Why Allah's Jealousy Should Matter to You

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Alhamdulillah. Continuing in the fifth chapter, the chapter of the chapter of vigilance of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala of vigilance of Allah's observation authored by of Abu Zak He says,.

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Here he mentions in the 64th consecutive narration it's actually the fifth narration in the chapter he says on the authority of Abi Hurra Abu Hurra's first name is Abdman Ib and he is from where doi and he became Muslim which year right so that gives him about four years and change with the prophet sallallah.aii wasallam and he passed away which year? 59. Very good. Oh, oh my goodness. Pretty soon I'm going to have to sit there and you sit up here. And so Abu used to say he knew narrations from the prophet Sam that the political climate did not permit him to narrate publicly. prophecies of things that would come in the future. One of those was the im the chaos that would ensue and the evil that would crop up in the Muslim empire at the time around the year 60 after Hijra. And this is the around the time when Ib Abdul Malik and his governors took over in the year 60 after Hijra. He used to say, "Oh Allah, I seek refuge in you from the leadership of the fools and what comes after the 60th year." That's what he used to say. He couldn't say exactly. We have those other narrations where the prophet sallallah.aii alaihi wasallam mention that liars would would appear and that murders murderers would assume the throne or assume leadership positions over portions of the Muslim empire at the time. The most critical place in all of the Muslim empire at the time was because that was the front line. That was where the new Muslims were coming into Islam, new region regions. Islam was expanding at a breakneck speed. And so whoever was in a position of power in Iraq was in a position to do a lot of good or wreak absolute and total havoc. Absolute and total havoc. Why? Well, not just because that is where the Muslim Empire is expanding to, but also because of the point that all of these new Muslims are coming into Islam at that in those regions and they still have not learned proper Islam. be very easy to control, very easy to turn against the Muslim in the older regions of Islam such as Medina and Mecca and the Arab Peninsula and these places. And that is exactly what happened. Yui was appointed governor in Iraq and he proceeded to put to death thousands of Muslim men of the greatest scholars and hundreds of companions. All the alan hundreds and this all ensued what year? 60 after hijah. So he used to make dua. Oh Allah I seek refuge in you from the leadership of fools and the year 60 and what follows. And so it said that Allah accepted his dua and took him back in the year 59 after Hijra, one year before all of that chaos. narrates that the prophet Sam said indeed Allah the most high does have a jealousy and the jealousy u of Allah is triggered when a person does what Allah has prohibited upon him. And what's meant here by jealousy is not a jealousy that comes from a person who is insecure or what is meant here as an mentions is alfa. Anifa is a kind of jealousy that comes with a level of pride and comes with a level of a level of a level of loyalty. Y that if a person is very loyal and takes great pride in himself or a thing and then someone transgresses against that this is something that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will seek retribution for. Now what this means and the reason we have this narration here in this chapter is that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is not one to be overlooked or ignored. He is to be feared. All of us disobys Allah and Allah is the most merciful. He is so incredibly merciful that it is unimaginable the amounts of mercy and pardon and forgiveness that he subhanahu wa ta'ala has for those who turn to him. However, it is never to be forgotten that he is well. He is well subhanahua does have anger. He does seek retribution. He subhanahu wa ta'ala is not to be is not to be slept on. Meaning that a person falls into falls into a place of a place of complacency where no I'm fine no matter what I do. you know Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala would never do this to me or that to me in this way when a person disobys Allah Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is the most loyal there is no one more loyal than Allah to those who are loyal to he subhanahu wa'ta'ala however if a person transgresses the boundaries of Allah They are never to feel assured that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will not seek retribution. Whether it is a big deal in their mind or not a big deal in their mind. Disobedience of Allah is something that is not to be looked at with respect to the sin itself. A person doesn't just see it as well that's not a big deal looking at the sin itself rather they are to look at what the sin represents what does it represent it represents disobedience of Allah almighty so we don't look at the sin rather we look at who the sin is against subhanahu wa'ta'ala and so Allah forgives and he is the all forgiving he is the most merciful he is the vast past in pardon. However, he as well is one who becomes angry, one who seeks retribution, one who avenges subhanahu wa ta'ala, one who has every right to bring to to bring to justice whom he chooses, when he chooses, how he chooses. What is the prerequisite that a person is to have in order to in order to obtain the forgiveness of Allah? It is it is something that begins with an attitude with an attitude. What is that attitude? And Muslim Abu narrates that the prophet sallall.aii Wasallam said Here.

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He says that a man would disobey Allah, would commit a sin, and then he turned to Allah and said, "Oh Allah, I have sinned. Please forgive me." And Allah responds with, "My servant has acknowledged and knows and is aware that he has a Lord, a God who may punish for a sin and also has the capacity to forgive that sin. I forgive my servant." Look at the attitude here. If a person sins and just has Allah is forgiving but does not have that consciousness, that conviction that Allah is watching him and could seek retribution at any moment and has every right to do so. If a person becomes as they say complacent to the point where they have no more fear of Allah then this is greater than the sin a person may have committed. That attitude of a Allah says, "Have they become complacent with respect to the retribution of Allah. For indeed one does not overlook and is not complacent with respect to the retribution of Allah except for the truly truly loser people. Those who have lost everything in this life and the hereafter. The first mistake is to think that Allah will not punish. He will. He can. He may. He does. However, we seek his forgiveness. But we always have that hope and fear. And this is the point of this narration in this chapter, the chapter of vigilance of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Vigilance of his observation, vigilance of his retribution. for subhanahua.

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