Putovanje radi znanja
Travelling in Pursuit of Knowledge
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[učenje na arapskom]
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Dakle, ovo je halka hadisa. Hadis Resulullaha, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem, je objava, braćo draga i cijenjene sestre. I kao što kur'anski tekst ostavlja poseban dojam i poseban utisak na onoga ko ga čita, ko ga sluša, ko ga razumije, također hadisi Resulullaha Muhammeda, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem, dok ih čitamo, slušamo, komentarišemo [nejasno], ostavljaju dojam, i vidimo iz samog teksta da je to objava od Uzvišenog Allaha, dželle šanuhu.
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I zbog toga kažu islamski učenjaci da su oni alimi koji su se družili najviše sa hadisima Resulullaha Muhammeda, alejhis-salatu ves-selam, bili najsretniji, u smislu da su najviše donosili salavata na Poslanika Muhammeda, alejhis-salatu ves-selam.
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Tako da, kada god se spomene hadis i Poslanik Muhammed, alejhis-selam, treba donijeti na njega salavat i selam, i jednostavno iz tih kružoka i druženja će izaći bogati i uspješni.
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Ja sam ovo predavanje nazvao „Put radi traženja znanja“, a drugim riječima ovo predavanje možemo nazvati također „Najpametnija i najinteligentnija delegacija koja je došla kod Poslanika Muhammeda, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem“.
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O čemu se radi? Prenosi Ibn Abbas, radijallahu te'ala anhu, a bilježe Buharija i Muslim, da je delegacija Abdul-Kajsa došla kod Poslanika Muhammeda, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem.
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To je bilo devete godine po Hidžri. Dakle, među prvim delegacijama koje su došle kod Poslanika Muhammeda, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem, bila je ova delegacija Abdul-Kajsa. I Resulullah, alejhis-salatu ves-selam, ih pita: „Menil-vefd?“ – ko je delegacija, ko ste vi?
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Oni su rekli: „Mi smo Rebi'a, mi smo iz plemena Rebi'a.“ A onda im Poslanik Muhammed, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem – oni su došli kod Poslanika u Medinu – kaže im: „Merhaben bil-vefdi gajre hazaja ve la nedama“ – kaže: „Dobro došla, delegacijo, koja niti je ponižena, niti će se kajati.“
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Zatim oni kažu Poslaniku, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem – nakon što im je Poslanik, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem, izrazio dobrodošlicu – onda oni kažu: „Ja Resulallah, o Allahov Poslaniče, mi ti dolazimo iz dalekog mjesta.“
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To je oblast koja se danas u Saudijskoj Arabiji naziva Ahsa, to je, dakle, onaj predio tamo iza Rijada, prema Bahreinu. Iz tog predjela su došli oni Resulullahu, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem.
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I oni kažu: „Mi ne možemo kod tebe stalno da dolazimo, jer između nas i tebe nalazi se nevjernički narod iz plemena Mudar. I jedino kada imamo priliku da dođemo kod tebe jesu sveti mjeseci.“
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Zašto? Zato što u svetim mjesecima Arapi nisu ratovali. Čak i sa najžešćim neprijateljima ne bi ratovali. I svoje krvnike i ubice svojih najbližih – očeva, braće, rodbine – Arapi nisu ni na koji način uznemiravali.
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Sveti mjesec – u tim svetim mjesecima ne bi ratovali, ne bi krv prolijevali. Kažu: „Mi možemo da dođemo jedino u svetim mjesecima, jer prolazimo tada kroz neprijateljsku teritoriju, kada je sigurnost zagarantovana. I zbog toga, o Allahov Poslaniče,
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naredi nam nešto što ćemo mi prenijeti onima koji se nalaze među našim ljudima“ – dakle, mi smo predstavnici jednog velikog naroda – „i na osnovu čega ćemo mi ući u Džennet“, subhanallah. Kaže: nakon toga pitali su ga o piću, i pitali su ga o određenim vrstama pića.
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A Poslanik, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem, im je u odgovoru naredio četiri stvari i zabranio im je četiri stvari. Rekao je Poslanik, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem, na samom početku: „Naređujem vam iman, naređujem vam iman i vjerovanje.“
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A onda nakon toga im kaže: „Znate li šta je iman i šta je vjerovanje?“ A oni kažu: „Allah i Njegov Poslanik najbolje znaju.“ A onda im Resulullah, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem, kaže – odgovoru, braćo, pažnju, kako im odgovara Poslanik – kaže: „Vjerovanje, ili iman, je da svjedočiš da je Allah, dželle šanuhu, jedino istinsko božanstvo koje zaslužuje da se obožava, i da je Muhammed, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem, Allahov Poslanik, da obavljaš namaz, da dajete zekat, da postite mjesec ramazan, i također da izdvojite jednu petinu iz vašeg ratnog plijena.“
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A zabranio im je četiri vrste posuda, koje se prave ili od tikve, ili od palminog korijena, ili na drugačiji način od drveta, pa se premaže ziftom i tome slično. I kaže: „Zapamtite ovo dobro i obavijestite one ljude koji su ostali iza vas.“
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To je ova priča, dijalog između Resulullaha, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem, i ove delegacije. Ovaj hadis, braćo moja draga i poštovani prisutni, je jedan od osnovnih i temeljnih hadisa kada je u pitanju govor o imanu i vjerovanju.
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Islamski učenjaci koji su pisali knjige iz vjerovanja, iz akaida, svi su uvrstili ovaj hadis Resulullaha Muhammeda, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem. Ovo je poznat hadis, vjerodostojan, i nalazi se, dakle, pored Buharijine i Muslimove zbirke hadisa, i u drugim zbirkama hadisa koje su, dakle, napisane sakupljajući hadise Poslanika Muhammeda, Muhammeda, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem.
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Zašto smo rekli da je ovo najpametnija delegacija i najinteligentnija delegacija? Zato što je ovo među prvim delegacijama koje su došle kod Poslanika Muhammeda, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem. Onda su predstavnici svih arapskih plemena i svih naroda poslije njih dolazili kod Resulullaha, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem, davali prisegu, izražavali iman i tako dalje, ali oni su bili prvi.
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I pogledajte kako su ovi predstavnici bili pametni, inteligentni. Neki kažu da ih je bilo 14, neki kažu da ih je bilo 40, [nejasno], ali uglavnom ovo su odabrani ljudi.
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Jer u delegaciju se šalju odabrani ljudi. Ne šalje se cijeli narod, ili sav narod, nego se odaberu oni koji su najinteligentniji, najpronicljiviji, najpovjerljiviji, najpristojniji. Dakle, proberu se ljudi, pa se, dakle, pošalju negdje da izvrše neki zadatak.
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I ova ekipa ljudi je prevalila, prevalila toliki put da bi pitala Resulullaha Muhammeda, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem, najvažnije pitanje. Dakle, uložili su napor. To je malte ne skoro hiljadu kilometara.
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Ako bismo mjerili tu relaciju koju su oni prošli na devama – neki su bili pješke, a neki su bili na devama – po pijesku, po suncu, po svim tim neprijatnim vremenskim prilikama u pustinji, došli su da porazgovaraju sa Resulullahom Muhammedom, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem.
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Vođa ove delegacije je bio el-Munzir ibn A'iz, el-Ešedž Abdul-Kajs, tako kažu. On je bio na čelu ove delegacije. Zanimljivo je: on je bio, naravno, čim je bio na čelu delegacije, najinteligentniji, najpametniji, najoštroumniji.
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Kada je došla ova delegacija kod Poslanika, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem, u Medinu, kada su došli, kada su vidjeli Medinu, kada su vidjeli džamiju Allahovog Poslanika Muhammeda, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem, znajući da je tu Allahov Poslanik, rastrčali su se i onako utrkivali su se ko će prvi da poljubi Poslanika, ko će prvi da [nejasno] Resulullaha, ko će prvi da mu poljubi ruku, alejhis-salatu ves-selam.
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Jer zamislite: danas, kada idemo u Medinu, Resulullah, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem… radujemo se. Radujemo se njegovoj džamiji. Znamo da je tu Resulullah, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem, to je grad Poslanika, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem. Ko god uđe u Medinu, obuzme ga poseban bereket, posebna smirenost i poseban rahmet.
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Jer je Resulullah, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem, nazvao Medinu Tajba – udobna, ugodna, prijatna – i ona je zaista takva, takva. Zamisli da si imao priliku da posjetiš Medinu, a u njoj je Resulullah, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem, da vidiš Poslanika, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem – to je veliki [nejasno] za vjernike.
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I zato su tako ovi ashabi [nejasno]. Oni su se rastrčali da što prije sretnu Resulullaha, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem. A el-Munzir ibn A'iz, ili el-Ešedž Abdul-Kajs, on je bio na čelu kolone, on je ostao [nejasno].
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On se lijepo presvukao – u nekim predajama stoji da se čak i osvježio, okupao se – obukao je najljepše odijelo, namirisao se. Jer, pazite, nakon toliko dugog puta čovjek bude u neprijatnom stanju i možda se osjeti znoj i prljavština i prašina i tako dalje, a on je sve to uklonio, pa je tek onda došao do Poslanika, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem.
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I kada ga je Poslanik vidio, kaže: „Inne fike la hasletejni juhibbuhumallahu ve resuluh“ – rekao mu je: „Ti si čovjek koji ima dva svojstva, dvije osobine koje voli Uzvišeni Allah i Njegov Poslanik.“
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Koje su to? „El-hilmu vel-eneh.“ El-hilmu – blagost, i el-eneh – smirenost. Neki islamski učenjaci ovaj termin, el-hilm, komentarišu, odnosno kažu da je to el-akl, da je to razum.
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Dakle: pametan si i smiren si. Blag si, pametan si i smiren si. I zaista je požurivanje, požurivanje – da čovjek istrčava u izražavanju nekog stava, u izražavanju nekog suda, u bilo čemu – istrčavanje i žurenje zna da bude kobno, sa kobnim posljedicama.
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A ljudi koji su pametni i koji su mudri, oni ne istrčavaju. Oni su pribrani, oni su staloženi, oni sačekaju, sagledaju situaciju sa svih aspekata, tek onda reaguju.
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Dakle, misle, razmišljaju, pa onda kažu, ili, dakle, urade. Ne istrčavaju se, ne kažu prvo što im dođe na um, a onda da se kaju ako to bude pogrešan stav, pogrešna, dakle, izjava. I zato je jako važno da musliman bude staložen i kada hoda, i kada zbori, i kada se ophodi prema ljudima, i kada nešto radi – da bude stabilan, pametan i staložen.
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I da se druži sa ovakvim ljudima. Jako je važno da se čovjek druži sa pametnim i inteligentnim ljudima. Jer kao što se može voćka okalemiti, pa se od neke divlje voćke, koja nije toliko kvalitetna, napravi kvalitetna i pitoma voćka, može također da se i pamet okalemi.
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Ako se čovjek druži sa inteligentnim, pametnim, učenim ljudima, mudrim ljudima, poprimi od njih njihova svojstva i njihove osobine. Pogledajte, ovo je dijalog između ljudi koji su elita,
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prvi saff. Pogledajte kakav se dijalog vodi između Poslanika Muhammeda, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem, i ovih ashaba, prvih, dakle, muslimana. Ne pričaju mnogo, ali kada pričaju, ili kada nešto progovore, kada nešto kažu – prije svega, to pitanje je jako sažeto, jako inteligentno, koncizno – a onda odgovor koji dobiju od Poslanika Muhammeda, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem, on je još ljepši, još kvalitetniji, s edebom, sa uvažavanjem, sa poštovanjem.
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Tu je, tu je poenta, braćo moja draga. Poenta je da čovjek bude karakteran, mudar, kvalitetan, da se okiti najistaknutijim vrlinama, najljepšim osobinama – tu je poenta.
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A nije poenta da čovjek priča i razgovara bilo kako i priča bilo šta, i jednostavno da to prouzrokuje kasnije neko ponašanje koje može da ima negativne posljedice.
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Ovo je također pouka da na čelu naroda, i na čelu zajednice, i na čelu grupacije i džemata trebaju da budu oni koji su najistaknutiji u znanju, u razumu, u mudrosti, u smirenosti itd.
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Jer je ova delegacija, i ovaj narod, pleme Rebi'a, poslala najprobranije ljude, a među njima najpametnijeg su imenovali za emira i za vođu. Onda Poslanik, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem – pogledajte njegovog edeba –
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prvo ih pita: „Menil-vefd?“ – ko ste vi? Ovo je osnovno, elementarno pitanje. Utemeljeno je da prilikom upoznavanja, prilikom sretanja, prilikom pozivanja, obraćanja, prije svake komunikacije, prvo i osnovno pravilo jeste predstaviti se:
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ili ti od sebe da predstaviš, ili da tražiš da se druga strana predstavi, da bi znao na kvalitetan i adekvatan način da se ophodiš prema toj strani sa kojom stupaš u kontakt i tome slično. To je jako važno, braćo moja draga. Poslanik, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem, kaže: „Ko ste vi?“
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I oni, naravno, kažu: „Rebi'a, mi smo pleme Rebi'a.“ Ovdje je također dokaz da čovjek može da kaže, za jedan mali broj ljudi ili predstavnika, da kaže „Rebi'a“, odnosno da se predstavlja u ime cijelog naroda,
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i da spomene ime cijelog, cijelog, dakle, cijelog naroda. Ko ste vi? Primjera radi: „Mi smo muslimani.“ To ne znači da su tu svi muslimani ovoga svijeta, ne, ali ta grupa – oni su muslimani, oni su predstavnici, dakle, cijelog ummeta. Ili: „Mi smo Bošnjaci“, i tako, i tako redom. A onda dolazi najljepša dobrodošlica od najboljeg domaćina, od Poslanika.
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Poslanik, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem, kaže: „Merhaba“ – ovo je arapska riječ, braćo draga – koju su naučili i preuzeli mnogi muslimanski narodi, među njima smo i mi, ovdje, na Balkanu, u Sandžaku.
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Mi koristimo riječ „merhaba“, tu riječ također koriste i Turci. To je arapska riječ. A riječ „merhaba“ dolazi od riječi „rihab“, što znači prostranstvo. I kada ti kažeš, primjera radi, svome gostu, ili musafiru, kada ti dođe, i kažeš mu „merhaba“, ti mu onda kažeš: neka ti je moja kuća prostrana, ugodna, udobna, lijepo se osjećaj.
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Sve to znači kada mu kažeš „merhaba“. Zato se kaže: „rihabul-dženneh“ – u prostranstvima Dženneta. Tako da je riječ „merhaba“ lijep adet Arapa, koji također i mi, ne-Arapi, koristimo, i treba baštiniti tu riječ. Ona je jako sažeta, jako sadržajna.
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Poslanik im kaže: „Dobro došla, delegacijo, koja niti je ponižena, niti će se kajati, niti se kaje.“ Zašto nije ponižena?
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Poslanik ih je ovdje pohvalio. I zašto se ne kaje? Ova delegacija je primila islam bez ikakve borbe. Bez ikakvog truda došli su na noge Resulullahu, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem. Došli su mu kao muslimani.
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Jer, pazite, oni se Poslaniku obraćaju: „Ja Resulallah, o Allahov Poslaniče.“ Onda kažu: „Između nas i tebe, o Allahov Poslaniče, je nevjernički narod“, što znači da su oni već došli kao muslimani. A onaj ko primi istinu i onaj ko primi islam ovako, na osnovu ovih najljepših metoda, bez nekih posebnih napora koje uloži muslimanska zajednica, oni su na posebnoj, na posebnoj deredži.
- 19:56
Jer je Resulullah, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem, neke teritorije borbom osvojio, da ih oslobodi od raznoraznih taguta i diktatora koji su sprječavali narod da sasluša istinu, a ova ekipa je došla sama Resulullahu, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem.
- 20:16
I Poslanik ih je pohvalio: nećete se kajati, niti ćete vi biti, dakle, poniženi. I ovdje je također poruka da put islama, put istine, put Kur'ana i put sunneta Resulullaha, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem, štiti pojedinca, štiti porodicu i štiti cijelu zajednicu od svakog vida poniženja i kajanja.
- 20:45
Ko slijedi pravi put, neće biti ponižen i neće se kajati, posebno se na ahiretu neće. Neće, dakle, jer je, dakle, ponos u Allaha, Poslanika i u vjernika.
- 21:09
Vjernicima pripada ponos, ali licemjeri, oni su ti koji to ne znaju. Zatim, zašto smo nazvali ovaj ders „Put radi traženja znanja“? Oni su prevalili velike razdaljine da dođu do Poslanika, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem, do najboljeg učitelja, i da nauče ono što je najkorisnije i najvrjednije.
- 21:37
U islamskoj kulturi i u kulturi ovoga ummeta ovaj adet i ovaj običaj – putovanje radi traženja znanja – je utemeljen veoma davno. Hatib el-Bagdadi u svojim knjigama spominje da je prvi koji je putovao radi traženja znanja bio Musa, alejhis-salatu ves-selam.
- 21:57
Musa, kao Allahov poslanik, kome dolazi Džibril i donosi mu objavu od Allaha, dželle šanuhu, i znanje od Allaha, Gospodara svih svjetova, putuje i traži onoga koji je učeniji od njega – to je bio Hidr. Hidr je bio učeniji od njega u nekim segmentima. I nije mu bilo ni mrsko, niti poniženje da sjedne pred Hidra i da uči od njega kao malo dijete, kao učenik.
- 22:23
Poštovani prisutni, radi znanja treba žrtvovati ono što je najvrjednije: i vrijeme, i imetak, i trud, i napor. Sve treba uložiti radi traženja znanja.
- 22:39
Kada govorimo o znanju, mislimo na sve vrste znanja, na sve vrste znanja. Jer se znanje dijeli na šerijatsko znanje, znanje o vjeri – ono je farz, obaveza svakom muslimanu da nauči vjeru onoliko koliko mu je potrebno da [nejasno] Allaha obožava.
- 22:57
A onda je obaveza određenoj grupaciji i određenim pojedincima da se specijaliziraju u šerijatskim naukama. Ali i ove druge nauke i druge znanosti – i prirodne i društvene, i svake korisne nauke i znanosti – muslimani moraju da imaju eksperte, najbolje eksperte.
- 23:15
Najbolje eksperte. Ako nemaju muslimani najboljih eksperata u svim tim oblastima, svi su griješni kod Allaha, subhanehu ve te'ala. Svi su griješni kod Allaha, subhanehu ve te'ala. Jer znanje je ponos, znanje je sloboda, znanje je moć, ali znanje je također i odgovornost.
- 23:36
Znanje je i odgovornost. Muslimani, kada imaju znanje, oni su milost svjetovima, milost narodima, milost državama, milost društvima i tako dalje, svim društvima, cijelom čovječanstvu. A kada se posjeduje znanje daleko od etike i straha od Uzvišenog Gospodara svih svjetova, onda imate zulum, onda imate diktature, onda imate ponižavanje ljudi, onda imate ubijanje ljudi, i tako, i tako redom.
- 24:06
Tako da, braćo moja draga, muslimanima je haram da budu nepismeni. Muslimanima je haram da budu nepismeni. Muslimanska omladina mora da bude najučenija – ja to stalno ponavljam. Ali naše znanje mi baziramo na etici, na moralu i na strahu od Uzvišenog Allaha, subhanehu ve te'ala.
- 24:24
Što više znamo, sve smo ponizniji, sve smo skrušeniji, jer, kako kažu islamski učenjaci: „el-ilmu el-hašjeh“ – znanje je skrušenost. Onaj ko ima duhovnu podlogu, pa stiče znanje – što više zna, on je ponizniji, on je skrušeniji, on je pristupačniji.
- 24:42
Za razliku od onoga ko nema tu podlogu, ko nema duhovno-etičku podlogu – on, što ima više znanja, on je oholiji, on je napumpaniji, on više ljude ponižava, on [nejasno], i tako redom. A muslimanu je to jednostavno shvatiti.
- 24:59
Ko se u džamiji napaja, lahko mu je da shvati da je znanje od Uzvišenog Allaha [nejasno]. Koliko god da znaš, [nejasno]… Kao što je rekao Hidr Musau: „O Musa, tvoje znanje i moje znanje u odnosu na Allahovo znanje isto je kao kada ptica uzme kljunom svojim od morske vode.“
- 25:24
Koliko je umanjila tu vodu? E toliko – e, isto tako, naše znanje ne predstavlja ništa u odnosu na Allahovo znanje. Zatim…
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Jako je važno da čovjek ima priliku da uči u svom mjestu i u svom gradu, ali i da putuje radi traženja znanja – što da ne? Sada je Allah, dželle šanuhu, toliko olakšao traženje znanja. Toliko je metoda, savremenih metoda, na daljinu, da stičeš znanje, da se obrazuješ. Ali što više imamo ovih olakšica, sve je lijenost jača i sve su ambicije slabije.
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Mi ne smijemo da budemo slabih ambicija, i mi ne smijemo da dozvolimo da nas lijenost napadne i da nas obrva i da nas savlada, i da jednostavno onako živimo samo zbog nekih naših bioloških potreba, daleko od ovih uzvišenih duhovnih, etičkih i naučnih vrijednosti.
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Zatim: uputa je u Allahovim rukama, uputa je u Allahovim rukama. Pogledajte: Resulullah, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem, pa onda plemena Mudar – a to su plemena od kojih potiče Poslanik, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem – pa onda Rebi'a.
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Ovo pleme je bilo bliže Resulullahu, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem, bliže gradu Medini, bliže objavi, bliže istini, bliže najzdravijem ambijentu, najzdravijem ambijentu, ali je Allah uputio ove koji su bili daleko.
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Šta to znači? To znači da je uputa u Njegovim rukama. On je Taj koji daje uputu kome hoće. Ali ovdje, vrlo često, kada ovo kažem – uputa je u Allahovim rukama, Allah upućuje koga hoće, ostavlja u zabludi koga hoće – nekako, [nejasno] naša, mašta naša… [nejasno]: „Pa dobro,
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je li to pravedno?“ Allah daje uputu onome koji je zaslužuje. Ovo je jako bitna stvar. I ko pokaže interesovanje za njom, ko pokaže interesovanje za uputom, Allah će mu dati uputu.
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Ko pita, ko traži, ko moli, ko je hoće – Allah će mu je… A ko odbija, ko glavu okreće, ko ne želi, ko neće da sasluša argumente i dokaze, to je ta kategorija koja će ostati u zabludi. Kaže Allah: pošto su skrenuli sa pravog puta, Allah je učinio da njihova srca skrenu sa pravog… I pogledajte Allahove, subhanehu ve te'ala, milosti prema ovom narodu, Rebi'i: preko jedne velike prepreke nevjerničkog, neprijateljskog, dušmanskog naroda Allah ih uputi
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da povjeruju u Poslanika i da dođu pod njega. Onda, ona žrtva na Božijem putu – jedna od poruka je: potrebno je uložiti žrtvu na Božijem putu. Naravno da je ovo najveće zadovoljstvo i slast, ali potrebna je žrtva na Allahovom putu: da kreneš, da pokažeš Allahu da hoćeš, da se umoriš, da se oznojiš. U svakom poslu, u svakoj branši, ako hoćeš da budeš ekspert i poseban stručnjak, moraš da se oznojiš, da prođu dani i noći
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napora i truda, pa ti Allah, subhanehu ve te'ala, otvori i dade ti prave rezultate. Kaže se u jednom stihu: ne može se postići znanje, a da ti je tijelo stalno odmorno i da se ne umoriš.
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Ne može. Mora da se umoriš, mora da uložiš malo napora. Da bi oni imali ovu privilegiju – da mi danas ovdje, 1400 godina poslije ovog događaja, pričamo o ovoj delegaciji, hvalimo ih i donosimo na njih salavate i dove upućujemo Allahu za njih – oni su trebali… Zbog iskrenosti njihovih srca i njihovih namjera u srcima, u stvari, Allah, subhanehu ve te'ala, im je dao kabul, pa ih hvale generacije do Sudnjega dana. Braćo moja draga, poštovana omladino, o vi koji slijedite Muhammeda, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem,
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najboljeg čovjeka, o vi i o mi koji obožavamo Gospodara svih svjetova, Savršenog i Uzvišenog, mi moramo da izgaramo na Allahovom, subhanehu ve te'ala, putu. Ne žalite energije, ne žalite truda, ne žalite napora na Allahovom, subhanehu ve te'ala, putu.
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Postanite najbolji u tome što jeste, u tome gdje jeste i što radite, i postanite uzor, dakle, cijelome čovječanstvu. I zaista je nedopustivo da ummet kojem je određeno da vodi i koji ima sve [nejasno] da vodi, doživi stanje kada ga vode neki drugi, koji obožavaju raznorazne pojave, fenomene, slike, freske, izmišljene priče.
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Ummet koji ima Kur'an i sunnet Resulullaha, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem… Ali do nas – sebe možemo da korimo, i imamo pravo jedino sebe da korimo. Nije nam do Allaha, subhanehu ve te'ala; Allah, dželle šanuhu, nam je dao mogućnosti i prilike.
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Zatim, ovo je također jedna jako bitna stvar: da su Arapi bili veoma karakteran narod, veoma karakteran narod. Prije islama, da, i prije islama karakter je bio na visokom stepenu kod njih. I karakter je jako važan, braćo moja draga.
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Bez čvrstog karaktera, bez zdrave osnove kod čovjeka, ne može da bude ni dobar vjernik, ni dobar naučnik, ni učitelj, ni vođa, ni sin, ni otac, ni brat, ni drug, ni biznismen – ništa ne može da bude dobro.
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Mora da bude karakter, osnova je karakter. Pazite: ovi ljudi su u ratu, dakle, međusobno u ratu, ali kad nastupe sveti mjeseci – kraj.
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Vidi brata svoga, odnosno vidi krvnika svoga brata pored Kabe – ne uznemirava ga. On ga se riješi tamo negdje drugdje, ali tu, na svetoj teritoriji, na svetoj zemlji – ne. To može samo karakteran narod. Zato je Allah, subhanehu ve te'ala, njima poslao prvu objavu i od njih je napravio i podigao tu najkvalitetniju, najkvalitetniju generaciju.
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Zato je jako važno, jako bitno, draga omladino, dragi mu'mini, očevi, roditelji, braćo, sestre, odgajajte i unapređujte karakter kod sebe i kod svoje djece i kod svoje omladine. To je jako važno. Jer danas se sve čini u ovom modernom svijetu, gdje vlada globalizacija, da se sruše ovi temelji kod čovjeka, kod pojedinca, i kod zajednice, i kod porodice:
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da nema granica, da nema principa, da može sve. Da je sloboda da radiš sve? Ne. Sloboda je da poštuješ granice halala i harama, a nakon toga kreći se, jer sve ti je dozvoljeno poslije toga. To je percepcija slobode u islamu i u šerijatu.
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I jako je važno, jako je bitno ove temelje da izgrađujemo jedni kod drugih. Zatim, pogledajte njihovo pitanje. Nisu mnogo dužili. Kažu: „Fe murna“ – znači: „O Allahov Poslaniče, mi smo došli, jedva smo došli.
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Nesiguran je put. Uložili smo napor i trud. Mi nemamo priliku svaki dan da dolazimo kod tebe. Zato hoćemo da te nešto pitamo.“ I zaista su pogodili, pitali su pravo pitanje. Kažu: „Da mi to prenesemo onima koji su nas poslali i da uđemo u Džennet.“ Pogledajte, braćo moja, šta je cilj pravim ljudima, racionalnim, inteligentnim, mudrim ljudima. Cilj je da uđu u Džennet.
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To je cilj. To je želja. Mnogo je ashaba Resulullaha, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem, koji su upitali: „O Allahov Poslaniče, delleni ala amelin judhiluni el-dženneh“ – o Allahov Poslaniče, uputi me na djelo koje će me uvesti u Džennet. Ashabi su čuli za Džennet. Oni su letjeli prema Džennetu. Oni su žurili ka Džennetu. Baš onako kao što je Allah, subhanehu ve te'ala, rekao: „Žurite
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prema milosti i oprostu Gospodara vašega i prema Džennetu.“ Natječite se, utrkujte se, takmičite se na putu ka Džennetu.
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Bježite, trčite ka Allahu, subhanehu ve te'ala, i ka Džennetu – žurite. Oni su znali da je život ograničen. Evo, život im je prošao, i život mnogih generacija poslije je prošao. I naš, i naš život teče,
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naš se život troši. Pametni su oni ljudi koji žure ka Džennetu, žure ka Džennetu. Kažu da svi glagoli koji su upotrijebljeni, koji govore o kretanju prema Džennetu i prema Allahu, ne govore „idite“, nego „žurite, trčite, natječite se“.
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E, zato ashabi kažu: „Kako da uđemo u Džennet? Nauči nas elementarnim informacijama i propisima kojih ćemo se mi pridržavati, i na osnovu čega ćemo mi ući, ući u Džennet.“ Zatim, to su prvo pitali.
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A onda, nakon toga, su ga pitali – pitali su Resulullaha, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem – drugorazredna pitanja, manje važna pitanja. Pitali su ga o vrstama pića i o posudama u kojima mogu da drže svoja, svoja, dakle, pića.
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Dakle, jako je važno da čovjek ima prioritet u životu: prvo pitaš ono što je najvažnije i prvo radiš ono što ti je najbitnije, pa tek onda ono što je manje bitno, ono što je, dakle, manje bitno. Onda Poslanik, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem – kao što je ovo ekipa najboljih učenika, on je, alejhis-salatu ves-selam, bio najbolji učitelj – objasnio im je u jednoj rečenici put do Dženneta.
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Objasnio im je put do Dženneta u jednoj rečenici, kratko. Kaže: „Emerahum bil-imani billah“ – prvo im je naredio vjerovanje u Allaha. Pazi, riječ „iman“ kod ashaba, kod Arapa, je bila poznata, međutim u šerijatu iman znači nešto drugo,
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kao što riječ „salat“, namaz, u arapskom znači nešto, a u šerijatu znači nešto drugo, jer je Poslanik, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem, to definisao na poseban način. I onda ih pita – pazite kakav je ovo pedagog – kaže: „E tedrune mel-iman?“ – da li znate šta je to iman?
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Znate li šta je iman? Hoće da ih zainteresuje, da im probudi interesovanje, da im probudi pažnju.
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A oni bi možda znali da odgovore, ali nisu nepristojni do te mjere da propuste priliku da čuju najbolji odgovor od najboljeg učitelja, od Resulullaha Muhammeda, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem. Kažu, sa vrhunskim edebom: „Allahu ve resuluhu a'lem“ –
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Allah i Njegov Poslanik najbolje znaju, Allah i Njegov Poslanik najbolje, najbolje znaju. A onda im je Poslanik, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem, objasnio iman, definisao im je iman. Iman, inače, kada se uči u mektebu, pitaš: šta se govori, šta je iman, šta su imanski ruknovi?
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Govori se: vjerovanje u Allaha, u meleke, u knjige, u poslanike, u Sudnji dan i u Allahovo određenje. Je li tako? Jeste. I Poslanik, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem, ovako iman definiše: da je iman šehadet, obavljanje namaza, zekat, post, i da je također od imana da petinu od svojih, svojih ratnih plijenova, svog ratnog plijena, izdvoje za muslimansku zajednicu. Šta ovo ukazuje? Ovo ukazuje, braćo moja, kako kažu islamski učenjaci,
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da je djelo… da nema imana bez djela, bez rada i bez truda, i da su u velikoj zabludi i skupine i pojedinci koji su željeli sebi da objasne, ili da na neki način olakšaju po svojim [nejasno], govoreći da je vjerovanje i iman samo spoznaja srcem, ili samo svjedočenje jezikom.
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Potrebno je čvrsto ubjeđenje srcem, izgovoriti jezikom, a onda potvrditi djelima: potvrditi i namazom, i zekatom, i postom, i hadžom, i borbom na Allahovom putu, gdje je rezultat ratni plijen, a od ratnog plijena se onda daje jedna petina za muslimansku, dakle, zajednicu.
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I onda, primjera radi, ona tvrdnja koja se bila etablirala među našim ljudima i u našem narodu: „Ja vjerujem srcem.“ Nije to potpuna definicija imana. Potpuna definicija imana jeste čvrsto ubjeđenje srcem, zatim svjedočenje te istine jezikom, da kažeš „La ilahe illallah, Muhammedur-Resulullah“, a onda da to ovjeriš.
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Da to ovjeriš, pazite, da ovjeriš namazom, zekatom, postom, hadžom, borbom, trudom na Božijem putu, izvršavanjem svih Allahovih naredbi, izbjegavanjem svih Njegovih, dakle… Ovdje ne želim sada da komentarišem pojedinačno šehadet, namaz, post, jer bismo otišli veoma, dakle, veoma bismo otišli daleko.
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Ovdje je jako važno da shvatimo također još nekoliko važnih činjenica i istina, a to je važnost, važnost pozivanja ka Uzvišenom Allahu.
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Pazite, ovi ljudi nisu došli samo da nauče oni sami, nego su rekli: „Mi želimo da naučimo od tebe, o Allahov Poslaniče, i da obavijestimo one ljude koje smo ostavili iza sebe, iza nas.“
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Jako je važno, braćo moja draga. Islam se širi da'vom, na Allahovom putu, pozivanjem ka Uzvišenom Allahu, subhanehu ve te'ala, i pozivanjem ka istini i na pravi put. To nije uloga samo alima i hodža i imama.
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Njihova je najveća to uloga, najveća obaveza, da znamo, da se razumijemo. Ali svi mi moramo da budemo imami, hodže i daije, pozivači ka Allahu, dželle šanuhu. Svi mi, svaki musliman, svaki čovjek – svaki čovjek to može i svaki čovjek to mora.
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I kada god je da'va i poziv ka Allahu, dželle šanuhu, afirmisan i aktuelan, i kada postoji u nekom društvu, zlo se povlači i potiskuje i marginalizira. Znači, to je pravilo: naređivanje dobra i odvraćanje od zla, kada postoji, kada živi u jednom narodu, u jednoj sredini, u jednom društvu, onda se zlo potiskuje. Ono ne može da nestane do kraja, jer je Allah dozvolio da postoji, ali se marginalizira, potiskuje i nebitno je.
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Ali kada nestane da've, kada odustanemo od ovog principa i od ove institucije koja se zove naređivanje dobra i odvraćanje od zla – da pričamo o istini, da promovišemo, da zborimo gdje god da se nađemo – onda zlo jača, i opasnost postoji da dominira i da u potpunosti zavlada.
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I zato je jako važno, jako bitno da se na najljepši način, na najljepši način ophodimo prema našem narodu. Naš narod ovdje, braćo moja draga, je prošao jedan vijek teških iskušenja, pun velikih izazova, velikih kriza. Dakle, pet sistema i državnih ustrojstava se ovdje izredalo ovom narodu, ovdje u Sandžaku, u Bosni i na Balkanu uopćeno, i svi su bili usmjereni da izbrišu naš vjerski identitet, i naš opstanak u ovoj formi je fenomen.
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To je rahmetun min Rabbil-alemin, milost Gospodara svih svjetova i počast Gospodara svih svjetova. Toliko je istina duboko ukorijenjena u nama, da jednostavno i dalje ona daje plodove. Toliko su nas cijedili, toliko su nas rastakali, toliko su nas činili, sve da nas razrijede, da nas jednostavno, da isisaju tu energiju iz nas – međutim, damar istine i dalje je pulsirao u nama i dalje daje plodove, daje bereket, daje ovakve pojedince, daje ovakve džemate, daje ovakve alime i imame i ovakve, naravno, druge trudbenike,
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istaknute više u različitim poljima i na različitim, dakle, na različitim nivoima. I zbog toga moramo da budemo blagi, dobri prema našem narodu, koji je u osnovi dobar, i ne trebamo mnogo… Nije lahko živjeti cijeli život bez mekteba, bez znanja, bez Kur'ana, bez namaza itd.
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Ti ljudi su u velikom problemu. Nije njima lahko ni objasniti, ali moramo da pričamo, moramo da objašnjavamo, moramo da pozivamo. Jer, bez obzira što se desio veliki hajr i veliko buđenje od 90-ih godina pa ovamo, i dalje veoma mali procenat našeg naroda –
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i veoma mali procenat našeg naroda – ide u džamiju i obavlja osnovne obaveze prema Gospodaru nebesa. Dok god i jedan naš džematlija [nejasno] ne zna da klanja i ne klanja, dakle, Allahu, dželle ve ala, mi ne smijemo da budemo mirni i smireni.
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I dok god ima jedno dijete, jedan omladinac ili omladinka, koji nisu u krugovima gdje mogu da nauče osnovne stvari o svojoj vjeri, mi ne smijemo da budemo zadovoljni i mirni. A kada bismo se svi mi koji smo u džamijama maksimalno aktivirali i maksimalno bili aktivni i maksimalno bili prodorni u tom smislu, stanje bismo zaista, zaista promijenili na…
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Zatim, kada djela budu primljena, čovjek će ući u Džennet. Kada primi djela, ući ćeš u Džennet. Jer oni kažu: „Daj nam neka djela da činimo, koja će nas uvesti u Džennet“, onda Poslanik kaže: to su ta djela.
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Što znači: ako ih budete činili, a Allah ih primio, ući ćete, inšaAllah, u Džennet. Zatim im je Poslanik, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem, onda zabranio četiri vrste posuda.
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Četiri vrste posuda. A to su posude koje su oni pravili od tikvi – posude koje su pravili, dakle, ono udubljenje od tikvi – zatim udubljenja bi pravili od korijena palme, od drugog drveća i tako dalje, pa bi ih onda mazali nekim premazima, ziftom i tome slično.
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I u te posude su oni stavljali hurme, stavljali su različite vrste voća i tako dalje. Onda im je Poslanik, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem, to zabranio.
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Zašto im je to bio zabranio? Zbog toga što bi voće u tim takvim posudama, koje su bile mračne, brzo uzavrelo i jednostavno dobilo svojstvo opojnosti, pretvorilo se u alkohol.
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A Poslanik, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem, im je preporučio da smještaju, da smještaju, odnosno da stavljaju, da koriste posude od kože, od kože. Onda jedan od njih ustade, pa kaže: „O Allahov Poslaniče, u mjestu u kojem mi živimo, tamo je mnogo pacova, ili miševa“, i kaže, „oni neće ostaviti nijednu tu posudu, odnosno tu vrećicu od kože, a da je neće uništiti“, i tako dalje. Onda je Poslanik rekao: „Makar ih miševi pojeli, makar ih miševi pojeli, makar ih miševi pojeli.“ Uglavnom, ovo je u početku bilo ovako zabranjeno, ova vrsta posuda. A onda je Poslanik, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem, derogirao to, u principu,
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i taj propis, i rekao je… olakšao je i njima i nama, i rekao im je: „Kullu muskirin haram“ – sve ono što opija, bez obzira u kakvoj posudi bilo: u providnoj, neprovidnoj, u drvenoj, nedrvenoj, staklenoj i tako dalje.
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Dakle, ne osvrćite se na posude, nego se osvrnite na jedno glavno pravilo, a to jeste: sve ono što opija, u malim ili velikim količinama, u malim ili u velikim količinama. I zato je ovo zlatno pravilo,
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univerzalno pravilo. Danas ljudi, primjera radi, raznorazna pića na različite načine – alkoholna pića koja imaju svojstvo opojnosti – nazivaju ovako i onako i tako dalje. Ti se ne osvrći kako ga zovu, samo pitaj da li ima svojstvo opojnosti.
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Ako ima svojstvo opojnosti, onda je haram. Ako nema svojstvo opojnosti, kako god ga nazvali, ono je dozvoljeno, ono je u redu. Onda, nakon toga, Poslanik, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem, kaže: „Zapamtite ovo dobro i prenesite onima kojima ćete se vratiti.“
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„Zapamtite ovo dobro.“ Jako je važno, znači, da čovjek pamti, da uči napamet, da nauči znanje napamet. Napamet – jako je važno da se vježba mozak, da se pamte informacije i da se uče napamet. To je jako važno, jako bitno.
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I da, kada nešto učiš, naučiš ga zaista precizno. Ako te neko nešto pita, ti ga znaš, da ga ispričaš, bez obzira u kojoj oblasti je bilo, radilo – dakle, da ispričaš, to je perfekt. I onda zato Poslanik, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem, kaže: „Ihfezuhu ve ahbiru bihi men veraekum“ –
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naučite ovo dobro, razumijte ovo dobro i prenesite onima kojima ćete se, inšaAllahu te'ala, vratiti. I pazite, ova ekipa ljudi, ovaj njihov narod, bio je privilegovan između ostalog i po tome što je prva džuma koju su muslimani klanjali
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van Medine bila u njihovom mjestu – prva džuma van Medine, Resulullahove. Klanjali su je ovi ljudi. Dakle, kako stoji u hadisu kod imama Buharije: „Inne evvele džum'atin džumi'at ba'de džum'atin fi mesdžidi Resulillahi, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem, fi mesdžidi Abdil-Kajsi bi Džuvasa minel-Bahrejn.“
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Dakle, u džamiji ovog plemena Rebi'a, u tom predjelu, tamo Ahsa, odnosno prema današnjem Bahreinu. Pogledajte kakva je to [nejasno], kakva je to privilegija, da se na ovaj način, po ovom dobru spominje ovaj narod i ova cijenjena delegacija.
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Evo, braćo draga, poštovane sestre, kako je Resulullah, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem, vodio dijalog, kako je tekao dijalog između ozbiljnih ljudi, kako su ashabi Resulullaha, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem, iskorištavali prisutnost Poslanika, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem: jednostavno, kada su imali priliku da pitaju, pitali su ono što je najkorisnije, najvažnije, najbitnije, i prenijeli su nama.
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Ovo su te prve generacije zapamtile, onda sačuvale i prenijele vjerodostojnim lancima prenosilaca do nas. Evo, danas smo mi ovdje, daleko od Medine i daleko od Poslanika, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem, vremenski, ali veoma blizu suštinski, veoma blizu suštinski. Mi čitamo ono što je rekao Poslanik, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem, i uvjereni smo da je ovo ovako bilo, isto kao što smo uvjereni da smo mi [nejasno].
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I sad, kada bi neko htio da provjeri svaki hadis Poslanika, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem – da li ga je zaista rekao Resulullah, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem, ili ne – može da provjeri, može da provjeri. E, to je ono čime se odlikuje ovaj ummet: ima metodologiju provjere i hadisa i puteva kojima je došao Kur'an časni.
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Jer svi oni koji su prenosili Kur'an i hadis Poslanika, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem – o njima je sve zapisano. Mogao si da budeš bilo koji čovjek tamo koji se bavi bilo kojim poslom ili zanimanjem,
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međutim, niko ti se neće posebno posvetiti. Ali ako si se drznuo da prenosiš Kur'an ili hadis Resulullaha, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem, o tebi su sve znali, o tebi je sve zapisano: i kakav si, šta si, i karakter, i osobine, i vrline, povjerljiv, nepovjerljiv, da li je griješio, nije griješio – sve se zna.
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I dan-danas možeš da dođeš da iščitaš [nejasno] Poslanika i puteve kojima je došao hadis Resulullaha, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem, do nas, i da se zaista uvjeriš da je to tako. Allah, dželle šanuhu, da vas nagradi, Allah, subhanehu ve te'ala, da ukabuli, da primi.
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Molim Allaha, dželle ve ala, da nas učini od istinskih tragalaca za znanjem, za najuzvišenijim vrlinama i vrijednostima, da nas Allah, subhanehu ve te'ala, okuplja u hajru i u dobru, da nam pomogne da nastavimo da slijedimo ovu najbolju generaciju i da ih sretnemo na čelu sa Resulullahom, da im pričamo, da Resulullahu u Džennetu pričamo kako smo se mi ovdje borili i izborili, inšaAllahu te'ala, da koračamo njegovim stazama i njegovim koracima.
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Allah najbolje zna. Hvala Allahu, subhanehu ve te'ala, Njemu hvala na početku i na kraju, i salavat, salavat i selam na Poslanika Muhammeda… [nejasno]
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[Arabic recitation]
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So, this is a hadith circle (halaqah). The hadith of the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam (peace be upon him), is revelation, dear brothers and esteemed sisters. And just as the Qur'anic text leaves a special impression and a special effect on the one who reads it, who listens to it, who understands it, so too the hadiths of the Messenger of Allah, Muhammad, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, as we read them, listen to them, comment on them [unclear], leave an impression, and we see from the text itself that it is revelation from Allah the Exalted, jalla sha'nuhu.
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And that is why the Islamic scholars say that those scholars who kept company most with the hadiths of the Messenger of Allah, Muhammad, alayhis-salatu was-salam, were the happiest, in the sense that they sent the most blessings (salawat) upon the Prophet Muhammad, alayhis-salatu was-salam.
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So whenever a hadith and the Prophet Muhammad, alayhis-salam, are mentioned, one should send blessings and peace upon him, and simply, from these circles and gatherings people will come out rich and successful.
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I have called this lecture "Travelling in Pursuit of Knowledge", and in other words we can also call this lecture "The Wisest and Most Intelligent Delegation That Came to the Prophet Muhammad, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam".
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What is it about? Ibn Abbas, radiyallahu ta'ala anhu (may Allah be pleased with him), narrates, and Bukhari and Muslim record, that the delegation of Abd al-Qays came to the Prophet Muhammad, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
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That was in the ninth year after the Hijra. So, among the first delegations that came to the Prophet Muhammad, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, was this delegation of Abd al-Qays. And the Messenger of Allah, alayhis-salatu was-salam, asks them: "Manil-wafd?" – who is the delegation, who are you?
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They said: "We are Rabi'ah, we are from the tribe of Rabi'ah." And then the Prophet Muhammad, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam – they had come to the Prophet in Madinah – says to them: "Marhaban bil-wafdi ghayra khazaya wa la nadama" – he says: "Welcome, O delegation, which is neither humiliated nor will have regrets."
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Then they say to the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam – after the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, had welcomed them – then they say: "Ya Rasulallah, O Messenger of Allah, we come to you from a distant place."
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That is the region which today in Saudi Arabia is called Al-Ahsa, that is, the area over there beyond Riyadh, towards Bahrain. It was from that area that they came to the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
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And they say: "We cannot come to you all the time, because between us and you there is an unbelieving people from the tribe of Mudar. And the only time we have the opportunity to come to you is during the sacred months."
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Why? Because during the sacred months the Arabs did not wage war. They would not fight even with their fiercest enemies. Even their executioners and the killers of their closest ones – fathers, brothers, relatives – the Arabs would not trouble in any way.
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A sacred month – in those sacred months they would not wage war, they would not shed blood. They say: "We can only come in the sacred months, because we then pass through enemy territory when safety is guaranteed. And therefore, O Messenger of Allah,
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command us something that we will convey to those who are among our people" – meaning, we are the representatives of a great people – "and on the basis of which we will enter Jannah (Paradise)", subhanallah. It says: after that they asked him about drink, and they asked him about certain kinds of drink.
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And the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, in reply commanded them four things and forbade them four things. The Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, said at the very beginning: "I command you iman, I command you iman and belief."
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And then after that he says to them: "Do you know what iman is and what belief is?" And they say: "Allah and His Messenger know best." And then the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, says to them – pay attention to the answer, brothers, to how the Prophet answers them – he says: "Belief, or iman, is that you testify that Allah, jalla sha'nuhu, is the only true deity who deserves to be worshipped, and that Muhammad, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, is the Messenger of Allah, that you perform the prayer, that you give zakat, that you fast the month of Ramadan, and also that you set aside one fifth of your spoils of war."
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And he forbade them four kinds of vessels, which are made either from gourds, or from palm roots, or in some other way from wood, and then coated with pitch and the like. And he says: "Remember this well and inform the people who have remained behind you."
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That is this story, the dialogue between the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and this delegation. This hadith, my dear brothers and respected attendees, is one of the basic and fundamental hadiths when it comes to speaking about iman and belief.
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The Islamic scholars who wrote books on belief, on aqidah, all included this hadith of the Messenger of Allah, Muhammad, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. This is a well-known hadith, authentic, and it is found, besides the hadith collections of Bukhari and Muslim, in other hadith collections as well that were written gathering the hadiths of the Prophet Muhammad, Muhammad, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
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Why did we say that this is the wisest delegation and the most intelligent delegation? Because this is among the first delegations that came to the Prophet Muhammad, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. Afterwards the representatives of all the Arab tribes and all the peoples after them came to the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, gave their pledge, expressed their faith and so on, but they were the first.
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And look how clever, how intelligent these representatives were. Some say there were 14 of them, some say there were 40, [unclear], but in any case these were chosen men.
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Because chosen men are sent in a delegation. Not the whole people, or all the people, is sent; rather, those are chosen who are the most intelligent, the most perceptive, the most trustworthy, the most well-mannered. So, people are selected and then sent somewhere to carry out some task.
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And this team of men covered, covered such a distance in order to ask the Messenger of Allah, Muhammad, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, the most important question. So, they invested effort. That is almost, nearly a thousand kilometres.
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If we were to measure that route which they travelled on camels – some were on foot, and some were on camels – over sand, under the sun, through all those unpleasant weather conditions in the desert, they came to talk with the Messenger of Allah, Muhammad, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
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The leader of this delegation was al-Mundhir ibn A'idh, al-Ashajj of Abd al-Qays, so they say. He was at the head of this delegation. It is interesting: he was, of course, since he was at the head of the delegation, the most intelligent, the wisest, the sharpest.
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When this delegation came to the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, in Madinah, when they arrived, when they saw Madinah, when they saw the mosque of the Messenger of Allah, Muhammad, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, knowing that the Messenger of Allah was there, they scattered and ran, racing one another to see who would be the first to kiss the Prophet, who would be the first to [unclear] the Messenger of Allah, who would be the first to kiss his hand, alayhis-salatu was-salam.
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Because imagine: today, when we go to Madinah, the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam… we rejoice. We rejoice at his mosque. We know that the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, is there; it is the city of the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. Whoever enters Madinah is overcome by a special blessing (barakah), a special tranquillity and a special mercy.
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Because the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, named Madinah Taybah – comfortable, pleasant, agreeable – and it truly is so, so. Imagine that you had the opportunity to visit Madinah while the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, was in it, to see the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam – that is a great [unclear] for the believers.
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And that is why these companions [unclear]. They scattered and ran to meet the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, as soon as possible. But al-Mundhir ibn A'idh, or al-Ashajj of Abd al-Qays, who was at the head of the column, he stayed [unclear].
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He changed his clothes nicely – in some narrations it is stated that he even freshened up, bathed – he put on his most beautiful garment, put on perfume. Because, mind you, after such a long journey a person is in an unpleasant state and perhaps sweat and dirt and dust and so on can be noticed, but he removed all of that, and only then did he come to the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
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And when the Prophet saw him, he said: "Inna fika lakhaslatayni yuhibbuhumallahu wa rasuluh" – he said to him: "You are a man who has two qualities, two traits that Allah the Exalted and His Messenger love."
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What are they? "Al-hilmu wal-anah." Al-hilm – gentleness, and al-anah – composure. Some Islamic scholars comment on this term, al-hilm, that is, they say that it is al-'aql, that it is reason.
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So: you are intelligent and you are composed. You are gentle, you are intelligent and you are composed. And truly hastiness, hastiness – a person rushing ahead in expressing some position, in expressing some judgement, in anything – rushing ahead and hurrying can be fatal, with fatal consequences.
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But people who are intelligent and who are wise do not rush ahead. They are collected, they are steady, they wait, they look at the situation from all angles, and only then do they react.
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So, they think, they reflect, and then they speak, or, well, they act. They do not rush ahead, they do not say the first thing that comes to mind, and then regret it if it turns out to be a wrong position, a wrong, well, statement. And that is why it is very important for a Muslim to be steady both when he walks and when he speaks, and when he deals with people, and when he does something – to be stable, intelligent and steady.
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And to keep company with such people. It is very important for a person to keep company with intelligent and clever people. Because just as a fruit tree can be grafted, so that from some wild fruit tree that is not of such good quality a good-quality, cultivated fruit tree is made, intelligence too can be grafted.
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If a person keeps company with intelligent, clever, learned people, wise people, he takes on their qualities and their traits. Look, this is a dialogue between people who are the elite,
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the first row (saff). Look at what kind of dialogue takes place between the Prophet Muhammad, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and these companions, the first, that is, Muslims. They do not talk much, but when they talk, or when they say something, when they speak – first of all, the question is very concise, very intelligent, succinct – and then the answer they receive from the Prophet Muhammad, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, is even more beautiful, of even higher quality, with good manners (adab), with regard, with respect.
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That is where, that is where the point is, my dear brothers. The point is that a person be a person of character, wise, of quality, that he adorn himself with the most distinguished virtues, the most beautiful traits – that is the point.
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And the point is not that a person talks and converses any old way and says just anything, and that this simply causes later some behaviour that can have negative consequences.
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This is also a lesson that at the head of a people, at the head of a community, at the head of a group and of a congregation there should be those who are most distinguished in knowledge, in reason, in wisdom, in composure, etc.
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Because this delegation, and this people, the tribe of Rabi'ah, sent the most select men, and among them they appointed the most intelligent as amir and leader. Then the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam – look at his good manners (adab) –
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first asks them: "Manil-wafd?" – who are you? This is a basic, elementary question. It is established that when getting acquainted, when meeting, when inviting, when addressing someone, before any communication, the first and basic rule is to introduce oneself:
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either to introduce yourself, or to ask the other side to introduce itself, so that you know how to deal properly and appropriately with the side you are coming into contact with, and the like. That is very important, my dear brothers. The Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, says: "Who are you?"
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And they, of course, say: "Rabi'ah, we are the tribe of Rabi'ah." Here there is also proof that a person may, for a small number of people or representatives, say "Rabi'ah", that is, introduce himself in the name of the whole people,
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and mention the name of the whole, the whole, well, the whole people. Who are you? For example: "We are Muslims." That does not mean that all the Muslims of this world are there, no, but that group – they are Muslims, they are representatives, then, of the whole ummah. Or: "We are Bosniaks," and so on, and so forth. And then comes the most beautiful welcome from the best of hosts, from the Prophet.
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The Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, says: "Marhaba" – this is an Arabic word, dear brothers – which many Muslim peoples learned and adopted, among them us too, here, in the Balkans, in Sandžak.
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We use the word "merhaba", and the Turks also use this word. It is an Arabic word. And the word "marhaba" comes from the word "rihab", which means spaciousness. And when you say, for example, to your guest, or to a traveller (musafir), when he comes to you, and you say "merhaba" to him, you are then saying to him: may my house be spacious, pleasant, comfortable for you; feel at ease.
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All of that is what you mean when you say "merhaba" to him. That is why it is said: "rihabul-jannah" – in the expanses of Jannah. So the word "marhaba" is a fine custom of the Arabs, which we non-Arabs also use, and we should preserve that word as our heritage. It is very concise, very rich in meaning.
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The Prophet says to them: "Welcome, O delegation, which is neither humiliated nor will have regrets, nor has regrets." Why is it not humiliated?
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Here the Prophet praised them. And why do they have no regrets? This delegation accepted Islam without any fighting. Without any effort they came to the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, of their own accord. They came to him as Muslims.
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Because, mind you, they address the Prophet: "Ya Rasulallah, O Messenger of Allah." Then they say: "Between us and you, O Messenger of Allah, is an unbelieving people," which means that they had already come as Muslims. And whoever accepts the truth and whoever accepts Islam in this way, on the basis of these most beautiful methods, without any special effort invested by the Muslim community, they are at a special, a special rank (darajah).
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Because the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, conquered some territories by fighting, in order to free them from various tyrants (taghut) and dictators who were preventing people from listening to the truth, while this group came to the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, by themselves.
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And the Prophet praised them: you will not regret, nor will you be, well, humiliated. And here too there is a message that the path of Islam, the path of truth, the path of the Qur'an and the path of the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, protects the individual, protects the family and protects the whole community from every form of humiliation and regret.
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Whoever follows the right path will not be humiliated and will not regret, especially not in the Hereafter (akhirah). He will not, because, well, honour belongs to Allah, to the Messenger and to the believers.
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Honour belongs to the believers, but the hypocrites are the ones who do not know it. Next, why did we call this lesson "Travelling in Pursuit of Knowledge"? They covered great distances to come to the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, to the best teacher, and to learn what is most beneficial and most valuable.
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In Islamic culture and in the culture of this ummah, this custom and this practice – travelling in pursuit of knowledge – was established very long ago. Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi mentions in his books that the first to travel in pursuit of knowledge was Musa, alayhis-salatu was-salam.
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Musa, as a prophet of Allah, to whom Jibril comes and brings revelation from Allah, jalla sha'nuhu, and knowledge from Allah, the Lord of all the worlds, travels and seeks someone more learned than himself – that was al-Khidr. Al-Khidr was more learned than him in some areas. And it was neither distasteful nor a humiliation for him to sit before al-Khidr and learn from him like a little child, like a student.
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Respected attendees, for the sake of knowledge one should sacrifice what is most valuable: time, and wealth, and effort, and toil. Everything should be invested in pursuit of knowledge.
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When we speak of knowledge, we mean all kinds of knowledge, all kinds of knowledge. For knowledge is divided into Sharia knowledge, knowledge of the religion – that is fard, an obligation on every Muslim, to learn the religion as much as he needs in order to [unclear] worship Allah.
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And then it is an obligation for a certain group and certain individuals to specialise in the Sharia sciences. But these other fields and other sciences too – both natural and social, and every beneficial field and science – Muslims must have experts, the best experts.
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The best experts. If the Muslims do not have the best experts in all these fields, they are all sinful before Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala. They are all sinful before Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala. Because knowledge is honour, knowledge is freedom, knowledge is power, but knowledge is also responsibility.
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Knowledge is also responsibility. When Muslims have knowledge, they are a mercy to the worlds, a mercy to peoples, a mercy to states, a mercy to societies and so on, to all societies, to all of mankind. But when knowledge is possessed far from ethics and from fear of the Exalted Lord of all the worlds, then you have oppression (zulm), then you have dictatorships, then you have the humiliation of people, then you have the killing of people, and so on, and so forth.
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So, my dear brothers, it is haram for Muslims to be illiterate. It is haram for Muslims to be illiterate. Muslim youth must be the most learned – I keep repeating that. But we base our knowledge on ethics, on morality and on fear of Allah the Exalted, subhanahu wa ta'ala.
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The more we know, the humbler we become, the more submissive we become, because, as the Islamic scholars say: "al-'ilmu al-khashyah" – knowledge is humble awe. The one who has a spiritual foundation and then acquires knowledge – the more he knows, the humbler he is, the more submissive he is, the more approachable he is.
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As opposed to the one who does not have that foundation, who does not have a spiritual and ethical foundation – the more knowledge he has, the more arrogant he is, the more puffed up he is, the more he humiliates people, he [unclear], and so on. And for a Muslim this is simply understood.
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Whoever draws nourishment in the mosque easily understands that knowledge is from Allah the Exalted [unclear]. However much you know, [unclear]… As al-Khidr said to Musa: "O Musa, your knowledge and my knowledge compared to Allah's knowledge is like when a bird takes some sea water with its beak."
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How much has it reduced that water? Well, that much – well, in the same way, our knowledge is nothing compared to Allah's knowledge. Next…
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It is very important for a person to have the opportunity to study in his own place and in his own town, but also to travel in pursuit of knowledge – why not? Now Allah, jalla sha'nuhu, has made seeking knowledge so easy. There are so many methods, modern methods, distance learning, to acquire knowledge, to educate yourself. But the more of these conveniences we have, the stronger laziness becomes and the weaker ambitions become.
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We must not be of weak ambition, and we must not allow laziness to attack us and overwhelm us and overpower us, and simply to live merely for some of our biological needs, far from these sublime spiritual, ethical and scholarly values.
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Next: guidance is in the hands of Allah, guidance is in the hands of Allah. Look: the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, then the tribes of Mudar – and those are the tribes from which the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, descends – and then Rabi'ah.
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That tribe was closer to the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, closer to the city of Madinah, closer to the revelation, closer to the truth, closer to the healthiest environment, the healthiest environment, but Allah guided these who were far away.
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What does that mean? It means that guidance is in His hands. He is the One who gives guidance to whomever He wills. But here, very often, when I say this – guidance is in the hands of Allah, Allah guides whomever He wills, leaves in error whomever He wills – somehow, [unclear] our, our imagination… [unclear]: "Well, all right,
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is that just?" Allah gives guidance to the one who deserves it. This is a very important matter. And whoever shows interest in it, whoever shows interest in guidance, Allah will give him guidance.
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Whoever asks, whoever seeks, whoever prays, whoever wants it – Allah will give it to him… But whoever refuses, whoever turns his head away, whoever does not want it, whoever will not listen to the arguments and proofs, that is the category that will remain in error. Allah says: since they turned away from the right path, Allah made their hearts turn away from the right… And look at the mercy of Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, towards this people, Rabi'ah: across a great obstacle of an unbelieving, hostile, inimical people Allah guided them
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to believe in the Prophet and to come under him. Then, that sacrifice in the way of Allah – one of the messages is: it is necessary to make a sacrifice in the way of Allah. Of course this is the greatest pleasure and sweetness, but a sacrifice is needed in the way of Allah: to set out, to show Allah that you want it, to get tired, to sweat. In every job, in every field, if you want to be an expert and a special specialist, you must sweat, days and nights must pass
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of toil and effort, and then Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, opens things up for you and gives you real results. It is said in a line of verse: knowledge cannot be attained while your body is always rested and you never get tired.
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It cannot. You must get tired, you must invest a little effort. In order for them to have this privilege – that we today here, 1400 years after this event, talk about this delegation, praise them, send blessings upon them and direct supplications to Allah for them – they had to… Because of the sincerity of their hearts and of the intentions in their hearts, in fact, Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, granted them acceptance (qabul), so that generations praise them until the Day of Judgement. My dear brothers, respected youth, O you who follow Muhammad, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam,
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the best of men, O you and O we who worship the Lord of all the worlds, the Perfect and the Exalted, we must burn ourselves out in the way of Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala. Do not spare energy, do not spare effort, do not spare toil in the way of Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala.
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Become the best in what you are, in where you are and in what you do, and become a role model, then, for all of mankind. And it is truly unacceptable that an ummah which is destined to lead and which has all [unclear] to lead should experience a state in which it is led by others, who worship all sorts of phenomena, appearances, images, frescoes, made-up stories.
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An ummah that has the Qur'an and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam… But it is up to us – we can blame ourselves, and we only have the right to blame ourselves. It is not down to Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala; Allah, jalla sha'nuhu, has given us the means and the opportunities.
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Next, this too is a very important matter: that the Arabs were a people of strong character, a people of very strong character. Before Islam, yes, even before Islam character was at a high level among them. And character is very important, my dear brothers.
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Without firm character, without a sound foundation in a person, he cannot be a good believer, nor a good scientist, nor a teacher, nor a leader, nor a son, nor a father, nor a brother, nor a friend, nor a businessman – he cannot be good at anything.
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There must be character; the foundation is character. Mind you: these people are at war, that is, at war with one another, but when the sacred months come – that's it.
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He sees his brother, that is, he sees his brother's killer by the Ka'bah – he does not trouble him. He would deal with him somewhere else, but there, on sacred territory, on sacred ground – no. Only a people of character can do that. That is why Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, sent them the first revelation and from them made and raised that finest, finest generation.
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That is why it is very important, very significant, dear youth, dear believers, fathers, parents, brothers, sisters, to nurture and develop character in yourselves and in your children and in your youth. That is very important. Because today everything is being done in this modern world, where globalisation reigns, to tear down these foundations in man, in the individual, and in the community, and in the family:
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so that there are no limits, no principles, so that anything goes. Is freedom doing everything? No. Freedom is respecting the limits of halal and haram, and after that move freely, because everything is permitted to you after that. That is the perception of freedom in Islam and in the Sharia.
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And it is very important, very significant to build up these foundations in one another. Next, look at their question. They did not drag it out. They say: "Fa murna" – meaning: "O Messenger of Allah, we have come, we have barely made it here.
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The road is unsafe. We have invested effort and toil. We do not have the opportunity to come to you every day. That is why we want to ask you something." And they truly hit the mark; they asked the right question. They say: "So that we may convey it to those who sent us and enter Jannah." Look, my brothers, at what the goal of true people is, of rational, intelligent, wise people. The goal is to enter Jannah.
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That is the goal. That is the wish. There are many companions of the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, who asked: "O Messenger of Allah, dullani 'ala 'amalin yudkhiluniyal-jannah" – O Messenger of Allah, direct me to a deed that will admit me into Jannah. The companions had heard about Jannah. They flew towards Jannah. They hastened towards Jannah. Exactly as Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, said: "Hasten
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towards the mercy and forgiveness of your Lord and towards Jannah." Compete, race, vie with one another on the way to Jannah.
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Flee, run to Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, and to Jannah – hasten. They knew that life is limited. Here, their life has passed, and the life of many generations after them has passed. And our, our life too is flowing,
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our life is being used up. Wise are those people who hasten to Jannah, who hasten to Jannah. It is said that all the verbs that are used, which speak of moving towards Jannah and towards Allah, do not say "go", but rather "hasten, run, compete".
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Well, that is why the companions say: "How can we enter Jannah? Teach us the elementary information and rulings that we will adhere to, and on the basis of which we will enter, enter Jannah." So, that is what they asked first.
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And then, after that, they asked him – they asked the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam – secondary questions, less important questions. They asked him about kinds of drink and about the vessels in which they could keep their, their, well, drinks.
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So, it is very important for a person to have priorities in life: first you ask about what is most important and first you do what matters most to you, and only then what is less important, what is, well, less important. Then the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam – just as this was a team of the best students, he, alayhis-salatu was-salam, was the best teacher – explained to them in one sentence the way to Jannah.
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He explained to them the way to Jannah in one sentence, briefly. It says: "Amarahum bil-imani billah" – first he commanded them to believe in Allah. Note, the word "iman" was known among the companions, among the Arabs, but in the Sharia iman means something else,
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just as the word "salat", prayer, means one thing in Arabic and another in the Sharia, because the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, defined it in a special way. And then he asks them – see what an educator this is – he says: "A tadruna mal-iman?" – do you know what iman is?
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Do you know what iman is? He wants to engage them, to awaken their interest, to awaken their attention.
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And they might have known how to answer, but they were not so ill-mannered as to miss the opportunity to hear the best answer from the best teacher, from the Messenger of Allah, Muhammad, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. They say, with the utmost good manners (adab): "Allahu wa rasuluhu a'lam" –
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Allah and His Messenger know best, Allah and His Messenger know best, best. And then the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, explained iman to them, defined iman for them. Iman, by the way, when it is taught in the mekteb (Qur'an school), you ask: what do we say, what is iman, what are the pillars (rukn) of iman?
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One says: belief in Allah, in the angels, in the books, in the messengers, in the Last Day and in Allah's decree. Isn't that so? It is. And the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, defines iman like this: that iman is the shahadah, performing the prayer, zakat, fasting, and that it is also part of iman to set aside a fifth of their, their spoils of war, of their war booty, for the Muslim community. What does this indicate? This indicates, my brothers, as the Islamic scholars say,
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that deeds… that there is no iman without deeds, without work and without effort, and that those groups and individuals are in great error who wanted to explain to themselves, or in some way to make things easier according to their [unclear], saying that belief and iman is only recognition with the heart, or only testimony with the tongue.
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What is needed is firm conviction in the heart, uttering it with the tongue, and then confirming it with deeds: confirming it with prayer, and zakat, and fasting, and Hajj, and struggle in the way of Allah, the result of which is spoils of war, and from the spoils of war one fifth is then given to the Muslim, well, community.
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And then, for example, that claim which had become established among our folk and among our people: "I believe with my heart." That is not the complete definition of iman. The complete definition of iman is firm conviction in the heart, then testifying to that truth with the tongue, saying "La ilaha illallah, Muhammadur-Rasulullah", and then validating it.
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Validating it, mind you, validating it with prayer, zakat, fasting, Hajj, struggle, effort in the way of Allah, carrying out all of Allah's commands, avoiding all His, well… Here I do not want to comment now on the shahadah, prayer and fasting individually, because we would go very, well, we would go very far afield.
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Here it is very important that we also grasp a few more important facts and truths, and that is the importance, the importance of calling to Allah the Exalted.
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Mind you, these people did not come only so that they themselves would learn; rather, they said: "We want to learn from you, O Messenger of Allah, and inform the people we have left behind us, behind us."
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It is very important, my dear brothers. Islam spreads through da'wah, in the way of Allah, through calling to Allah the Exalted, subhanahu wa ta'ala, and calling to the truth and to the right path. That is not the role only of scholars and hodjas and imams.
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That is their greatest role, their greatest obligation, let us be clear, let us understand one another. But all of us must be imams, hodjas and callers (da'i), callers to Allah, jalla sha'nuhu. All of us, every Muslim, every person – every person can do it and every person must do it.
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And whenever da'wah and the call to Allah, jalla sha'nuhu, is affirmed and active, and when it exists in a society, evil retreats and is pushed back and marginalised. So, that is the rule: enjoining good and forbidding evil, when it exists, when it lives in a people, in an environment, in a society, then evil is pushed back. It cannot disappear completely, because Allah has allowed it to exist, but it is marginalised, pushed back and insignificant.
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But when da'wah disappears, when we give up this principle and this institution which is called enjoining good and forbidding evil – speaking about the truth, promoting it, speaking out wherever we find ourselves – then evil grows stronger, and there is a danger that it will dominate and take over completely.
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And that is why it is very important, very significant that we treat our people in the most beautiful way, in the most beautiful way. Our people here, my dear brothers, have gone through a century of hard trials, full of great challenges, great crises. So, five systems and state orders have succeeded one another over this people, here in Sandžak, in Bosnia and in the Balkans in general, and all of them were aimed at erasing our religious identity, and our survival in this form is a phenomenon.
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That is rahmatun min Rabbil-'alamin, the mercy of the Lord of all the worlds and an honour from the Lord of all the worlds. The truth is so deeply rooted in us that it simply continues to bear fruit. They squeezed us so much, they dissolved us so much, they did so much to us, all to dilute us, simply to suck that energy out of us – yet the pulse of truth kept beating in us and continues to bear fruit, to give blessing (barakah), to produce such individuals, to produce such congregations, to produce such scholars and imams and, of course, such other workers,
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distinguished in various fields and at various, well, at various levels. And that is why we must be gentle and good towards our people, who are basically good, and we should not much… It is not easy to live a whole life without a mekteb, without knowledge, without the Qur'an, without prayer, etc.
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These people are in great difficulty. It is not easy even to explain things to them, but we must talk, we must explain, we must call. Because, regardless of the fact that great good (khayr) and a great awakening have happened since the 90s, still a very small percentage of our people –
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and a very small percentage of our people – goes to the mosque and fulfils the basic obligations towards the Lord of the heavens. As long as even one member of our congregation [unclear] does not know how to pray and does not pray, then, to Allah, jalla wa 'ala, we must not be at ease and at peace.
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And as long as there is one child, one young man or young woman, who is not in circles where they can learn the basic things about their religion, we must not be content and at peace. And if all of us who are in the mosques were to become maximally engaged and maximally active and maximally far-reaching in that sense, we would truly, truly change the situation to…
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Next, when the deeds are accepted, a person will enter Jannah. When He accepts the deeds, you will enter Jannah. Because they say: "Give us some deeds to do which will admit us into Jannah," then the Prophet says: these are those deeds.
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Which means: if you do them, and Allah accepts them, you will, in sha Allah, enter Jannah. Then the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, forbade them four kinds of vessels.
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Four kinds of vessels. Those were vessels they made from gourds – vessels they made, that is, the hollow of gourds – then they would make hollows from palm roots, from other trees and so on, and then they would coat them with some coatings, pitch and the like.
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And in those vessels they would put dates, they would put various kinds of fruit and so on. Then the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, forbade them that.
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Why had he forbidden them that? Because fruit in such vessels, which were dark, would quickly ferment and simply acquire an intoxicating property, turn into alcohol.
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And the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, recommended that they store, store, that is, put things in and use, vessels of leather, of leather. Then one of them stood up and said: "O Messenger of Allah, in the place where we live there are many rats, or mice," and he says, "they will not leave a single one of those vessels, that is, those leather bags, without destroying it," and so on. Then the Prophet said: "Even if the mice eat them, even if the mice eat them, even if the mice eat them." In any case, this kind of vessel was forbidden like this at the beginning. And then the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, abrogated that, in principle,
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that ruling too, and he said… he made it easier both for them and for us, and he said to them: "Kullu muskirin haram" – everything that intoxicates, regardless of what vessel it is in: transparent, non-transparent, wooden, non-wooden, glass and so on.
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So, do not pay attention to the vessels; rather, pay attention to one main rule, and that is: everything that intoxicates, in small or large quantities, in small or in large quantities. And that is why this is a golden rule,
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a universal rule. Today people, for example, call various drinks in various ways – alcoholic drinks that have an intoxicating property – this and that and so on. Don't pay attention to what they call it; just ask whether it has an intoxicating property.
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If it has an intoxicating property, then it is haram. If it does not have an intoxicating property, whatever they call it, it is permissible, it is fine. Then, after that, the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, says: "Remember this well and convey it to those to whom you will return."
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"Remember this well." It is very important, then, for a person to memorise, to learn by heart, to learn knowledge by heart. By heart – it is very important to exercise the brain, to memorise information and to learn by heart. That is very important, very significant.
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And when you learn something, learn it really precisely. If someone asks you something, you know it, so that you can recount it, regardless of what field it was in – so, that you can recount it, that is perfect. And that is why the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, says: "Ihfazuhu wa akhbiru bihi man wara'akum" –
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learn this well, understand this well and convey it to those to whom you will, in sha Allahu ta'ala, return. And note, this group of men, this people of theirs, was privileged among other things in that the first Friday prayer (jumu'ah) the Muslims prayed
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outside Madinah was in their place – the first jumu'ah outside the Madinah of the Messenger of Allah. These people prayed it. So, as is stated in the hadith in Imam Bukhari: "Inna awwala jumu'atin jummi'at ba'da jumu'atin fi masjidi Rasulillahi, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, fi masjidi 'Abdil-Qaysi bi Juwatha minal-Bahrayn."
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So, in the mosque of this tribe of Rabi'ah, in that region, over there in Al-Ahsa, that is, towards present-day Bahrain. Look what a [unclear], what a privilege it is that this people and this esteemed delegation are mentioned in this way, for this good.
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Here, dear brothers, respected sisters, is how the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, conducted a dialogue, how a dialogue between serious people went, how the companions of the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, made use of the presence of the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam: simply, when they had the opportunity to ask, they asked about what was most beneficial, most important, most essential, and they passed it on to us.
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These first generations remembered this, then preserved it and passed it on through authentic chains of narrators to us. Here we are today, far from Madinah and far from the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, in time, but very close in essence, very close in essence. We read what the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, said, and we are convinced that this is how it was, just as we are convinced that we are [unclear].
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And now, if someone wanted to verify every hadith of the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam – whether the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, really said it or not – he can verify it, he can verify it. Well, that is what distinguishes this ummah: it has a methodology for verifying both the hadiths and the channels through which the noble Qur'an came.
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Because about all those who transmitted the Qur'an and the hadith of the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam – everything is written down about them. You could have been any person back then engaged in any job or occupation,
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but no one would pay special attention to you. But if you dared to transmit the Qur'an or a hadith of the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, they knew everything about you, everything about you is written down: what you were like, who you were, your character, and traits, and virtues, trustworthy, untrustworthy, whether he made mistakes or did not make mistakes – everything is known.
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And to this very day you can come and read through [unclear] of the Prophet and the channels through which the hadith of the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, came to us, and truly convince yourself that it is so. May Allah, jalla sha'nuhu, reward you; may Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, accept it, receive it.
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I ask Allah, jalla wa 'ala, to make us among the true seekers of knowledge, of the most sublime virtues and values, that Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, gather us in goodness (khayr) and in good, that He help us to continue following this best generation and to meet them, headed by the Messenger of Allah, to tell them, to tell the Messenger of Allah in Jannah how we struggled here and prevailed, in sha Allahu ta'ala, walking his paths and in his footsteps.
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Allah knows best. Thanks be to Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, thanks be to Him at the beginning and at the end, and blessings, blessings and peace upon the Prophet Muhammad… [unclear]
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