Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Distinguishing between Thoughts from the Devil and Ego

Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera
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The segment discusses various thoughts and experiences that come from the heart of man, including the concept of " Hotter, hotter" and the concept of "angels," as well as the history of shayal and the importance of fear and anxiety. The speakers emphasize the need for constant control and forgiveness to achieve happiness and success, as well as seeking forgiveness for past mistakes and clarity to avoid distraction and mistakes. They also touch on the importance of avoiding loss and denying one's desire for marriage, as well as the need for clarity and guidance to avoid distraction and mistakes.
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Allah who I'm only Rahim Al hamdu Lillahi wa Salatu was Salam ala so

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you will more saline water earlier he also he he marine Amma beret

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today we want to discuss

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types of thoughts that come into our mind and how to deal with them

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how to distinguish whether they are good thoughts or bad thoughts

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whether it's a positive idea whether it's a deception in this

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case because this is what generally

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is the complicating issue here. So I'm going to take this actually

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from Monash of autonomy, and Marla Missoula hands retention of

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recension of some of his thoughts on this. He's saying that thoughts

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that crossed the mind, the heart of man are called hotter, hotter,

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hotter.

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Hotter, means the float, hotter, hotter, I mean, something that

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occurs in the heart to heart is the thought, such such thoughts at

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times virtuous, and at times the evil and I'm sure we can relate to

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that. These thoughts emanate from different sources. Virtue, if the

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thought is virtue, virtuous, then it's inspired into the heart,

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sometimes by Allah Most High, directly, sometimes through an

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angel called the mole him

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the inspira. And sometimes,

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even virtue is inspired into the heart by the devil.

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So this is where it gets complicated.

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The world is a sophisticated place, humans are very

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sophisticated.

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And our emotions and psychology, our intellect, all of that is

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extremely complicated. So virtue can be inspired sometimes by

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Allah, sometimes by an angel, a good angel. And sometimes well,

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all angels are good, and sometimes

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even by the shaytaan, evil assaulting the heart, sometimes

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now the evil that comes to the heart, sometimes is from the

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devil.

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Not all the time,

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sometimes from the lowly self, the lower self from the knifes

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which happens a lot of the time, especially if it's something

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addictive, especially with something we're used to. And it's

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just telling us to do it again, reminding us of its pleasures, and

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generally, and at times from Allah Most High, might sound absolutely

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blasphemous. But that is also a possibility.

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And that's a very dangerous one.

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Pious inspiration is from Allah Most High, pious inspiration from

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Allah Most High serve the purpose of honoring one, or for

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establishing some kind of proof for a person.

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So if it's from Allah subhanaw taala, that He gives us a direct

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insinuation for something good, then that is an absolute honor. So

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very special point. The evil thought that comes from Allah Most

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High the total opposite appears as a test and to impose some kind of

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labor and effort on the person.

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So that means it's something very targeted from the angel mill him

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only comes goodness alone. Because that's all they are, therefore, to

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provide good inspiration.

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Because that's his function to guide towards good

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virtue to the good thought emerging from the devil is

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deception.

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Whenever the there's a good thought that comes from the devil,

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obviously, that's deception. He cast his spell in the form of a

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good thought, but in reality, it is evil designed to divert one

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from the greater virtue by involving one in a lesser virtue.

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The purpose of evil emanating from the devil is to deceive and

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disgrace man. And you will generally see that if people are

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very used to doing certain types of worship or good deeds, but they

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find it very difficult to do a superior deed then that means it's

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an issue.

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somebody finds it very easy to go and listen to lectures of certain

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individuals but to go and make salah they still find it very

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difficult. And they justify him listening to lectures for example,

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they find it very difficult to read Quran on their own, but they

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find it easier to listen to it.

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Right they find it easy to listen to some some some resources, but

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they find it very difficult take the Quran to read it for

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themselves.

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That means there's an issue here.

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Evil emanating from the lower self is meant to mislead man and to

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divert him from the truth that's the issue. The good that issues

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from the lower self is extremely negligible. It is comparable to

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that of the devil

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distinguishing How do you distinguish this the signs of evil

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from Allah and the devil and the lower self How do you determine

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what is what and the difference between them if the

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Well thought is from Allah Most High, it is recognized by its

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firmness,

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Allah, and once total in ability to combat it.

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One will discover that one is unable to ward it off.

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If the evil that afflicts the heart is firm and retains

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constancy being a solid, unchanging form, that makes the

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lower self extremely restless in the desire to commit the evil,

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while at the same time, all efforts and means of combating the

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evil are made useless in the face of the onslaught of the evil, then

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such an evil thought is from Allah Most High.

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This is when you've tried everything you still can't help it

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where you're trying not You've tried everything you This is about

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a specific instance. Because otherwise the knifes is very

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similar on an ongoing status status. The remedy for such a

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thought is nothing but the to petition Allah Most High, like

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just cry out to Him in servitude, seeking his aid of protection,

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humbling oneself and shedding tears of concern and regrets.

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Because this is a trial from Allah Most High, and only his aid will

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be of any good

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if the thought of evil is not as pressing and severe as as

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described above, but remain static than it is from the lower self.

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Means, for example, if you really want to do something, but then

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you're able to divert it by going and talking to somebody else by

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going and you know, changing your state or whatever, or by praying,

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Salat, or something like that, then that's less a form, but you

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just can't negate just then that could be from Allah subhanaw

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taala. But again, I think there's a, I believe this should be a

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very, it's a bit ambiguous as to, which is from what if a thought of

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evil assaults the heart by having after having sinned,

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and it occurs vehemently, then such evil is from Allah Most High,

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committed another sin and then you feel like doing another sin.

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And it's very strong than it is most likely from Allah and His

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purpose is to disgrace the sinner and act as a punishment for having

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sent. A lot of times what happens is, you may miss the next prayer,

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which is a big deal indeed.

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Missing a prayer may not seem as bad as committing a haram because

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it's an inactivity can miss the prayer. But that is very

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significant. If after having seen the thought of evil occurs to one,

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but not strongly, not vehemently, it enters fi believe that such

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evil is from the devil, providing that it disappears or is weakened

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by engagement in remembrance, because shaytaan the one thing

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clear about the shaytans insinuation is that if somebody

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does, they can, it should go. If it doesn't go then it's from the

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category of the knifes or from the third category.

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With regard to this, the messenger of allah sallallahu alayhi wa

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sallam said Verily the devil clings on to the heart of man.

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When one remembers Allah the devil retreats from the heart. When man

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becomes neglectful of Allah's remembrance, the devil asserts

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himself again with his whisperings.

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If the evil thought that assaulted the heart after having sinned does

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not disappear, or weakened by remembrance, then such a thought

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is directed by the lower self. That's the habit kicking in.

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The devil was the victim of such misguidance by the lower self when

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he proclaimed his greatness on the occasion of his refusal to

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prostrate to Adam Alayhis Salam as commanded, neither could his

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remembrance word of the evil thought of his lower self. No, did

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the exaltation of Allah Most High benefit him because remember, he

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was supposed to be a worshipper at the time.

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That's why they said that nothing is worse than the shaytaan because

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the knifes

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also corrupted the shaytaan she thought became corrupt after the

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nurse was corrupt.

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So it's difficult to say that the shaytaan was the first evil

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because the knifes is the first evil to shaytani enough to give it

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that description.

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Nor did the exaltation of Allah benefit him. The cause of this

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rebellion of the devil's lower self was the absence of servitude

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of AB the state of total

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submission being a slave to another.

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The devil further lacked humility, hence nothing was a benefit to

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him. He just didn't have the ingredients to help him out in

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that situation. He will possess no true insight. Hence his obedience

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and his worship were mere bodily exercises shorn of the true

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insight that is in the heart of faith. This condition of the devil

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became manifest with his rebellion. If he had possessed the

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insight of faith he would not have engaged in

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disputation you wouldn't have argued, but would have submitted

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and derive pleasure from such submission and True obedience,

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argumentation, disputation and doubt always occur prior to my

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Shahada true, certain and established knowledge.

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And this is a matter of experience, what he's saying here

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sounds really, you know, it's something sounds very unusual, but

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what he's saying is that when a person keeps trying and trying and

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trying to reach Allah subhanaw taala.

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Before he's able to cross the threshold and get certainty, your

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team,

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your team, he will go through possibly a bout of extreme doubt,

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to challenge him further. If he has the requisite knowledge,

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that's why knowledge is so important, then that doubt can be

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overcome with the grace of Allah subhana wa Tada, then a person

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moves into so it's like the final kind of boundary of attack,

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to unnerve Him, and to distort his ideology. But if he's able to

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overcome that, then he gets into certitude, then it's a lot more,

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a lot more easier sailing. So that's why they numerous scholars

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have had this where they get this doubt the man has a story is very

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famous when he when he gets this doubt, and there's a number of

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others that get this doubt this unnerving state. And it depends on

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how you react in that state.

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That's why I said argumentation, disputation doubt all is occur

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prior to my Shahada. If a virtuous thought settles firmly over the

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heart, and one is unable to attain peace of mind without performing

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the act of virtue, if a virtuous thoughts come into the heart, and

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one is unable to attain the peace of mind without performing the act

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of virtue, then that good thought is from Allah. Give it's such a

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pressing act just as same as the opposite. But this one is, you

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must do it, you must do it, you can't help it, you just you know,

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there's no way you can get rested without doing it, then it is from

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Allah subhanaw taala. And it will also be from Allah if the virtuous

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thought occurs after spiritual struggle in worship, as a reward.

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Or if the virtuous thought happens to be related to the principles

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and acts of the bath in the in the internal dimension that pertains

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to the spirit, Allah says, and those who strive in our way, we

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will most certainly show them our ways. So after person has done a

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lot of Majah had a lot of efforts and then suddenly Allah gives him

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to Tofik to do something, then that means it's from Allah

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subhanaw taala. In other words, Allah Most I will direct them

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towards his proximity, reward and Paradise. This verse is proof of

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that special trophy. May Allah grant us that this verse is proof

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of what has been elaborated in regard to the virtue that emanates

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from Allah Most High. If the virtuous thought entering the

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heart is not as resolute as explained above, or it occurs

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initially without one having resorted to spiritual struggle, or

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the virtue relates to the details of the external acts of worship

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and righteousness, then such inspiration is from the angel

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Milham. So all other in general is from the angel will him that keeps

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giving us an eye just like shaytaan gives us whisperings,

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this angel gives us good and

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the one who is winning in that case is the one who indulge more

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who we indulge more. So if we indulge the shaytaan more in his

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insinuation, then the angel will get a bit weaker, his voice will

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be will be lower. But if we indulge the angel more than the

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shaytans, insinuations will get lower and lower and lower. So one

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thing we understand from this is to try to do everything that we're

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inspired to do, so that the bad inspiration becomes less and less

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and less. So it's about giving dominance. And the more we give

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dominance to one over the other, that's how the heart will change

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the next will change as well.

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How to recognize whether a virtuous thought is from Allah or

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the devil,

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a virtuous thought have

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a virtuous thought having the following ingredients is from the

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devil.

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A virtuous thought that has the following

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ingredients is from the devil, number one.

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It produces total delight.

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Now, you think it's good to be delighted at a good deed, but

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delight unchecked by fear.

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What that means is that a person

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feel so confident that that's it. I'm

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the most pious or righteous individual now. There's no fear

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that

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I've still got a long way to go. Is Allah happy with me or not?

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It's full of common, no hope. All hope, no hope, no fear.

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Number two, it demands haste.

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And the hasty wants is unchecked.

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it pertained, so that you do it hastily.

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Number three, it pertains to something whose consequences are

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not at all considered. So you just do it, you're not going to be

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considered about what happens afterwards.

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The following five instances are excluded from this rule.

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So if you get these three thoughts, but they're about the

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following five issues, then it's not an issue,

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then it's not a problem. So this is a bit complicated, but I said

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it's not easy.

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So if you have haste, total delight without fear,

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and you're not worried about its consequences, you'll understand

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this more, you will understand this more with this thing. The

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following five instances will be excluded from this rule number

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one, marriage to a virgin, marrying someone.

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Right, payment of a debt,

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burial of the dead,

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feeding the visitor and repenting from sins. So these are five

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things where they have to be done anyway.

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So in that case, if that's how you feel, then these should have least

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less deception. Because burying the dead payment of a debt

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marriage to a virgin, I think that probably refers to marrying

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somebody else afterwards, as a second, or

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a marriage thinking about a married woman or widow or

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something else. I think that's probably something different to

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that.

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If the and repenting from sins, of course, can never be a bad thing.

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If the virtuous thought is accompanied by delight, tempered

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with fear, and when it's still concerned about the consequences

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of the activities translated into practice, then that virtuous

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thought is from Allah Most High. So this is not generally about

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always about reading the speech or something like that. You can't

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really go with the wrong with that. This is talking about a

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general practice that is seen as a worthy practice.

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Like, shall I go and help out in the masjid?

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Shall I go and help that relief agency? So this is not talking

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about a bad data such only this is talking about a virtuous practice?

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No, it makes a lot more sense. Remember what I said that some

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people would love it to just go and listen to a lecture and join a

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program, or join a retreat or whatever the case is, but find it

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very difficult to make namaz and solid. So you see that you see

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that retreat, or whatever you say, Yeah, I want to go there. You

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don't think about the haste you don't sorry, you don't do it, do

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it in haste, basically, you get ultimate delight by doing it,

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you're not really worried about anything else in that time. And

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you don't think about the consequences, like you may miss

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out on something else, or whatever the case is. So it's a very kind

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of shallow thought that goes about, unless it's to do with

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those five things that we mentioned.

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So if the virtual store is accompanied by delight, tempered

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with fear, and one is concerned about the consequences of the act,

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if it is translated into practice, then that virtuous thought is from

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Allah Most High. It has also been said that such a virtuous thought

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is from the angel mill him.

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But we can't tell but it's a good thought Al Hamdulillah. That's all

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that's important. Fear in the context of this discussion means

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concern and anxiety to render the virtue fully and perfectly.

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That's the fear. So we just want to do that you don't get how it's

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done. It's just done. That's the issue because it's very shallow.

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But if you're concerned that am I doing this properly, completely.

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That is what fear means. Observing all the required rules and

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etiquette pertaining to that act, whose thought has occurred at the

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same time when is anxious in regards to the acceptance of the

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deed? I'm doing this debo it Allah accept it.

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Come on, let's go to Mercy. Luxa.

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Yes, yes, absolute delight. Wonderful. You know, why not?

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You know, it's a good time out, good place to go. I've got an

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excuse.

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But I'm not worried about whether my act is going to be accepted.

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It's going to be Luxa. Just like Madina Munawwara Masjidul haram.

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And masjid Nabawi is a source of reward, it's a virtuous act. It's

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an A bar that as well, in that sense. So if I just want to go

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there, just because it means going somewhere, or going to a virtuous

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place, but I'm not worried about whether I've got all the sincerity

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or

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Allah will accept it. And so on and so forth. I'm not connecting

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myself to this act in the inner dimension, it's just the external

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dimension of it. That means it could be a problem.

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That example shows us quite highlights the issue. So fear

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In the context of the means concern and anxiety do render the

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virtue fully imperfectly observing all the required rules and

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etiquette pertaining to that act, whose thought has occurred.

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At the same time what is anxious in regards to the acceptance of

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the deed will Allah Most High accepted or rejected is going to

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AXA, is going for Amara? Will Allah accept it? I know outwardly

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it's a beautiful thing. Look what people are going to say, you know,

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I feel good about it. But internally have a it's a login

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accepted, the meaning of being concerned about the consequences

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in is in relation to guidance, virtue and hope for reward in the

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hereafter.

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There should be no other motive. That's if loss.

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So many times shaytaan may make us do X without a class.

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Make us feel good factor.

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That's why I observed in some places,

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there would be a

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you know, a major conference that would take place or something like

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that. And it'd be a family kind of affair and enjoyment and

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everything. And people think I've done enough for my Deen. I've

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heard people say, in an America, there's a massive conference that

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take place and a lot of the Muslims in America come to it or

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hope to come to it, there isn't a convention they call it. And you

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hear some people when they talking about themselves, say Al

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Hamdulillah you know, we go to this convention as well.

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And to be honest, I mean, when you hear that from somebody, you just

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feel like, you know, what is going on here?

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You know, as though Alhamdulillah we go for Nigeria.

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I mean, in the context of this saying I go for Hajj every year

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doesn't even make a difference. Because if the internal button is

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and then it's just a trip.

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And so 100 There are people who go for Hajj their tour operators are

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they work with a torn they go and

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they get tired of being in Makkah, they go to Jeddah for three days,

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just just to

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you know, they don't do any homeless.

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It's just organizing. So that's a possibility there as well. Then

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somebody says, Oh, I go to the this conference or that conference

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every year.

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As though that's a big guarantee of something.

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multibeam is the angel is the name of an angel who occupies the right

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side of the heart while was swass is the name of the devil who

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occupies the left side of the hearts of man.

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A Hadith explains this When man is born.

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Allah Most High creates an angel and a devil along with him. The

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devil makes his abode on the left side of man's hearts and the angel

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settles on the right side. Both of them are called upon both of them

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then call upon managers it's a constant. Constant competition

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between the two is related by Luca Thea. Some efforts, concerns and

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REM some efforts concern and remembrance among which the

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recitation of La hawla wala Quwata illa biLlah is very

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effective. Alright, will suffice to ward off the thoughts of the

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devil

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saying La hawla wala Quwata illa biLlah you're essentially asking

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Allah for help because you're saying that there is no ability to

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abstain from evil or to do good deeds except through Allah so then

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Allah will help you.

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Allah Most High says Verily, the scheme of the devil is weak. Okay,

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there's always an indicator shape or any kind of bar ephah. So in

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reality is actually quite weak, because it can be easily dealt

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with, whereas the knifes is much stronger. You can't just say, Oh,

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the benign is gone, and it demean diminish. It doesn't happen that

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way. The devil goes away though. Their best remedy for the thoughts

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and whisperings of the devil is to totally ignore them. How does one

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know that one is ignoring such thoughts of the devil? The

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recognition of this is that one will not be unduly bothered or

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vexed when such thoughts assault one.

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That's when you know that you can ignore him gives you ideas which I

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don't care doesn't

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May Allah give us this state. The state of indifference that existed

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prior to the entry of satanic whispering should also prevail

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after these thoughts have entered the heart, same kind of ignoring

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of the shaytaan such assault should therefore be a cause of

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happiness and not sorrow.

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When the noble companions explained their concern and

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vexation about the satanic thoughts that afflicted them, the

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messenger of allah sallallahu sallam said, this is clear

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evidence of faith. Vertigo, sorry, whole Iman who said,

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the fact that you're getting these thoughts and you're concerned

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about these thoughts, that is Iman, because thoughts will come,

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but you have to be able to ignore them. A thief makes an attempt

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only where there is something of value. So shaytaan is going to do

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that. Regarding the desire of the lowly self, great effort and great

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struggle are required. So

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This is the shaytaan one is very easy to deal with.

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However, the lower self one is a bit of an issue.

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There are three ways of combating the desires of the lowest self. I

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think this is very important. This one is very important. Number one,

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preventing it from loss by denying it, its nutrition.

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Denying it nutrition,

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its desires should not be fulfilled. Now, you know, when it

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says designing it, it's nutrition, he's obviously referring to

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nutrition as something different to what we understand of

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nutrition. However, there's a connect a contact between the two,

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a connection between the two.

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I remember, there was a friend of mine, somebody I knew who was bad

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to somebody else. And once I visited him in another city, I was

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to him in his house. And

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I realized that he's eating very specific types of food.

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And

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I asked him what's going on. So then he showed me this write up

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that he had from his shake, who had studied all of these things

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very in depth. And this would be a regimen that he would put his

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moods on, that you're only allowed to use this table. And you know,

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you have to avoid these certain types of foods with particular

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nutritions, and so on, so forth, because they effectiveness.

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So what modern autonomy is saying here, preventing it from loss by

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denying its nutrition, is a lot more truer than he may have

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thought it was in the sense that it's a lot more universal than he

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thought. He is talking about nutrition in terms of, you know,

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things that may affect it spiritually. But here, also, the

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foods that we eat, have a big, big, a lot of people they're

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eating all these really now, because all of these things are

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very available,

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easily rich foods, right rich, rich foods, which was supposed to

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be a luxury, throughout history, they've been a luxury for the

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majority of people. This was the fruit of the Nawabs. You

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understand, but that has become commonplace now, especially for us

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in the UK, and in the West, in general, you know, with our

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ability to just go and buy whatever we want. Just look at

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what used to be in supermarkets even 20 years ago, and what's

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available now, all these luxury things that would have been just

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specific royalties are found now everywhere, right? So,

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for example, the Buchla, that, you know, we can just find anywhere

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today that was just made in the, in the Ottoman royal kitchens,

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that's where they were, that's what they were the oh, that's

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where they were invented. That was a royal delicacy, not for the

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streets. But now it's just available everywhere. And that's

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just one thing.

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So preventing it from loss by denying its nutrition, its desire

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should be not be fulfilled, much resistance has to be offered to

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the lower self, when a wild horse is denied food or its food is

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reduced, it becomes submissive.

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It does become submissive, and it will become subdued, and the

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lustful demands of the lower self will be ended. And that's why they

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say what fasting for when the desire for marriage is too strong.

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That's the ultimate thing fasting.

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So fasting helps a lot in this regard.

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Now, initially, when people start fasting, they get even more

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heated. But it that's because the system is just overcompensating in

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the beginning, but eventually it should become regulated.

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Number two, the imposition of worship on the lower self also

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demand also weakens its demands.

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And as a mutual becomes weak and submissive, if along with denying

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it food, it is given a heavy load.

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So you deprive yourself, so you eat less, eat simple things. And

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on top of that, you put extra worship on yourself.

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Similarly, the lower self will be transformed from a state of

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restlessness to tranquility by imposing on it beneficial worship,

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it will go back to its nature of simplicity, and find contentment

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there we are, above our level, we are way above our normal human

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level, we're playing a different game, and we expect to get

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restless or restful in that states, we have to come down.

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Otherwise, the state we're in is a very difficult state. It's a very

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enriched state of the dunya that we're in. And you'll find it very

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difficult to deal with all of these issues. Because it's a state

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where it's open to indulgences. It's like in the world, right? If

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you're a simple person, you don't know where anything is or what the

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case is, is no issue. When you get to that higher level, and you're

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moving in those circles. You're gonna see it everywhere. It's just

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a challenging state. So I think we're just bowling way above our

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level. You know, we're just somewhere right above that.

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Seeking the aid of Allah Most High. Allah says in the Holy the

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number three, seeking

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the aid of Allah Most High, Allah says in the Quran. Verily the

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lowest self incites to evil except when my Lord is merciful Illa

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Morahan Robbie,

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then the lower self will become will become obedient.

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Adoption of these three methods and methods with constancy, with

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constancy will Allah willing make the most will lower self obedient

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and submissive man will then be saved from its evil promptings

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even after having gained control of the lower self, one has to be

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alert at all times. Even once a person reckons that is gained

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some kind of control because he listeners ruffler is extremely

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dangerous, it causes the lower self to assert once again its

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dominance and control over man. So the three things again is

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preventing it lust, by from lust by denying its nutrition.

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Its desire should not be fulfilled. So just opposing it.

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The imposition of extra worship will help to weaken its demands,

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and seeking the aid of Allah Most High

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constant dua to Allah subhanho wa Taala

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basically, what we just read, there was an a conclusion of

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probably years and years of experience, personal experience

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dealing with others, culminating in all of these points.

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So we just have to translate that into our own lives.

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And may Allah help us that's why Ramadan is generally an easy

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state, an easier time because we do additional worship. Then of

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course, the shaytaan isn't that helps. So that's a time when you

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can generally gain some control over the knifes

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were eating less as well in all the factors or they know that

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you're eating less, so less nutrition.

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You generally don't avoid the promptings external promptings and

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then you're doing extra worship.

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So that's the state so Ramadan needs to be throughout the year.

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ourself, not that not that not as an obligation, but as a self

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imposed thing. alojamento Sena women because Ananda Bharatiya

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Diljit early with the Quran, Allah Me or her yoga Yun metachronous

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dubby Allahumma Hernani I'm a nun let you know in the Sub Saharan

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Africa in Ghana MinnowBoard mean Allahumma salli wa salam ala

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Sayidina Muhammad you are in any say you know more, do more but

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equal Salam.

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O Allah we ask you forgiveness, Allah, we ask you forgiveness for

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all of our wrongdoings our excesses, our mistakes, our sins

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by daylight our sins at night, our sins openly our sins secretly. Oh

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Allah, we have sinned.

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Oh Allah we have led a life of sins. Our Allah we have lived an

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entire life of sins of Allah, our thoughts have been polluted. Oh

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Allah.

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Our whole lifestyle is incompatible. Allah we ask you for

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forgiveness and assistance. We ask you for help. Or Allah we ask you

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for assistance. Allah assist us and help us have mercy on us have

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mercy on us have mercy on us. Oh Allah many of us we don't even

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know that we have problems of Allah we're in compound ignorance

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of Allah. We're in this state of heightened state of unawareness.

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While Allah we asked you for awareness and Tofik our law and

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guidance of Allah we ask you for tofi Can guidance. We ask you for

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forgiveness. We ask You for assistance. We ask You for mercy

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and your blessing of Allah. Oh Allah fill our hearts with your

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light of Allah fill our hearts with your light of Allah

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everything else fills our heart at this time of Allah Our hearts are

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constantly connected to all other things besides you. Oh Allah. Oh

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Allah. We're ashamed to say this. But sometimes we make you enough

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to thoughts. Oh Allah, we ask that you make this a priority. You make

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you a priority in our hearts. Will Allah make our hearts the way you

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want them to be?

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Oh Allah make our hearts the way you want them to be. Oh Allah make

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your obedience, beloved in our heart, so that we want to do it of

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Allah we asked you to make it easy for us. Oh Allah. We're involved

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in many, many things. We make Toba and then we relapse. We make Toba

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and then we fall back. Oh Allah we asked you for special assistance,

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or Allah we ask you for assistance. We ask You for

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purification and preparation before our death for our death to

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meet you of Allah make the best of our existence the moment we stand

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in front of you that we are happy. But above all you are happy with

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us of Allah be happy and satisfied with us. Oh Allah make our actions

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and our personalities work.

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worthy of your happiness and satisfaction of Allah we ask You

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for Your Allah, we ask you for your satisfaction, we ask You for

00:35:06 --> 00:35:10

Your satisfaction of Allah we ask you for ease in this world is in

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the hereafter the best of this world the best of the Hereafter of

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Allah we ask you that you guide us, you guide us, right? Our Allah

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protect us from all the evils that are out there all the challenges

00:35:21 --> 00:35:24

that are out there. Everything that loves us that takes us away

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that distracts us. That distracts us from Your Path of Allah make

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this easy for us the upcoming year make it better the upcoming

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Ramadan and make it better than any previous Ramadan of Allah, we

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ask You for our permissible needs to fulfill our permissible needs

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to protect us and our progeny is until the day of judgment from all

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the evil that are out there to help and as a system Muslimeen

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around the world of Allah to make our surroundings conducive for us

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to worship you and to elevate your Kadima Allah, Allah Allah, Allah

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Allah. Oh Allah bless us and bless all of our mache. Can our teachers

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and our students and our friends and our family members of Allah

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and the entire Muslim Ummah. Subhan Allah because Allah is at

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and mercy food was Allah when Allah Selena will hamdulillah

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behind me

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