Why Purification Comes Before Everything
Purification is Half of Faith: Understanding Negation and Affirmation in Islamic Belief
Summary
This lecture discusses a hadith from Riyadul Saliheen by Imam An-Nawawi, narrated by Abu Malik Al-Harith ibn Asim Al-Ashari. The central hadith states "Purification is half of faith." The speaker explains this hadith by breaking down the concept of faith into two fundamental components: negation (negating false beliefs and deities) and affirmation (affirming the worship of Allah alone). The speaker emphasizes the Islamic principle of "At-Tahliyah before At-Tahliyah" (purification before adornment), meaning one must first remove impurities and incorrect beliefs before adorning oneself with correct beliefs and practices. The lecture also mentions related hadith teachings about the virtues of various actions such as praise of Allah, prayer, charity, patience, and the Quran.
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السماوات والارض.
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الله اني اسالك علما نافع ع رزقا طيبا وملا وتقبلا بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاه والسلام على رسوله الكريم وعلى اله واصحابه اجمعين اما بعد يقول الحافظ النووي رحمه الله تعالى في كتاب رياض الصالحين في باب الصبر وعن ابي مالك الحارث بن عاصم الاشعري رضي الله عنه قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم رياض الصالحين الحافظ النبوي رحمه inحين chapter to breath and merit and الحارث ابن عاصم الاشعري رضي الله عنه ابو مالك الاشعري ابو مالك الاشعري حديث الحارث بن عاصم رضي الله عنه ابو مالك الاشعري ابو موسى الاشعري ابو مالك الاشعري قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم الطهور شطر الايمان الله صلى الله عليه fafication this is capacity a literal capacity also in a spirit capacity in a literal physical capacity meaning وضوء صلاه صلاه الله سبحانه وتعالى صلاه ايمان ان قران وما كان الله ليضيع ايمانكم and a spirit standpo of meaning ne to negate something is half of faith we look at the epidemy of which is the statement لا اله الا الله لا اله الا الله النفي والاثبات لا لا اله الا اللهcept haveillar missing not enter into ifill we only have affiration we have the worship of along with other and if we have the second missing and only affirming the first part which is negation اله none is rightfully worshiped then we have the worship of no one of non these are two pillars so we see that half ofان is what is negation and this is a general principle that the scholars of islam refer to التطهير قبل الاثبات او يقولون التخليه قبل التحليه التخليه قبل التحليه هذه قاعده شرعيه عظيمه جليله التخليه قبل التحليه That is that negation purification comes before adornment and beautification right so for instance a person wishes to wishes to adorn himself first they bathe first they remove any filth then the adornment comes. If the adornment comes on top of the filth, what happens now? Now we have a filthy body that has soخليه قبل التحليه تجدها في القران كثيرا ليس كمثله شيء وهو السميع البصير اللهing all first exped and devoid of any incorrect belief then the correct belief comes into the heart for everything you know then learn this is how it work however if a person tries to mi that which is correct and that which is incorrect together in the same heart it will begin الطهور شطر الايمان والحمد لله تملا الميزان ان الحمد لله وسبحان الله والحمد لله تملان او تملا ما بين السماوات والارض سبحان الله الحمد لله والصلاه نور والصدقه برهان والصبر ضياء والقران حجه لك اوك قران كل الناس يغدو فبائع نفسه فمعتقها.
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