Sacrifice For Others - 99

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Edition Number: 99
Adapted from: Kings, Prophets, and Family: The Lives of Dawood (AS) and Sulaiman (AS)
Instructor: Mufti Abdul Wahab Waheed

Assalamu Alaykum,

Today’s gem is from Mufti Abdul Wahab Waheed’s class, Kings, Prophets, and Family: The Lives of Dawood (AS) and Sulaiman (AS). In this gem, Mufti Abdul Wahab shares how people with good character are selfless - preferring for others to be comfortable and happy over themselves.

Hope you enjoy!

We begin in the Name of Allah ﷻ, the Most Merciful and Compassionate,
We ask that He ﷻ sends Peace and Blessings upon our noble and beloved
Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

It is almost inseparable - it's as if it's an innate quality of good character - that you have to put yourself in uncomfortable situations at times, willingly of course, in order for others to be comfortable. While everyone is screaming for their own comfort, there are some people with high character who will put themselves in uncomfortable situations for others to be comfortable.

It's okay, I won't take that seat.

It's okay, I won't eat that.

It's okay, I won't respond.

It's okay, not that you're in the wrong if you do, but it is inseparable for a person to have good character and always be comfortable.

If we're always comfortable, then that in itself is something that needs to be looked into a little deeper.

May Allah ﷻ grant us tawfiq to sacrifice our own comfort for others.

أقول قولي هذا وأستغفر الله لي ولكم، فاستغفروه إنه هو الغفور الرحيم

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