Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – This May Be Your Last Sin [Hikam 148]
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So, oh one who is looking for Allah whenever I have a sin that
is committed phala yeah consider the min cut a cannula. Don't ever
let that become a means for you becoming now distant from Allah
and severed from Allah
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country. He says this is page 96 of our edition. It is the wisdom
number 148.
This is again one of those extremely profound ones that would
benefit you every day.
May Allah
benefit us through this through his words, may Allah reward the
author. So this is what he says, When you commit a sin.
Let it not then be a reason for your despairing of attaining to
righteousness before your Lord.
Whenever you end up committing a sin, don't let that make you
despondent that you will never be steadfast with your Lord. That's
exactly what happens, isn't it? commit a sin, you're trying to
stay away to commit a sin, or no, it's messed my record up.
And there's something about humans messing up their record, it's
very, very
despairing idea, very dispiriting very defaulting idea when you have
a good record, and then suddenly you mess up. And you think you can
do it's a human thing. So here essentially talking to a human
emotion, don't worry about why. Because eventually, that might be
the last sin decreed for you.
You've tried it so many times, and inshallah The next one is going to
be the last one, meaning this not like next one, but this one is
going to be the last one. So inshallah after this, I have St.
Pharma. That's the spirit that we want to move forward with. I
remember I read this years ago, and it helped me a lot. Because
you just despair can't get right or can't get right. And then
shaytaan joins the bandwagon thinks forget, it's not worth it.
I'm a sinful person. I'm an evil person. I'm going to hellfire. I
can't be like the other person. I can't be like that person. That's
all nonsense, essentially, from the shaytaan. Allah subhanho wa
Taala is forgiving. This is after the fact that we're, we've done a
sin, we can still have istikhara we've been trying one day, we will
get into the common there's many stories about this. People try it,
sometimes for months, sometimes for days, sometimes for years, but
eventually they got it. You can only get it if you're gonna try
one day you will succeed. That's it. Everything else you're trying
you're trying you tried it, it has to be learned. A lot of people
think that I'm going to try once, but then when you mess up because
we are overcome by our weaknesses, we have weakness, that's when it
is so that we think is not worth trying. It's do you get anything
else that I'm trying? You want to score those goals?
Right that people talk about you and achieve something
you don't just get it the first time. Some people do. Just like
here some people do some people get it the first time but most
people don't get things the first time they make an effort whether
that be a driving test, whether that be some business, whether
that be scoring something, attaining something acquire you
have to keep trying and eventually you win. Just like that you will
get the steadfastness eventually, because what happens is you learn
as you go along you learn what is it that democracy us what is it
that takes us away? What is it that throws me off track? What is
it corrupts me? What is my biggest challenge? What is my biggest
fitna what is my biggest weakness, or what was my biggest weakness? I
generally end up with that person. That's where we end up committing
a wrong when I go into that environment, that's when that
happens. When I go to that place, it happens when I'm in in this
place. That's when happens when I'm feeling like this. It happens.
It generally happens when I'm tired. Or it happens after a while
it happens in the morning or
Now go there. We just have to figure this out. Eventually. It's
all about figuring out, we've got our life to do it as long as we
get it before we die. May Allah give us steadfastness before we
die. So that's essentially what he's saying.
That the person who's trying, but you have to be a person trying if
you're not a person who's trying you can't get steadfastness. It's
only the people who will be try trying that will get steadfastness
steadfastness, which means regularity.
Consistency, is the greatest miracle for any believer
is a greater miracle than flying through the air. If you were ever
bestowed that is a greater
a greater miracle than being able to pull money out from nowhere
is to remain constant. This is our struggle Subhanallah This is the
struggle to remain constant. We try new things. We read tarot
cards of tahajjud here and there, we might read an issue block
prayer, we might read an hour be in prayer, we might do an extra
novel here and there we get a bit excited, we listen to something we
hear something or we lose something and we get inspired, but
then after that, we get false confidence a false sense of
security back. So then we stop once we can be regular okay now,
mashallah, for the last year, I've avoided X, Y and Zed, and I've
done X, Y and Zed. I've not missed the prayer. Why I've done all my
Kadar prayers, or whenever I have messed up on anything, I've done
it again. That's steadfastness.
So what happens is that this is a journey to Allah. And just like
any other journey, there's going to be pitfalls on that journey,
because this is the world
the dunya Some people ask you How are you brother? I am as well as
the dunya can keep me I am as well as the dunya can allow me it
it can never be perfect here. It can be close to perfect me you can
never be fully perfect, because this is an not an abode of
perfection in an abode of imperfections How can you gain
perfection
there are just so many challenges in this world Jannah is a place of
perfection and * is a place of absolute corruption and misery.
Which Allah
we asked him to protect us
so as we're traveling this path expect that there could be ups and
downs we don't purposely look for ups and downs we don't purposely
deviate the path but sometimes
we get a thorn
the stones are they they feel good sometimes because they are haram
thorns, you know. So whenever we slip up a bit,
carry on get up and carry on carry what shaytaan one says he wants us
to become dirty in the mud and not be able together not wash
ourselves off brush ourselves off and carry on. So carry on carry on
you attack this like you're fighting something
you could have little setbacks but you just have to carry on
otherwise you lose the game you lose the war.
That's why he says for either suffer when somebody drops when
they make a mistake
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get mired in that mud that he's dropped into
Canada Deleon Allah for strategic that just proves that were weak
but recognize that this is a weakness and not of permanency
This is weakness only Why are the Mita CD didn't Betty we've not
reached our objective and goal yet. So for either Walker I'm in
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so oh one who is looking for ALLAH? Whenever I have a sin that
is committed phala Jaquan suberb a min Katya, Erica and Allah don't
ever let that become a means for you becoming now distant from
Allah and severed from Allah. Oh, you see, communal is the comet
Hema Allah or it's going to cause you despondency to now gain the
steadfastness that you'll be looking for.
Let your record be messed up of the past as long as it's not
messed up in the future.
Because in Islam, Alhamdulillah people are generally people are
unforgiving.
People, they will remember your mistakes from 20 years ago even
though you've been reformed, but Allah subhana wa Tada will forgive
you. And he says, evil means them becoming law number. The one who's
repented from a sin is like who has no sin. He's the Prophet
sallallahu sallam. The Prophet sallallahu sallam said that
the prophets are awesome also said
In normal AMA, we'll have our team it's your final ceiling stakes,
that counts. That's the beauty of Islam, life full of sin. So then
he says
faith or bar for how they go about will Maxia
you know the the sin is there but then eventually the burden of that
sin will overcome you overwhelm you and make you despondent.
What? That of the Morphy happy girl and mercy but well Betty then
afternoon just get worse. She Dawn will just drag it. What are the
benefits of falling sometimes not by purpose is just to show that
look, this is something you can be prone to. You're slumbering.
You're not careful. You need to be a bit more diligent. Remember
learn from your mistakes. What is it that makes me make those
mistakes? So when you fight either Sakata Nahata when you drop
standoff again what either come to work or that you're gonna daddy
Garcia Rosa Minka, Rahula whiny, so then when you do get up again
and you've refreshed your intention you revived yourself
shuttler that's the last one now. That was the last thing that Allah
subhanaw taala decreed for you now ensure that there won't be that
sin anymore. And just read one thing which is very, very useful
is to read the stories of those accomplished people who actually
started off very, very bad. And there's some big names that you
you'd be surprised by this some very big names can own norsu son
for sorrowful soo son. They were thieves robbers highway men, and
they became mashallah the elect and specially selected ones, the
chosen ones. He gives the names of Ibrahim Hypno, Adham
for the dignitary OB he was a very terrifying person who everybody's
worried about going through his area. He was the big gangster of
the place. You didn't want to go past that area because you'd be
you'd be robbed
will be Aza was aiding him under your facade a number of other
people failure can Lockerbie him or sweat on V Huston Yvonne Nivola
use those people as
examples and role models for your own good thoughts with Allah that
Allah can do the same for me. That's what I want to be like.
Subhan Allah Allah has given us so many people for role models,
however you are whatever you think you are. Yes, there's new types of
sins, but the nature of the sin is the same. It's desire, anger,
greed,
Caprice,
sexual desire, you know, vise, whatever it is, that's human
that's that's what's happened is a perennial weaknesses that we've
had from they just had different settings in which that happens.
We'd have different settings we have an online setting now, right?
We have more settings, I guess. But at the end of the day, people
went through all of these things and mashallah, they succeeded as
well. It's a message of hope. And now look at these verses of the
Quran Allah subhana wa Tada Surah Zoomer, sort of Zoomer 53 Verse
53. Are ya EBA De La Nina s Rafa wiener? foresee him la tapa
Annelle to me Rachmat in the in Allah Hallo, hallo Dunoon wedge me
euro in whoa la fool, Rahim is considered the most hopeful verse
in the Quran. Allah is saying say oh my servants who have
transgressed against themselves. So he's telling us what your sin
is like look, I know you've done that sin and you're still my
servants my sermons who have done that. Unlike the mother who gets
side of her children messing up messing her around all day so when
the father comes she says to the father when he comes home tired
from work, your children were doing this. Your son did this and
your daughter, man, isn't it your son and daughter? No, no, no, my
son and daughter today?
Okay, fine. I'm going to take no no, no, they're my sons.
But you see how we can be disowned by our own parents if we do wrong
and dishonor on Shabbat? Allah never does that is like you're my,
you're my servants. You are my servants. And I know you've
aggressed and transgressed against yourself but don't see Allah is
directly speaking Yeah, a buddy My servants to make that so personal.
And then after that, he switches it to the third person. He says,
let that come to me Rahmatullah
don't
become this one that in the Mercy of Allah
amazing, just amazing the way he does that in hola yo. Quiero
Vinoba Jamia, Allah forgives all sins, because he is the most
forgiving and the Most Merciful.
Thereafter that insert will hatred. Verse 5156, Allah subhanho
wa Taala says, Father, Allah says what may happen to me was Matthew
ropey in look boss noon, and this one is saying that if you do
become despondent, you're actually on the wrong track.
Who can be despondent from the Mercy of Allah except that he
And once like if you can become despondent that means you're
really deviate like you don't even know Allah that's why, you know
when we do a sin and we deviate the worst sin is when you deviate
and we don't even know Allah, that he could be forgiving, that's
worse that's proper ignorance.
Then after the insert the use of 87 Allah subhanaw taala says
the ye assume your Rohilla he in little Coleman care for your own
Allah really like upset and says, only people that can be fully
despondent from the Mercy of Allah
or the disbelieving folk.
We don't want to be disbelievers.
Then the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa salam could look no other my
football, every son of Adam is a photon. They make mistakes.
Well, Hayden kata in the wellborn, you've must, must have heard this,
The Best of those who make mistakes are the best who repent
and just come back.
The Prophet sallallahu Sallam also said, in in, in Allah, your Hebrew
could
move 10 in the world when
Allah subhanho wa Taala loves all of those who were challenged by
something, they fell down.
They had some kind of a test. But then they made repentance.
And they came back, they repented came back to Allah subhanaw taala.
So you just have to be clever about it. You have to be you have
to find insights, you have to see what exactly is going on? What's
wrong, why am I doing this? Is it the people and somebody is
difficult to move away from some of you feel very comfortable with?
Problem is that sometimes there's some good with people, and there's
a lot of bad with people, you have to make that decision is this?
Is this worth it?
Because look, we stay with people because we get some benefit, but
there's a lot of harm that we're incurring as well, we can't be
ourselves.
If you're not an assertive person, then other people can easily take,
take you take us off track. So where if you're not an assertive
person, the best people to be in when in with is in good company
because they'll carry you with them. Just take an example.
I've traveled with different types of people. And earlier on
sometimes I traveled with people who didn't want to pray they
weren't they weren't really into praying salats a pray Jehovah, but
are we going through, you know, African countries where you have
to literally stop by the side of the road, find a place. And now
since the other guys are not really interested in praying, you
have to remember the time you have to be assertive because you're on
a long journey, you have to get through certain borders.
Everybody wants to get through and they don't necessarily want to
stop because they want to get to next destination. You know what
that is? Now on the other hand, think that if everybody wants to
bring these, I'd say oh, it's nearly Salah time. Okay, come on,
let's hurry up, you know, and then like somebody else is going to be
thinking all we had to do we'll do it's a group effort it just
easier. It's simple, is just cut yourself away or become the one
who changes everybody. But if you can't change people and you're the
one who's constantly being changed, and you need to find a
new group of friends, that that is I found if you want to be good in
this world, the best is to surround yourself getting good
company. It just makes life easier because humans are social beings
and creatures. So we're very impacted by the people that
surround us. Get a get a people get it get a circle of people that
you hang out with, speak with and so on. And slowly slowly work that
and insha Allah that will be really helpful thereafter that
ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada says in Allah you hit Buddha we're been
where your head Buddha Buddha taught at Allah subhanho wa Taala
loves those who repent often.
You repent often we make mistakes, but we keep repenting, we never
say oh, it's not worth it anymore. Allah doesn't like it anymore.
Allah says that I'll I will willing to accept your repentance
multiple times in a day.
You know, don't think Allah is like anybody else don't get tired.
I'm really sorry. I'm really sorry. I'm really sorry. Like man,
how many times you're gonna say sorry, you just messed up. How can
I keep accepting your excuses? That's not Allah every time we say
sorry property is willing to accept it.
And he loves those who try to try to be pure water. tahari means who
make an effort to be pure. And who tried to do it very well. May
Allah subhana wa Tada. Make it easy for us. So this is what
Sheikh Abdullah go he Rahim Allah says in the commentary of this, he
says,
when one commits some sin as the result of human nature, human
weakness, one should never allow the center now bring about the
slightest change in one's determination.
To remain steadfast upon the religion, your determination
should never weaken. We may end up doing wrong, but the determination
should never weaken.
That's what's going to carry on.
And take us forward. Do not permit it to slug in one's bond with
Allah mo stay still be in love with Allah, and try to please Him.
Do not be deceived by the thought that I'm unable to remain
steadfast on the religion. Hence my sinning. Therefore, I might as
well give up. Never think that steadfastness is impossible in the
aftermath of committing a sin. Rather, one must hope, as this
aphorism suggests that maybe Allah will not destined another sin for
me after this.
With this hope one must be very careful to not become then
pradeshiya Cincin
so then you think, okay, I can keep making Toba? That's cool. Let
me just do send and then I'll make dough bug mixing coming over? No,
that's not what Allah wants from us.
Indeed, a sin committed spontaneously due to temporary
human weakness is not in conflict with steadfastness upon the
religion, in fact, that is part of steadfastness is that it does
allow for some weakness.
It doesn't allow for for purposeful negligence and
purposeful deviance, but it does allow for natural weakness
sometimes.
So if we can just redefine that was like, okay, hamdulillah
because someone, I've seen people, they'll come and say, I'm been
trying this and I can't do it. I can't do it. That means God is not
helping me, it becomes so bad. They actually start saying that
God is not helping me that must, then shaytaan makes us say that
means God doesn't exist. Because the fist is bad. And I really want
to ask, why isn't God answering me?
Just the whole wrong philosophy term. wrong idea. Wrong, wrong
idea. So this is a really important point. He's making that
heavy weakness sometimes and failing sometimes is part of
steadfastness. People make mistakes.
It's just you don't have to read everybody's mistake. No, you
already read you only read only read the good things about people.
People make mistakes. Not saying everybody does, but a lot of
people make mistakes, even those whom you might think don't make
mistakes.
But that doesn't get into the history books, I guess, unless
it's important mistake. That is a lesson.
However, persistence in sins without constant recourse to
repentance, whereby one engages in a prolonged and deliberate
commission of sins is a complete negation of steadfastness.
You develop such a relationship with that sin is that no, I'm
going to keep doing it. I'm gonna keep doing it. I make Dobot but
I'm gonna keep doing it. There has to be that I don't want to do it.
I don't I know it's beautiful. I know. It's nice. I know. It's very
pleasurable. It's very enjoying enjoyable, but I don't want to do
it.
That much is helpful. May Allah subhanaw taala make that easy? And
may Allah subhana withother grant a steadfastness and may Allah
subhanho wa taala. Grant us constancy and ease in this world.
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Yeah, Allah accept us. Yeah, Allah accept us for some service of God,
make us worthy of even being called believers of Allah make us
of those who have steadfastness. Oh Allah, this is something we
have attempted and trade and made an effort to. To attain our light
it is difficult or Allah we ask that You grant us steadfastness.
You grant us steadfastness, you grant us firmness on our faith of
Allah, we ask that you do not allow us to deviate nor our
children nor our progeny. Oh Allah keep us in good company Ground
Test Your love and the love of those whose love benefits us in
your court. or Allah bless
us and allow us to use your blessings that you have given us
to benefit others as well. For the service of your deen as well. Oh
Allah you have given us abundant deep both in terms of the world
and the dunya and the deed and the access that we have and the
opportunities that we have and the sources that we have our Allah do
not allow us to misuse these do not allow us to take these for
granted. Do not allow us to
ignore these and be negligent and become complacent. Oh Allah, there
are other places who would be very envious of what
We have, oh Allah allow us to use what we have for your sake. Oh
Allah for the betterment of ourselves and the betterment of
the community and the people as a whole. Oh Allah protect us from
the fitness and the challenges which are out there. Grant a
strength grant us your love and the love of those whose love will
benefit us in your codes of Allah these new efforts that have begun
in Guyana and other places are like cept them, grant them
strength for grant them unity. Allow them to remove their
differences, their issues, their problems and allow them to work
for the betterment and protect the Muslim and all the others in that
country. Set them on the right path and Oh Allah, allow them to
be close to you and all the other places as well. That need help
call Allah we ask that you remove the suffering in these places. You
remove the oppression from those places, you remove the challenges
that they have. And oh Allah You grant us all Tofik and you elevate
your Kadima, la isla in the LOC allow us to be a part in that
allow us to play a part in that allow us to play a part in that oh
Allah accept from all of those who are here or that those who are in
this and all of those who will listen and all that except from us
on Send Your abundant blessings and our messenger Muhammad
sallallahu alayhi wa salam and grant his company the hereafter.
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