The Rawha: Daily Guidance for Seekers with Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

In this episode, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani begins the third of Imam Nabahani’s forty sets of forty hadiths, on the virtues of the Qur’an and it’s recitation. In the first hadith, we learn that the best of people are those who learn and teach the Qur’an, and what it means to “learn” and to “teach”. In the second hadith, we learn about the reward of recitation of the Qur’an for those with mastery and those who struggle therein. Shaykh Faraz emphasizes that anyone serious about their religion must take the means to rectify their recitation of the Qur’an. Shaykh Faraz then continues the section on venerating knowledge and its people from Imam Zarnuji’s “Instruction of the Student”. We learn about the importance of seeking to please and obey one’s teacher in a principled manner, as a true teacher only wants what is good for you in your relationship with Allah Most High.

(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).

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In this episode, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani covers hadiths thirty three to forty from Imam Nabahani’s second set of hadiths on the Praise Of Allah. Hadith thirty-three informs us that Allah Most High is displeased with those who do not ask of Him, and we learn that there are four ways of failing to ask. Hadith thirty-four explains how the people of Paradise and the people of the Hellfire will not be able to enter therein until they have earned their rights from one another by way of their deeds. Hadith thirty-five tells us about the first words that will be exchanged between Allah Most High and the believers on the Day of Judgement. Hadith thirty-six tells us who will judge between people on the Day of Judgement. In hadith thirty-seven, we learn that the strongest of people are those who trust in Allah Most High, and hadith thirty-eight warns against angering Allah Most High in order to please people. Hadith thirty-nine highlights the Prophet’s praise of how Ibn Mas’ud supplicated. Finally, in hadith forty, we learn that when Allah Most High created creation, he cast upon them from His light by which they were guided; whomever His light fell upon was not guided.

(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).

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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).

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