Hurdles with Shaykh Mikaeel Smith (Class 2)

A weekly halaqah with Shaykh Mikaeel Smith on Imam al-Ghazali's (رحم الله) book, "Pathway of the Servant to Jannah."
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  • @sameer6563
    @sameer65632 күн бұрын

    Alhamdullilah I listened to this 5 times

  • @SurrenderToW1n
    @SurrenderToW1n6 ай бұрын

    THERE IS NO COMPLANCANCY IN SPIRITUAL PROGRESSION!!!! ALHAMDULILAH!!!!❤❤❤

  • @leenjundi3811
    @leenjundi38119 ай бұрын

    we should all make a document where we write notes for this class so we dont forget, id be glad to contribute and would love for others to also add notes

  • @yusraali4047

    @yusraali4047

    9 ай бұрын

    I agree with you, such a great idea!! Let me know if you make a document inshallah

  • @NayhaAli96

    @NayhaAli96

    9 ай бұрын

    I can set up a Google doc if you are all still interested inshaAllah that motivates me to go back and make notes for all the classes.

  • @yusraali4047

    @yusraali4047

    9 ай бұрын

    @@NayhaAli96 That would be awesome! May Allah reward you.

  • @CobaltRadiance

    @CobaltRadiance

    9 ай бұрын

    @@NayhaAli96As salaamu alaykum. Did you create the Google doc yet? Please share the link.

  • @NayhaAli96

    @NayhaAli96

    8 ай бұрын

    @@CobaltRadiance inshaAllah ill start transferring my notes into that doc

  • @MdFarhanurRahman
    @MdFarhanurRahman23 күн бұрын

    This is my note from this lecture: When you gain knowledge and know what Allah wants from you, now you begin to act. The second Hurdle is the Hurdle of Tawbah. Tawbah means to constantly turn back to Allah. Sins hold you back, so you have to clean that. In order to move forward from my past sins, from my past life, I need to make Tawbah. I need to make sincere tawbah so that I can purify myself from the dirt of my sins and be ready for Khidmah. You can’t do Tawbah until you are humble. The humblest person in this world will reach the highest place in Jannah. Whoever humbles themselves Allah lifts them up in rank. You need to humble yourself in order to learn, and you need to humble yourself to overcome this hurdle, the hurdle of Tawbah. Asking for forgiveness from Allah is like rinsing yourself from the dirt and sending Salawat upon our Prophet is like using perfume to beautify yourself. You don’t use perfume on a dirty body, you clean it first. Do a little Istighfar first then send Salawat. After any sin has happened and you sincerely ask for Tawbah, you can’t beat yourself up because, through that whole process, Allah was teaching you that He created you so that you can ask for forgiveness. Sins never stop but we never stop turning back to Allah, and He never gets tired of forgiving us. Don’t judge looking at someone else’s sins, you don’t know how much they cry for that sin, and you don’t know how you’ll end up. Establish seeking forgiveness like you establish your prayer, constantly say Astagfirullah. Once you have gotten true Tawbah, and now you passed that hurdle, and you get ready to act like Allah wanted you to act, but all of a sudden, you look around and you find yourself surrounded by hindrances. Hurdle number 3 has 4 sub-points, each one of them is enough to stop you. The first one is this Duniya. Duniya is everything in this world that is not connected to Allah, everything that you can love that can fill your heart that is not connected to Allah. The second one is the people. Everyone who starts to practice deen knows this one. The third part of the hurdle is Shaytan, know thy enemy. The last part is Nafs. The Nafs are like your inner child, who does only what it desires without thinking about the outcome. In order to overcome this third hurdle, the 4 hindrances, you first need to get rid of the Duniyah. You can have it but don’t let it have you. You own it, it doesn’t own you. The Salafs had their Duniya in their hand but we have it in our hearts. One beautiful story Shaykh Mikaeel told in this lecture is that once he was in a gathering and the speaker, the Shaykh was wearing a beautiful Shawl, it was very beautiful. So, after the lecture, Shaykh Mikaeel met the speaker, and told him how nice the lecture was and so on. He also mentioned that the Shawl that the speaker was wearing was very beautiful. As soon as he heard that, that Shaykh gave that Shawl to Shaykh Mikaeel. Shaykh was like, “Do you not like it?”, Shaykh replied that he loved it. But he was fighting his love for it. He did love it but he did not take it over his heart, he gave it out of the love for Allah so that he can get a better reward from Allah. The nafs is the hardest hindrance. Because it is you. The desire that Allah put in us keeps us alive. But giving the nafs whatever they want kills us. You can’t kill it cause the nafs are you, and you can’t listen to it either cause it will destroy you. The next hurdle is that hurdle that keeps you busy. Ibadah takes time, and this hurdle makes you busy with something. This keeps you away from having free time to worship. There are 4 of these, 1. Rizq, our sustenance, what we get, our share, 2. our thoughts and worries about everything, 3. hardships and calamities, 4. our destiny, our fate. You need 4 things to get rid of these 4 problems. 1. To get rid of the worries about Rizq, you need to have Tawakkul, and complete trust in Allah. 2. To get rid of our thoughts about everything, we need to have Tafwid, let go of it completely and trust Allah, it’s up to Allah. 3. 4. we get through calamities and hardships through Sabr, patience. You got past things that busy you, The next hurdle is hurdle of being lazy. First, you learned what you needed to do, you did Tawbah, you got pass your nafs, and shaytan, you cleared your mind, and now you get hit with being lazy. You don’t get pushed to do good like you should, you always wanna chill and relax. When that hits you do something, run, move, don’t provoke that thought. The chilling leads you to do evil. You need something that pushes you, invigorates you away from evil and actually makes you busy. Now, you need to build your hope or fear. You need to find what motivates you. You need to have hope for the reward that Allah has promised you and you have to remind yourself about the punishment Allah has told you about. This is the **hurdle of Incentives,** the thing that pushes you.

  • @NikkoleJordan749
    @NikkoleJordan7495 ай бұрын

    May Allah bless you and everyone involved with putting this together in this life & the next amen.

  • @qalaminstitute

    @qalaminstitute

    5 ай бұрын

    Ameen!

  • @nyimacham5744
    @nyimacham574410 ай бұрын

    Salam alaikum, he starts at 12:20

  • @softlyspiritual

    @softlyspiritual

    10 ай бұрын

    Wa alaykum as salaam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh thank you!

  • @create_away

    @create_away

    16 күн бұрын

    Too much talking about random stuff. But the people in the room loved it.

  • @nailahussain9631
    @nailahussain96319 ай бұрын

    I am loving this book. Alhamdulillah

  • @jennahStar
    @jennahStar6 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much! I hope you can make videos about what to look for in a spouse in marriage in Islam and topics about how to balance fear and hope in Allah or stay steadfast upon the Deen when your family members or relatives aren’t practicing and how to not let it influence you.

  • @Abdul-eu7dk
    @Abdul-eu7dk10 ай бұрын

    JazakhAllah Khair

  • @hamzareed9688
    @hamzareed968810 ай бұрын

    Can you put up a link to the same book the Shaykh is using please.

  • @AliA-im7xx
    @AliA-im7xx10 ай бұрын

    too good bro.

  • @taibachowdhury4506
    @taibachowdhury450610 ай бұрын

    Asslamualikum,JazakAllahukairan

  • @zarcatess5224
    @zarcatess52248 ай бұрын

    Allahuma Ameen

  • @seeking_deenandgrowth
    @seeking_deenandgrowth2 ай бұрын

    I've been searching for the internet for the past 3 months for the book/s has anyone found it yet?? 😮‍💨

  • @zakmallal3805
    @zakmallal38054 ай бұрын

    Thanks

  • @taeviancorbin-folkes8438
    @taeviancorbin-folkes84384 ай бұрын

    ALLHAMDULILLAH

  • @babacardiallo3696
    @babacardiallo36969 ай бұрын

    Jazzakallahou hayran for this class very interesting

  • @qalaminstitute

    @qalaminstitute

    9 ай бұрын

    Wa iyyakum!

  • @MohammedMooe
    @MohammedMooe10 ай бұрын

    What masjid is this filmed

  • @qalaminstitute

    @qalaminstitute

    9 ай бұрын

    Assalamu ʿalaykum! This is at the Qalam Masjid.

  • @jacktayloor
    @jacktayloor9 ай бұрын

    Lecture starts @12:29

  • @qalaminstitute

    @qalaminstitute

    9 ай бұрын

    Jazakum Allahu khayran for pointing this out! We've trimmed this to make it easier to watch.

  • @jacktayloor

    @jacktayloor

    9 ай бұрын

    @@qalaminstitute jazakullahu Khairan

  • @shadiaahmad5913
    @shadiaahmad59135 ай бұрын

    42:05 😢

  • @fowziyahbegum6518
    @fowziyahbegum65184 ай бұрын

    Thanks

  • @qalaminstitute

    @qalaminstitute

    4 ай бұрын

    Jazakum Allahu khayran for your generous donation!