Haifaa Younis – Turn to Allah when the test arrives I

Pay attention to this, because there's a deep meaning in it. Oh,

I'll fit here to ID al kahfu, they said. And now, who are they?

Nobody know the name and nobody know even their number, because

there's argument about the number. Why didn't Allah tell me the name

and why didn't Allah tell me the number? Because it doesn't matter

who are you and what is your name and how tall you are and what

color your eyes is, the most important thing is, what did you

do with Allah? Because what he described here is neither their

name or their family or where they grew up. We don't even know where

is the cave.

I mean, people say it's this place and this place, nobody knows. And

most of the scholars tells you, don't say anything. You don't have

a proof. Some says it's in Jordan, some says it's in Palestine. Some

says it's in Egypt. We don't know. You know why?

It doesn't matter, because the location is not the issue.

For example, Allah puts me here. Does it really matter I am in

Irvine? No, he's not going to tell me I put you in Irvine. He can

tell me, what did you do when I put you in Irvine? Or I put you in

any state or any place I will fit you to ireka, why

they were young people, right? And they say they were either

Christians or before Christianity, but for sure, it is after Judaism,

because I'm going to tell you why. What did they do? They were living

like you and me in a city, and the city was run by a king, and the

king was strong and might, and he want everyone to believe in Allah,

but also they have to worship

idols. No idols, these young people, and this applies to all of

us. We're living in a non Muslim country. People around us not

worship. What we worship?

How many of us are fit here?

How many of us are those people?

Immediately they said, We're not going to do it. They talk to

Allah, fakalu, Rabbana first. They talk to Allah Atina, miladun,

karhman, waheel and amrina Rashad. They are talking to Allah. They

left. Left their city, not their friends, not their neighbor, not

the social media. You really have to think, when Allah gives you a

story, how can it apply on me when I'm living here, I'm not living at

that time, but there is influences. They were influenced,

or they were exposed to, influences. I have the same

exposure, but they have different names, right? They have a king.

They had a king who pushed them to disobey Allah. I don't have a king

who dis pushed me to disobey Allah, but I have so many

influences, called social media, called Friends, called society,

called culture, and called me.

Because sometimes when I'm alone and none of these are there, I

still disobey Allah,

it's me. So the influences are every time, everywhere, a time of

raswali saw to assalam before and after. What did they do when I am

exposed to a fitna, a test, and this one is test in my Deen, don't

pray. When we go home, we'll pray. Don't pray in the school,

everybody will look at you. Don't pray at work, don't put your

hijab. They will not hire you. I don't know how many of you have

heard this. What did they say? Arab banana Atina, they turn to

Allah and says, Your Allah, shower on us. Your loving mercy. Wahena

rashada,

make it easy for us. Guide us. They didn't say, I can do it. I

planned it. Or no, no, no, no, I'm not going to be different. Look at

everybody why I want to be different. No, they know it is

difficult. They know it's a challenge. Turn to Allah and says,

Ya Allah, guide me.

Ya Allah, show me how many of us when we are tested in our deen,

when I am in that gathering, or those friends and everyone, or

majority are doing things I know it's not pleasing to Allah. It's

Maghrib time, very few of any got up and prayed. And now I'm the

only one. Should I get up? Or everybody will look at me and they

say, Oh, look at her.

And when they were in this they turned to Allah and they said,

guide us.

That's the first lesson you need to learn from when you are faced

with a challenge in the deen, turn to him on the spot. This is on the

spot Atina, if this is not you, who's going to who's going to save

us? And the Rahma came in the decision they made a.

Wahina rashada and guide us make what we say is guided is pleasing

you. What we are going to do is pleasing you. How many of us do

that, honestly, young and and old? How many of us, when we're faced

with a test on this spot, I don't do anything. I don't pick up my

phone. I'm not going to turn to my friend. I'm just going to turn to

Him,

even quietly. Guide me, save me, keep me strong. Show me what I

need to do. Don't make me say this. It's not pleasing to you. Do

we do that

again? Don't answer me. These are all questions we learn. Remember I

told you last week, every Friday we are supposed to read. It's not

an obligation. It's a highly recommended sunnah, because every

week I need to be reminded, because every week I am faced with

this. Wahila naman, amrina rashada, immediately. Look at

this. Allah said. Faba Rabbah, immediately, we responded,

don't you think Allah don't listen, and don't you think Allah

will not answer you,

then you don't know him. You better know him. But the way he

answers is not what you want on the spot. It's on the spot. But

could be completely different. And if you are that person connected

with Allah, He will, probably will give you exactly what you want on

the spot immediately. Allah said, barabna, ALA, Adani, nada. We made

them not hear anything. It's, again, a figure of speech. Why?

Because if you hear there's a lot of noises, you're not going to

sleep. There's couple of things makes me not sleep, noise and

sun. Why

do you think people wear

the eye cover, or they put the black out? Or when you are

traveling, if you're traveling overseas, they make the plane very

dark. Why

they don't have an electricity? Of course they do, but because they

want you to sleep, because light stimulate light stimulate the eye

and noise stimulate the ear, I can't sleep. And Allah says, We

made them not here.

How

that's his miracle. A