Hosai Mojaddidi – Purification of the Heart for Muslimahs (Monthly Sisterhood Halaqa Part 10)
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Wabarakatuh. Welcome. Thank you, again for being here on a Thursday
evening. And for those who are tuning in, we have been covering
for several months now, the purification of the heart, which
is a text on spiritual diseases, and we're going to just pick up
from where we left off the last time we were together. And the
disease that we're going to talk about today is actually very
relevant. In fact, all of the Hadith, I mean, the diseases are
relevant because, of course, we, we are riddled with many,
unfortunately, many diseases. So there, these are really things
that will, you'll find
everywhere in the world at all times, people have had these
diseases and that's why this is a process this process of
purification is something that we have to commit to for life. But
this disease that we're going to cover actually love of the world,
right, and Mr. lewd what he has, it's a poem that's been translated
in English. So usually, we'll read from the English translation of
the poem, and then we'll get into the discussion on the topic of
what does it mean to love the world, right. So the verses of the
poem are, realize also that blameworthy love of this world is
what is solely for the benefit of the self. It does not include
desiring it so that others are not burdened by your needs, and so
that you are secure from dependence upon other people, nor
does it include desiring it as provision for the next world.
Indeed, love of this world falls under the five categories of legal
real rulings, such that it's acceptable acceptability or
detriment is based on what it helps one to achieve. If the love
of something of this world is for the purpose of helping one achieve
something prohibited, then it is also prohibited. As such,
censoring the world is only for those things that do not advance
one's salvation. Thus, for these reasons, censoring is restricted
to its ardent love. Indeed, the best of creation, the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam prohibited cursing the world,
things are praised or censored only by virtue of what results
from them, like healing or disease. Therefore, what is
obtained for one's physical necessities by means of wealth or
worldly position is beneficial. Still, some scholars scorn the
accumulation of great wealth, fearing the risk of transgressing
the bounds of permissibility one who earns wealth for the purpose
of vainglorious competition is reckoned as among those who
perpetuate who perpetrate enormities love of praise for what
one has not accomplished is caused by desiring other than God the
Exalted. So those were about 10 verses that have to do with the
love of the world. Now, let's, you know, read the actual definition
and the treatment. And then we'll get into a discussion here. And
Islamic tradition attributed to Jesus or Esau A salaam states,
that the world is a bridge, so pass over it to the next world,
but do not try to build on it. Love of this world is considered
blameworthy, though this does not include wanting things of this
world, in order to be free from burdening others with one's needs,
nor does it include desiring provision from the world for the
purpose of attaining the best of the hereafter. So again, this is,
you know, let's just unpack this concept of love of the world, when
we love this dunya.
You know, to the point where we are attached to it, and we, we
don't really see it as a means to an end, right? That's when it
becomes dangerous. So this tradition from Satan is as
teaching us right, that we're supposed to see this world as just
a means. It's, that's why we're, we're often told to see ourselves
as travelers, right? A traveler has a destination, right? You're,
you're in the motion, you're in motion towards the destination,
but you don't reside. When you're traveling, right you You're,
you're visiting, you're, you're moving but you're not residing. So
for the Mothman, or the believer, this place is just a place that we
have to get through. Because you know, if you read for example, a
mammal had dads, you know, the five lives of men, right? Or the
lives of men, it covers the five stages of the soul, right that the
soul has been created by Allah subhanaw taala to move. So we are
first created right in the primordial realm where we all
Did the testimony and attested to you know that we worship Allah
that we will worship Allah.
And then we move from that to the womb, right? So there's a movement
of the soul to the womb. And this is where we are, you know, the
body is fashioned, all of our faculties are all a supplemental
data, you know, created us in our mother's wombs. And there's a
period that we have to reside in that part of this world. And then
we are, we emerge from the womb into the dunya, right into this
lower place, this worldly abode. And this is the most significant
part of our journey, whatever we do here determines the rest,
right. So this is the most important part of our leg of the
say, of the journey of the travel. But we are even in motion here,
because we all know that we can't stay here forever. And that's the
interesting thing about people who don't believe in a greater, you
know, in something beyond this world, those who have no faith,
those who think we just all kind of accidentally appeared here,
with no plan or design, they don't want to leave this world, right,
they have this very disease that we're talking about, you know,
they have love of the world. And that's why there are people who,
for years, they love science, not because science is, you know, a
science or an area of study of discovery, you know, of
experimentation of learning, there might be that element to it. But
there are other people who have more, you know, nefarious
intentions with science, they want to figure out how we can increase
the lifespan of the human being. So there's been many efforts
throughout history, where scientists are looking to cure
diseases or create even technology, right, that would
prolong the life expectancy of a human being. Even now, we have
many people who are in these different fields of technology and
science now joining forces, right, to have, you know, a new version
of the human being a human being that is blended with science and
technology. And so there's a lot of ideas around this, you know,
the next evolutionary state of the human being, that would bring
together you know, again, science, technology and the human body and
try to fuse these things together. So things like, you know, AI, as
we all know about AI, right, and virtual worlds, and all of these
different things that are emerging have a lot to do with that. But
what where does it come from it comes from people who are invested
in this dunya to such a degree, they do not want to leave because
they believe that it's all going to come to an end, right? That
once you die, it's just you're you're dead, you go back to the
soil, and you know, you're that's it, that's your your existence is
over. And that's all that it meant. It was meant for? Well,
that's certainly not our belief, right? So that's why have the
dunya. And love of the world is considered a disease of the heart,
because we don't want to be here forever. This place is a place of
sickness, right? We just talked about before we started the
Halacha, like many of us have been under the weather, we know people
who've been under the weather, there are a lot of things that are
spreading, and obviously we just came out of a pandemic. So we know
that this place is there's so much tribulation and hardship and
physical pain and suffering and grief and loss, and uncertainty
and unstability, that comes with dunya. Right? And that is by
design. Right? Allah made this a place of hardship, so that we
don't want to stay here forever.
But again, if you don't remember these things, and this is the
nature of the dunya is that, in addition to being created to cause
many issues and problems for us, it also has the other side to it
where it's very seductive, right? There are a lot of things in the
dunya that make human beings want want to stay. Right for example,
wealth, right? There are many people who live who love the dunya
because the wealth that you can accumulate in dunya can allow you
to do a lot of things, right, that are enjoyable. You can
eat the foods that you want, you can you know, wear the clothes
that you want, you can travel to the places that you want when you
have wealth. So for many people, that is a very alluring aspect of
dunya and that's one of the reasons why they love the dunya is
that they're in pursuit of wealth, right? Or power, right power.
Right now, if you're paying attention to what's happening in
the world. There's a lot of, you know, power
dynamics and you know, with between, you know, nations and
people and within nations and just political strife, because we love
power that human beings are tested with love of power. So for some
people, that's what can be very seductive. Love Itself, right?
There are people who are hopeless romantics, and they just are swept
away with, you know, wanting these, you know, utopian or
idyllic existences of just, you know, what we see in a fairy tale,
or in a film, or in a book or in a song. And that's all they can
think about all day. They're reading poetry, and they're just
in lala land, you know, so there are people like that. But, you
know, Allah tells us time and time again, that this life is a test
for us. So that we can move to the next phase, right, the next
movement of the soul, which is death, right? When we die, it's
not an end, for us, it is a movement, it's a transition. And
that's why when we lose people, as painful as it is,
we have to keep in mind that it is it's a separation of the physical,
right, the physical has been separated. But that is not, it's
not an end to the relationship, the relationship will continue.
But in another realm, in another way, it's just the separate the
physical separation is what death is. So we move to the fourth stage
of the soul, which is death. And then in that, that's the butter
stuff, right, that's where the soul is suspended and waits for
the final,
you know, journey for the final part of the of the journey, which
is the next life. And that is the most important, right, that's the
in terms of, you know, what, why we are in existence, it will be
revealed to us, you know, our ultimate destination and purpose
in the next life. So, again, the this dunya if we understand this
beautiful quote from St. Nisa, it just makes sense. It's a bridge,
you're here for a short time, just like you have to cross a bridge to
get to another place. But don't build because if you build and you
put too much hope in this dunya, you're going to, you know, it's
going to break you, it's going to hurt you. But if you realize that
you're just here to do what you're supposed to do, but you have
another destination, then you will not attach your heart to the
dunya. But you'll understand it in the way that we're taught. And so
the next paragraph now describes how should we see the world right?
So the five categories of classic classical legal rulings determine
how the love of something worldly is viewed. So when we look at the
love of the things in the dunya, or the life that we've been given,
the easiest way to understand how much we can enjoy it, or how much
we should love it is by applying the five rulings, right? So for
example, there are things in this world that we can that we should
love, right? That it would be considered obligatory or wedge IP
to love. Like, what are things that you can think of that we
should all love?
You think of something in the dunya?
Well think about, you know, for example, you know, the book of
Allah, right? We should love that as Muslims, this would be
considered something, you know, why would you have one? That's
right, or the kava, right? The sacred city, so there are certain
things that we should love because of they are worthy of that love,
right? And then there's things that are recommended to love men
do have there's things that are permissible MOBA, reprehensible
mcru And then forbidden haram. So if you understand these five
categories, then you can start to put things in your in your life
according to this, these categories right like, you know,
your we should love our parents, we should feel devoted to our
family, right? There's, that should come from our hearts. But
then there are other things that you don't necessarily have to
love, but maybe it would be you know, it would be good. For
example, we should love aspects of the world, like we mentioned,
right? The Quran, the Kaaba, the prophesy Saddam, our parents,
godly people, like really good, virtuous people, books of
knowledge, right children, people who help us in our religious
affairs.
As for wealth, we should love helping the needy with it. So you
can love wealth, but as long as you love what it allows you to do,
right? Like you love the fact that you're able to help people through
your wealth. That is a healthy attachment. It's not that you love
the wealth in and of itself and that if you were separated from
it, it would cause you constriction but you love that it
empowers you
have to be able to do good right? The prophesy said I'm actually
forbade us to curse the world, right we can't damn or curse the
world or to vilify the world he said, Do not curse the world, for
God created the world and the world is a means to reaching the
knowledge of God modified Allah. So even though the world can
present with so many problems, and a lot of people are not having an
easy time in their life, right? If they if you have problems in your
life shaitan
and then in your knifes may make you hate your existence, right?
And hate certain things about your life. But that's not a healthy way
to look at the world, right? Because you're denying
the blessings, right? kufra and netminders When you are in denial
of the good because all you can see is the bad. And this happens
to people who hyper focus on the things that are not going the way
they want them to. And usually that happens because we compare
ourselves, not to those who have less, right. But we compare
ourselves to those who have more than us. And that is a recipe for
envy. And you know, the this lack of gratitude, it's just it allows
the heart just starts to, to forget the good. And I'll tell you
earlier today, for example,
I was on Twitter, I think and a video popped up. And it was
showing these people who are in camps, the Syrian refugees who are
in camps, it didn't say the country, I just said the Syrian
you know, it was a it was like a relief campaign for the people of
Syria right now. And it showed something where there were all
these people in intense and they the rain water, and the snow
that's been melting is coming into their tents. And so these
children, young children, Michelle's youngest, our sister
here, and others, were outside, and they were shoveling in with
their hands trying to get rid of the water from coming into their
tent. And, you know, we're here and in our comforts, you know, we
have very comfortable lives. Subhanallah I don't think any of
us have you ever had to shovel snow and water from getting into
our bedrooms, you know, into our spaces of eating. This is. But so
I was watching this video. And you know, until you see images like
that, sometimes you become completely unaware and oblivious
to how much comfort you have. Right. So I just thought about it.
I said Subhanallah from in the in the short daylight hours that
these poor children have. Because you know, the days are short right
now, they have to shovel snow and water, they can't play. It's
freezing temperatures. They're just worried about trying to
survive, you know, the night. And here we are. We have heaters we
have comfortable beds and blankets and pillows, and frigerators full
of food and toys to play with and books and televisions and devices.
And I just You just start, you know, forgetting that that's not
everybody's experience in the world right now simultaneously, as
we are sitting here, or from our homes, in our comfortable
clothing, there are many people who are suffering. So until you do
that exercise of either witnessing it or reminding yourself, then
you'll just look to, you know, all the people that have more than
you, whether they're in your family, right, because we know
that there are people who are walking around very bitter,
because their siblings have more than them, their you know, their
in laws are doing better than them, their neighbors, their
friends from school, whoever it was, and you just fill your heart,
you know, and then social media doesn't help that because all you
do all day is watch everybody else's life and then compare yours
to them. So there's too much of the opposite happening, where we
are looking to people who we think have more, and we're filled with
ingratitude and envy. And then we're not doing you know, this
where we're actually really calling in, you know, onto a lot
and thanking him for all of his blessings. So, you know, this, we,
this world has, you know, we're here for for the purpose of
getting closer to Allah subhanaw taala. So we can't just focus on
the hardships of it, we have to appreciate everything that we have
as something that will help us to draw closer to Him. So that's a
really important point. When we talk about the dunya for those who
are struggling, you know not to go to the opposite extreme. We don't
love the world, but we don't also allow ourselves to hate the world.
The Muslim is in the middle
Right, we have, we exist, we have to be here. So we have to
participate in the world, we have to work for the sake of Allah we
provide for our families, we learn, we are part of our
community, we have to be in the world in that sense. But we do not
have to love the dunya to the point where we forget the ACA. And
that's that middle that balance is where a lot of us are struggling
right to find the balance. Because again, the dunya can make us go in
either direction, if we don't have Allah subhanaw taala in our lives.
So the Quran states here that he has subjugated for you, what is in
the heavens and what is on earth, all of it is from him. Indeed,
there are sure signs for people who reflect the world is the
greatest sign of ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada as is the cosmos, we do not
accept the doctrine of condemning the world, which is found in some
religious traditions, we say that He created everything in the
world, and has subjugated its resources for our just and
conscientious use. What is censured is loving those things
that are sinful, or that lead to sinful matters, and loving the
ephemeral aspects of the world to the point that it suppresses one's
spiritual yearning. So, even in love of the world, we should
understand the balance that we can love. For example, you know, like
the heavens, right, the stars, the planets,
everything in existence, all the beautiful aspects of Allah's
creation, we can absolutely love those things. You know, if you
love trees, or flowers, or butterflies, or you know,
waterfalls, or anything in nature, animals, you know, we can love all
of that, because it's all those are all, Allah created those
assigns for us right to look around and appreciate the
diversity of His creation. And it really is something to behold when
you think about how many species of bugs there are, and how each of
them keep the art ecosystems in balance, right? If you think about
all the different animals in the air, and on land and sea, and the
fact that there are even many scientists who say there, there
are creatures out there that have yet to be discovered, like the
ocean is so deep, there are creatures we have never even
discovered yet. That that's what a universe, the ocean is right in
and of itself inside the, you know, the planet is a universe of
its own. And then, so all of these things should create in us a love
of Allah. And so because of that reason, we can love them because
they help us to, you know, have that deep appreciation right? For
for him, because he's the one who created us and even in our own
bodies. I mean, just think about your own body and how it's capable
of doing so many incredible things. Right. You know,
sometimes, you know, I was, I don't know how many of you are
familiar with Wim Hof. Wim Hof is, he's a known, I don't know what to
call him. But he's a, he's someone who's very known in terms of his
ability to, he's mastered sort of
regulation of his body temperature, and he does breathing
exercises, and he really teaches about how to build your immunity
using cold. He's got great videos, but I was watching his video this
morning. On this breathing exercise that he does, he does,
you know, it's good for just getting your breathing, training
your your breath. And, you know, subhanAllah how many of us think
about how, you know, these are processes that we don't even have
to think about? Like, you're you're taking a breath, we're
taking breaths all day, every day. And the heart is just doing its
its job and function. The lungs, you know, they're just operating
and they're doing these incredible things, like the amount of toxins
that our kidneys and livers purging every single day. We don't
program it, we're not, you know, like, okay, liver, do your job,
you know, I just I ate really bad food, can you please get rid of
all the bad stuff, you know, or kiddies, we don't do that. It's
doing it for us. Right? And the fact that Allah has created this
perfect system, it's like, you know, it's all coordinated. And
they're, they're all in communication with each other, and
nobody's doing anything. Like we're not thinking about those
things, right? But they're being done Allah sustaining us. So these
are ways that we should really, you know, appreciate
our creation and the world that Allah has given us. But what we
don't do again, is
attach our hearts to those things that are blameworthy that are that
carry us away from from God, right. So now for example, there
are many people who are
are completely obsessed with technology. Right? Technology is
good, you know, we can say there's good in technology, right? There's
been a lot of advances, there's been a lot of hire. But there's
also a lot of destruction. So you have to be able to know the
balance. But you have to think of all the people who
they cannot, for example, separate themselves from video games,
right? There's entire, you know, God knows all of those, how many
people who are so addicted, and so in love with the video game
culture, that that is their entire life. They spend their money,
right on video games, they go to conferences, they'll travel all
over the world. I remember watching a documentary stuff like
I couldn't believe this was quite shocking. But that these, it was a
country. As an Asian country, I can't actually can't remember
which country. But these people were so addicted to video games,
that they would not, they wouldn't go use the restroom, they would
actually they were adults, they would use adult diapers,
and sit in their own excrement and filth. Because the addiction to
leave the game was so high, they wouldn't do it. And I just I was
documented. I was shocked. I said, There's no way. But that's what
happens when people who obsess over certain things. They lose
their mind in a way, right? Because you're you're gone. I
mean, you can't if you're not even willing to, to tend to your own
body's needs, starve yourself or prevent yourself from using the
restroom, then clearly, there's something off there. But this is
the danger, right of attaching yourself to something without some
sense of, of balance, like what am I doing here? What's my purpose?
So whether it's video games, or film, or music, how many people
are obsessed with music? Or cards, you know, like pokemon pokemon was
like, Oh, it still is for some people. You know, they people have
lost their lives because they've spent their savings on trying to
get Pokemon cards, or you know, they go gamble or do whatever. But
these are the things that the dunya can seduce us with, but also
can lead to our destruction. And that's where the believer has to
know. There's a time and place for everything, right? We're allowed
to enjoy the world, we're allowed to enjoy certain things,
entertainment, as long as it's in moderation, and it's not haram.
But the moment we allow these things to dictate to us where
we're willing to forego sleep, we're willing to forego, you know,
our responsibilities. We don't do our prayers. Right, we're
completely missing important things. That's when we've lost the
balance. And that's what the love of the world can do. It can get
you to attach yourself to things. And obsessions, where you
completely forget your Lord, right? You forget all you forget
why you were meant, you know why you were created? And so the
balance is, again, understanding those five categories, what's
permissible, what I should what's, you know, reprehensible mcru are
forbidden, and kind of organizing your attachments in those five
categories. That's how you find a balance right? And so then he goes
on to say, the Imam Mahmoud says that the love of the world is
praised or blamed based on what good or harm it brings to a person
if it leads to a diseased heart, such as greediness or arrogance
then it's blameworthy if it leads to spiritual elevation and healing
of the heart. It is praiseworthy. Anything that is obtained from the
necessities of living on Earth, food, housing, shelter, and the
like is beneficial and is not considered worldly per se.
attaining wealth and position for the benefit of the needy is not
considered blameworthy. What scholars traditionally have warned
against with regarding to attaining wealth is the danger of
eventual transgression. The more wealth one acquires the higher the
probability that one will become preoccupied with other than God,
also vying for wealth can become an addiction and lead to Austin
tation, which is showing off and that's considered a disease of the
heart as well. So those are the you know, all the qualifiers of
what worldly love can mean right? And we all have to understand that
how to distinguish distinguish between them. Love of praise,
which is another disease, particularly the love of praise
for something one has not done is also another disease. This is
caused by desiring something from other than God. People naturally
love praise, but it should be for something one has actually done.
And this is important to think of our world.
Today, you know, a lot of people are taking credit
for things that they, they don't do. And there's a lot of unethical
behavior. There's cheating that goes on, there's plagiarism that
goes on. So there are people who, like, you know, the attention that
they get by just copying other people. Social media, this is very
common, you know, you'll have people who have YouTube, for
example, influencers, tick tock Instagram, who create their entire
pages, you know, doing things and then you'll have rip offs, you
know, someone who comes along and rips off their exact idea. No
credit is given. So there's a lot of that kind of stuff. And they're
the ones you know, who benefit financially and otherwise. So
that's stuff has been happening for a long time, but it's a
disease of the heart to want ever praise for something you didn't
do. Right, we should be very careful to seek that attention.
Furthermore, the cause of praise should be something that is
praiseworthy in the sight of God, it is not necessarily wrong, to
want people to appreciate what one has done. When the prophesy some
learned of the good that someone had done, he would say, May God
reward you with goodness, one must make the distinction between
flattery and appreciation, the prophesy centum said, throw dirt
in the faces of flatterers. Those who pour accolades upon others
worthy or not, like poets who compose appallingly obsequious
poetry, poetry praising a tyrant, but praising or thanking someone
for doing good is expressing gratitude. The prophesies seldom
said whoever is not thankful to people will not be thankful to
God. So flatter, on the other hand is being disingenuous with praise.
People often praise others because they want something from them.
What is particularly blameworthy is when people enjoy receiving
praise for something they have not done. And Allah says, Do not think
that those who rejoice in what they have done and who love to be
praised for what they have not done, do not think that they will
escape punishment, there's shall be a painful chastisement. This is
chapter three, verse 188. For example, in academia, some
professors receive tribute for work their students actually did
in the corporate culture, it is not unheard of, for managers to be
credited for the accomplishments of a team of people to whom the
manager sometimes attribute nothing. So these are just
speaking again, two diseases that can arise from the love of the
world, right, that you can actually start to seek praise,
seek, you know, attention for things you didn't do, because
you're seeking ultimately what something from other than Allah,
right, and that's the danger of all of these things is that it
takes you away from the remembrance of Allah subhanaw
taala, which is why it's considered, you know, a disease of
the heart. And there's another Hadith that I think really
complements this well, the prophesy centum said, and this is,
according to Abdullah ibn Massoud, who reported or the law and he
said that the prophesized him said, Whoever absorbs his heart in
love of the world, will be entangled by three things,
misery that will not cease to discomfort, him, greed that will
not achieve his independence, and vain hopes that will never reach
their end. For The World is seeking and is sought. Whoever
seeks the world, the hereafter will pursue Him, until death comes
to him and it ceases him, whoever seeks the hereafter, the world
will pursue him until he exhausts his provisions from it. So that's
a really powerful reminder for us that if you allow your heart to
get attached from this world, this is what you're going to be faced
with, you'll have misery, you will not find comfort, if you if you
look at people who are really wealthy, like a lot of these
celebrities that you would think they have at all, but why are half
of them are more than half of them, you know, addicted to some
sort of a substance in therapy. Many of them, you know, just
yesterday, there was a very famous person who ended his own life, and
it was shocking to see all the celebrities use it, right. And it
was it was huge, because he would go on and he acted like everything
was so happy in his life. Right, but he ended up taking his own
life. So clearly something is wrong, right? The worldly life
doesn't promise what we think it does. You know, you see these
people you think, wow, they have cars, they have homes, they can
vacation wherever they want. They have families, they have
everything. Why are they miserable? What's wrong with that?
If you don't have a law, right, good luck getting through this
dunya it is a very hostile place to the person who doesn't have a
lot and in their life and so misery will will be your
existence.
And then greed that will never, that you'll never be able to free
yourself from. Because, you know, the process and reminds us that
the mouth of the son of Adam is never full, until when we're in
our grave, and it's filled with the dirt of our grave, meaning
we're very greedy by nature. So you know, you give a person
something, then there's always this feeling that, you know,
where's the rest, you know, could be more, right, that's just the
nature of the human being, we're always looking for more. And then
the last thing is that will vain hopes that will never reach their
end. So just having empty, you know, hopes, because, again, with
the dunya, there's, there's a lot of when the more material for
example, wealth or or other things that you acquire, you start to
think that you can do more and more and more. But, you know, we
can have noble dreams we can wish to, to help a lot of people do a
lot of good, but at the end of the day, if our path isn't about us,
and Allah subhanaw taala, then none of that is really worth
anything, right? Because sometimes people get lost, they'll have
money and wealth and ambition, and they'll go and, you know, open
schools and orphanages, and help this group and that group, but
then they're not taking care of their own soul. You know, there'll
be flying from this point to this point. But then if you ask them,
you know, do you read Quran daily? Are you praying? Are you doing VIP
kid? Because it's a delusion, right? It's like, you start to
feel really important. People call on you, they need your help. So
you get a lot of people who are who can get so wrapped up in, in
the, you know, the optics, you know, it's like, I have money, I
have power, people expect me to do these things. And so then it
becomes part of their identity. Right? So it's like, I should be
giving, I shouldn't be building I should be doing things, but are
you actually taking care of your soul? You know, are you doing the
things that you you need to be doing? And that's the danger
without, with with, you know, not rooting yourself in your faith
first, and falling into the traps of the dunya. So, you know, the
love of dunya is a very serious disease of the heart and the
process. I'm warned us to that during the end of time, there's
going to be two reasons why the Muslim ummah is weak, you know, we
will have great numbers, right? We are mashallah the most fastest
largest growing religious community in the world, we tend to
have larger families, you know, more than other people have other
backgrounds. We see our countries have populations are rising, you
know, other countries like in Europe and throughout, they have
population decline, right? So we definitely have numbers, but why
are we so weak? Right? Why are Muslims in many parts of the world
in a weak position? He warned us why two things. He said,
One, we have excessive love of the world. Right. And two, we have a
fear or or antipathy toward death. And this is the problem of the
modern era, the Muslims, we've lost our way we've attached
ourselves to dunya right, we've, and I noticed this when I first
traveled to the Muslim world. Over 20 years ago, it was really
shocking for me because as a Westerner, I thought, I'm gonna go
to the Muslim world. And I'm just gonna see these devout, beautiful
Muslims everywhere, and we're gonna have so much joy, you know,
praying and listening to the Quran. And
they were like, shocked that I prayed five times a day, and I
wore hijab, and they actually asked me like, you're in America,
and you wear hijab. Why? Like, and I was shocked that they were
asking me that, but then I realized, because what was I
seeing everywhere I went everywhere I went or satellite
televisions, on their homes, even when I would go into the rural
areas where there were camps. You know, people didn't even have
homes, but they had satellite dishes in the camps in the refugee
camps. So what they were doing is and this is you know, you know,
well, you know, what we would say colonialism, imperialistic powers,
what they did, they, you know, exported Western culture into our
lands, right. So, you see, all over the Muslim world, people
tuning in to everything American or European or Australian, and we
just forgot that we have this beautiful gift of Islam. So then
you start looking to, you know, the, the fame and the, you know,
wealth and the riches and all the stuff that American culture was
exporting, you know, through film through songs through media, and
we start abandoning our own way of dress, we start abandoning our own
cultures, adopting western clothing, Western music styles,
all of it just gets lost, right? And so Subhanallah we have the
numbers but we lost our, our love for our deen. So this is where the
challenge is, and that's why you know, attach
Bring our hearts to Allah subhana wa Tada requires that we really
examine our relationship with the dunya and if we have attachments
with the dunya we have to start realizing none of it's going to
matter we're going to all go six feet under our time will come
where we have to leave this world none of its going to come with us.
But what comes with us is those are those deeds right the prayers
the waking up, when your body is so exhausted and tired and you're
just like your ally was asleep, but you force yourself up and you
get up and you pray you're inshallah tahajjud and I just, you
know, your your Fudger for sure, but you get up even early and you
do at the hygiene or you know, when you're you have a choice you
to watch television or film and just get lost, but you instead you
know, watch a beneficial talk, you know, or a heartbeat or learn
something, you know, or you take out your phone and you go on tick
tock and scroll, but you say no, I should read Quran I didn't read
anything today, I need to read the book of Allah. So this is what you
know, is asked of us to really prioritize.
Inshallah, So Alhamdulillah that was the topic for today. And I
think we have we have our swath Alicia is actually going so Chela
we can end we'll go ahead and just do a DA and then you will you guys
can join the prayer. So Bismillah R Rahman r Rahim what I said in
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hamdulillahi rabbil Alameen Alhamdulillah just like well,
okay, thank you so much. Inshallah, we will continue next
after the new year with the halal class Inshallah, and after a
prayer I'll be leaving, but if you had any follow up questions, you
can always message me. Thank you so much.