee in that Islamic trust. Also member of the box in Malakpet race course. Also member of Sikandarabad club. Member of Nizam club. How does it work? How does it work? You want to be the president of the mosque. And at the same time, you want to be the president of all the jubaris and drunkards. You want to be the president of all the drunken people. At the same time. Do something. Do something. Seriously. Seriously. How do you explain that? Then you make dua, Ya Allah, Ya Allah, Ya Allah. What Ya Allah? This is our problem. Our problem is this. Selective obedience. Because somebody has put it into our heads. Member of Sikandarabad club. Ah. Ah. La hawla khutu illa billah. So somebody put this in. So, my Izzat is what? Please let us understand one thing very clearly. A day will come when we will be, somebody will bathe us, Osal. They will wrap us in a sheet. And they will put us six feet in the ground. That day will come. There is no doubt about this. That day will come for everybody on the face of the earth. Whether it is good, whether it is bad. If that day was not to come, it would not have come on Rasulullah SAW. Allah SWT said, Innakum mayyit wa innahum mayyit. You will die and they will die. On the day of the death which is come. So, that they will come. And that day, we will be alone. So the problem with this issue of selective obedience. The reason we do that, is because we don't see us as, see ourselves as the abd, abad of Allah. As I've mentioned yesterday, the sign of a slave is that even though he may have, have, Iqtiyar, even though he may have, free choice, he only chooses, what his master wants, that is the sign of a slave, the slave is somebody who, if you ask him, what do you want, he says, I want what you want, whatever, that's why, Nabi Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said, how beautiful, is the state of the believer, that when Allah gives him, he makes shukr, and when Allah withholds, he has sabr, so he's getting, reward on both sides, if he gets something, Alhamdulillah, if he does not get something, Inna Lillah, or something is taken away, Inna Lillah, so both ways, he gets reward, the sign of the abd, is that he, submits, completely and totally, to give you a, way of understanding this, very often, if you read, English translations, the, this problem doesn't happen in Urdu, but in English, the word slave, slave abd, is translated as servant, right, in the Quran, I don't know this, some problem with English translators, they feel, hesitant about writing the word slave, we are not talking about slavery of people, we are talking about slave, as being a slave abd, of Allah, Abdullah, right, we are not saying, the person is a slave of, Abdul Nas, the slave of people, no, Abdullah, so there is no need to hesitate, anyway they write, I don't want to go into the, linguistically, whether it can be done, can be done, point is, if you take these two words, abd, and, servant, the Arabic word for servant, is khadim, right, go into Google translator, type there and see, what is the word for, slave, in Arabic translation, what is the word for servant, Arabic translation, if you get abd, for servant, I'll take my, topi and give it to you, you can play football with it, no problem, right, servant, now what's the difference, there is a huge difference, a servant is somebody, first of all, who, voluntarily, enters the service, of the, employer, right, you apply to an organization, right, you apply to somebody, can I come and work for you, he voluntarily goes there, I apply, I get a job, number one, number two, the duties of a servant, are specified, nobody hires you and says, you will do whatever I want, no, there is no whatever, am I, I am your driver, what will I do, I drive your car, oh, my bathroom needs to be cleaned, go clean it yourself, not my job, not my job, I need to have food, I don't have food, I can go and buy the, get the food for you, from the restaurant or wherever, no, no, I want you to cook the food, not my job, I am a driver, yes or no, in any employment, in any organization, every employee, has a job description, so, he joins voluntarily, his job has a specific, job description, he gets a specific salary for it, right, he gets a, whatever he is, according to his, terms of contract, he gets a specific salary for it, so, he comes to you one day, I need money, for what, you got your salary last month, yes, what money, no, I have some expense, okay, here is money, to be deducted, against your future salary, right, I will give you a loan, but it will be deducted, it's not part of your entitlement, even if I give you the money, and say take it, I am giving you a gift, you are not entitled to it, I am giving you a gift, so third thing is what, he gets a salary, specific salary, and fourth thing is, that a servant, can leave whenever he wants, I resign,