Ramadan 2022 - The Manners of The Believers #04 Being Thoughtful in One's Actions

Yasir Qadhi

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🗓️ 5 April 2022

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Of the characteristics of the believer is to be thoughtful before acting: the believer does not act rashly or impetuously. In the hadith: "Acting with forethought is from Allah; and acting in haste is from Shayṭān..." [Tirmidhi]We learn this lesson from many stories of the prophets: the Prophet Yunus (as) was chastised because he acted on impulse, whereas the Prophet Yusuf (as) was honored by the King because he thought through and planned before acting. The believer plans, and looks at the possible repercussions of his actions, and does not act rashly. Of the ways we protect ourselves from acting on impulse is:1-Always take time (when possible) before undertaking any major decision. Simply letting an idea ruminate in your mind for a while will give you different angles to look at it from.2- Never act or speak while angry. 3- Get advise from loved ones, close friends, and experts. This is the Islamic process of 'shūra'. 4- Pray the istikhāra prayer and seek Divine Guidance.

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0:00.0	This audio is brought to you by MuslimCentral.com
0:30.0	Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him and his family.
0:57.0	Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
1:00.0	Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him and his family.
1:06.0	In the eighth year of the Syirah, a delegation from the tribe of Abdel Qais,
1:11.0	which is in the region of Bahrain.
1:13.0	They came to the Prophet ﷺ.
1:16.0	This tribe is one of the few tribes that embraced Islam organically.
1:20.0	There was no expedition, there was no even preacher sent to them.
1:24.0	It just so happened they heard of Islam and they accepted and mass.
1:28.0	And so they decided to give their oath of allegiance to the Prophet ﷺ.
1:33.0	So they sent their delegation of maybe 10-15 people.
1:36.0	And they travelled from Bahrain all the way to Medina.
1:40.0	And when the delegation arrived in Medina, they were so excited to see the Prophet ﷺ.
1:48.0	That the Ruayah, the reports say they left their camels outside the mosque untied.
1:53.0	And they rushed in wearing the same garments that they had worn throughout the entire journey from Bahrain.
2:00.0	And they saw the Prophet ﷺ.
2:02.0	They almost jumped upon him.
2:04.0	They started kissing his hand and even his feet.
2:07.0	Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
2:08.0	But one person of that delegation remained outside.
2:12.0	And his name was al-Ashedj.
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