035 – Keys to Obedience | The Highest Rank | The Pens Have Been Lifted | Waiting for Openings
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In this episode, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani covers hadiths twenty nine to thirty two from Imam Nabahani’s second set of hadiths on the Praise Of Allah. The first hadith informs us about the sermon of need. We learn that there are two keys to obeying Allah Most High and His Messenger – commitment to taqwa, and rectification of speech. The second hadith tells us about the highest rank of those in Paradise. They are those who will look to the countenance of Allah Most High, the extent of which will depend on one’s state with Allah Most High in this life. The third emphasizes mindfulness and reliance upon Allah Most High, ending with the well-known words, ‘The pens have been lifted, and the pages are dry’. Finally, the fourth hadith explains that Allah Most High loves to be asked, and that the best of worship is to wait for an opening.
(1) Imam Zarnuji’s Guidance for Seekers of Knowledge Regarding the Ways of Seeking Knowledge (Ta`lim al-Muta`allim Turuq al-Ta`allum); and
(2) Imam Yusuf al-Nabahani’s beautiful collection of 40 sets of 40 Hadiths of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
