To study the Seerah is Wajib

Auto-generated transcript:Alhamdulillah Rabbil Alameen Salatul Salam From my brothers and sisters, Allah sent us a way of life called Islam, a deen called Islam. Islam is not just a set of rituals or worship or anything else. It is something that encompasses everything that a human being needs in leading their lives. To lead their lives in a way which guarantees them success in this life and the next. And it's a very simple formula because sometimes what happens is that, especially for those who consider themselves to be educated and who study various areas of philosophy and anthropology and religion, various other things, they tend to get distracted, they tend to get misguided because they bring their own thoughts and feelings and ideas into the practice of Islam. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala gave us a very simple formula. And the formula is, obey Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. In the way of, Muhammadu Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. It's a very simple formula. Obey Allah, which is the what, and in the way of the Nabi alaihi salatu wa sallam, which is the sunnah, which is the how. To give you an example, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala ordered us to worship no one other than Allah. And that is what Islam is. We say, Ashadu billahi ila Allah, I bear witness that there is no one worthy of worship except Allah. So when a person accepts, Ashadu billahi ila Allah, that there is no one worthy of worship except Allah, the question is, how do I worship Allah? And somebody might say, I will write a beautiful nasheed, and I will sing this, and somebody might say, I will beat drums, somebody might say, I dance, and I whirl, or spin like a top, and I do this, and I do that, and I feel, very spiritual doing it, and I feel very good doing it. Is any of this acceptable with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala? No. Because what you feel doing that is not a criterion before Allah. I may feel, many people feel many things, subjective feeling. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is not bound by my feelings to accept or not accept. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala gave us a standard. Allah said, Allah said, Allah said, Allah said, Allah said, Allah said, Allah said, Allah said, Allah said, Allah said, Allah said, Allah said, for you, the best example is in the life of my Nabi, alayhi salatu was salam. And Allah mentioned to whom for this, to whom this is an example. لِمَنْ كَانَ يَرْجُ اللَّهَ وَالْيَوْمَ الْآخِرَةِ وَذَكَرَ اللَّهَ كَثِرًا For the one who looks forward to the meeting, who is in the middle of the night, who is in the middle of the night, who is in the middle of the night, who is in the middle of the night, who is in the middle of the night, and who looks forward to the day of judgment, and who remembers Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala a great deal. Now think about that. Who will look forward to the day of judgment? يَوْمَ الْآخِرَةِ Who will look forward to that? Who is waiting for it? Let it come quickly. Who is waiting for it? Because if you read the descriptions of the day of judgment, إِذَا وَقَيَتِ الْوَاقِيَةِ إِذَا ذُلْذِلَتِ الْأَرْضُ ذِلْزَالَهَا وَذُكَّتِ الْأَرْضُ ذَكَّةً And so on and so on. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has painted a picture of the day of judgment which is so terrible and which is so fear-inspiring and which is so horrific. Who will look forward to that? But Allah says, يَرْجُ اللَّهُ Allah did not say the one who will meet. We will all meet Allah. Whether you like to meet Allah or not, you will meet Allah. I will meet Allah. But Allah says, يَرْجُ اللَّهُ The one who is looking, looking forward to that, who wants to meet Allah. وَالْيَوَّ الْآخِرَةِ And who wants the day of judgment to come. Who will do that? Only somebody who hopes for the mercy of Allah and the protection of Allah from all these things. Who is guaranteed that? لَخَدْقَانَ لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةً The one who leads their life according to the أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةً of Allah. of Rasulullah ﷺ. So Allah gave us a template.