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What is Haya? The Concept of Total Protection

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October 11, 2018
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Be Shy of Allah Almighty

 

O People, be shy before Allah Almighty as He merits

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, ‘Be truly shy from Allah.’

The companions said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, praise and thanks be to Allah, we are shy from Him.’

Upon which he replied, ‘It is not that I mean. Being truly shy from Allah means that you preserve your head and what it comprehends (your thoughts, ideas, creed, religion…) and preserve your belly and what it contains (your source of livelihood should be lawful). Moreover, you should remember death and rottenness. He who seeks the Hereafter should abandon the adornments of this worldly life. Whoever does that is shy, i.e., truly shy from Allah.’ (Tirmidhi)

What is shyness from Allah?

Shyness or haya has three dimensions. To achieve true haya we need to follow the advice of the Prophet (peace be on him) as he narrated in this sound hadith and many similar narrations.

  • Protecting the Head and All It Contains
  1. True Tawheed – Your forehead should not prostrate to anyone but Allah Almighty.
  2. Your faculties – Your eyes, ears and tongue must be controlled. Allow them only to do what is permissible and what pleases Allah Almighty.

Worship Allah and keep your thoughts away from what is haram. Watching, listening and speaking in accordance with shariah is the firewall that protects you from any invasion from the shaytan, as well as the delusion of the dunya around you.

  • Protect your Stomach
  1. Eat what is halal
  2. Your source of income has to be halal
  3. Your limbs – hands, feet, and private parts must only engage in what is halal

What is inside your stomach has a big effect on your spiritual state, your salah and supplications. Do NOT underestimate the effect of what you put inside your stomach.

Protect your stomach from haram. The stomach is the factory which supplies energy to the rest of the body, and feeds all your organs, your limbs, your hands, your feet. This makes the hadith comprehensive, because it covers all aspects of our body and dealings.

Those who fast in Ramadan, but break their fast with haram food or drink, or for example, return to drinking wine on Eid have completely misunderstood.

When one of the companions asked the Prophet (peace be upon him), ‘How do I become a person of an accepted supplication?’ And the Prophet (peace be upon him) replied, ‘Ya Saad, eat the halal and tayyab then your supplications will be accepted.’

Live by your belief: your lifestyle has to be halal not just what you put inside you but what you live off. And also protect yourself from zina.

  • Remember the Final Destination

Death and decay is reality for everyone. We cannot escape the fact that one day we will be in our grave, so prepare for then by distancing yourself from the vanity of dunya.

It is a sin to forsake the dunya entirely, or lock yourself away. We have to live life, but forsake the vanity of the world. Do not be consumed by the endless needs of dunya and the pleasures of the dunya. But be balanced.

Entertain yourself in a halal way, with your family and friends, bearing in mind that it’s a journey and it will finish when we die. Like the announcement at the end of the journey, ‘All change please’ we will start a new life after our death.

May we achieve true shyness from Allah Almighty. Ameen

 

Khutbah delivered by Shaykh Haytham Tamim

Transcribed by Sana Zuberi

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Shaykh Haytham Tamim is the founder and main teacher of the Utrujj Foundation. He has provided a leading vision for Islamic learning in the UK, which has influenced the way Islamic knowledge is disseminated. He has orchestrated the design and delivery of over 200 unique courses since Utrujj started in 2001. His extensive expertise spans over 30 years across the main Islamic jurisprudence schools of thought. He has studied with some of the foremost scholars in their expertise; he holds some of the highest Ijazahs (certificates) in Quran, Hadith (the Prophetic traditions) and Fiqh (Islamic rulings). His own gift for teaching was evident when he gave his first sermon to a large audience at the age of 17 and went on to serve as a senior lecturer of Islamic transactions and comparative jurisprudence at the Islamic University of Beirut (Shariah College). He has continued to teach; travelling around the UK, Europe and wider afield, and won the 2015 BISCA award (British Imams & Scholars Contributions & Achievements Awards) for Outstanding Contribution to Education and Teaching.

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