Hussain Kamani – 40 Ahadith of Imam An-Nawawi 38 – The True Friends of Allah

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The history and meaning behind the Hadith is discussed, including its significance in belief, trusting a friend, and avoiding false expectations. The speakers emphasize the historical significance of "vanishing" in various cultural and political circles, highlighting its historical significance in political and cultural circles as well.

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			hamdulillah Al Hamdulillah who aka house Ramona anybody who has you know so far this was an Allah CD
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			today we are starting with Hadith number 38
		
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			I never heard of the Allah one thought I thought it was soon allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam in
Allahu Taala call. Man idly Walia religion to hope will help. Omar Zakharova Ilya RBD be shared in a
heartbeat lamb mcdata Who Ali Bala Zollo Abdi Yetta tolerable Ilya benowa Philly Hector okay boohoo
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			The hadith is Narrated by Abu Huraira well the Allah mon the messenger of allah sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam said, Verily, Allah azza wa jal says, whoever shows enmity to a Wali, a friend of mine, then
I have declared war against him. And my servant does not does not near to me with anything more
beloved to me, than the religious duties that I have obligated upon him. And my servant continues to
draw near to me with no often the voluntary deeds until I love him. And when I love him, I am his
hearing with which he hears and his sight with which he sees in his head with which he strikes and
his foot with which he walks. Were he to ask me, I will surely give it to him. We're here to seek
		
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			refuge with me. I would surely grant him refuge. The hadith is narrated by Imam Bukhari, Allahu
Allah.
		
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			We see at the beginning of this hadith, that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam starts off by
saying in Allah Tala call
		
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			and therefore this hadith is categorized as a hadith of Bootsy as a divine narration. The details of
Hadith of Bootsy have been discussed previously. Not once but more than once. Those details can be
found in the previous Hadith discussion on Hadith deputy the different names for Hadith let's see
what is the Hadith let's see, the difference between the Quran and Hadith of Tutsi and all those
discussions have been covered already.
		
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			The narrator of this hadith, Abu Huraira the hola Juan, we've introduced him in the past, so I won't
repeat that again.
		
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			Before we go into the actual mutton the text of this hadith, a few discussions regarding the Senate
this hadith is narrated by Imam Bukhari, Allahu Allah in His he therefore it is an authentic
narration. However, the other scholars the other major books of Hadith do not quote this exact
Hadith. This hadith is quoted to be stated to be from the arrival of the Saudi narration and say,
it's not a common narration. It will not it will humbly says Heather Hadith who the father of the
belief Raji al Bukhari, you do not see it as Harville couteau that this hadith is unique because
Imam Bukhari Allahu Allah has narrated it, and it cannot be found in the other collections of
		
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			Hadith.
		
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			Now in the narration of mumble Hadith, Allahu Allah, the actual narration of cm Bahati, there is one
line in there, that Imam never we don't have to lie here. Ali did not bring in this hadith. And to
finish off the Hadith. That line was the kind of Hadith
		
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			Usually he was out of curiosity. He thought that to unshaven and afar you know who thought do the
unnecessary mini Yakko Hill motor or an Masato and there is not a thing that I hesitate in doing
than what my servant hesitates from, because he dislikes death. My servant is hesitant of death, he
dislikes death, and I dislike to harm My servant. Therefore when I caused my servant death, when I
caused my beloved death, I give him death, I give her death in a way that there is no pain involved,
there is no difficulty involved at all. And that's that last part of this hadith that's also found
in second body.
		
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			The scholars of Hadith they say ruya How the Hadith Amin would do in Africa. But okay, I'm sorry,
this narration has been narrated through other chains as well. Now Toffolo, kulula and McLibel. But
every one of those chains has some discussion regarding its authenticity. For example, memtable
Rania, Abdullah Ali and Eretz the Hadith from Hoffman with Abby Artica, from Ali Bin Yazeed, from
Tarsem, from Alibaba from the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam said Muhammad Ali Willian pocket barrows and evil Mahara that whoever has disgraced
		
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			one of my friends, he has called me out to war. Even Adam in Nagaland to recommend the la vida
imageData who Alec Illa Illa via die buffalo to ALEC or son of Adam, you cannot reach what I have
stored for you in the hereafter until you fulfill the obligations that I have obligated upon you.
What is the yet the hubbub of Malaya been no Afeni boo, and my servant will become more beloved to
me through the alaafin until I will fully fall in love with him. For Kunal Cobra will lead the arc
up with the Santa Villa the entropy robots or Avila they use Ruby for either the irony of two who
either salary are the two who were in the STEM Salani Nosferatu who
		
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			have both a BA that you have the layup and Naseeha. So this is the remaining part of that hadith.
Now after recording this hadith of scholars of Hadith same with Manu, while you may see the fan,
that the two narrators who I quoted at the beginning of the chain are weak narrators and similarly,
like this there are other narrations variations of this particular Hadith, but at least one there is
some sort of discussion.
		
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			Now in this hadith, this is a very powerful Hadith actually, the great Imam Ashoka, Allah here, Ali,
he actually
		
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			he writes that I studied this hadith, and I read it and I look for the commentary on this hadith.
Hazardous Kalani has a few pages on it.
		
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			Under 10 pages he has dedicated to this particular Hadith. He says however, this hadith is such a
powerful narration such a powerful statement, where Allah subhanaw taala is outright, you know,
calling out and announcing the love that he has for his friends, the loyalty that he has for his
friends, and the pathway that one must take to become a front of Allah. He says I find this
narration to be authentic and pure in its meaning. That it amazes me that other scholars did not go
into so much detail on explaining what it means to be a friend of Allah. And therefore him I'm sure
Canada has Allahu Allah authored a book Wilaya to Allah here, what Allah, the friendship of Allah
		
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			and the pathway to it. And when she goes into great detail on what does it mean to be a friend of
Allah? What does that actually mean? Is it just an idea? Can anyone be a friend of Allah? Or is
there a structured approach to becoming a Friend of Allah subhanaw mourtada? So firstly, we leave we
rip down the Linguistics of the Arabic word Wilaya, which I've been constantly translating as
friendship
		
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			Allama showcard Rahula Ali says, Darla fuss ha Wally, you, Victor I do. That Fred the word of Wally
is the opposite of I do. And what is I do mean?
		
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			An enemy. So the opposite of an enemy is a is a friend.
		
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			While we lie to each other, and we lie a friendship is the opposite of enmity. We'll also rely at
the Omaha locker room. The root meaning of the word we Araya means to love and to gain closeness
Wallah yearly yearly means to be to be close to something okay.
		
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			So Marina yeah Luna him familia de la luna home to be close to be to be in succession. So it means
love and it means to be close. Comma, lover will also Lada with the L Gu L Word and the original
meaning of the word adalah which is the opposite of Willa
		
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			The opposite of Wilaya is adda. The root meaning of the word Dawa is
		
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			a Boogaloo wallboard do enmity, or distrust or hatred, both. And barbed means to be at a distance
when someone is far from you, you would call them your Adieu, someone far from you, someone who you
hate someone that you dislike. And a wali is someone that is close to you. That's why you're gonna
hazardous Corona de la era while defining what a wali actually is. Who a true friend of Allah is
giving us a technical definition. He says, almoradi be willing ILA and Arlindo mobila heeta. Allah,
Allah, Allah, the water authority, and locally Sophia Reba, that he that a true friend of Allah
		
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			is someone who knows Allah subhanaw Matata, who has studied the deen because an ignorant person if
they don't understand the theme, their sincerity will take them in the wrong direction.
		
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			You guys understand? People have been people who have innovation. They don't innovate because
they're insincere. They're actually some of the most sincere people you'll find. Their consistency
on their biller is truly amazing. It's a lesson for us how particular they are, how willing they are
to sacrifice for their Buddha. It's not an issue of sincerity. It's an issue of knowledge. That's
why it's important that you have in Allah subhanahu mourtada says in the Quran, in nama Yaksha Allah
Hamina anybody l Mo, the only scholars are able to truly be conscious of Allah truly fear Allah
truly build that bond with Allah. And what a hadith the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
		
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			exemplifying the statement says Fatima when why don't I shall do Allah shaytani Min elfia are beaten
that one jurists is more severe on shaytaan than 1000 worshippers because a worshiper doesn't have
knowledge. chiffon can fool him, misguide him, get him involved in without innovation very easily.
		
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			As for a jurist and scholar, he will know what's right and what's wrong. He's a person of the book
person of law, that this sounds interesting. But I don't find precedent for it. And if there's no
precedent for this, we can't do it. This looks very appealing. But the Prophet sallallahu alayhi
wasallam actually told us not do this. Someone says I want to fast every day of the year. Does that
sound like a good thing? Sounds awesome, right? I mean, it sounds really good, right? As hardcore
you're fasting every day, every year, how many of us even fast I'll set them about one day a year.
And this person is saying I want to fast every every day for the full year. Not as good as it
		
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			sounds. What would we say to this person?
		
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			It's better that you don't do it. And the reason is because it's not from the teachings of the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, our messenger of Allah taught us to live a balanced life. He
said, Allahu alayhi wa sallam said to the young companions, who were so overzealous, and so excited
that the one of them said that I won't get married and other ones that I won't sleep anymore at
night. I'm going to spend the entire night at the hedges. And another one said, I'm going to fast
every day. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam told them live a life of moderation because
that's my sunnah. You fast one day, and don't fast another day. You shouldn't get married to. So as
		
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			Muslims, when we look for the true definition of piety,
		
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			we have a benchmark, right? That's why someone asked you, Mama Razia Blaha lay that what should I
look for, in a scholar that I choose to appoint as my personal guide? What should I look for? So
there are two things that he mentioned. The first thing he mentioned is someone who has a floss and
sincerity. That person has piety. Someone who you truly trust that this person, I'm willing to give
my offer in their hands, my hereafter in their hands, someone who embodies and lives what they
teach. They don't just teach it as a science. Unfortunately, this is becoming more and more common
in our day and age that people teach the deen as a fun fluid are many. The teacher has a science,
		
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			the science of Hadith, the science of the Quran, the science of Did you read the science of 50. But
these are not in our deen, we don't study them only as sciences, these are actually a part of the
dean and the dean as a way of life.
		
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			So for someone who you trust in your alpha, you trust that person's piety. And the second thing,
that person so that per second thing, the second person is knowledgeable of the deen, that push that
person has knowledge of the so if I were to rephrase these two things, MAMARAZZI saying the first
thing, a person of knowledge, the second thing, a person of practice, and this is what it means to
be a wali of Allah. That's why your hazardous Kalani then continues on and he says
		
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			unwanted, more otherwise authority. Someone who is punctual in particular
		
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			As someone who is consistent on the obedience of Allah subhanaw taala. If you see someone who is not
obedient to Allah and they claim that they have Wilaya, they are deluded, a person that claims that
they are that they that they are the friend of Allah, but there is no obedience in their life.
They're openly you know, negligent to the teachings of Allah and that Azusa Allahu alayhi wa sallam,
that person is diluted. If they're making Toba to Allah that Allah knows it's possible that they may
be close to Allah because of their Toba because of their repentance, but at the surface, we we will
we are responsible of living to the Sunnah of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam living in
		
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			accordance to the deen. And everyone has one of these stories. I recall, I went to a Muslim country
once.
		
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			And when I went there, my relatives insisted that I went to meet a particular chef that was in the
community, it was a very pious person. So I accepted and we went for to make the shift to some
Muslim countries. So at every corner, there was a masjid. We were sitting there sitting and talking
the majority about on and off. So we decided to go to the masjid to pray because it was meaningless
to pray at home when you can hear the anon and hear the salah while sitting in the living room. So
we were getting ready to go the chef's I was sitting there, I asked him, I said, Chef, aren't you
going to join us?
		
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			He then said something very interesting. He said Alhamdulillah I just prayed Salah in the harem.
		
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			We were sitting in Buxton.
		
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			He's telling me I just prayed Salah in the home. So I told him, I said hesitant why shaking the
masculinity in the shed there aren't very many many more than a few hours back there. Their fingers
just love it right now. You know, I really don't know the time difference from the top of my head
but I was just trolling him that you prayed the wrong Salah in the huddle. So you know,
		
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			this is something that we'll talk about ahead Inshallah, you know, the, the hijacking of weed is the
term weed. And now people when they hear the term Funan is the wali of Allah they think the person
is a person of innovation and the boogey man is in the room right now. And we can't allow people to
hijack terminology that is established in the Quran. Allah What do you let you know,
		
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			you know, this is with the friendship of Allah this true intimate friendship Allah is an established
reality.
		
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			Imams duty Rahmatullah Ali
		
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			he, while default actually, well, mostly severely bad that he even hazardous colonic and the third
part of the definition he says, someone who is sincere in worshipping Allah that's also one of the
conditions of Wilaya Imam gelato. dins ut Rahmatullah Ali. While commentating and defining with
Allah, He says, A Willie, a friend of Allah, who Allah it for Billahi that he is a person who knows
Allah who has a bond with Allah, there has to be my income, according to what is able to him what
he's able to do. He's only able to build that bond with Allah that he tries that he invests, because
no human being can truly know Allah. Mean Quran jihad for every element because Allah subhanaw taala
		
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			cannot be comprehended by the mind of the human being. So he builds that bond with Allah to the best
of his ability to the best of her ability.
		
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			Moi the Almaviva Anatot someone who is particular punctual, consistent on obedience, and we're
studying Moodle Massey, as someone who avoids sins
		
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			and mores or Anil in hummocky, Finland that he was Shabbat, someone who avoids fully engulfing and
immersing into a life of desires, and Shaohua where you know, every time they desire something, they
take it. The true friends of Allah don't benefit from all of the pleasures of this world, they leave
some pleasures for the hereafter.
		
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			The life of the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam when you study it, you find that he chose Zulu
and fucka for himself. He chose Kapha for his family, and for the OMA he allowed them to engage in
whatever was highlighted. For himself, he chose a level of Fatah where he lived a life of poverty
for his family, he provided what was required of him to provide enough
		
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			but for the Allah the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam give permission for them to engage in
anything that is halal as long as it's not haram you can engage in however, now you see that there
are different levels of different levels of abstinence. There is a higher tear when a person
sacrifices their luxury for
		
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			and bears a sacrifice in this world. So that way they can, they can save that luxury for the
hereafter, and this is a stage. This is the MACOM the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam had this
MACOM he was a humble servant of Allah. The hadith is known and established that Gbit salaam said to
the Messenger of Allah if you wish these mountains of Makkah can be turned into gold, and the
prophets of Allah Allah
		
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			It was Saddam, he chose to live the life that he lived. One of the wives of the Prophet sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam which is a very powerful dua. I think I've shared this with you before. When we
were studying Wisconsin Masabi as students, I remember our teacher shuffle dinner him said to us, we
are about to read a hadith. The next Hadith we're about to read a hadith now, I encourage you to
think twice before you say amen to this dua of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam because not
every Muslim has the heart to say I mean to this dua
		
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			I remember I was sitting there in class and I was like, okay, yeah, whatever. Like looking out upon
us a little
		
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			I can say I mean to any dollar profit.
		
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			We don't you guys feel that to the thought of that? If the Prophet said that why I can say I mean to
10 he read the Hadith and it's like, someone took a bag of bricks and loves it on my head. And I was
like, Oh my goodness. I don't know if I can say I mean to this VA. And the VA was
		
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			Allahumma Heaney Myskina what a myth knee Myskina Why shouldn't he if he's a Marathi Misaki Oh Allah
let me die as a man let me live as a poor person.
		
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			Let me die as a poor person. And resurrect me with the poor people on the Day of Judgment. When he
read this law, I was like, Oops, I don't know if I can say I mean for this one. I mean, on surface
level everyone can say I mean, but I've been making the opposite. Throughout my entire life. I've
been saying gala Bill Gates Yalla. Bill Gates, your life you've given CARDONE you can give me two
catalogs, you've given a fit. I want to know how much you can give me two. These are the blocks that
we've been making. Here. On the other hand, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam lived a very
simple life free of
		
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			engaging in his worldly desires and pleasures.
		
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			Look, I want to make one thing clear. I think this is something we've discussed before. Under the
Hadith on Zoho, any ma'am? No, we don't have like a lizard. Why, but just so that no one
misunderstands what I'm saying, What's Harada is Hara you can engage in it. What we're talking about
right now, when we talk about Wilaya, we're not just talking about the base level of being a
believer, we're talking about a very advanced stage of spiritual growth, where a person becomes a
Friend of Allah. And you know, when you become a friend of someone, the only person in the room that
you can see is your beloved. Everything else in the room becomes meaningless. You know, you're
		
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			sitting in the room and your mother is there, your eyes will be fixated on her, you won't care about
two other women in the room. Because that's your mother you're looking at. Everyone else doesn't
have Jana underneath their feet, she has gender underneath her feet. She's the one that matters, her
smile matters. If everyone in the room is smiling, but she's crying, than what good do you have in
your life. But if your mother is in front of you, and if she's smiling, you get a chance to see her
smile, then you've accomplished everything in the world. When a person reaches a level of love,
where they are obsessed with their beloved, everything else in the room doesn't matter. So when a
		
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			person is that engaged with Allah, and that deeply in love with Allah, everything else this road is
offering is meaningless. You guys understand? They just don't care about it anymore. I don't care
about a car. I don't care about a house. I don't care about my clothing, about my sports. I don't
care about these things I don't have. It's just a natural desire. I don't have interest for these
things anymore because my heart is connected to something greater. And that's what rely actually is.
		
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			If I'm sure about the law, he actually in his book then has a very interesting discussion, which has
great Arcada implications. I'll state the Ibadah the text that he presents, and then we'll discuss
the implications of this statement. He says, we'll have to Olia will have the Olia Allah, whom will
Ambia
		
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			the greatest Olia of Allah, the greatest friends of Allah RV. What did I say? The Gambia, the
prophets will have the MBA who will most saloon and amongst the prophets, the greatest Olia of
Allah, the greatest friends of Allah are the messengers was little roeselii, whole, whom Allah has
me. And as for amongst the messengers, the greatest amongst them are those that are referred to in
the Quran as Buddha as maybe not Russell, the people of a higher rank, those who are more patient
those who stood stood firmly strong on the message of Allah, and who are they knew how to use anon.
Ibrahim alayhis salam, Mousavi Surah Asante sana and segura. Hummus of Allahu alayhi wa sallam will
		
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			offer Oda Azmi Nabi Unum, Hamas Allahu alayhi wa sallam, and the highest from amongst these *.
The greatest wali of Allah without doubt, let's say that I'm Hamid Salam sallallahu alayhi wa salam,
O Allah De Anza Allah subhanahu wa alayhi wa in connection to hibore Allah Azza wa Rooney, you're
welcome Allah and it is regarding that wali of Allah
		
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			out front of Allah, that Beloved of Allah that Allah said, If you love me, then follow him. Your
Allah will come and love you for Jada SubhanaHu Sitka Mahabharata Allah azza wa jal Matoba FITARA
Tabata he and Allah subhanho wa Taala conditioned, true love for Allah on the obedience of the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa send them watch out a sub ledger, Allah etbr Who? Saba hirsuta Muhammad
Amin, Allah Allah Subhana Allah and He Allah subhanho wa Taala made the obedience of the Messenger
of Allah, the means to actually gain that true love Allah subhanho wa taala. Now the reason why this
discussion is so important is because unfortunately some people they claim that deep donja have a
		
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			Nebby a sorry that they have a wali that that Raja have a one either the status the rank of a Wali,
a friend of Allah is above that of a Nabhi. But less than that available soon, some people have made
this claim.
		
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			Are you guys following this? What's the claim maybe the MACOM the stage of a Wali, a friend of Allah
is above that of a
		
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			Nabhi and under that Ave Rasool then some have gone even further and said, sometimes the the raja
the MACOM stage of a wali can even supersede and surpass a messenger as well. Now, this is outright
deviance, this is false. This is not true, for many reasons, because the implications are great. The
reason why the Gambia and Brazil have the highest MACOM is because they are divinely appointed by
Allah. The Rowsell are granted Revelation, the MBR are granted their margins at their appointment by
Allah subhanaw Matata is very clear cut.
		
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			Are you guys understanding this?
		
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			Now a 1d.
		
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			A person who is a friend of Allah, their appointment is based on their actions. And if they believe
that they are superior to a Nabhi that's a deviance in their belief, therefore their rank
immediately false. Any sort of deviance will will impact your relationship and your connection with
Allah subhana wa Tada. And the people who hold these views, their discussion gets a little
dangerous. And how it gets dangerous is that they start making claims like a what he his word
supersedes revelation. They say a little harmful why? That revelation that enhance inspiration is
above revelation. And we understand that this sort of ideology and methodology is truly problematic.
		
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			Because inspiration is subjective. How do I know how can I verify what you've been inspired with? As
for why is verified? It came upon Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa salam, ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada took
the promise to preserve it, the Sahaba were involved in preserving it. The Muslim the Muslim ummah,
from the earliest times until modern day has given their life to preserve again, what guarantee do I
have that you're ill harm is preserved? Someone asked shift awesome nanotrader into law era, who was
the founder of Dolla dolla loom Dilbert, and the greatest Islamic seminary institution in the Indian
subcontinent? One of the first of its kind, someone asked him, What is the difference between Ilham
		
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			and ye? What's the difference between inspiration that people receive that you and I may also
receive inspiration from Allah? And what he revelation?
		
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			So he said to this person, I'll answer you. I'll answer you later.
		
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			They were walking when he asked us questions. So they continued walking, as they were walking the
shift, he pointed out a board he said, he said that board there what does it say? The board was at a
far distance. So this person squinted his eyes and try to read it, the board said, and he said, I
think it says this, the shifts that okay, should they continue to walking until they came right in
front of the board?
		
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			They were standing two feet from the board. And he then pointed at the board and said, What does it
say now? That person very easily without squinting, effortless, effortlessly read the board. And the
chef said, this is the difference between in Hawaii. The first has the MAL of Hatha and the second
task. It's very clear the amount of thought that means it has the possibility of making a mistake in
it. And it will harm a person might think that something is from Allah but it could be from Shaytaan
Is that a possibility?
		
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			Of course it's a possibility. Right? There's a famous There's a famous incident that once should
have been thought that God Rama, Hula, hula Donna was a very pious servant of Allah.
		
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			That one day shaytaan came to him and said to him,
		
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			that you are so you are so pious and righteous, that moving forward. You don't need to pray anymore.
Salah unshackled or COVID United akmola who was also scholar he said, How can this be true? The
greatest weenie of Allah by consensus of the Ummah was sailor Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam,
and if the Messenger of Allah being at the highest mark
		
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			Um hi stage of Wilaya the friendship of Allah continue to pray and abided by the Sharia till the
last breath that he took, if he was obligated and if he was Makanda of Sharia, if he was connected
and responsible of following the teachings of the Quran, that who am I? And he immediately said that
this inspiration is not from Allah rather it's from Shaytaan. Similarly, there was an incident that
he might not have been humble Rahmatullahi Alia, when he was on his deathbed, his students were
sitting around him and they said to him, they were encouraging him to say La Ilaha illa Allah, they
were saying to the chef, say Allah, Allah and Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Muhammad Rasul
		
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			Allah, and even Muhammad Muhammad. Allah, his response wasn't La la la. Which means what? No,
they're saying to him say Lila has Allah what he's saying.
		
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			No. Now you're thinking, one of the greatest scholars that has ever walked the face of this earth is
passing away. His students are telling him to c'est la ilaha illAllah. What's his response? No. You
know, I'm gonna go to Humboldt with Allah. He had a, he then kind of
		
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			he fainted. You know how when a person is dying, they go in and out. Not necessarily fainting, but
they kind of become responsiveness and then they start responding. And then and then they'll respond
and they respond again. So he stopped responding, and then he started talking to them. So when he
started talking again, one of the students was sitting there, he said, Chef, we asked you to c'est
la ilaha illAllah. And you kept saying, no, no, no.
		
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			So
		
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			they said, Oh, you heard me saying that? They said, Yes, we did. He said, Well, I wasn't saying it
to you. Che thought he was sitting by my side and he said Ahmed has slipped away from my hands. And
I kept saying to him, no, no, no, not until the last breath leaves my body. Until then shaytaan
you're still your effect is still on me and you can still dissuade me and misguide me.
		
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			So the highest matam without doubt, we have to establish it as a matter of our belief, the highest
form of Wilaya a friendship with Allah lies with the Olia what lies with the will also the
messengers of ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, while describing the
friends of Allah as narrated by him. I mean, imagine I'm underlining it beside them life with a
wheat chain. He narrates it from what other than the devil, that he heard the Prophet sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam saying, in Allah to Allah you have Aurora
		
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			via a Latina either Babu lamb you've started to wear either hover through lamb you thou? Well, I'm
Euro foo Paluma sabia for Buddha. You have to do and I mean, Cooley, Robert. Mother, imagine the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam describing the true friends of Allah. He said Allah subhanahu wa
Tada loves the righteous, the conscious and the hidden servants. These are signs that Allah likes.
Allah likes people that are abroad, but as a Brahmin, they do better. What is better mean?
		
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			What Does better mean? We covered this already in the classes, better means good deeds of our people
who do
		
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			who do good deeds. So believing in Allah is a sign of friendship in Allah. There is a level of you
know, as we move to the future with money says that there are multiple federal jobs of Willa,
there's one that a job will hire that he calls belie the AMA. And then there's a second battle, a
second MACOM second stage of Wilaya, which most likely refers to as the lighthouse will either on
the general friendship of Allah, he said it applies to every believer, for Allah says in the Quran,
Allah who will read your Lilina.
		
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			Right write that Allah is a friend of every believer. He says, then this the world that we live to
have saw the special friends of Allah, this is a general and that is a special, the special and
specific friends of Allah. He says Who are they? Olivia? Amanu what can we have to own? Alladhina
amanu what can we own? Nothing will Bushra Phil hieratic dunya phylloxera. Not only do they believe
in Allah, but they have the second component and what's the second component?
		
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			They have talked about as well.
		
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			They are righteous abroad Atea they have consciousness of Allah. They're constantly in the thought
that might Allah is watching me wherever they go as they're driving on the highway. They're in the
presence of their Lord. You know, they know that there are that their lord is Samir that he is
beseech Allah subhanaw taala can see luck and hear everything that they say and do. They're aware of
this. And this takes them to a level of consciousness of Allah Taqwa of fear, that they are hidden
Alladhina tabula miftah for them to the point that when they are missing, nobody even notices that
there are some people in the community that they don't show up to a party and nobody even notices
		
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			they're missing. And there are some of us that when we don't come everyone notices. The hadith is
describing the friends of Allah as those people
		
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			who don't have a social media presence? True friends of Allah, they're hidden people. Their names
are nowhere. Our chef used to always say to us, I remember once I was robbing my chef, and he said
to me, he said to me, Husayn be like the wealthy people of the world. Their investments are
everywhere you look, they have shares, and electricity, they have shares in gas, they have shares in
this, they have shares of that. But their names can't even be found in phone books.
		
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			You know, they like to keep their affairs private. That's how the only have a law should be that
they are unknown. No one needs to know them. Dr. Apple, hey, Latifi, who was the spiritual mentor
have enough to do with money? He writes, and he says, that people when they start this journey of
Wilaya, and takia, spirituality and gaining that friendship with Allah, when they start this
journey, with a little, they are very contented. They do a little good deed. And they think they
accomplish a lot. At the beginning of the journey, how does it seem, you do a little good, and what
happens? You make a lot of noise, guys, just print the 100 today, and Hamdulillah. You know, that
		
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			100 was actually a good part. But they're boasting about it always showing love, guys, you know what
I fast every day, I don't know about you. I don't know how it feels like being a sinner. But my
heart is clean. You know, I'm real close to Allah. So you do a little and what happens, you become
very proud of yourself. But he says, As you continue on with the journey, you do a lot. A point
comes where you do a lot, and you still feel that you haven't done enough.
		
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			And that's the, that's the truth of love. That's what love actually is. At the beginning, a little
seems a lot. But when you really get into it, you realize that you can give your whole life but you
can never fulfill the true meaning of love. And that's why the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
said that if you were to serve your mother your entire life, you couldn't make up for a single
moment of her service to you that she brought you into the world of sacrifice that she went through.
Because the deeper you go into love, the more you realize that you can never fulfill your part of
your duty of compensating the one who loved you.
		
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			So he then gives an example out of the head out of eat. He then gives an example he says,
		
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			Have you ever seen rice being cooked, he gives an example of rice
		
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			that what happens is that
		
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			when you cook rice, you pour the water in, you pour the rice in, it starts boiling.
		
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			When the rice isn't cooked, when it's still uncooked, you'll see a lot of bubbling, you'll see a lot
of thought on like a lot of a lot of swelling in the pot, you know, the water will be coming up,
steam is gushing everywhere. It'll be bubbling everywhere. He said, however, once the rice cooks,
the bubbling comes down, and then the smell actually begins to spread. And he said this is the
transition of true Vinaya. At the beginning, there's a lot of noise, no smell.
		
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			But then when something actually is made of this grain when it goes from being uncooked, to cook,
		
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			the noise goes down, the visuals go down. But the scent begins to spread. And are every one of the
house that walks past knows that someone just cooked some very delicious rice because I can smell
it. It's cooked now, the true friends of Allah when a person talks about Wilaya one of the most
important characteristics that we must develop is this idea of removing ourselves, not making
ourself the center of everything. The Islamic educational model that we have adopted in the United
States of America and in the western world right now is outright poisonous. And what's the base of
that model? Everything is based around celebrities, all imams are turned into celebrities, the
		
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			number of views, the number of likes, what kind of honorarium they're going to get all of this
dictates how worthy a person actually is. By Allah some of the most important people I've met in my
life. People who I can vouch for him say that in my vision and my thought of them, they are true
friends of Allah. These are such people that the world will never know their names. Other than their
immediate students. They have no social media presence. No one's ever posted them. No one's ever
tagged them. No one's ever mentioned them. They live in their corners do their thing. That's where
they live, and that's where they die. They were never interested in pressing in impressing people.
		
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			They were interested in impressing ALLAH SubhanA what data some people mod often for sama module in
front of some of us models will fill out as much goodness this summer. Some of us are such that we
are known by the people of the world. But the heavens no one cares about us. Nobody really cares
about us. They actually laugh at us look at this fool. You know, they think that by not being no one
amongst human beings, sometimes somehow their MACOM and their stage will increase with Allah. But
then there are some people who are much wounded. They aren't known in the earth, but not often for
summer. Allah subhanaw taala has announced his love for that person GVT Lolly Salaam has announced
		
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			his love for the
		
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			person, the angels have announced their love for that person. They all eagerly wait for this person
to return back to Allah, in that allowing newly arrived your own. You know, these are the servants
of Allah, the law though and humbleness. We look at the scholars of the past, and we see that they
disliked being in the limelight. They didn't like it at all. If they were ever given the opportunity
to take some fame, they stepped away from it, because they feared that if I come in if I step into
the limelight, what if Allah subhanahu wa Tada sees this as an idea and given me showing off
auscultation and Allah subhanho wa Taala discards the deed, you have to remember, every ticket has a
		
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			value.
		
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			I'll give an example.
		
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			Have you ever used a prepaid credit card?
		
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			Yes, you take money, you give the money, that money is then loaded into a credit card, and it's
given to you, there is a value in that card. Now you can use that value. If you want, you can use it
today. Or if you want, you can use it tomorrow. If you use that value today, if you use it to do
your groceries and your shopping today, next week when you need to use that card, if you present it,
will there be any money left in there? Yes or no? No, the cashier that you give it to a week later
will say I'm sorry, this card doesn't have any value. You may say, Well, it did have Value Trust me,
I work for the money that I put in there. Well, that's true, you did work hard, and you probably did
		
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			earn the money. But the value that you stored in this card was used.
		
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			And that's the same method of dakara. Allah will say yes, you work hard for these deeds. But there
was a value that every day to have, you took the value when the people praised you, and you let that
get to you. You did it for them, your reward was with them. You didn't do it for me. But if you did
it for me, then you will found in Hola Hola, you Viru a general mursaleen Allah will never ever
waste your good deed, a deed that was done for the sake of Allah. There's a famous incident, that
once chef classic nanodroplets Allahu La
		
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			was invited to give a lecture. So in this particular region, there were these Mahabharata these
discussions that would occur where people from different faiths would come and present their
religion. So there were Christians that would come there were Hindus that would come there were six
that would come.
		
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			So the people of the community wanted someone strong to represent Islam. Therefore, his word will be
influenced when people would understand what Islam actually is. So they invited this shift class and
an ultra Allahu Allah, who I mentioned is the founder of Darul Uloom Delvon, check us him said,
Okay, I'll come, I'll come on a train. And these are my arrival timings. So as shift was coming, he
realized that since he told the people that arrival time
		
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			people on the train station would gather to receive him and he didn't want to be received by people.
He didn't feel comfortable, he didn't think he was worthy of being received at a train station. So
what he did was he got off at the station before his actual station.
		
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			And he began to walk the distance between the two villages, which is 890 kilometers, he started
walking. As he was walking, he had to cut through a river. So his lower Garmin got wet. So he had to
change it out. He had a garment, they would carry a stick, he would carry a stick on his neck to
carry his belongings in. So there was a sheet that had his belongings tied in there, he took that
sheet and wrapped it around his waist, he took his Shinhwa his out, and he titled on the stick and
he was letting it hang behind them and drying it as he walked into the village. Finally, when he
arrives into the village, and when he arrives into the mosque, everyone's gathered together and the
		
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			whole the whole the whole area where the lecture was was ran packed, and shipped awesome saw that
everyone was sitting there and put their shoes were a mess by the shoe rack. So what did he start
doing?
		
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			He started picking up their shoes and putting them in place one by one. Until one of the guys said
Tim forget these shoes, go go go sit down shift costume is going to start his lecture very soon. So
Should a costume I'm gonna get on with Allahu Allah. He responded to him without saying anything
that I should if the chef gave a lecture, without with seeing that the Ummah needed help and not
serving them first, his words would have no meaning. You guys, everyone left their shoes here and
there's obviously an opportunity to do hikma. So I'm going to do this before I give the lecture.
Finally, when he got to the front, everyone's like, we're reaching out, we're all looking for you.
		
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			And he shared why he did what he did. They then introduced him as the great Allama this great
scholar, you know this person, not only was he a founder of an institute, but he was extremely
intelligent. When I say extremely intelligent, I mean,
		
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			like really intelligent person. So this person he introduced him introduced him and after
introducing him, Schiff also noted up with Allahu Ali, he got up to the podium and he took the mic
and he said, he's a very powerful words. He said in order to read the order, and then I'll translate
in English. He said agar Doha lm ketomac Mom
		
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			mocassin canon Pirna hottie dunya katabi natural target possum kaha para water, aka Hamada, he said
had someone that accused me of learning two letters of this Deen.
		
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			He's not even accepting that he's learned something, what is he saying? Have someone not accused me
of being a student of knowledge, that by Allah, I would have hid myself in a corner, to the point
that no one would have known where I was born, and no one would have known where I die, it would
have been a secret, I would want my entire life to be a citizen, a secret between myself and ALLAH
SubhanA wa Tada. And I share these incidents, so we can reflect over where we are, unfortunately.
		
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			And how we like to show everything off. When the hadith is describing the friends of Allah as Ophea.
At the are hidden, they are seen by the eyes of people, they aren't obsessed with miracles, they
aren't obsessed with fame, they aren't obsessed with following. You know, I look at some of the Duat
in our time, and I see that these people are, they're addicted, they're like drug addicts, but their
addiction isn't to, you know, cocaine or marijuana or heroin, they're addicted, their addiction is
to fame. You know, you look at the definition of narcissism. And it applies to the lot of our time,
unfortunately, they're narcissistic. Everything has to revolve around them. It's all about name
		
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			branding, someone is telling you that other reasons, as as of recent times, you know, do audits have
started to hiring image consultants, people who work on developing their public image in front of
people. Now, if there's a need to develop to maintain your image, in face of people who are actually
trying to tarnish your image, like they are Osama Forbes, and are trying to tarnish your image, and
then you hire a consultant to come in to preserve your image that kind of makes sense. Because
without that, you wouldn't be lucky here. And you want to be able to come to a field while ensuring
that the playing fields are equal.
		
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			But doing it just for the sake of fame, and so that you can build an image in the eyes of people. So
they view you from a particular perspective. What kind of deal is this? What Islam are you
following? What kind of rely are we talking about? The true friends of Allah Azza hadith is
describing them as
		
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			they are hidden. They weren't interested in fame, someone asked one of the scholars one of the stuff
that, you know,
		
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			show us a miracle. Show us a miracle of yours. Because whenever you think of a wali of Allah, Friend
of Allah, what pops into your mind immediately, guys,
		
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			miracles, right cut on that. So they said, Show us a miracle. He responded back by saying that the
greatest miracle I can offer to you
		
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			is that I'm still living in Allah hasn't destroyed me, even though I've committed so many since.
		
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			That's a father of Allah. And that's a miracle. A sinner like me should have been gone a long time
ago. And if you want to see a miracle of mine, so his miracle that he's presenting isn't of
something that he's done. Rather, it's the favor of Allah, he isn't boasting over something. You
know, this is the level of the level and humbleness that these people had. There's a famous scholar
by the name of Sehat Sulayman. Another week,
		
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			he authored a famous book on the prophets biography called Cedar to Nebby. It's one of the most
beautiful books most well researched books for students of history, those who have a desire to study
history, and in particular, those who like Sita, I encourage you, I highly recommend you to read the
muckety muck introduction written by
		
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			say it's a man that we in his in his seat Otonabee.
		
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			Very good book.
		
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			It's in multiple volumes, five or six volumes. The world knows him for being this great historian
and great biographer of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, he noticed that all this fame was
actually getting to him. And he didn't like it. So he went to one of the scholars at the time and
said to him, Schiff, I would like for you to spiritually guide me and help me get through this
crisis that I'm facing, that everywhere I go in the world since I've written this book, everyone
talks about me. You know, sometimes you might read some Quran, sometimes you might give a dose or a
lecture, you might deliver a hotdog, and everyone in the community is talking about you and it gets
		
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			to you. So he comes to Canada and Allahu Allah and says that I need some guidance. Can you help me
overcome this hurdle that I face where everyone's praising and I actually feel like, I am something
it's getting to me.
		
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			So chef, I should have retired, Abdullah Ali responded back to him by saying that how can I advise
you when you are an alumna?
		
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			The chef is saying this to him. What is he saying? I mean, how can I advise you urine Allah
Almighty, Allah has given you true. Even I've benefited from your readings for your works. He said,
however, I make dua to Allah. Bye
		
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			Right now, he said he held his hand and said I make dua to Allah right now
		
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			that Allah subhanahu wa taala put something in my heart that I can see to you that will be
beneficial to both of us. He said to him,
		
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			Allah Allah said Walkertown, gay Allah melodem AC bipedal DJ, John Hartman defy the mantle Omega
defy the mantle, that may Allah put something in my heart that will be beneficial to both of us.
		
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			Say if some say my Middle East says, then the shift, he said to me
		
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			by Hamada, today's may to overload up in the upcoming data. And I, this was the one line of advice
he gave, he said, my friend, in the pathway that we follow, the principle is at the beginning and
end of the journey, we are taught to erase ourself. Don't make the Dean about you. Don't make your
math about you. Don't make the lecture about you. Don't make yourself the center of it all. And this
great Allama is the students who actually narrate this whole incident, they say that we saw say it's
cinema nadwi, before he left the the City of Palo Alto, and before he left the city where he came to
visit the chef, we saw him sitting by the shoe rack area, fixing the shoes of the people, when they
		
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			would come this great Allama would wait for the people of the village to come, they would take their
shoes off, you would take their shoes, kind of like a valet service, he was serving as a valet
service for people shoes, where you would pick them up, put them on the shelf, and then take them
and put them by their feet again, you know, and from this, we learn
		
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			that and this is something I'll talk about in a few moments. But I wanted to give one more example
of, of, of the level of humbleness the friends of Allah. I mean, I can give 100 examples from the
life of the prophet Sallallahu sunnah, by the way. 110 examples, there are too many examples to
share from the Prophets time. That's why I share examples of scholars from our age from our time
scholars who children whose children live scholars whose grandchildren are still alive, you know,
these people who didn't live centuries ago rather than living our time, such great scholars unknown.
I kid you not there was a scholar that I met
		
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			in America, I met him not too long back. And when I met him, I was amazed that no one in the
community had any idea how great of a scholar they had amongst them. Because again, in our time, in
our day and age, unfortunately, everything is judged by
		
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			you know, just social media presence. Everything is judged by how great of a lecture someone is,
when that's not the that's not the the alarma design a symbol of Taqwa that how powerful or how
engaging of a lecture you actually are. Someone may be very good at using their tongue, but may have
never used their heart. And there may be a person who's only used their heart in their life and they
may not be good when it comes to speaking or delivering lectures in front of other people. There was
another great scholar from the subcontinent by the name of chiffon Hynde modern mu Rahmatullahi
		
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			they call them shift with him the reason why they gave him this name is because he was he paid he
played a pivotal role in
		
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			establishing a movement against the British against colonial presence and his movement. It not only
did it take traction in India, but also the traction in Ivana stone. It also went very far to
Turkey. And he was a known figure.
		
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			And they gave him a tidal shift with hint shift with Hindi, which means the shift of India of Hindi,
which is a very big title by the way, there was a scholar by the name of Chef Moreno Dean edge Mady
Rahmatullahi alley, he heard that there's a guy in Durban who's called chef with him, and it kind of
bothered him. That Who is this dude? That everyone's calling chef on him? What an arrogant dude. You
know, he allows people to call him chef on him the scholar, imagine someone who's called Chef
America.
		
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			Phil's makes you feel a little uncomfortable, right? So this shift, we're in the Dinos, MIDI monitor
more endogenous MIDI. He said, I made an intention that I'm going to go meet this guy. So he said, I
got on a train. I traveled, traveled, traveled until finally I got to Durban I got off the train
station. I asked the people where does this shift lead him guy live. I'm going to confront him
today. And I'm going to call him up. And they told him that he lives there. He said, I went to his
home when I came there. I knocked on the door, there was a harden that came to the door servant to
him said what are you? What do you need? He said, Well, my name is Chef Marina Dinesh, maybe I've
		
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			come all the way from Edgemere. And I'd like to meet a chef on hidden from Durban. And I'd like to
meet him right now. So the servants said, Well, why don't you come inside, it seems that you've come
from far. So he called this person inside had him sit in the sitting room. He then offered him some
water. This person said, look, I think I appreciate the water, but I want to check on him. So the
servant said, you know, I'll call chef on him in a moment, but you've just come from a travel. So
let me take care of you a little bit. So you offered him some food, offered us some dessert fruit,
offered some chai. He said can I massage your shoulders a little bit. So this
		
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			person was getting irritated. So he kept saying to this person
		
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			that can you please go and call the chef on him the guy. His arrogance is really getting to me. I've
come from so far he should have come and met me by now. So then the servant responded back by
saying,
		
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			Can I show him the coin here at Alberta Maha Bandha, Mahmud Banda Mahmoud ECRs, Konami, that there
is no shuffle him who lives here. However this audio is this incapable human being. His name is
Mahmoud. He was shuffled held, and shepway, endogenous MIDI he says that when I saw the man who the
country called shuffle him, massaging my shoulders, offering me tea, offering me a meal, offering me
water. He said, I got up and I embraced him. And I said, Had anyone else been given this title, I
would have waged war against him. But I'm happy to know that you hold this title, because you live
it. mutawa someone who's humble.
		
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			we have to go back to that style. We have to go back to that life of humbling ourselves and this
humbleness How does it come into existence? If you look at all these, many of the stories that I
shared with you go to a chef class and I wanted him to lie on his story that I shared with him
fixing the shoes, or chef and his story where he's serving the chef right now. The logo and
humbleness comes through serving the creation of Allah. It comes to hit metal hook. If you want to
become a friend of Allah, you have to establish humbleness in you month Allah Allah Allah Allah He.
Rafa Allah, whoever's humbles whoever humbles himself for the sake of Allah, Allah will elevate that
		
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			person, but you can only Humble yourself if you serve the creation of Allah, and whoever serves the
creation of Allah will become the Beloved of Allah. Khalifa al Allah, for humble halter in Allah.
But in reality, the most beloved of Allah's creation is the one whose kindness to Allah's creation,
the one who's kind to Allah subhanahu Athan, its creation.
		
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			Now, there are a few points that I want to mention. There is a difference between being humble,
which leads to sugar. When the person is humble. They acknowledge the favor of Allah, but they're
thankful to Allah. That's the other. And then there's something else, which is not recommended in
the deen, which is to view yourself inferior to think bad of yourself to talk down on yourself
because this leads to being ungrateful. You know, one person says, I don't have enough wealth.
That's not being humble. That's you being ungrateful, even though Allah has given you to be humble
is Allah has given you a humble that's being humble. You guys understand that. There's a difference
		
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			between viewing yourself as inferior and being humble. And other things you shouldn't be tangled up
with Allah Allah mentioned, is watch out for showing off about being humble. Kind of like Inception.
So be humble, which means don't show off. But don't show off about about being humble. Let that let
that settle in. Think about it a little bit. There is another narration that Allama Lucia
Rahmatullahi narrates in his little Hemani that even Barack has has has also narrated
		
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			the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was asked philia Rasulullah Mongolia Allah, a messenger of
Allah who are the Olia of Allah, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said Allah Dena either. Oh
look here Allah, the true friends of Allah are those that when they are seen,
		
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			when they are seeing
		
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			you are reminded of Allah subhanho wa Taala just by seeing them you feel peace, you feel
tranquility. You will meet people like this in your life by the way, there are some people you to
sit with them, and there's a coolness that enters into your heart.
		
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			Allah subhanho wa Taala says in nama Walia, como la hora sudo, who will Edina Armando Latina up
Munna, Salah tunas Acaba, whom rock your own, so reminder, verse number 55 and 56 Allah while
defining the true friends of Allah and says, These are people who establish their prayer, give them
a cup, right? And they bow in front of Allah. When she does accept this claim that people make that
a person become so spiritual, and they become so close to Allah that a point comes that the
obligations no longer apply to them. This is utter nonsense. Absolute utter nonsense.
		
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			In this hadith when we look at it, we find that there are two types of Olia. The first type of Olia
the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam says they gain their Wilaya they gain their friendship by
fulfilling the obligations.
		
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			The thing that a person can use to gain closest to me more than anything is the 13th. And the second
group of people are those who gained their rely on their friendship not just through obligations,
but rather also through their, through their nonprofit through their voluntary acts.
		
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			The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam in the prophets before would regularly make dua for Wilaya,
they will make dua for the love of Allah for the friendship of Allah. There's a famous law of the
prophets of Allah why they will sit on which anchor
		
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			richer every one of you to make the province of Allahu Allah He was sitting with St. Allahu
Mirzakhani Bukka well hook by my yen Ferroni horrible, horrendous. Allahumma MATA is often the metal
Hibou for childhood Quwata knee femur to Hibou Allahumma mas await Arnim boo. Fudge Allahu Faraj
only female.
		
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			The translation of this is Allahu Mirzakhani hubba Oh Allah bless me with your love will help a
million foreigners who will who end up and bless me with the love of those people whose love will
benefit me with you.
		
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			Hola. Hola. Matos upston Emo Hibou Oh ALLAH wherever you have blessed me from the things that I love
in this world for John who attorney FEMA to Hibou so make it a means of strength for me to
accomplish that which you love. Ya Allah I love a car you give me a car. Let me use this car to gain
your love Allahumma Omaze Allah masa Waitangi member will know Allah, whatever you have turned away
from me from those things that I love. I want her to marry someone you didn't allow it to happen. I
wanted to live in a house you took it away from me. I want to buy a car, you didn't facilitate it
for me. Whatever you've turned away from the things that I love for John, who for hours and leafy
		
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			Matt Hibou. So make the gap of that thing in my life and opportunity for me to gain closeness to you
and become more beloved to you. Similarly, there is another law of the Prophet sallallahu sallam.
Allahumma John Hooka a humble usher in a year, Russia, Turkey, Russia in the last hour and Neha to
dunya. Shelter Isla, you call it? What either Estrada you know Ali dunya mean? Dunya Han fuckery
dynamin robotic. I won't translate that it's a famous law. You can search for the law and get the
transition yourself. How does a person gain Wilaya? How does a person gain this friendship of Allah?
		
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			There are many prescriptions.
		
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			I was once with shiftiness. John pootie Rahmatullah era who passed away last year, one of the
greatest scholars of Hadith in the subcontinent. I remember I was wandering once in Makkah Mikado
and
		
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			I asked him a question I said to him, Chef, how does a person become a Willie of Allah? How does a
person become a friend of Allah? So he said, there are two things that are necessary. If these two
things exist, you have the will of Allah and if these two things do not exist, then you're deluded.
Here we're talking about without the hustle that I'm without I'm Allahu Allah will let you know what
it's for every believer here we're talking about what when I had to Casa that special degree of that
friendship, that intimacy with Allah intimate friendship of Allah, what are the two things that he
said tilava to Quran,
		
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			right? Or salata, tahajjud these are two things you said that are necessary. The first thing is
Tilawat. Be punctual and regular in reading the Quran.
		
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			Above me, he said to a person to cover up in Allah He must tatata while Anika Lanta, Takara, la
Hebei, Shane, who are Harboe la him in Colombia, that there is nothing you can use to get closest to
Allah that is more effective and more beloved to Allah than the Quran itself. Use the Quran to build
your bond with Allah. Sit with the Quran every day and read some lines, read some pages. Don't let
days pass by and you haven't touched on. What kind of betrayal is that to your beloved, that your
your beloved is speaking to you. And days have passed by and you haven't even spoken to your
beloved. Similarly, a little mama or the hola on narrates muffler on the Prophet sallallahu alayhi
		
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			wa sallam said MonteCarlo Bella riba it Allah had been with me my fellow German who Jonnie Al Quran,
that there is nothing that a person can gain closest to Allah that is more effective with than the
Quran itself. With mine said, Little to Herat, Kulu, bukem Masha, Masha vo to me in Colombia become
that if your hearts were pure, you would never be satisfied from the economy of your Lord. You would
never be satisfied of reading the Quran. The fact that you are bored of reading the Quran is a sign
that your hearts are diseased. Even Masuda the Allahu ansaid man a humble Quran, hob, Allahu wa
sunnah. Whoever shows love the Quran, it's actually because they love Allah and they love the Rasul
		
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			one scholar one said to his students, I prefer the Quran are you memorizing the Quran? Have you
memorized the Quran? But Allah He said no. So the scholar said was all Fairhope Allah, may Allah has
protection may Allah has assistance come to this person.
		
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			What are you doing? Khurana Fatima Fatima Fatima on what we monitor on them? Well Forgive me Nigera
who has a weapon that you see that you seek ALLAH but you have no Quran? So what is it that you
speak to Allah with? What is it that you're building your bond with? If it isn't the Quran that
Allah subhanaw taala revealed to you? As for the 100 foot even if it says caliber money the arm
Huberty, when am I any winner?
		
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			About whenever undiscerning cares about money the arm Huberty one arm underneath, and a second Lumo
Hibben you Hibou Hallward Habibie that the one who claims that he loves Allah, yet sleeps from Allah
has lied and his claim that he loves Allah because the lover searches for the moment where they can
be alone with their beloved.
		
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			In the Hadith mentions that when a person attains this love Allah becomes their hearing, Allah
becomes their sight, Allah becomes the hand with which they touch with the feet with which they
walk. What does this actually mean? Allah Muhammad Allahu Allah says a yes sir sorry, a yes sir to
ally of Allahu Ullman. Suba ILAHA the hill allottee or what have Oh, fuck to theme, fear hataoka
Only not so heavy, that that Allah subhanahu wa taala says that when I become his hand what that
actually means is, I then make that limb of his I facilitate that limb of his to be used in my
worship. That's what it actually is.
		
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			Another group of scholars they say what this actually means is that Allah subhanahu wa Tada is
saying
		
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			that I will accept his prayer. When a person becomes my friend, I will accept his dua except his
prayer, even before his ear has the ability to hear before the sound even reaches his ears. Come to
SR, electrolyte Hawaii Chi Minh seminary, he fits the mind you have a study here for another day
where the field lamps meaning ALLAH will immediately accept the prayers. Another scholar and other
scholars they say that it has endless Kalani says that I will become the hand with which he touches
the eyes with which he sees what this actually means is that everywhere he looks, everything he
touches everything he sees, he will only find Michael draw my power there, he will only find my
		
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			existence there. So therefore this will become a catalyst a means for him to gain closest to me.
		
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			You know, I close off with one thing, that the people who are the true friends of Allah, those who
are truly beloved to Allah, a sign is that their heart will yearn Allah subhanahu methodic and we
pray that Allah subhana wa Tada allows our hearts to urine.
		
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			Urine, his love, urine, his Quran urine, his Deen urine meeting with him.
		
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			You know, you'll see that true friends of Allah, they live their life and Allah is obedience and on
the last of their life comes, they aren't interested in living in this dunya anymore. They're
interested in being with their beloved if they've dedicated their life to mana Habibollah Allah hub
Allahu Lucado. Whoever loves to meet Allah, Allah also loves to meet that person. And that person's
departure from this world causes an excitement in the nothing meaning in the unseen world. In the
angels. Allah sends a group of angels to receive this person's soul. And they stand with beautiful
bouquets, you know, beautiful fragrance. And as this person is transitioning from the world, they
		
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			opened up a window from which he sees his abode in the Hereafter. And they say bear this difficulty
one last difficulty. For after this, there will be no difficulty again, the friends of Allah, Allah
sends angels to console them to bring peace to them to bring comfort to them. And as they leave the
world, the Hadith describes the angels extract the body, the soul from their body,
		
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			just like a strand of hair is extracted from dough without any disturbance at all very smoothly,
very easily.
		
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			And the journey after that is beautiful because their soul has been taken into the heavens and every
group of angels that are standing at the gates of heaven. When the soul is brought to them. They say
Marhaba and glad tidings we've been waiting for you. Your deeds have passed us for years. And
finally we get to meet you. You are beloved to Allah. When the soul finally reaches the Throne of
Allah it is given permission to do such that in front of Allah. When the soul meets Allah on the Day
of Judgment, Allah subhana wa Tada is pleased with his soul energy, you know, don't be here all the
time or the Allah is so happy with the soul that Allah says to the soul, that you've already gone
		
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			through too much difficulty in the world. Now there will be no barriers between you and your
pleasures will definitely feel everybody wonderfully. Jannetty enter into my agenda. Our heart
should yearn this friendship of ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada by Allah. If you've befriended everyone in the
world, other than your Allah, you have failed friendship.
		
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			You haven't made the true friend. But if the only friend you've taken from this world is Allah and
everything else, kind of maybe sorta coulda, shoulda. Uh,
		
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			it's okay. You've accomplished everything from the world. Your focus should be on how can I build a
Muhammad with Allah? How can I build my Irfan with Allah, my relationship with Allah, how can I
build my Gnosis my knowing of ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada. That's where the focus should be. That's where
I should be. But I want to build a bond with Allah and never view yourself under it. I know I said
that that I will do Quran as necessary. I know that I said the Hydra surah is necessary, but if you
can't do
		
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			Do these things. You can still ask Allah you can complain to Allah you can say to Allah Ya Allah,
I'm trying. I still want to be your friend Yala. I may not be worthy of it, but ya Allah You created
me Allah, you gave me desire to love you. Yeah Allah I want you to give me the ability to fulfill
the responsibilities that come with loving you. There's the r&b poet, he used to say, he said,
		
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			Will Salah Hina well
		
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			I love the righteous people, but I'm not one of them was Salah Hina Well, that's to me. No, I love
the righteous but I'm not one of them. lol Allah Yasukuni salah. I just have hope and Allah, that He
will resurrect me with my beloved ones on the day of judgment, and that I'll be resurrected with a
pious people. All we can do is have hope in Allah subhanahu McDonogh. And don't let anyone come and
tell you that because you sin you don't have a relationship with Allah. You should strive and
struggle to build that external. So that relationship is more fortified and it's stronger. But you
can always continue to build that bond with Allah in your heart. There are examples. The lady who
		
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			was granted Jana who committed Zina in her life, but she gave water to a dog, a sincere act from
Allah. Allah fell in love with her. The Sahaba who served the Prophet, Allah fell in love with him.
They are there is no lack of examples of people who are sincere to Allah and Allah was sincere to
them. They committed to Allah, Allah committed to them, they love Allah, Allah love them. We pray
that Allah subhanaw taala blesses our hearts with the ability to love our Creator, and that these
bodies are used to fulfill the covenant and promise of love that we made to Allah before we entered
into this world, and that ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada blesses us to be humble servants of his, Allah
		
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			subhanho wa Taala blesses us with humility, and that we seek to be known in the heavens, if even if
it means to come at the cost of being unknown in the world. While some Allahu Allah said I'm Hamid
Saramonic with Allah He tato workato