This is an excerpt from Maulana Saad's Bayan in Markaz Nizamuddin during

March '05, North America Jord.

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My dear brothers and elders in Islam, this work is the work of Allah SWT.
And in this work, it does not depend on how talented a person is. Rather, in
this work, the most important thing is that how can a person be accepted
by Allah SWT. Acceptance is the criteria for this work, not the talents and
the abilities. And because we do not have this in our environment, so what
we think is that 'let's bring people the people who are talented to do this
work'. But the reality is, my dear respected brothers and elders, this work is
for those people who are accepted by Allah.
It happens to that point, that a person who does not have any qualities or
any abilities or any talents, so what? When he comes through the way of
acceptance, he becomes so talented and Allah gives him so much that he
exceeds those people who have talent. This is the way of acceptance of
Allah; this is how Allah SWT accepts a person. And it happens that when
Allah SWT desires to accept a person, this person has to go through
different tests and trials. Different decisions and circumstances are put on
this person. This person has to go through these circumstances and
conditions. And while passing through these different tests, trials, and
conditions, this person reaches a level that he becomes acceptable to Allah
SWT. Because Allah SWT chooses; He says: "[...] from the people he wants
to do the work."
So when Allah SWT chooses a person, that person has to go through various
tests and trials, so that different benefits can get inside this person. He goes
through all that, so that through that, different qualities become embedded
in the person. And because of these qualities, this person becomes
accepted by Allah SWT.

Allah SWT mentions about Ibrahim AS that he underwent so many tests,

and Ibrahim AS passed all those tests. And when he passed all those tests,
Allah SWT chose him as Imam, as Imam of the millat, and Imam of the
deen. Allah SWT chose him. This is what the acceptance of Allah SWT is;
that when a person goes through this process, then Allah SWT chooses him
and selects him. And this is the most important thing, that how can a
person get accepted by Allah SWT.
First of all, every worker must assess his personal life. This is very essential
and very important. Maulana Ilyas Saheb RA used to say that Allah SWT will
protect this work with such people that have the qualities to carry out this
work. The people with such qualities and such attributes that they will carry
out this work, then through them Allah SWT will protect the effort.
As such, there are four things that must come in the life of a human being;
the first is 'ibadah, then akhlaaq, mu'amalat, and mu'asharat. Ibadah is
between a person and Allah. The rest - akhlaaq, mu'amalat and mu'asharat
- the character of a person, the dealings of a person, the social life of a
person; this is between a person and other people. Between a person and
Allah, there is just one aspect; between a person and other people, there
are three aspects. That's why, Maulana Ilyas RA, in Hayatus Sahabah, has
written a chapter where he has written how through the akhlaaq of the
Sahabah RA, Allah SWT gave hidayah to other people. Their akhlaaq, their
character, their dealings and their mu'amalat became a means of hidayah
for other people.
The first thing which a person is tested is in his patience. One Jewish
scholar once came to Rasulullah SAW, and he wanted to test Rasulullah
SAW in his patience, to see if he was really a nabi, and to see the dealings
of Rasulullah SAW. And he dealt with Rasulullah SAW very harshly, and very
rudely. But as harshly as he dealt with Rasulullah SAW, Rasulullah SAW
showed even more patience. Patience and forbearance are signs of
prophethood. He showed more patience, because Ambiya AS are given this

quality of patience. They had so much patience, that whatever conditions

come upon them, they would make sabr and have patience on those
conditions, until the decision of Allah SWT comes forth. They tolerated
those conditions and had patience so that Allah SWT can open the doors of
hidayah for them. The temperament of a da'iee is one of patience and
tolerance, and thus these must be adopted in the lives of every worker.
The life of Rasulullah SAW before prophethood was such that he was
considered "Sadiqul Ameen", that he was truthful, pure, and trustworthy.
Rasulullah SAW had all these qualities, even before prophethood, because
he was in a position where he frequently had to deal with people. That is
why we are told again and again that we should read Hayatus Sahabah, and
we should carry out this effort according to the temperament and the
methodology that is shown through the lives of the Sahabah. If we carry it
out in this manner, then our efforts will be accepted. But if we do not read
it, or keep these examples in front of us, and the life of Rasulullah SAW is
not in front of us, then we will deviate from that path. We will carry out this
work with what? With cheating with one another, lying with one another,
betraying one another, hating one another. And we will carry out the work
in this manner. And what will happen is that the work will be destroyed.
That is why it is very necessary to recognize that the first quality that the
Ambiya AS developed was the quality of patience, and we have to bring this
quality inside ourselves. And the more a person has patience, the more
Allah SWT will use him as a means of hidayah. There is a chapter in Hayatus
Sahabah which mentions those qualities of Rasulullah SAW which were
linked to the hidayah of other people; among those, the first quality
mentioned was that of patience. So we must bring this quality inside us.
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