41 – Perfecting Our Tasks


content_of_character1

In this episode Shaykh Yahya Rhodus highlights the teaching of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) of perfecting any task that one performs. He narrates from Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) that he said: “God loves a servant who when preforming a task, that they perfect it”. Shaykh Yahya clarifies that this teaching pertains to every task, whether it be small or big. He also explains that Allah’s love, is His special mercy that he grants to only those who do these great acts of goodness. Shaykh Yahya provides a couple of examples of practical mean of how to implement this in our day to day lives.

The Content of Character is a remarkable collection of sayings of the Prophet Muhammad. Chosen by the scholar, Shaykh Al-Amin Ali Mazrui and translated by Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, this book was published to great critical acclaim.

Shaykh Al-Amin intended to show that progress among Muslims required not the abandonment of Islam but the recovery of the original spirit of Islamic enlightenment.

In this podcast series for SeekersHub, Shaykh Yahya Rhodus does a commentary on these concise and yet comprehensive sayings, with a special focus on character-building, morals, good manners and ethics.

Check out all of the SeekersGuidance podcasts by visiting https://seekersguidance.org/podcasts/