Fariq Naik – Being aware of everything Why Does Allah Want Us to Pray Him for Our Needs

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The speaker discusses the importance of knowing the difference between a believer and a disbeliever in order to face challenges and achieve success in life. They stress the need to turn to Allah subhanahu wa ta
theor for peace and happiness in the future. The speaker also emphasizes the importance of asking for forgiveness from Allah for mistakes in the future.

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			I'm Laween, a web developer from Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan,
		
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			Iraq.
		
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			My question is, Allah knows what we want,
		
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			then why do we have to make dua
		
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			to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala?
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says in the
		
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			glorious Quran, in Surah Al-Baqarah, chapter number
		
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			two, verse number 186, وَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ عِبَادِي عَنِّي
		
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			فَإِنِّي قَرِيبُ And when my servant calls upon
		
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			me, say, I am close to him, I
		
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			respond to the call of a caller.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, he is very
		
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			close to us.
		
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			And if we turn to Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala, if we do dua to Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala, he will respond to
		
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			our dua, he will respond to our supplication.
		
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			Now if Allah knows what we want, why
		
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			do we have to do dua to Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala?
		
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			So that we know the difference between a
		
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			person who is atheist and atheist.
		
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			A theist is a person who believes in
		
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			God and an atheist is a person who
		
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			does not believe in God.
		
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			So if everyone does not do dua, how
		
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			will we know the difference between a theist
		
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			and an atheist?
		
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			A person who believes in God and a
		
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			person who does not believe in God.
		
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			In order to know the difference between a
		
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			believer in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and
		
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			a disbeliever in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			is dua.
		
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			A believer will call upon Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala, will turn to Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala.
		
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			A disbeliever will not turn to Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala.
		
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			A believer will turn to Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala.
		
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			A disbeliever may ask some deity, but the
		
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			disbeliever will ask the false deity.
		
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			So in order to differentiate between a believer
		
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			in Allah and a disbeliever, dua is very
		
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			important.
		
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			If each and every human being does not
		
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			do dua, then what is the difference between
		
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			a believer in Allah and a disbeliever in
		
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			Allah?
		
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			A true believer turns to Allah and supplicates
		
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			to Allah.
		
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			And the reason Allah wants us to do
		
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			dua to Him is so that we recognize
		
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			Him as the Creator.
		
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			Allah is testing us and seeing whether we
		
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			recognize Him as the Creator, as the Cherisher,
		
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			as the Sustainer.
		
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			And if we recognize Allah as our Creator,
		
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			as our Sustainer, as our Cherisher, then we
		
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			will tend to follow His advice.
		
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			Allah is testing us believers.
		
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			He is testing us human beings that do
		
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			we turn to Him and do we ask
		
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			dua to Allah?
		
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			And dua, it will benefit us.
		
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			When we do dua to Allah, it does
		
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			not benefit Allah in any way or form.
		
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			But Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, He is
		
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			testing us to see who among us turns
		
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			to Him and supplicates to Him.
		
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			So the more we turn to Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala, the more it will draw
		
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			us closer towards Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			For example, there is a doctor.
		
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			We praise the doctor.
		
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			We revere the doctor.
		
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			And when we praise the doctor, when we
		
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			revere the doctor, we tend to follow His
		
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			advice as far as medication is concerned.
		
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			When we praise Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,
		
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			when we revere Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,
		
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			when we consider Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			as our Creator, as our Sustainer, we will
		
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			tend to follow His commandments and His advice.
		
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			So when we do dua to Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala, it benefits us and it
		
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			does not benefit Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			If we want to have peace, tranquility and
		
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			satisfaction in this life and the next life,
		
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			then we should do dua to Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala.
		
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			We should turn to Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala.
		
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			The dua, it is the weapon of a
		
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			believer.
		
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			Let us utilize this weapon in order to
		
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			call upon Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			Our beloved Prophet Muhammad, may peace and blessings
		
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			be upon him, he used to ask forgiveness
		
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			from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala no less
		
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			than 100 times a day.
		
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			Even though our beloved Prophet Muhammad, peace be
		
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			upon him, was promised paradise, yet he used
		
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			to turn to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			He used to ask forgiveness from Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala.
		
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			Why?
		
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			Because he knew the importance of istighfar.
		
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			He knew the importance of dua.
		
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			How many times do we turn to Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala in a day?
		
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			How much dua we do to Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala?
		
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			One of the best times to do dua
		
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			to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, it is
		
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			during the last one third of the night,
		
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			during the tahajjud prayer in asujud.
		
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			Let us turn to Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala before it is too late.
		
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			Let us do dua to Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala.
		
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			If we want to have success in this
		
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			life as well as the next, we should
		
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			turn to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			Whatever our needs and wants are, we should
		
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			ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			The more we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala, the more we will find peace and
		
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			tranquility in our lives.
		
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			So let us turn towards Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala.
		
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			Let us do dua to Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala.
		
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			Let us ask forgiveness from Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala on a daily basis.
		
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			And this will help us in this life
		
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			as well as the next life.
		
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			The dua that we ask from Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala, it will be beneficial to
		
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			us in this world as well as the
		
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			next life.
		
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			And the more we turn to Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala, the more we will be
		
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			on the Siratul Mustaqeem, that is the straight
		
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			path.
		
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			The more we do dua to Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala, we will realize our mistakes
		
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			and we will repent to Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala.