Name: Ep. 27 Bend Don't Break | The Faith Revival
Uploaded: 2017-06-22T06:58:43.000Z
Channel: Dr. Omar Suleiman
Description: The “tree of faith” is like a palm tree – deep firm roots, branches high in the sky, and constantly producing fruit.

The “tree of faith” is like a palm tree – deep firm roots, branches high in the sky, and constantly producing fruit.

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Sh. Omar Suleiman covers 30 different verses, supplications, hadiths, and sayings on protecting and strengthening faith.

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This section covers the core articles of faith (Īmān), namely faith in Allah, His angels, His books, His messengers, the Last Day, and the divine decree (qadr). Other related topics, often found in classical theological works, are also found in this section.

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 As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. Welcome back to the Faith Revival. So much  has been said about what iman looks like in a tree and in its branches and in its fruits.  And if we summarize all of them we find some consistent themes. Number one, Allah subhanahu  wa ta'ala says, Alam tara kayfa dharaba allahu mathalan kalimatan tayyibatan kashajaratin  tayyiba. Have you not seen how Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has presented the example to you  of a good beautiful word like a tree that is beautiful and pure. And he starts to describe  this tree of iman. So the word is la ilaha illallah. And what does la ilaha illallah  look like in a tree form? The Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam said that the tree of faith  is like a palm tree. So now imagine this palm tree, this nakhla, being constructed. Asluha  thabit. Its roots are deep. Its roots are firm. You walk up to a palm tree next time  you're in Medina inshaAllah and try to knock it over and see what happens to you. The roots  of a palm tree are firm. It is deeply rooted. Asluha thabit wa far'uha fis samaa. And its  branches are high in the sky. So the roots are firm which means that the believer though  at times they will bend, they will not break. The tree will not be uprooted. So you'll always  have the roots in your heart even when your iman is not producing at its potential. Asluha  thabit. Its roots are firm. Wa far'uha fis samaa. And its branches are high in the sky.  Its fruits are constantly in production. Meaning the tree of iman is not seasonal. So there  are some times that the tree will produce maybe higher than others. So in Ramadan there  are more fruits. But that doesn't mean it stops producing fruits throughout the year.  It just means that the output might not be as much. Now how do we describe this with  all of the hadith? So the Prophet sallAllahu alayhi wa sallam said, so now you have la  ilaha illallah which is the root. Then he said sallAllahu alayhi wa sallam that iman  has 70 something branches. So iman has 70 something branches. He said a'la la ilaha  illallah. The highest of them is la ilaha illallah. He says the lowest of them is imatatul adha  an attariq. To remove something harmful from the road. Wal haya'u minal iman. And he said  shyness and modesty in the sight of Allah is from faith. What are the consistent trends  we can take from this? Number one the scholars say that the fruits sometimes take time to  become ripe and that's when you taste the sweetness of those good deeds. So sometimes  you don't taste the sweetness of the fruit right away. It's actually bitter at first.  So your good deed as you first take it on it might be bitter. But then as you constantly  produce you're going to taste its sweetness once it becomes ripe. So you insist on that  good deed. The second thing they mention is that the branches are the akhlaq. The branches  are the good qualities. And good qualities constantly yield good deeds. So the goal in  Islam is not just to establish good deeds, it's to establish good habits and good qualities.  So for example from the good quality of kindness you have many fruits that will grow from that  branch. So you have to develop these akhlaq, these good qualities. And so when you talk  about haya' for example the Prophet sallAllahu alayhi wa sallam said that li kulli deen  and khuluq, every religion has a characteristic, a quality to it. He says khuluqul Islam al  haya' the quality of Islam is haya'. The defining trait of Islam is shyness and modesty  before Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Now modesty in front of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, if  you're not lost yet with the diagram as you're drawing it out, modesty which is the consistent  branch that the Prophet sallAllahu alayhi wa sallam mentions. Modesty in the sight of  Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala means that you are too shy to disobey him even when he is watching  you and you are alone. You're too shy. That's the first form of modesty. But then how do  you take it beyond that? So that's the big branch that the Prophet sallAllahu alayhi  wa sallam keeps mentioning. The lowest branch is imatatul adha' an at-tariq, to remove  something harmful from the road out of love for Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. What is the  Prophet sallAllahu alayhi wa sallam telling us? He said sallAllahu alayhi wa sallam, I  saw a man strolling in paradise simply because he removed something harmful from the road.  What that means is you went beyond simply feeling shy to disobey Allah subhanahu wa  ta'ala in private. You even brought yourself to do a good deed that maybe someone else  didn't notice. So someone else saw that branch on the road or saw something on the road that  was harmful. You did something that some others noticed but they didn't do anything about  and you did it purely for the sake of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. You did it purely out  of your love for Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, purely seeking his sight. The smallest branch,  the slightest fruit for the sake of Allah …

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