Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – agged to Paradise in Chains [Hikam 195]
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Listen to the Hadith says the people of Jana Laya Tara ona la
hora, Furman foci him karma Euro al ordeal kilka but Deray a few
focus sama
that the people of paradise they will be looking at one another's
worauf chambers in Paradise from above them, just like the people
on the earth, look at the stars in the sky
in the heavens, so your house could be here and your brother's
house could be up there by the stars, that's how much higher they
are.
And that means they're in a better place or a bigger place.
There's a lot of real estate today. It's the whole of space. I
mean, I don't even know how much Allah, Allah will just give and
you know, you understand that from the last person out of hellfire,
the biggest sinner ever to live, he gets the sign double the size
of this world or 10 times the size of this world according to
different Hadith so there's a lot lot for Allah subhanaw taala to
give.
So somebody said the artists will Allah, those rooms right up there
by the stars, you know from our vantage point they must be minus
zero Gambia they must be the, the abodes of the prophets. So he says
know what Levine fcbd Return on ARM and rubella by the one in
whose hand is my enough these are just other people who have who
have
brought faith with Allah subhanaw taala was sudden Docomo serene and
they confirmed the prophets. So these are people he says my these
are not the Gambia they have a notice that they have their own
place.
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114 and wisdom number 130 195 on page 114, of the book of wisdoms,
so this is where he says, I love this one. This is
one that makes you really understand
why we worship
and what Allah subhanaw taala wants from us in our worship. So
this is why I thought Allah this country Rahim Allah says He says
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He knew of the irresolution of servants in dealing with him. He
knew of the resolution, your resolution means how we would
delay
doing his worship, we'd be lazy.
We need a lot of encouragement. So he knows that about us because
Allah created us.
So because he knew of this area's elute nature of the servant in
dealing with Allah. So he made obedience to Him obligatory for
them.
He made it wajib Allah subhanho wa Taala knew that people would be
lacks. This is okay, you have to do this. Because when you have to
do something, you take it more seriously.
This kid drove them to obedience. Allah is driving us to obedience
is putting us to obedience, with the chains of obligation.
Would you give the Giro kessa
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a thought Carrara. That's essentially what he's doing.
And then he mentions a hadith he says your Lord is amazed.
Your Lord is amazed at people who are driven to paradise with
chains.
And he gets ITAR Juki Bottecchia zero Cassatt Janet MI,
ke Cesare, like it's amazing that is, so this one's always amazed me
Subhanallah that the reason Allah subhanaw taala is making us do
this obligation is he wants us in general.
But if he left it to us then because we're lazy and distracted,
we have so many other things to do nowadays, and all the time. So
that's why he says I'm gonna make this obligatory on you. Because I
think she will get to Janet. That way. Allah subhana wa Tada or even
artha Allah is mentioning the wisdom the hikma of why Allah
subhanho wa Taala has made certain things obligatory on us.
However, what we have to understand is that this hikma this
wisdom
is the
important and really important to know for the people who just look
at the apparent reasons of why we do things. Those people have
understood the real essence of worship than this doesn't make any
difference to them. Because they're doing it out of their love
anyway, they know they're servants and that's what they have to do.
So let's, what does that mean? So essentially, what he's saying is
that when Allah subhanaw taala knew that people might be a bit
lazy in dealing with him in doing these things. That's why Allah
subhanaw taala says in Surah, two sub verse 13, what kalido Mineva,
the Ushiku
little of my servants, only few of my servants, comparatively,
fully thankful, fully grateful.
Like very few people are fully thankful and grateful. Because you
know, what, if we were really thankful we'd be thanking him
probably throughout the day.
You know, there's never, any time you start thinking about what
Allah has given you, then you can't stop thanking him. But it's
about remembering that Allah has given us so much and that he's
giving us so much Daniel, thank you.
It's like basic things, basic things, you're sitting in your car
and you're having a nice ride it's it's a reason to think Allah
subhanaw taala
you're sitting within this nice AC place, it's a reason to thank
Allah.
You see, these clips that are going around about Pakistan and
India, Gujarat and in Karachi, where there's floods and people
are their houses are submerged in water, that somehow they should be
doing shall hamdulillah we're not like that. May Allah relieve them
as well. There's just so many things to do sugar for so many
things. I mean, I sat here and I thought mashallah water kedma This
Masjid does it gave two bottles of water one was cold and one was
room temperature. What wisdom mashallah
is really good because sometimes you're giving a talk and they give
you cold water and it gets your throat.
So Allah so room temperature, sometimes it's better, but I was
really hot. So I had the cold one. I'm not trying to protect the
throat. But Allah reward the brother who did this basic thing
to Allah subhanho wa taala, sugar, sugar, sugar, sugar. The fact that
we're even sitting here right now in discussing Allah subhanaw taala
is sugar. I'm just giving you examples. They I'm telling you,
anytime, anytime, anytime you want. Think about something you
will do sugar. Even if you're in major pain. There's still so many
other things to do sugar for. But that's the problem. Majority of
people don't do sugar like that. They're not sure cool. They might
do. They might be shocked. Sometimes. Shakira is sugar cut
Nevada. The person who does some sugar sugar code is the one who's
intensely deeply profoundly thanking Allah subhanaw taala
shockula is a
it's an intense version of it. May Allah make us of the shockula
and the Shaqiri.
Then Allah subhana, Allah says in surah, two solid verse 24, what
kalila Maham, very little of the people who fully are obedient, and
so on. That's the nature that's the nature of people.
That's the category of people we come from, we hope to be in a
higher category. So when Allah subhanho wa Taala knows this
anyway, he says, Okay, I'm going to make some things obligatory on
you do you have to do this much? I know you guys. Say you say to your
child, I know if I don't tell you that you must pick up the district
plan and clean up the table afterwards, you're not going to do
it. So this is an obligation, it's your duty. If I leave it to you,
you're gonna push it on one another. That's what they do the
children. He should do it. I did it yesterday. So now we're going
to make it obligated today. Short term tomorrow, short term tomorrow
shorter.
So bigotry, we have some system then. And at least then there is
no aggravation, and everything works.
And then he said that if you don't do it, I'm going to punish you. He
won't you have punishment, that's actually to help us do it. The
purpose is not the punishment. Allah doesn't enjoy punishing
people for no reason.
So that's how Allah subhanaw taala is driving us with chains, chains
of obligation.
That's what he means by driving us with chains. Subhan Allah.
Now, in that regard, there's a hadith there's a narration
regarding prisoners.
That's why this the last point of that was to say that your Lord is
so amazed by people who are going to be driven in chains to Jannah.
Like Marcia, look at these people, they're being chained to Jana,
rather than to a prison to hellfire.
So the reason is that
the reason why I'm mentioning that particular statement is that a
prisoner has no options. A prisoner has no choice a prisoner
can't make demands a prisoner is in prison, essentially. The
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam used to invite people to
Allah subhanaw taala come to Allah come to Allah come to the Presence
of Allah. Don't just become believers.
Enter into the presence of
Hola. Hola Tila
and then the prophets Allah Islam used to tell people that whoever
does this they will be successful
and whoever opposes this, then they will be
punishment for them with collars around their neck shackles on
their feet in hellfire. But what Allah subhanaw taala is that he
wants us to be imprisoned and shackled with the chains to
Janet's not the other ones. We break this chain to Jana, we don't
want this chain, we're not going to be obedient, then we'll be
chained towards Hellfire instead.
So yes, it feels tough sometimes to pray on time to get up on time
to avoid the haram. It's tough, it's difficult, but we're
prisoners at the end of the day, but we're prisoners inshallah to
Jana.
It's just a short stint in prison. And then in sha Allah, it'll be to
Janet's, some of the other ma they have mentioned. Now.
You see, people with iman, different scholars have ranked
them differently. Some say that there are three categories of
meaning. Other say there's only two categories. There is no real
difference. It's just that some divide them a bit more, but the
others, they just put them together, and I'll explain. So the
three category is that.
And this is in relationship to the fact that Allah subhanaw taala is
amazed at people who will be driven to Jannah in chains. So
he's saying that
why, why? Why is Allah astonished by anything anyway? Allah knows
everything. So why is he even amazed astonished? You only
astonished by things that surprise you.
Right? Do you get you get astonished by things that you know
and that you predict no as Allah subhanaw taala should not be
astonished by anything, he knows everything.
However, the point is really subtle that this is an amazing
system. And he's this is telling us that this is an amazing system
that I've put you into that you feel like you're in prison, but
what you are really is you are in prison to Jana. You've been
chained to Jana, Allah subhanaw taala has told us about this
amazing paradise with eternal bliss and everything inside.
So what Allah is saying is that the agenda that I've told you
about gender Denardo has somewhere to all arms, and there's going to
be these rivers that will flow there in and the beautiful
canopies that you'll be staying under the beautiful flute fruits
that you'll have. And everything else hold on Matsuura to and film,
film and everything else that you will have. So it'd be strange for
any Arkell any reasonably understanding person that they
don't want this.
Why wouldn't they want this, they would want this, it'd be
surprising if they didn't want this. This is what Allah is
astonished by that I've made such a beautiful place for you Come on,
and you want to come and waste your time in these other little
things. This is where the real places. So this is the surprise
that I have to actually put chains on you to take you in what's wrong
with you guys,
you should be really cool.
If anybody was the will or cool if anybody had intellect, proper
understanding, then they would rush towards this. And they will
be willing to undertake difficulties to get there. Because
you know that if you're going to stand outside that shot from 12
o'clock or seven o'clock the day before, then you will get you'll
be one of the first to get your iPhone.
Because then that's going to make you feel really good. So that's
why you're going to do that. So that's why I like saying what a
strange method that I have to chain you and say I obligate you
to get to Paradise, you should be running to it yourself. See Allah
subhanaw taala doesn't benefit in any of this. Allah Who honey Yun
Anil, indefatigable Manaphy Allah is totally independent of
benefiting from anything beneficial.
They're not beneficial to him, they're beneficial to us.
So then the only reason Allah subhanaw taala obligated us to do
this and prohibited us from doing the other things is to provide
benefit for us and to remove harm from us.
So that's why he said you better fulfill these follow in and
obligations. And the only reason he made you do that is because he
wants you to for Paradise. And he gave you a taste of that by
allowing other medicine to be
to have stayed there for a while.
And that is eventually where we will all go back in sha Allah
that's interesting that Allah subhanaw taala allow the medicine
to be there first. And we all have the DNA of Adam Alayhis Salam. So
we've all experienced paradise. That's why we want paradise. Well
that's why we should want paradise
because we've been there sometimes we were there in the loins of Adam
Alayhis Salam, because we came from him.
So inshallah that's what that just proves that Allah wants to give us
paradise. That's why he sent us there, at least for a short stint
through other Malissa some of the scholars they say that
obedience is it our art
when we are obedient to Allah subhanaw taala people are obedient
to Allah in a different levels. And also when we oppose Allah
subhanaw taala there's different levels of opposition.
Right some people oppose slightly, some people don't care and they
oppose blatantly and out and openly and without any concern
whatsoever, with very boldly as well. So if you have people who
obey Allah subhanaw taala they're going to be at different levels in
the hereafter as well just as they are at different levels in this
world in their obedience. And people who disobey they're going
to be at different levels in terms of the depths of Jahannam as well.
So these guys are going to the people of obedience are going to
have the Raja and the people of hellfire they're gonna have Dora
cat. That's what you call the darker the levels of health I
called darker, and of paradise they called donnager.
That's why one Hadith of the Prophet sallallahu sallam said
that the people of Jana and now this this hadith will give us an
understanding of how different people are going to be in paradise
in terms of the different levels how far the differences are going
to be. It's not like he's got the biggest house on the street.
You know, he's his next door node. When we're talking about big in
paradise.
Listen to the Hadith says the people of Jana lair Tara O'Donnell
hora, TermInfo, Kim comma Euro, hello or dill kilka. But the RE Fe
focus sama
that the people of paradise, they will be looking at one another's
worauf chambers in Paradise from above them, just like the people
on the earth, look at the stars in the sky.
In the heavens, so your house could be here and your brother's
house could be up there by the stars, that's how much higher they
are.
And that means they're in a better place or a bigger place.
As a lot of real estate, is the whole of space. I mean, I don't
even know how much Allah Allah will just give and you know, you
understand that from the last person out of hellfire, the
biggest sinner ever to live, he gets the sign double the size of
this world or 10 times the size of this world according to different
Hadith so there's a lot lot for Allah subhanaw taala to give.
So somebody said era surah Allah, those rooms right up there by the
stars, you know from our vantage point they must be minus zero
Gambia they must be the, the abodes of the prophets. So, he
says no will have enough CBD return on Armand OB la by the one
in whose hand is enough. These are just other people who have who
have
brought faith with Allah subhanaw taala was satirical, more serene,
and they confirmed the prophets. So these are people these are
small, these are not the Gambia they have a notice that they have
their own place. So now as I was gonna tell you before, some, some
orlimar have divided believers into three categories.
And you need to understand this so you don't get confused. The first
category he says are is that servant to worships ALLAH SubhanA
wa Tada purely because he's a servant. He just knows I'm a
servant. That's what I need to do. I got no other option. That's what
I do. I'm a servant. That's what I do. That's my life. That's my
existence. I'm just the slave of Allah.
Just
a few days ago somebody content is I do think that I'm regular on my
vicar I'm doing all my other worship, I don't do anything haram
whatever, but I have no sukoon in the heart.
You have no sukoon in the hearts. I sit down you weighed against the
corners and you fully have give up to Allah subhanaw taala
when you were nothing, nothing bothers you. Because you know that
I'm just a seventh of Allah, whatever it there must be some
position in your life that is bothering you. There must be some
desire you have which is not being fulfilled. So why do you like yes
I believe in Allah whatever he says but do I have full rather
Bill cover?
Do I have full satisfaction with the decree of Allah? And I think
there is no way you can get full support until you just eradicate
everything and you just become total slave of Allah subhanaw
taala which is a big I said don't worry about it. That doesn't mean
that you should stop doing vicar because you don't get sukoon
that's the shape on making you do that. To get full support. I mean,
masha Allah, that it's a grace of Allah so He gives it to him where
he wishes anyway. And it's not beyond Allah to give it to
anybody. So anyway, this first category of people
They are a servant who worships Allah purely because they're a
slave.
And it's not like I'm a slave. I don't like this and I'm just a
slave, so I must do it anyway. I'm gonna get beaten up. No shukran
out of thanks for Allah, you know, I've just got this existence and
maybe I'll go into genuine, you know, maybe I'll be close to you.
Right? We're empty Thurman, and I have to do this anyway, because
what else can I do? I can't do anything else. I'm just a slave.
That's what I do. Walk em and be Huckle Hitman and a person who
wants to fulfill the Hitman and the service of Allah subhanaw
taala with with great love and understanding. So what does Allah
give such a person then? This is just not one sided Allah subhanaw
taala doesn't waste the deeds of anybody for the hula who would
further the hula would you be shut off and we're Alou whether Raja
tin, ALLAH SubhanA, WA, tada will increase this person in honor. And
in higher status.
The second person, the second category is Abdon. Allah, Allah
Who thought of him and Bill mo job is the person who worships Allah
subhanaw taala. By honoring whatever is obligated to him, he's
honoring what's obligation, he doesn't have the full servitude
like the first person, but he still honors what he has to do
that I must do this, I respect what I have to do. So I must do
this. So in this case, the job the obligation that's placed on him.
So in the first category, the obligation that was placed on him
was just to honor him. That yes, you you're a servant, we know you
believe you're a servant. But this is just to honor you that yes,
we're making you do this out of honor, you know, that you we know
you respect us and thankful to us and so on. Anyway, the second
category of person, the obligation on him is just to remind him is
just to remind him, and to express the wisdom expressed or make clear
the wisdom for white why he does what he does, which is that he
respects whatever is obligatory on him, he hasn't, this person has
not reached the status of the first one, where he is just, I'm
just taught to the slave, I'll do whatever it is, out of respect, I
totally am in love with you. Right? Then the third person
is the one who worships Allah as well. These are all three people
who worship Allah, by the way, this person worships Allah hello
from each other, maybe? Because I'm fearful of your punishment.
That's why I worship, I'm going to be straight with you. I'm fearful
of your punishment. There's otherwise I wouldn't do it.
But I don't like drama. That's the only reason otherwise I wouldn't
do it.
You know,
what a giant FIFA lobby and I want the rewards I want paradise is
paradise sounds really good. That's what I wanted. The first
group doesn't even bother about paradise. They just want Hola. But
paradise is where you get Allah.
As I've said before, and this is amazing when I found out first
time that one of the reasons for Paradise is because paradise is
the place where you get to meet Allah every every week. Otherwise,
you wouldn't get to meet him every week. So that's why we want
paradise to meet Allah subhanaw taala. So this person anyway, he
wants to reward from Allah. And then he says, well, Hola, Dalek,
ma Vida who? If it wasn't for these, then he wouldn't have
worshipped so he's very clear about that.
For would you be happy he looks from bu so the obligation there is
still compassionate for him. That Okay, at least at least you got
the basic ticket inside, you may not have the upgrade, but you have
the basic tickets will feel good Lehigh, but all three categories
are good. They're still good, at least, let's be in one of these
categories, at least the lowest category, if not the other two,
were shut down Mr. Boehner home. But there's a massive difference
in terms of what they're eventually going to get between
all three categories. But I forget, there's a big, big
difference between them. So this is according to some orlimar This
is the three category makes sense. And they make sense. But others
they say there's only two categories. This is make it
simple. There's only two categories.
One is the one who worships Allah subhanaw taala because he has to,
because it's a responsibility. That's why it's my job. I have to
work from nine in the morning to five in the evening, otherwise, I
won't be able to feed my family. Jobs are difficult nowadays. I
better keep this job I better work. Let me get to work on time.
Right? That's what they do.
Well tExif work is one Allah, Allah, Allah Talim. But the second
group are those who do it because they venerate Allah, they want to
do it because they respect it.
You know, when you do hit more for somebody because you have to is
different to when you really respect them, you're willing to go
out of your way to do that.
Well home look tidy, tidy. So the first people that the key is that
there's a barrier there. Whereas the second group of people, they
know what they're talking about. They have microphone
100 hijab apart. Oh, hold on. Wautoma and the people with a veil
still, the people people would still a veil they worship Allah
subhanho wa Taala out of fear and hope. And the people who have
have experienced and who know the truth about Allah subhanho wa
Taala fully, they just worship out of love and thanks. That is
generally the MACOM of the Gambia and a special Olia.
So he said there's only two categories. May Allah subhanho wa
Taala take us into that special category.
That's why That's why the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam when
somebody questioned in the Why do you stand for so long that your
feet get because that's a compassionate, like, if you've got
compassion, like up in Calgary? Like why are you doing so much? A
fella Hakuna Abdon Shakira, he said, Should I be a thankful
sermon?
Because Allah has given me so much, and I'm just the servants, I
should be thankful one.
So according to the scholars of spirituality and morality, for
they say that the we do have the obligation in our lives, why we're
obligated to do certain things are not other things, and avoid other
things is just to show what level of servitude whereas is just to
show that Allah subhanaw taala wants to give us something that's
all it is for really, suddenly, that just becomes a bit easier.
You know, when you know that I have to pray and I'm obligated to
pray and so on, and fast and Zakat and everything, because that chain
is going to take me to paradise.
Does that make worship a bit easier now? But I hope it does,
because that's the purpose of it. It did for me made it a bit of
like clear Hamdulillah, you know, because now I know what's going
on. It just makes it easier. So the obligation, there is no
intrinsic benefit of the obligation itself. It's for the
purpose, it's for ulterior purpose is to is to fulfill Allah subhanaw
taala does desire with people that they should go to paradise. That's
the That's the purpose. But still, there's some people who say I
don't care about that. Even if you make it obligatory, I don't want
to do it because I enjoy all of these other things so much. I
don't know Subhan Allah,
Allah subhanaw taala make it easy and protect us.
There's another narration it says that there will be people who will
enter Jannah Island Furoshiki mama had on these
on these specially prepared
platforms, or stages, said Who are they yours will Allah say other
Quran Allah Kathira those who abundantly remember Allah subhanaw
taala That's why they say that the you know, the per pupil of that
first category who really worship Allah with this full understanding
that they just slaves and I must do this out of respect for ALLAH
SubhanA wa Tada. What's really interesting, they seem that such
people, sometimes they could be lying down. And a person from the
other category is praying salah, but this guy is getting closer by
just lying down that that person drinks a lot. That doesn't mean
these people lie down all day. Don't get that wrong. Okay. Why do
these people they when they lying down and they're relaxing for a
short time, they're getting a bigger reward than this person
praise. Why?
You think what, what kind of a crazy equation is that? That's an
easy one. But you have to work very hard to get to that, then
you're laying down will be like that. But if you pray, then it'll
be even more. The reason is the sentiment in your heart. The
reason why you're doing what you're doing. This person when
he's lying down is a special intention, in his mind, is a
special reason why he's lying down. He's not lying down for
laziness. And this guy who's praying, he's praying, but he's
praying because he's worried about that Hellfire only. He doesn't
have the love for Allah of why he's praying at that level. The
people of that first category, that whenever they do anything,
they do it for Allah subhanho wa taala. And they're even minimal
worship, though they will do a lot of worship, but even their minimal
worship is very weighty and valuable in the sight of Allah
subhanaw taala because there's so much emotion and sentiment in
there. And that's what Allah looks for us. He looks for the emotion
in our heart.
Right, he looks for the desire in our heart of why we're doing
something.
Even though it may be a little action in what you see, in fact,
all of their worships all of their movements. Because there's always
so focused on Allah subhanho wa taala. All of their movements are
rewarding for them. When they sit to eat, they rewarded if they go
out for a walk, they're rewarded, because even that forms part of
their contemplation for Allah subhanaw taala
is the sole roofer to whom kulula EBA know whom a brother they're
sleeping is worship. What a clue whom a brother they're eating is
worshipped because they're eating for the right reason.
They're sleeping for a very particular reason. Well, my shoe
home Eva
That's why there's this
statement it says Normal adding a button. Not every item I wish it
was the sleep the sleep of a scholar is a worship as long as
doing for the right he's a proper scholar then his sleep is worship.
Right
now you think this is very difficult, right? How are we going
to reach the status? So this is how he ends it with he says, Well,
yesterday will abdomen Neff See he Bulu haha Velma calm nobody nobody
should think that this is impossible for us to reach
make us a bunch of like how am I going to reach this?
Why am I speaking in order today?
I don't know when I see some people who I think are better we
all do. I don't know. I just feel like speaking on a server. Are you
better with
Aki aapke upgrade Arpita with Julia or keto
so anyway, nobody should think
nobody should find this difficult and impossible
that they could reach the status for in the father Hola. Hola. Yo,
yo, now it will be stubborn. Because the Grace of Allah can't
be achieved through any particular means. But what Curatola his Salah
had only Dark equally Muttalib the ability of Allah subhanho wa
taala, the quadrotor of Allah is absolutely capable of allowing you
to reach whatever objective
so we're not going to do the next one today. But in the next one,
that's exactly what he explains. He says that anybody who finds it
impossible that Allah can pull him out of his desires that he's been
struggling with for the last 10 years. Because you've been
struggling for the last 10 years. When is Allah gonna take me out of
this sin that I've been committed? And he thinks he can't Allah can't
take me out of this. I've been trying for 10 years.
And how is Allah gonna take me out of this heedlessness?
Then he has belittled the capability of Allah subhanaw
taala. The Divine capability, Allah, gan Allahu Allah Cooley che
in mokdad era Allah has ability over everything. So his focus
needs to tend to Allah subhanaw taala.
So let us read now the summary of this commentary by Chef Abdullah
gringo here, Rahim. Allah what He says to round this up,
around this off rather, he says, in every state and circumstance,
the worship of Allah Most High and the display of one's obedient and
servant servanthood imperative and incumbent on the servants of
Allah, we have to be obedient anyway. And this is the demand of
intelligence, whether Allah mostly decrees that worship is obligatory
on us or not, even if it even if he had not made it obligatory,
we'll still have to worship Him because that's who we are. That's
where we supposed to be. Because the duty of the slave is
servanthood regardless of whether his master commands him to do that
or not. Just think if they were if Namaaz and Salatu was not
obligatory. Would we have prayed five times a day?
Have we found in our salad such pleasure that you know, I don't
care if it's YG? Bora? I'm going to pray once in a while, I guess.
But would you think we would have prayed five times a day because we
enjoy it so much? And we know why we're doing it so much. Otherwise,
I go, it's not obligatory first turning, you know, so nothing, you
know. But on account of man's indolence and defects regarding
the rendition of worship, and out of here, Allah's boundless mercy,
Allah Most I decreed the duties of worship obligatory on his
servants. Along with this, he notified them of his promise of
paradise for obedience, I'm going to not going to make you do it for
free, I'm going to give you something, he further warned the
transgression graces of the chastisement of *. The similar
to the example of this imposition of worship as an obligatory duty
is like a chain that is tied around the neck of a prisoner. The
prisoner is taken by means of the chain in a desired direction. I
don't mind you taking me to, to enjoy myself, no problem, I can go
with a chain. That's okay.
In fact, most people are in chains of shower.
And they think of the Haram desires, they're chained to them.
That's why they have to go there. That's why you feel like you must
go there you you have to go there. And you miss out on good things
because you feel like you must go there that's so enjoyable. That's
a chain this is you can't We can't see the chain.
So, he says that a prisoner will not complain, if the chain is
taking in a desired direction irrespective of his wishes.
Similarly, by decreeing obedience, obligatory, Allah Most tight draws
the indolent ones towards worship and obedience. And then another
example of mercy and love is a guardian who trains and punishes
his
as subjects who perpetrate the wrong, he does not permit
unbridled freedom to the child. So that he can do as he pleases.
Nobody lets their children just do as they please. If you do, that
child might enjoy it when they young when they grow up, they'll
they'll, they'll hate you.
Because they would have so many bad habits. They won't be in son.
So then they'll hate you, though you let us do and you're just
doing your stuff.
The child is less compelled to do his duties, even the ones he
dislikes, and to abandon detestable characteristics whether
he likes it or not, because children think in a different way.
No, no, you have to clean up you have to make your bed in the
morning. I remember one child is about 11 years old, why do I have
to make my bed I'm gonna mess it up at night again.
I'm like, How do I explain to this kid?
I'm gonna mess it up again. Or should I clean it?
Achieve? So how would you explain that? It is maybe surprising that
some servants have to be drawn towards Paradise by means of
chains. However, because these deeds have been imposed on them as
compulsory duties, they oppose their desire in the execution of
righteousness and gain entry into paradise. So even though we are
being chained in these obligations to go to Paradise, we're still
making a choice to do them. So we still get rewarded for them.
Because there's no physical chain that we're that's going to force
you to pray. It's just the command. Right? And you have to
have at least some love of Allah to fulfill that call. Some love to
fulfill that command. May Allah just increase that love for us?
Well, I can read that one and Al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen
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the Illa Anika in Konami know what do you mean? Just Allah one
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Himself Allahu Allahu wa salam Allah homophily Muslim you know
when most Seema told what meaning or what minute Allah here in human
and word allah humaneness a look at Donna Malathi with the word
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Allah who my father know me a little better you will refer to
when we had Allah who mentioned living and for whom Allah Amin
Home button. Yeah Allah we ask you for your special forgiveness. We
ask You for Your Mercies. We ask you for your generosity. We ask
you for your benevolence. We asked you for your kindness. Allah we
asked you for your mercy. We asked you for your forgiveness that will
erase all of our misdeeds our wrongdoings our transgressions and
our sins of Allah forgive us our heedlessness our negligence, our
laziness or procrastination, our in attentiveness Oh Allah forgive
us for not having the required love for you. Oh Allah forgive us
for not being the proper slaves of us. Oh Allah, even though we are
slaves and we can do nothing without you. Oh Allah, we have no
ability without you. But Allah, we don't act like slaves of Allah.
Allow us to recognize our worth, our status, our position, our true
state, our true self and make us true slaves and true obedient of
Allah, we thank you for the obligations you have given us. We
thank you for all the mercies you have on us. We thank you for all
the fact that you have allowed us to be believers. The fact that you
have allowed us to be here the fact that you have allowed us to
learn something new. And Allah the fact that you have allowed us to
be of those who pray and those who are concerned of Allah, we ask
that you increase this for us, our Allah, everything comes from you,
even this raising of the hands. If you didn't want us it wouldn't
happen. Oh Allah, we thank you for allowing us to raise our hands to
you, oh Allah and we take this as a good sign that you want to give
us so Allah give us Oh Allah grant us or Allah grant us. Each one of
us here has different desires in their hearts. Oh Allah different
needs in their life. Oh Allah, different things that they want of
Allah each one you understand directly each one you can see
nothing is hidden from you of Allah grant each one who is
listening who is praying to you, Oh Allah, what's in their heart
whether we ask for it or not, Oh Allah grant us was beneficial for
us. And oh Allah do not test us. Oh Allah we are weak. Oh Allah.
Allah, Allah allow us to stand tall allow us to stay away from
the shaytaan we are tired from fighting against him. Oh Allah we
wake up with a good intention in the morning but by the evening we
have sometimes lost it. Oh Allah. Oh Allah. We have good intentions
in the evening but by the morning we have lost it.
Allah keep us steadfast keep us straight. And Allah grant us Hello
Atul Eman. Grant is the sweetness of a grant us sukoon Our Allah
grant us blessing so Allah grant is the Tofik. To remember you
abundantly and to remember you constantly and Allah make us your
true servants and true slaves. Make use of the group of the
earlier makers of the group of the higher believers make us of those
who just longing to meet you and you are wanting to meet them. Oh
Allah make our final days our best days of our life. And oh Allah
remove these difficulties that people are facing today. The
Insane yet bring back to the human being, that the oppression that
many many believers are feeling around the world Allah remove that
subjugation, protect our muscle OXA protect our believers in in
India and all the other places where there's difficulties Oh
Allah, we ask that you protect the Hello Amina Shetty Fein and allow
us to go there, allow us to frequent the hours to go there and
benefit from your closeness. Oh Allah, we ask that you protect our
children and our progenies until the day of judgment from all the
evils which are out there. Our Allah accept us and fulfill all of
our permissible needs, and are permissible projects and anything
good that we have done, make it truly for your sacred sincerity,
and assist us and protect us from all the difficulties and obstacles
and evils which are out there all accept our doors and bless all of
the people of this masjid. And who cater for this program and who
organized this program. Oh Allah, everybody who assist Oh Allah
accept them. Subhana robic Robina is that the mIRC phone or salon
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