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Auto-generated transcript:In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
We seek refuge with Allah and His Messenger.
After that, Allah said,
Indeed, Allah and His angels
send their blessings upon the Prophet.
O you who believe,
send your blessings upon him
and give him your blessings.
O Allah, send your blessings upon Muhammad
and upon the family of Muhammad,
as you sent your blessings upon Ibrahim
and upon the family of Ibrahim.
You are the Most Glorious, the Most Glorious.
O Allah, bless Muhammad
and upon the family of Muhammad,
as you blessed Abraham
and upon the family of Abraham.
May you be blessed with a happy life.
My dear respected
elders, brothers, sisters,
I want you to remember two words.
The first word
is itaat.
Itaat.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
mentioned this word
many, many times in the Quran
related to Himself,
Jalla Jalaluhu,
as well as
His Habib,
His Habib,
His Nabi,
His Messenger,
Rasulullah
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
For example,
in Surah Al-Hazab,
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
mentioned in the ayah
which you hear almost
every Jum'ah,
وَمَن يُطِي اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ
فَقَدْ فَازَ فَوْزًا عَظِيمًا
The one who obeys
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
and His Rasul
alayhi salatu wa salam,
only that person
is the one
who will attain
and reach
and get
ultimate success.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said,
وَمَن يُطِي الرَّسُولَ
فَقَدْ أَطَى اللَّهُ
The one who has
obeyed the Rasul
alayhi salatu wa salam
has obeyed Allah.
And so on.
Many places in the Quran,
this word
إِتَعَت
is mentioned
with respect to
Rasulullah
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
So obedience to the Prophet Muhammad
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
is
وَاجِب
فَرْض
لَازِم
on every Muslim.
And without that,
nobody can hope
to succeed
either in this life
or in the year after.
But there is another word
which Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
used in the Quran
with regard to
Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
Where Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said,
قُلْ إِن كُنْتُمْ تُحِبُّونَ اللَّهَ
فَاتَّبِعُونِهِ
يُهْبِبْكُمُ اللَّهُ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ
ذُنُوبَكُمْ وَاللَّهُ وَفُرْرَهِيمُ
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said,
which means,
say to them,
Ya Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam,
say to those who claim
to love Allah,
Allah,
say to those who claim
to love Allah,
فَاتَّبِعُونِهِ
Allah did not say,
أَتِعُونِهِ
He didn't say,
tell them to obey, you know.
فَاتَّبِعُونِهِ
Tell them to make,
tell them to make your itibah.
Tell them,
follow me,
emulate me,
imitate me,
act like me,
talk like me,
walk like me,
look like me.
Emulate me.
فَاتَّبِعُونِهِ
And what do you do?
And what will happen?
يُحْبِبُمُ وَاللَّهُ
Allah will love you.
Allah will love you.
And if Allah loves you,
what is the first boundary condition?
يَخْفِرْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمْ وَاللَّهُ غَفُرُ الرَّهِيمُ
All your sins will be forgiven.
Allah is the most forgiven
and the most merciful.
So two words.
One is itaat,
obedience.
The reward for obedience
is Jannah.
The other one
is ittiba.
Emulation.
And the reward for emulation
is Allah Himself.
It is the love of Allah.
Allah loving me.
Now, what is the difference?
Why this difference
in these two words?
Why is Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
using these two words?
Itaat or obedience
is obviously
it is necessary
it is critical.
Without obedience
you cannot have any system
you cannot have any nizam
you cannot have any administration.
No matter what it is.
There has to be a chain of command.
There has to be somebody who
gives an instruction or an order.
There has to be somebody who obeys.
But obedience
is something which is
dependent
on obedience.
On what?
For you to obey me
what must happen?
Rayyan?
Just to respect you.
You respect me?
No.
Even if you don't respect me
even if you hate me
that's a good answer.
Even if you don't respect me
even if you absolutely detest me
I can make you obey.
Yes or no?
Aha.
You bet.
You bet.
You will hate every minute of it
but you will obey.
Because the consequence of not obeying
will be so painful.
How do you think people