Abdullah Oduro – Invocations of God #25 3 Types of Injustices

Abdullah Oduro
AI: Summary © The three types of understood understood before Islam are polytheism, forgiveness, and hardships. Polytheism is the most intense and forgiving type, while forgiveness and good deeds serve as expunging evil deeds. Fates and trials serve as expunging evil deeds, and individuals must endure trial and harm others. Investing in patient trials is crucial to erasing sin and causing harm, and individuals must endure trial and harm others.
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Now Ibn Al Qaym

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is going on to mention the types of

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lull, the types of injustices.

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Before he mentioned

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the most important or the the the the

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most intense injustice,

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the worst of injustices

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is polytheism, to say that Allah, God has

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a son, a daughter, or is like his

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creation.

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And that's what the prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa

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sallam, is relating that the statement of Yahya

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to the people when he was in in

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Bethlehem,

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with Isa and the people around him. This

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is the first thing that he told them

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to show the importance

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of what we call Tawhid in Islam. Unification

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of God in our hearts and our practice

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insha'Allah.

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Then he says here Rahimullah.

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He said in the injustice,

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with Allah, Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, on the day

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of judgment

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will be of 3 kinds.

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The type the first type is the one

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that Allah doesn't forgive,

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and that is polytheism with polytheism.

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For verily Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala does not

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forgive

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the to be worshipped by with or along

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something else.

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He says, and

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this is the type that Allah Subha'ala does

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not

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leave alone.

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He says the second type is to where

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he doesn't leave alone, and that's where the

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human beings oppress one another.

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When he says that it is the Ibadba'lumbala

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is when these servants oppress one another or

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do injustice to one another. Allah doesn't leave

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that. For veiler Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala will

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set that aright on the day of judgment.

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You know, when someone's when someone's right is

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taken Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala on the day

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of judgment, Allah

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will

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return the rights of that person to the

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other person.

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Even, subhanAllah, you know, when speaking about the

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animals,

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that the oppression of 1 animal

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will be given back to the other animal

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or the the rights will be given to

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all of creation.

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And then he says,

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and the other diwan, the third type, is

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the type where Allah does not really care

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about it.

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He says, and this is the type of

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injustice to where the servant,

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oppresses

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themselves between him and between his lord.

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For verily, that type is the lightest type.

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Basically, where you commit sin between you and

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Allah

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That's the least,

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the less the least intense from all these

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3.

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And this is Asura'uha Mahwan, and it is

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the most it is the quickest one to

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be pardoned and forgiven.

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SubhanAllah. This reminds you of the name Al

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Ghafoor

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Al Afu, the all forgiving,

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the one that pardons.

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Right? And then he says here,

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So now he's about to he he's really

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giving fiqh here. So he mentions that there's

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3 types. The first type of injustice

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is what?

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Polytheism.

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The second type is where one oppresses another

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person. The third type is where a person

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oppresses themselves

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by committing

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sin, between them and Allah. And then he

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says the the last one he mentions this

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where we finished is that is the quickest

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one that can be alleviated and forgiven.

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And then he goes into the Fiqh for

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us to understand here.

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He says, for verily, it is erased by

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Tawba, by repentance,

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and seeking forgiveness

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and

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good deeds that will erase it.

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And the this is interesting. This is important

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for us to remember.

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And the trials or tribulations

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that serve as expiation

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and similar to those things

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that are different from polytheism,

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for verily nothing will erase that except Tawhid.

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This is important.

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So now that he's mentioning

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that the third type

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is the most forgiving when you commit a

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sin.

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That third type is most forgiving. And you

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know what's so interesting here is that this

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is the one that's probably going to be

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committed the most by the mwahid.

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You notice the first one was polytheism.

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Okay. If you're a Muslim correctly and you

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practice tawhid, then that is forgiven.

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The second is where you oppress a human

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being.

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Right? That is something that you may do

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as a Muslim. We see Muslims do it

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all the time.

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Right? And the third is to where you

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commit a sin between you and Allah Subhanahu

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Wa Ta'ala.

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Now, Lahid, notice

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that you may do a sinful practice to

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a human being and you could be oppressing

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yourself and oppressing that person because when you

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oppress that person, you have committed a sinful

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act even against yourself. So like for instance,

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doing something that that is communal a communal

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harm to the community,

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Violence violence in a certain area that is

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unjust. You're oppressing people and you're oppressing yourself

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as well because you're generally disobeying Allah or

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performing that sinful practice,

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but that sinful practice is harming other people

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physically.

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And worse than that, it could be something

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that is of a creed

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that you are harming people with the your

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belief.

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And that belief that you're telling them that

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you are a prophet, for example, you know,

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that's where it could be shirk

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or you're telling people a type of sinful

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practice.

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You're calling people to, you know, to to

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do,

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some type of immoral

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action

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to other people,

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males to females, something that is very immoral.

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So you've oppressed indirectly, oppressed

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a group of people.

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So it's important for us to understand that

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these could be joined together. Now

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when looking at this, the Ibn Uqayim mentions

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that

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istighfar,

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toba, can erase those sinful practices. So the

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3rd type is between you and Allah Subhanahu

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Wa Ta'ala.

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Say you are are are are watching

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something that is haram you're watching something that

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is haram you're drinking liquor

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or you're

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doing something between you and Allah and only

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Allah knows

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that you are, you know, stealing money from

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an organization

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that you're just, you know, doing something that

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is harmful to yourself a sin

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Sin in and of itself is harmful to

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the self. So here, he says that it's

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erased with repentance,

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seeking forgiveness,

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The good deeds that erase the evil deeds.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says in the Quran.

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The very good deeds relinquish

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the equal deeds that evil deeds

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That is a form of reminder for those

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that are mindful.

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And then he says and

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the

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the trials or tribulations or hardships

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that serve as an expiation

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for,

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your sins. The prophet, sallam, said,

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The prophet, sallam, mentioned that there is no

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hardship that afflicts afflicts the believer

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except that it serves as an expiation.

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Even if it was a thorn that pricked

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him,

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will serve as an expiation.

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So any trial can serve as an expiation.

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But what's important here, it's important to to

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note

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that the Muslim must be patient during that

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trial. They must endure the trial, not face

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the trial and and harm other people, which

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is the second type, or not face the

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trial

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and have bad thoughts about Allah. As Allah

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Subhanahu Wa Salam said in Hadith Qudsi

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that Allah Subhana Wa Ta'la mentioned that I

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am as my servant thinks of me.

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I am as my servant thinks of me.

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And it says

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and and such things of that nature. Right.

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So it's interesting to remember these three things

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are the things that can,

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serve as an expiation or cause a sin

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to be erased as shortcoming,

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which was a a is

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seeking forgiveness and repentance, and then also,

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the good deeds that erase evil deeds and

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the hardships that may one face, which serve

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as an expiation.

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And then he says the then this is

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different than shirk polytheism. For verily, that is

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not erased except with

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monotheism.

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Tawhid. Someone becoming a Muslim, someone born Muslim

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and realizing that they were worshiping Muhammad or

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worshiping a grave, a person in a grave,

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understanding what worship is. That's where it forms.

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That's where Tawhid erases that and can relinquish

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that.

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And then he talks about and the type

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of

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oppression, injustice

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that deals with human beings. You oppress somebody.

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You took their money. You cheated them. You

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harmed them physically.

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Right?

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There, there's

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nothing that erases it except with

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the, giving giving them back their right. Giving

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them their right is what relinquishes it. And

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then he says,

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He says, and due to the fact that

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shirk and polytheism is the worst of these

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3, they they are prohibited

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from entering

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Jannah. So no polytheist interest enters Jannah.

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And the people, the monotheism,

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monotheists

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enter

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Jannah. It's only for the monotheists.

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He says,

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for for verily Tawhid,

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the monotheism,

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this is the key to the door doors

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of heaven.

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And whoever doesn't have the key,

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then they can't open the door.

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He says, also,

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the one that does that has the key

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with no,

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ridges,

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there it is not possible for them to

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open it. And this is very interesting because,

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you know, there is

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an author,

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a statement by a prominent scholar

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by the name of Wahab

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ibn Mulabbih.

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He was during the time of Imam Malik,

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in Medina.

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He said that,

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you know,

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that every key has ridges when speaking about

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the the statement that

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no one is worthy of worship except Allah.

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The statement of Tawhid, the statement of Oneness

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of Allah.

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That someone says when they become a Muslim

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even.

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He says, yes, this is the key but

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every key has ridges,

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every key

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has ridges.

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So that is what we are talking about,

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The oneness of Allah in Tawhid, this is

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the first part of the hadith. Noticing that

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one,

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Tawhid is the ultimate forgiveness from shirk because

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Allah doesn't forgive shirk

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and also the one that commits, an injustice

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on someone else that is not erased unless

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the individual

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seeks

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to to give that person back their right

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and also the one that may perform a

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traditional, traditional, a sinful practice

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between them and

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Allah. There are 3 things that and more

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that can relinquish it from seeking forgiveness, repentance,

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the hardships that are faced and that are

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endured that will serve as an expedition for

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them, and then also,

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doing the good deeds, which will erase the

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evil deeds. May Allah make us from the.

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