Three Types of Hearts—Which One Are You?
The Parable of Rain and Three Types of People: Understanding Divine Knowledge
Summary
Sh. Ali Mashhour delivers a lecture based on Riyadul Saliheen, specifically from the chapter on the virtue of knowledge ('Ilm) as taught and learned for Allah's sake. He presents a famous hadith from Abu Musa al-Ash'ari in which the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) uses the parable of rain falling on different types of land to illustrate three categories of people in relation to divine guidance and knowledge. Sh. Ali Mashhour explains how the first type of land represents those who understand the religion deeply, implement it, and teach others. The second type represents those who may not fully grasp the knowledge but are trustworthy and preserve it for others to benefit from. The third type, which is blameworthy, represents those who reject guidance and neither understand nor preserve the knowledge of Allah's religion.
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله والصلاه والسلام على رسول الله واشهد ان لا اله الا الله واشهد ان محمدا عبده ورسول رسوله اللهم صل وسلم وبارك على نبينا محمد وعلى اله واصحابه اجمعين اما بعد يقول الحافظ النووي رحمه الله تعالى في رياضه في كتاب العلم في باب فضل العلم تعلما وتعليما لله تعالى وعن ابي موسى اي ابي موسى الاشعري رضي الله عنه قال قال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم و الاشعري نسبه الى بني اشعر واشعر من اجداد عظماء اليمن ف متى وجد الاشعري فاصل هذه القبيله من اليمن وقد ابتعث النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ابا موسى الاشعري الى اليمن مع معاذ بن جبل داعيا الى الله و جامعا للزكاه ومبلغا عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم و الاشعريون لهم بشكل خاص منزله رفيعه في الاسلام اهل اليمن بشكل عام والاشعريون بشكل خاص النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول مدحا لاهل اليمن بارك الله لنا في شامنا وفي يمننا واعادها ثلاثا وقال صلى الله عليه وسلم كما في الصحيح الايمان يمان والحكمه يمانيه وقال في الاشعريين انهم اذا ارملوا في السير جمعوا ما كان معهم من زاد واقتسموه بينهم على السويه فهم مني وانا منهم صلى الله عليه الاشعري ابو مالك الاشعري ابو موسى الاشعري اشعر يمنر سهران يمن الاشعريين صلى الله عليه وسلم ايمان يمني صلى الله عليه وسلمشعريين ابو موسى الاشعري والسنت صلى الله عليه وسلم اليمن الله معاذ بن جبل ابو موسى الاشعري رضي الله عنه صلى الله عليه وسلم استمعوا الى هذا الحديث لا يصلح لمؤمن الا يكون من احد هذين النوعين الذين سيذكرهما النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم هو يذكر ثلاثه ثلاث انواع الرجال فاثنان يحث المؤمن ان يكون من احدهما ان لم يكن من كليهما واما الثالث فهو المذموم يقول ما مثل ما بعثني الله به من الهدى والعلم علم الهدى بمعنى الاعمال الصالحه والعلم بمعنى الايمانيات والنبوات والاشياء التي ا يعتقدها الانسان يقول مثل ما بعثني الله به من الهدى والعلم كمثل غيث الغيث المطر الشديد اصاب ارضا فكانت منها اي من هذه الارض طائفه طيبه قبلت الماء فانبتت الكلا والعشب الكثير هذا النوع الاول وكان منها اجادب اجاذب يعني امكنه هي ليست خصبه للزرع لكنها تمسك الماء لا تشرب الميه تبقي الماء على وجهها ومنها البحور والعيون وما شابه ذلك والانهار هذه اجاذب يقول وكان منها اجادب امسكت الماء فنفع الله بها الناس فشربوا منها وسقوا وزرعوا صلى الله عليه وسلمر always mention when in canalysical and can understical which is theation andر that comes from above and so the propetai he mentions the that comes which Now what this in the qu upon it any impuries and nourishes anyed.
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واصاب طائفه منها انما هي قيعان لا تمسك ماء ولا تنبت كلاء فذلك مثل من فقها في دين الله فقها فقه كلاهما صحيح يعني فهم في دين الله ونفعه ما بعثني الله به فعلم وعلمه ومثل من لم يرفع بذلك راسا ولم يقبل هدى الله الذي ارسلت به متفق ty this comes down is noter is not trwthy it does not hold the water hit it sucks the water in that's it doesn't any fruits and it doesn't hold the water for anyone else it just sucks the water in and so he says that is differ الله mention howر themi go tole that suff over whatever it's put in the bottom so no matter how much go in نسال الله سبحانه وتعالى ان يفقهنا في دينه وان يعلمنا ما ينفعنا وان ينفعنا بما علمنا وان يزيدنا علما وتقا وان يسلل سخيمه قلوبنا وان يسكل قلوبنا وافئدتنا نساله سبحانه وتعالى ان يزكي نفوسنا وان يؤتها تقواها انه وليها ومولاها والله اعلم وصلى الله وسلم على نبينا محمد عبد Ja.