Abu Taymiyyah – EP 2 Putting Allah First How To Soften Your Heart Series

Abu Taymiyyah
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The speakers discuss the importance of prioritizing Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala over everything, achieving Al Jannah, and remaining in a positive mental state. They emphasize the need to make a sacrifice and not let anyone invade to their heart, and the success of people with mental health issues. The speakers also emphasize the importance of learning from teachers and finding knowledge through their online platform, and express surprise at the suffering of mental health.

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			The first point that we're going to be
		
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			covering in this series, my beloved brothers and
		
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			sisters,
		
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			in how one can work towards softening up
		
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			his heart,
		
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			is
		
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			Tati'iurAllahiAlaqulliShayin
		
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			Walaamalu Salihah.
		
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			Is prioritising
		
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			Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala over everything and doing
		
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			righteous deeds.
		
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			My brothers and my sisters, are you feeling
		
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			down? Are you feeling depressed?
		
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			Do you feel in a state of agony?
		
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			Do you feel like your heart
		
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			has become so, so heavy?
		
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			Then please listen up to what I'm about
		
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			to say under this first point.
		
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			Ibn Uqeem Rahmatullahi
		
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			says:
		
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			Whoever wants a pure, clean heart,
		
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			then let him always put Allah
		
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			first,
		
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			let him place Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
		
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			before his whims and desires.
		
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			Says no, have knowledge
		
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			about
		
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			anyone
		
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			who loves
		
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			anything for other than the sake of Allah
		
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			Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala,
		
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			then it is only a matter of time
		
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			that he is left hurt
		
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			by that which he
		
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			has loved and prioritised
		
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			over Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			These two statements are extremely, extremely profound.
		
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			At times, you may find yourself in a
		
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			predicament,
		
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			where your loved ones are inviting you to
		
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			that which is displeasing to Allah Subhanahu Wa
		
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			Ta'ala.
		
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			And you are between
		
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			doing what Allah has told you to do
		
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			and what His Messenger
		
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			has instructed you
		
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			and your friends
		
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			inviting you to that which
		
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			is going to please them.
		
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			My beloved brothers and sisters,
		
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			I will not sit here and talk as
		
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			if this is an easy thing
		
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			to do.
		
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			To just turn away from the Haram that
		
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			they're inviting you
		
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			might not necessarily be easy,
		
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			but nothing comes easy in life.
		
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			If we want to be able
		
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			to reach
		
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			the highest stations in the sights of Allah
		
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			Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala,
		
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			then we must make a sacrifice,
		
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			as it is not
		
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			worth giving up our hereafter
		
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			for a short enjoyment.
		
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			Who will have the last laugh?
		
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			Those who were patient,
		
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			those
		
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			who felt imprisoned in this dunya,
		
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			as the Messenger SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam told us.
		
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			A dunya
		
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			Sijun al Mu'min or Jannatul Kaffir. This dunya
		
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			is the prison of the Breivah.
		
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			Wajahnatul Kafir
		
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			and the paradise of the disbeliever.
		
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			Imranatayim Rahmatullahi a'layhi mentions,
		
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			Ajma
		
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			kulluqalayilumma.
		
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			He says,
		
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			all the people of intellect have unanimously agreed.
		
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			All the people of intellect have unanimously agreed
		
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			and he's not just speaking about the Muslims
		
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			here. He's speaking about anyone who has intellect.
		
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			That you cannot
		
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			attain
		
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			superiority and success
		
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			except by
		
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			enduring and experiencing hardship,
		
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			There are challenges on the way.
		
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			There are obstacles that one has to navigate
		
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			around.
		
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			You will not be able to attain success
		
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			except by
		
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			going through some sort of difficulty,
		
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			and the Jannah that we all crave will
		
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			not come about
		
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			lightly.
		
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			The bliss that we are craving for, the
		
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			Jannah that we want will not come easy.
		
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			And this, my brothers and my sisters, is
		
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			a principle in all aspects of life, in
		
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			whatever you might be doing, whether it's sports,
		
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			whether it's work, whether it is
		
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			creating a successful business, there are times that
		
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			you have to be, what,
		
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			disciplined,
		
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			enduring
		
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			and taking in that hardship,
		
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			overcoming it and then perhaps you will be
		
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			successful.
		
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			Likewise, when it comes to knowledge, it is
		
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			exactly the same as all. So in going
		
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			back to the point that we were making,
		
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			we want to attain Al Jannah,
		
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			and we have all of these different obstacles,
		
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			our family members,
		
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			friends,
		
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			people that are very close to our hearts,
		
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			inviting us to Haram.
		
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			But my brothers and my sisters, I tell
		
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			you,
		
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			this favourite Hadith of mine
		
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			has worked wonders for many.
		
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			When the Prophet
		
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			said:
		
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			You never leave something for the sake of
		
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			Allah Azawajal, except that Allah Azawajal will give
		
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			you that which is better.
		
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			Now listen to what Ibn Uqayim Rahmatullahi Alaihi
		
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			has to say.
		
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			He says, the heart will never feel
		
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			success.
		
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			It will never become rectified.
		
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			It will never feel that bliss.
		
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			It will never
		
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			glow
		
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			and it will never taste that sweetness. It
		
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			will never be
		
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			content.
		
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			It will never feel at peace
		
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			except
		
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			by worshipping Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
		
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			and loving Allah
		
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			What does that entail when we say we
		
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			love Allah Azza wa Jal?' It means that
		
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			we prioritize Allah Azza wa Jal over everything,
		
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			Wali Nabateelay and returning back to Allah Subhanahu
		
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			Wa Ta'ala.
		
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			Ibnutaymi his teacher,
		
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			The heart will never
		
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			experience happiness
		
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			and it also will not endure
		
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			the ultimate sweetness,
		
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			except
		
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			by loving Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
		
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			And seeking closeness to Allah
		
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			By doing the things that Allah Subhana Wa
		
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			Ta'la loves
		
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			And you will not be able to love
		
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			Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
		
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			the way you should, except by turning away
		
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			from all the other things
		
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			that
		
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			one may desire
		
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			from His whims.
		
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			And He says that this is the reality
		
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			of
		
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			Waheemillatuibrahimal Khaleel, Waheemillatuibrahimal
		
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			Khaleel
		
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			Alaihi Wasallam
		
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			and indeed this is what Ibrahim Alaihi Sallahu
		
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			Alaihi Wasallam called to.
		
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			And the opposite has been mentioned to us
		
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			as all. Ibn al Taym Rahmatullahi alayhi says,
		
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			He says the sins
		
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			and also corruption,
		
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			it causes one to feel agony, to feel
		
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			distressed.
		
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			Khawfia,
		
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			hudna, sadness,
		
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			wadiqa sadr, and also
		
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			experiencing a tightness
		
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			in
		
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			one's
		
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			chest.
		
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			And also sicknesses of the heart.
		
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			And it says there's no cure for it
		
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			except
		
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			by one returning back to Allah Subhana Wa
		
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			Ta'la in repentance.
		
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			Now my beloved brothers and sisters, is it
		
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			really surprising that we have
		
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			so many,
		
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			and I'll say this with quote in quote
		
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			out,
		
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			successful people in the public eye that are
		
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			going through
		
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			so much depression.
		
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			Some even go as far as committing suicide.
		
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			They speak about their sadnesses
		
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			and the stress that they are experiencing,
		
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			the depression
		
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			that they are going through,
		
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			the medicine
		
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			and the tablets that they are on,
		
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			may Allah protect
		
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			us from that.
		
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			Is it really, really surprising that they are
		
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			really
		
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			suffering?
		
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			These very well known YouTubers
		
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			are suffering mentally,
		
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			suffering from all sorts of illnesses
		
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			and
		
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			sicknesses of the heart.
		
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			When Allah Azzawajal clearly told us what the
		
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			solution to all of this is, when He
		
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			told us in Surat
		
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			Nahl Whoever from the male and female,
		
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			they fulfil these two conditions.
		
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			They come with Iman,
		
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			faith,
		
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			and they also do righteous
		
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			deeds. These are the people that we are
		
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			going
		
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			to give a happy and joyful life.
		
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			And Allah tells us
		
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			also in the
		
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			Quran
		
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			Whoever turns away from My remembrance, then indeed
		
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			I will give him that depressed life.
		
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			And on Yom Al Qiyama,
		
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			he will be resurrected
		
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			while he is blind.
		
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			The proof is in the pudding, my beloved
		
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			brothers and sisters.
		
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			We just need to open the Quran
		
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			and reflect,
		
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			and as this Quran
		
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			is, recite to them stories of the Quran
		
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			so that they may contemplate and reflect.
		
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			And to conclude this first point, my beloved
		
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			brothers and sisters,
		
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			I would like to mention the statement
		
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			of Ibn Marqayim Rahmatullah when he said:
		
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			He said: When an individual now becomes sick,
		
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			he only became sick because
		
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			he did the things that would cause
		
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			his health to deteriorate,
		
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			which I think everybody would agree. Maybe he
		
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			wasn't eating properly,
		
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			maybe he didn't cover himself properly when going
		
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			outside,
		
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			he didn't come with the means that protects
		
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			his health.
		
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			And then he says: likewise
		
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			the heart.
		
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			It doesn't become sick except when his iman
		
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			goes down,
		
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			and that is because he comes with
		
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			that which
		
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			destroys his heart, sickens his heart
		
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			and leaves him with an empty heart.
		
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			May Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala give us all
		
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			Tawfiq.
		
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