Abdullah Oduro – Invocations of God #24 The reality of this life
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The importance of the dunya in protecting against shay bills and the need for a strong foundation to fight the Sh girlfriend is emphasized. The temporary aspect of life is also discussed, with a sermon from Jesus serving as an example of selling one's principles and actions to profit from the future. The importance of not letting people know too early is emphasized, with a focus on protecting one's principles and actions to protect themselves.AI: Transcript ©
Now that Ibn Uqaim Rahim Allah Ta'ala when
speaking after speaking about the army and making
the comparison
of us in his life and he has
given us that Allah has equipped us with
what is needed to fight the Shaitan to
ultimately be in Jannah and to have
Shaitan in a high security
jail cell that which she was for us,
but we were saved because of our patience
and our adherence to
the Deen of Islam. He goes on, Rahemu
Allah Ta'ala say to say,
After Deborah Kaye talked about what we just
mentioned, he goes on to speak about this
this patience and adherence that you had was
only a small period of time, Meaning that
it was only in the dunya, and the
dunya is temporary. In Islam, we believe
that the dunya
is this worldly life. The our physical element,
the physical that us being here knowing that
we have a limited time because we know
by default that everything will perish. All human
beings will die. Kuglunafsin
that Iqatul Mauti as Allah Subhana Wa Ta'ala
said that every soul
shall taste death. So now when looking at
this, we understand now that there is shaytan.
This is an ulsel that we need to
a foundational
uh-uh element or principle that we need to
know
that
Allah has given us the faculties to fight
the shayateen, that the shaytaan exist, that they
will try to influence you, but it is
upon you to
struggle to fight against them, and that is
a reward that you will get
if the struggle is more.
And, you know, if the good deeds are
more, because the struggle is a good deed.
He goes on to talk about the temporary
aspect of the dunya. He
said that it it was not Ibrahim O'lya.
He says,
and this is not except for about the
an hour and then it has went away
as though nothing really happened.
All the hardship and war that you went
through, it is in comparison
to where you're going.
It is as though nothing really happened.
He says
He says, and if the soul was to
and if the soul was to be lax
in recalling the brevity of this worldly life
and how soon it will be over, then
let him read the statement of Allah
What is the statement? And on the day,
they shall see what they have been promised,
and it will be as this as if
they
had been had tarried but an hour. And
on the day when
they had tarried but an hour from the
from the day from the daytime. So it's
showing that
in the next life,
the human beings,
it would only they would only think it
was about an hour that they spent on
this Earth to show the comparison
between the eternity
and temporary.
Eternity
and temporary.
You listening to this,
watching this lesson
now,
know that you are in a particular phase
of your existence.
Know that this phase
will end
at a time that we do not know
but Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, the Prophet Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam had given us characteristics
of certain things that will happen
which will indicate
the end of time
or that the end of time is near.
As a matter of fact, there are signs
that the end of the times is near
now.
That the sad that people will
That they will compete by building big towers
against each other.
And that is a sign of them
showing their importance
of the dunya over the. And Ibnokeim is
gonna talk about that.
So then he mentions that verse, and he
mentions numerous verses here, but I want to
you know, it's it's really with the same
trajectory
and showing that when they are asked, they
will say,
that we stayed a day or maybe
part of a day. Ask those that are
keeping count. In any case,
they'll, you know, they they would mention that
it was like a sa or it's a
yom that we spent
in the dunya.
And then he says,
He said the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam gave
a sermon when the sun was at the
crests of the mountains. So
means head. So
the head of the mountains. So basically, the
sun is declining and Maghrib is coming in
to where when the sun fully declines, the
earth will turn. The sun is declining. The
earth is turning. The mountains will cover. Okay?
So,
cover the sun because of,
the sun declining. The prophet made a beautiful
comparison of the reality of this life. What
did he say?
The
Prophet SAW Salam said relative to what has
passed,
there is little time left in the world
as there is in this day.
SubhanAllah.
There is little time left in the world
as there is in this day, showing
that this life is temporary. So
be patient
and struggle against the Chaitan with your artillery
artillery
armor
and using the and protecting yourself with the
fortress.
Then he says
here
Hadith. So the one that is diligent,
and and intelligence will think and ponder over
this hadith.
He says, let the person of intelligence seeking
counsel for himself reflect on this hadith and
let him know what can befall him in
the time that remains of this world.
Let him know that living in this world
is full of illusions and confused dreams.
He says, and he should know that he
has sold the happiness of eternity
and the bliss, the everlasting bliss
with
a despicable
portion
that doesn't amount to anything.
That's he that's how he compares
the individual falling victim to their desires or
falling victim to that shaitan that's locked up.
You have sold the akhirah,
the actions of the deen.
You know, using what Allah has given you
in the way that is not permissible. You
that is indirect way of selling
your soul
to this life that is temporary.
So when you sell your soul or you
sell your morals
and principles
to something that is temporary
in this life, for a person, for a
reputation,
to get a certain position
in a person's mind or even heart,
and a condition of that was
to compromise
your principles,
your Islamic principles,
or totally disregard them. That is how one
sells
their dunya.
Sells their their next life for this life
because to sell is an exchange
And that's how Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala is
using it many times in the Quran.
It says here
He says here,
and if Allah
but if he seeks God in the abode
of the next world, he will be given
his full measure and much more.
And then he says the statement of
somebody it's a statement about the ad far.
So some of the salafs, they used to
say this.
They said, Oh, oh, the son of Adam,
sell
the next sell this life for the next
life. You will profit from both,
but do not sell the next life for
this life for verily you will be at
loss from both. And then he says,
He said, oh oh,
You are in need
for your portion of this life.
But in reality,
your necessity,
you will need
your portion of the ajira much more.
If you were to start by taking your
portion of this life,
then you would have placed
your
your your,
your portion of the next life.
You
you would lose
your portion
of the ish,
the next life, and the hereafter.
And then he says or
what the statement of some of the
and you were,
you were
you were,
becoming,
and you are with this portion that you
have upon it was very dangerous.
It says here, but if you were to
start
with your portion of the akhirah, then you
would be victorious with your your portion of
the dunya.
And that would have been ish that would
have been,
your your to your
your,
organized way or in in a in proportionality
would have been or the way you have
done it is correct.
So he's saying here, you start with your
portion of the akhira,
meaning that that should be your concern. Meaning
that the akhira
are the actions of the akhira
doing things that Allah loves
and that you receive the reward in the
next life.
When you do that, everything from the dunya
will fall into place. This is very, very
interesting.
When one is looking for a career, one
is looking for a job, one is establishing
or maintaining a relationship, and the motivation behind
that
are their principles.
Or the motivation behind abstaining from that
are their principles. Islamic principles. That's the
principles
of
the person that is concerned with their akhirah,
not the principles of the one that is
concerned with their dunya, and the
is a good thought. No. It is that
the individual
is concerned with the next life, And that's
the beautiful,
aspect of this statement
that look where you're starting from. Look at
what your motivation is behind
embarking upon anything or doing or abstaining from
anything.
Does it stem from
your love of Allah? Does it stem from
you fighting those desires? Does it stem from
taking
the army, the fortress,
and the armor?
And does it stem from
you being patient
in this small period of time
and having adherence
to that which protects you in this life
and will also be a good portion for
you in the next life. So may Allah
make us of those that in the next
life he is pleased with.
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