hadeeth 17 prescription abassin perfection on the authority of Abu Yahya dead even else may Allah be pleased with him that The Messenger of Allah peace be upon him said verily Allah has prescribed ascend perfection in all things thus if you kill kill well and if you slaughter slaughter well let each one of you sharpen his blade and let him spare suffering to the animal he slaughters Muslim cinema come and welcome to this episode of initiative Ramadan this hadith is one of the most beautiful hadith if we think about it in terms of the metaphor that the Prophet SAW seldom describes to us the Prophet SAW seldom is telling us that SN is prescribed in all things and he also let us know the ASN in another narration is to worship Allah Supino Dada as though we see him and even though we don't see him to realize that he's seeing us so soprano Allah when you think about SSN it's that a person is dealing with the creation with complete reliance and their mind being totally focused on the creator feeling a feeling of being watched and a feeling of also receiving from allah subhana wa ta'ala at the same time the example that's given this hadith is pretty amazing it's about slaughtering an animal a lot of times and people think about and they think about when they're getting into prayer or when they're reading put it on but here the example that is given to us as something that is seemingly mundane on the outside right it's it's food it's what we put in our mouths it's and when you slaughter an animal to eat and the Prophet SAW sermon tells us to sharpen the sword so that the animal does not have any needless suffering and this is actually something that even now in the West I was at a restaurant recently and they said for the cat for the beef it said grass-fed and humanely treated and in the the description it said both humanely raised and slaughtered so it's not just in the way that the animal lives but also in the end the way that the animal dies something that's also amazing about this is that when an animal is terrified before they are slaughtered right before the blade reaches them they release hormones that are an effect of them being terrified and yet if the animal is slaughtered while they are in a state of peace again following what the Prophet the Prophet says I saw them described to us that they're not supposed to even see the blade then their hormonal response is different in the end we cook this meat and we eat the animal and we are the ones who are going to be consuming the hormones that we are not consuming those particular hormones what this lets me know also is that subhanAllah that when we are doing something with SN there is always a benefit for us there's always we are the ones who end up being the beneficiaries of this action whether we realize it or we don't the animal that slaughtered properly we're going to benefit from in terms of the peaceful state that they were slaughtered in now this also applies to anything that we can think about anything that we have SN and we're the primary beneficiaries and the fact that the Prophet SAW seldom said that elissa Panama Tyler has written s and over everything God consciousness over over everything is an indication to us that Islam is comprehensive to be a Muslim as comprehensive to think about God is comprehensive it doesn't just happen in the Masjid it happens everywhere sometimes people say Muslims you know should only focus on these few things or those few things Islam is comprehensive we need to focus on allah subhanho wa taala at any point in time that we are in any point in time in life we're supposed to be thinking about ELISA panada and what's gonna please him now there are some points I wanted to mention because again they are seemingly mundane but they reflect a son and the month of Ramadhan I want us to think about being eco-friendly with the choices we were making how much waste were producing as a community for every if god are there things that we can be doing that will that are closer to SN and the point that's in this hadith is that that's very important is when a person has SN they will do extra work to make sure that there is not needless suffering so it really is a spiritual practice of the heart for a person to have a sign for a person to recognize that success and failure comes from Allah so Allah and this little extra effort now see seemingly takes time but a lot of the source of blessings in time right so so they will do what they need to do with the calmness and the trust in Allah that that this blessing in time will be inshallah taken care of that doesn't mean that we're deliberately lazy or that we deliberately drag our feet but it does mean that internally our state while we're busy is not rushed and this has an impact the third thing for us to take when we're thinking about a sign and all things is that it's better to do a few things well with SM than to try to do a lot of things and not do them well when you choose to do a few things well you are putting quality over quantity the recognition of Allah Spinoza before the check marks and a quantity is checkmark behavior and check mark behavior has more to do with to-do lists and self-esteem and the ego whereas quality stopping and taking a moment to do something correctly in the way the Allah is pleased with has more to do with actually seeking Allah's pleasure so when in doubt choose quality over quantity and there's something amazing is that whenever you choose quality over quantity you somehow end up having both you didn't even intend quantity but you end up having it whenever you choose quantity you end up losing both so I think about this this month of Ramadan that a sign is written in everything we do so let's take the time to do it in chola ii or it