Haifaa Younis – Heart Check-Up #01
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The speaker discusses the importance of learning to be serene and rewarded, as well as practicing the sound of Islam. They provide examples of scenarios for the future, including the importance of having a definite intention and being aware of the beauty of the Bible. The speaker emphasizes the need to stay away from the current situation and focus on the big picture, as well as the importance of being vigilant and not wasting one's time.AI: Transcript ©
How is everybody this morning?
Now you are wake up.
And how many of you were here yesterday?
Oh, so you have couple of new people.
Alrighty. Bismillah
It's my 3rd day in Malaysia. It's beautiful
in Kuala Lumpur, actually.
It's very nice. We have 2 issues here
only for me. I come from California,
so we're very spoiled with the weather.
May Allah give you Sabr. That's how I
say.
It's hot and it's humid
and you are absolutely fine walking and smiling.
I went for Jumuah, may Allah reward my,
hosts, and literally, I was like,
This is how I did the jumuah. So
may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make you always,
and this tells us,
again, I want you all
to learn this, and I learned that Warilla,
Alhamdulillah,
taught me. That in everything we see, we
live,
we
experience
there is a learning curve or there is
a learning message.
Anything Allah puts in your
path,
anything,
there is a learning message from Allah.
And the question is,
what's the message?
Did I get it?
And the most important thing, what did I
learn from it?
So here I am when I was walking,
we went to the University of Malaysia,
mosque, and I was walking and I was
really feeling hot, the humidity.
And I looked around me and everybody is
normal
because you're used to. Right?
Same thing, for example, when I used to
live in the Midwest in the United States
in the middle of the winter, it's cold.
It's ice. It's not only snow. And when
I get family visiting me from California,
they think this is impossible.
What does that teaches you?
This is a message. Remember, everything is a
message from Allah. He doesn't put you in
a circumstance just because.
Yeah. You know? Okay. And then I'm gonna
comment, I'm gonna laugh or cry or just
pass by. It's a message and I need
to learn.
Teaches me the following.
And this is again, I am sharing with
you a thought. It's a reflection I lived.
If they can do it, I can do
it.
That's something for you all to learn.
If all these people around me were standing
some of them were standing outside,
and they were absolutely fine.
Woman, masha'allah, tabarakallah,
in a beautiful Islamic
dress. Then if they do it, I can
do it. And the opposite is also true,
and this is what I will say to
you when people ask me, how did you
memorize the Quran?
You know what I say to them? If
I can do it, you can do it.
If you know the struggle
and how difficult and how many people said
to me, you will never do it, you
will not be able to do it because
you are so busy, and this and that.
And Allah made it happen. And this is
when people tell me I can do it.
I said, please forgive me.
If I can do it, you can do
it.
Same thing. Anything you see in your life
that you find
you stink, and again, young and old, brothers
and sisters, it doesn't matter, you think, no
way I can do it. Don't say that.
Because if Allah allowed a human being to
do it, that means he gave you the
ability.
The only difference is how long it will
take you.
The journey of some people easier than the
others, but the reward is
what?
What? Depends on?
I wanna hear it.
The efforts.
Right? Nothing with Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala goes
vain,
and Allah does not take me accountable, and
that's what I keep saying, Alhamdulillah,
Allah is my lord
because Allah does not take me accountable on
the results.
True or false?
What does he take me accountable or he
reward me for?
The effort,
the journey.
So when you start, for example, the journey
of knowledge,
Allah is not gonna say, well he didn't
take your PhD,
then nothing is gonna happen
because that's unfair.
I put the effort, but something happened, and
I couldn't do it.
He will reward me for every effort I
put,
and this is something for all of us
and the beauty of this deen.
Every effort,
every struggle,
every unease,
whether it's a feeling in me, whether it's
a feeling and translated to action, action, whether
it's a pain
came to me from someone,
in every step, I will be rewarded
if I respond
the way he wants me to respond.
For example, when I was
feeling very hot
and and and humid,
It really was and part of it because
I would just arrive the night before. It
was a long journey. You know when you're
tired, your your ability to take things is
is not as the usual. So what did
I remember?
There's a verse in the Quran and anytime
you go to a hot place
and or you feel really hot,
remember this verse. It's in sort of Tawba.
Right?
The hypocrites
said to those who wanted to go out
for fighting, and it was in the summer,
and they said don't go and fight.
It's hot.
Don't. And Allah responded.
Tell them the hellfire
is way more hot.
So every again, everything
is a message
for me
to get me closer to Allah, to reflect
on Allah. The reason I started with this
is because that's what we what we will
be covering today, is all the signs of
Al Qalbous Saleem, the sound heart.
And I am sure you're gonna find this
not easy,
but it's not impossible.
And if someone can do it,
then I can do it. That's what I
all want you to do. By Allah, with
the help of Allah, relying on Allah,
asking Allah,
begging Allah.
Don't you ever give up on Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala. You know why?
Because he never gives up on us.
Has Allah ever gave up on you?
Each one of you in this room,
and don't raise hand and don't talk to
me,
think
and talk to him. How many times
you and I, and he knows,
have disobeyed him
Intentionally,
not an inte I know what I'm doing
is not pleasing,
but I do it because, whatever the reason,
and sometimes
daily,
and he never gave up on me.
He keep giving me opportunity
to what? To come back to him.
He gives this.
He makes me speak.
What is this? This is a reminder. He's
bringing you and me closer to him. So
don't you ever ever say I can do
it.
Nothing is impossible for Allah. That's one of
my mottos in life.
I can do it. I can't, but Allah
can make it happen. Period.
So Al Qalbous Salim, if you remember, I'm
just gonna for those of you who are
joining us this morning and may Allah reward
you all.
So Al Kalbu Salim is the sound,
pure
heart, and I gave the example last night.
It's like the strainer, you know, when we
wash vegetables,
and it's usually a container that has holes.
And the holes does what?
Remove the water,
and everything else stays.
So scholars teaches you your heart is serene,
is sound.
If the following stays,
everything
exposed or being exposed to the heart like
you're putting things in the strainer,
My heart and yours is sound
when everything leaves,
except
I wanna hear it.
Yes.
Easy said.
May Allah make it easy to practice.
And I'll take you through 11 signs,
11,
that my heart and yours,
if I have them all, don't worry, let
Allah take me right now. I wanna go
before it changes.
If I have 1,
a 2, Alhamdulillah,
I have 0.
None.
Don't despair. He's teaching me. Why he's teaching
me? Why?
See I told you everything is
message from Allah. Why is he teaching me?
Because he want me to learn. And why
does he want me to learn? So I
change.
So the person, the only one
that Allah
stated in the Quran, he has it.
Who?
I can't hear.
Sayyidna Ibrahim.
He made a dua
to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and Allah responded
to the dua in another verse, and this
is repeated to Sayyidina Ibrahim. It's a phenomena
for Sayyidina Ibrahim in the Quran, and some
of you may know this. The first dua
he made that to you and me,
Yahuwah send from among them a prophet.
He made this dua as he was
after he finished building the Kaaba.
And what is gonna do that prophet?
This
is in Surat Al Baqarah, the first one.
They teach
this prophet will teach them
Kitab al Hikmah, the Quran and the Sunnah,
and purify them.
Okay? I need you to pay attention because
this is gonna take you through the Quran.
This is
in the last page,
the last before page of the first part
of the Quran.
Jews the first Jews as we say. He
made this dua.
You flip the Quran, if you have the
Quran that you read in Medina,
if you have it, open it and you
will see it.
It's in the last page of the first
Jews.
The last the one before the last, he
made the dua.
You flip the page, the first juz is
done.
Then you get to the second
juz of the Quran on the on the
left side. You flip that page, Allah responded
to his dua.
And he says, Allah says,
like we have already sent
to you a prophet. He made the dua,
you Allah send to them a prophet. Allah
said we send it.
This is the beauty of the Quran when
you start reading the Quran and you pay
more attention than just reading.
So he, the same story, came to Surah
to show Ara, the poets,
the one I shared with you yesterday.
And he said,
don't
disgrace me on the day they will be
resurrected.
The day no children,
no wealth will be of avail will be
come to help me
except the person, ilaman atallaha
biqalbin salim. Except that person
who will come to you, you Allah, with
a sound heart.
Okay? He made the dua.
Flip the Quran.
Pass 3, 4 parts of the Quran. You
come to Surah Al Safaat.
Right? It's in the jujus 23, in the
23rd part of the Quran.
And Allah responded to his dua.
Ibrahim. Allah was talking about Sayyidna Lut and
then he says
Ibrahim. From among his family is Ibrahim. Now
he described him.
He came to his Lord with a sound
heart.
When you read this
when you read this, stop,
take a breath,
and say, you Allah,
like you gave him,
give me.
This is how you you read the Quran
and you reflect on the Quran. Don't say
it's impossible.
You say, you Allah you gave yes I
am not Sayedid Ibrahim.
I am not that level.
For sure. I'm not even worthy of
the toenail of Sayyidina Ibrahim,
But can Allah make it happen?
I wanna hear it. Yes. I wanna hear
it. Yes.
That's it.
You have to tell yourself this.
This is how we change.
We don't change by saying it's not gonna
happen. You say it's not gonna happen, it
will never happen.
You know the positive thinking?
Right?
Put the religion on the side, and then
just think of
what modern
intelligence
that if you have a positive thinking, it's
gonna happen.
So you say, you Rabbi, as you gave
Sayyidna Ibrahim,
kalbous salim, give me.
What do I need to do?
Remember yesterday,
who can summarize some of you Masha'allah Tabarakallah.
Malaysian woman you impressed me last night.
By the time I got home, all these
summaries on the social media. I was like,
when did you do it?
All these 1, 2, 3, 4, I was
like, perfect. Alhamdulillah. I was telling the team,
take it. These are good points.
Alhamdulillah.
So what do I need to do? If
you remember yesterday,
What do I need to do to start
this journey?
Start, Bismillah, as we say. And if I
die tomorrow, Allah knows I started the journey.
What do I need to change in me?
Remember yesterday?
At the end, we spoke about it. What
do I need to do
to change nothing external,
but everything internal where I have taken
the path, the journey of al Qalboussari,
Sayyid, sound heart. Who can remember anything?
Stay away from haram.
That's number 1.
I had a beautiful question yesterday from a
brother,
and he was doing everything the way Allah
Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala wanted,
and even extras. It was really nice,
but then the question was, but there is
something sitting on my heart.
And he was saying, I don't know what
is it, and I said, there is haram
in your life.
That's how it is,
and we feel it. The the fact you
feel it is very good news.
You feel you're not doing the right thing.
You feel you shouldn't do that, so stay
away from Haram.
Gradual.
Identify.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
Write it down.
Acknowledge. Don't you ever say what did I
do. What is the big deal? I just
watched.
That's when you don't change.
Versus, I know I should not watch this,
but I'm weak.
You Allah make me strong.
Completely different way.
So stay away from haram.
2nd.
I can't hear you.
Don't waste time.
Time is something we're gonna be asked about.
Rasool alaihi wa sallam taught us this is
part of hadith. I and you will be
asked. I made you live 60 years. What
did you do with it?
I made you live 70,
25.
It doesn't matter. What did you do with
it? I'm gonna say, Yarrabhi, I worked 16
hours a day to collect a fortune. He
knows
and this will do nothing for me.
Wealth and children will not come to my
rescue.
So
be
vigilant and cautious about your time including
that something is gonna all make you feel
good. Including time for you to take a
break,
to do something you like,
to enjoy
as long as that is
halal.
You go out with friends.
You wanna go and exercise.
You watch something that does something doesn't have
haram.
Take your time. Just take your time. Go,
I don't know, here. For example, there the
beach is very close, so people can go
in there. Some beach is private, and you
just go and watch.
Alhamdulillah.
So be vigilant of your time. 3,
something we spend and I give you examples
about. It's very important.
Makes your life very easy.
The last thing I said yes.
Yeah. Your knee.
Make sure
you have intention for everything you do.
Everything you do,
have an intention. Have
a niyyah.
And this niyyah has to be for Allah,
which means
you cannot
have a niyyah intention.
You do something for Allah and that thing
you're gonna be doing is haram. It doesn't
work this way.
Has to be halal.
The niyyah will not change haram to halal.
The niyyah intention
will not change the unlawful to lawful. Never.
But the intention will change. This is what
you need to learn.
The usual habits, customs
with the niya, with the intention becomes an
act of worship,
which means I don't have to change a
lot in my life.
And
without an ear, an act of worship
can become custom.
Okay. I don't want you to feel bad,
but I'm gonna ask this question. Are you
ready?
We'll see. Why did you come today?
Don't answer, there's a lot of people here,
but I'm gonna answer you. I'll give you
the the scenarios.
If you came to see me,
that's not for Allah.
If you came because you know what, it's
it's an opportunity
and I'm gonna see a lot of my
friends and I don't know when this will
happen again. That's not for Allah.
If you come or if you came because
there's nothing else to do with Saturday, why
not?
That's not for Allah.
It's a halal gathering,
but I didn't make it an act of
worship.
How do I make it an act of
worship?
I came for you.
I came to learn.
I came to meet other sisters
or brothers who's gonna make me stronger.
I came to see other
functions
in the city that I may be very
busy, I don't.
I went to spend the whole day in
the obedience of Allah.
At least I gave you at least 5
meals.
Now,
that's very easy said.
Allah will test you,
and he will test me.
So when I was getting up on the
steps, I said, you Allah, this is for
you only.
Only for you. I claimed,
and I made du'a, make me speak what
pleases you.
So imagine there was a curtain here, and
I had no idea who's sitting here,
and I just said that.
And the curtain opened, and there is 0
people sitting,
and I flew all the way from America
to here.
If I get upset,
that's not for Allah.
And he test me on the spot.
Same thing you.
Booked it, paid ticket, Some of you maybe
came from far away. Right? You had things
to do. You canceled. If it's a working
day for you, you took a time off.
You put all the efforts, and you said,
Yerobe, I'm going to learn,
to spend time in your obedience, to meet
other sisters, all what I told you. And
there is a curtain, and everybody is waiting.
Curtain opens. It's not her.
And then the organizers come up there and
says, please, ladies and gentlemen, I don't have
a good news for you.
Her flight was canceled,
and she couldn't make it.
If you got upset on the organizers
and says why didn't you tell us that's
not for Allah?
Period.
As we say there,
meaning no more words needs to be said.
Verses you're gonna say,
what should I say in this case? Whether
it is me seeing nobody, whether you seeing
not seeing me, what should I say?
You can say a couple of things. Alhamdulillahi,
ala kulihaal.
Praise to Allah for every situation.
When somebody delivered the news to you or
I open here and I see nobody, I
said Qadralla Masha'afaa.
Allah decreed
and whatever Allah decreed will happen.
And then I have to talk to myself
because I can put the face of rebuah,
of I'm happy,
but reality in me, I'm upset.
Right?
You and me, I need to talk to
her or to him and say,
are do you have any doubt Allah will
reward you?
Do you have any doubt Allah will reward
you? You need to ask yourself and you
have to wait till you hear the answer
and the answer is no doubt.
I know it's already written
In my book,
Saturday,
June 3rd is it 3rd today? Okay.
When you travel, you lose everything.
Time or day, you anyway. So June 3rd,
she came,
she flew,
24 hours flight,
She did everything. She prepared. She's coming.
He will reward me. Remember what I told
you? He'll reward you for the effort,
not the result
because he blocked you
or he blocked me.
This will change your life.
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