Faith IQ – My Kids Have Come Along And My I’badah Has Dropped

Faith IQ

Family is hard work, and it’s common for both parents to struggle in balancing spiritual needs and familial obligations.

There’s a famous narration where one of the companions of the Prophet ﷺ was concerned about his faith itself because of it. When he sat with the Prophet ﷺ, he remembered Allah and his Iman felt strong. When we went home though, he got busy and distracted.

He took his question to the Prophet ï·º, and the advice he received is as relevant today as it was then.

Shaykh Yahya Ibrahim explains.

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The speaker discusses the importance of having family members in one's life and how they can greatly affect one's worship. They also mention the need for individuals to set aside time between them and Allah to acquire knowledge and hang out with others. The speaker emphasizes the need for individuals to make decisions based on their personal situations and not just based on others.

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			My kids have come along and I've noticed that my bad my worship of a law has dropped a little.
		
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			This isn't just a question that comes from sisters but for brothers as well. And so if Hannah law
sometimes we get really involved with our families. This was a worry that some of the Sahaba had
even at the time of the prophets, I said, Lim, humbler, he actually came to the prophets I send them
with Abu Bakr concerning concerning himself radi Allahu anhu mata his little Salah was salam,
thinking themselves hypocrites that when they sat with him, they were immersed in the love of Allah
and the love and fear of gender and fear of jahannam but when they went home and enjoy time with
their family, it distracted them they made this made them fear the prophets I seldom said what I say
		
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			to you today said attend one Salah you must have a time for this and a time for that. Which means
yes, just like you schedule events with your family and you scheduled dinners and you schedule going
out and you schedule a vacation. You must also schedule time between you and Allah. I Isha
consolidates the Hadith in Sahih Muslim where she says that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam,
when he was at home can if you hit Matteoli, he was there to serve his family were lacking. But when
the time of prayer came, can no Lady funa it was like he did not even recognize us. And therefore
there's a commitment that you must have to Allah penciling times pencil in efforts pencil in
		
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			opportunities. set a budget aside that can be used for exclusively the learning and acquisition of
knowledge, time for the acquisition of knowledge and hanging out with those who will raise your hand
and number three times for visiting the massage it in particular for you, my dear brother fetcher
inertia should be a routine that you make irrespective of where you are in the world. Get in the car
and drive out and notice that Allah subhana wa Taala will improve everything in your life when you
sacrifice for him.