Abu Bakr Zoud – How Is Death The Destroyer Of Pleasures

Abu Bakr Zoud
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The speaker discusses the idea that death is the destroyer of pleasures and that everyone has a fake life until it is destroyed. The speaker uses a personal example of Allah's description of the worldly life as a fake enjoyment and how everyone's actions cause it to happen. The speaker warns that death will destroy everyone and that everyone will be cut off from their worldly pleasures.

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			My brothers and sisters in Islam,
		
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			this is why Nabi salallahu alaihi wasallam
		
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			instructed us to remember death often.
		
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			He said,
		
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			make mention of death
		
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			and make mention of it in abundance.
		
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			And he called it
		
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			the destroyer of pleasures.
		
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			Because that's the reality of death.
		
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			It destroys the pleasures of this worldly life.
		
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			And every single day we see an example
		
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			of this.
		
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			This worldly life is a fake enjoyment.
		
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			Every pleasure you
		
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			engage in
		
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			becomes destroyed and you see it in this
		
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			life how fake it is. I'll give you
		
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			an example.
		
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			Allah Asojal when he described this worldly life,
		
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			he said,
		
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			You all know this part of the ayah,
		
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			that this worldly life is nothing but a
		
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			deceptive
		
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			enjoyment.
		
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			It's a fake false enjoyment
		
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			and you see this every single day.
		
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			The foods in front of you,
		
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			you enjoy the meal,
		
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			hours later it comes out what a fake
		
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			enjoyment.
		
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			You drink the best of drinks,
		
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			then it comes out a few hours later,
		
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			what a fake enjoyment.
		
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			You sit with your friends and with your
		
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			family,
		
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			you chat, you laugh, you have the best
		
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			times.
		
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			All of a sudden you receive a call,
		
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			our friend has passed away. All of a
		
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			sudden,
		
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			no warning, no nothing, he's gone. What a
		
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			fake enjoyment.
		
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			Just yesterday we've enjoyed ease and ease together,
		
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			and all of a sudden,
		
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			I don't enjoy his company anymore.
		
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			You wear the best of clothing.
		
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			You sieve and you sieve your wealth
		
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			to buy your favorite brand and your favorite
		
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			sportswear.
		
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			Then finally, you purchase it,
		
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			and a few months later,
		
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			it wears and it tears away, and you
		
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			throw it in the bin.
		
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			What a fake enjoyment.
		
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			The very same things that we enjoy on
		
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			earth,
		
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			Allah
		
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			made them
		
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			the thing that we see the fakeness of
		
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			this worldly life within.
		
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			And so we're supposed
		
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			to awaken to this reality.
		
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			And the more you know that this worldly
		
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			life is a fake enjoyment,
		
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			and that one day you will also be
		
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			cut off from these worldly pleasures.
		
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			There will come a day in which you
		
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			will no longer eat,
		
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			you will no longer drink,
		
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			you will no longer be clothing yourself and
		
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			dressing yourself,
		
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			you will no longer be meeting with friends
		
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			and going with this person and that person.
		
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			You will no longer be taking this phone
		
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			out to check your social media and go
		
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			through
		
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			real after real. You will no longer be
		
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			doing this. A day will come.
		
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			And this is why Nabi sallallahu alaihi wasallam
		
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			described death as the destroyer of pleasures.
		
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			These are the things that you are pleased
		
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			with, you enjoy.
		
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			Death will come and will destroy them all
		
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			at once.
		
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			You won't enjoy any of them anymore.
		
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			You're only there with your deeds
		
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			going towards Allah Subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala.