God-Consciousness
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The speakers emphasize the importance of pursuing one's dreams with caution and mindfulness in order to achieve success, with a particular emphasis on the benefits of Gratitude, privacy, and privacy in society. They stress the importance of learning about " Marty publicly" and athalon, and the need to stay away from drinking alcohol and privacy. The speakers also touch on the history and importance of alcoholism in Pakistan, including its use for people who want to avoid major sins and the " booked 360 program" that encourages avoiding major sins. They emphasize the importance of fasting, taking care of one's health, and learning to use technology to improve one's self-reliance. The session is a three-day session and attendees are encouraged to stay healthy and safe.AI Generated Transcript ©
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all righty everyone, I sit down while I make them one little law. Welcome. Welcome. Welcome today and number two of Ramadan 360 with a mother of Institute mashallah chat has already been popping. And I love that some of y'all have remembered from yesterday learned your lessons and joined Greely early to make sure that you get to secure your seat here in the chat. It's lovely to see you all here and see you all saying your sedans welcome As Salam wa Rahmatullah tiss to everyone who has already come in and it's amazing to see representation as always, from all around the world I see Houston I see the UK try to specify your city if you can because mashallah there's so many cities in
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said I'm Aleykum what Abdullah che Kumar, how are you doing today? I sit on my de guadalupe Ricardo. Hello. Hello. How are you doing? Why can we still have one I have the last year I'm excited. I'm hyped. It's the biggest problem. I just need the sun to move a little bit out of my face. But other than that, I'm good to go and shop off. We're sitting outside. It's Ramadan. 360 we're catching it wherever we are. Shot was catching on Milan 360 somewhere outside of their house right?
You know, mashallah we got people in cars you got people at work we got chef Omar I don't know where Alhamdulillah their lives are great and hamdulillah Bismillah let's jump into session number two. Um, the last the last and I'm also really loud it's like the center of silicon Philip Hammond that says I'm on the bus I did Hakeem says set up I wanted to begin Number One thanking Allah subhana data that we're able to experience another Ramadan but then number two, I want to ask you guys we've got this crazy live chat happening right now mashallah latika Allah so I wanted to ask you what is one food that just represents Ramadan for you? Like if it's there then it's Ramadan and if it's not
there, it's not Ramadan and mentioned also what the dates mashallah you guys are all okay we know you're great Muslims mashallah dates is the default, but give me give me the cultural stuff, but also mentioned like where it's from?
Because some BUSA I'm seeing some BUSA samosa, some BUSA obviously is a Ramadan thing throughout many cultures, and it's pronounced a number of different ways. So when it's in the Asian subcontinent, then it's samosa and then by the time it makes its way to the Middle East to become some BUSA, and by the time it comes to Sudan, it adds a calf to it and it becomes some looks
oh man, Mashallah. Okay, we're seeing a lot of stuff
beautiful, may Allah Subhana Allah bless it so fast I'm having a hard time reading fruit salad Okay, that's what I was able to read should feed us coconut water. May Allah Subhana Allah bless rowhouses all Rooh afza I never am able to pronounce that one right?
I don't know. I don't know what to tell you.
But whatever you are, however you're enjoying Ramadan May Allah Subhana Allah Allah bless and accept from us all our fast. That being said, Before I begin I just want to I want to shout out how slots have been a long time since I've been able to jump on a webinar with Hafsa and with the unmolded family
obviously it's Ramadan it's we're launching like HUFs I mentioned to have a YouTube series on the names of Allah that I'm very excited about worked really hard before Ramadan on it. And so you can check it out on animal lives Youtube every day we're doing a name of Allah Subhana Allah yesterday we did that as up and today we're doing an emoji so we're starting off with the heavy hitting names okay right from the get go inshallah Tada and so check it out on our muggles YouTube. And then the third thing is we have this incredible daily giving campaign. And I know that one of the biggest regrets that people have as Ramadan ends is when they missed an opportunity to give, especially if
it's one of the last 10 nights like you know, when you you have that one night where you're super busy. And then the next morning you're like, Man, I forgot to give sadaqa last night, may Allah Subhana Allah Allah except right that that that regret. You want to make sure that you just from the beginning, get rid of that regret because you set yourself up for success right from the beginning. And how do you set yourself up from the success right from the beginning is by making sure that you automate your giving every single day. Our daily giving campaign is awesome for that Charlotte data. That being said, our topic is stuck. Wha I have a question for you guys right from the get go. Allah
Subhana Allah Allah says in surah baqarah m de la sala salam ala Rasulillah. Allah says Yeah, you heard that the kuti by the Ignacia Kumar cootie. Violently dinamik publikum La La Quinta taco. Allah says, Oh, you who believe fasting has been prescribed for you, as it was prescribed for those before you that you may gain Taqwa. So then the question that we all have to ask ourselves is How does fasting create Taqwa of Allah subhana data says fasting was prescribed for you for the purpose of Taqwa. Then what is there must be a linear relationship between fasting and Dakwah. There must be a direct and clear relationship between fasting I thought, well, how does fasting teach Taqwa? That is
the question.
Christine says it gives patience.
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it curbs your desires, okay?
obedience to Allah has commanded sincerity. I have a question for all of you. And the first time I heard this man, it was worth me listening to that entire lecture because I got this one nugget. And so right now I'm gonna give you this, just this one nugget and inshallah to Allah, it's worth you being here today. And you're gonna want to share it with other people also. Okay.
The example is this.
If you're fasting right now,
right now, it's still two hours ahead of thought. We've been fasting all day. We're tired, we're exhausted, we're fatigued. We're dehydrated, all of that type of stuff. Now, every single one of us when we're fasting, we can sneak into the fridge and we can go get food without anybody knowing.
You can go down to the store and you can satisfy your cravings. You can make that headache go away without anybody knowing.
The question is
Have you ever done that? Do you do that? Do you when nobody is looking? Go and break your fast? And the answer to that is no. Even though we're tired, even though we're exhausted even though we have exams, even though we have work, even though even though even though we don't break our fast, because we know that even if no one sees us, Allah sees us.
I'll say it again. We don't break our fast because we know even if no one sees us, Allah subhanho data sees us, you know what that's called? That's called taco. That's taco. Taco is for you to behave in that manner that if nobody sees me, Allah sees me. That's Taqwa. And so Allah Subhana Allah, Allah shows you through this bootcamp of 30 days that you can do it. No, no, you can't have Taqwa. You can refrain from things that you want, like eating and drinking and intimacy with your spouse during the day, because Allah subhanho data sees you. And if you can do that with things that I've normally made halal, like food and drink, and intimacy with your spouse during the day, these
are normally things that are highlighted. If you can refrain from the halal just because I'm watching you, even if nobody else is watching you, that you should be able, you've proven to yourself that you can refrain from the harm, even when no one is able to see you. So now I have to extend the fasting is an exercise, after which you're supposed to extend it beyond the exercise of eating and drinking to the exercise of staying away from how long transactions should exercise or being able to stay away from having long conversations from being able to stay away from everything that ALLAH SubhanA that has revealed, because you have proven that you can do it. You have proven
that you can do it. All right.
That to me was a gem, I need a gem emoji, if you or the Mind Blow emoji if you liked it as much as I did. But that being said, the question then becomes, how do we gain Taqwa? How do we gain Topo? Well, even before that, what is stucco? What is dukkha? Dukkha is one of those things that's very hard to define. It's translated as fear of God. It's translated as consciousness of God. But what is taqwa?
The province of Elijah said, I've never defined for us what it is. He didn't tell us stuff. What is this, I thought was that that would have made it very easy for us. But also loss of Elijah said, or so let's go back linguistically to what the meaning of Taqwa is, that word comes from this word, which means we acquire, we acquire, we acquire means to protect yourself to prevent, okay.
And so it is to protect yourself from the punishment of Allah subhana data. It is to protect yourself from everything that would cause the punishment of Allah that is what took place. And so that's why you see it translated as consciousness of Allah. That's why you see it translated as fear of Allah subhana data, because it is me being aware of the harm that this thing could cause me staying away from it. That is what took place.
Others
from the Sahaba defined what Taqwa is, and those definitions are great. They're great to know they're important. So for example, we have I didn't have you thought about the Alliance. He defined taqwa and he said a Taqwa is four things. Okay, four things. We're gonna write these things down. He says, number one, I'll hopefully mean lJd. It is to fear the sublime it is to fear Allah subhanaw taala. That's number one. Number two, he says, When I'm a little bit Tenzin, and it is to act in accordance with the revelation. A person if they don't act according to the Quran and Sunnah they can, they can scream all day about how they're one of the people of Taqwa. They're not a person of
Taqwa. They can talk all day, about how much they fear Allah Subhana Allah that I fear God. If your fear of God does not make you stop at the limits of Allah, then you don't fear God.
So in number two, he says, and I'm gonna be tansy number three, he says, a robot will clean that a person have realized that a person half contentment with a little clean with that which is little, that a person be content with that which is little.
That stuck. Well, I have a consciousness of Allah subhanaw taala that causes me to be content. I am constantly aware of the hereafter. I'm not so worried about the dunya what comes to me of good what comes to me of I'm okay with whatever comes because I'm so into and I'm so connected with the hereafter. That's Taqwa. And then number four, he says, Well, is there a daddy Leo Morahan and that a person prepare for the day of departure that a person prepare for the day of departure? These are the four things that I'd have never thought about. All the Alonso said are Taqwa. Now.
We have another definition by obey Venkat who baby niqab is a great great, great scholar of the Quran. Obey of kneecap is the person whom the province of allied is sent him said I was commanded to recite the Quran to you will be niqab and he recited to him assaulted beta obey
God is the first person whom I met him in the hot tub gathered everybody to pray thought behind when he restarted the thought tradition is today we congregational prayer. He had them pray behind baby niqab which shows you this is a heavyweight amongst the Sahaba when it comes to the Quran now, no matter how thorough they lie to me as a way of niqab, he said to him, What is stuck Well, so what stuck What
I remember is the Khalifa and obey me cop said to him, I mean, have you ever walked in a branch in a place that is filled with thorns filled with thorns? And obeys? Oh, I almost said yes, I have. He said to him, What did you do? I mean, what did you do?
When you were walking down a pathway that was filled with thorns? What did you do? He said Shama to watch that show marked means like, I brought everything close to meet my garments. You know, if I have loose garments, I don't want it to get caught on the thorn. So I bring it close to me such a moto, which they had to, and I was careful where I walked. I paid attention to where I stepped.
He said to him, that is what was.
That is taqwa. telkwa is that you are careful where you walk. Dukkha is that you're not messy. You're not loose. You keep everything tight around you. And one of the poets he took that line from eBay, and he said, Karl is an OB Kaviraj. How was that the DA was not commercially out of the shoki Yeah, the Roma Euro lat. accurateness a lira. innogy Ballymena Hassan, he said Dakwah is to leave all since the light and the severe and to walk as if through a land of thorns with caution and fear. And don't belittle small sins from pebbles mountains appear don't build little small sense from pebbles mountains appear. And so Duck WHAT IS THAT A person avoids all of these things. Duck was
that a person who balls all these seeds now, there's a third definition of duck Well, that's not from one of the companions but I love this definition very much.
And so I want to share it with you. It's from one of the tabulate his name was tongue a bit heavy and then we're gonna go on. And then we're going to talk about how to gain taqwa and where the place of Taqwa is and all of that great stuff. It's all that data.
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they'll keep it heavy. He says, either Walker it fitted for will do heavy Taqwa. He says that if fitna touches down, then repel it with Taqwa.
And the his sunnah said to him like how do you what is stuck? What how do you define Taqwa? He said when fitna touches down when calamities touchdown, when when when when things that are contrary when controversies touchdown in your community, repel it with Dukkha repeller with Taqwa.
You know I just want to give you a quick example.
When the slander when the slander against Russia happened
when the slander against Russia happened, different people that is an absolute fitna, it is a big fitna, and many people fell susceptible to talking about Ayesha, including the sister of Zanna Binti, Josh Zana is the wife of the Prophet salallahu de Sena. And you know, the wives of the prophets were teams. And you know, this is an opportunity for, you know, then up, Zina, this would have been an opportunity for her to kind of like, you know, position herself to be the better wife of the province level lighten up. I Isha herself. She said that then UPS duck Wah prevented her from talking about me. Then I'm stuck what prevented her from getting involved. But her sister didn't
have that Taqwa. And she got involved, and she ended up you know, losing in the way that everybody else lost in that in that in that episode, but the point here is that duck wha when calamities touchdown, duck what protects a person it protects your steps. It protects your tongue, it protects your actions.
And so they've been heavy says that when a calamity befalls a fitna touches down a trial, a test, repel it with Dakwah. They said what is decoy? Then he mentioned three things he says a Taqwa
he says is to do that which is pleasing to Allah. Number one to do that which is pleasing to Allah. Allah, no Renmin Allah, upon a light from Allah seeking the reward of Allah three things. Number one is to do what is pleasing to Allah fasting charity,
Salah, build on why they did all of that type of stuff, right?
But then he says upon a light from Allah and that upon a light from Allah is very, very beautiful. Why? Because he's saying that you need to do it according to the Quran and Sunnah.
Now God's like, you don't do it based upon your own imagination. You don't do it based upon your own dreams. You don't do it based upon your own whims, you don't do it based.
You do it upon a light from Allah, these acts of worship that you do to please Allah, you do it upon a light of Allah. And he says, seeking the reward of Allah, that third ingredient is really really, really important. Chef's today man had yesterday talked about sincerity, right? So this third part, this third element is sincerity. I'm seeking the reward of Allah, I'm not seeking the reward of anybody else. I'm seeking the audience of Allah, I'm not seeking the audience of anybody else. These are the three things number one you do that which is pleasing to Allah upon a light from Allah, a source from other relation, and number three, seeking the reward of Allah. And then he said number
three, the third and the second part is, is to avoid Muharram Allah, that I avoid what ALLAH SubhanA data has forbidden to Allah nude in Allah upon a light from Allah number three, seeking ALLAH SubhanA wa diatas reward or fearing Allah subhanho data as punishment.
I'm fearing Allah's punishment. I'm not avoiding the Haram because I'm afraid of the government. I'm avoiding the Haram because I'm afraid of Allah. Subhana wa Tada.
Okay, so this is the reward. Or this is a definition of Taqwa that's very comprehensive, and it's very beautiful. And it is by Tulk. Even heavy talk even heavy.
Now where is the place of Taqwa? Where is the place of Taqwa the place of Taqwa is in the heart. Rasulullah sallallahu Sallam stood in front of his companions.
And he said, A Taqwa Hoonah a Taqwa. Hoonah. A Taqwa. Hoonah. What you should read or something he said as the prophets of Allah, he said and pointed to his chest three types. And he said Taqwa is ear duck, what is ear? Duck was the place of duck was in the heart. And Allah subhana data says that ECOA may you have them shout at Allah. The naming taco Kuru. Allah subhana Dias says, Whoever exalts the, the whoever shows, veneration to the, the signs of Allah subhanho data that is from the taqwa of the hearts, that is from the top of the hearts. And Allah subhana data says, laying out Allah Lahoma Allah, the medulla were lucky and
Allah says, talking about the sacrificial animals, he said it's blood and it's meat doesn't reach Allah. But what reaches Allah subhanho data is your taqwa your talk was what region wants to panel data. And so talk about the place of Taqwa is in the heart. It's not in the beard. It's not in the clothes. It's not in the it's not in anything. But you know, you can have people who wear the close you can have people who talk the lingo. You can have people who do all of these types of things. You can have people who go and they pray in the masjid all the time. But they don't have the Taqwa of Allah subhanaw taala. The Taqwa of Allah has place is in the heart. And it manifests on the tongues
that it manifests on the lips of the library Rama he said that sometimes I'll do I'll see a person in the message all the time. But then when I deal with him with regards to the red and the yellow, ie, the gold currency, I find him to be a different person. You know, going to the masjid isn't necessarily a definitive it's a sign inshallah to Allah. But it doesn't define a person of taqwa, but rather the place of tuck was in the heart. And what are some of the benefits of taqwa?
What are some of the benefits of Taqwa?
There are a lot of benefits of the first benefits is that Allah Subhana Allah to Allah right on that first page swithun Bacara ALLAH SubhanA Dias says that you can kita without a Buffy Buddha Lin with 13 it is a guidance for the people of taqwa, you know, and sort of in fact, you're standing there and you're making. You're making a prayer you say it'll sit out on Steam, Idina, give us Houda give us guidance to the straight path. That's what your request is in surah Vida and so, then the next page sorter Bacara right begins right from the beginning I mean, Delhi, Calcutta will already be filled with that limita team. And if I mean this is the Book about which there is no doubt it is a
guidance for the people of Taqwa you are asking for guidance, but here's the guidance. This book is the guidance.
But it is guidance to who Allah answers your DUA your request, and he says this book is guidance but it is guidance for who is guidance for the people of Taqwa you have to have Taqwa is the key through which you unlock the guidance of the Quran.
Doc what is that key?
And so what are the benefits of Taqwa? Number one? It is that it gives us guidance. It gives us access to this Quran that we're reading. Number two, it is how we seek real nobility. You know, for people who are competitive, people who like to want to succeed, who like to compete with others. Allah Subhana Allah gives us a realm of competition. Allah subhana wa Tada says,
Yeah, you had nothing in a HELOC and alchemy and Vicodin or antologia inoculum. Should Obon acaba Elita. Otto in Chroma Komenda Leia, taco
This verse is very, very profound. It's beautiful. It's amazing. It's miraculous. It's inserted a lot to sort of the page a lot. And this verse, Allah subhana, Allah data, he says,
oh people, he didn't say believers, he said, oh people, we have created you
from a male and female. And we made you into nations and tribes that we may know one another, that you may know one another.
And says, What is the verse number?
Maybe someone can share the verse number I know some people might confuse me for doctors at night, but I'm not doctors academic at all. So I can't tell you Surah number 57 Verse number 13. I have no idea what verse number it is. Okay? Someone says it is verse number 13. Okay, very good. Um, did.
Allah subhana data tells us that the reason he made us into nations and tribes is so that we may know one another. I want you to imagine how hard the world would be if you had to create report from scratch with everybody that you meet all the time.
You had to create report from scratch. Allah subhana dices we made you into nations and tribes so that you may know one another. A person says to me, I'm from Toronto, I said Hamdulillah. Excellent. I know so many things about Toronto, I can talk to you about the Raptors. I can talk to you about CN Tower, I can talk to you about Niagara Falls, I can talk to you about this, I can talk to you about that immediately. You can create a connection with somebody, a person says I'm from California, a person says I'm from Nigeria, I see how far now immediately you're able to create rapport with the person.
But then the question becomes ALLAH SubhanA wa says, that's the reason why we're able to we made you into nations and tribes that you say to this person, do you know someone so if they say, yeah, that's my cousin says, subhanAllah I went to school with them. You're able to create those connections with people. That's the reason However, Allah subhanaw taala also knows that these nations and tribes are going to be abused this concept of nations and tribes that he created for this beautiful reason it's going to be abused. And so people are going to use this idea of I'm being from Toronto to look down at people from Montreal and from Ottawa. They're gonna use it to look down
upon people from this place in that place. And so Allah Subhana Allah says, I did not create you for that purpose. Allah I did not create nations and tribes so that you can look down upon others. But for you to say that we are more Kadeem, we are more honorable than others. Allah subhana dive says in a Croma commando like a taco, he then suffocates that abusive interpretation. And he says, If you want to really, if you really want to be better than people, if you want to claim that you're better than people that Allah subhanaw dias says that the one who has most Taqwa is a toggle. The one who has the one who is the best amongst you is the one who has most Taqwa. That's the one who's the
best.
And so Taqwa is how I become better than other people.
That is what I chase. That is what I seek. I do. I do want to compete with people, especially in Ramadan. Ramadan is that great arena of competition, it's our playoffs. It's our World Cup. It's our everything. Ramadan is that and so how can we grow our Taqwa Leila is asking a great question. How can we grow our taco? How do we grow our taco but first before we get to that, and trust me this question that you're asking how can we grow our Taqwa? I spent years walking around asking Musharraf about this.
Ask him which I was how do you grow taco? How do you go to like, how do you get it? How do you feel feel Taqwa? Okay? So before we get to that, though, I want to tell you a few more benefits of Taqwa number one, number three, rather, this is a really powerful one. It will allow you to distinguish between truth and falsehood.
It will allow you to distinguish between truth and falsehood. Allah Subhana Allah Allah says, Yeah, you have leadin into duckula Elijah, I love him for Karna where you can Franco say article, where for lack of Allah who for the loving Allah says, Oh, you who believe. If you have Taqwa of Allah, He will grant for you a criteria and criteria meaning that which will allow you to distinguish between truth and falsehood.
And he will remove from you your misdeeds, he will forgive you and He will forgive you and Allah is the Possessor of Great Bounty, he will remove from you, you say you add your misdeeds, and he will forgive you all of that will happen with double.
This is really powerful because guess what? We live in a time of incredible deception. We live in a time of filters. We live in a time of deep fake, we live in a time of rumors, we live in a time where it is very, very, very difficult for you to realize what is true from what is false.
So what do you do when your own site is deceptive? What do you do when you're very
sight is deceptive.
That is when you have to rely on your insight.
When your site becomes deceptive, you have to rely on your insight.
That is what Duckworth does. Dakwah when you're you're very bizarre, you're very sight your very vision becomes corrupted. Then you have to rely on your Basilar your insight that which is internal that ALLAH SubhanA data gives you and how do you receive that? It is through Taqwa. Allah says into Tapachula Yeah, looking for Karna. Allah says if you have Taqwa of Allah, Allah will give you that you'll be able to recognize a liar.
You'll just you'll just be guided to the truth. And I'm amazed that someone like our American hilltop, he, he he impressed on this so much. Oven ricotta would spend his entire day in the service of the Muslim world.
But he wouldn't shortchange the prayer of the night. Because there are a lot of knew that for his judgments to be sound during the day, he needed to
extend his night prayer so that he could have that light from Allah subhanaw taala.
So Taqwa one of the greatest gifts of Taqwa is that it allows for you to distinguish between truth and falsehood.
How many are the decisions that we make? How many are the people who make claims? How many are the people who tell us this is the Sunnah This is the Buddha, this is this and this is this.
I need insight
and insight and Taco gives me that.
And then of course, one of the greatest that we want to hold on to is that Taqwa makes out for you. Makes a way out for you from every difficulty. Allah subhana Dias says, well, may Allah Ya Allah Who Maharajah were to zoom in haste to latency, ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada says, Whoever has Taqwa of Allah, Allah subhana data will make a wait out for them for every difficulty, and will provide for them from where they did not expect. Not from where they did expect not from where they saw it coming from where they did not expect Allah subhanaw taala present for them a way out. That is what tuckaway does. So if a person has Taqwa of Allah subhana, Allah, Allah subhanaw taala provide a way
out for them.
I had a friend of mine very recently, very recently.
He was
a coach
with a big
a big sports team. Okay, big sports team. And they were having a big month of LGBT.
And everybody had to wear a pin. Everybody had to wear a pin.
So he's messaging me what do I do blah, blah, blah. He says, I'm not gonna wear the pin. He says, I already know I'm not gonna wear the pin. But I'm being told by the managers and you know, the people in the office and all that they're saying to me, that when reporters see that you're not wearing the pin, they're gonna ask you. So you better have an answer. That's smart and ready.
So we're working together on the on the answer.
And he's got dako ALLAH SubhanA data, right? So he's, he's going to hold his ground, he's going to not wear his pin.
And then he has a game.
And after the game was over, a couple of days later, I message him. I say, How did it go? How did your answers go? How did the questions go? And he said to me,
nobody asked me anything. Allah has a plan, baby.
That's what he said. Whoever has Taqwa of Allah, Allah will provide for them a way out. You know what? You know what? shaytaan says? Allah Subhana Allah has a shaytani Yeah, a Docomo *, where Moroccan will fascia shaytaan promises you poverty. She thought promises you poverty and commands you to indecency. shaytaan promises you that if you don't do this, you're gonna lose your job. If you don't do this, you're not gonna get that you're not gonna get that.
Promotion, you're not going to get this opportunity. Your career is going to be stifled. You're going to this this, this, this this this, you're going to lose those clients, you're going to use those customers.
What does Allah promise you though? Allah says Allah Who Yeah, aw, but Allah promises you forgiveness from him and bounty.
That's what Allah promises shaytaan promises you that you're going to lose but Allah and that's why it has an adversity he said, and this is an amazing quote that hasn't been said he said, I saw in 90 places that Allah subhanho wa Taala raw mist to take care of your wrist. And I saw in one place shaytaan promise you poverty. So how can you believe the one promise of the liar and this believes in the 90 promises of the truthful
I'm getting goose bumps man. I don't know if you guys are getting goose
mumps
but Ramadan 360 May Allah Subhana Allah Allah bless so now
the main advantage Allah data how do we gain taqwa and then we'll inshallah
what are some of the ways that you can be of them with ducky?
Number one is knowing Allah subhanaw taala.
knowing Allah, the more you know Allah, the more you love him, the more you fear Him, it conjures up that reverence that on that fear.
And so I want you when you're reading the Quran Ramadan, that you pay attention to how Allah Subhana Allah describes himself.
When we read in the Quran, Allah subhanaw taala being merciful, it invokes love and not wanting to disappoint him. And when we read that ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada is powerful, it should invoke in us fear.
Reading who Allah Subhana Allah, that is when you realize the attributes of Allah subhanaw taala and inspires you to have Taqwa. You know, there was a man who was a person from a sham, who was in the company of aroma of NAB that got him Hata
he was in the company of America.
And after a while, he left he was gone. Nobody notices his absence. And he says, Where's this guy? And they said to me, they said, Yeah, I mean, he's taken back to drinking. He's drinking again.
And so Omar, wrote a letter to this man, and he had it sent to him.
And he said, from aluminum hubbub, I'm about to enact medulla. I thank Allah subhanho data. I praise Allah to you who is Vi filled with them be Wikipedia Toby should either reply copy the totally
the Forgiver of sins, the Forgiver acceptor of repentance shaadi.com The the severe and punishment, the one with incredible resources.
I thank Allah and I praise him to this man is reading this letter and then I'm going to hop off told his companions he said, Make dua to Allah Subhana Allah that Allah guides his heart to repentance. This man is just reading a letter from Amana describing the attributes of Allah Subhana Allah, he's the Forgiver of sins. So he looked at it, he said, and indeed cathedra by the way, mentions this story, you can read it, his stuff said of the beginning of solar profit. He says, My LORD is forgiving. My LORD is forgiving of sins.
Wakaba Toby, and he is the acceptor of repentance. He shed either a copy severe and punishments. He's the one of incredible resources, I should we repent to my Lord, remembering something as simple as remembering Allah subhanho data is power and Allah Subhana Allah as punishment, not taking advantage of Allah subhanaw taala as verses that talk about his reward, because ALLAH SubhanA data also talks about his punishment, and true hope and Allah subhanaw taala is not that you it's not that you that you manipulate the verses of reward, but that you use the verses of reward for the purpose of seeking that reward with Allah subhanaw. taala. by by by by chasing it and working hard
for it. Number two is by seeking knowledge. seeking knowledge. Why? Because you can't be a person of Taqwa unless you know what you're supposed to have Taqwa of.
So you can't be a ducky if you don't know what you should protect yourself from. If I don't know that I should protect myself from this how I'm transaction if I don't know that I should protect myself from this how to action, then you gain knowledge for the purpose of knowing what it is where the red lines are, that I need to stay away from. Number three is learning about acela learning about athalon
Because as it puts the dunya in its rightful place, you know, a sister once asked me she said, you know, my brother drinks alcohol. How do I stop him from drinking alcohol? I said to her, you can't.
You can't.
What's the word here?
I shall hold the line Hmm. Inside the body. She describes not how one person stopped drinking alcohol. But how an entire society stopped drinking alcohol. She says low kind of old manners in the middle corral. Latisha will call the Nassau Hola Hola, Ana del hombre de vida. She says if the first verses that were revealed from the Quran, were don't drink alcohol, that people would have responded saying we're never going to stop drinking alcohol. Imagine as much as the people of Mecca love drinking alcohol. They would have never stopped drinking alcohol.
And then she says
if the first verses that were revealed from the Quran, were do not commit Zina.
With all of the ways that Zina was prevalent in Arabian society, I shuffled the lines so people wouldn't respond to saying we're never going to stop.
Like some people, you know, you tell them having a girlfriend is how long they're like okay and
right
It's not because they don't know that it's haram. It's they don't care enough that it's held up.
They don't care enough that drinking alcohol is haram. They don't care enough that drugs are haram. They don't care enough. And I showed up the line says if those were the first verses that were revealed in the Quran that people respond to saying we're never going to stop. So then what were the first verses that were revealed?
She says, the first verses that were revealed, were a sort of facade, speaking about Jenna and now until the hearts became attached to their Lord, and then the head out on the Haram was revealed.
Either zero till autosys Allah, yeah, you are Muzammil Camilla Illa kalila, the verses that are talking about Paradise and the Hellfire if you look at just look at that serious chapter, you will find all according to mankind.
You'll find all of these verses talking about paradise and now fire until people so want paradise. And they're so afraid of the Hellfire that whatever is standing in their way, they will get rid of
learning about alcohol when I realized how insignificant the dunya is, when I realized how fleeting life is how quickly it departs when I walked in the graveyards and I see tombstones of people, or cards of people or signs of people who were born after me who are already inhabiting these graves
that sobers a person from the elixir of the dunya very quickly
following your sins with good deeds,
following your sins with good deeds Rasulullah sallallahu Sallam told me that I live in the devil. He said
it tequila heist. Omar good. We're at BTC at Al Hasan at Temple hub.
He says foul fear Allah wherever you are,
and follow a sin with a good deed it will erase it
and treat people with good character. So following people, or following sins, with good deeds is one of the ways that a person continues to preserve their Taqwa. They don't let their sins make them fall into a rabbit hole. They will put them into a negative slope, but rather they dust themselves off immediately. And they they seek ALLAH SubhanA wa diatas forgiveness
the fifth one and then and then I'll end inshallah to Allah and the fifth one is, of course, we're in the month of dua to make drought for it to make drought for Taqwa. Rasulullah sallallahu Sallam used to say Allahumma inni as a Luca Houda or took our Asafa Lena, Allah the Prophet SAW Allah they said Musa say, Oh Allah I asked you for Huda guidance to Ka taqwa, FF chastity, Lena self sufficiency. I asked you for those four things. And so these four things are things that we should make dua to Allah subhanaw taala for who the Toka Alpha adrenal,
then I have a so those are our five. Now I have to leave you with a major major quiz that you can now go and flex on people with Okay, since you attended Ramadan, 360 you can go and your if thought today, you can ask this question, and you can see the circus that happens. And then you can answer it because you attended Ramadan. 360. Ready? That question is, can the people of Taqwa commit major sins? Yes or no?
Can the people of Taqwa pain can they make commit major sins?
If you go up to your mom, or your grandmother and you say the people have toppled him again major sins, she'll come in a major sin on you.
Okay, absolutely not. Thank you guys.
Now,
the reason why you're here Ramadan 360s to get not only these nuggets, these nuggets are, are you know, they're the they're the spice. They're not the meal. They're the spice though, but the spice is what makes meals. Delicious, right?
I have a chef of mine when he's in a good mood, when he's in a great mood and his kids are still asleep, that he gives me all of these little jumps. But when his kids are not asleep, and they're running around, I don't get any of these jumps. So I'm just gonna give you one of these gems today. Allah Subhana Allah know the people of Taqwa can commit major sins and we have proof from the Quran. The people of duck walk can commit major sins. And we have proof from the Quran. What is that proof? Allah Subhana Allah says, and I'll give you the verse number two, it is added Emraan verses 133 to 136. Adam Ron, verse 133, to 136 Allah subhanho data says,
oh, Saudi Aramco filthy mela become a Jannetty and outdoor semi auto, or a deadly Moroccan Allah says race
Due to the forgiveness of your Lord, and they haven't that is as expensive as the heavens and the earth that has been prepared for the people of Taqwa laden with the pain by definition, these are the Motoki now who are the lucky Allah Subhana Allah Daddy says
Alladhina Livigno Fukunaga fissara Muna. Laila when I see that and that's why you've seen it. Well levena either alpha alpha fisherton, overland Fusa home Corolla, stop fooling the Ruby, or May, Allah, Allah subhana Dias as those who spent when things are good and when things are bad when they've got money and when they don't they spent well call them in our life and they they, they they suffocate their anger. Well I find it nice and those who overlooking forgive people will allow your head with my sin in and Allah Subhana Allah loves the people of your son and those who when they commit a fatty shop, a major in decency, a major in decency, the Kuru or they oppress themselves,
the Quran Allah, they remember ALLAH and they sought forgiveness for their sins, and who forgives sins other than Allah.
The Quran officer for really good obey Him who may have fluvial Allah, whatever you say to follow him, yeah, but they don't continue. They made that mistake, they dust themselves off, and they continue to grow and become better people. But they felt in that moment they felt in that moment. But Allah subhanaw taala does not dispel them from being of the people of Taqwa. Rather, they are the people of taqwa, people who might commit minor sins. Of course, that's everybody, but even people who might fall into major sins. Messiah says What if the sin is repeated, if the sin is repeated, then they need to? They they need to? They need to?
What's the word? They need to?
They need to check themselves basically, they need to check themselves, right? They need to repent, right? They need to have a sort of reckoning with themselves. That's the word I was looking for. They need to have a reckoning with themselves. Okay.
Allah Subhana Allah for those who says, What am you Cyril, if they don't have a slot, they don't continue what they're doing. But that is good news. For everybody who makes the mistake, that they simply turn to Allah Subhana Allah data and try as best as they can to repent, and who will forgive sins other than Allah. And so that is a nutshell, glimpse overview of Taqwa. May Allah subhana data makers of them with Turkey. May Allah subhanaw taala allow us to experience the best Ramadan of our lives. May Allah accept our fasting and our charity, and our reading of the Quran, and our worship and our seeking of knowledge. For those of you who joined late, I began mentioning two things and I
want to end mentioning these two things. Number one, is a beyond this Ramadan 360 program. We have a YouTube series that I worked quite hard on and hamdulillah on the names of Allah I'm very excited about you can find that on motives YouTube channel, we have the first two episodes up the name Rezac in the name and Mujeeb. Both of those names are up Hamdulillah. And everybody knows real ones real ones comment in the comment section of YouTube videos. So I'm just I'm just throwing that out there. Real ones comment in the comment section. Those who aren't real anyway.
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Oh, you who believe fasting was prescribed for you? It was as it was prescribed for those before you hold on. I'm fasting right now. So let me back up. Oh, you who believe fasting was prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you that you may shield yourself from Allah's wrath. A high and lofty goal in which fasting was made a path and obligation rather Almighty pillar of the faith to abstain from anything that would cause the fast to break with the intention of worship from the time of the sun's rise until it sets on its horizon for its daily demise. And fasting has two pillars in which agreements was acquired. The first is to abstain from to physical desires, desire
for food and drink and those of a sexual type. The second is that the intention was
has to be done in the night through dawn to sunset is the normal timeframe observed but in extreme circumstances that nearest normal neighbor is preferred and it is the most virtuous act of worship if you only knew to release yourself from your desires and to become a better you because the blessings of fasting are too great to be counted and as reward with Allah, too great to be unmounted. But in this short introduction, let it suffice to say that it increases you in Taqwa which you witnessed every day during the blessedness of this month, it safeguard from evil protection from Shayateen those of the jinn and people and it's an act only done for Allah so he's
the only one who rewards it. And it's great as a Rayyan. Only those who fast go towards it. The breath of those who fast is more beloved to Allah than the sense of musk and an OMA United daily in worship from dawn till dusk God is gluttony and greed replaced with compassion for those in need, and Alfie has given two bodies that all year we overfeed, so indeed, I could go on and on 11 months is always too long, but welcome, welcome to Ramadan. Welcome, Ramadan and welcome Ramadan. 360 Zabba das Viva
Okay, how's I don't know if we're doing question and answers or anything like that, but I have indeed shared we're excited Samia is freaking out wondering how she's gonna squeeze in her and reflect in the next few minutes inshallah. So we'll save questions for the next time she if you're gonna be here a few times throughout Ramadan, we're sorry, sorry. I'm sorry that they had no clue about the time I'm sorry. I got into a flow rarely. I'm sorry. No, not at all. She's not saying that I'm saying that on her behalf.
But it's a pleasure to have you on Jeff, you always bring the energy just back Martha for the amazing reminder, we look forward to the continuation of the YouTube series and the amazing work that you're doing throughout the year with the with the imago community well, we'll touch base on a lot of that but we'll see you soon. Inshallah for the next Ramadan 360 session is what happens a lot who have Erykah Badu and I do want to highlight one thing that the shift, you know, emphasized as well mashallah, I know we're already even throughout this session I saw mashallah many of you starting to support the daily giving campaign, but I do want to share with you guys if you haven't
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concept of Taqwa the benefits of Taqwa. So, I want to talk a little bit about how important and necessary the court is.
And what Taqwa looks like in a
person and I want to elaborate a little bit about the benefits of Taqwa inshallah. So, first of all, how important is that? Allah subhanaw taala mentions the word taqwa in its various forms over 250 times in the Quran.
Just consider that the word taqwa in its you know in and of itself, in its various forms is mentioned over 250 times in the Quran. Sometimes we see that Allah subhanaw taala directly commands us to have Taqwa. All right? What? Yeah, if I can. Sometimes Allah subhanaw taala encourages us to have Taqwa by telling us about the reward the benefit of having Taqwa. Like for example, if you believe what it took me know what a taco for the Cameroon or the if you believe you are you have tacos you will have a great reward. And sometimes Allah subhanaw taala tells us about the qualities of the people who have Taqwa so that we can see what the Aqua looks like. Because the koi is
supposed to be a state of mind a state of heart, right? Where a person is very conscious of Allah. And so they are trying their best to stay away from anything that displeases Allah. Right? And they are striving to do what is pleasing to Allah. Right. So what does that look like? Allah subhanaw taala describes the qualities of the people of Taqwa in the Quran as well. Like for example, right in the beginning of Soto Bacara Valley, Calcutta, Buddha, Ray Buffy with a little motorcade. This is a book in which there is no doubt and it is guidance for the people who have Taqwa. Who are the people who have Taqwa a Levine Are you gonna believe that people who believe in the unseen well you
came on a Salah and they established prayer, when we Mara zakenna home, Yun, Falcone and out of what We have provided them they spend. So this is what the call looks like. That you believe with conviction, right? That you are consistent with your Salah, you establish your Salah, and that you give out of what Allah subhanaw taala has given has given you all right, this is what the call looks like. Now sometimes we see that in the Quran, Allah subhanaw taala presents the Aqua not just as a means to success, but actually as a goal. Meaning is something that we should strive towards something that we need to work on in order to develop in ourselves. So it's presented as a goal.
Like for example.
Yeah, you are nurse or Buddha or bacame Olivia Calaca calm Well, Levine I'm in public Kong. Why worship your Lord Lai la Contacta. Kuhn, in order that you may have taqwa, right, or you who have believed fasting has been prescribed on you. Why La La Quinta tacos in order that you may have Taco.
So this just gives us an idea of how important the quote is. And we see that in the Quran. Sometimes the word Taqwa can mean you know sincerity, it can mean fear of God, it can mean leaving sin, it can mean obeying Allah, right? Worshiping Allah, it can it can come in, in a number of different meanings. Now, first of all, how does Allah subhanaw taala instruct us in the Quran to have the Aqua. Right? We see that in the Quran. Allah subhanaw taala mentions about you know the stories of different nations. And we see that all of these nations there are prophets told them that they should have the will of Allah. Like for example about new Harley Davidson, a las Panatela says it
follow home a home new home Ella Takuan. New Harley Sam said to his people will you not have to call a meeting you should have taqwa, who the early histogram said to his people alert at the cone solid earlier Sam said to his people allowed to decode loot early Houston and set his people alert at the country I barely knew Sam said to his people alert at the tune. So every prophet of Allah commanded His people that they should have Taqwa of Allah. Allah subhanaw taala tells all people himself yet are you here now? Is it the pura bekam all mankind or people or humanity have Taqwa of your Lord who created you? Allah subhanaw taala tells all believers, yeah, are you Alladhina amanu it the Kola
Hapa to Kotti
Allah subhanaw taala even tells us messenger sallallahu alayhi wa salam, that year are you hunting a big you it the killer? Oh Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam have the core of Allah
This is how much it is emphasized in the Quran. Right the concept of Taqwa. And then we see that Allah subhanaw taala doesn't just tell us that we should have Taqwa. Allah subhanaw taala tells us the reason why we should have Dakhla.
For example, Allah says what the Kula wa llamo and Allah should either
fear Allah have Taqwa of Allah. Because you should know that Allah is Severe in penalty.
His punishment is severe.
In another place, fear Allah. Why? Because you're going to be gathered before him. You can't run away. Fear Allah because he knows what you are doing. Fear Allah because he knows what is inside of you.
Fear Allah in control not meaning, if you are truly believers,
and fear Allah, all people have intelligence meaning if you really have intelligence than fear Allah in order that you may be successful.
Now when you think about the COA, all right, the UN mashallah you got an excellent a very comprehensive, a very detailed explanation of what Taqwa is.
Which person comes to mind or which Prophet of Allah comes to mind. Of course, every prophet of Allah was a person of Taqwa. But thinking about how you know the point is about staying away from sins protecting yourself guarding yourself against temptation, use of Ernie his son am beautiful.
I kept thinking about use of our Houston and when Shiva was describing taqwa, and there is an error, insert use of i a number 90, where Allah subhanaw taala says, that inner who may ducky way us bear for in Allaha la you liro agilan Mark cine
that indeed whoever has Taqwa of Allah
and his patient, then indeed Allah does not waste the reward of those who do good.
And this shows us that use of earliest salaam was any through his story we can see literally Taqwa inaction, right? What does it look like? Now if you look at the benefits of taqwa, right? And what Taqwa brings you, we see that use of early husana achieved all of that he received all of that from Allah. Okay? By for example, in the Quran, we learn that those who have Taqwa received the help of Allah.
Why Allahu Allahu Omar Al Mukhtar Cain,
did use of earlier Salam received the help of Allah.
Did he receive the help of Allah? You might say that well, he was thrown in a in a in a well by his brothers. He was thrown in a jail. He was enslaved before that. How was he receiving the help of Allah? While that is when he was staying away from ingratitude. He was staying away from anything that would displease Allah. And then what happened eventually did he receive a lust penetrators help? Yes he did. In the Quran, Allah subhanaw taala tells us what duckula Allah Allah can totally Hone, have Taqwa of Allah in order that you may be successful, was useful or a hair salon successful or where his brother's successful in harming
who was successful and was used for a histogram. Right? Then in the Quran, we also learn that if you have Taqwa of Allah, then Allah will protect you. Were in the hospital with a taco lie of Guru Kincaid, whom che that if you are patient and you have Taqwa of Allah, the plotting of your enemy cannot harm you at all.
It cannot harm you at all.
So wasn't it that use of earlier Salam was protected from the plotting of all her of his enemies, from his brothers, to even the woman, right, who who plotted to to to harm him. Subhanallah Allah subhanaw taala tells us in the Quran, about the benefits of the Quran, that whoever has the plot and Allah subhanaw taala will provide him
will provide that person from where that person does not even imagine.
Whoever has stuck law, Allah subhanaw taala will bring them out of the difficulty that they're in.
Whoever has Dupois than Allah subhanaw taala will create ease for them.
Do you see that in the life of use of Ursula? Yes, he was in the well, Allah subhanaw taala brought him out.
He was enslaved Allah's panel Tada brought him out of there. Right, the constant harm that that the that the, you know, the constant harassment basically of the woman, and then he's in jail. And Allah subhanaw taala brings him out of that.
Did Allah subhanaw taala provide him from where he did not even expect? Yes. Subhanallah he had so much authority and so much power. He basically managed all of the, you know that the harvest, the food supplies, their storage and their distribution, all of that use of Ursula manage that. Allah's pantherella tells us in sort of the Pollak that we're mania tequila year Dr. Allahumma Hajah. Whoever has the call of Allah, Allah will create a way out for him. Way of Zouk woman hater layer to sip and Allah will provide him from where he does not even expect the person cannot even imagine. Well May tequila yadgir Allah Humann MTVU Surah whoever has the core of Allah and Allah subhanaw
taala will create ease for him in his affairs.
Another benefit of Taqwa Allah subhanaw taala tells us in the Quran, that we allow people to learn with the clean, the good and is ultimately for who for those who have the Taqwa of Allah. And we see that in the life of use of RT, his sunnah.
That he is the one who was successful.
Another benefit of taqwa, Allah subhanaw taala tells us that in a Croma comer in the law he is the one who has Taqwa of Allah is honorable near Allah
and use of Allah Usila who was he? Someone who was very, very honorable,
when the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was asked about who is the most honorable of people, right he said that you know use of the son of the honorable who was the son of the honorable who was the son of the honorable right. So use of our to his Sinha, honorable leader, Allah,
the One who has Taqwa of Allah, then Allah is their friend,
will Allah Who Will Lee you will move to clean that person is not alone. Allah is their friend. And we see that in the life of use of artisan and that he even though people try to put him in situations where he would be completely cut off and completely alone. Was he ever alone? No, he wasn't. Allah subhanaw taala was what you know was was on his site, always helping him always be bringing him out of the difficulty that people tried to put him in.
And another benefit of the COA is that Allah loves you. For in Allah you have been with the cane, Allah loves the people who have Taqwa.
So, in kathua is success and Taqwa it can be hard. Because you're always monitoring yourself. You're always you know, checking yourself. taqwa, the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam said that it is Hoonah it is here it is in the heart, which means that the heart has to be awake, conscious alert, that basically there is a filter that before you say something before you do something before even you look somewhere, right? You you check yourself is this something that Allah subhanaw taala would approve off? Is this something that would bring me closer to Allah? Or is it something that would take me further away from Allah?
So, Allah subhanaw taala emphasizes the importance of Taqwa in his book shows us that success is only for the people of Taqwa. And then he also teaches us about how we should develop the Quran.
Allah subhanaw taala tells us first of all in the Quran, that worship Allah, y la la conducta Khun, which shows us that the more you increase in your worship, the more you improve your Ibadah the more Taqwa you you develop in your heart, the more awake your heart becomes.
The second thing is Allah subhanaw taala tells us in the Quran, who do matter, I'll tell you now komikko wetin one Kuru Murphy, la la quinta Takuan that hold on to what we have given you have the Scripture and remember what is in it in order that you may have Taqwa. So how should How can you develop the core? If you hold on to the book of Allah? If you remember what is in the book of Allah, what the book of Allah tells you, the stronger your connection with the book of Allah is, the more Taqwa you will develop. So if you see for example,
Know that you are, you know, slacking in the sense that you know you the kinds of things you're saying are not that appropriate, or you know, your your saliva is getting delayed, maybe your eyes are wandering, right you're looking at things you should not be looking at, you're listening to things you should not be listening to, you don't have that, you know that motivation inside of you to, you know, to to worship Allah on time, then something needs to be done over here. And one of the things you can do to help yourself develop the work is that you are in a you strengthen your connection with the book of Allah.
The third thing is, by fasting, fasting also develops the poor, right forth by following the guidance that Allah subhanaw taala has given because Allah says when Medina todo Zeder, whom Buddha were at her own taco, that the people who who follow guidance that Allah has given, then Allah increases them in guidance. And then Allah it and and then Allah gives them their Taqwa as well.
So, the more closely you follow the guidance of Allah, whatever you learn, you try to bring it into your life into your actions. Then your taqwa in sha Allah will increase. Alright, let's hear from you know,
reflections in the comments or take a take the mic, inshallah. Anything about Taqwa. Yes, go ahead. simular.
Assalamu Alikum deliver to care to one thing so Prophet Yusuf Ali Salam story that sticks out to me is sometimes when we're in places that we wouldn't expect there still benefit from it. Like if he wasn't in that house, he wouldn't have learned all the tools he needed later on to run Egypt successfully scatola so even though he was asleep at that time, and we would think we would be little back in that time he was able to grow from this panel. So you never know. And one thing what duck was also about rebuking yourself so like a sort of stuff that the way the angels you know, how they they how they pulled off stars respect and how they use force, we should also be doing that
with ourselves first and foremost, if that makes sense inshallah.
The first thing that you mentioned about use of our USANA
The thing is, a person is not able to benefit from the situation they're in, unless and until they have the call of Allah. Right? Because Dakwah actually makes a person grateful as well. Allah says in the Quran, Allah Allah Allah Quran, the Quran,
he ingratitude is that, at that the moment you're disappointed, the moment you're you, you are in difficulty you forget about all the blessings and all the good things that are that Allah has given you.
This is in gratitude. But when you are conscious of Allah, you know that yes, the stiff this difficulty has come by the permission of Allah. And it will go by the permission of Allah, and it is here in my favor. Right? Allah is with me, this is going to benefit me this is going to strengthen me. And then a person is able to even benefit from the difficulty that they're in. Why? Because of their Taqwa of Allah.
Taqwa leads to gratitude, which leads to being able to make the most out of the situation a person finds them finds themselves in
Hemet.
Salam aleikum
okay. I I haven't been on this
to the definition of Taqwa for long time now. And there is a mix up of different arguments between how to
keep on the hierarchy of hope, fear and love.
And today, I came up with the we do have someone and
it really hit me that
the video was about the choir as well and the speaker was putting the foundation of love on the top. And then there was hope and fear coming after that. So I just want to understand from your perspective, how you
because I just joined like 50 minutes before so I was not able to listen to the previous speaker start. So how you put this hurricane is where I remember that came to know like
Do hours before that the love should be the foundation of your relation with the God
and then you have to put the hope and fears below it.
So inshallah you will have a session later on in the series on
on love, fear and hope duckula is not just fear, all right, the client is about being alert and conscious about what you're doing what you're thinking, what you're saying
that you are making sure that you're not going to put yourself in danger by saying something that Allah subhanaw taala dislikes.
It decoy is actually to take a shield. You know, like the companion said that whenever things got really intense in battle, it the cleaner Bureau sued Allah He sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, we would actually shield ourselves by hiding behind the prophets of Allah radiocentre Because the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam was the bravest.
All right, so this is what the quote is that you shield yourself from doing from saying from thinking anything that would bring you closer to the punishment of Allah.
All right.
Bill case
I got metal every cat who can you explain something to me I get a bit confused here. To acquire leads to gratitude or gratitude leads to Taqwa.
Both do both, both statements are correct. Because when a person has the power of Allah, all right, then they're not going to forget about all the blessings that Allah has given them. Okay? They're going to stay grateful no matter what. Of course, being grateful does not mean that you
you
don't experience any pain or any any trouble, right?
Gratitude does not mean that your pain and suffering is invalid. All right, it is valid, but you still acknowledge and you're still grateful for the blessings that Allah subhanaw taala has given you. All right, so Taqwa leads to shocker to gratitude. And when a person is grateful to Allah, all right,
that also leads them to the call. How so? Because it makes them more loyal to Allah, like use of earlier Salaam. When he was invited by the woman, he said, Mara the law in the whole rugby Arsenal mathway that my Lord has given me such a good place to be in to live in. How could I then disobey Him? In this way? It doesn't fit me. Right. So So gratitude also leads to Taqwa. Excellent question.
Caller who heard
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All right, Siri.
Hi.
I have a question. Can you elaborate elaborate and your thoughts about tech wise in relation to cyber.
I could give an example regarding myself. I never had the best suburb growing up and I developed through tech taqwa and bettering myself and I just want to you to elaborate on your thoughts about suburb relation to Tacoma.
So, suburb in relation to Tacoma.
Similar to sugar, okay? When a person has taqwa, they're, they're conscious of Allah. They want to make sure they don't say or do anything that is displeasing to Allah, that will draw them closer to Allah as disapproval, then they're going to be able to have a level of self control. All right. And SUBUD is all about having that self control that I even though I really want to lash out here, I'm not going to All right, even though I really want to say this negative remark. I'm not going to okay, even though it's very hard for me to accept this situation. I am going to surrender to Allah's decree. Right, even though it's very hard for me to get up and pray right now. I'm going to do it
right now because that is what Allah subhanaw taala wants from me. Okay, so Sobor and Taqwa are also interrelated. And if you think about it, the core actually is related to a lot of, you know, good qualities.
It's related to sugar, it's related to sobor. It's related to Questia. Alright, it's related to rabada, to worshiping Allah to surrendering to Allah. Because it's all about being conscious of Allah de quoi serves like the backbone, right behind other good qualities.
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record similar.
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document itself, it's it. I think it's like a really beautiful concept. Because when you really think about it,
all the actions that you're doing are being watched by Allah subhanaw taala. And if you really, you know, think about the fact that will let's find out the law as he is. The Lord was high. He is the One who created this world and the whole thing, and just just your small actions, just because of your small actions. He is like loving you and he's becoming your friend. And I was actually just watching your 99 names of Allah series. And one thing, one sentence I loved was to not almost find out the law is to love him. And I think when we know him, it makes it so much easier to have Taqwa. Because when we love someone who want to do things, that pleases them, and then we fear not as just
we're afraid of them their wrath will I mean, fear is important, but also we fear disappointing them. I just wanted to
do that. I have a favorite color, Vicki. Excellent action. Yes, me.
Yes.
I just want to say from my perspective, I've always thought that I understood what the core meant.
But I have to say that the way you guys are
describing and given a definition can help me with understanding guidance, guidance.
It's absolutely amazing. I literally it's 2am 3am here now I'm in Pakistan. And it's amazing because it's just literally I'm buzzing of the fact that I've now understood the question a different degree.
And I'm so like, engaged into what you're saying? That inshallah inshallah that you know, I can implement that in my day to day life.
Reward you guys for all the work you do.
I mean, when you come back,
somebody has written question to stop what improve relationships and family and friends.
What do you think?
What do you think just the quiet improved relationships? Yes, of course. Because why do relationships become sour? When we say offensive things when we do hurtful things? Right when we don't get give each other, our rights and we don't fulfill our responsibilities towards each other. Right. And in sort of Nyssa Allah span terraces.
What Takala halili Tessa Aluna behavioral or ham, right? And Surah Nisa is the surah which is all about you know, rights responsibilities, and SubhanAllah. The Surah begins with the command to have Taqwa
All right, which shows us that when when people fear Allah, only then will they fulfill their obligations towards one another, only then will they properly respect one another. And that is the foundation of healthy relationships.
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Salam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakatu. I have to say that I'm extremely delighted that I've been able to take part in this in this Quran. I mean, this sessions and what I've picked from today's session is that there is the need for us to consider not just going to life's motions, basically like on autopilot. Because in the past, I didn't realize how important it is. The whole concept of fear sometimes is exaggerated in a way that we don't really understand it, but 100 Today, I've really been impacted by the session and inshallah I would take keen notes
and improve myself. This Alchemilla Bercovici.
Liz
Hello. Salam aleikum?
Yeah. This is both our reflection and the question at the same time.
Because when something was like when I, when there were like new good people coming in my life and something like happened, that a calamity habit and then good people came, I felt something in my heart. Like, my heart was beating really fast, but it was in a good way. Something like it was pushing you to something. And then when there was a bad thing, like calamity happened, you also feel that in your heart, but it wasn't it was a different feeling.
And then when I made istikhara, I also felt it in my heart somehow is is part of Taqwa. It's a sign of Taqwa.
Not these are just normal, human, you know, emotional reactions. You could say emotions. Yeah. And we feel very strongly when we
you know, experience good things or painful things. Taqwa is about your loyalty to your Lord.
To quiet is about remembering Allah and not forgetting him, no matter what you're doing. Dukkha is about obeying Allah and not disobeying him. You know, disobeying Allah is never an option for you. The Koi is about being grateful to Allah and never being ungrateful to him.
So it's it's about your
thinking of your Lord and your love your loyalty to him
Orisha?
Alright, Zara
apologies Are you sure you can come back? I would just I reduced people's ability to unmute because there was some unmuting happening. My apologies to her go ahead and then Orisha what have you after
Salam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato. Oh, specially I'm very grateful.
That opportunity to connect here.
So I have a question or insight where you couldn't say that somehow, I believe
is really, today. But I have a question that sometimes we have worldly desires that we just
and, for example, I'm just listening to music and somehow I come to know that this is not good. This isn't pleasing towards Allah, and a stop to it sometime. But at some given at some certain time, or certain moment, when I got the desire back in my life, I just got back to music or listening to music. So I just want to ask you how to overcome this, like, you know, worldly desires is something different. Like, I know, Allah is watching me, and I really want to get rid of it, you know, some other way, as well. So please, so
the club Allah does not mean that now you have reached a certain point and now you're never going to have any temptation to
do something wrong or, you know,
do something that may be displeasing to Allah. All right.
Taqwa is in the heart. And the nature of the things in the heart is that they increase and they decrease, they become strong and they also become weak. So Taqwa includes doba. All right, which means that when you catch yourself
doing something wrong, or having messed up when you catch yourself,
you know, having said something wrong, having behaved in a very rude or offensive way, you catch yourself, you repent right away. You own that mistake. And you seek forgiveness from the people that you have wronged and also from your Lord. So, taqwa is and why, because you you don't want to displease Allah more. All right. So the core is not about becoming a perfect human being who has no inner struggles. All right, it's about again, your loyalty to your Lord. So when you find yourself doing something that the last panel Tada, does, that Allah's pantalla dislikes, then you don't just go further away from him. No, you go back to him.
Inshallah, and I think we should conclude over here for today Hafsa say dance good somatically good inshallah.
Alrighty, Bismillah Kamala Harris data that was another amazing session. Sorry guys. We read a little bit late. We wanted to make sure that you guys
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