Faraz Rabbani – The Rawha #089 Special Episode Ibn Ataillah on Beneficial Knowledge

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The importance of learning to refine one's self and recognize one's love is emphasized in the holy grail of Islam. The holy grail uses the word "has" to describe the qualities of its people and its desire to be loved. It uses the concept of "has been rewarded" to describe the qualities of one's love, and it is crucial to be firm in knowledge to increase one's consciousness and wealth. The importance of following guidance and the way of the people of history is emphasized, and the importance of having true knowledge of divine oneness and love of Allah, love of the companions, and believing in the community of the believers is emphasized.

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			You're listening to the daily guidance for seekers
		
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			with Sheikh Rasro Beni.
		
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			In our daily,
		
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			which is,
		
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			which we have here normally, Mondays to Thursdays,
		
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			and we look in it
		
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			at some of the guidance of the prophet
		
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			and some guidance for,
		
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			seekers of of knowledge.
		
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			Over the last week or so, we
		
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			completed
		
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			the final part of Imam Zermuji's,
		
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			instruction of the student on the ways of
		
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			learning.
		
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			And
		
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			this week we're only having this class tonight
		
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			due to exceptional circumstances.
		
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			We will be resuming
		
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			the next week from,
		
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			by
		
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			beginning
		
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			the next set of 40 hadiths,
		
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			which are on the virtues of the statement
		
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			of divine oneness. The virtues
		
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			of and that that serves as an important
		
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			reminder of the meanings of
		
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			Tawhid.
		
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			But having looked at,
		
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			the adab of a seeker of knowledge, something
		
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			that we wanted to
		
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			let me just get her the chair, Insha'Allah,
		
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			she's here.
		
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			Is,
		
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			since we looked at the Adab of the
		
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			seeker of knowledge,
		
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			I wanted to share something
		
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			really profound on what is beneficial knowledge
		
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			by one of the great
		
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			scholars of Islam
		
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			and some of they refer to him as
		
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			the spokesman
		
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			of
		
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			Islamic Spirituality,
		
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			Imam
		
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			Ahmed ibn Atha'illah, a secondary.
		
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			In his wonderful work called literally,
		
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			the crown of the bride.
		
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			An exploit you know, that encompasses
		
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			understanding on how
		
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			to refine
		
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			one's
		
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			self.
		
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			He
		
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			it is a beautiful work.
		
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			He has a very interesting
		
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			discussion on what is beneficial knowledge
		
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			and what is beneficial knowledge.
		
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			So he says,
		
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			this is to,
		
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			a brief section towards the end of
		
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			the work.
		
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			He says,
		
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			and
		
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			is the author of the hikm,
		
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			which is considered one of the great summaries
		
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			of Islamic spirituality,
		
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			a profound
		
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			work that emphasizes what it means
		
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			to focus on
		
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			Allah
		
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			and
		
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			to recognize his the reality of his closeness
		
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			and what are the qualities of one seeking
		
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			closeness to Allah
		
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			was born
		
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			in in around the year 655
		
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			after the Hijra.
		
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			And he died
		
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			in the year 709
		
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			after the Hijra.
		
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			And he was a great scholar of the
		
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			outward sciences when in Cairo,
		
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			where he he, where he was based in
		
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			in his teaching.
		
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			And then,
		
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			he,
		
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			became distinguished in the spiritual path
		
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			in the science of of
		
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			in the science of Islamic spirituality of Ilm
		
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			Al Ihsan.
		
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			And his work, the hikam, is considered one
		
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			of the greatest
		
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			summaries of Islamic spirituality.
		
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			Imam Zarook alone authored over 30 com 30
		
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			different commentaries
		
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			on this one work.
		
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			More than,
		
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			between 6 and 10 of those commentaries are
		
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			in publication. Just Imam Zarook's alone
		
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			and many
		
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			others.
		
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			When he authorated his own teacher, Abu al
		
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			Abbas al Mursi said, my son, you have,
		
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			summarized the ihiya of Imam al Ghazali and
		
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			added to it. And so only 200
		
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			it each each aphorism is typically just a
		
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			statement
		
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			or, you know, a sentence or a couple
		
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			of sentences.
		
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			And
		
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			there's about 250 something
		
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			or thereabouts
		
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			of of the hikam depending slightly on how
		
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			you number it. So he says regarding beneficial
		
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			knowledge.
		
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			Right? So he said, know well. May Allah
		
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			have mercy on you. That knowledge,
		
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			when it is mentioned repeatedly
		
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			in the noble book of Allah
		
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			or in the sunnah, in the teachings of
		
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			the prophet
		
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			what is meant by it is
		
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			beneficial knowledge.
		
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			Which which
		
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			comes with with
		
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			awe
		
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			of Allah.
		
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			Right? And,
		
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			and it
		
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			is encompassed
		
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			by dread of Allah. Right? This, you know,
		
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			this reverent fear of
		
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			Allah because Allah most high says,
		
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			Allah is only held
		
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			in true reverence.
		
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			Right? It's truly held in awe
		
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			amongst his servants
		
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			by the people of knowledge.
		
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			And so what is the
		
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			quality
		
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			that distinguishes
		
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			people of knowledge is that they have this
		
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			awe of Allah.
		
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			Right? Of course, awe is not a negative
		
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			quality. Right?
		
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			One of the scholars says that he he
		
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			asked Habib Ali
		
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			that
		
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			actually,
		
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			sorry,
		
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			Habib Ali mentions that,
		
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			there's
		
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			a a French reporter
		
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			who attended a session where Shekel Buti was
		
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			teaching
		
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			and she and she said
		
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			at this the reporter was crying, said your
		
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			your your your presentation on what you know,
		
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			on on on you know, was very profound.
		
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			It was about belief and so on. I
		
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			said you talked about love and it really
		
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			moved me, but
		
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			you talked about the fear
		
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			in love.
		
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			Right?
		
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			And how can someone in love
		
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			be afraid?
		
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			He said, is there any fear more intense
		
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			than the fear of the lover
		
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			of losing
		
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			the love of their beloved.
		
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			The fear of the lover
		
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			of being
		
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			with their beloved.
		
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			Right? That love itself has this
		
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			sense of,
		
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			awe. So there's many, many different aspects of
		
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			love, all of which are under there's
		
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			numerous references in the Quran to the many
		
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			states of those
		
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			who love Allah and the many states of
		
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			those beloved to Allah.
		
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			Right? Trust in Allah is a state of
		
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			love. Patience is a state of love. Distress
		
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			is a state of love. And Allah mentions
		
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			all the qualities of those he he loves.
		
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			And it's and he loves them because they
		
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			love him. So these are qualities
		
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			of those who love Allah and are beloved
		
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			by Allah. So love so and fear is
		
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			a quality of those who love Allah. So
		
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			it's not a negative fear. Right? It's a
		
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			fear
		
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			of deep awe arising from majesty,
		
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			arising from love,
		
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			arising from hope as well. Right?
		
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			So as the prophet said, I'm
		
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			I know Allah.
		
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			I am amongst you, I am the one
		
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			who knows Allah most, and I am the
		
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			most fearful of you, of Allah. Even though
		
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			he's the most beloved to Allah.
		
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			So Allah
		
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			in this verse, which is verse 107 of
		
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			Surah Al Isra,
		
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			Allah makes clear
		
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			that reverent
		
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			awe,
		
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			is the necessary
		
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			quality
		
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			connected with knowledge.
		
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			So the people of knowledge
		
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			are the are they are the people of
		
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			kashiyah,
		
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			right, of reverent awe of Allah.
		
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			Right?
		
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			Right?
		
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			And he says, likewise, the words of Allah
		
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			Subhanahu wa ta'ala, truly those who are granted
		
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			knowledge before them.
		
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			K.
		
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			So the first verse was, my mistake.
		
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			The first verse was verse 28 from Surat
		
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			Fathir, my mistake. Verse 28 of Surat Fathir,
		
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			this verse, the truly those who are granted
		
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			knowledge
		
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			beef from, you know, from before,
		
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			and he doesn't complete the verse.
		
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			And the editor mentions the rest of the
		
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			verses,
		
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			Right? When
		
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			it is recited to them,
		
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			they
		
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			are bowed down,
		
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			right,
		
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			fully
		
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			and and prostrate.
		
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			Meaning that when they they hear knowledge, they
		
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			are humbled
		
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			outwardly and inwardly by it.
		
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			Of course, one of the things the Ottoman
		
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			often refer to verses in their works, assuming
		
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			that you know the verse.
		
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			Where and very often you see that the
		
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			the actual part that they're referring to, they
		
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			don't they just mention the beginning of the
		
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			verse. Why?
		
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			Because you're a you're a Muslim. It's there's
		
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			there's
		
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			an assumption which is not necessarily fulfilled
		
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			that, you know, if you're someone who recites
		
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			the Quran monthly,
		
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			twice a month, once a week, which is,
		
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			you know, which are the various degrees of
		
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			the Sunnas of reading the Quran, then you
		
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			should be familiar with the references.
		
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			Right?
		
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			So
		
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			they are that those granted knowledge before them,
		
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			if they hear
		
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			the the the verses of the Quran, they
		
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			are
		
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			they they fall
		
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			humbled
		
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			and prostrate.
		
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			Right?
		
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			That that's from Surah Al Isra verse 107.
		
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			Likewise, Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala describes
		
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			Those
		
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			firm footed in knowledge.
		
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			Right?
		
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			From Surat Al Imran verse 7.
		
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			Right? Their knowledge
		
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			is firm footed and there's many discussions on
		
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			what it means to be firm footed in
		
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			knowledge. We have a couple of podcasts related
		
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			to that. You can check them out.
		
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			What does it mean to be firm footed
		
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			in knowledge?
		
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			But they say one of the qualities of
		
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			being firm footed in knowledge
		
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			that what what is firm foot being firm
		
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			footed in knowledge is knowledge
		
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			that that gives you firm footedness,
		
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			right, on the straight path.
		
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			That the that this title,
		
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			they're firm footed in knowledge means that their
		
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			knowledge is just that that it makes them
		
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			firm on the truth,
		
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			unwavering. Right? So they don't veer to temptation,
		
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			to sin. They don't veer from consciousness of
		
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			Allah to unconsciousness.
		
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			Alright? That's beneficial knowledge that gives you
		
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			steadfastness and strength
		
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			on the straight path.
		
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			And Allah's most high is saying in the
		
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			Quran, and say,
		
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			my Lord increase me in
		
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			knowledge.
		
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			Right? From Surat Taha verse 114.
		
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			Right?
		
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			It is increase me in that knowledge that
		
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			increases me in consciousness and awe of you.
		
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			Right? That is the knowledge that is being
		
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			called for. Right? As it's clear, it's not
		
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			just let me learn a few more details
		
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			related to the fit of divorce.
		
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			Not because it's not important,
		
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			someone needs to know it,
		
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			but the prophet did not come just to
		
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			give us the, you know,
		
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			just to answer
		
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			legal questions.
		
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			Right?
		
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			And the words of the prophet and the
		
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			words of the prophet and the words of
		
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			the prophet
		
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			the scholars are the inheritors
		
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			of the prophets.
		
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			What is meant by it
		
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			is the is
		
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			the is the knowledge that is beneficial, which
		
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			is knowledge that bequeaths
		
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			awe of Allah.
		
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			Right?
		
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			Right?
		
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			What is meant by knowledge in all these
		
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			places,
		
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			in every single one of them, in these
		
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			verses in the Quran that he's referred to
		
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			and in the Hadith of the prophet is
		
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			beneficial knowledge.
		
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			That over that
		
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			overcomes
		
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			one's whims. The which
		
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			is one's wayward inclinations here in the general
		
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			sense.
		
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			Right?
		
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			Is one's wayward inclinations just because. Why didn't
		
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			you do your sunnah? I'll just pick you
		
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			know.
		
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			Right?
		
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			And * is just like that puff of
		
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			air.
		
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			Just because. Why were you just sitting,
		
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			flicking through,
		
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			you know, just
		
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			browsing through different websites? Just because.
		
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			Right? That overcomes that whim because that's the
		
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			beginning. That waywardness
		
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			is the beginning of misguidance.
		
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			That
		
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			quells
		
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			the nefs.
		
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			Right? Quells the lower self.
		
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			Right? And while the Hawad, one's whims,
		
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			are one's wayward inclinations.
		
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			The the the nef's here is defined
		
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			as is the gathering place of one's blameworthy
		
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			qualities.
		
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			One's inclination
		
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			towards
		
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			sin
		
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			and that which leads to sin.
		
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			One's inclinations towards sin
		
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			and towards that which leads to sin,
		
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			And the the most fundamental of them being
		
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			one's desires,
		
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			right, that are prohibited.
		
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			And for this to be meant
		
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			is necessarily
		
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			what was intended.
		
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			Right?
		
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			That
		
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			the what is meant by it, number 1
		
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			is beneficial knowledge, and the beneficial knowledge is
		
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			that which restrains
		
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			one's whim
		
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			and
		
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			quells one's
		
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			lower
		
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			disobedient self.
		
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			Right?
		
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			Why? He explains.
		
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			Because
		
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			the the speech of Allah most high and
		
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			the
		
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			and the speech of the of his messenger,
		
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			please and blessings be upon him and his
		
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			folk,
		
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			is more exalted
		
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			than it be referring to other things.
		
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			Right? Because what because revelation itself makes clear.
		
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			Right? That what is it that you present
		
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			to Allah on the last day?
		
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			The last day is a day where nothing,
		
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			neither
		
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			wealth
		
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			nor offspring
		
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			will
		
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			avail 1,
		
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			except meaning nothing will avail 1 except one
		
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			who comes to Allah with a sound heart.
		
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			Right? A heart that is in submission,
		
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			not governed
		
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			by by wayward inclinations
		
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			and
		
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			by.
		
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			Right? And these are two things that are
		
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			constant warning in the Quran.
		
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			And do not follow your
		
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			whim. Why?
		
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			Lest it
		
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			misguide you
		
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			from Allah's path.
		
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			Right? And
		
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			the warning against
		
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			the nafs.
		
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			Right? Truly, one's nafs, one's lower self is
		
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			indeed ever commanding to evil
		
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			except
		
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			except that which is
		
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			you're granted mercy by Allah. Right? Which is
		
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			a very intriguing expression. You can
		
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			look at what it's referring to. Right?
		
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			It has many possibilities.
		
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			Right? So these are 2 constant warnings. Right?
		
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			And
		
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			so that's the the purpose,
		
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			right, of
		
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			everything else is is a is
		
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			part you know, is
		
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			praiseworthy in so far as it is a
		
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			means to be in in a state of
		
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			submission and turning to Allah.
		
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			So he continues. He says, beneficial
		
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			knowledge
		
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			is that is is the knowledge by which
		
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			one seeks assistance
		
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			in obedience,
		
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			Right?
		
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			And obedience, meaning
		
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			that minimally in what you have to obey
		
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			Allah in,
		
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			just what he has made obligatory.
		
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			Then
		
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			in that which he has encouraged,
		
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			and then to make everything
		
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			that one does
		
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			either
		
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			a fulfillment of
		
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			a an obligation or encouragement. So that everything
		
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			that one do becomes an act of
		
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			ta'a, of
		
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			obedience
		
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			to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, either at the
		
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			level of obligation or recommendation.
		
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			Right?
		
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			So
		
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			beneficial knowledge is that which enables you
		
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			to be ever obedient to Allah.
		
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			And that results in
		
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			in
		
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			awe
		
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			of Allah.
		
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			And that results in stopping
		
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			at the limits of Allah.
		
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			Right?
		
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			The lawful is clear and the unlawful is
		
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			clear.
		
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			And between them are unclear matters that most
		
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			do not know of. So whoever
		
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			guards themselves from the unclear
		
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			has safeguarded their religion and their honor. And
		
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			whoever
		
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			falls into the unclear
		
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			will have
		
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			invariably fallen into the haram.
		
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			Like
		
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			the shepherd, said the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa
		
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			sallam, who grazes his cattle too close
		
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			to protected lands. Such that it is feared
		
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			that his flock will fall in. At least
		
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			some of the time, it will fall in.
		
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			And then he said, sallallahu alaihi said, and
		
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			know well that every
		
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			lord,
		
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			every king has
		
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			protected lands.
		
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			Right? Has this
		
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			a sanctuary.
		
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			And truly
		
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			the sanctuary of Allah are his provisions.
		
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			And there's outward provisions, but there's also inward
		
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			provisions.
		
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			And then what's the consequence of all this?
		
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			Know well that in the in the body
		
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			is a morsel of flesh, which if sound,
		
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			the whole body is sound. And if unsound,
		
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			the whole body is unsound. If corrupted, the
		
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			entire body is corrupted, truly it is the
		
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			heart.
		
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			And so what is the consequence of all
		
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			of that is
		
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			soundness or unsoundness of heart.
		
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			The 2 primary causes that lead 1
		
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			into
		
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			unclear matters,
		
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			in into the gray zone.
		
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			Right? Outwardly or inwardly,
		
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			it returns to
		
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			either following
		
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			wayward inclination
		
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			or following desire.
		
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			Right?
		
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			Rather,
		
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			the the the one who truly submit is
		
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			the one
		
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			who only inclines
		
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			to that which
		
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			Allah has commanded them to incline to. The
		
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			prophet said, meant you
		
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			know, whoever loves for Allah and hates for
		
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			Allah and gives for Allah and takes for
		
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			Allah and is pleased for Allah and displeased
		
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			for Allah,
		
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			such a person has perfected their faith.
		
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			Right?
		
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			None of you believes until
		
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			their very inclinations
		
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			accord with what I have come with,
		
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			which is one of the hadith in the
		
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			14
		
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			So he says,
		
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			and beneficial knowledge is the knowledge
		
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			of knowing
		
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			Allah of meaning of being conscious
		
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			of Allah.
		
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			Right?
		
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			Right?
		
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			To be conscious of Allah. Right? Now there's
		
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			a war there's a danger here. Right?
		
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			Because someone said, well, I'm conscious of Allah,
		
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			so I don't need to do all these
		
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			things.
		
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			And some people say, I love Allah. Love
		
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			is a matter of the heart.
		
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			So because he talking that beneficial knowledge is
		
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			knowledge of being conscious of Allah,
		
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			he gives a warning. Right? He says,
		
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			Right? So whoever
		
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			claims
		
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			that they are in states
		
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			of consciousness
		
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			of divine oneness, right, that I have I'm
		
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			conscious of Allah, so I don't really need
		
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			to do all these other things. Either they
		
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			say it or they believe it. Right? Or
		
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			they deluded by it.
		
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			Right? And some people find it appealing as
		
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			well.
		
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			And I'm shocked. There's people who claim to
		
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			be
		
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			of religious concern. Right? And they're sharing
		
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			things that people were saying apparently really profound
		
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			things.
		
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			Right? And there's some some person who's very,
		
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			you know, who's very picture on social media
		
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			is a disobedience to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			So what what spiritual consciousness,
		
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			right,
		
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			is that?
		
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			Right?
		
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			So he says, so whoever claims to to
		
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			be in a state of the of consciousness,
		
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			of divine oneness,
		
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			but has not
		
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			made themselves adhere to the outward
		
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			of divine guidance.
		
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			Because what is the Sharia?
		
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			The Sharia is not just some rules made
		
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			up by somebody.
		
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			The Sharia
		
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			is
		
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			the guidance of Allah.
		
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			The guidance of Allah.
		
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			Either the explicit guidance of Allah, it's explicitly
		
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			there in the Quran or the Sunnah
		
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			or that which is
		
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			soundly understood
		
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			from the guidance of the Quran and the
		
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			Sunnah and which we have been commanded
		
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			to pursue the guidance of the Quran and
		
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			Sunnah in this way by the guidance of
		
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			the Quran and Sunnah. Alright. Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa
		
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			ta'ala ask the people of knowledge if you
		
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			know not
		
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			about unclear matters. Had they returned it to
		
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			Allah and his messenger and to those who
		
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			know
		
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			amongst
		
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			them, those who have the capacity
		
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			to deduce.
		
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			The people who are who have the ability
		
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			to deduce would know it amongst them.
		
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			K. So Quran Sunnah
		
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			command us to follow
		
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			qualified scholarship.
		
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			That's the Sharia. The Sharia is not some
		
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			human construct. It is divine guidance.
		
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			Directly divine guidance or interpreted divine guidance through
		
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			sound,
		
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			you know, consistent,
		
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			reliable
		
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			method of interpretation.
		
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			Right? So whoever claims to be
		
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			in states of consciousness of the divine, but
		
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			does not limit themselves
		
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			to the the outward limits of divine guidance,
		
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			they have been cast into
		
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			the seas
		
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			of
		
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			zandakkah,
		
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			right,
		
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			of
		
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			negation of religion. And the zindiqa is one
		
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			who deny who denies
		
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			religious truths.
		
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			Right?
		
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			Right?
		
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			And that's not.
		
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			Right? And it's and it's counts as the
		
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			worst of false claims. Right? The only way
		
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			I used the example, if you're in the
		
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			court of the king.
		
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			Right?
		
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			Even if you're lax,
		
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			you're not as bad as the false claimant.
		
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			You're in the court of the king, the
		
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			king tells everyone, get up. You're at the
		
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			back, you're like
		
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			you say, I I know I should get
		
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			up, but you don't. You're not in quite
		
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			as much trouble as the person who's at
		
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			the front and and he's on one knee
		
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			and says, oh respected king, my life is
		
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			yours. I love you. This, that, all these
		
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			things.
		
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			And the king said, please rise.
		
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			And he's still on his knees. Right? That's
		
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			the person who's worse off. It will be
		
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			better to be to be the neglectful at
		
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			the back. Not that it's still bad because
		
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			you're disobeying the king, but it's not quite
		
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			so bad as making a false claim.
		
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			And that's the first person who would be
		
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			held to account and more immediately.
		
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			Rather, what counts
		
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			is that
		
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			your spiritual reality,
		
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			right,
		
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			be supporting you.
		
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			Right? So that you have consciousness
		
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			of Allah
		
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			in your heart.
		
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			And by the limits
		
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			of divine guidance,
		
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			you are
		
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			constrained
		
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			because that's what Allah has commanded you.
		
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			Otherwise,
		
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			that
		
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			that spiritual consciousness
		
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			is not of consequence.
		
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			And this is true realization.
		
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			Right? A person of true realization,
		
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			they don't
		
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			just
		
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			go
		
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			with
		
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			inward
		
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			spiritual consciousness.
		
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			Right? Then, well, I I'm conscious of God
		
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			or you you you feel
		
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			this inward buzz that, oh, well,
		
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			I'm feeling spiritually fuzzy. Right?
		
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			No.
		
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			Even if you think you have consciousness of
		
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			God,
		
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			that's not sufficient because god himself, the one
		
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			you're claimed to be conscious of,
		
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			that that consciousness only benefit you on the
		
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			day of judgment
		
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			if
		
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			it comes with
		
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			obedience
		
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			to the one you claim to be conscious
		
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			of.
		
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			Right?
		
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			With that,
		
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			nor is
		
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			realization in religion
		
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			to merely
		
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			stop at the limits
		
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			of
		
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			divine guidance
		
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			without consciousness of the divine.
		
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			Right?
		
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			Both are sought.
		
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			Right? Both are sought and that joining between
		
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			the two together
		
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			is the sunnah of the prophet
		
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			and it is,
		
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			you know, it is what beneficial knowledge is.
		
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			And go one goes uprightly
		
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			between both these matters.
		
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			Inward
		
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			consciousness of the divine and outward
		
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			adherence
		
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			to divine guidance, the Sharia.
		
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			Right?
		
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			Right? Because if one were to stop only
		
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			at
		
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			the outward limits
		
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			of divine guidance with no concern
		
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			for the state of your inward, you will
		
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			fall into
		
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			shirk. And what is the shirk that you'll
		
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			fall into?
		
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			You will have pride and arrogance.
		
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			Right? Pride and arrogance
		
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			and insincerity.
		
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			K? And pride has been described as being
		
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			the lesser shirk,
		
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			because you'll start acting for the sake of
		
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			self
		
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			or for the sake
		
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			of other than Allah.
		
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			Right?
		
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			And these are both these are
		
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			these are latent shirk.
		
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			Whereas,
		
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			simply
		
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			concerning oneself
		
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			with
		
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			some sense of inward spiritual consciousness
		
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			without
		
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			adherence
		
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			to
		
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			divine guide to outward divine guidance is a
		
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			negation
		
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			of the divine command.
		
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			And
		
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			it whatever that consciousness is, it will not
		
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			earn you the good pleasure of Allah, and
		
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			it will not have
		
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			salvific consequence.
		
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			Right?
		
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			And the way of guidance is between the
		
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			2.
		
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			Right?
		
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			And then just briefly to finish, he says,
		
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			Right? Right?
		
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			Right? He says, and any knowledge.
		
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			Any knowledge the pursuit of any knowledge, if
		
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			it leads you to have a lot of
		
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			it results in
		
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			a lot of negative
		
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			inspirations.
		
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			Right?
		
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			And it makes you concerned
		
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			merely with forms,
		
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			and it causes
		
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			your
		
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			your nafs to be stirred up. Right? So
		
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			it strengthens your desires and so on. Right?
		
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			Your whims.
		
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			Right?
		
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			And you you you find
		
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			your your your natural
		
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			wayward temperament,
		
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			Your natural wayward, unrefined temperament,
		
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			inclines to it,
		
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			rid yourself of it. Right?
		
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			Why?
		
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			Because it's it's not going to make you
		
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			a better servant of Allah,
		
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			right, if it leads you to doubts. Because
		
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			it maybe there's some things, for example, in
		
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			the science of Islamic beliefs, there maybe advanced
		
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			issues
		
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			that you're not ready for. Start reading, it
		
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			gives you all kinds
		
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			of confusing thoughts about Allah. Maybe that's not
		
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			what you need to prioritize.
		
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			You read other things that make you just
		
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			concerned with academic details. I mean, just whole
		
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			bunch of forms. But this does this lead
		
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			to servitude with Allah, with sincerity with Allah?
		
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			If it doesn't, he says,
		
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			cast it aside.
		
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			Even if it's true,
		
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			Rather take
		
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			of the knowledge
		
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			of Allah
		
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			that he revealed upon his the messenger of
		
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			Allah
		
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			and follow him. Right? That's the priority.
		
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			Right? That's the priority. Any knowledge that does
		
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			not cause you to be following the prophet
		
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			sallallahu alaihi wa sallam
		
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			or that does not facilitate your following the
		
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			prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, he says cast
		
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			it aside. Right?
		
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			And of
		
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			the after him.
		
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			And likewise with the Sahaba, the companions, and
		
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			the generation after them, the tibrein, the followers
		
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			after them.
		
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			And likewise, by the guides to Allah, the
		
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			imams of this religion who were
		
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			who had rid themselves
		
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			of
		
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			capris.
		
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			Right? They were
		
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			the prophet define
		
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			described them as
		
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			his inheritors.
		
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			Right?
		
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			And they they had
		
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			their you look at all the great imams
		
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			of Islam, they're people
		
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			of exemplary uprightness. In order to see
		
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			a case for why why Islam works, Look
		
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			at the great
		
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			people of knowledge of our history.
		
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			Compare them
		
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			to people in other tradition. Look at you
		
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			want a case against modernity, just look at
		
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			the human beings it produces.
		
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			Right? Read about the great intellectuals
		
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			and the great philosophers
		
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			of modernity. Look at their lives.
		
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			If this knowledge results in this,
		
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			it's
		
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			it's a it's a pathetic
		
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			consequence of
		
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			if that's what being human means,
		
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			it's a sad state of affairs.
		
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			Well, you won't find anyway. Even
		
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			great authorities who were
		
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			who were who were controversial
		
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			in some ways,
		
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			they led exemplary lives, right, through a we
		
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			are rigorously authentic
		
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			descriptions of their of their life and living.
		
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			And by following them, by emphasizing
		
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			what are you doing in life? What is
		
00:37:06 --> 00:37:09
			beneficial in life? I'm following the prophet and
		
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			the way of the companions and the early
		
00:37:10 --> 00:37:13
			Muslims and the great imams of Islam. Right?
		
00:37:13 --> 00:37:15
			Those are my standard. If you do that,
		
00:37:15 --> 00:37:16
			you will be safe
		
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			from
		
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			doubts
		
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			and
		
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			false imaginings,
		
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			and delusions,
		
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			and from
		
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			Right?
		
00:37:28 --> 00:37:30
			That's why what is the basis of beneficial
		
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			knowledge? It is to follow.
		
00:37:35 --> 00:37:35
			Right?
		
00:37:36 --> 00:37:37
			Is to follow. Right?
		
00:37:39 --> 00:37:40
			Guide us to the straight path.
		
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			And the path of those you bless before
		
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			us.
		
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			Right? The prophet
		
00:37:45 --> 00:37:47
			himself. How is the prophet followed?
		
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			By following the way of the companions. How
		
00:37:50 --> 00:37:52
			the companions followed? By following the way of
		
00:37:52 --> 00:37:55
			the generations after. By following the example of
		
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			the great imams of the religion, because they
		
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			soundly conveyed us how to
		
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			follow the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam. That is
		
00:38:01 --> 00:38:01
			the way of following.
		
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			Right? And that is
		
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			how the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam right?
		
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			This continued may Allah illuminate the countenance of
		
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			1,
		
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			may Allah illuminate the countenance of 1 who
		
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			hears my words.
		
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			And who retained it.
		
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			Right?
		
00:38:25 --> 00:38:27
			You who or understood it.
		
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			And who conveyed it as they heard it.
		
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			Right? So there's continuity.
		
00:38:34 --> 00:38:35
			How did it come to you from the
		
00:38:35 --> 00:38:36
			prophet
		
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			because you heard it, you learned it from
		
00:38:38 --> 00:38:40
			the people came before. How did you convey
		
00:38:40 --> 00:38:43
			it? As you heard it. Right? There's this
		
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			continuity.
		
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			This is the preservation of our deed. If
		
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			you if you follow
		
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			in this way of hearing guidance,
		
00:38:51 --> 00:38:52
			right, and then
		
00:38:53 --> 00:38:56
			preserving that, that's what will save you from
		
00:38:57 --> 00:38:57
			doubts,
		
00:38:58 --> 00:38:59
			false
		
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			suppositions,
		
00:39:01 --> 00:39:01
			delusions,
		
00:39:02 --> 00:39:03
			and misgivings.
		
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			And likewise, it'll save you from false claims.
		
00:39:07 --> 00:39:08
			I figured it out.
		
00:39:09 --> 00:39:11
			And some people say this, I figured out
		
00:39:11 --> 00:39:12
			what it mean. I met
		
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			this person who claimed
		
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			that
		
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			*
		
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			refers to
		
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			and he came up with some weird I
		
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			won't even describe how he justified it. It
		
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			refers to
		
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			bitterness.
		
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			So when you do wrong,
		
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			all Allah is telling you that it's you
		
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			feel bitter.
		
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			Now even if okay. We suspend judgement. If
		
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			you're the only one who came to this
		
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			meaning,
		
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			means the religion is not preserved. So we
		
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			just call the book and and leave. Whether
		
00:39:48 --> 00:39:49
			you're right or wrong,
		
00:39:50 --> 00:39:52
			right, you have made a case against yourself.
		
00:39:53 --> 00:39:55
			Because you're saying that this is what the
		
00:39:55 --> 00:39:57
			religion means. The religion says it'll always be
		
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			preserved.
		
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			Right?
		
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			So if you're saying you came on interpretation,
		
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			no one else came before you,
		
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			by saying
		
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			that and that everyone before you was wrong,
		
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			means the religion wasn't the Quran wasn't preserved.
		
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			If it wasn't preserved then let's stop talking
		
00:40:13 --> 00:40:14
			about the whole thing. Right?
		
00:40:16 --> 00:40:18
			That's why one doesn't need to refute these
		
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			kinds of people. Right? Generally. We leave it
		
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			sometimes the scholars need to, but it's very
		
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			simple thing. I say, no one else inter
		
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			understood this meaning, it means that the that
		
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			the Quran wasn't preserved. And if that's what
		
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			you're claiming,
		
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			then no one else that throughout history wasn't
		
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			preserved
		
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			till
		
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			2017,
		
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			then
		
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			game over. Right?
		
00:40:40 --> 00:40:42
			However, we don't say game over because there's
		
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			a continuity of preservation and that's
		
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			well, preserve safety. Right?
		
00:40:52 --> 00:40:52
			Right?
		
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			Because otherwise, one is misguided from the way
		
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			of guidance.
		
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			And away from the realities of religion.
		
00:41:04 --> 00:41:07
			And sufficient for you of beneficial knowledge is
		
00:41:07 --> 00:41:07
			to have
		
00:41:08 --> 00:41:10
			true knowledge of divine oneness.
		
00:41:14 --> 00:41:14
			Right?
		
00:41:15 --> 00:41:16
			And of knowledge
		
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			your sufficiency in knowledge should be that you
		
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			should it should be clear
		
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			always about divine oneness
		
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			and
		
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			of knowledge
		
00:41:27 --> 00:41:28
			to have love of Allah.
		
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			But otherwise, like you die
		
00:41:32 --> 00:41:33
			truly in love of Allah,
		
00:41:34 --> 00:41:36
			you you attain something in this life. So
		
00:41:36 --> 00:41:38
			I I study all of this, but you
		
00:41:38 --> 00:41:38
			didn't gain
		
00:41:39 --> 00:41:40
			but you don't love Allah then
		
00:41:43 --> 00:41:45
			you miss the boat. Right?
		
00:41:49 --> 00:41:51
			And the love of the messenger of Allah
		
00:41:51 --> 00:41:52
			sallallahu alaihi wa sallam,
		
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			obviously.
		
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			Right? So that's the knowledge that we should
		
00:41:55 --> 00:41:56
			be nurturing.
		
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			Right? And not lose sight of that in
		
00:41:59 --> 00:42:02
			pursuit of any other knowledge of religion or
		
00:42:02 --> 00:42:03
			other knowledge.
		
00:42:04 --> 00:42:05
			And
		
00:42:06 --> 00:42:07
			the love of the companions.
		
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			Why?
		
00:42:09 --> 00:42:11
			Because Allah refers to them that He is
		
00:42:11 --> 00:42:12
			well pleased with them.
		
00:42:13 --> 00:42:13
			Right?
		
00:42:15 --> 00:42:17
			Allah says, Allah is indeed pleased with the
		
00:42:17 --> 00:42:19
			believers when he when they
		
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			pledge allegiance to you under the tree and
		
00:42:22 --> 00:42:22
			Allah's
		
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			Riba is eternal.
		
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			It's an eternal
		
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			affirmation.
		
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			Right?
		
00:42:30 --> 00:42:32
			So if Allah is pleased with them, doesn't
		
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			mean just momentarily.
		
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			Right?
		
00:42:35 --> 00:42:37
			With the believers when they pledge allegiance to
		
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			you under the tree the treaty of Hudaybiyyah
		
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			and many other
		
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			you know, these are the people beloved by
		
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			the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. Right?
		
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			That is the knowledge that we need to
		
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			gain. But if you are pursuing all this
		
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			knowledge, but this not increase you in these
		
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			meanings,
		
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			right,
		
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			In clarity
		
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			regarding
		
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			your faith,
		
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			in
		
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			love of Allah, love of the messenger, love
		
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			of the companions.
		
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			And believing that the truth is with the
		
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			community of the believers.
		
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			And that's beneficial knowledge.
		
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			And he closes with that.
		
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			Right? This is one of the great manifestation
		
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			of mercy. Our religion
		
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			is preserved
		
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			in the mainstream understanding of Islam that's come
		
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			this time. What is our belief regarding the
		
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			ummah of the messenger sallallahu alaihi wasallam?
		
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			That even the common sinful believer
		
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			believes in Allah and His Messenger. Do they
		
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			love Allah and His Messenger? Yeah. Sometimes actually
		
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			a little too aggressively.
		
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			We then tell them, calm down guys.
		
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			I'm
		
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			not good, but not this way.
		
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			Right? That's beautiful. Even people who may
		
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			you know,
		
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			that's you know, believing that everyone is misguided
		
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			except me is itself misguidance. And the prophet
		
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			said all people are misguided. They're the most
		
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			misguided of all people.
		
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			Right? Because
		
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			you're as if you're saying that well, Allah's
		
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			promise that the religion is preserved is not
		
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			true. The promise of the prophet is not
		
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			true. Right? So these are safeguards
		
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			to
		
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			to religion that prioritize what what matters. That's
		
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			beneficial knowledge. Right? That which
		
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			improves your relationship with Allah, nurtures love of
		
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			Allah, love of the messenger,
		
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			love of the companions.
		
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			Right?
		
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			Because that's the straight path. Right?
		
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			So this I thought was a
		
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			a useful reminder for me and you on
		
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			what is beneficial knowledge from,
		
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			a a brief extract from the words of
		
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			in his work,
		
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			We ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala to grant
		
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			us
		
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			knowledge that benefits and hearts that are reverent
		
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			and supplications that are answered.
		
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			Thank you for listening to the RoHa, daily
		
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