Ali Albarghouthi – Are we Helpless

Ali Albarghouthi
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The transcript describes a series of stories and references to the shaytan and hesitation of Islam's followers to adopt new religion. It touches on the importance of protecting one's health and ability to accomplish tasks, protecting one's religion and finding one's way out of difficult situations. The shaytan is seen as a obstacle to achieving goals and settingbacks, and is used as a way to prevent future struggles and setbacks. The segment also touches on the shaytan's history and potential impact on people's behavior, as well as the importance of learning from the experience and finding one's way out of difficult situations.
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Inna alhamdulillahi nahmaduhu wa nasta'eenuhu wa nastaghfiruhu

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wa na'udhu billahi min shururi anfusina wa

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sayyi'ati a'malina may yahdihi allahu fala mudhilla

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lah waman yudhlil fala hadiya lah wa ashhadu

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alla ilaha illa allahu wahdahu la sharika lah

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wa anna muhammadan abduhu wa rasuluh sallallahu alayhi

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wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam amma

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ba'du fa inna khair al hadith kitabullah ta

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'ala wa khair al hadi hadi muhammadin sallallahu

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alayhi wa sallam wa sharra al umuri muhdathatuha

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wa kulla muhdathatin bid'ah wa kulla bid

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'atin dhalalah wa kulla dhalalatin fin naar amma

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ba'd I met someone recently who had said

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I don't like watching the news because of

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all the horrors that it contains one day

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seems worse than the other and the most

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difficult part about watching all of this is

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how helpless you feel that there is nothing

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that you can do and that prompted a

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series of questions about what it means to

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be actually helpless and are we actually helpless

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and the difference between helplessness that is out

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of our hands forced on us that is

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I cannot go physically today and stop the

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bombs raining down difference between helplessness imposed on

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us and helplessness that is out of choice

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that's optional that is voluntary and how we

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confuse the two where if I cannot do

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one thing which is stopping these bombs today

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it means I cannot do anything and the

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importance of distinguishing between the two types of

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helplessness and how we should move beyond saying

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that we are helpless to begin with Rasulullah

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alayhi wa sallam sought Allah's protection and refuge

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from helplessness from his dua I seek your

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protection from inability helplessness and laziness and these

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two are tied because you may have the

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desire to do something but be unable physically

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to do it or pursue it it's really

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really beyond you and that is tragic and

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heartbreaking when you want to do something but

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you really cannot you want to help but

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you cannot and similar to it in result

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not in condition but in result is laziness

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where you can but you don't have the

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desire and the outcome is the same because

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both of them result in ineffective person one

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does not want so he does not do

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and another wants but he cannot do so

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the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam wanted Allah

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to protect him and by extension us from

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that but also you get another hadith that

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adds another layer to it where he said

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alayhi salatu wa salam وَاسْتَعِنْ بِاللَّهِ وَلَا تَعَجَزْ

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seek Allah's assistance and don't be helpless so

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here the direction from Rasulullah alayhi salatu wa

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salam when he says don't be helpless he's

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not referring here to what to what is

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beyond your control but don't be like a

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helpless person don't think like a helpless person

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don't act like a helpless person don't put

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yourself in a helpless condition by the choices

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that you make but instead seek Allah's assistance

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and Allah azza wa jal will make what

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seems like impossible, improbable possible and probable the

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tragic thing is that we think that if

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we cannot do one thing we cannot do

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anything and that's why when something bad happens

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to the ummah or really happens to you

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individually and someone gives the ummah collectively or

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the individual the advice of be right with

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Allah azza wa jal so Allah could alleviate

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a person thinks that this advice is irrelevant

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how is this gonna save that?

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how is this gonna improve that?

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not understanding the connection between how we are

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and how helpless we are and that if

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we improve our helplessness will diminish as well

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our inability will diminish as well now you

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can consider stories in the Quran one story

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among them in surat al-baqarah and that

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story is really relevant to us what Allah

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azza wa jal said consider the Israelites after

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Musa when they've asked a prophet living among

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them he said send us a king so

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that we could fight in the cause of

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Allah so their prophet tells them perhaps when

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fighting is prescribed on you you're allowed, you're

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given your wish maybe you'll turn away and

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you will not fight he says why would

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we not fight for the sake of Allah

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while we were driven out of our lands

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and driven out of our children they were

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taken away from us yet Allah azza wa

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jal said but when fighting was prescribed, was

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given to them they turned away except for

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few among them where does that inability come

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from?

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it does not come from Allah azza wa

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jal who imposed this on them it comes

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from choices that they make and it really

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comes from a lack of iman that they

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had which made the options in front of

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them very limited so when Allah continues in

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this story after the king was given to

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them and he said Allah is going to

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test you with a river if you're going

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to drink from this river this is the

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army that he had with him that's the

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difference between strength and weakness between helplessness and

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power and it all goes back to this

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power of iman and power of belief and

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the ability to sacrifice so he says if

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you're going to drink from this river you're

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not one of us you're going to leave

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us but if you're not going to take

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a sip from it except few sips then

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you will be with us so most of

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them drank from it except for few so

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when he marched with the remaining few those

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who have iman they said we have no

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power to fight Goliath and his soldiers we

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have no power but

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those who believed they knew that they're going

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to meet Allah azza wa jal they said

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how many times did a small group defeat

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a large group with the help of Allah

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azza wa jal and Allah is with those

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who are patient and Allah azza wa jal

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said that when they met Goliath and his

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soldiers قالوا ربنا أفرغ علينا صبرا وثبت أقدامنا

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وانصرنا على القوم الكافرين فهزموهم بإذن الله so

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when they met Goliath and his soldiers he

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said ya Allah pour patience upon us like

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rain and make our footing strong and give

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us victory against the disbelievers Allah said they

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defeated them with the help of Allah azza

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wa jal for those who turned away they

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were helpless for those who were steadfast they

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had power the helplessness that the first party

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had to endure is their own making and

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another story also in the Quran but this

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time before that incident and this time with

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a greater prophet which is Musa alayhis salam

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still with the Israelites and they were supposed

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to enter the holy land قَالَ يَا قَوْمُ

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ادْخُلُوا الْأَرْضَ الْمُقَدَّسَةِ he says oh my people

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enter the holy land that Allah had written

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for you don't turn away otherwise you will

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be losers قَالُوا يَا مُوسَىٰ here is this

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inability I want you to think about it

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you have Allah on your side and this

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is his command you have Musa and Harun

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alayhis salam in your army what do they

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say قَالُوا يَا مُوسَىٰ إِنَّ فِيهَا قَوْمًا جَبَّارٍ

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وَإِنَّا لَنَّ ادْخُلَهَا حَتَّى يَخْرُجُوا مِنْهَا فَإِيَّا خُرُجُوا

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مِنَهَا فَإِنَّا دَاخِلُونَ it says Moses there are

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very strong people inhabiting the land we will

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not enter until they leave if they leave

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we will go in we don't want to

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fight the reply then comes from قَالَ رُجُلَانِ

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مِنَ الَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمَا ادْخُلُوا عَلَيْهِمُ

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الْبَابِ it says two Allah fearing men they

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said to them rather enter the gate as

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Allah had commanded you just do what Allah

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wants from you what Allah wants who you

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are going to win and rely on Allah

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if you have Iman not on your numbers

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not on what you see not on the

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physical might rely on Allah if you have

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Iman what is their reply to Musa Alayhi

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Salam they said ya Musa لَنَّ ادْخُلَهَا أَبَدًا

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مَا دَامُوا فِيهَا it says we will never

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step a foot inside as long as they

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are in but you and your Lord go

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and fight if you wanna fight we're gonna

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be sitting right here what is the consequence

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of this not only that they were deprived

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that land Allah said قَالَ فَإِنَّهَا مُحَرَّمَةٌ عَلَيْهِمْ

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أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً يَتِهُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ Allah said they

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will be forbidden entry into this land for

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40 years they will wander lost lost for

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40 years they don't know where to go

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that is the ibitim the ultimate form of

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helplessness lost what created that did Allah impose

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that on them or did they bring this

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on themselves if you wanna think about it

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more individually where a lot of times we

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say that's too much that's too hard that's

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this and that's that you don't understand that

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the shaytan actively tries to dissuade you to

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discourage you from following Allah's commands by magnifying

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the obstacles and they're not as big as

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you think the messenger of Allah peace be

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upon him said that the shaytan set up

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for the son of Adam his ways and

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he set up for him the way of

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Islam and he said do you submit and

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leave your religion and the religion of your

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fathers and he set up for him the

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way of emigration and he said do you

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emigrate and leave your land and your sky

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and he set up for him the way

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of jihad and he said do you ignore

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and be killed and divide the wealth and

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marry the wife and he disobeyed him and

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he submitted and emigrated and struggled he said

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that the shaytan sits in as an obstacle

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in every path for the child of Adam

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whatever he wants to do he sits there

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if he wants to accept Islam he will

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say are you going to leave the religion

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of your fathers and forefathers and accept a

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new religion he disobeys him and he accepts

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Islam he wants to migrate he says are

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you going to leave your land your people

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that you know the sky that you know

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and go to a new land he disobeys

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him and he migrates he wants to go

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for jihad and he says are you going

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to go for jihad and be killed what

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will happen to your money your children, your

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wife he disobeys him and he goes for

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jihad and the prophet said that if he

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dies like that Allah will surely put him

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in Jannah whenever you want to do something

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the shaytan is going to stop you and

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say that's too difficult and if you listen

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to the whispers of shaytan you will be

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helpless you won't be able to do a

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thing but if you disobey him and listen

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to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala then you

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will have power then the roads will open

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there will be no closed doors anymore because

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Allah azza wa jal is with you that's

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the whisper of shaytan and that is temptation

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and when we commit a sin that sin

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diminishes all the options that we have so

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if you look at the ummah of Muhammad

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collectively or we look at us as a

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community or you look at yourself and I

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look at myself and you say why am

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I helpless here and here and here is

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it that Allah azza wa jal made it

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so or do I make choices every day

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and every year that take away the path

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of Allah azza wa jal the relief that

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Allah could bring and restrict me to very

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bad options in front of me so if

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you want a relief from that helplessness from

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that inability from that ajz that the prophet

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alayhi salatu wasalam wanted Allah to protect us

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all from do not disobey Allah and do

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and follow his commands and Allah azza wa

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jal will give you ample opportunities on this

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earth collectively as an ummah and also individually

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so you are not helpless anymore so distinguish

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between artificial helplessness and real helplessness and let

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us not confuse the two I say this

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and I ask Allah forgiveness for me and

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you so ask forgiveness The

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key is inability to make dua and continuity

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with that dua He said alayhi salatu was

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salam a'ajazun nasi man a'ajaza aani

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duaa He says the most helpless of people

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is the one who is unable to make

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dua and there are people and maybe we

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are all guilty of it to some degree

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who actually don't make dua don't make enough

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of it forget Allah azza wa jal when

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we find any difficulty or we encounter and

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hear about the difficulty that the ummah is

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facing here and there consistent dua even that

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so when you hear the only thing that

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we can do is dua that's untrue in

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a sense but even that we are not

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really fulfilling so we say what else can

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we do beside dua dua should be a

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given everyday but what else can we do

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again even with your own problems even if

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you are drowning in your own problems now

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you cannot even think about the ummah that's

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fine even with your own problems what is

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it that you can also do beside dua

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He said this a'ajaz is not just

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a'ajaz about dua but also a'ajaz

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when it comes to obeying Allah azza wa

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jal with simple matters He said alayhi salatu

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was salam in a hadith a'ajazu ahadukum

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man yaqra'a thuluthu alqur'ani fee layla

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He says are you unable to read one

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third of the Qur'an a night they

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said oh Prophet of Allah who could read

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one third of the Qur'an each night

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He said if you read qul huwa allahu

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ahad it's equivalent to that so think about

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how many people actually do this with that

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intention you may say well I do it

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here another hadith He said alayhi salatu was

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salam a'ajazu ahadukum ayyaksiba fee kulli yawmin

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alfa hasana He says are you unable to

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earn one thousand hasana each day He said

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oh Prophet of Allah how could we earn

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one thousand hasana each day He said you

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say subhanallah hundred times and Allah will give

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you one thousand hasana and remove one thousand

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sayyi'ah now think about how many of

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us do this how many of us do

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subhanallah just hundred times how many minutes will

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it take from you and why are we

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so unable to do this to at least

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earn one thousand hasana because if you're unable

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to do this you're unable to do something

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greater than that right that's training this is

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building up your iman building up your tolerance

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building up your ability to sacrifice to give

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for Allah so if you say I cannot

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sit for two three minutes for five minutes

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to say subhanallah how can you do anything

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greater than that so we all can engage

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in wishful thinking oh I will do this

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and I will do that reality is different

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wal ajizu man atba'a nafsahu hawaha watamanna

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alallahi alamani kamaqee it says the one who

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is helpless who is unable is follows his

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own desire whatever he wants he will do

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it and then wishes that Allah will do

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this and that for him that's fantasy reality

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is very different for you to not be

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helpless is for you to love Allah azawajal

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and desire what he has more than the

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dunya and favor him more than the dunya

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so that when there is ever a choice

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between Allah and the dunya as an opposite

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what do you choose and if you're unable

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to make the right choice that's helplessness and

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that will diminish and tighten the possibilities in

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front of you in your life once some

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of the ansar well let's begin with the

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other story actually once a prophet alayhi salatu

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wasalam was passing by a bedouin he hosted

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him so he said when you come to

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Medina let us know so that we can

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honor you in return so when that arabi

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came to Medina rasulallah sallallahu alayhi wasallam said

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what do you want he said I want

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a camel and few goats he said are

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you unable to be a ajustum an takoonu

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mithla ajuzi bani israeel are you unable are

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you helpless to be like the elderly women

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the elderly israelite women he said what is

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the story of prophet of Allah he said

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when Musa alayhi salam and it's interesting that

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all of these stories relate to the israelites

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and they come from them for you to

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learn something from it he says when Musa

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was leading the israelites out of Egypt just

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he wants to leave he couldn't find the

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way out imagine you trying to leave the

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masjid you can't find your way out lost

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so he turns to the people and he

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says what is this how can we not

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find our way out of the city he

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says this is because Yusuf alayhi salam before

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his death he made us a promise if

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you're going to leave Egypt you take my

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body with you and you bury it in

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ash-sham so we cannot leave until we

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fulfill that promise he says where is his

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body he says no one knows it except

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an elderly israelite woman he goes to Musa

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alayhi salam he says where is he buried

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he says I know where he is buried

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I won't tell you until you give me

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what I want he says what is it

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that you want he says that I will

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be your companion in Jannah that's power that's

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determination this is Himmah, resolve I want you

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to be companion in Jannah so Musa did

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not want to give her that just for

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this information you want to receive that Allah

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azza wa jal said give her that give

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her that so he said you got it

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he said he's buried here they brought his

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body up and once they did that the

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road was lit like day they knew their

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way out there is this ajz that the

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Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam painted this nomad Arabi

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with the only thing that you want from

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the Prophet is goats and a camel that's

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helplessness that's inability you have the Prophet in

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front of you you could ask for anything

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what is it that you want so if

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your mind is drowning in the dunya you're

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ajz, you're helpless but if your mind is

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attached to Allah and the next life then

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you're not helpless anymore and the possibilities all

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in front of you are open and Allah

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above all of this is with you the

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next story that I wanted to mention is

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unlike that one the Ansar may Allah be

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pleased with them the Ansar in Medina they

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got tired of transporting water from the wells

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to their farms and back and forth and

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back and forth carrying water on their camels

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so they said why not we come to

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the Messenger of Allah azzawjal and ask him

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that Allah azzawjal would make the city of

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Medina flow with rivers so that it be

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easy for us to water our farms so

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he said let us do this so they

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came as a group to the Messenger alayhi

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salatu wassalam and when the Prophet saw them

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he said something you want from me brought

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you here and they said oh yes oh

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Prophet of Allah and he said in reply

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alayhi salatu wassalam whatever you ask me I

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will give you and whatever I ask Allah

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he will give me before asking what is

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it that you want from me he said

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what whatever you ask me you got it

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this is to honor them whatever you ask

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me you got it and whatever I ask

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Allah he'll give it ask what did you

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think they asked for they looked at each

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other and they said it says you want

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the dunya you have this opportunity you want

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the dunya then they turned to the Prophet

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alayhi salatu wassalam and they said he said

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oh Messenger of Allah ask Allah to forgive

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us ya Allah forgive the

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Ansar and their children and the children of

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the children of the Ansar consider what they

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got versus what they wanted consider what power

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and resolve means versus helplessness consider if they

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just simply said ya Allah just give us

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rivers how long will you enjoy this versus

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they will be forgiven and their children and

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their grandchildren will be forgiven see how Allah

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azza wa jal when you think the way

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that Allah wants you to think opens doors

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for you consider the helplessness of the Ummah

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of Muhammad alayhi salatu wassalam today how much

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of it is self-imposed self-inflicted rather

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than divine by Allah azza wa jal in

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the sense of cannot be changed and consider

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that we can change a lot of this

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but not just simply adopting dua but when

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you are a better Muslim and he is

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and she is and she is and all

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of us are then the path will open

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for us to do more you'll have the

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intention you'll have Allah's aid you'll have Allah's

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light and guidance to be able to do

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more but if we just sit back and

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say nothing can be done let's live as

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usual then we'll continue to languish in the

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same limited existence that we enjoy so may

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Allah azza wa jal arham arrahimeen not make

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us of those who are helpless on this

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land ya Allah we seek your protection from

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al ajz wal kasal wal ham wal hasan

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wal jubn wal bukhl wal ghalabat al dayni

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wal qahri al rijal ya Allah give us

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power over and against the whispers of shaytan

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over and against our own weaknesses ya rabbal

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alameen ya Allah make us of those who

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have resolve and wisdom in our life make

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us ya rabbal alameen of those who make

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the best of choices and avoid the worst

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of choices we ask you to forgive us

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all of our sins those that are public

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and those that are private we ask you

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that you grow iman in our hearts we

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ask you that you would give us your

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love and love for your prophet alayhis salatu

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was salam and love for the believers Allahumma

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atina fid dunya hasanatan wafil aakhirati hasana waqina

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azaba alnaar Allahumma ya muqalliba alqulubi thabbit qulubana

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ala deenik Allahumma ya musarrif alqulubi sarrif qulubana

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ala taatik Allahumma imna ala dhikrika wa shukrika

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wa husni ibadatik ya hayyu ya qayyumu birahmatika

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nastaghith aslih lana sha'nana kulla wala takilna

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ila anfusina tarfata ayn

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