Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Treatise For The Seekers Of Guidance Part 38 How to Love Allah More than Others

Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera
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The importance of love and finding a home with a good quality is discussed, along with the benefits of buying a house and finding a replacement for a car. The speakers stress the importance of finding a good replacement for a car and finding a good replacement for a car. They also emphasize the importance of learning about Islam's subhanaw taala and remembering to love someone and not just to their name. The course on Islamic essentials and certificate for students is also mentioned.

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			Allah subhanho wa Taala says in
the Quran, Allah Hina Ave Aisha de
		
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			hookman de la, the people who
believe they are the most ardent
		
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			and strongest in their love for
Allah subhanho wa Taala so why is
		
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			it that we can't say I love you
Allah? Why is it that we can't
		
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			think of loving Allah subhanaw
taala because love is not just
		
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			something you say, right? You
can't just say I love you to
		
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			someone. It's not really love is a
very strong emotion. Right? You
		
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			don't want to be saying that to
people just for the sake of it.
		
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			Right? Because then it just sounds
fake. Because love show when you
		
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			have love for something, you do
everything for it. Love literally
		
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			blinds you and defends you.
		
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			hamdulillahi rabbil Alameen
		
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			wa Salatu was Salam wa ala
Sayidina Muhammad woreda early he
		
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			was sabe he was seldom at the
Sleeman Kathira on Ilario MIDI and
		
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			my beret.
		
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			God Allah with the baraka with the
rnfl Quran emoji, they will
		
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			decline it Hamid Well, Lavina
Manu, Usha Hogben Nila
		
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			Sadaqa Allahu La vie.
		
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			Allah subhanho wa Taala
		
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			He has created us and then he
manages the affairs of the world.
		
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			And part of the management of the
affairs of this world is that he
		
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			provides for us and He sustains
us. He takes care of us, He
		
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			provides the facilities within
which we operate the environment
		
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			in which we live. He provides us
the capabilities of breathing,
		
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			eating, drinking, sustaining
ourselves, of thinking, of getting
		
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			by in this life of assisting
others, and allowing others to
		
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			assist us
		
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			of doing things for ourselves and
doing things for others by doing
		
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			business and trade, to provide a
living for ourselves and to
		
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			provide facilities and goods and
merchandise and things that what
		
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			other people need. That's what
humans produce. Humans are a
		
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			collective community, a social
community that assist one another
		
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			and that, that care for one
another. And that cater for one
		
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			another.
		
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			Sometimes within all of that,
within thinking about ourselves
		
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			and thinking about others. Whether
that mean that be through
		
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			compassionate means whether that
be through trade or business, we
		
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			sometimes forget the one who is
giving it to us all. The one who's
		
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			providing everything, the one
who's facilitating everything, the
		
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			one who were here, because he
wanted us to be here, and he
		
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			decided that we would be here as
opposed to someone else. So by
		
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			this, Allah subhanaw taala wants
us to not forget him. So he tells
		
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			us that you pray at least five
times a day. And Akeem is solid
		
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			politically established the prayer
for my remembrance. So we focus on
		
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			the prayer, the prayer is for the
sake of Allah subhanaw taala and
		
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			to remember him. So it's actually
to remember Allah subhanaw taala
		
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			in the sense that he is our
Creator. And that's where
		
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			ultimately we're going to return
to him as well. Now, the
		
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			interesting thing here is that the
more you know about something, the
		
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			more you become attracted to it.
The more you know about something
		
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			as long as it has good qualities
you become attracted to it.
		
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			So for example,
		
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			if you're looking for a car or a
house, you find the house, you're
		
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			looking for a house, you see many,
and you dismiss many of them. Why
		
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			would you dismiss many houses, in
fact, when you start looking for a
		
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			house, you start looking online
for listings, that's the new way
		
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			of doing it before you'd have to
drive around the neighborhood and
		
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			see whether for sale boards are
nowadays you do it from the
		
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			comfort of your own home from your
phone, and they show you pictures
		
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			and everything, you will just
probably dismiss many of them just
		
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			by looking at them. And then
there's a few that you will single
		
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			out that these are worth going to
see. Because if you were to look
		
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			at every house that's available in
the area, I mean, there's so many
		
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			houses. So you go and you look at
them. And then as soon as you look
		
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			at them, you make a decision,
whether it's something that you
		
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			want or not, it's a big decision.
		
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			Now, if there's one or two that
catch your interest, then there's
		
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			still a number of other hurdles
that you have to overcome. But why
		
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			did they catch your interest is
the question they caught your
		
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			interest because they have
features that attract you. That
		
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			your heart inclines towards that
your heart begins to like you like
		
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			those things. And the more feature
that house with will have then the
		
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			more infatuated you will become
with that house. And then you will
		
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			be really sad if you were to lose
it.
		
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			You'll feel losing it, in fact,
and then it becomes a bidding
		
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			process of who pays the most,
especially if it's a competitive
		
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			market, then why are people
willing to pay so much more, they
		
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			say that if you're going to buy a
house to live in, then you'll,
		
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			you'll pay more. Because you're
going to live in there forever,
		
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			and the price will eventually
appreciate. If you're buying
		
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			something for investment, then you
know, you have to try to get the
		
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			best price because it's an
investment, you're trying to
		
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			maximize your profits. But here
your profit is you're living in
		
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			them. So why do we bid more? Why
do we go after something? Why do
		
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			we make such an effort behind it
is because the qualities of that
		
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			house as opposed to other houses
or other homes have attracted us.
		
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			Similarly, when you want to buy
when you want to buy a phone,
		
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			phones are much more of an easier
purchase than a car, for example,
		
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			or than a house,
		
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			you could even make a mistake in a
phone, you'd lose, you might lose
		
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			a bit of money, and you may have
to resell the phone if you don't
		
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			like it.
		
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			But when it comes to a car and
other things, it just gets more
		
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			complicated.
		
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			But again, it's the same thing, if
I've identified one car that I
		
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			need, because I had to get rid of
my car for Ulus purposes to
		
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			so that you don't get charged
every day.
		
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			For the the environment tax or
whatever they've put on the cars.
		
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			So now I found the car that I'm
interested in. Why am I interested
		
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			in that car, because it seems to
fit the criteria I'm looking for.
		
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			It has the qualities and
characteristics that interests me.
		
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			That's why I've singled out that
car has seven seats, and it's this
		
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			that another and he has those,
those few things. But there's a
		
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			few other things that I would have
liked to have. But it doesn't have
		
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			that, but I'm willing to, I'm
willing to overlook those things
		
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			because he has because there's no
car that has everything, unless
		
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			you want to buy a brand new car,
you want to order it, even then
		
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			you may not get 100% everything
but we are limited in terms of how
		
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			much you can pay.
		
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			It's only in paradise where you
can literally want whatever you
		
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			want, and have a designer, you
know designed to exact
		
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			specification and there is no
		
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			and there's no one for money
there. There's no one for cash
		
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			there because our rewards
inshallah will be very, very
		
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			valuable in the hereafter our good
deeds once we get into paradise.
		
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			But here you get a budget you have
to worry about as well.
		
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			So now what happens is that
there's a few characteristics and
		
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			now suddenly somebody tells you
about another car and alternative.
		
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			Until now your whole mind was
focused on this car, you literally
		
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			as they say have bushy your me
were your Sim, right? The love of
		
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			something blinds and defends you.
So you didn't want to look at any
		
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			it's too confusing. Right? That's
why you don't look at others too
		
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			confusing. You know, you want to
focus on what your object of your,
		
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			your desire, when somebody tells
you, you really need to check this
		
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			car. So you start looking at it
cursor in a cursory way. And there
		
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			are certain features that stand
out to you. And they attract you.
		
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			So you go and you take a test
drive, you know, a friend's friend
		
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			has one, so you're gonna really
like it.
		
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			So now it's between these two
cards now.
		
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			And then what happens is that you
finally decided this card because
		
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			it has more going for it. There's
more attraction in there because
		
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			there's more characteristics that
are attracting you compared to the
		
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			other one.
		
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			Sitting you decide to buy that
car.
		
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			Now, why did you get off the other
car? Because you found an
		
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			alternative?
		
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			Number one, you found an
alternative? Why was that
		
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			alternative better than that? It
wasn't an arbitrary decision was
		
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			it? You know, for somebody who
thinks is not an arbitrary
		
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			decision. I know one person he
needs a car. He literally went out
		
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			found he needed a van. Right? He
found the first van.
		
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			He found the first van within four
hours anyone bought it because he
		
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			just needed a van. That's it. He
didn't care what it was he was the
		
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			first van he bought, paid the
money and took took it and then he
		
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			had to deal with whatever the
consequences. Most people don't do
		
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			that today. You don't just go and
buy a car like that in four hours.
		
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			Unless it's for 300 pounds or
something somebody's flogging it,
		
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			you know, it's a good amount of
money you're going to spend,
		
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			you're going to think about it. So
what attracted you to this one as
		
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			opposed to that one, because it's
a better alternative. It's got
		
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			more characteristics. That means
this had more shortcomings.
		
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			Because if that has more
characteristics, that means this
		
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			has more shortcomings. Think about
it that way. Right? It's a good
		
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			car on its own. But when you've
compared it then for you that has
		
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			more going than that somebody else
this may have more than that.
		
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			Subhanallah Subhanallah now what
happens is
		
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			this is the exact dilemma that I
think we're dealing with when it
		
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			comes to Allah subhanaw taala that
car that you the two cars that you
		
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			are now interested in when you are
interested in that first car you
		
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			started seeing that car
everywhere.
		
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			Before that it didn't really
exist, at least not in your scope
		
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			of vision. It existed there were
many on the roads. But now that
		
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			you're interested in it, you start
seeing them everywhere. Where did
		
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			they will spring up from?
		
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			Did they just suddenly supply them
the day before and everybody
		
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			bought them, and now they're
everywhere? No, they've been there
		
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			from before. But we weren't
bothering to look at them because
		
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			they did not interest us. It was
not a form of it was not an object
		
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			of attraction until now. Now what
happens is, when you found the
		
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			second car, you see those more.
And these ones, you start seeing
		
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			less again, they start going into
oblivion, you'll still notice
		
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			them. Because you're like, still
comparing, like, Alhamdulillah, I
		
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			didn't get that one. You'll be
feeling like Alhamdulillah, I
		
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			didn't get that one. So you'll
still notice it.
		
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			But it's the other one that you
now start seeing everywhere.
		
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			So now it's the same thing.
		
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			It's the same kind of thing with
Allah subhanaw taala.
		
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			The reason we can't see Allah, in
a sense, you can't see him anyway.
		
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			But the reason we can't even see
his signs everywhere is because
		
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			we're not interested.
		
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			We don't, we're not interested,
we've not attached our heart to
		
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			him.
		
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			Why haven't we attached our heart
to him, if there's something good
		
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			that has a attraction, then you're
going to attach your heart to it.
		
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			Especially if it is really, really
		
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			a strong attraction,
		
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			a very strong attraction in there,
then you can't help it. But as I
		
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			said, first, the reason why we
didn't see the second car, is
		
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			because we had a focus on the
first car. The reason why we
		
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			didn't see those on the streets
before is because we were not
		
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			interested in we had an
alternative. And the reason why
		
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			then we started focusing on the
second car over the first car, is
		
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			because the second one attracted
us and took our attraction away
		
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			from the first one.
		
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			Sometimes you've seen people
making a bad decision having you
		
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			where they will completely abandon
a good thing and take a bad thing
		
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			for you don't understand why, but
they do some reason. They have
		
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			their own personal reasons, they
they will let go of some a better
		
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			deal and go for something
inferior. Why would they do that?
		
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			Maybe because of some some weird
idea, you know, some personal
		
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			preference, maybe some wrong idea.
Everybody's sending him get that
		
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			one. But the person may have made
this decision after 567. Now, we
		
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			don't want to judge people's
decision. But after 567 years,
		
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			they decided themselves that I
made the wrong decision.
		
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			I should not have married here. I
should not have moved here. I
		
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			should not have done this. I
shouldn't have taken this job. I
		
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			shouldn't have done this course.
Maybe even after one year,
		
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			everybody was telling them
something else. But they decided
		
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			to go for something inferior. Are
we deluded like that as well?
		
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			Where the reason why we can't see
Allah subhanaw taala the reason
		
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			why we can't experience Him
everywhere is because we're just
		
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			focused on other things too much.
I guess the better example is that
		
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			there's a responsibility that we
have that we better prepare for
		
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			something you know, you have to go
for Hajj or whatever and you kept
		
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			delaying it, delaying it, delaying
it because you're focused on
		
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			something else. I
		
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			don't really want to take off work
I want to do this first I want to
		
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			spend on this first I want to get
that new sofa set. I want to get
		
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			that new TV or whatever it is,
then I'll go for Hutch
		
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			that is that a decision that we're
taking?
		
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			Allah subhanho wa Taala says in
the Quran, Valentina. Ave, Aisha,
		
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			hug Mandela, the people who
believe they are the most ardent
		
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			and strongest in their love for
Allah subhanho wa taala.
		
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			So why is it that we can't say I
love you Allah? Why is it that we
		
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			can't think of loving Allah
subhanaw taala? Because love is
		
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			not just something you say, right?
You can't just say I love you to
		
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			someone. It's not really love is a
very strong emotion. Right? You
		
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			don't want to be saying that to
people just for the sake of it.
		
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			Right? Because then it just sounds
fake. Because love. When you have
		
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			love for something, you do
everything for it. Love literally
		
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			blinds you and defends you. Now
what is love? You see, that's the
		
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			thing. People have brothers and
sisters right? Now you may just
		
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			love one of your brothers sisters
more than the other. It doesn't
		
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			mean that you have to be unfair to
the others or you are unfair to
		
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			that you just love one more than
the other. Why? Because Allah has
		
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			put that in your heart. You can't
help it.
		
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			You may love one of your children
more than the others. Your equal
		
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			you you treat them all well, but
it's just one you love more than
		
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			others.
		
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			Those who have children will
probably understand that which is
		
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			the most beloved child generally.
		
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			They say there's a few contenders
in this they say the eldest one
		
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			because he's probably the first
one, then they say that the last
		
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			one is always the most beloved.
		
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			And
		
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			he's the most he or she is most
beloved until the next one comes
		
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			along, then they become the most
beloved. And the third candidate
		
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			is the one who's sick. They become
the most beloved for that moment
		
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			as well. So where does that put
the middle children? Anybody a
		
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			middle child here.
		
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			Don't feel too bad.
		
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			Subhan Allah, I mean, you were the
youngest at one time anyway, so
		
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			Hamdulillah. So they say that the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
		
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			sallam treated all of his wives
equally nine at once. But he had a
		
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			shot of the Allah one, he just had
a natural love for her more than
		
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			others. Just the natural love not
that's placed by Allah. They call
		
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			that in Arabic, they call the hub
fit three.
		
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			Right? They call that hub, fit
three, natural love, you can't
		
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			help it's an inherent natural love
that you can't help. It's just,
		
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			you love something. Now, the good
thing about this is that you could
		
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			have inherent love for many
things, right? If it's good, what
		
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			you have inherent love for and
it's something that love is called
		
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			for the Hamdulillah. Like, you
know, we have to love our
		
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			children, we have to love our
parents, you have to love the
		
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			Prophet sallallahu sallam, we have
to love Allah subhanaw taala if
		
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			somebody has the inherent love for
Allah, and you just inclined
		
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			towards the Prophet salallahu
Salam and loves him as well,
		
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			that's wonderful, you don't have
to make an effort if you're it's
		
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			already there, because it's
naturally there.
		
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			But sometimes, you can't have you
don't have that
		
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			you don't have a natural love for
something, you might even have an
		
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			aversion or you may just be non
committal, just neutral towards
		
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			something. But it's something you
must love, then what
		
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			your job would become easy if you
start loving it to a certain
		
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			degree.
		
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			So now if you think
		
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			it's not the best job that I could
get, but my chalet pays well, and
		
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			it lets me sustain in this
climate, you know, sustain myself
		
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			in this climate and my family. So
let me put everything in it. So
		
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			you start looking at the qualities
of this work, and you try to gain
		
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			an affection, or an attachment, or
a connection with the work that
		
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			you're doing. Likewise, you have
to work with somebody. And with
		
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			some people, you just naturally
hit it off by other people, it's a
		
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			bit more difficult.
		
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			You may enter a class. And there's
certain teachers you just find a
		
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			huge amount of harmony with and
congeniality with their demeanor,
		
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			your demeanor just matches,
there's others.
		
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			It's difficult, right? They may be
very strict, or they may be
		
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			very laid back. Or they may be
		
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			whatever else it could be.
		
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			But you know that to get through
and to be successful, you're going
		
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			to have to make this work. So you
start How do you make it work?
		
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			Here in all of these cases, you
need the other type of love.
		
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			Because you don't have natural
love. So in this one, you need
		
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			hope gaspee
		
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			That's the other type of love.
They say hope guestspy The
		
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			acquired love, how do you acquire
love, you focus on the good
		
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			points.
		
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			You focus on the good
characteristics. And that is how
		
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			you acquire love and affection. Or
a connection with something at
		
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			least even if it's not affection
is connection with something. So
		
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			you think of all of the positives
that your work, there may be some
		
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			negatives. But you think of all of
the positives. And that's how you
		
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			start focusing. That's why they
say that even husband and wife
		
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			relationship where there's a bit
of a disharmony. The point is and
		
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			the Prophet sallallahu Sallam
actually encouraged towards this
		
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			by saying that a believer should
not hate his wife. Because if he
		
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			is not satisfied with certain
characteristics, there will be
		
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			others that he should be satisfied
with can't be all bad. Because
		
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			nothing is all bad, except shaytan
is all bad. And everything relates
		
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			shaytaan is all bad. Right? She
thought can never be good. But
		
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			even human Shakedowns can actually
become good and turn around. So
		
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			focus on the good aspects. And
that's how you create connection
		
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			with something and maybe even love
of that thing. Now, when you have
		
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			love for something, then it does a
lot of things. I have a friend
		
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			who's an expert on love and I
mean, this is quite clear that you
		
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			begin to love something. Now one
thing you have to remember is that
		
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			when you if you feel suddenly
attracted to something,
		
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			think about why you're attracted
to that thing. This will give you
		
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			an understanding. Let's just say
that it's a car you see, man that
		
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			looks really nice or house you see
or a phone or some person. It's a
		
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			man you see a woman and you
suddenly become attracted
		
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			To her, what are you being
attracted to?
		
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			It could be many things. It could
be her beauty.
		
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			Right? Somebody else may not be
you may be like a cold beauty, he
		
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			may be a warm beauty, there's
different types of beauty. Right?
		
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			You may be attracted to one thing,
somebody may be attracted to
		
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			another thing. It may be something
even more
		
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			Subhanallah I mean,
		
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			maybe I should just say this could
be maybe something so
		
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			insignificant.
		
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			Right, or something so shallow as
the way
		
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			they walk.
		
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			Right? Literally, somebody may
become attracted to the opposite,
		
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			because of the way they walk.
		
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			Because of the way certain body
parts are emphasized or something
		
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			like that. I mean, that this is a
shallow as it gets. And I think
		
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			that's it. That's why I want Why
do you want that just for one
		
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			point, that one point,
		
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			I want to get married to this
person because of this. Nobody
		
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			else I've seen. Does it that way
or wears clothes that way? Or
		
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			dresses up that way? Or puts
makeup on that way? Or
		
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			has such a car or whatever.
		
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			Now is marriage what is marriage
about? Is that what marriage is
		
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			about the way somebody walks? The
way somebody dresses the way
		
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			somebody looks? Is that what
marriage is about you under for
		
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			marriage? Right? So how can that
be? Is that in harmony with
		
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			marriage? No, not at all. Because
marriage is not that you're going
		
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			to just watch somebody walk, or
watch the way they dress, or put
		
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			them somewhere and just watch them
all day. There's a number of other
		
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			characteristics that are required
in marriage. So you want to get a
		
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			package. Okay, this one character
is might be fine. But you need a
		
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			number of characteristics.
		
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			What you should give your heart
to,
		
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			what you should give you affection
to your connection to your
		
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			association to should be a package
of characteristics.
		
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			A collection of them not just one
point. This is where people make
		
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			the biggest mistake. This is the
mechanics of love, you become
		
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			attracted to one characteristic
and you think that's it, that's
		
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			all I need. You don't. In fact,
they don't even know that the
		
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			actual entity becomes cloaked in
that one characteristic becomes
		
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			just one characteristic. And you
don't know, you just start feeling
		
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			like that's what I need, you
actually don't need that you need
		
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			a lot more than that.
		
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			Because everything else in there
could be negative.
		
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			And that is why they also say
something similar, which is that
		
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			if you become attracted to
something, and it's unhealthy for
		
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			you, because if you have, whether
that's natural love that you have
		
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			or you've acquired a love for
something haram by bad addiction,
		
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			an addiction of something bad that
what essentially what a person has
		
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			done in addiction is that they've
focused focus so much on what they
		
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			perceive a good characteristics of
something, and they become
		
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			infatuated with it. Now it's
actually become a medical problem,
		
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			a psychological problem, because
it's an addiction, a psychological
		
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			problem, you actually now hate
that thing. But it's an addiction
		
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			now, that gets really, really
crazy.
		
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			So the only way to disassociate
from something now is to start
		
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			focusing on the bad
characteristics.
		
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			Because it's the good
characteristics unless it becomes
		
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			an addiction that becomes more
complicated. But an infatuation,
		
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			not an addiction. And Infatuation
is the way to help an infatuation
		
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			is to now start focusing on the
bad characteristics
		
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			that will start to pull us away
from that thing.
		
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			Now if you put this whole thing
		
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			Allah says in the Quran, that
those who believe they are most
		
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			intense in their love for Allah,
		
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			why should they be most intense in
their love for Allah? And why
		
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			aren't we? Well, the reason is
that we've not thought of the
		
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			characteristics of Allah subhanaw
taala.
		
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			The only way we can become
associated with Allah subhanho wa
		
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			Taala is think about his
characteristics. That's how you'll
		
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			get to love Allah.
		
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			Now, what's really interesting is
that the only two things that are
		
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			absolute good
		
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			and have no bad whatsoever, and
it's all good characteristics,
		
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			just a whole collection of good
characteristics and attributes is
		
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			Allah and His Messenger sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam, and everything
		
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			associated to them. Everything
else has good and bad.
		
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			So there is no way that if we
start learning about Allah,
		
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			reviewing others ideas, how do you
review? How would you read a
		
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			review about Allah? You review
Allah in the lives of the pious,
		
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			their connection with Allah that's
how
		
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			That's how you understand it,
		
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			then there's no way that that
cannot attract us.
		
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			There's no way that cannot attract
us. It's just good quality, good
		
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			quality, good quality. There are
no bad qualities to dis associate
		
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			us. That's the reason.
		
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			The reason why we did not know
about and we could not see
		
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			anywhere, the first car, the
second car that we were thinking
		
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			about, is because
		
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			we weren't focused on we had
another car.
		
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			So because we got something that
is just our security in this
		
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			world, our safety that we have our
security, our sustenance that we
		
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			have, Allah has given us so much
that gives us this false
		
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			attraction away from Allah
subhanho wa taala.
		
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			So we don't see what's essential
from Allah subhanaw taala I mean,
		
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			there's no doubt that anybody who
gets closer to Allah subhanaw
		
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			taala starts to know Him will love
him. But the question is that how
		
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			do you get to love him? Well, the
way to get to love him is to learn
		
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			more about him. I think the the
most effective ways of getting to
		
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			learn about Allah subhanaw taala
is firstly through the Quran, the
		
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			meaning of the Quran, we see Allah
subhanaw taala in action in the
		
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			Quran speaking to us, how he deals
with different people
		
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			what he's done for us,
		
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			what we owe him
		
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			all of his qualities than the
names of Allah subhanaw taala
		
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			found in the Quran. The second
thing is to actually focus on the
		
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			names
		
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			of Allah subhanaw taala.
		
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			So when you focus on the names of
Allah subhanaw taala there's no
		
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			way that that cannot attract us.
		
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			When you're looking for mercy,
you're talking about the man and
		
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			you're Rahim
		
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			if for example,
		
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			you're you have a problem with
somebody, and somebody is
		
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			oppressing you. And you're in a
situation where somebody is
		
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			oppressing you.
		
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			You call out to Allah subhanaw
taala using the name Yeah, Gohar
		
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			Oh, overwhelming one Oh,
conqueror, oh, one with absolute
		
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			might you call on to that name?
Now imagine that you have a
		
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			particular characteristic. Right?
You have a particular
		
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			characteristic, the quality that
you're proud of?
		
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			Somebody can call you by your
name,
		
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			say
		
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			Maulana Badrul sub.
		
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			Right? So you can call out his
name. He'd be happy with that.
		
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			But if you get to know one
another, right, and you find out
		
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			how generous he is. And you know,
mashallah, how much concern he has
		
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			and all of that. And you say,
mashallah, he's, you know, this
		
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			generous guy here.
		
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			And does that make you feel good?
		
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			I mean, somebody said Malabo, the
rhinos, and it's generous guy, he
		
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			has a different effect. Right?
		
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			So I can call him a smile.
		
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			And this is a really good
organizer.
		
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			It's a very good coordinator.
		
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			Very hard working.
		
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			Can you see the effect
		
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			on that you're calling out with a
characteristic with a quality
		
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			qualities are very important to
people. When you call out to
		
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			Allah, they that means you see, I
call out to smile. Like, it's my
		
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			look, everybody can call out
everybody knows his name. But if I
		
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			call out to a quality, that means
I know him better than others.
		
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			Meaning I know him deeper.
		
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			There's a deeper meaning there.
And a deeper connection there.
		
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			That's why the although the name
Allah is greater than everything
		
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			else is greatest name. But it's
not the only name, meaning he is
		
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			Allah. That's it. That's his main
name, but then all of the
		
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			qualities He wants us to know
because that creates awareness.
		
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			When we start to learn about Allah
subhanaw taala, then we're doing
		
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			exactly what He created us for.
		
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			Allah created there's certain
traditions which tell us that
		
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			Allah subhanaw taala created
humanity and this entire system,
		
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			this whole world and everything so
that he could be recognized.
		
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			Otherwise, us being here does
nothing else.
		
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			Just recognition if you remember
in the Health Series, the certain
		
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			people who are in hellfire, they
will call out to Allah. And Allah
		
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			will actually lighten their burden
or forgive them because he says,
		
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			Well, you know me, while you know
me that I'm very, I'm very
		
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			forgiving. So he's gonna let them
go.
		
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			Because that's what you call
Meriva, for
		
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			Allah subhanaw taala Madiba and
No, no knowing him, knowledge of
		
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			him is one of the greatest things.
It's one of the greatest assets
		
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			that human beings can have. For
example,
		
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			you
		
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			want expansion in something? Yeah.
Was it? Yeah. Bursts it.
		
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			You want something? Yeah. Why did
		
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			this? There's so many names you
can use. There's something very
		
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			subtle. Yeah. Latif, your reserach
if you want sustenance, if you're
		
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			struggling with sustenance, your
reserach you're calling out to
		
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			Allah subhanho wa Taala you're
worried about safety? Yeah. haffi
		
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			Yeah, Salah. Yeah. Hatfield, yeah
Salam, focusing on the name of
		
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			Allah subhana Names of Allah
subhanho wa Taala getting to know
		
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			him and then applying them in
different aspects of our life will
		
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			start to make us connected to
Allah. When you love something,
		
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			you start talking more about it.
		
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			Although
		
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			we tried to do it the other way we
try to impose on ourselves a
		
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			regimen of vicar of remembrance of
Allah subhanaw taala according
		
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			somebody else's name I don't know
if you call somebody else's named
		
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			the whole day. I don't know if
anything will happen. Will you
		
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			start to love them?
		
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			Probably will start getting tired
of them. Like why would you even
		
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			call out their name the whole day?
Right? But with Allah subhanaw
		
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			taala as names calling them out
has actually an efficacy benefit.
		
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			So that you just can't go wrong
with Allah subhanho wa Taala
		
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			I think this is one of the things
that we miss, we may pray salatu,
		
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			masha Allah, we may fast and
everything, but the purpose all of
		
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			that was to actually remember
Allah and to get to know him
		
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			better, to talk to Allah subhanho
wa Taala through the prayer, what
		
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			he inspires us to do rather,
likewise to fast for the sake of
		
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			Allah subhanaw taala to then see
what he opens up for us in our
		
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			lives,
		
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			to go for Hajj, and go around the
house of Allah subhanaw taala
		
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			and to get to understand, and then
Allah gives us many, many
		
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			blessings.
		
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			So
		
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			let us make it that we can do that
Amara, the Allahu anhu, once came
		
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			to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi
wa sallam, and he said, I love you
		
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			more than
		
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			everything in this world.
		
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			All my family,
		
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			possessions, everything, except
myself.
		
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			Just was very honest about he
said, I just love myself more than
		
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			more than otherwise, everything
else. I love you more.
		
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			And definitely, so humans love
themselves more. You're never
		
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			going to say I love myself. But we
do everything that we do for
		
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			ourselves. When people are
arrogant. They do it for
		
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			themselves, when they're blinded
of their own defects, and they see
		
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			defects in others is because they
love themselves. When they justify
		
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			and they get defensive. No, no, I
didn't do that. I'm not like that,
		
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			even though they are right. And
everybody can say that. And I'm
		
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			not like that. I'm not like that.
Is because we love ourselves. When
		
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			you love something, you will
defend it. Right? And a blind you
		
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			So We blinded from our own
defects.
		
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			She said, Look, that's where it
is. Rosa said, No, you're not a
		
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			complete believer yet. Because
complete belief requires more love
		
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			for Allah and His Messenger than
everything else. So he said to
		
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			him, What are they? You're not a
complete believer here. Perfect.
		
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			He's a believer, but not perfect.
You know, the what? The ascendancy
		
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			in that. So I'm gonna be alone.
After a short while he says, he
		
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			says, now jasola I actually love
you more than even my own self. So
		
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			the province that also said, now
Oh, my God reached perfection,
		
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			completeness. So it's a religious
requirement.
		
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			And Allah and His messenger are
such that the more you know about
		
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			them, the more you read the Sierra
the Quran, and Ciara, the more you
		
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			can just love Allah and His
Messenger, there's no way you can
		
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			escape it. There's other people
who fall in love with Allah, not
		
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			by seeing other Muslims but by
reading the Quran by reading the
		
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			life of the Prophet salAllahu
alayhi wasallam non Muslims who
		
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			then eventually become Muslim like
that. So
		
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			all we can do is to ask Allah to
facilitate this path for us and
		
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			make it easy for us so that we
don't, we're not veiled from him.
		
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			We're not veiled from him by being
infatuated with other things in
		
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			this world. So that we don't see
the effects of Allah that signs of
		
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			Allah that Names of Allah
everywhere.
		
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			May Allah give us that tool for
youth worker with that one annual
		
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			hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen along
to sit down. Sit down tomorrow to
		
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			consider anybody Quran. Love me or
how you play human medical history
		
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			youth Allah homea 100 yum and
inland Subhanak in economic the
		
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			Lord Amin Jamar Adina Judy will
occur on a caramel acromion
		
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			Hieronymus in well here on Martine
yeah the agenda
		
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			It will
		
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			love and Ilana or him now whereas
in our in our
		
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			Allahumma if you know Allah
machina Allah Hama fildena Allah
		
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			homophily Muslim you know almost
inevitable what meaning all in one
		
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			minute here even humid apart.
Hello homophilic Matthew Sadan and
		
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			Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa
salam.
		
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			O Allah have your mercy on us.
Allah we invoke your mercy, Your
		
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			generosity, your benevolence,
here, Allah your forgiveness. We
		
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			ask You for Your forgiveness. We
are sitting in this house of
		
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			yours. Oh Allah, on this day we
are sitting in this house of yours
		
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			you allowed us to be here. You
allowed us to spend time here you
		
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			allowed us to remember you.
		
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			Allah you allowed us to understand
some of your characteristics, some
		
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			of your beautiful names.
		
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			You allowed us to raise our hands
to you. You accepted us for Iman,
		
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			you accepted us to be your slaves.
Oh Allah, we are Your slaves. You
		
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			have made us your slaves. We can't
be anything else. Wallah now that
		
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			you've allowed us to be in the
masjid and to raise our hands to
		
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			you, our light accepted from us or
like accept our doors. We see this
		
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			as a sign that you want to give us
Oh Allah allow us to be closer to
		
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			you. Oh Allah grant us your love
and the love of those whose love
		
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			will benefit us in your court. Do
not distract us from you. Oh Allah
		
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			do not allow us to be distracted
from you by everything else. Oh
		
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			Allah, our love for everything
else needs to be for your sake of
		
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			Allah, our love for everything
else needs to be for your sake. Oh
		
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			Allah, allow us to have pure love
for you. of Allah allow us to be
		
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			blinded of everything else in your
love. But to love everything for
		
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			your sake to fulfill our
responsibilities of Allah to
		
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			fulfill our responsibilities our
log on this earth yet our log Run
		
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			Test Your blessings of Allah grant
us your run your mercy, protect
		
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			us, our generations. Oh Allah make
us all of the maki Mina Salah make
		
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			us all make us of those who
establish your prayer. Allow us
		
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			before our die before we die, to
not have any balance of Miss
		
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			prayers to our name or miss fast
to our name allow us to complete
		
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			these things and go from this
world free of any debt. Oh Allah
		
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			allow us to repay our debts to
others if we owe them, Oh Allah
		
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			allow us to repay and to absolve
ourselves from all other forms of
		
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			claims that may be against us from
other people who Allah grant us.
		
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			exoneration in this world and
especially in the hereafter from
		
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			hellfire, and especially from the
demands of others. Our Allah do
		
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			not allow us to oppress others and
allow us to find forgiveness for
		
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			us oppressing anyone else, or for
having done them wrong or not
		
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			being able to fulfill their
rights. Oh Allah make us true in
		
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			some true complete beings. Oh
Allah make your love and the love
		
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			of your messenger higher and more
important for us than everything
		
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			else. Oh Allah grant us greater
awareness of your greater
		
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			understanding of you. Oh ALLAH
that is why you created us, our
		
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			Allah allow us to fulfill the
reason for our creation. Allow us
		
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			to fulfill the reason and the
purpose of our creation. Oh Allah
		
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			bless all of those who are here
today and who are listening, who
		
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			Allah bless the entire world, who
Allah bless the entire world with
		
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			closeness to you, oh Allah.
		
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			We ask that you send your abundant
blessings on our messenger
		
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			Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa
salam, and that you bless us in
		
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			what you have given us and do not
allow us to use whatever you have
		
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			given us to use it in your
disobedience, our love but rather
		
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			allow us to use it in your
obedience and allow us to be of
		
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			service to your faith and service
to others. So Subhanallah because
		
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			mobilizer can now see for those
that don't want to sit in
		
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			the point of a lecture is to
encourage people to act to get
		
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			further an inspiration, and
encouragement, persuasion. The
		
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			next step is to actually start
learning seriously, to read books
		
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			to take on a subject of Islam and
to understand all the subjects of
		
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			Islam at least at the basic level,
so that we can become more aware
		
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			of what our deen wants from us.
And that's why we started Rayyan
		
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			courses so that you can actually
take organize lectures on demand
		
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			whenever you have free time,
especially for example, the
		
00:39:35 --> 00:39:39
			Islamic essentials course that we
have on the Islamic essentials
		
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			certificate which you take 20
Short modules and at the end of
		
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			that inshallah you will have
gotten the basics of most of the
		
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			most important topics in Islam and
you'll feel a lot more confident.
		
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			You don't have to leave lectures
behind you can continue to live,
		
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			you know to listen to lectures,
but you need to have this more
		
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			sustained study as well as
		
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			Aloha and Salam Alaikum
Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh