Ammar Alshukry – Navigating The Strom

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The importance of preserving the commandments of Islam during difficult times is emphasized, along with the negative consequences of not wanting to avoid obligations and avoid negative consequences. The importance of protecting one's spirituality is emphasized, as well as the use of Islam for political purposes. The three levels of knowing oneself, being loved, and being loved by God are also discussed, along with the importance of knowing Jesus Christ's light and being the grace of Islam to prevent harm and avoid confusion.

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			fibers send MCM in Cathedral Asha de la la Hill Allah had the hula Sheikha wash I don't know Hamedan
outdoor la solo salatu salam O Allah.
		
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			So to tonight's topic and sha Allah is called navigating the store, knowing Eliza he did it during
the good times, so that he knows you during the difficult ones. And that's kind of that second part,
which is what the topic is about is verbatim from the prophets of Allah Allah said love. And one of
the variations of the famous hadith of Ibn Abbas in which the prophets of Allah they send them he
told him in Ibis
		
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			definitely love him for luck. Preserve the commands of Allah and Allah will preserve you for the
law. They did who to Jack? Thank you very much because I can law
		
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			therefore the law did you do to Jack? Preserve the commands of Allah you will find Allah azza wa jal
with you it does alphas Allah if you ask then ask Allah for either stand, Mr. Biller, and if you
seek the help of anyone seek the help of Allah Azza wa lemon law which demo for obj in a meal for
Oka elaborate and cascata Hula, hula and know that if an entire nation were to gather to harm you
they wouldn't be able to harm you except with Allah azza wa jal has already written for you and the
Hadith goes on. But in a variation of this hadith, the Prophet saw the light so let me just start
off in a life. Yeah, if Kofi should know Allah azza wa jal during the good times the easy times. And
		
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			Allah azza wa jal will know you during the difficult times, Allah azza wa jal will know you during
the difficult times. And so, when you reflect on your state of blessing right now,
		
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			when you reflect on your health, your security, when you reflect on how things are going smooth, you
may be employed, you may be in school got hamdulillah very sheltered life
		
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			and that is a great blessing. Then that is the time to worship Allah. That is the time to make a lot
of to Allah as I get that is the time to repent to Allah that is the time to invest in having a
relationship with Allah. Because Allah azza wa jal criticism criticizes those people who only raise
their hands and do out when everything is going wrong. Those people who when they are now in fear of
their lives when they are afraid when they are afflicted by Bharat, that is when they raise their
hands and Miss supplicate to Allah azza wa jal, but the person who remembers Allah azza wa jal, even
in the good times, now that is someone who is special, and the Prophet sallallahu Sallam says, that
		
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			is the one whom Allah azza wa jal will know during the times of difficulty. And so we begin by the
beginning of the Hadith in which the prophets of Allah they send them he says that for the law here
for like, he says, preserve Allah, Allah will preserve you Well, what does it mean to preserve
Allah? So the first part preserving Allah is to preserve the commandments of Allah, meaning that a
person preserves the commandments of Allah and Allah azza wa jal will preserve them, preserve the
commandments of Allah, meaning that the person does what Allah obligates them to do.
		
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			The obligatory actions, they pray their five day fast, they're Ramadan, they do that, which is
obligatory, and they stay away from that which is prohibited. If something is prohibited, they stay
away from it, they avoid it, they shine it. And in doing so, in just focusing on these, if a person
were to just make this their focus for the year 2007 They would be
		
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			what?
		
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			What did I say?
		
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			2007.
		
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			Okay, good, good catch. I'm just checking to see if you guys are awake.
		
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			2017 then that would be that would be an incredible amount of of
		
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			in jazz, or that would be a great step for a person to take because, you know, if a person avoids
them, had him of Allah azza wa jal, they will be at calmness, and they will be better than us. They
will be the best worshiper, the person who avoids haram, you know, one of the scholars he mentioned,
he says, I imagine, he said good deeds are done by the righteous, and the wicked. Good deeds are
done by the righteous and the wicked. But nobody avoids haram in Lhasa Deacon, except for a truthful
person. This is a very powerful statement that he makes, you know what you may give in charity.
		
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			But the most evil person on earth will probably have some charitable organizations that they donate
to, or charities that they have. Right, they given charity to. You may feed the poor.
		
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			People who aren't righteous may feed the poor, lots of things
		
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			You will do good deeds. You may pray other people pray. But what really defines a person? You know?
Because when you do goodness, you sometimes are doing it and everybody who does it goodness, they
get a benefit from doing goodness, there's a benefit that's, you know, they they might feel good,
they might feel like they help somebody. There's some sort of
		
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			feel good reaction that comes to them from that. However, he says, the only person who will refrain
from haram even though their desire calls them to do this, even though they would really enjoy to do
that, but they still refrain themselves from that because it is haram. So they are not submitting to
anyone except for Allah azza wa jal and in fact, they are doing what they would desire. Because
Allah azza wa jal was otherwise it has legislated otherwise. He says the only person who's willing
to do that is they said there is someone who is absolutely truthful, someone who is sincere. And so
gauging yourself not just from the status of did I pray isha tonight did I pray isha and then after
		
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			a shower, I went and I did some crazy stuff, and then I'll be back for fidget, know, that I gauge
myself. In the avoidance of since I gauge myself in the avoidance of since I worship Allah azza wa
jal by performing that which is obligatory and I avoid that which is haram. That is the first step
of follow Allah preserve the commandments of Allah because the commandments of Allah are
commandments and prohibitions. And hence the abdulai bus he says, when you hear Yeah, you added to
the inner Amaroo then then give it your ear because it is either a commandment that's about to come
once you hear Yeah, you have the denominator. It's either a commandment that's going to come or it
		
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			is a prohibition or it is a prohibition.
		
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			Okay. As for the law, yeah, for like Allah azza wa jal will preserve you well, how will Allah azza
wa jal preserve you? The scholars they said Allah azza wa jal will preserve you in two ways. The
first is he will preserve your he will preserve you physically, he will preserve you in your dunya
Allah azza wa jal will provide for you Masada have the dunya Allah azza wa jal and hence the verse
where Allah azza wa jal says Allahu Akbar, to me been a day who I mean, hopefully, you're following
a home in Emory law for Verona home in amarilla. Allah says there are angels from in front of them
and from behind them, protecting them by the command of Allah, these angels in it, I've never
		
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			thought it said that every human being has angels in front of them and behind them protecting them.
And so for those who think that, well, we don't have this concept of guardian angels in Islam, all
you need to do is watch a YouTube video and you'll see people who, you know, there are a million of
them, you a guy who's about to step out of his car and he opens the door. Or then he decides to just
look back in and all of a sudden another car comes in slams.
		
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			Brakes that door off the car. Well, what caused that man that last second hesitation.
		
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			These angels that cast lots of to a person's mind. And he says to him, he says, he says in American
origin, he says if every person has Medicaid, Medicaid, you have provided him in the
		
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			halaya. They you know, whoever. So he says that every person has two angels that protect them from
other or protect them that become a barrier between them and Kedah. And then sorry, they come
between them until God comes and then when other comes, they move out of the way and the other hits.
And so that person who ended up getting hit by a car. That is because they're angels that we're
protecting them and protect them and protecting them from everything else. When that divine decree
came. They moved out of the way and they let that Divine Decree touch that person. And so he says,
Mujahid Mujahid himself said the source of universe he says Mohammed Abdullah whom Allah Konya
		
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			father who you know me why Meenal genuine NCWIT Hawa for mommy che ne te la Cala Allahu Allah Illa
che and other Allah Who fee for your sleep. He says there is not a single person except that they
have angels around them. And they are protecting them in their sleep and in their wakefulness. And
there is nothing that approaches them except that they say, Go back, go back until something comes
that Allah as though again has wilt. And so it actually touches this person. Nonetheless, the first
level here is that a person protects is protected and preserved by their obedience to the
commandments of Allah. So it didn't and they're not just preserved in their physical, from accidents
		
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			and things like that, but they're even fit, they're preserved in their faculties. And so it has been
said anecdotally, for example, by our teachers that they have not met a person who has memorized the
Quran and has lost their memory in their old age because they preserved their mental faculty with
their memorizing of Allah azza wa jal, his book is so Allah azza wa jal preserve their abilities and
their intellectual
		
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			abilities later on in life and there are many others who they preserve their bodies from disobeying
Allah as they did when they were young. And so Allah azza wa jal preserved their strength and he
preserved their abilities and he preserved their faculties after they became older so if Allah yeah
followed preserve the commandments of Allah as yet and Allah will preserve you and hence you hear
the drought in which it is said we're gonna be smart, you know, I'm sorry, know what you know, other
than my plate and I was on Hulu, I mean, oh Allah preserve our site and our hearing and our
abilities as long as we are alive. And so one of the ways for the person who's concerned about
		
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			there, one of the ways for the person who's concerned about their
		
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			abilities and they want to have them and they want them to be preserved, is to make sure that they
preserve them by preserving the commandments of Allah as though it did now. So that is the second
ask for the third. Allah azza wa jal preserves that person by preserving their religion and that is
the greatest Allah as yet preserves this person's religion. And so, when this person has a cause of
conflict, or this person has it was squashed or this person has a difficulty or this person has a
sin that is presented to them that might destroy them or destroy their religion or destroy their
ACA. Allah azza wa jal protects this person and an example of that one of the greatest examples of
		
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			that is use of it his setup, who in the
		
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			when he was in the house of the wife of using the house of Allah disease in the life of Al Aziz was
tempting him and use of it is that up in that state had every reason for him to fall into sin. He,
he had every reason to fall into sin, and he actually had no reason and he had no way for him to not
fall into sin. He was a foreigner. He wasn't even in his own land. If so, meaning, he has no
support. He has no family that he can go to he has no backup. That is number one. Number two, he is
not even a free person. He is not even free. He does not even have a choice. Not only that, but he's
living in the house that is a prison for him the house of ISIS. Not only that, but the wife of it as
		
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			is his very mistress is the one who's calling him to this. Not only that, but that whole
aristocratic class of women have all now agreed and they're all plotting against him. And so use of
it his Scilab has every access to commit alpha and fascia and he has no way out. And yet Allah azza
wa jal provides for him a way out when use of it is Salam says, Rob decisional Hubway layer we may
add on any delay who a lattice provide Nikki the hospital Elaine welcome mina jehlen. He says, Oh my
lord, prison is more beloved to me than what they are calling me to and if you do not, do if you do
not divert me away from them, I'll be inclined to them and I will be of the ignorant. And so Allah
		
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			azza wa jal provides for use of her way out from that prison. So there are some people who, even in
the most dire circumstances, even because Allah azza wa jal, he says, when a tequila hit, Allahu
Maharaja, Allah says whoever has Taqwa of Allah, Allah will provide for them a way out. Where does
Oklahoman hate to lay accessible and Allah azza wa jal will provide from them for where they did not
expect. And then you have people who are the opposite. They didn't preserve the commandments of
Allah. They weren't sincere with Allah azza wa jal. And so in their moment of conflict, Allah azza
wa jal expose them. And that is one of the meanings of the hadith of Abdullah who have numerous
		
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			ruderal the Allah and when Abdullah had numerous earth, he said that also allah sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam he says, In allegedly, I'm a little bit hotter my Hakuna Bay and who were they in their
office, they didn't get up
		
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			and not fed hula. He said that a man will continue to do the actions of the people of paradise until
there is nothing between them and Paradise except for
		
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			a hand span.
		
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			And then they will do the actions of the people of the hellfire and they will enter into it. And so
this phrase caused a lot of people. Pause. So what are you telling me? You're telling me that a
person may do the actions of the people of paradise their entire life, and then near the end of
their life, the writing will overtake them, destiny will overtake them, God will overpower them. And
they will do the actions of the people of the hellfire and they will enter into it. That's kind of a
hard pill to swallow. You say to yourself that you're going to spend your entire life any one of us
worshiping Allah pray, have developing a relationship avoiding harm our entire lives. And then when
		
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			we're so close to Paradise, some written pages will overtake us, some other will overtake us and it
will be over the people of hellfire.
		
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			The scholar said no, that's not the correct understanding. Because Allah azza wa jal does not
oppress anyone. And it is impossible that a person spend their entire life journeying to Allah azza
wa jal, sincerely, truthfully. And then at the end of lies, we didn't let them down. It's not going
to happen. Allah is not going to forsake a single soul that is sincere to him. So
		
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			What then is the reconciliation of this hadith? The Prophet SAW Allah they sent him in another
variation. He says, we're in the logic layer I'm going to be a little Jana female Abdullah nuts in
what appears to the people.
		
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			This person was not sincere. This person is a person who is seemed like to the people was doing the
actions of the people of paradise, but they weren't doing the actions of the people of paradise.
They weren't sincere. And so near the end of their life, Allah azza wa jal exposes them.
		
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			And so this big person or this great person, or whoever the people fought, you find that near the
end of their life, they take positions, or they do that which causes people to feel or is just
something that is
		
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			completely wrong. And then action of the people of the Hellfire.
		
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			And so, a person who is sincere Allah azza wa jal will not expose that person to Allah azza wa jal
or protector and that is the example of use if it is set up. And that is the example of many of the
righteous before us, Gaby when the medical the Allah and who he was a sincere companion. And he
		
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			participated in every campaign with the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam except the campaign of better
that's the only one that he missed. And he missed the campaign of taboo because of basic human
procrastination. And when he the Prophet sallallaahu, Selim was returning back from the campaign and
garbage pneumatic was worried because he didn't know what he was going to say to the prophets of
Elijah send them and he said to that extent, I asked the opinion of every member of my family and
they are every prudent member of my family and they encouraged him to make up some some information.
You know, just to tell the province on the lighter side let make an excuse in the province little
		
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			light I send them will accept it and copy the mnemonic he's said in the Hadith he said when the
Prophet sallallaahu Selim arrived in Medina, all of those ideas vanished from my mind.
		
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			Everything vanished from my mind.
		
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			Well, who made those ideas vanish? It was rasool Allah was Allah azza wa jal, because God Allah and
who is sincere from before so Allah azza wa jal gave him Shabbat. In his moment of doubt. However,
there were some 80 some odd Manasa T, who did not have that doubt in their mind vanish, they did not
have that confusion or that evil plot in their mind vanish. Rather, they continued on Allah as those
that had them exposed later on. So the point here being is if a person preserves the commandment of
Allah, so Allah will preserve them in their time of difficulty. Therefore the law did you do to Jack
		
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			definitely allotted you to to Jack preserve the commandment of Allah and you will find Allah azza wa
jal in front of you, you will find Allah azza wa jal in front of you. And
		
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			the Presence of Allah is also two types, the Presence of Allah, therefore the method you do to to
find Allah in front of you. There's two types of Mariya. It's called Maria of Allah. And Maria means
it comes from the word man. Thank you very much. Exactly. Okay. Can you grab that?
		
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			The Maria of Allah is two types. Just
		
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			Keep coming, keep coming. Thank you.
		
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			I got it I got the Maria of Allah has two types.
		
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			It comes from the word of mouth, which means with the first
		
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			type is the general Maria, that Allah azza wa jal is with everybody, with his knowledge with his
encompassing of their actions. And the second type is Allah azza wa jal is with the believers. Allah
is with them, watching over them, taking care of them, providing for them and so you have these two
concepts people
		
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			they're not conflicting and even in English, you say someone is watching you. Right? Allah as good
as watching you. And that's one level. That's one type of matter. Yeah, and it's right Allah is
watching you. That's the first level.
		
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			Allah is encompassing your actions. Allah azza wa jal says
		
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			my Akula manager with a philosophy in Illa, who Aurobindo whom Allah hum sitting in LA who has this
home, well, then I'm in that eco Allah extra Illa Who am I whom?
		
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			Allah says there's no private gathering of three people except Allah is their fourth, there's no
gathering of five except that ALLAH is there six. And there's no more than that, nor less than that,
except that Allah is with them wherever they are.
		
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			This sort of thing moja dilla. And so here, you get the sense of Allah azza wa jal is watching you.
Allah is watching you.
		
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			Allah is aware of everything that you say.
		
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			Allah azza wa jal hears everything that you say and sees everything that you do. And that is
supposed to invoke
		
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			cautiousness fear,
		
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			ah,
		
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			Allah is watching you. But then there's the second level of Maria, which is Allah is watching, not
just watching you but watching over you.
		
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			Allah is watching over you. And so when Musa alayhis salam comes to the
		
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			bank and he sees water in front of him. And he looks behind and he's with Benny SLR in and he sees
Farah own and the army and their eyes lock that's how close they have got they got to each other.
And Benny Israel says in Allah mudra Khun that's it. They're gonna catch up to us.
		
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			And Musa they set up says Kyla, in Nairobi say I did. And that's an incredibly powerful statement.
It's a very profound statement because Musa alayhis salam is looking in every direction and all he
sees is death. All he sees is that there's water in front of you, you're gonna drown. There's an
army behind you, you're gonna get slaughtered. Where else is he supposed to look? And yet Musa I
didn't say that. I'm just saying color. No, we're not we're not going to die. We're not going to be
overtaken. We're not going to be caught up to in America. Robbie said, Dean, I have my Lord with me.
He's going to guide me My Lord is with me. And so this is that personal Maria of feeling that Allah
		
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			azza wa jal is not just watching me, but Allah azza wa jal is watching over me and solo solo last
Elijah Sela when he is in a lot, he's in the cave. And police has put a bounty on his head and a
bullock, and
		
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			they have no power. And they have no one who can protect them other than Allah azza wa jal, and a
worker is worried because if they simply look
		
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			in their direction, they will see them
		
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			and he says let acid in the Mahana Anna he says no, don't grieve, don't be sad. Allah as though that
is minor he is with us. Allah azza wa jal is watching over us, Allah azza wa jal is protecting us.
And so if Allah forbid preserve the commandments of Allah, Allah azza wa jal will preserve you.
Allah as a general preserve you and the province humbled by their centuries it started off in the
life. Yeah, and if Kofi should, he says, No, Allah azza wa jal during the good times and Allah azza
wa jal will know you during the bat. Now, knowing Allah is three levels.
		
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			knowing Allah has three levels,
		
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			the first level is knowing Allah as your Lord.
		
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			Knowing that God created you, you asked them who created the heavens and the earth, they say, Allah.
So this is something that it's not just the Muslims who share everybody, in general who believes in
a creator, they know that something, whatever they call this supreme deity created them. And he is
the one who provides for them. And he's the one who takes care of them. And he's the one who
nourishes them. And he's the one who they call out to when it comes to difficulty. He's the one who
they asked to watch over their loved ones, all of that.
		
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			Then you have the second level of knowing Allah, which is after you've known that Allah so good is
your Lord, that you know that Allah azza wa jal is your Allah, the One who's worthy of worship.
		
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			He's the one deserving of my prayer. He's the one who's deserving of my supplication. He's the one
who deserving of my Tilak when he's the one who's deserving of my hope, but he's the one deserving
of my fear. He's the one who's deserving of my Reba of my worship. That's the second level. The
third level, is to know Allah azza wa jal by knowing His names and his attributes,
		
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			by knowing His names and his attributes, and I give this example a lot, but it was a very profound
experience for me.
		
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			And that was that sometime last year, I had given a lecture on Jesus in Islam and at a university
and after the university, after the lecture, a group of Christian students came in, they sat down
with me, and they had questions and we sat around a table and they were asking me, or one of them
she was asking. And I thought it was a great question. So I kicked it out to the rest of the group.
The question was, What is your favorite attribute of God? And so I asked them, I said, What's your
favorite attribute of God? One of them said that God is love. That's my favorite attribute of God.
Another said that God takes care of me another said that God is beautiful. I said, these are all
		
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			beautiful. What else you got? Another person said that God takes care of me. Another one said that
God is love. Another person said that God is beautiful. So now I'm seeing repetition, anything else?
		
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			But all revolved around these three things. And so I thought to myself, Okay, well, you say that God
is beautiful. We have a name for that. His name is Jimmy.
		
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			What are you talking about?
		
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			We have a name. We actually know God by His names.
		
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			You say that God takes care of you. We have a name for that his name is Rob.
		
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			You say that God
		
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			loves. We have a name for that his name is Edward oohed.
		
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			And all throughout the Quran.
		
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			Allah describes Himself to us through His names. And the province of alias Adam describes a lot to
us through His names.
		
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			And they said we did it. This, this concept of names is new to us. I said we'll watch this. Allah
Rahman Rahim and medical producer Salaam and Minam Haman Aziza Jabbar and the Cobra Carla calbiochem
So we'll have a pop bahawa habra Sokolova had it was Syria. And jaws were just dropping left and
right.
		
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			But I was it was a profound experience for me because it made me realize that as a Muslim Ummah,
there is no OMA that has more knowledge about God than we do. And there is no OMA who neglects to
learn more about God with as much information about God as we do. And so it is actually a shame that
a person not know Allah azza wa jal when they have so much access to know Allah, and hence the
prophets of Allah, they send them he says about himself on the day of judgment. And I see you do
well at the Academy on piano to Allah for
		
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			the woman doing hotelu yomo piano, he says, I am the master of the children of Adam on the day of
judgment. And I'm not saying this out of pride. Adam and everyone after him are under my banner on
the day of judgment in the province, the lightest, and him says that he will be carrying Liwa al
Hamd. On the day of judgment, He will be carrying the banner of praise the scholars they looked at
they said, Why is the Prophet sallallahu Sydenham carrying the banner of praise? They said, because
he is the one who praises Allah the most. And this OMA is the one that praises Allah the most
because we are the ones who know the most about Allah.
		
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			We are the ones who know the most about Allah. And because we know so much about Allah, we praise
Him in all circumstances. And so when things happen that are great.
		
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			What do we say?
		
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			We said Hamdulillah.
		
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			And when things happen that are horrible, that rip our very hearts out of our chests, what do we
say?
		
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			He said,
		
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			We don't say Oh, my God, oh, God, why did you do that?
		
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			Because we recognize that, that God that put me through this misery or this test, or who separated
me from my loved ones, or who took this job away from me, even though I wanted it so bad.
		
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			His name is, man.
		
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			And so when you put that name into the equation,
		
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			it just changes your perspective, doesn't it?
		
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			When you say Allah Rahman is the one who took my spouse away from me.
		
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			What is that? What connotation does that give you?
		
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			Man is the one
		
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			who caused my loved one to pass away?
		
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			What meaning does that give you?
		
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			I'm asking.
		
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			Okay, let me repeat it.
		
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			When you say,
		
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			Our man,
		
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			the Most Merciful is the one who took my loved one away from me.
		
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			How does that
		
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			change your perception of the event?
		
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			Or your perception of God?
		
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			What does that do for you? As opposed to simply saying God, God took my son away from me.
		
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			Okay, makes you thankful they had in the first place, what
		
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			makes it bearable? How so?
		
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			Well, it doesn't, that's not all in the phrase. I'm just saying, man. What is the man the one filled
with mercy? What does that do right away.
		
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			There's mercy there. There has to be.
		
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			There's mercy there even in me going through this incredible circumstance. The one who made me go
through that circumstance is the one who has more mercy for me than anyone has to anyone else. And
so R Rahman is the one who did that. And so by me knowing Allah azza wa jal, it allows for me to
praise Him in all circumstances in the good. I recognize that Allah as we did is MKT. And the lower
hub and the result of that Fatah. And so all of these opportunities that came my way came because it
opened the door for me and others up, prescribed it for me and Allah have gifted it to me, and then
Kareem out of his benevolence and His grace is the one who bestowed it upon me. I know all of these
		
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			things that so there's not a blessing that comes my way that I experienced in the day or in the
night on any day, except that I recognize it is coming to me
		
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			From Allah has loaded with all of his beautiful attributes and when I experienced something that is
difficult, something that is incredibly bitter. I recognize that that is still coming from a raw
man. It's coming from an Hakeem it's coming from Allah Allah Allah as who then knows and you do not
know. And Allah azza wa jal is wise, fact he is the most wise. And so Allah as with for example,
even in the pairing of the names by the way, the pairing of the names give you additional meanings,
and so we talked just now about Allah being a dude, Allah Azza yet very interesting, really the name
of a dude only comes once in the Quran. Allah says well, huella foodware Dude.
		
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			He is Allah for Allah doot and the scholars, not just the scholars, but every single one of us we
read the Quran, we see these names that are mentioned at the end of a verse we're supposed to pause
and reflect and see, these names aren't just thrown in there for a fact. These names are thrown in
there because of the meanings that they bring. And so when Allah appears, Allah fooled with Edward
Duett, the forgiving with the loving, there is an additional meaning that is created there and it
adds to the beauty of what we know about Allah azza wa jal because
		
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			we can forgive.
		
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			We can forgive those who harm us very, very, very severely.
		
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			But it is incredibly difficult, if not impossible, it is the most rarest of cases in which a person
is able to bring themselves to forgive someone. And if there was love that existed from before that
that love come back, just as it was before the harm was inflicted to them and or comes back even
stronger. It's incredibly rare.
		
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			Someone comes in
		
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			May Allah protect us all murders a family member? Yes, the family member might the family may
forgive that person but they're not going to, to love that person. They're not going to
		
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			but Allah as he calls himself, I look forward to a dude and so people sin against them with the most
violent, aggressive evil since and then when that person repentance Allah zodion loves that person
again.
		
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			Allah azza wa jal calls himself a disease will Hakeem many types of disease will Hakeem we say the
absolute power corrupts absolutely. That is the power when it is given to human beings, that
absolute power corrupts absolutely. However, when it comes to Allah, Allah calls himself a disease.
And he calls himself at Hakeem and so Allah assumes power and might and ability are perfect, and yet
that perfect might an ability does not make him oppress anyone ever. Because hikma the definition of
hikma is putting things in their rightful places and the definition of little men oppression is
putting things in the wrong places. And so Allah azza wa jal is Allah Aziz and Allah azza wa jal is
		
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			a lucky nonetheless, knowing Allah azza wa jal through knowing His names and attributes tarloff in a
life and Haha, yeah it because he said that and this is what would cause a person to praise Allah as
they did and this is what would cause a person to worship of Allah as they did and this was what
would cause a person to ask Allah. And then the last part of the Hadith the Prophet sallallaahu,
Selim says, this is a lovely this Danfoss the end biller?
		
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			Would that that by the way with regards to this last point, he made a comment and he says, Allah
azza wa jal may
		
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			prevent a person from a benefit that they have, say for example, a person and that gives us an
example a person applies for some sort of leadership position, or some sort of T Jelena some sort of
business. And Allah as though yes says to the angels, this person, if they reach that position,
		
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			they will be thrown into the Hellfire
		
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			so diverted away from them, diverted away from them.
		
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			And then this person, the person will continue to say,
		
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			So and so I had any so and so belittled me, so and so didn't give me a chance so and so it didn't
give me an opportunity. When it was really the fuddle of Allah.
		
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			It was really the grace of God.
		
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			You apply for a job, you apply for a position you apply for this, you apply for that. And Allah azza
wa jal says to the angels that if you actually get what it is that you want it, you are going to end
up in the hellfire and so Allah diverts it away from you. And you end up spending all of your time
stressed out and anxious and upset about so and so who rejected you. or so and so who didn't give
you a call back on your interview? or so and so who did this and did it facilitate the opportunity
and you're fuming
		
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			and when in reality, it is the grace of Allah azza wa jal is the bounty of Allah. That's what it
would do that says nonetheless, the last part of this idea that I want to cover as the prophets of
Allah is Adam says either southwest Illinois, let's start with the Ebola if you seek the help of
anyone seek the help of Allah. And if you were to ask anyone that asked the help of Allah, you know,
Salah had mercy, he says something incredibly beautiful
		
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			and he's the
		
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			imam of Masjid Koba in
		
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			Medina.
		
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			And he said,
		
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			a person who makes the
		
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			has to make dua because they believe that Allah is Able to do everything.
		
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			In over 40 verses in the Quran, Allah azza wa jal mentions, in different ways, this concept, in the
Lila coalition ideal.
		
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			Allah is Able to do all things and that is mentioned in varying forms over 40 times throughout the
Quran, Allah is Able to do all things. So shahzada he mentions, he says, there's sometimes a person,
the thing that you want, become so distant, that you don't make dua for it anymore.
		
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			And sometimes, that thing that you don't want that thing that you want to be protected from, become
so present and overwhelming, that you don't make dot for it to be lifted from you anymore.
		
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			Because it's just, it's, it's here to stay.
		
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			And he says,
		
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			You have to remember that Allah is not able to do some things. Allah is not able to do little things
and not the big things. Allah azza wa jal is able to do all things. That thing that you want, no
matter how distant it is, you have to believe that Allah azza wa jal is able to bring it to you.
That thing that you dislike, that harm that is so prevalent and so overwhelming. You have to believe
that Allah azza wa jal will be able to lift it from you.
		
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			And no one is going to be able to continue to make dua he says that is the key. That is the key to
do. That is the key. Because you have to believe even before believing that Allah is merciful, yes,
Allah has within His merciful, Allah is merciful. And so he he can, you know, but are other people.
Other people are merciful to you walk into a hospital, you find people walking around visiting sick
patients who are filled with mercy, but what's stopping them from helping these people their
inability, they don't have the ability, but Allah azza wa jal is unclear. Allah is the one who's
able to do all things. And so when you ask them law, you ask Allah recognizing that he's able to do
		
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			all things. Very powerful verse that we all know. Allah says, Tabata can lady, big hidden milk
wahala condition and
		
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			that verse will just give you goosebumps, because Allah azza wa jal says,
		
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			Bless it is He? Who is he? Olivia de Hillman, you know, this is the minion that we all are so
worried about and afraid of and fight over and little plots of land that we argue and spend and
countries that we cry over and all of these things Allah says to latika Libya didn't work at all
belongs to him.
		
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			And just in case you forgot who I luckily Shane Katya. He is the one who's able to do all things for
either so out first Ella, way the stand was the end biller if you ask anyone asked the help of
Allah. And if you seek the help of anyone, make sure that you seek the help of Allah. Always make
sure even if it's the most small thing,
		
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			even if it's just a cup of water. Ask Allah as always and make that your habit that you ask Allah,
the Sahaba they said the Prophet sallallaahu Selim used to teach us to make us the hara in
everything, in everything. Every small purchase that they would make, they would they were taught to
make is to have
		
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			to ask Allah azza wa jal because ALLAH knows and we do not know and Allah as it has ability and we
do not have the ability. This is what I wanted to share. And we will end here inshallah to Allah,
Allah Allah, Allah S and M Amadou either cyber sinners because here if there any questions at all
thought I'll take them otherwise I'm going to go home and try to sleep off this allergy that just
showed up.
		
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			going once going twice.
		
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			Okay, so that is Elijah Muhammad died slash 17.
		
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			Never had allergies in my life.