إرفع همتك Raise your Determination and Activeness Sheikh Abu-Salah Al-Tahiri

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ارفع همتك Raise your Himmah (determination and activeness) يجب أن ترفع همتك من أعظم الهمم You should raise your Himmah (determination and activeness) to reach the highest levels Himmah وأنا أقول لكم سؤالا اسأل نفسك And I ask you a question, ask yourself كم يتحمل أهل الدنيا لدنياهم؟ How much do the people of Dunya (life and worldly gains) endure for their world? كم تحملت أنت لطلب العلم؟ How much did you endure to seek Islamic knowledge? أهل الدنيا يريدون الوصول للمناصب والكراسي والوزارات والوكالات The people of Dunya (life and worldly gains) want to reach high stature, positions, ministries, and authority. كم يتحملون وينصبون ويتعبون؟ How much do they endure and toil? أنت ماذا تحملت في طلب العلم؟ How much did you endure to seek Islamic knowledge? عزة الدنيا والآخرة، ماذا تحملت؟ Which is the honor of the world and the hereafter. What did you endure? بس اسأل نفسك لعلو همتك Just ask yourself to raise your Himmah (determination and activeness). كان أحد المشايخ جالسا فسأل طلابه كل واحد منهم While one Sheikh was sitting, he asked each one of his students تريد أن تكون مثل من؟ Who do you want to be like? وكان ابنه جالسا قريبا منه And his son was sitting near him فقال ابنه أريد أن أكون مثلك His son replied: “I want to be like you.” قال اخسأ لن تعلو قدرك فرفسه برجله و His father kicked him and said: “remain degraded” you will not exceed your worth. تعجب الطلاب لماذا يهين ابنه! The students were surprised. Why is he humiliating his son! فلما انتهى الدرس قال له أحد طلبة العلم When the lesson was finished, one of his students said: "يا شيخنا إنك اليوم أزريت ابنك" “O Sheikh, you insulted your son” قال: نعم لأن همته دنية! He said: yes, for his Himmah (determination and activeness) is low قال: كيف همته دنية وهو يريد أن يكون مثلك؟! His student replied: How is his Himmah low, and he wants to be like you?! قال: لأني لما كنت في عمره كنت أريد أن أكون مثل فلان من أئمة الدنيا ولم أبلغ إلا هذا المبلغ The Sheikh said: because when I was his age, I wanted to become like a certain Imam of the Dunya (High-esteemed Islamic scholar of the world). And I only reached this position. وهو يريد أن يكون مثلي فلن يبلغ شيئا. And he wants to become like me, so he will not become anything (i.e. of importance). لذلك تكون همتك تقول أريد حفظا كحفظ الحافظ بن حجر That is why, you should say concerning your Himmah: I want to have memorization like that of Imam Al-Hafith Ibn Hajar. تريد أن تقول أن لي همة أن أعلم الناس كابن تيمية You should say I want to have Himmah to teach people same as Ibn Taymiyyah ارفع همتك! Raise your Himmah (determination and activeness)!