Ahmad Arshad – Delusions Of Life

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The importance of using the fruit of the fruit of Sh act properly and not just looking at things without making it clear is emphasized in this segment of the transcript. The speakers emphasize the need to act like a hazard Islam and spend time with loved ones, investing in one's health and family, and not let one's wealth or desire distract others. The importance of investing in one's health and family is also emphasized. The segment emphasizes the need to be secure in one's life and not let anyone distract them, as well as to avoid pleasures and values.

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			Alhamdulillah,
		
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			Subhan
		
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			arabika, Rabbi Alexei, food,
Assalamualaikum, alays mean Allah
		
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			Sayyid al ra Muhammadi wa Allah
Ali, Sayyid rahammadiyah wabaram.
		
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			The beauty about the sayings of
Rasulullah sallallahu, alaihi
		
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			wasallam is
		
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			that in a very few words,
Rasulullah sallallahu sallam, he
		
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			conveys very profound messages.
		
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			And these messages are something
that are extremely impactful,
		
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			influential meaning. They are life
changing. They are
		
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			transformational.
		
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			Now, ahadis are categorized,
obviously, and the experts, the
		
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			masters of Ahadith. They have
		
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			created bigger collections, corpus
of ahadis, but they also have
		
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			smaller books as well. And in some
of these smaller books or
		
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			chapters, they cover ahadis That,
for example, have to do with zohad
		
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			asceticism or other aspects of our
spirituality or ikhlaq and the way
		
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			that we should be looking at life.
Now, one such Hadith, it has been
		
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			mentioned by hazard Ibn Abbas
Raziel, at all Anhu. It has been
		
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			narrated by Imam buchari
Rahmatullah. In his Sahib,
		
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			he mentions that Rasulullah,
sallAllahu, sallam, he said that
		
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			there are two blessings. There are
two blessings from Allah subhanho
		
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			wa taala. They are two Niyama from
Allah Subhan wa taala,
		
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			which a lot of people are deluded
by,
		
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			dhoka Khaja.
		
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			What are those NEMA they are
health and free time.
		
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			Health and free time, sekhat and
Farah.
		
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			Now, again, it's a very small
Hadith, amavarika,
		
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			the kitabul rifaq Is it actually
starts with this hadith, ama
		
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			Baraka, because this is really
it's very life changing, if we
		
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			understand
		
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			what this hadith is trying to
convey to us, right?
		
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			Because a lot of time people are
deluded. You know, a lot of times
		
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			we are unable to do two things,
act on good actions, bring good
		
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			habits, good behaviors in our
life, and leave certain actions,
		
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			leave certain behaviors. Because
why we tell ourselves, Well,
		
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			there's a lot of time left.
		
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			I don't have to change myself
today. I don't have to do anything
		
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			today. I don't have to take this
first step today, kalpadi
		
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			tomorrow. We look at it tomorrow,
and everybody knows that that
		
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			tomorrow never comes,
		
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			even in English, you know, they
have that same don't put off till
		
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			tomorrow what you can do today,
because that tomorrow will never
		
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			come. It's a big sign of laziness
of a person if they are going to
		
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			be putting everything tomorrow.
		
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			So if you look at our own lives,
this is really what is happening,
		
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			right? So let's look at the first
aspect, which is, let's say, the
		
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			health. Now, mashallah, you are
Shabaab here. Both you know,
		
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			Alhamdulillah and all the Shabaab
		
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			are especially deluded by this,
right? They're especially diluted
		
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			by this because they think that
		
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			this vigor, this energy, right,
this hemmet,
		
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			right, this, this takat, this
Kuwait, the strength
		
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			that they feel today, it is going
to be part and parcel of who they
		
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			are forever,
		
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			right? And it's very difficult to
imagine
		
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			something that you have imagine in
life without it. So, for example,
		
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			your Shabaab. So if you have this
energy, right, you can get up and
		
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			you can run for a mile, and you
won't even breathe heavy, right?
		
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			Or you can sleep for a few hours,
and that set you you're energetic,
		
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			or mashallah, you're jumping
around, and you know, you're able
		
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			to do accomplish so much now,
because Allah subhanahu wa taala
		
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			has given that Saha has given that
hemmat, it's very difficult at
		
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			that.
		
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			That age to
		
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			imagine yourself without it. Now,
Allah Tala is a Rahim. So what
		
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			does Allah Allah do? The Allah
Taala will sometimes give a little
		
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			bit taste of lack of Seha, which
is, you know, ailment, or zorav,
		
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			for example. You know, people will
fall sick, ill, you know, and when
		
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			that happens,
		
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			it's like the whole world turns
upside down. And you can
		
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			now, I cannot get out of my bed.
My whole body aches. I am so
		
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			tired.
		
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			People will, will just they feel
so Ajit, you know, a lot of people
		
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			who went through this experience
of covid, covid 19 it hit a lot of
		
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			people, especially the elderly
people. But even for youth who
		
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			suffered from this covid, they'll
tell you that, you know, for a few
		
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			days, you know, it's just
		
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			my whole body was aching, and
		
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			I could not smell and I could not
taste, and I could not do this, I
		
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			could not do that. So that was a
taste from Allah subhanahu wa that
		
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			this is your life without Saha. So
if you have sihat, make use of it,
		
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			what do we make use of it that you
have the energy to accomplish good
		
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			actions. He told me he had Ganga
kuch Karlo na giovano, UTI
		
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			javania, okay, you have this time
now. You don't know if it's going
		
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			to stay with you. Take it. Take
from an old person, because I
		
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			remember my Shabaab.
		
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			I remember when we were young and
Subhanallah, you know,
		
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			king of the world, we could
accomplish anything, any sports.
		
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			No problem you get, you know, like
a chart or something, and you
		
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			know,
		
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			it's gonna go away in a day or
two. And that was it. No worries.
		
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			You don't have to think about it
twice. And now Subhanallah, you
		
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			sit down, you can't get up, right?
You get up, you can't sit down.
		
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			Go dig it up there again, right?
It's like you're, you're
		
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			completely getting, getting worn
out, right, like every day. You're
		
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			just very thankful you do sugar to
Allah subhanho wa Taala for
		
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			forgiving these narma.
		
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			So especially for the youth, it's
important that we act like hazard
		
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			Yusuf al Islam. Because hazard
Yusuf alaihi salam was young. If
		
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			you look at the you know, there's
a book
		
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			by, you know, Sheik sulfaqar
about, you know, the stories or
		
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			the lessons from Surah Yusuf. It's
a good book in Urdu
		
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			that talks about it. So one of the
things is that, you know, Yusuf,
		
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			alaihissam was very young when he
was seduced by Zulekha.
		
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			And the Quran tells us that his
whole heart was a little bit
		
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			inclined, because you're young,
right? It's not, you know, you
		
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			have young but what is, what did
he say? Allah Mala that he said,
		
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			Mallah that I seek. Allah
subhanahu wa taala, protection.
		
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			And he did what he could do,
meaning he could just run towards
		
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			the locked door. He knew that the
door was locked, and your AQL is
		
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			telling you that what the door is
locked, I can't unlock you. But
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa taala, if you
take those steps the Allah, Allah
		
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			makes it easy, right? Allah Tala
makes it easy.
		
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			So this is something that you know
we have to do. We have to act like
		
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			the Ambika RAM alai salatu wa
salam that when we are young and
		
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			when we have the himmt, this is
when you really have to make sure
		
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			that you are spending your time
properly,
		
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			okay, making use of it. And this
is what ramachai said, that with
		
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			every Nemat, there are three
things. Every Namath has three
		
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			Hoku, three rights.
		
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			Every Namath has what, three
rights. Every name it one is uski
		
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			Kadar, Ko Jane,
		
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			that you really need
		
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			to appreciate, to understand
		
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			that this nehmet is a Nemat.
That's exactly what I'm talking
		
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			like. I know today,
		
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			in August 2024 that Sehat is a big
name.
		
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			If you had asked me, like, 30
years ago or something like that,
		
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			you know, it's like, Oh yeah, it's
a name it, but we really didn't
		
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			appreciate it the way that we
should have appreciated so that is
		
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			the first thing appreciate. Kodak
		
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			Karo,
		
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			second was sugar. Caro, you have
to be grateful to Allah, Subhanahu
		
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			wa
		
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			insha, karto, lazidan ago, but you
sugar karega, Allah aku, name
		
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			Thomas, a person who does Shukra,
the Allah Tala will increase.
		
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			In their name, and regardless of
the name,
		
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			do shukr of your zikr, you will
increase in your Zikr. Do shukr of
		
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			your risk, Allah will increase
your risk. Do shukr for the ILDA
		
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			Allah has given, Allah, Tala will
put Baraka in that put put shukr
		
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			for your family. Your family will
become a source of goodness for
		
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			you, your your wife, your
children, they won't be
		
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			disobedient. Do sugar,
		
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			they can subsequent. Second is
what sugar and the third is that
		
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			you have to use it the proper way.
		
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			Okay, this gift, and we covered
this, I think, a couple of weeks
		
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			ago, that every Niyama, every NEMA
has been given to us. And you
		
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			know, this is what life is giving
of NA
		
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			and then what is that, that each
and every nemath is taken away
		
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			from us, including life itself,
right? So we have to use it
		
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			properly. Allah has given me this
gift. Allah has given you the
		
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			gift. How do I use it? That is the
little bit of control. Allah Tala
		
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			has given us little bit of
willpower. Allah has given us. I
		
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			can choose to live it this way, or
		
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			I can choose to live it this way.
But see Nemat cos titra system, Al
		
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			Karna, if I can see, if I'm not
blind, I should. I shall use my
		
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			eyesight in a proper way. Not look
at rail mehrab, not look at things
		
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			that we are not supposed to look
at. If Allah has given me the
		
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			ability to commit, not everybody
can communicate.
		
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			What do you do? You use it
properly. Use your speech for
		
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			goodness, for khair,
		
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			to isitana Allah Tala has given
us, and we have to use it
		
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			properly. So when it comes to
Serhat, Alhamdulillah, I have
		
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			sayhat. Now, what does that mean?
I will go and seek Ilm. I will go,
		
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			you know, spend time in chanakaaz.
I will go for, you know, Jamaat
		
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			and tabri, and I will go and visit
mas, and I will, you know, I will
		
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			use this energy before it's taken
away.
		
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			Because when it's taken away, even
when you want to do it, you can do
		
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			it.
		
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			And the second aspect is, what was
mentioned is when Nabi SallAllahu,
		
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			sallam said, free time for us,
that for either for other fun,
		
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			sob. What I love about
		
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			this Farah, that you know, it's I
remember,
		
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			you know, because I teach in
colleges and universities, and we
		
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			always come across students, oh,
		
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			Professor, life is so busy, and
you just shake your head.
		
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			The most time that kids have is
now. Not only do you have time,
		
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			but you also have again, say it.
You have a
		
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			once you're done with college,
it's just downhill. Now you have
		
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			to have a career that's like nine
to five is stuck. For a lot of
		
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			people, people who do businesses,
it's probably longer than that,
		
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			right? Your life is stuck second,
right?
		
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			People get married. Of course, you
need to get married, right? You
		
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			need that companionship. When you
have a wife, then you have to give
		
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			her time. The wife has to give
time to you.
		
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			You know people. You know people
become deluded about marital life
		
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			too. They think, oh, subhanAllah,
this is some like Cinderella
		
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			story. And no, no, no. It's not
like that. It's all about roles,
		
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			responsibilities. It's all about
negotiation. It's all about, you
		
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			know, behaves mubasa Half the
time, right? So it's not a it's
		
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			not an easy task. It's an
organization. You are creating a
		
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			new structure, a family unit. And
you know, it's not easy to and
		
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			then, you know Subhanallah, when,
when you have, you know you you
		
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			think you're Mashallah. You have,
you finally are in control that
		
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			you have figured out how in laws
work and how to kind of make it
		
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			work with between your mother and
your wife and all of that. What
		
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			happens then you start getting
kids. It's one and two and three
		
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			and four. Masha, may Allah, give
everybody, lots of kids.
		
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			Inshallah, increase the ummah of
the Sula system at least seven,
		
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			right?
		
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			It's a good number. It's a magical
number, right? So,
		
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			but you know, that's those, the
responsibility just increases from
		
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			there,
		
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			your your himmud is going down
because you're you're aging. Your
		
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			Shahad is going down. So is your
faramat is going down because now
		
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			only do you have to spend time
with your wife, not only do you
		
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			have to spend time with your with
your with your parents, not only
		
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			do you have to spend time in your
career, you might have to develop
		
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			it your business. And now you
have.
		
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			You have to give them time.
		
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			And while all of that, you have to
get close to Allah, subhanho wa
		
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			Taala as well, you have to be
focused on him and and so this
		
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			Farah, at this time, when you're
like high school kids or college
		
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			kids or Subhanallah, it's timey
time.
		
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			It's not going to get better.
		
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			Even when you want to take time
off, you just can't. There's just
		
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			too many response, especially if
you're living here in the US that
		
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			the society is built, where you
are supposed to be, quote,
		
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			unquote, productive
		
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			and productive, according to, you
know, like modern standards, is
		
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			that you're just working, working,
working, and if somebody's
		
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			working, that's doesn't matter,
you know, that's productive.
		
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			Staying at home, even if you're
taking care of your children,
		
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			that's not productive, right?
Because, yeah, that's the way that
		
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			the economy works here. That's the
way the thinking is here.
		
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			So a lot of people are in
mashallah, and by the time you
		
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			retire, right, 67 they keep on
increasing the age
		
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			67
		
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			you know,
		
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			Buddha, but they can't move, can't
you know,
		
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			do you I mean, this hadith,
Mubaraka, is just amazing. It's
		
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			just you make use of it. Do not be
deluded by this name. And there is
		
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			another translation of this.
There's another translation of the
		
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			sadiz that Nabi says, said that
they are two blessings which many
		
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			people lose. So this is kind of
talking about in terms of
		
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			investment,
		
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			right? It's like making
investment. These are two
		
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			investments that you make
		
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			your time, right, and your Sehat.
		
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			And just like any investment, you
know, I know a lot of people get
		
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			excited about crypto and whatnot,
right?
		
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			Goes up, mashallah, everybody's
very happy. And, you know, goes
		
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			down and the ATA ab is on the
family at that time, right? What
		
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			is that? Right? It's your you're
making investment, you're putting
		
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			some money somewhere,
		
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			and you're expecting some return.
Imagine seeing that red day after
		
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			day after day after day, right?
It's like a red flag, right? It's
		
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			like, oh my God, what's going like
every I'm losing everything.
		
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			That's how we should be looking at
time, and that's how we should be
		
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			looking at our set for awhile. And
say it should be looked at that I
		
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			have been given this. And how do
you invest it? You invested in
		
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			goodness. Now it does not mean the
job is, can't take 24 hours a day
		
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			that you'll be sitting on masala.
That's just not what the deen
		
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			wants or requires.
		
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			Now, the deen does require being
in a state of liq,
		
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			being in a state of huluri,
wherever you are. I mean, the
		
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			Quran is, it's very explicit about
this is, this is not some like
		
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			Sufi talking. This is like Allah
subhanahu wa mentioning in the
		
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			Quran, not in one place, many
places about the state of the
		
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			state of the
		
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			do not become those people who
are, you know, who are divorced
		
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			from the sick. Do not shy away
from the zikr. My true men are
		
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			those people who do not get
distracted by trade and commerce.
		
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			From Allah, people of iman, do not
let your wealth and do not let
		
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			your your children distract you.
From Allah subhanho wa Taala zikr,
		
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			it's again and against. Be in a
state of zikr. Be remember Allah,
		
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			what are plenty of.
		
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			Do not forget Allah subhanahu wa
do not become people who are
		
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			heedless. I mean, it's on and on
and on and on and on so many I
		
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			mean, this is just the is, you
know, you open up the Quran
		
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			father, Sheik di sa Rahmatullah,
he has a full book called
		
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			fazaikar.
		
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			And that's probably not every
Hadith in mubanek. That's, you
		
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			know, that's his collection of
zikr that has to do with fadail,
		
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			etc, etc. So,
		
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			what is it? I mean, you know, you
have to be in a state of zikr. And
		
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			then you, you know, you invest,
you invest your time, your father,
		
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			then, then you invest in your in
your Shahad. I mean, everybody has
		
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			the same sayhat And the same
Farah, pretty much, right? Unless
		
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			somebody has a test where they
have some disability, etc, etc,
		
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			usually everybody has Farah, then
everybody has pretty much the same
		
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			sayhat. And on the Day of
Judgment, it's just going to be,
		
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			how high did your portfolio go,
right? That's how high did your
		
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			investment go?
		
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			Ischisco, they can as a Rudi, you
know, we have to be very careful
		
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			about this. And this is what the,
you know, the Masha ikh of the
		
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			Ummah, they try to teach, is this
kind of awareness of this time
		
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			that ALLAH SubhanA.
		
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			Know what Alaska? And there are,
you know, other Hadees that talk
		
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			about this. You know the famous
one.
		
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			You know it has been narrated by
Ibn Abbas Raziel at all, anhu, and
		
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			he mentioned the Rasulullah Kram,
salallahu alaihi wasallam
		
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			mentioned that take Advent
advantage of five before five.
		
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			It's a very famous Hades and five
before five, right? What is it
		
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			your youth before your old age?
It's the same hadith of a
		
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			different angle, right? There.
They're talking about Farah
		
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			here, the sulasama is talking
about your youth. Yes, abab, take
		
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			care of your youth before you
become the reef, become your
		
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			before you become old. You're held
before your illness. Exactly the
		
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			same thing. Sickness will come,
even if the person is like 100%
		
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			without sickness, old age itself.
		
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			You know it's old age itself is,
is a sort of a sickness. People
		
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			will say, You know what, I took
care of my car. And you know why?
		
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			Why is it that I'm hearing all
these sounds in it?
		
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			And the mechanic will tell you,
Well, that's the normal wear and
		
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			tear. It doesn't matter, you know,
it's like 20 years old car. It
		
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			doesn't matter how good you took
care of it. Even if it's just
		
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			standing there, it's going to rust
it. You know, that's that's how
		
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			things are
		
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			so the natural wear and tear of
life, it will cause people to feel
		
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			that weakness. And then Nabi says
something, your riches before your
		
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			poverty. Again, when Allah Tala
gives make make good investments.
		
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			Make investments in akhira, make
sure that we are not treading into
		
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			this luxuries. I mean, you know,
it's very a Jeep, you know, if
		
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			anything, you know, spend and
there's nothing wrong and, you
		
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			know, invest, and there's nothing
wrong with it, but kind of
		
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			treading into this life of
pleasure and luxuries that doesn't
		
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			suit the meaning.
		
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			It doesn't mean that you don't
have a car. You have car, but you
		
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			know people, oh, I need to get,
you know what? What's the most
		
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			expensive one? Like, I don't know,
you know whatever, the most
		
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			that
		
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			I need to get a book. But why? Why
do you need to spend, I don't know
		
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			how many millions of dollars it
is. If Allah has given you those
		
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			millions of dollars, you know, go
for a Kia, right? And that said it
		
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			takes you from point A to point B.
You know, have a good car so it
		
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			doesn't bother you, right? If it's
breaking every two minutes,
		
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			obviously your you know the Hadith
Barga that talks about, take care
		
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			of your time is going to be
effective. Have a good, sturdy car
		
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			and just be happy with it if it's
10 years old, Alhamdulillah, as
		
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			long as it's running.
		
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			So this is, this is, this is the
difference between what is needed.
		
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			Yes, a car is needed. A house is
needed, right? Certain things
		
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			within the house this, you know,
these are necessities of life.
		
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			Alhamdulillah, we should work
towards getting that so some of
		
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			the needs of the dunya do not keep
us distracted. Because even
		
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			worrying about this all the time,
about this and this and this and
		
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			this, what is that taking us away
from, from the Yad of Allah, Tala,
		
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			from the Yad of Allah. So a lot of
people, they are unable to commit
		
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			themselves to, you know, el mor
dhikr or tabli or whatnot. The
		
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			reason for that is because they
haven't, you know, they haven't
		
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			figured that part out properly
yet, right? They haven't figured
		
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			it out. You know, how do you know
the needs part,
		
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			right? You know, there was a
psychologist there, you know, he
		
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			came up with a theory. It's called
Maslow's pyramid of needs. And the
		
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			bare minimum is this, you know you
need to be secure in your life,
		
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			and you know, your belongings. And
until that is figured out, you
		
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			cannot achieve what you know, what
he calls like,
		
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			you know, self achievement and
things like that, right? So you
		
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			need to start here. If you are
constantly being bombarded about
		
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			then there's no ways we'll be able
to you know, how do I do khidmat
		
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			of the ummah? But do your whole
khidmat first.
		
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			So that's why it's important to
take care of that part
		
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			and then spend the rest of the
time in in actual things. So this
		
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			is where we draw the line. What
are my needs? What are the needs
		
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			of my family? What are the needs
of my wife and children, etc, etc?
		
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			So I am not distracted, so they're
not distracted. And anything other
		
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			than that, don't, don't, don't
tread into those that luxuries and
		
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			pleasures and comforts, etc, etc.
It doesn't suit us. Doesn't suit
		
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			us. And then Nabhi Sala.
		
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			Themselves. Your free time before
your work again, is the Faraz so
		
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			before Nabi sasam is staying
saying you know about about youth
		
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			before old age also have to do
with time.
		
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			Health before illness usually has
to do with time, your time when
		
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			you healthy and then certain that
you're not healthy. Your riches
		
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			before your poverty, again, has to
do with time till I am unnubilu
		
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			habina. So these are days that
Allah subhanahu wa turns between
		
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			people, right? One day your risk.
Other day you your your crypto
		
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			just goes down.
		
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			Right? A lot of people bought,
what was that doge coin? Was it?
		
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			Maharaj? Absolutely
		
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			right. It's, it's time, right? So
when you today, mashallah, you
		
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			just, this is going up and in a
few days, again, this has to do
		
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			with time.
		
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			And your free time before your
work and the last one your life
		
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			before your death, again, has to
do with time. This is why, well as
		
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			Sir in a lintana, Levy, hustle,
ladina, am I know what am I loose?
		
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			Ali, had whatever. So, Bill Haq,
whatever. So be So, this is time
		
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			everything, take ownership of the
time on the time
		
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			own the time.
		
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			Okay,
		
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			do I need to say anything about
taking care of your life before
		
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			your death? I mean,
		
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			you know you're the king of the
world, and that's it. Your life is
		
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			gone in a second.
		
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			All those dreams of doing this,
some lump behave.
		
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			Lumbee, Lamb
		
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			be only he just key ho into her
body.
		
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			Hazaro Haish, madam, Nikolay,
baka, nikla, Mary, Aramaic and
		
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			Piri become.
		
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			So it's a,
		
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			I mean, that's, that's, I mean,
life teaches that to everybody.
		
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			The thing is, we just, we are very
determined not to learn the lesson
		
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			life is teaching that, you know,
we have seen our own loved ones.
		
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			We've seen our own loved ones.
Were called Say it, and we're
		
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			called chaudharys, and we're
called this, and you know all
		
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			these big, big names,
		
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			mod man,
		
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			Doga, Zamin, kartukara, Chota,
Sathi, ragha,
		
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			it's, you know, it's a
		
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			it, you know, it has to be. We
have to be realistic about this
		
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			life is, is there? So we can, you
know, use it. Use the gift. Use
		
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			the Nirma properly.
		
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			You know, do something for
yourself. So you can, you know, we
		
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			can stand in front of Allah
subhanho wa taala, make sure
		
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			you're leaving behind something.
So on the Day of Judgment, we're
		
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			not asked about our children,
right? Do your best. I mean, Allah
		
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			Tala is not looking for
perfection. You know, we're not
		
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			perfect beings.
		
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			But the hymn that you know, the
mehnat, Allah is looking for
		
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			mehna Kani. And there's another
Hadith, Hadith
		
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			you know. This is, you know,
people, when they're lazy, you to
		
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			get the Kal, karenge, Kal kar link
as a karnyo na Kal Karna parso il
		
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			mas al karenge,
		
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			Nabi sasam said, and this has been
Narrated by Abu Huraira. Very
		
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			beautiful ahadis, I'm just telling
you. And these are Hadees. You
		
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			don't need any like long lectures.
Just contemplate on. These are
		
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			Hades. So
		
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			what
		
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			did Abu Hari Ratan said the Rasul
yakram SallAllahu Sallam
		
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			mentioned, raised to do works
against seven. Raised to do work,
		
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			works against seven. Karna me
against seven, seven things.
		
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			Huh? Are you waiting but for and
then navisa, some mention seven
		
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			things. So don't wait, right? Do
do good on any person. Okay, this
		
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			mindset, Nabi says some is
challenging. This mindset, it's
		
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			like it's cheese. Coach weighs
against these things to do good
		
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			works. Are you waiting? But for
number one, overwhelming poverty.
		
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			Agar odds, if things are
comfortable today,
		
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			we don't know if they're going to
be comfortable tomorrow, the day
		
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			after the day after. It's again.
		
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			Another delusion.
		
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			You know, a lot of times, you know
people think you know my my
		
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			parents are there. You know, they
have a house, they have a desk.
		
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			You know, you know the cuisine
responsibility. We don't know
		
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			what's going to happen.
		
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			May Allah protect them. What if
they're not there anymore? What if
		
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			all these responsibilities come on
you and and then you're just,
		
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			you know, it breaks your back.
What are you going to do?
		
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			There are many stories like that,
many stories, you know, where
		
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			people lost, for example, their
their father, who was the the
		
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			breadwinner, and all of a sudden
this person is very aloof, very,
		
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			you know, just what are you doing?
Oh, I'm out with my friends
		
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			playing basketball, and now they
have no idea how tough life is,
		
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			especially in this country,
because it's very individualistic
		
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			society. Please understand this.
Nobody's going to be there for
		
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			you.
		
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			Do those teeth up like
		
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			Chelsea bajo Tanase, bad Allah,
		
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			abjam Jana. It's not like a
village, you know. They used to
		
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			have tribes which used to take
care of them, you know. Now it's
		
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			not even in our own honor, based
countries, you know, especially in
		
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			Pashtun and Arab and some other
like Africans. And, you know,
		
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			it was very tribalistic, which
was, you know, which work in their
		
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			favor? Because, you know, aches a
and Nursey and falaz, you know,
		
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			they would, they would take care
of each other.
		
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			That was the old time. Now, it's
just every man for themselves.
		
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			That's it.
		
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			So nobody said, are you waiting
for? What overwhelming poverty or
		
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			distracting richness? This is the
opposite as well. It's like, how,
		
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			okay, shouldn't I be asking for,
hey? Shouldn't be asking Yeah, but
		
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			sometimes, and this is, richness,
becomes a distraction.
		
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			And you know, any person who has,
let's say, lived here in the US,
		
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			and who goes back home, whether
it's Afghanistan or Pakistan,
		
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			India, Bangladesh, they will tell
you this, you go back home.
		
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			Everybody is, I mean, and we're
not. You know, it's a reality.
		
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			They cannot afford anything.
There's no electricity, no clean
		
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			water, right? Manga is just like
killing their, you know, breaking
		
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			their backs. People are committing
suicide there. This is what.
		
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			Nobody says this, you know, it's
like overwhelming poverty. You
		
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			come here. It's exactly the
opposite.
		
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			There's, there's so much real pale
and, you know, everything is
		
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			there. And that also becomes
distracting. People become so
		
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			distracted because you have
everything Motown, nafs, Motte
		
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			nafs becomes because it's so
comfortable. I have everything who
		
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			had to worry about electricity
going, you know, you go home and
		
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			it goes away for a couple of hours
like, oh my god, you know, just
		
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			Zamin goes circle, you go to
Pakistan, and if you don't have
		
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			load shedding for like, seven,
eight hours, you're like, hey, you
		
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			can Okay. It's everything, okay.
That's miraculous.
		
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			So here richness becomes a
distraction as well. A lot of
		
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			times it makes you talk like fir
act like Firo,
		
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			and then Nabi says something or
debilitating illness,
		
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			all this, covids and all this, you
know, it's
		
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			or babbling senility, right?
People become senile some over
		
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			time,
		
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			right? It's not that every person
is going to be cognitively and,
		
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			you know, sharp, no, it's over
time. You know, you lose it or
		
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			sudden that.
		
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			You know we have lost our own
friends. And you know when people
		
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			just die without any reason, or
that the JAL so that hidden evil
		
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			is what is awaited. You know, you
know we don't know if the JAL is,
		
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			I mean, the Jali Nizam is getting,
you know, established. Look at
		
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			what is happening in Philistine
and Syria and other places. It's
		
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			like everything is just setting in
place.
		
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			What are we waiting for? Do we
think that we'll be able to oppose
		
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			the job in this sad state?
		
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			We can't even oppose our own nafs
or shaitan, how are we going to
		
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			oppose the job
		
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			or the hour?
		
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			Nabi system said the hour is more
		
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			full of calamity and more bitter.
		
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			So this hadith is also telling us
that you have to rush to do good
		
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			actions. And, you know, as
salakin, as people who are, you
		
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			know, committed somewhat right,
that we want to change. We want to
		
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			get close to Allah, subhanho wa
Ta, these Hadith, I mean, they are
		
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			a framework in which to look at
life. But.
		
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			These are named, and we should,
again, we should look at them as
		
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			Nirma,
		
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			identify them, acknowledge them as
NEMA Second, do Shiva for each and
		
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			every one of them. Allah, you gave
me this, you gave me this, you
		
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			gave me this, and use it properly.
Use your time. Use your Shahad,
		
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			use your Faraday, use your Jawani.
You use all of that in the service
		
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			of the deen inshaAllah Tala, so on
the Day of Judgment, we have
		
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			something to show for our life.
May Allah subhanahu wa Tala make
		
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			it easy. May Allah Subhan wa Taala
		
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			not waste us away. May Allah
subhanahu wa make us useful. Aminy
		
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			Abu Lamin, wahd avana And
Alhamdulillah.