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Exhausted for the Sake of Allah | Taraweeh Reflections
What is the reward for being fatigued for the sake of Allah? And should we intentionally seek that tiredness to get the reward? Join Dr. Omar Suleiman for this Taraweeh Reflection.
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This transcript was auto-generated using AI and may contain misspellings. Now there's something to speak about here when it talks about being tired. The Prophet ﷺ never taught us to seek tiredness for the sake of seeking tiredness, or seek exhaustion for the sake of being exhausted. ما خير صلى الله عليه وسلم بين امرين Prophet ﷺ was not given a choice between two things, except for what? اختار ايصارهما The Prophet ﷺ took the easier one of the two routes. If there were two equal things in front of the Messenger ﷺ, he always chose the easier route عليه الصلاة والسلام. He told his companions not to sit out in the hot sun if they have shade. He taught his companions and he taught his wife رضي الله تعالى عنها زينب when she had the rope in the masjid to hold herself up when she would get tired, that once a person reaches that point where they no longer know what they're saying anymore, at that point you should go to sleep. So the Prophet ﷺ was not one who taught us to self-destruct, to hurt ourselves, but there's a natural element of a ta'ab, of hardship, fatigue, that comes with worshipping Allah ﷻ especially in these seasons. And there's a visual in Arafah that I always think about. May Allah عز و جل allow us to return to Arafah. Everyone say ameen and have an accepted hajj. When Allah is boasting to the angels and He says, look at these عباد, look at them. And Allah says غبراء, they're covered in dust. They're tired, they're disheveled. What are they seeking? They're seeking Allah's mercy. Bear witness O' angels, I've forgiven them all. So Allah سبحانه وتعالى looks out at the people and sees them tired. The Prophet ﷺ said an authentic hadith in Sahih Muslim, and I want you to think about this hadith. It's actually the end of one of the Arba'een an-Nawwi. The Prophet ﷺ said, كُلُّ النَّاسِ يَغْضُوا فَبَائِعُوا النَّفْسَ
It's actually one of my favorite hadith. In Arba'een an-Nawwi, it's the end of it, in this hadith in Sahih Muslim. The Prophet ﷺ said, every morning you wake up selling your soul. فَكُلُّ النَّاسِ يَغْضُوا بَائِعُوا النَّفْسَهُ Every day you wake up in the morning and your capital, what you put on sale is your soul. فَمُعْتِيقُهَا أَوْ مُوبِيقُهَا He said ﷺ, you either free your soul or you destroy it. Think about that idea here, that you wake up in the morning and your soul is your commodity. You're either going to sell it to this dunya or you're going to sell it to Allah سبحانه وتعالى. And to sell it to Allah سبحانه وتعالى is a means by which you liberate it. To sell it to this dunya is a means by which you destroy it. You cause it to perish. Meaning what? What exhausts you? What gives you concern? What are you thinking about at night when you put your head to your pillow? What's consuming your thoughts at that point? What is it that causes you to ache? What is it that causes your heart to beat a little bit faster? What are you losing sleep over? As much as that can be Allah, then that's better. Now it is unreasonable, and there's a reason why we don't do this throughout the year. It's unreasonable to be in last 10 nights mode throughout the year. Just like it's unreasonable to fast every day of the year. In fact, the Prophet ﷺ prohibited it, right? This is not a reasonable daily schedule, but the spirit and the proportion of it should carry on after Ramadan in the same way that the other elements of Ramadan do carry over. How are you tiring yourself for Allah سبحانه وتعالى? How are you exhausting yourself for the sake of Allah سبحانه وتعالى?
What are you putting yourself through for the sake of Allah سبحانه وتعالى? Not an unnecessary incurring of hardship upon yourself, but there are those, وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَشْرِي نَفْسَهُ بَتِغَاءَ مَرْضَاتِ اللَّهِ There are those that sell their selves for the pursuit of Allah's pleasure and for the pursuit of Allah's mercy. And so I want you, inshallah ta'ala, as you feel that sense of tiredness, you know, it's interesting because in the last 10 nights you're looking for that deeply spiritual moment. You're looking for that moment that you feel a deep connection to Allah سبحانه وتعالى, and you make that dua and you force a tear maybe, and all of that is good. All of that is wonderful. But it might be that the moment that Allah سبحانه وتعالى looks at you and has the most mercy on you is when you are in your weakest and most vulnerable point, and it's 4 a.m. And you're trying to walk and keep your eyes open for the sake of Allah سبحانه وتعالى. And that might be the moment that Allah looks at you and forgives you and grants you daylatul qadr. That moment that you're at your most exhausted because Allah accounts for that fatigue, Allah accounts for that exhaustion. كُلُّ النَّاسِ يَغْضُوا فَبَائِعُوا النَّفْسَةِ إِمَّا مُعْتِيقُهَا وَإِمَّا مُغْبِقُهَا Everyone wakes up in the morning selling their soul for something. Either they liberate their soul by that or they destroy their soul by that. May Allah make us amongst those who sell ourselves for His pleasure, who pursue His pleasure with everything that we have. And may Allah سبحانه وتعالى allow the halal rizq, our jobs that we go about doing throughout the day, the things that we do that are otherwise mundane, the idle things that we do, that we do just because we live. May Allah make all of that في سبيله, all of that in His cause because Allah سبحانه وتعالى rewards everything that is permissible when it's done seeking His pleasure as an act of worship as well. So may Allah count our sleep,
may Allah count our eating, may Allah count our worldly duties also as forms of worship. And may Allah allow our greatest concern to always be His pleasure and the hereafter. And may Allah سبحانه وتعالى make us amongst those who achieve the best of it. Allahumma ameen. JazakumAllahu khair. Wassalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.
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