Empty Your Heart, and Allah Will Fill It With Richness

What does it mean to empty your heart so Allah can fill it? This reflection opens with the counsel Shaykh Mokhtar's beloved teacher, Shaykh Muhammed Amin Er, gave on multiple occasion, the first in a parking lot behind the masjid, then turns to a qudsi hadith that reframes what richness really is. It is a talk about clearing out the noise and the attachments we carry, and being filled instead with a wealth of the heart that no amount of money can buy. In this video: - The counsel of a shaykh: live as long as you want, you will die - The qudsi hadith Tafarragh li ibadati, and what it means to empty yourself for Allah - Why true richness, ghina, is a wealth of the heart and not the hands - The other choice, and how attachment fills your hands with worry - Why we never escape justice, in this dunya and in the hereafter - How a beautiful Khulq draws you nearest to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم in Jannah - The warning that bad character will spoil your deeds like vinegar spoils honey Chapters 0:00 Opening salaam and keeping the pages of the heart turning 2:31 A shaykh's parting counsel in the parking lot 7:39 Empty yourself: the meaning of Tafarragh li ibadati 15:12 I will fill your heart with richness 21:06 The other choice: hands full of worry 24:45 We never escape justice 27:05 A beautiful Khulq draws you near the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم 32:16 How bad character spoils deeds like vinegar spoils honey 34:54 Sent to complete beautiful character 38:13 Closing dua: do not leave us to ourselves