Name: Episode 17: An Entourage of 70,000
Uploaded: 2020-05-10T08:30:00.000Z
Channel: Dr. Omar Suleiman
Description: Imagine having 70,000 of these blessed creatures follow you throughout the day seeking forgiveness for you. Why is the reward for visiting the sick so unique?

<p>Imagine having 70,000 of these blessed creatures follow you throughout the day seeking forgiveness for you. Why is the reward for visiting the sick so unique?</p>

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Spiritual beings created from light who carry out God's commandments without hesitation. They play various roles in the cosmos, including recording deeds and delivering revelations.

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Episode 1: They've Got Your Back

Episode 2: Hold Your Pens

Episode 3: Fasting While Others Eat

Episode 4: Sleep Well

Episode 5: Switching Shifts

Episode 6: As You Step Out

Episode 7: The Banner Above You

Episode 8: Responding to Your Haters

Episode 9: Your Brother's Honor

Episode 10: The Honor of Your Prophet

Episode 11: Ameen and For You As Well

Episode 12: The Best Supplication

Episode 13: Be Fair When You Judge

Episode 14: The Seeker of Knowledge

Episode 15: No Strings Attached

Episode 16: The Ultimate Healer

Episode 17: An Entourage of 70,000

Episode 18: When Your Loved Ones Are Dying

Episode 19: Have You Ever Seen an Angel in Human Form?

Episode 20: A Caller from Heaven's Gates

Episode 21: The First Rows

Episode 22: The Friday Roll Book

Episode 23: From Prayer to Prayer

Episode 24: Struggling to Recite

Episode 25: From Your Mouth to an Angel's Heart

Episode 26: When Jibreel Descends Upon You

Episode 27: The Heavens are Creaking

Episode 28: In Your Room Praying Behind You

Episode 29: Gatherings of Remembrance

Episode 30: When Allah Loves You

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Throughout your existence, there are angels in your presence. But it’s your actions that cause those angels to either praise you or disgrace you. Through this series, we will explore the actions that invite these blessed unseen beings to pray upon you, and carry your name and mention to the One who created us all. Join Sh. Omar Suleiman this Ramadan.

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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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 70,000. I want you to try to imagine what 70,000 birds flapping their wings would look like in one place.  Or if they form some sort of a pattern in the sky.  I want you to think about 70,000 soldiers in one place and what that looks like.  70,000 of a posse or an entourage of human beings that were with you,  moving in a singular direction and you being the focal point of their attention.  Now think about this hadith from the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam.  The Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam said that when someone goes to visit their brother or sister for the sake of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, that is ill.  70,000 angels accompany them to that visit, all praying and seeking forgiveness upon that person, for that person, from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, all the way until the next day.  So if you go to visit your brother or sister in the evening, the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam said 70,000 angels will accompany you upon that visit,  all seeking forgiveness for you, praying upon you throughout that entire time, all the way until the next morning.  So they don't even stop when you get to the visit that you're supposed to get to.  They stay with you till the next day.  And if a person goes out in the morning to visit their sick brother or sister, 70,000 angels will accompany you throughout that entire visit,  all the way until the evening, seeking forgiveness for you and praying upon you.  Think about how incredible that is. And it doesn't stop there.  The Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam said, wa kana lahu khareefun fil janm, and then that person will have a special garden for them promised in paradise.  Now, this is a mind blowing hadith because an entire entourage of malaika, of angels that are far greater than human beings, far greater than the birds flapping their wings,  all seeking forgiveness for you and praying upon you.  How do we understand this incredible reward and what it means?  For one, you'll find people this day and age that give charity for the sake of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.  You'll find people doing voluntary fasting. You'll find people that pray qiyam al-layl.  You'll find people that do various service initiatives, like feeding the poor and things of that sort.  How rare is it to find people that visit sick people for the sake of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, not because they're a chaplain at a hospital,  not because they've been called as an imam or in some pastoral capacity to take care of someone, not because it's family,  but just as a form of seeking reward from Allah, as a form of getting closer to Allah on a regular basis saying,  I'm going to visit sick people for the sake of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.  So the first thing is how rare it is to find people that do that, communities or groups or organizations that do that as a religious habit,  separated from all other things. And of course, connect that to what the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam has already said about a person that just goes to visit their brother or sister for the sake of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.  For the sake of Allah and nothing else, visiting a sick person.  The second thing of this is that if you remember previously, we said that Allah has said that he is with the sick person,  but Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala when speaking about the hungry and the thirsty, Allah mentioned his reward having been with that person.  And the number 70,000 is significant in that regard.  The Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam said that every day as he had seen on his journey of al-Isra wal-Mi'raj, on his ascension,  every day 70,000 angels visit al-Bayt al-Ma'mur, which is right above the Kaaba, the frequently visited home.  And they make tawaf around that and they never return.  70,000 enter every single day as they visit the house of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,  where they visit the equivalent of the house of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, the Kaaba that exists for us in the form of al-Bayt al-Ma'mur.  And so some of the scholars connected it to that.  It's because the sick person has such a special position with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in those moments,  so much so that it's like Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is with them.  The reward is so incredible that 70,000 assigned angels would come to accompany you on that visit because of how special it actually is.  And, you know, if you add that to the reward of someone who fasts,  you add that to someone who's fasting in the month of Ramadan,  you add that to someone who's giving charity and the reward of charity,  you add that to just the reward of checking up on someone for the sake of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,  particularly when someone needs it most when they're feeling ill.  And you think about how incredible that reward is.  And there's something else that's special about this, which is  كان له خريف في الجنة that they have a special garden in Jannah.  If you remember previously, Allah has promised that person who is ill,  that if Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala takes t…

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