Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Practical Steps to Increase Your Iman

Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera
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The segment discusses various narratives and their meaning, highlighting signs of low energy, low protein intake, and the importance of reliance on Islam. The segment also touches on various topics, including the use of apps like WhatsApp and Facebook to avoid distractions and mistakes, and the importance of avoiding bad deeds and setting boundaries to avoid mistakes. The speaker encourages the audience to accept and receive their support.

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			Bismillah AR Rahman AR Rahim
Alhamdulillah Alhamdulillah Hamden
		
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			cathedra on by even Mubarak in
feed Mubarak and RT
		
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			gamma your Hebron buena Jalla
Jalla, who are in the novel was
		
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			Salah to A salaam or either say
you will be will Mustafa
		
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			SallAllahu taala. Either you are
on the he or satrapy or Baracoa,
		
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			seldom at the Sleeman Cathedral on
Isla yami Deen America.
		
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			Today we want to speak about a
very simple thing, something which
		
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			we are all experiencing on a day
to day basis.
		
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			I will never level of iman, this
is something I'm sure every one of
		
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			us can relate to. Is our Eman
high, is it low? Is it strong? Is
		
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			it weak?
		
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			For example, if you remember, if
any one of us went for Hajj or
		
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			Umrah and we come back, we feel
that we have a strong strength in
		
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			our faith.
		
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			It's easier for us to look away
from the haram. It's at other
		
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			times it may be difficult if we
see something that we should not
		
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			be looking at to turn our face
away it's very difficult. But if
		
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			we have high level of iman then
it's very easy that we can look
		
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			away like in Ramadan for example.
This is the fluctuation in Eman
		
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			let me mention a few Hadith to
you, which gives us an
		
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			understanding.
		
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			The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam said this is a second
		
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			generation liason is Zanni Well
Who is Allah is this zani Hina is
		
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			Neva Whitman.
		
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			Wala Yasha will hum Hina Shan
Wahoo men?
		
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			Well Ah Yes, sir. Hina yesterday,
well, who wrote me?
		
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			A person who's fornicating does
not phony Kate, while he is still
		
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			a believer.
		
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			A person who is drinking wine does
not drink wine. While he is a
		
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			believer.
		
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			A person who is stealing cannot
steal while he is a believer.
		
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			This tells us that we have many
people who are Muslim.
		
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			Unfortunately, sometimes Zina is
committed. They do drink. Some of
		
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			them do steel.
		
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			So how is it possible that they're
still Muslim, they still Bachman
		
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			and they do these things. There's
another version of this narration
		
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			which
		
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			I think it's in Sahih Muslim,
which mentions that when a person
		
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			does any of these deeds, any of
these bad deeds then the emaan is
		
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			called Bula. It goes above the
head and it is out of the body.
		
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			What I want to mention here is
that this hadith tells us that
		
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			sometimes the Iman can be removed
from a person
		
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			as soon as the sin is finished and
it comes back. One of the more
		
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			handy thing he mentioned that when
a person has when it when a person
		
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			is doing something wrong and the
Iman comes out. One of the reason
		
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			it comes out is because it is
protecting him from punishment.
		
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			Another narration the prophets of
Allah Islam says Allah You know, I
		
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			had to come into your head barely
agree Hema you're humble enough.
		
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			See?
		
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			None of you
		
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			is a true believer.
		
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			In fact, it says none of you is a
believer. Until you love for your
		
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			brother what you love for
yourself.
		
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			Again, does it mean that you don't
have belief?
		
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			According to the majority of the
Sinhala Jamar, all of the
		
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			Elsinore, Gemma, they say that
this is not literal.
		
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			You don't lose your faith. But
		
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			your faith is weak. It's
incomplete. It's not common.
		
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			There is a narration in Lucena,
the Ahmed was in a dilemma,
		
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			which numerous Mohabbatein have
considered to be Sahidic
		
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			Shirahama, the Sherkin and others
related from Abdullah him nama
		
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			* Allah who caught our pseudo
Allah He said Allahu alayhi wa
		
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			sallam, when the the Natsu
Mohammed in Beardy in a method of
		
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			movement
		
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			camera 30 nulla
		
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			a Kelapa uban
		
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			well what are the human
		
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			well what cart for them? Texan?
		
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			Very interesting narration
		
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			Abdullah Ahmed are the essays that
Rasulullah sallallahu sallam said
		
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			by the one
		
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			in whose
		
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			hand is the soul of Muhammad
sallallahu alayhi salam. The
		
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			example and the parable of a
believer is like that of a
		
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			honeybee. The believer is like a
honeybee.
		
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			It eats the pure, which means it
eats the nectar. It consumes the
		
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			nectar. Well, what are the human
and it also gives out, it
		
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			discharges something which is very
excellent which is honey.
		
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			What What card for them txiv.
		
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			It comes on to the flower on to
this very precious, very delicate
		
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			petals of the flowers. It lands on
there, but it doesn't break them.
		
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			This is the ability of the
honeybee. When it takes what it
		
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			wants. It does it in a very subtle
way, in a way that it doesn't harm
		
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			anything in the process. And then
what it produces is also excellent
		
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			and beautiful.
		
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			So now
		
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			this is very different from the
fly.
		
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			We see the fly as just an
irritant. It irritates you. So you
		
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			flick it away.
		
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			And if a bee comes, then we either
try to kill it, or we run away
		
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			from it. However, what's very
interesting is that the bee is
		
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			much more valuable than the fly.
Because if you see flies, what do
		
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			they sit on? They like to go and
sit on the dirt.
		
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			If you go and you see it and they
go and they want to sit on the
		
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			dirt, blood and pus if they find
this they've made you've made
		
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			their day for them.
		
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			So
		
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			believers, the Prophet sallallahu
Sallam is saying you should be
		
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			like the honeybee. Don't be like
the fly. Don't be like the pig.
		
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			There's a garden or orchard
		
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			and a nightingale which is a bird.
If the nightingale goes in a bull
		
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			booty bull bull, right in Arabic.
So to Sofitel Bali.
		
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			If Nightingale goes into our
orchard, it will look for the
		
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			beautiful flowers, it will sit
there and it will sink. When a pig
		
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			goes into an garden or an orchard,
what does it look for?
		
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			It looks for the dirtiest place
Where's all the dirt? Let me go
		
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			there.
		
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			Basically, the idea is that don't
be like a pig. Don't be like a
		
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			fly. Don't irritate people. Don't
go and look for the dirt of
		
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			people. All you see is the defect
of people. You're constantly
		
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			criticizing people be like the
bee. If you're going to take
		
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			something from someone take the
good
		
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			and then produce good.
		
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			Don't break in the process. falam
toxin don't break in the process.
		
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			Don't be like a fly that is always
going looking for the worst
		
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			things.
		
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			However, when you look at all of
these things,
		
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			it tells us that be in good
places. Don't be found in the bad
		
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			places. Don't be found in the
clubs in the pubs and the bars, be
		
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			found in the massages in helping
people in helping
		
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			those who are in need.
		
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			That's how Muslims should be.
Don't be found in hot haram places
		
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			be found in Halal places. The Imam
that we all have is extremely
		
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			valuable. And the more Iman you
have, the more you will value it.
		
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			It's very strange. The more Iman
you have, the more you will value
		
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			it. For example, I'm sure most of
you have heard of Sofia Anna
		
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			authority Rahima hula great,
mahadi
		
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			Great.
		
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			Once he was crying
		
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			and somebody asked him, Why are
you crying for what is the
		
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			problem?
		
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			He picked up a very small grain of
wheat, small grain of wheat. And
		
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			he said that I have not disobeyed
Allah even this much.
		
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			Now Subhanallah I have not
disobeyed Allah even that much we
		
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			cut even compared to this. So why
are you still crying them?
		
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			He said I am the problem I have is
that I'm unsure
		
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			if my Iman will remain until death
		
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			he's only frightened that he may
lose his Iman
		
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			that's what he's frightened about.
		
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			That's why Allah subhanaw taala in
the Quran has a dog Rob Benalla to
		
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			lubaina back there it had eaten
our heartland and we let them
		
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			Karana in the counter.
		
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			Oh Allah Oh my Lord.
		
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			Do not cause our hearts
		
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			to deviate, to turn away
		
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			after you have given us guidance,
		
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			and grant us mercy from yourself,
		
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			because you are the greatest of
give us
		
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			the way I see the way I look at
Iman is, you probably won't
		
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			understand this example in
Denmark, or in the UK. But if
		
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			you've been to a third world
country, you'll understand it. I
		
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			studied in India for a year.
		
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			And I had my own place I rented a
place because I was with my
		
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			family.
		
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			And we bought a fridge.
		
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			Now here, you just buy a fridge
you plug it in, there's no
		
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			problem. Right there's a constant
stream of electricity. There's
		
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			never a hike in the electricity
that will destroy your fridge. But
		
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			if you go to third world countries
in India, I had to also buy a
		
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			regulator. You can't just buy a
fridge you have to buy a
		
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			regulator, the regulator stops a
hike in the current from
		
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			destroying your fridge.
		
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			So
		
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			what happens there is that that
electricity is not constant.
		
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			There's a problem sometimes it
goes very low the light becomes
		
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			dim, something's very high and
then it blows the bulbs it's very
		
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			volatile. Our Iman is like this.
It's not constant unfortunately,
		
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			because not enough work has been
done on it. The only people whose
		
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			Iman is constant are the only of
Allah
		
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			The people who are very close to
Allah Who are very focused who are
		
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			very much the team, they Imam
stays focused.
		
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			Our Iman is Subhan Allah today we
feel like doing lots of lots of
		
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			salads tomorrow we don't feel like
doing anything it's a constant
		
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			problem we have so what I want to
do is I want to speak about the
		
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			signs of low Iman because if our
iman is like this it's better than
		
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			if it's
		
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			like this I know it's like this in
Ramadan mashallah and then on eat
		
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			day came a bit down the next day
became more down and then he went
		
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			down below the the level right. So
how do we keep it straight? Well
		
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			first, let us understand what the
signs of low emotion is. What are
		
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			the signs of low emotion
		
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			so help me out with this. First
and foremost, one of the biggest
		
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			signs of low EMA because sometimes
we don't know we don't have a
		
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			regulator we don't have like a
meter we can put it in check
		
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			where's our iman is it up or down
in electricity you can do this.
		
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			Right it tells you exactly how
much amps how many amps are coming
		
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			through. But with our iman we only
we can tell
		
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			one of the one of the first signs
of low Iman is sinning with no
		
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			guilt.
		
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			We can sin we don't feel bad about
it.
		
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			We can miss press. We don't feel
bad. We can look at the Haram we
		
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			don't feel bad. We can be eating
haram maybe we don't feel bad. We
		
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			commit sins and no longer do we
feel that it is wrong anymore.
		
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			We just don't feel bad anymore.
This is one of the signs of low
		
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			Iman. The second sign is a hard
heart.
		
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			The heart is hard, no desire to
read the Quran. We read the Quran,
		
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			but we don't get anything out of
it. We open the Quran we read
		
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			maybe one page and we just want to
put it away, no pleasure
		
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			whatsoever.
		
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			Whereas the Quran is supposed to
be Gela or Zerlina nor upside in
		
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			Nura Colombina and this is
supposed to be the effects of the
		
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			Quran doc our heart is too hard to
be able to benefit from it.
		
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			So a hard heart
		
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			number three, feeling lazy to do
good deeds. We don't feel like
		
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			praying.
		
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			We don't feel like going to the
masjid
		
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			as a somebody's mentioned in Quran
and Sunnah but no no effects. We
		
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			just feel lazy.
		
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			Number four, no value for the
Sunnah.
		
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			No value for the Sunnah
		
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			we don't care if it's the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam used
		
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			to do something if this is the
Sunnah way of doing something. No
		
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			problem. Doesn't make a difference
to us.
		
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			Number The next point number five,
no talk.
		
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			No Reliance
		
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			On Allah subhanho wa Taala
		
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			how you get upset, small, small
things upset you.
		
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			A small thing upsets you because
you have no Tawakkol and Allah,
		
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			everything depresses you.
		
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			You didn't get a certain promotion
at work and Subhanallah you just
		
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			feel like the whole world is
finished.
		
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			You didn't get a certain job.
Maybe you didn't get the marks,
		
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			grades and exam that you wanted.
Maybe you lost a deal or
		
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			something, whatever it may be even
small, small issues. And you get
		
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			so depressed as though the world
is over.
		
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			When a person has to work cool, he
will say in the law he were in LA
		
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			he Raggio If this has happened
today, if the water has spilt
		
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			tomorrow, I'm gonna go myself to
Allah subhanaw taala.
		
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			So reliance on Allah Tawakkol when
you have no Tawakoni we'll get
		
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			more depressed. If you want to
remove depression in your life,
		
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			increase your reliance in Allah
subhana wa Tada. Increase your
		
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			trust in Allah subhanaw taala
		
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			because this will, things will
happen that will upset us. This is
		
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			not Jelena. That's why you know,
husband, if a person gets married,
		
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			the husband and wife, if they are
looking for a perfect
		
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			relationship, then they're going
to be surprised. No relationship
		
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			is absolutely perfect. There's
always going to be some issues.
		
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			But if they feel that it has to be
100% Perfect, they're going to be
		
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			extremely sad.
		
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			They have no token and Allah they
have too much confidence in
		
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			themselves.
		
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			Number six,
		
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			being mean and stingy.
		
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			To not like to part with your
wealth.
		
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			That is also a sign of low Iman.
Some of you may be saying How is
		
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			that a sign of low ima that's just
the
		
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			that's just the natural human
trait sometimes that they are
		
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			stingy. The reason is that when
you have Iman then you realize
		
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			that Allah says we're unfit only
madrasa Minako spend of that which
		
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			we have given you.
		
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			So we have to spend for Allah Now
what is booking stingy This is
		
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			called booking right? What is
boom? What is the definition of
		
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			boom, buckle? According to Allah,
Allah who is a great cerium
		
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			scholar, he said buckle is two
things. One is that you do not
		
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			spend when it is
		
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			religiously correct or obligatory
to spend, where is it religiously
		
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			obligatory to spend, what kind of
spending Zakat and where is it
		
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			religiously recommended to spend?
So the cause that's one thing so
		
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			where it's religiously obligatory
or recommended, number two, where
		
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			it is socially accepted socially
recommended to spend where what
		
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			they call the
		
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			the, the common decency say is
that you should be spending here
		
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			give you an example.
		
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			You go out with your friends to
eat Do you have any good
		
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			restaurants here?
		
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			You have good restaurants you go
out to eat right?
		
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			So there's one brother who goes
out to eat with his friends, but
		
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			every time it comes to the end
when the bill comes, he goes to
		
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			wash his hands
		
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			on he goes to the toilet. I just
need to go to the toilet. You know
		
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			some people they say
		
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			let me pay let me pay let me pay
so is it no no. Okay, you pray.
		
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			But this man he doesn't even pull
his wallet out. He just goes to
		
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			the toilet.
		
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			And he comes back everything paid
hamdulillah Bismillah the second
		
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			time you go same thing. He doesn't
want to pay
		
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			the progress of the Lord's himself
up to a matar.
		
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			You know the famous hadith of
Abdullah was salam ala the Allah
		
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			one, that when the Prophet 1000
came to Madina, Munawwara one of
		
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			the things he said is officious
Salah spread Salam as again very
		
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			generous to spread Salam, it shows
you have no pride that you say
		
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			salam to everybody after Salah
then we're also able to
		
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			feed people Allah loves when you
feed others
		
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			Allah loves it when you feed
others what else
		
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			and then what's the next part in
the hottie
		
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			was signal or harm let's not
forget that one. Be good with your
		
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			relatives your blood relatives
your kin Scylla to rotten.
		
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			And so Lubin lady when naturalium
which is pray at night when other
		
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			people are sleeping, the total
genuine atavism.
		
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			You will enter into paradise with
Salam so anxious Salam
		
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			Do we do enough of it? Some people
do get salam to feed people.
		
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			Be good with your relatives. So
Unity and number four pray at
		
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			night for Allah subhanaw taala.
You will enter into the house
		
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			finish. How difficult is that?
Easy way.
		
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			So no debacle
		
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			being mean and stingy hates
parting with his wealth. Very
		
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			difficult for him to take money
out.
		
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			People are dying in Syria is a
fundraising going on?
		
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			He cannot pay. He can pay maybe 10
Cronus 20 Cronus bus colors finish
		
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			and he thinks he's doing enough.
		
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			Somebody else extreme color
snowfall 100 Cronus 1000 Cronus
		
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			10,000 No problem.
		
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			And we can only pay 20 or 30.
		
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			This means that we find it very
difficult we have helped the roof.
		
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			Be Our roof is 20 Kronus. That's
it. Now if you want to raise the
		
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			kronor if you want to raise the
roof, then one day take 50 Kroners
		
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			and just give it close your eyes
and give it
		
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			and you will notice that nothing
will be missing.
		
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			Allah subhanaw taala says in the
Quran
		
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			Allah says what a Medina so are
you fulfilled Jannetty Holly de
		
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			Nephi her Masha Allah
		
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			what now
		
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			Madame Medusa to allow 11 sha
Allah. At the end it says our call
		
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			and hero magic booth, our call
hero magic booth. This is a
		
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			continuous giving
		
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			in Jannah, those people who are
sorry, do those people who are
		
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			fortunate when they go into
Jannah.
		
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			How did he interfere forever, they
will be receiving gifts from Allah
		
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			subhanaw taala, a gift our PA the
higher homage dues that will never
		
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			end.
		
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			Some of them are first seen in
look at this verse and they say
		
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			the way you can get this
		
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			is by giving in the world, the
more giving you do in the world,
		
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			the more you will be given in the
Hereafter.
		
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			And you should give continuously.
And when we say giving, giving is
		
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			not just with money. But giving is
with every limb of your body as
		
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			the Hadith mentions. That famous
Hadith which is in the vein of you
		
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			know we as well is that every time
we wake up in the morning, every
		
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			limb of our body owes a sadaqa.
		
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			And sadaqa is meeting somebody
with a good face is sadaqa.
		
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			Removing something from the past,
something harmful is a sadaqa
		
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			all of these things are sadaqa. So
the more charitable a person is in
		
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			the world.
		
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			That is how his Eman will increase
and in the Hereafter. This is the
		
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			reward that he will get.
		
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			There's a very interesting
		
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			study that was done in Vancouver
in one of the universities, they
		
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			took $10 notes $10 put in an
envelope. And they had two groups
		
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			of people, one group, they told
them that you must go and spend
		
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			this on yourself today.
		
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			So buy an extra cup of coffee, you
know, by $10, whatever. The other
		
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			group, they said you must spend
this $10 on someone else, not on
		
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			your own self.
		
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			So both groups they went they one
group spent on themselves the
		
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			other group spent on someone else.
And then they were told to report
		
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			back how they felt at the end of
the day. And you know, all the
		
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			people who had spent on others
felt much happier than the people
		
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			who had spent on themselves much
more happier.
		
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			So the people who are conducting
the study, they felt that maybe
		
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			this is a very progressive
country, very wealthy country. So
		
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			that's why it's happening here
because people have lots of money
		
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			if you give them $10 Extra what's
the big deal? If you have, you
		
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			know, maybe 1015 Extra kronas?
What difference does it make how
		
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			much richer you're gonna become so
you're not gonna get more happy.
		
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			So they tried this in many, many
countries, including some third
		
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			world countries, and constantly
the risk response was the same.
		
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			You are more happier when you
spent on others.
		
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			This is just how Allah has made
ourselves, us. The Prophet
		
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			salallahu Salam adjuvant he was
the most generous will admire
		
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			comfy Ramadan
		
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			and the most generous he was was
in Ramadan
		
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			Abdullah
		
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			are busted young releases Hadith
isn't the Shemitah telling me that
		
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			the Prophet Solomon was so
generous, so generous that he was
		
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			more generous than the wind. Now
you know how the wind gets
		
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			everywhere you need a small crack
it gets in the generous person
		
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			will spend wherever he can,
knowingly and unknowingly.
		
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			And he used to be more generous in
Ramadan, especially when he used
		
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			to have these meetings with Jabril
on Instagram.
		
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			And the province of Assam said,
		
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			in nama Anna Qasim Wallah who
you're at, I am just a
		
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			distributor, I just do the Taksim
I just
		
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			I just give it out to people.
Allah subhanaw taala is the real
		
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			giver of it. Now I'm not doing a
fundraiser for this Masjid. I'm
		
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			just mentioning these points as
Iman. Next point.
		
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			Another sign of low Iman is when
we rejoice at other people's
		
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			calamities. If something bad
happens to somebody else, and we
		
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			get happy about it, that is also a
sign of low faith. Because we are
		
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			not supposed to rejoice at other
people's calamities because
		
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			tomorrow it could come on us.
		
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			This is very harmful.
		
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			In some families, they rejoice
that their brothers calamities
		
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			their sisters calamities, sister
in law's calamities, it creates a
		
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			very bad environment. This is all
sign of low Iman This is wrong.
		
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			Next point number eight saying the
halal is haram having no concern
		
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			for anything in between
		
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			saying halal or haram having no
concern in between what that means
		
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			is you know there's a lot of
people they say Brother telling me
		
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			is this halal or not?
		
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			Is it haram? If it's not haram
then why are you telling me I
		
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			can't do this brother but the
prophets of Allah Edison said and
		
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			hallowed obey Him will haram obey,
obey the Homer or moral muster the
		
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			heart
		
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			that Halal is clear, Haram is
clear. But between there are
		
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			doubtful matters and one must
avoid them. If you don't avoid
		
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			them. It's likely you could fall
into the Haram
		
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			people say no if it's not haram
then you can't tell me anything.
		
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			Further this is doubtful. This is
bad for you. Look, it's not haram
		
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			I can do this sign of low Iman.
		
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			Another point number nine. Making
fun of the Sunnah. The first one
		
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			was that we don't value the
Sunnah. This one is making fun of
		
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			the Sunnah.
		
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			Somebody is observing soon,
whatever suddenly, it may be,
		
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			maybe the person started keeping a
beard because the sooner you start
		
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			making fun of him, that looks at
the man, take that hair off your
		
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			body. While you're doing this, you
look 10 years older.
		
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			You don't look young anymore.
		
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			What's the problem with you? He's
making fun of the sooner. Okay, if
		
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			you can't keep a beard, no
problem, understandable, that's
		
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			your problem with Allah. But if
you make fun of somebody else,
		
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			that becomes problematic.
		
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			woman wants to wear hijab, which
is actually not just Sunni, it's
		
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			actually obligatory, and somebody
goes and makes fun of that.
		
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			Nobody's gonna marry you. This is
what they say. Some parents say
		
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			this, nobody will marry you.
		
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			Who's gonna marry you? You know,
he jolly women don't ever get
		
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			married. Are they all sitting in
orphanages? You know, nobody gets
		
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			married or they will without
husbands? Yes, the parents are
		
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			right. The people they want them
to get married to will not marry.
		
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			Parents have an idea, right? They
want their children to get married
		
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			to somebody of their level of
their idea of Islam. So if they're
		
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			right, nobody will marry you,
according to the people that we
		
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			want you to get married to.
		
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			And unfortunately, it is really
sad that we have certain cultures
		
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			where they fix their son or
daughter up for marriage from a
		
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			young age today, brothers or
sisters, daughter or son.
		
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			And then when this person this
child grows up, they forced them
		
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			to marry somebody in Pakistan or
whichever country it may be. They
		
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			forced them into this marriage.
		
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			And do you know how harmful This
is? is not an arranged marriage.
		
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			It's a forced marriage. This child
does not want to because the
		
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			mother will say if you don't marry
her, then I'm not your mother
		
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			anymore. I'm not going to eat
anymore. This is all blackmail
		
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			lady.
		
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			I know one woman who was married
to a non Muslim. She called me for
		
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			some reason. So I asked her how
you're married to a non Muslim.
		
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			And subhanAllah she said that when
I was much younger, my parents
		
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			forced me to marry my cousin.
		
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			I couldn't get along with him.
They told me it was Islam to do
		
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			this. This was Islam
		
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			I'm not Islam. So then she lost
the faith then she just went and
		
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			got away from this man and then
she went and married a non Muslim.
		
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			Lots of harm come from this when
we tell when we tell people that
		
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			culture is Islam
		
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			so making fun of the Sunnah number
10 No concern for the situation of
		
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			the Muslims around the world.
People are being killed in Syria,
		
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			Palestine other places and for us
because we are safe right now. We
		
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			think it's not a problem.
		
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			They deserve it. Why did they do
this? Why did they do this? No
		
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			concern we don't spend money we
don't help them. We don't do
		
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			anything. This is very problematic
sign of low Iman when you have no
		
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			concern for your many brothers and
sisters of the world.
		
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			Number 11 obsessive concern about
how we look?
		
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			Upset obsessive concern about how
we look.
		
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			So we're constantly just worried
about how we look and we love
		
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			ourself.
		
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			In English, we call this
narcissism. Were you just always
		
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			proud of the way you look you're
not care about anything else is
		
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			just constantly about me, I am
this
		
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			what is the cure for low? Iman
what are the cures for low faith?
		
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			First and foremost knowledge
reading, understanding what Allah
		
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			wants from us in the Quran, I read
the Hadith to get a better
		
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			understanding of what Iman is
		
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			many of the books of Hadith we
look at them and say Kitab al
		
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			Iman, and it mentions all of the
acts of iman, when a person is
		
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			ignorant of this, then people will
say this is Iman, this is the man
		
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			this is the man that have no idea.
So to know more about what it
		
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			means to be men, what Allah wants
from us to be a moment number two.
		
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			Another very effective way of
increasing our iman is to sit in
		
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			gatherings of liquor and
spirituality. Or have a discussion
		
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			or talk which speaks about loving
Allah, because that helps us to
		
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			boost us human beings they
		
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			are effected by anybody they sit
with.
		
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			If you constantly sit with people
who are talking about the dunya
		
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			and so on so forth, then you will
become like that. If you sit with
		
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			people who are into buying
property, then you will also get
		
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			interested in buying property.
There's nothing wrong with that as
		
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			long as you do it properly. If you
sit with people that are speaking
		
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			about Allah subhana wa Tada, you
will get interested, you will feel
		
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			guilty, it will increase your
iman, so sitting in gatherings of
		
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			spirituality and Allah subhanho wa
Taala loves the gatherings of the
		
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			vicar. The professor Lawson says
in a second generation
		
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			that this is a group Lashkar
Jellison
		
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			what does that mean?
		
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			The hadith mentioned is that if a
person
		
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			there was a gathering of liquor,
		
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			and somebody else came in, and you
had their keys,
		
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			so he came in to pick up his keys
from your brother, I just need my
		
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			keys. The angels will tell Allah
that all of these people were in
		
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			the gathering. And there was also
this person who came to pick up
		
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			his keys, Allah will say forgive
him as well. Why? Because this is
		
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			such a valuable group, that
anybody who even comes and sits
		
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			with them, they are also
		
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			fortunate people lie Ashkelon,
Jellison lie Ashkelon, Jainism, so
		
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			finding a vicar gathering is very
beneficial to boost your email.
		
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			That's why you should try to do it
once a week at least because we
		
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			lose our we lose our our interest
in our in our faith sometimes.
		
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			The next one
		
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			and number three is increasing in
good deeds. By doing more good
		
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			deeds than our iman will increase.
Of course, we need to understand
		
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			what kind of good deeds we need by
reading the Hadith about it and so
		
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			on. Number four,
		
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			concern for evil ending
		
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			concern for an evil ending. What
does that mean? We are
		
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			always concerned that how will I
end my life?
		
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			Where will my life end? It's in a
good state or a bad state. How
		
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			many times have you heard that the
person was doing something wrong
		
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			when they died? They suddenly died
and they couldn't make Toba
		
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			to be concerned that I'm gonna
have a good personal Khartoum.
		
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			A good ceiling states. When you
have that concern, then we will
		
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			just today we were discussing that
there are a few actions that
		
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			deprive a person from the Kalama
on their deathbed.
		
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			Right, what are the actions?
Number one,
		
00:35:04 --> 00:35:08
			not praying those first one,
missing your prayers, being lazy
		
00:35:08 --> 00:35:12
			with your prayers, this because a
Salah to Amer the deen salah is
		
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			the main pillar of Islam. So what
that will do is it will prevent
		
00:35:16 --> 00:35:22
			the Kalama. Number two was
whining, drinking, drinking is
		
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			very dangerous, stops a person
from the Kalama. Number three was
		
00:35:25 --> 00:35:27
			disobedience to parents.
		
00:35:28 --> 00:35:30
			Number four, who remembers,
		
00:35:31 --> 00:35:36
			right, inflicting oppressing
others being oppressing others,
		
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			that was another one. So let's
just keep it at least for these,
		
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			you know, unless somebody
remembers the other ones. But
		
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			these are some very, very bad
things which influence a person
		
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			drinking, you know, many of us who
work in professional environments,
		
00:35:52 --> 00:35:55
			sometimes we have to go out and
we're working with non Muslims all
		
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			the time and they drink and they
you know that their religion is
		
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			fine for them to drink, right?
Sometimes we feel that we also
		
00:36:01 --> 00:36:03
			have to drink to fit in.
		
00:36:04 --> 00:36:07
			So we think what's the problem one
drink? What's the problem?
		
00:36:08 --> 00:36:13
			No harm. But Subhanallah there's a
lot of harm in this. There's a lot
		
00:36:13 --> 00:36:16
			of hungriness. So one must be very
careful.
		
00:36:17 --> 00:36:21
			So increasing good deeds concern
for a bad ceiling state. So avoid
		
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			all of these things, this will
inshallah increase our iman,
		
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			number five, having a regimen of
liquor.
		
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			You see,
		
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			this something which the Allah
mentions, if you do this for even
		
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			three weeks, I guarantee you that
you will feel closer to Allah and
		
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			your iman will increase is no
doubt about it. Very simple.
		
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			Number one, to 100 is still far in
the morning and evening. doesn't
		
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			take too long.
		
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			A staff that Allah has not been in
Buddhism, we want to be 100 in the
		
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			morning, 100 in the evening. What
is the benefit of this? The
		
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			benefit is that when I do it in
the morning, all the sins that
		
00:37:03 --> 00:37:05
			I've done since last night are
forgiven.
		
00:37:07 --> 00:37:11
			Then I do 100 In the evening, so
all my day sins are forgiven. So
		
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			I'm constantly purifying myself.
It's like having two showers a
		
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			day. It's like taking your phone
and cleaning it out from all the
		
00:37:19 --> 00:37:23
			garbage messages. And you're gonna
have a clean system. This is the
		
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			benefit. So firstly, we purify
ourselves. 100 is too far in the
		
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			morning. 100 is too far in the
evening. Number two. Now we want
		
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			some blessing. And the one of the
best ways to get blessing is by
		
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			doing salawat and Rasulullah
sallallahu Sallam 100 Salawat in
		
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			the morning 100 In the evening,
		
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			believing the promise of awesome
said whoever sends one blessing on
		
00:37:45 --> 00:37:49
			me Allah says 10 blessings on them
Allahumma Salli ala Sayidina
		
00:37:49 --> 00:37:52
			Muhammad where are the early say
you dinner Mohammed or daddy
		
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			Gosselin 100 in the morning 100 In
the evening. So now we are
		
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			purified and we have also adorned
ourself beautified ourselves with
		
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			the Salawat on Rasulullah
sallallahu says number three
		
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			reading a bit of Quran every day.
		
00:38:12 --> 00:38:18
			Even if it's just one page, even
if it's just one page. Quran is
		
00:38:18 --> 00:38:23
			our lifeline. It will purify our
sight it will illuminate our sight
		
00:38:23 --> 00:38:28
			it will remove the sadness in our
hearts, wonderful, wonderful
		
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			benefit of the Quran. Even if it's
one page a day, even if it's half
		
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			a page a day, if that's all you
can do just to have a page
		
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			that's number three. If you're
commuting to work, you know you
		
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			can build this into your system
you can build this into your daily
		
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			routine.
		
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			Number four.
		
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			Number four is that we need some
private time with Allah.
		
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			Because we are so distracted we
have no time for Allah. Even when
		
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			we do this be Subhan Allah Subhan
Allah so our mind is somewhere
		
00:39:02 --> 00:39:05
			else. But when we finish the test,
we we think we've done something
		
00:39:06 --> 00:39:09
			from the relevant still better
than nothing, as if no other Allah
		
00:39:09 --> 00:39:14
			says that they can with no
concentration is better than no
		
00:39:14 --> 00:39:18
			liquor at all. And it is very
possible that you will move from
		
00:39:18 --> 00:39:23
			liquor with no concentration to
vicar with concentration and then
		
00:39:23 --> 00:39:26
			you will move from liquor with
concentration to liquor with
		
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			Presence.
		
00:39:28 --> 00:39:30
			May Allah subhanaw taala
Grantchester.
		
00:39:31 --> 00:39:34
			But the main thing is that we need
some private time with Allah.
		
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			How are we going to do this?
		
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			The reason why I'm saying this is
that you know if you have your
		
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			phone
		
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			i'll give you a practical example
about this. Who uses WhatsApp
		
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			here? Oh, who doesn't use
WhatsApp?
		
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			Who doesn't use WhatsApp?
		
00:39:54 --> 00:39:59
			Okay, one, two class two people.
Mashallah, you guys are
		
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			either the lucky ones or the
depraved ones, I don't know.
		
00:40:02 --> 00:40:08
			Right. Now, WhatsApp, how many
messages do you get a minute?
		
00:40:10 --> 00:40:13
			Do you know what I mean? If you're
on few groups, you get a message
		
00:40:13 --> 00:40:17
			every second. Firstly,
notifications,
		
00:40:19 --> 00:40:23
			take them out, go into it and say
I don't want any notifications,
		
00:40:23 --> 00:40:26
			disable the notifications of
WhatsApp, because it's a waste of
		
00:40:26 --> 00:40:28
			time anyway. Because you know,
there's going to be a message
		
00:40:28 --> 00:40:31
			there, why do you need the
notification? Do you understand,
		
00:40:32 --> 00:40:35
			just go into your whatsapp and
check, you know, there's going to
		
00:40:35 --> 00:40:38
			be a message that I guarantee if I
opened now I'll find the message.
		
00:40:40 --> 00:40:43
			So delay the remove the message.
		
00:40:45 --> 00:40:49
			Keep your data off. Only when you
need to check them put everything
		
00:40:49 --> 00:40:50
			on and then check.
		
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			Today we're making salads, we
finished product. And our phone is
		
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			blinking.
		
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			Because the light tells us that
you got a message. So even though
		
00:41:01 --> 00:41:03
			you want to sit down you want to
do some test B is let me just
		
00:41:03 --> 00:41:08
			check this. So I checked my
whatsapp, And subhanAllah I've got
		
00:41:08 --> 00:41:12
			all of these messages on one
group. I've got 1319 messages and
		
00:41:12 --> 00:41:15
			behind. Sorry about this behind.
		
00:41:17 --> 00:41:20
			We check our WhatsApp and then we
get Twitter notification. So we
		
00:41:20 --> 00:41:27
			check that, then Facebook, we
check that and you have Viber and
		
00:41:27 --> 00:41:30
			you have amo and all of these
different ones, we check all of
		
00:41:30 --> 00:41:35
			them. By that time we have, we
can't do a summer anymore. Can you
		
00:41:35 --> 00:41:40
			see the district? This is very
addictive. It's very addictive.
		
00:41:40 --> 00:41:43
			I'm telling you myself, it's very
addictive. That's why it is
		
00:41:45 --> 00:41:48
			we need to be able to benefit from
our liquor.
		
00:41:49 --> 00:41:54
			So how do you do this, all you
have to do is between five to 10
		
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			minutes a day. Find the time of
the day when nothing will distract
		
00:41:59 --> 00:42:03
			you keep the phone away somewhere
so there's no lights or anything.
		
00:42:04 --> 00:42:09
			And some phones have such a high.
You know, they have such a bright
		
00:42:09 --> 00:42:10
			light that you can even see from
the pocket that he's got a
		
00:42:10 --> 00:42:15
			notification, right? So anyway,
have everything away and just
		
00:42:15 --> 00:42:17
			spend five to 10 minutes with
Allah.
		
00:42:18 --> 00:42:23
			Any kind of maraca you want any
kind of meditation, anything.
		
00:42:25 --> 00:42:29
			You can just think about your
death. You can just think about
		
00:42:29 --> 00:42:33
			how much Allah has given us. All
the you know, everyone sitting
		
00:42:33 --> 00:42:39
			here is wearing clothes, I assume
that they want to wear you get the
		
00:42:39 --> 00:42:44
			food you like to eat. In fact, our
wives in the morning they ask what
		
00:42:44 --> 00:42:46
			should we cook today and you don't
even know what to tell them to
		
00:42:46 --> 00:42:50
			cook because we're spoilt for
choice. hamdulillah Allah has
		
00:42:50 --> 00:42:55
			blessed us abundantly. So just
think about this thing. One of the
		
00:42:55 --> 00:42:58
			things I find very effective is
that you sit down and you just
		
00:42:58 --> 00:43:01
			imagine that Allah's Mercy is
coming into your heart and your
		
00:43:01 --> 00:43:04
			heart just says Allah, Allah,
Allah, just what good is Smarthub
		
00:43:04 --> 00:43:07
			big? ALLAH says, take the name of
your Lord.
		
00:43:08 --> 00:43:11
			Take the name of your Lord. So
you're just sitting there just
		
00:43:11 --> 00:43:15
			Allah, Allah, you're just calling
out to Allah, Allah, you know,
		
00:43:15 --> 00:43:16
			that's all you're doing.
		
00:43:18 --> 00:43:23
			This is so difficult to do that if
we did a trial right now for 30
		
00:43:23 --> 00:43:28
			seconds. If I told you just take
the name of Allah for 30 seconds,
		
00:43:28 --> 00:43:32
			without thinking of anything else,
I guarantee you, it'd be very
		
00:43:32 --> 00:43:33
			difficult.
		
00:43:35 --> 00:43:35
			Should we try?
		
00:43:37 --> 00:43:42
			Okay, I give you 30 seconds. All
you have to do is just imagine
		
00:43:43 --> 00:43:46
			that your heart is saying Hola.
Hola. Hola. That's it, nothing
		
00:43:46 --> 00:43:50
			else Don't think of anything else.
I'll tell you when to start.
		
00:43:51 --> 00:43:54
			Okay 123 Start now.
		
00:43:58 --> 00:44:01
			Stop the ilaha illallah
		
00:44:02 --> 00:44:05
			How many of you thought of nothing
else except Allah.
		
00:44:09 --> 00:44:10
			Come on at least one person
		
00:44:12 --> 00:44:15
			you know the first disk or
Mashallah. Mashallah, you're good
		
00:44:15 --> 00:44:19
			at it. The first thing was the
somebody spoke, somebody's voice
		
00:44:19 --> 00:44:23
			came. So immediately your mind is
going to go there. Then what else
		
00:44:23 --> 00:44:24
			did you think about?
		
00:44:25 --> 00:44:28
			Maybe, I don't know. What else did
you think about?
		
00:44:29 --> 00:44:32
			The cat? Or how many? How many
seconds?
		
00:44:35 --> 00:44:40
			Allahu Akbar. I just did this just
to get us an understanding that we
		
00:44:40 --> 00:44:44
			are so distracted. You know,
there's studies that have taken
		
00:44:44 --> 00:44:48
			place that you know, multitasking
is bad for your brain in it. When
		
00:44:48 --> 00:44:50
			you're doing some work and
suddenly pop up email, you check
		
00:44:50 --> 00:44:53
			your work, and then you come back
production time. You've lost a lot
		
00:44:53 --> 00:44:58
			of time. This is our generation
right now. Very, very detrimental.
		
00:44:59 --> 00:45:00
			We're not as print
		
00:45:00 --> 00:45:01
			activist people were before
		
00:45:02 --> 00:45:06
			so this is what it is. Now you
know if you take a test VNC
		
00:45:06 --> 00:45:09
			Subhanallah Subhanallah you know
the electronic test be 123 You
		
00:45:09 --> 00:45:12
			feel like you're doing something
but your mind is somewhere else.
		
00:45:12 --> 00:45:16
			That's why if you just focus and
do this meditation just thinking
		
00:45:16 --> 00:45:17
			about Allah
		
00:45:18 --> 00:45:19
			right?
		
00:45:20 --> 00:45:23
			You cannot trick yourself you know
whether you did this right or
		
00:45:23 --> 00:45:27
			wrong. And in sha Allah if you
develop concentration, about just
		
00:45:27 --> 00:45:31
			thinking about Allah for 510
minutes, your Salah will become
		
00:45:31 --> 00:45:33
			better because when you do Salah
again our mind goes away.
		
00:45:36 --> 00:45:39
			We don't think about a lighthouse
or a TV sada they literally
		
00:45:40 --> 00:45:43
			established a lot for my
remembrance, we established a lot
		
00:45:43 --> 00:45:48
			but no remembrance. May Allah
subhanaw taala help us. So that
		
00:45:48 --> 00:45:52
			was 100 is defined in the morning
and evening 100 Salawat in the
		
00:45:52 --> 00:45:53
			morning and evening.
		
00:45:54 --> 00:45:59
			Some Quran number four, some
meditation 510 is the best time
		
00:45:59 --> 00:46:02
			for this is before after fajr When
you have no distractions, or
		
00:46:02 --> 00:46:03
			before you go to sleep.
		
00:46:04 --> 00:46:08
			And number five, is try to join,
		
00:46:09 --> 00:46:14
			find a vicar gathering. Or a
gathering which reminds you of
		
00:46:14 --> 00:46:19
			Allah, not a Deus on FIQ they're
beneficial, but not for this
		
00:46:19 --> 00:46:24
			reason. Something a hundreds of
Hadith or something that reminds
		
00:46:24 --> 00:46:26
			you of Allah or a liquor
gathering, if you can find this.
		
00:46:26 --> 00:46:30
			And if you can't find this around,
then listen to something that
		
00:46:30 --> 00:46:33
			reminds you of Allah subhanaw
taala. And I guarantee you if you
		
00:46:33 --> 00:46:37
			do this for three weeks, you will
feel closer to Allah subhanaw
		
00:46:37 --> 00:46:41
			taala you may still do wrong
things and everything, but at
		
00:46:41 --> 00:46:44
			least you will feel contentment in
the heart, your heart will be
		
00:46:44 --> 00:46:47
			stronger in sha Allah. May Allah
subhanaw taala grant us the Tofik.
		
00:46:48 --> 00:46:49
			Okay.
		
00:46:52 --> 00:46:54
			Number six and seven very simple.
		
00:46:56 --> 00:47:01
			Firstly, do not ever abandon the
basic things that you may be
		
00:47:01 --> 00:47:06
			doing. Even if you think that I am
a sinful person, I don't do too
		
00:47:06 --> 00:47:09
			much. If there's just basic
something you're doing, for
		
00:47:09 --> 00:47:15
			example, you are going for Joomla
you are maybe making one salad in
		
00:47:15 --> 00:47:20
			the masjid or even just one salad
a day. carry on doing that it is
		
00:47:20 --> 00:47:23
			very, very useful. Don't think
that because I can't do all of
		
00:47:23 --> 00:47:26
			these other things that I must
abandon this as well, because
		
00:47:26 --> 00:47:30
			shaytaan or make you think that
the way to improve cure our low
		
00:47:30 --> 00:47:34
			faith is to at least continue that
and inshallah Allah will help us.
		
00:47:34 --> 00:47:36
			And above all the last point.
		
00:47:37 --> 00:47:40
			Don't ever justify your sins.
		
00:47:41 --> 00:47:45
			Don't ever justify yourself, for
example.
		
00:47:47 --> 00:47:50
			And this is just an example, say
somebody wants to keep a beard,
		
00:47:50 --> 00:47:51
			but they can't.
		
00:47:53 --> 00:47:57
			Why? Because their work
environment. You know, they won't
		
00:47:57 --> 00:48:00
			get job or whatever, whatever the
cases.
		
00:48:01 --> 00:48:06
			So they tell themselves because I
live in this country. I don't have
		
00:48:06 --> 00:48:07
			to keep a beard.
		
00:48:09 --> 00:48:10
			That's the wrong approach because
you're justifying
		
00:48:12 --> 00:48:15
			what you must say to yourself is
Look, I can't do it now. But I'll
		
00:48:15 --> 00:48:17
			do it tomorrow. Tomorrow mean
soon.
		
00:48:18 --> 00:48:21
			If a woman can, okay better
example, a woman cannot wear
		
00:48:21 --> 00:48:21
			hijab.
		
00:48:24 --> 00:48:27
			She mustn't think Oh, because I'm
in the West, and there's problems
		
00:48:27 --> 00:48:32
			and so on and so forth. That's why
I cannot justify it's Hello for me
		
00:48:32 --> 00:48:35
			because there's a fatwa from a
queen of some country or whatever,
		
00:48:35 --> 00:48:39
			you know, there's some fatwas
about this. So I don't have to
		
00:48:39 --> 00:48:39
			wear hijab.
		
00:48:40 --> 00:48:44
			If you do that, you will never
improve your iman will go down
		
00:48:44 --> 00:48:48
			because you have no justify to
yourself. If a person can't keep a
		
00:48:48 --> 00:48:52
			beard today, because his wife
complains that it irritates my
		
00:48:52 --> 00:48:55
			skin or something like this,
right? Then inshallah you will
		
00:48:55 --> 00:49:00
			keep it tomorrow. But don't
justify. The worst point is when
		
00:49:00 --> 00:49:05
			you justify the new finish. If you
don't justify that in sha Allah,
		
00:49:05 --> 00:49:09
			you have an option of doing
something tomorrow. That is the
		
00:49:09 --> 00:49:10
			most important thing.
		
00:49:11 --> 00:49:14
			Know that we're doing wrong. For
example, there's somebody who said
		
00:49:14 --> 00:49:17
			that he was in a job where he was,
he didn't like to, but he had to
		
00:49:17 --> 00:49:22
			shake hands with the opposite
gender. It's difficult for some
		
00:49:22 --> 00:49:27
			people to so he doesn't know how
to deal with the situation. Now if
		
00:49:27 --> 00:49:30
			you start thinking that because
I'm in this field that I must do
		
00:49:30 --> 00:49:38
			it, right? That means it's hard
for me to do it. Finish. Rather he
		
00:49:38 --> 00:49:42
			should think I feel really bad
about doing this. He does this
		
00:49:42 --> 00:49:43
			stuff.
		
00:49:44 --> 00:49:46
			Then inshallah one day Allah will
give him the trophy
		
00:49:47 --> 00:49:48
			to deal with it.
		
00:49:50 --> 00:49:54
			So these are all of these issues.
I will just tell you one story
		
00:49:54 --> 00:49:55
			before we finish
		
00:49:56 --> 00:49:59
			it's a very interesting story that
I found to be very mashallah
		
00:50:00 --> 00:50:01
			impactful for me.
		
00:50:02 --> 00:50:05
			There was a one of the big caliphs
of the Romanians, his name was
		
00:50:05 --> 00:50:09
			Suleiman ignore Abdul Malik. He is
one of the sons of Abdul Malik in
		
00:50:09 --> 00:50:10
			number one.
		
00:50:11 --> 00:50:17
			So Salima diviner, Abdul Malik, he
in his palace, he had a personal
		
00:50:18 --> 00:50:18
			event.
		
00:50:20 --> 00:50:24
			modeling for the palace, as a
young man is to give a banner.
		
00:50:25 --> 00:50:30
			And so they want the Nordic also
had this really beautiful girl,
		
00:50:31 --> 00:50:36
			servant, slave girl, whatever it
was working inside the palace. One
		
00:50:36 --> 00:50:38
			day he catches this young man
looking at this girl.
		
00:50:40 --> 00:50:45
			Right? I mean, you will say what's
new about that. But, you know, he
		
00:50:45 --> 00:50:51
			caught and he got very angry. He's
very jealous. So he wanted to
		
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			do something to this.
		
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			So he called the slave girl over
and he said to her, I want you to
		
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			dress up, beautify yourself, adorn
yourself and go and present
		
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			yourself to this husband.
		
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			So he can make an excuse to you
know, if he does anything, then he
		
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			can go and kill him for that. So
she did what she did. She went up
		
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			to them
		
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			all nicely done.
		
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			And then
		
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			more than he says,
		
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			he says, Come back tomorrow.
		
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			Imagine what we would have done.
He said, Come back tomorrow. So
		
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			she came back.
		
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			And so they might have not done
Malik was very frustrated. He
		
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			wants to finish this off quickly.
He said no, go back and say this
		
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			is the only time we have to commit
haram.
		
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			After there'll be no time, the
Khalifa is not here or whatever.
		
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			This is the best time. So she went
back. And she's also frightened
		
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			now.
		
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			When she got there
		
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			the more than he said, Look,
		
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			I want you now to never come back.
		
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			I'm not interested.
		
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			So she goes back and she's crying
now as well because you know, it's
		
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			a strange scene. So he won't even
Abdulmalik is now very astonished
		
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			that he saw him looking at her.
Then she went and the first time
		
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			he said, Come back tomorrow. Now,
he is saying, don't ever come back
		
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			and not interested, what's going
on here. And he felt a strange
		
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			affection for this model than
that, you know, he must be a very
		
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			special person for him to do this.
		
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			So what he did was,
		
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			he then sent one of his,
		
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			his ministers or whoever it was
with a bag full of money.
		
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			And the woman, the slave girl, and
he said, Now go and give him the
		
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			slave girl for him for his
ownership.
		
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			So this minister went
		
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			and he gave the girl to him and he
said this is all yours now. The
		
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			more than said, Now, I mean what
we must think now is that before
		
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			it was haram, I abstain now
mashallah, Allah is rewarding me
		
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			for my extension. So Subhan Allah
Bismillah Quran, you know, has,
		
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			you know, do you know what the,
		
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			the Muslim said
		
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			that I cannot have you anymore.
		
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			Even though he wants to give her
to give you to me, I cannot have
		
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			you any more. Because when the
second time you came, I made a
		
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			promise to Allah that I will never
do this. So now I can never come
		
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			close to you anymore.
		
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			That's what you call email. We can
make mistakes. But Iman means that
		
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			we can rectify our mistakes.
		
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			Why did he tell her the first time
to not come back?
		
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			I used to think about this because
as a PhD you have to think about
		
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			these things. You know, you think
about are you curious? My
		
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			understanding is that
		
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			you know if there is a sin that
comes in front of you, is very
		
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			difficult to say no.
		
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			So that second best thing you can
do is put a buffer between you put
		
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			a distance, I'll do it later.
		
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			That gives you time to think it
gives time for the heat of the
		
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			passion the shower, to come down
and for you to be sensibly looking
		
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			at it. Then you can make a
decision. Always keep a distance
		
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			between us and haram. Then in sha
Allah will be able to control
		
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			ourselves. Unfortunately, the
challenge today is that Haram is
		
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			in in our face, a few clicks and
you can reach whatever haram you
		
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			want. Makes it difficult, but put
some boundaries.
		
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			Put some boundaries that will
allow the passion to
		
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			Hold down the you know the heat to
cool down and inshallah we can May
		
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			Allah subhanaw taala grant us all
protection. May Allah reward you
		
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			all for sitting here and on this
Saturday night when you could have
		
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			been doing so many other things.
May Allah grant us Baraka in our
		
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			lives. And may Allah subhanaw
taala grant us the taqwa and the
		
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			Iman that is required for us,
wherever we are. The answer is not
		
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			simple that just leave and go here
and there another May Allah grant
		
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			us strength wherever we are, and
accept us for that one can show