Abu Taymiyyah – Part 6 When Things Go Wrong

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			Whoever is not well mannered
		
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			in his relationship with Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala,
		
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			Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala will patch him up.
		
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			Will deal with him under the Earth.
		
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			Being self critical when things go wrong.
		
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			The way we are my brothers and my
		
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			sisters, human beings,
		
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			we are ready to point the finger at
		
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			everyone except ourselves.
		
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			How do we know my brothers and my
		
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			sisters if our
		
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			calamities
		
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			and the problems and the difficulties that we
		
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			are going through
		
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			is because of our sins
		
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			or because that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala loves
		
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			us.
		
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			Sometimes we go through difficulties
		
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			and straightaway we say the reason why I'm
		
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			going through this agony,
		
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			this stress
		
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			is because Allah loves me.
		
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			And we might use this evidence when the
		
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			Messenger Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said,
		
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			If Allah loves
		
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			a servant, then he tests him.
		
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			So we begin to think then that
		
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			this is because
		
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			we are loved by Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
		
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			Okay then.
		
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			There is a verse in the Quran my
		
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			brothers and my sisters that states,
		
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			Never does a person
		
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			get afflicted with a calamity or a difficulty,
		
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			accept
		
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			that it is because
		
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			of what
		
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			he has earned with his own two hands.
		
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			So how do I know if it's this
		
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			or if it's
		
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			that?
		
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			The way to
		
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			handle the situation my brothers and masters is
		
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			to put ourselves in a win win
		
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			situation. What does that mean? What am I
		
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			referring to?
		
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			It is
		
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			to rush back to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
		
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			and seek his forgiveness.
		
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			Whether it is the first scenario or the
		
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			second scenario, my brothers and
		
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			The answer is no.
		
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			Because, if it is because Allah Azzawajal loves
		
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			you
		
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			then you've only
		
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			drawed more closer to Allah
		
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			by seeking forgiveness.
		
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			And if it is because of your sin,
		
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			then you have
		
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			and the love of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
		
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			What does Allah Azzawajal say?
		
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			Indeed, Allah loves those who constantly
		
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			rush back to Him
		
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			and those
		
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			who purify themselves.
		
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			I will conclude
		
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			with
		
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			what Sheikh Ulsaymateim
		
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			Rahim Allahu Ta'ala mentioned.
		
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			It is something that is truly
		
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			dear to my heart as well.
		
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			He said,
		
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			Waiza raital abdah
		
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			Someone's now just been spoken about he's been
		
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			harmed. Look what he says.
		
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			If you see that individual
		
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			who's just been harmed,
		
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			who's just maybe been spoken about,
		
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			his honor has been torn apart.
		
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			If you see him retaliating,
		
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			and now he's going after those who have
		
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			harmed them,
		
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			Those who have harmed him.
		
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			And you don't see him.
		
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			He doesn't rush back to Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala
		
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			by seeking forgiveness
		
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			and also by placing blame on himself.
		
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			He
		
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			says no, have knowledge of.
		
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			Then know that
		
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			this calamity that he's going through is a
		
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			very serious calamity.
		
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			If he seeks repentance and he begins to
		
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			say,
		
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			then, this difficult situation that he's going through,
		
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			will be turned into a blessing
		
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			for him.
		
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			Let us learn to be individuals
		
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			who are self critical.
		
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			In whatever situation it might be, whether it
		
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			is with our spouses,
		
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			we left the home,
		
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			everything was perfectly fine.
		
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			You come back,
		
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			all of a sudden
		
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			she's so grumpy.
		
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			Or the other way around.
		
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			How have things changed so quickly?
		
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			Look what Ibn Al Qayy mentioned.
		
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			He said, Qala ba'adu Salif
		
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			Some of the Salif, when we say Salif,
		
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			we mean the 3 golden generations. Those who
		
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			came after the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam And
		
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			the companions, the Tabi'in, the Tabi'in, the Tabi'in,
		
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			the Tabi'in, the Tabi'in.
		
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			He quotes them saying,
		
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			'I disobey Allah Azza wa Jal then all
		
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			of a sudden I begin to see a
		
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			change of attitude in my wife and also
		
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			in my riding animal. They could have blamed
		
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			everyone else except themselves
		
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			but what did they do?
		
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			They
		
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			were self critical and they asked Allah Azza
		
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			for forgiveness
		
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			and things changed for the better.
		
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			Remember my brothers and my sisters,
		
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			when the commandment of Allah or his Messenger
		
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			arrives
		
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			at its time
		
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			for that which we need to carry out
		
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			and we don't,
		
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			we are indirectly
		
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			saying
		
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			that Allah is not the greatest.