054 – How Sound Faith Leaves A Person | Hypocrisy in Our Times | Harms of Overeating


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In this episode, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani covers hadiths seventeen and eighteen from Imam Nabahani’s set of hadiths on the virtues of faith and submission. In hadith seventeen, we learn that faith “leaves” the one who commits fornication while he is engaged therein. Here, Shaykh Faraz explains that one of the causes of misguidance is holding to literal meanings that contradict affirmed meanings, continuing by providing a sound explanation and clarification of this hadith. In hadith eighteen, we learn that the distinct social categorization of hypocrites will not exist after the time of the Prophet (Peace and Blessings Be Upon Him); Shaykh Faraz explains how this does not negate the presence of hypocrisy in our times – rather, that we no longer deal with them as a group. One should thus maintain outward caution, and inward good opinion of others. Shaykh Faraz then continues the section on Striving, Consistency, and High Resolve from Imam Zarnuji’s “Instruction of the Student”, where we continue to learn about the harms of overeating and the means of reducing eating. We learn that the rulings of eating ultimately revolve around purpose and consequence.

In the Daily Rawha, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani will be covering Daily Guidance for Seekers, beginning with two texts:

(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).

The texts will be read in Arabic, translated, and commented upon briefly. This class is of benefit both for committed students of knowledge—particularly given the reading in Arabic—and for those simply seeking daily guidance, reminders, and inspiration in learning to live the light of Prophetic guidance.