Hussain Kamani – Beginning Of Guidance 18

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			page 112, the sins of the heart,
		

			known as the blameworthy quality qualities of the heart are many. So here Imam was Allah tala he
Ali, he is starting the second part of the second chapter of the book. So we had originally
mentioned that the Mongols Ahmed Abdullah, he Allah he wrote this book, the beginning of guidance,
and he divided it into three main chapters in the first chapter in mind, because it told us of all
the things we need to do. In the second chapter, he's telling us what not to do, once you do what
you're supposed to do, and stay away from what you're not supposed to do. Then in the third chapter,
he teaches us now how to beautify that relationship with Allah subhana wa Tada. So the third chapter
		

			we're coming to. Now in the second chapter where a man was on he was telling us what not to do, he
divides that second chapter into two parts. First, he discussed those things that we need to avoid
that relate to the external part of our body. So he walked us through seven limbs, he said, stay
away from the sins of these seven limbs. At the end of that part of the book, he then mentioned that
However, these seven limbs the sins they do, are motivated by the internal limb. And the one
internal limb that he's referring to is the, the heart. So the second part of the second chapter of
the book, mom bizarrely dedicates the entire part to the heart. And he says that the heart is very
		

			important to look after. So those things that we need to stay away from externally, that was the
first part. And those things we need to stay away from internally. That's the second part. Now the
second thing
		

			he mentioned here, actually, the first thing he mentioned in the line here, he says that indeed, the
blameworthy quality of the heart are many, there are many diseases of the heart, and they only
increase now you have to realize that you have two forces working against you. And they're both
internal
		

			meaning that they're internal in the sense that their force is unseen. One is within you, one is
outside you. So the one that is inside of you, that affects your heart is your enough's your inner
self. Okay, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam tells us that every single person is born with an
inner self. Now the inner self that you have, either it could be pure, either can be in the middle,
rather, it can be filthy. And that's where the Quran talks about all three types of knifes. The
worst knifes, the worst knifes is what we call knifes. Amata. Nuff said, Amara is that inner self of
a person that encourages him, it pushes him, it motivates him to do to do bad. So it's telling you
		

			do drugs, it's telling you steel, it's telling you deal and interest is telling you lie to people,
it's telling you cheat. So there's this internal passion that's making you want to sin, you guys
understand. So let's say for example, someone has dedicated people generally they commit sins at
nighttime, because they feel that no one can see them when they figure to realize that Allah was the
one who created the night he can still see you in the night as well. Just as he can see you during
the day, a lot can still see you during the night. It's not like you know, our eyes that we can't
see during the night a look and see everything, but people tend to spend more at nighttime. So they
		

			know that when the night comes in, I will commit this sin whether it's Xena, whether it's looking at
something hot on whether it's smoking something hot or drinking something hot, um, or listening to
something hot or touching something hot. Um, so now they look forward to the night because they're
in the inner self is motivated them it's encouraging them, it's making them happy. I can't wait till
11 o'clock. I can't wait till 11 o'clock and you keep looking forward to that 11 o'clock. And then
when 11 o'clock comes where your spouse is asleep or your parents are asleep, and now you're alone
and you feel no one's watching you, you go and sin so this is the first type of knifes Imam ghazali
		

			alas Martin talks about in the Quran, natural ammara the second types of second type of knifes is
what we call a nutshell a woman as a lot also mentioned in the Quran. nutshell a woman is that inner
self of the human being that makes you feel regretful after you commit the sin. So you commit the
sin but you don't feel happy after committing the sin you feel very low and very guilty. So after
you smoke something haram or you do something haram or you look at something haram or you eat
something Haram, you feel guilt, you feel remorse. I want you to think of this ability to feel
regretful and to feel remorse like the sensory system or your nervous system. If your nerves were
		

			down and you couldn't sense anything. Is that good or bad?
		

			That why is that?
		

			Now let's say for example, I can't feel anything in this hand. I just can't feel anything. Is that
good or bad? It's very bad. Why is that? Because you can come and stab me there, but I won't. I will
feel anything. Now the fact that I say ouch when you pinch me is a very good thing. The reason
that's a good thing is because that teaches me you're in pain. Either you need to step back or you
need to deal with this pain, someone just punched you, either you run or either you punch back, but
you're learning right now that I but if you can't feel it, the guy's punching you, you will never
know. So the ability to feel regret and remorse is what keeps you alive spiritually. Once you lose
		

			that ability to feel regretful and remorseful, then as if it's as if you're dead. shaytaan just
gonna have a field day with you filtrate filled with you is gonna play games with you and make a
fool out of you. This is the second type of nuts, nuts ammara. The third enough's is what we called
nuts. What the Quran calls natsui multimo. In this is that inner self that encourages you to do
good, where you look forward to the 100 Salah. You look forward to prayer, you look forward to
attending an Islamic gathering. You look forward to being with pious and righteous people. So your
nuts is telling you do good, do good, do good. For many of us. That's like a world that doesn't even
		

			exist. We can't even imagine that how can a person ever desire or be keen or crave something good,
but that's the highest and the best level of knifes. and allowing he mentioned this particular
enough. So what does he say? Yeah, yet enough. So most of my inner energy, re Arabic here all the
time or the when the time comes for you to return to your Lord, the third one, the best one, when
the time comes for you to return to your Lord, you will be happy with Allah, Allah will be happy
with you. Then Allah will say to you when you come to him, for the holy theory, buddy, coming join
my true slaves and my true servants, while the holy generosity and go and enter into paradise may
		

			allow us all to be from the third group, even if it's for an hour of our life, say I mean, and allow
love an hour to be the last hour of our life. I mean, I mean, right? The prophets of Allah while he
was sitting used to always make one block. We read this door earlier, I believe in the book, I may
have referenced it, but if I haven't, I'll mention it now. It's one of the most beautiful laws of
the prophets of Allah and Islam. This is one law that I make everyday. And what is that the law?
Allahu mudgil. According to some narrations, this is our workers to decode your loved ones de la
Allahumma Jalla Hara Omri Pharaoh, who will hire Amelie Kawashima who will hire a yummy Yama Alka
		

			coffee hero Bellamy such a beautiful one. If you don't have the Arabic memorize, at least memorize
the English inshallah. What is it well Allahumma Alfredo. Alfredo. Oh Allah make the last part of my
life The best part of my life. Some people they talk about their glory days. The best part has
already gone now this is the worst part and I'm gonna die on this worst part. The Prophet sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam said, the way you live is the way you're going to die. And the way you'll die is
the way you'll be resurrected. So make the last part of my life The best part of my life first thing
well Hydra Amelie how ottimo and make the bat the best action I do in my entire life. The action I
		

			do right before I die.
		

			Make that the most sincere the most powerful. I was in San Francisco and San Jose Actually, this
last weekend, and I delivered the Friday football there and after the football one lady came forth.
And she said to me,
		

			you know chef, I really enjoy the hotel. I just want you to make dua that Allah subhana wa tada
allows me to die while I'm in such that in Madina munawwara and I thought to myself, wow, this lady
has been meditating the best act that she can possibly do in her life and she wants that to be her
last one. Just like the properties to make the last little audio so make the last act of my life the
best one. And the third law he made was an O Allah make the best day in my life The day I meet you.
		

			Don't make that a sad day. Don't make that a bad day. Make that the best day you know, the day you
get married. How do you feel?
		

			Excited? That's it. Come on, uncle. You're forgetting. Right? A little more than excited. Excited on
steroids. How about that, okay. Like you feel like it's beyond imagination. Your feelings are
imploding. And you can't even express the way you're feeling. It's such a magical moment. People
don't sleep for days, right? It's such a beautiful moment that first day. Just today I was with a
friend of mine and he was saying to me shift. I can't wait for my fiance to move to America. Right?
Just the thought of that. What does it do to you and make you smile? Just the thought of that
moment. So imagine how happy you feel the day you get married. Allah subhana wa tada Mia he allow us
		

			to be many more folds happier than that the day we meet Allah subhanho wa Taala on the Day of
Judgment. So these are the three the ones a lot majority hater Omri acido.
		

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			So these are the three types of nuts that we were talking about the one that encourages you to do
evil, the one that allows you to feel regretful and remorseful. And the last one was the one that
encourages you to do good. So that's one factor, the second factor that affects you, which causes
the diseases of the heart to only increase. So I mentioned there are two factors, one was internal
to inner self, and the other one is external, which is the shaytaan. Okay, so the second is the
shaytaan. So you have this ability inside you, you have this, I want you to think of this gem inside
you, it can either shine or it can be dull, it can either be enough to multiply in, I encourage you
		

			to do good, or it can encourage you to do bad. Now you're fighting to make it what you you're
fighting to make that to help you desire to do good. While shaitaan is fighting from the outside,
and he's also fighting for the same thing for the opposite of what you want. You guys understand
that? So I want you to think of it this way. You have a vase, right? And it's a very nice valuable
one. You're trying to protect it chiffons trying to break it. That's what Allah subhana wa tada
tells us in the Quran. shaytaan is your enemy know that he's your enemy. So every time you feel that
desire to sin, know that shit on playing with you again. He's back at you again. And shit on he is
		

			this like a robber. He comes during the night, he robs you of your beauty. And then you sit there
and cry. Okay, he robs you of your your most valuable possessions and then he sit there and cry. So
that's why ship on and so that's the first thing you have two things fighting against you your
knifes and your shitload. The second thing is that the reason why there are so many diseases of the
heart is because shaytaan has been around for a minute. He's been around for a while, right for a
while, and he's been practicing on our brothers that have existed before us that live before us. And
he has figured out how to fool the human being shavon is so shady shavon is so nifty shavon knows
		

			how to play games with you and you won't even know he's playing games with you. You guys understand
that? I mean that's how shit he came to people who were the children of profits and generation after
generation they turned into Machina came from the story of new heights and um you guys remember they
started they took pictures and pictures into idols idols into and then at the end they were
worshipping idols. So you know the way he works and shitload, he is up to date. You know, with
technology, as the technology comes in, you may fall behind, but she will never fall behind. Because
he made a promise to Allah subhanho wa Taala what was the last part what did it What did it promise
		

			a lot? What will they learn? Well, it will the Londoner whom one woman Nina whom, when Miranda whom
by the Vatican Armada Amara known for the euro. He made many promises to a lightest 1.2 of them,
what are the two promises? He said Oh Allah, I will do whatever I can in my ability to misguide
them. You got a rate chiffon he felt he followed through with his promise. Yes or no. I mean, if you
think about it, got to give a guy props in the sense that he followed through with this promise he
made a promise 1000s of years ago, and every day he has been successful on a hundreds and 1000s of
people and following through his misguiding people, misguiding people, how would I do that? How
		

			would I misguide people he tells a lot I will make them see dreams.
		

			Monday and I will make them seem Omnia means dreams, you know, things that are desirable. I'll make
them see these things. And they'll go after them. They'll go after them. And as they're going
towards their dreams, they're gonna forget the actual reality which is Allah subhanho wa Taala. You
know, dreams are an illusion, they're not a reality. And the reality is Allah subhana wa Tada. And
we talked about this earlier, there's material, which are these dreams, you guys remember, we talked
about this one or two weeks ago, how the disbeliever is a materialist. And the believer is a he's a
realistic, he's realistic in terms that he believes in Allah subhanho wa Taala. So we talked about
		

			this earlier, I won't go into that again. So that's the, that's the second thing. The third reason
why we have so many diseases of the heart is because we feed our knifes in the wrong way.
		

			We feed it towards evil. mm ghazali tells us when you look at harm, you're feeding your enough's and
your knifes is getting stronger against you. You guys understand that? So for example, when you're
watching TV, and you look at a commercial, you're watching sports and they're you know, in the
middle, there's like a little halftime show or whatever there is in your in your sports, right? And
there are some women that come out. Now you may not realize it but just simply glancing at those
things, even if it's passively every time you look at something hot um you're feeding enough you
guys understand you're feeding your enough you're feeding your enough, you're feeding your enough
		

			and we fed our knifes our inner self so much, we've given it so much strength, that now it's
actually stronger than our body. And it has full control over us. Initially it was weak, but now
we've given it so much strength that now it has overcome us. So these are three main reasons if you
consider them and look at them. The first thing I said was we have to
		

			Two great enemies to shake on. And then the second thing I said was shaytans been around for a
while, and he's been practicing his techniques. And the third thing that I said was, we've been
feeding our knifes for so long, that these three things put together have created a large variety of
diseases of the heart. And that's what it was, it says in the opening line that can be that again,
		

			are the qualities of the heart are many,
		

			to purify the heart.
		

			Now, that's another beautiful thing. However, as the diseases increased, as shaytan came up with
many, many, many diseases of the heart, Allah subhanahu wa Tada, he always give the cure. There is
no disease of the heart that is not curable, there is no disease that exists out there. And the
Quran came for that reason. It came to purify the hearts, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
came for that reason to purify the hearts Allah which tells us in the Quran, use a key him one of
the reasons why the Prophet came, use a key him use a key him so he may purify them internally. So
where shavon played his game, you know, like we said, promises she's known for following through
		

			with his promise, a lot. Also, he made a promise, what is the last promise, those servants of mine
who are sincere, they'll always find a way out of your trap, and then gave all the tools, his
sincere inner servants need to fight against shaytaan. So you have the weapons, the enemies coming
at you, he's coming with all the weapons, but every weapon he creates, you will have the opposite
weapon to that you have the weapon to take that down. But the question is, are you going to take
that weapon? Are you just going to let your enemy come and beat you up? This is what they're saying
here. Yes, the way to deal is difficult to comprehend. The knowledge and practice of the hearts
		

			treatment have completely disappeared because of people's neglect, neglect of their own souls, and
because of their distraction with a man because it makes sense. He makes an observation here, he
says, the knowledge of how to purify your inner self, and the actions that are needed to purify the
inner self to things that eliminate the knowledge and the actions that are required to purify the
inner self today have disappeared. Who knows in this gathering? How to purify the heart? It's a
serious question. Many of us would know how to give CPR, many of us would know how to put a bandage
on a person, if they're bleeding, many of us would know you know, there's so many things out there.
		

			I remember, there's knowledge for everything out there. When I was once my son when he was younger,
I was taking them out of the door and I lifted him by his right arm, and I accidentally dislocated
his his, his his elbow. They call it the maids elbow. You guys heard of that before, where you lift
the child by the arm and his elbow comes up. So I kind of freaked out. So I called one of my friends
was a doctor. He was he was in the ER, I said, Look, I dislocated my son's elbow, what do I do? He
said, move this arm, if you come to the ER, you're gonna have to wait for hours, go on YouTube, type
this in, you'll see the video do what they say.
		

			This is the type of doctors we need today. I said, Okay, I typed in whatever he told me, I'm not
gonna say it.
		

			And I saw the video. And my brother was a shift movie. And he was with me. And him and I copied the
video and I put his elbow back in place. Right? The point that I'm making is that the knowledge
regarding the body, we have so much about it. Everyone's a doctor these days, everybody knows
everything these days, right? But the question is how many people know about the heart? The
knowledge of it is gone. You guys following what I'm saying? There are many people in our community
that are dieting, they're keeping their bodies healthy, they're working out. But what about the
actions that are required to keep your soul healthy? Who even does those things? You guys, you guys
		

			follow what I'm saying? If you have 100 friends on Facebook, or 100 friends, in reality, forget
social media in reality, and you look through them, you will hardly find one or two of them who are
actually doing the things that are required to keep the soul healthy and strong. So this is what the
mom was saying. Now, why is it that people do not have that knowledge and do not have those actions?
Because it makes too,
		

			he makes two points. The first reason he says is because people are too worried about others,
they're not worried about themselves anymore. That's one reason. Everyone's worried about the
spiritual well being of the other, but they're not worried about the spiritual well being of their
own. You guys understand that? So they're pointing fingers, he's wrong. He's wrong. He's got this
problem. He's got that problem. She's got this. She's got that. But they forget about what they have
within their own hearts. The second thing, he says, is the reason why people are
		

			the reason why we've lost this knowledge and lost the action is because we're running after the
dunya we've been caught into the beauty of the world. And once you get caught in that, in that
storm, once you get caught in that tornado, there's no way out. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam said, if the son of Adam was given two values of gold, would he be happy? Yes or no? Can you
imagine how much to values of gold is how much you think about value? Millions, maybe maybe even
billions, right? trillions to values of gold trillions maybe right? The Prophet said if you had two
values of gold, you wouldn't be happy you would want now a
		

			good look for the third.
		

			Because it's something that you just can't be happy with. Once you get caught in that storm, you're
just lost now then you're gone. It retrievable. That person
		

			is gone. So the mom bizarrely says, that's another reason you're running out for the dounia. And as
you're running after the dunya you forget to offer your body helps you in the dunya. Your heart
helps you in the seer forgetting to focus on what is needed for the aka. Yes, we have dealt with all
these in revival of the religious sciences, specifically in the third quarter on the Western
tradition, and the fourth quarter of the month as it says this whole idea of the knowledge of
purifying the heart and the actions of purifying the heart. I have discussed this in great detail in
the original book, The Hayao Luma Dean, that's the original This is a summary. You guys understand?
		

			Now in the ER Luma. Dean, Mr. Rosati wrote that book in four quarters, quarter number one, quarter
number two, three and four. He said I dedicated the last half of my book just to this discussion.
		

			out of seven volumes, for argument's sake, three and a half volumes are dedicated just to the
discussion of the heart. I talked about those things that will destroy you, and those things that
will help you be successful in the hereafter. He said if you want to learn about any more detail, go
and study it there. Yes, it is sufficient here to warn you of three of the evil dispositions of the
heart, which are the most common among among contemporary religious jurists, mangas Alice's However,
today in this book, we are going to talk about just three diseases of the heart, simple, three
things. And he said these three diseases, I have seen them very common in the scholars during his
		

			time. He said when I look at the scholars around me, I find that these are the three main diseases.
So the reason why we're going to discuss these is because if these diseases exist within the
doctors, or the scholars, you know, the people who are supposed to be curing people, and those
people haven't purified themselves, then they definitely exist in the followers too. They transcend
is that that's what I fear these diseases I've transcended from the scholars to the common folk. So
let's address these three diseases first, yes, this morning is in order the unique art against them,
for the most destructive in themselves and constitute the root of all all other evil within
		

			themselves. They are destructive, and they also give birth to other diseases. If you can cut these
three of you will save yourself for many diseases because these give birth to others. Yes, they are
envy ostentation and conceived so three things I'll hazard were Rhea, while audio hazard means envy
to be jealous of someone Ria ostentation to show off. And the third thing a job or job means to
deceit or fraud, for example, to be proud of yourself, you know, to think that you're something very
special, Think Big of yourself while thinking low of others. He said these three things are what we
need to we need to watch out for Yes, yes. to purify your heart of these vices. If you conquer these
		

			learn how to guard against the others which are mentioned in the quarter. He said first work on
these three, if you master these three, then go to the original Look, I have a whole list of other
things. They're going to work on them. Yes. But if you are unable to deal with these three evil
dispositions, you will find yourself even less able to deal with the others. He said if you can't
deal with these three, please don't touch my Luma Dean. Don't go to the original book. If you can't
deal with these three, you have no idea what you're dealing with. And that book isn't for you. First
deal with the basics. You guys understand that? You know first learn to conquer the basics before
		

			you go to the advanced sciences. Yes, do not imagine that you will be able to maintain a solid solid
intention in your pursuit of secret knowledge. While there exists in
		

			ostentation, or concede in your heart. Because it says here just because you think you're sincere.
And just because you think that you are going to be very strong and seeking your knowledge, while at
the same time you have these two diseases in your heart that you're safe. If you have jealousy in
your heart while you think you're sincere. It's not going to work on the Day of Judgment. It's just
not gonna fly. That's what my mom was always saying here. Yes, the Messenger of
		

			the art district destructive vices. So in this Hadith, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said
there are three destructive vices they were there are three things that are going to destroy you. So
this narration is a shorter narration in which it only mentions the three things I will destroy you.
The longer version of this narration, it continues on. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said,
there are three things that will destroy you. There are three things that will save you. There are
three things that will wash away your sins. There are three things that will elevate your ranks in
general. And then there are three things that will remain in this oma until the day of judgment.
		

			You guys understand? So you mentioned three, three like this all the way down. Let's cover what's in
the book right now. Then I'll cover the other ones. Yes.
		

			There are three destructive vices, obeying impulse to be stingy. First one, obeying an impulse to be
stingy. You're, you're feeling stingy at that moment, you're thinking I shouldn't give. So what you
should do is give when you feel that you shouldn't give that's what you actually need to give. You
know, that moment when you're sitting in a fundraiser and you think yourself the fundraiser is
saying who will give and you
		

			You start doing that math in your brain. And you think to yourself, you know what if I give right
now, tomorrow, I won't be able to buy my coffee, forget I'm not giving today. So that moment, when
you start doing your math, just give something, you know, even if it's $1 or two, just reach into
your pocket, whenever you have, say, Bismillah and give it there, the fact that you have that money
in your pocket, it kind of is like for your day to day usage, it's not your savings, most likely,
hopefully, you're not carrying your savings in your pocket anyway, right. So just reach in and give
it maybe it'll cause you discomfort for a week. Maybe it might cause you discomfort for a date. But
		

			that week or day that you're sacrificing could be your agenda and thereafter. So never give into
your desire to be stingy. The first thing is following.
		

			Following passion. Think about it this way, if everyone gives into their stinginess, then people
won't give. If people don't give, there's no love, society will fall. Would you guys agree with
that? Now following your passion, the second thing, because every time your desires kick in, if you
fall into your passion, you're going to disobey a law, your relationship with the laws and a fall.
That's why that's the second thing that's going to destroy you. The third thing and admiring
oneself. And the third thing is just thinking you're too good. Because when you think you're too
good, then no one can help you. So you can't establish a connection with Allah. Because Allah knows
		

			you're not too good. Allah knows you're not that good. And establishing your relationship with
people. When you keep saying you're good. People are going to realize this guy's all fluff. He's not
good at all. They got out of me. So you're going to lose everything. So three things that will
destroy you. Then the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, there are three things that will
give you salvation, means yet three things that will give you salvation, what are they, the first
thing the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said,
		

			controlling yourself or no being just when you're angry, when you're angry, BJs people are generally
unjust, when they are angry, the Prophet says this will be salvation for you control your anger and
be just, you know, sometimes parents, they need to discipline their children. So if you ever do need
to discipline your children, make sure that at that moment, you're not angry. Because if you're
angry, you may cross the boundary and be unjust to your child, Allah will hold you accountable on
the Day of Judgment. You guys understand that? Sometimes as a parent, even myself, I need to
discipline my kids. But before I discipline them, I stopped for a moment and ask myself, am I angry
		

			or not? When I can promise that I'm not angry, that's when I'll approach my child. I may look as if
I'm angry, but I'll make sure internally, I'm not angry at all. I'm not angry, I'm not heated. I'm
not out there to seek revenge against a four year old kid. It's done. And now I'm gonna go, you
know, I've already forgiven before I've even started. So make sure you're just when you're angry.
The second thing The Prophet said a lot while it was said him said, to be happy with the decree of
law, when you're poor, or when you're rich, whether you're rich or poor, just be happy with with
what Allah has given you. Because I always tell people, no matter how poor you think you are, no
		

			matter how much you're struggling, there's always someone that's struggling even more. You know,
there are people who are sitting on million dollar estates, but they feel that they're going to
become poor. How much are they sitting on?
		

			What did I say? Millions? And what are they fearing?
		

			They're fearing the same poverty, that the kid who has five bucks in his pocket is fearing.
		

			You guys understand that, that fear will always remain, you just can't get around it. You know, the
five bucks kid, he's worried about poverty in five minutes. And the guy who's sitting on $5 million,
he may be worried about poverty in the year. But the truth is just today, someone is telling me that
there's a famous musician. He was telling me that from when I was young, I remember him being one of
the most famous musicians, right. And then he tried to commit suicide lately. And then after
committing suicide, the guy became poor. You know, all that money he had, it's all just helaas is
gone. Rich people are becoming poor. You know, even the rich people feel poverty. So be happy with
		

			what Allah has given you. Today, your rich Alhamdulillah tomorrow, your poor Al Hamdulillah. If
you're rich, you're happy tomorrow, you die. You're rich, you're happy. You spend your entire life
being happy. Today, you're poor, you're happy tomorrow, you're poor, you're happy, you die while
you're happy. At least you spend your life being happy. Wealth is not supposed to dictate your
emotions. Your emotions are supposed to be the core. You guys understand what I'm saying? That's the
most important thing. I remember my teacher was telling me.
		

			The day you My teacher said to me, You will become strong and mature the day that you dictate your
emotions and not others. You guys understand? When do I want to become angry? You don't get to
decide that. Guess who gets to decide when I get angry? I who decides when I'm happy. You can do
anything to make me happy. I decide when I'm happy. Who decides when I get sad. You don't have any
choice. You can't do anything to me to make me sad. I'm the one who decides that. I should have said
that city become mature and you've become strong. Today you dictate your own emotions. So now then
after that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam said the third thing you need to do for salvation,
		

			Fear Allah when you're alone.
		

			People can feel a lot when they're in front of others. But this is something that will save you in
the hereafter. Then the Prophet said there are three things that you do if you do them. They will
remove your sins. What are they? The first thing wait
		

			Prayer after Salah in de datos de la de Sala, you just prayed vahagn wait in the masjid until
Awesome. All that time your sins are being forgiven. After also saw wait in the masjid till Muslim,
make a habit of this, how much time is there between a certain relative usually
		

			hour and a half, you know, hour and a half if you're after you make the two hours 103 hour and a
half is hour and a half really a lot of time to give to the budget. Know how much time is your
budget moment of inertia, hour 25. Same thing right? Is that really so much time, try to dedicate
some time to the machine that will have your sins being removed. The second thing The Prophet said a
lot of times said is above the loo to do will do even though you fear the cold weather, it's cold
outside, it's freezing. Just make sure you do your will. When you do your will do obviously that
means you're going to prayer Salah what's the main barrier between people in Salah
		

			will because they feel lazy to the Whoo. If you already have Hulu is easy to pray, very easy to get
up and pray. But if you don't have Hulu, that's when you think yourself, oh man, I gotta get up and
do a little even though it's not really that big of a task. It will take no more than one or two
minutes, maybe three, four minutes if you take your time, but it's not you. That's the thing. So the
Prophet is saying do will do no matter how difficult it is for you. And the third thing The Prophet
said that will have your sins forgiven is to take many steps towards the mission. every step you
take to the masjid, Your sins are being forgiven, Your sins are being forgiven, Your sins are being
		

			forgiven. Then after that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, there are three things if
you do them, they will elevate your rank and gender. What are they? The first thing feed poor feed
food to the poor? Any person you find feed them whether they're Muslim or not. It doesn't matter.
Feed food to the poor. I was in the I was in the hospital at the birth of my son last week. And
after there was a day where I was very hungry. So I said to I met a Muslim brother in the hospital.
He's a good friend of mine. He said, Let's go eat. So I said I'm hungry. Let's go. So we went to a
nearby place. We picked up some food. We were coming back to the hospital. And on the way back this
		

			there was a brother, African American guy. He asked my friend who was dressed in like his hospital
clothing that Oh, do you work at the hospital? You said yes. So can you get me a job there? He said,
Well, I can't get you a job. But I know some people maybe we can help you out. They literally
started changing numbers. I was looking at this guy thinking wow. Like they don't even know each
other, but he's being so helpful to him. Then when we were leaving, this is what he did next. That
really amazed me. He said to that guy, look, bro, you look hungry to take my food.
		

			And he gave the food that he just purchased in his own hand right there. He purchased that food for
himself. He chose the sauce the dressing everything for himself. And he said look, you take it.
That's something that's very tough, but feeding people food. The second thing The Prophet said to
give salam to everyone This will get you high ranks and gender. And the third thing that Prophet
said is waking up during the night while everyone else was sleeping and praying salah and then the
last part of the Hadith the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam told the companions there are three
things that the oma will always be trifled with until the day of judgment. What are the three things
		

			a hazard or one particular hazard jealousy? one bad thoughts of other people and theora superstition
in our Indian Pakistani community superstition is just through the roof okay. The crack the cat
cross the
		

			the road I walk inside the house and I saw the slipper was
		

			upside down which means my day is going to be bad. I saw a black cat if you guys know more than I
do, right? This small things this look for these small things. You wake up in the morning you see an
ugly face. Oh, my day is gonna be bad.
		

			Right? There was one young man he came to me this is a real story from the UK, United Kingdom. One
young man came to me I was still studying then. I wasn't you know, used to teach in the community.
And Barry so one young man comes to me one day with Mufti sobbing very sad. I said Why? He said I
don't know why I've just been I've just been very sad since I got married.
		

			So I said marriage is supposed to make you happy, but doesn't make you sad. He says I don't know
before I used to wake up in the morning and I used to start my day on a good note. Now when I wake
up in the morning, I look at my wife and her faces as Mashallah I mean what like a stuffer like they
notice when you wake up in the morning, your hairs over the place, it says natural honesty. He was
just being ridiculous, right? He was expecting his wife to wake up in the morning just looking like
like, Mashallah, Mashallah. Mashallah, right? Well, that's just being unrealistic. So he looked at
her and he says, Yeah, Allah and he said that thought would be with me throughout the day. So
		

			there's so much superstition in our community where people they think that when I see in the morning
first thing, it has to be a good thing. There are places in India it impacts them right come from,
I'm telling you, this is the true thing. They think that whatever they see, first thing is going to,
it's going to dictate that way. There it is on a goal. So when they wake up, they'll cover their
eyes like this.
		

			You got you guys understand, they'll cover their eyes like this. And then maybe they'll stand in
front of the mirror look at themselves.
		

			So there's so much superstition, so much superstition, honestly.
		

			I mean, the list is on
		

			Going and some of the stuff is just straight up ridiculous, right? And in our community VC
community, we have this thing, right?
		

			There are two criminals that every Muslim will always point fingers at, you know how like, like in
the in America or in the West, anything that happens to say Muslim terrorists. Like as soon as
something happens, who does the finger go at first? for Muslims guys that every time the finger goes
at them. Similarly, I always say Vitara Jin Qian, a like an image of a pastor. Right? They didn't do
anything with every time they're the ones who get caught up in the media, right? Bad media. Anything
that happens who do we point fingers at? Jin Jin, marriage broke up gin. You know, guy fell down,
pour gin. Every time fingers just go out bad guy, the gin are such a good creation of a month and
		

			trust me they are good. I mean, they are those from the gin noir pious the Quran tells us this
right? And the second thing, the evil eye. These are two things that every time anything happens,
the evil eye, the jinn, the evil eye, the jinn, the evil eye, the jinn. Without realizing that it's
not the evil eye, the jinn, there are certain things that we have to deal with, within ourselves. So
the second, the third from the Prophet said, is superstition. Then the Prophet told the companions,
I will give you three quick solutions to these three things.
		

			Regarding doubt, that thoughts of people don't follow it. If you ever have a bad thought come into
your mind about someone, don't go and do research about it. Just leave it. Don't go into details
because maybe you might find something maybe you may not find something, the fact that you leave it,
you're saying that that was my bad. That thought that evil thought about someone was my bad. So I
shouldn't even follow through with that person's good. I don't care what's what's behind. You guys
understand that. The second thing The Prophet said, regarding jealousy, the Prophet sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam said, Don't follow your jealousy. So if your jealousy wants you to compete with so
		

			and so person or wants you to be past, so and so person, don't give that any attention, just ignore
it altogether. You know, every time you feel a burden in your heart regarding someone, just turn
that thought off. Think about something else. Think about ice cream, just think about something
different. That'll make you happy. But don't think about that bad feeling that that burned in your
heart. And the third thing that pops out of them says whenever superstition comes up, whenever that
idea comes up that maybe that cat did it or this person that or that person did it. immediately tell
yourself a lot created that cat I need to rely on the creator of that cat a lot created this ugly
		

			face with his beautiful face. I need to rely on the Creator. So they see the work a lot of law rely
on Allah subhana wa Tada. You guys want all the famous story of all right? Which story am I talking
about?
		

			He dealt with one of the greatest superstitions of his time.
		

			Think Which one?
		

			river Nile?
		

			Anyone remember? river Nile? When I'm gonna be honest with you a lot. One he conquered Egypt. He
realized that every year the river Nile would go dry. And the way the people of Egypt the way they
would deal with that dry river is that they would take one girl from their community beautify her
put her in the river The next morning they would find her dead and the river would be flowing again.
		

			So when the river Nile went dry, I'm gonna Vanessa de la wondering is cut off like he was almost not
his color for when he conquered Egypt. Muslims were there and the river Nile went dry. And he said
what do we do? So the local said, Oh, we got this in Iraq. We've been doing this every year. He said
what are you doing this is we're gonna take a young girl, she's very beautiful. We're gonna dress
her up at nighttime, we're gonna put her there. By morning, the gin would, whatever it was, whatever
the shaytaan was there, they would do their thing and find her dead in the morning and the river
will be flowing again. I'm gonna have been asked said nobody's dying. No poor girls dying. If we
		

			need to starve to death Let it be, we're not going to let an innocent soul gold. And they did it in
some time passed by some time passed by and Muslims, not only Muslim, everyone in the country was
started more or less in starvation mode because there was no water. So finally, the people said to
Ahmed have been asked that look, either you deal with it. Or if you don't, very soon, we're going to
put the girl in there because we need the water. So I've been asked for the letter to stop saying
what do I do? Should I give into the superstition? Or should I withhold them? Should we wage war
against these people? How do we stop this? What do we do with the situation? So I'm gonna cut out
		

			how did you deal with it?
		

			He wrote a letter who did write the letter to to the river.
		

			right he would elaborate on one other law one he didn't write a letter in the rivers language. He
wrote the letter in his language and said river learn to read my letter. Right and he writes a
letter to the river Nile What does he say? He says min Amina meaning Marvin hotpot. I want you to
know this letter is coming from the leader of all Muslims, whose name is Ahmed bin hop Illa Nila
missile to the river Nile, the Nile of Egypt Illa Neely Mr to the Nile of Egypt. Then he says if you
run out of your own desire out of your own will, then we don't need you. But if you run by the will
of Allah if you flow by the will of Allah, then we ask your Creator Allah to let you flow.
		

			Right. And that was the end of is that it was said I want a Kumar amatola he
		

			he read that letter in front of everyone I met manasse when he received it, everyone heard it. He
took the letter put it inside the river and the river
		

			into flow again. What we learned from this is that these people didn't give in to superstition. They
believed in greater things. They believed in Allah subhana wa Tada. And my shift used to always say
shift.
		

			He was one of our teachers of language. He used to always say something very beautiful. He's to say
that one of the reasons why the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam came to the world was to
eradicate superstition to take it out. So people don't rely on X, Y and Z, which is unreal, and they
live in fear, they should rely on Allah subhanho wa Taala. And I'll give you one more example before
I end our class.
		

			When the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam son Ibrahim passed away. When the Prophet sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam Sonny Brahim passed away. That was a very tough day for the Prophet. His third son
had passed away in his own hands, and he cried so much he cried so much. The Sahabi says, The
Prophet was crying, and the noise that was coming from his chest sounded like water was boiling,
crank so profusely. And then what happened? Was that one of the Sahaba he said, a messenger of
Allah, why are you crying? Because he thought the Prophet was like, you know, super human being in a
super human being wouldn't cry at the loss of something, right? But human beings, no matter how
		

			pious or righteous you are, if someone's if something happens in your life, you're going to, you're
going to cry. I mean, that's, that's just the reality of life. It's not for a person to not cry,
doesn't mean they're manly, real men, you know, people we think today that real men don't cry. Yes
or no. That's a notion, right? Real men don't cry. Well, why not even real men do cry, but they only
cry in front of a lot. They only cry to Allah. They don't cry for anyone else. The Prophet is
crying, but he's crying to Allah. Allah is crying to allies crying called La. That's a sign of a
man. Because we believe the greatest man was the Prophet. Did he cry? Did he cry in front of people?
		

			Do you ever find a point where the Prophet is crying and begging the help of people? Is there any
narration like that? Yes or no? No. Whenever he cried, he always cried to Allah, he always cried.
Because no matter how strong he was, outwardly, inwardly, he was humbled to Allah subhanho wa Taala
honorable photography a lot one, such a strong men, you know, one of the greatest men that he cry?
Of course he did. He used to cry a lot during the night, you know, the Muslims when they were
fighting against the Romans. The Romans feel threatened. And because the Muslims were advancing so
quickly, that they wrote a letter to the Chinese Emperor. They said, Give us backup. So the Chinese
		

			Emperor said, I'll send you a backup, but first, describe your enemy, so that I can give you a
backup accordingly. So when the Roman Emperor wrote the letter back describing the Muslims, he said,
These people can never be defeated.
		

			What did he say? These people, the people you're describing, that during the day, they fight during
the night they cry. He said, they love death more than you love your wine. How could you ever beat
such a people? And he said, he said that you know what, let your soldiers die. I'll let your empire
collapse. I'm saving my people. He didn't send backup. He literally didn't send backup. You know,
the books of history mentioned this incident. So the greatest soldiers in Islam during the day there
were strong men, but during the night they cried in front of Allah subhana wa Tada. That's why you
know, in one narration, it says that during the day, you should smile during the night you should
		

			cry. What happens today is during the night during the day, have you cried, show people how humble
we are. And during the night we're smiling while we're sitting in disobeying Allah subhana wa Tada.
In reality, it should be the other way around. So what are we learning from all this? put this all
together? The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam came to remove superstition. And when his son
Ibrahim was passing away, the prophet SAW some sort of crying. And then when companions that a
messenger of Allah Why are you crying? The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, we cry,
		

			but we don't say anything disobeying Allah subhanho wa Taala. I'm not saying anything, complaining
to Allah or saying, oh, why did you do this challenge and anything like that? We cry, the tears are
there. These are tears of remorse. And the Prophet said, we're in Africa Ibrahim dama zone, the
prophet turn to a sunny Brahim had passed away. He said, Rahim. Today your death has really saddened
to me, I really wish you would have lived. Then after that. The narration mentioned, when he Brahim
passed away, there was an eclipse. So everyone looked to the sky and said, Look, the eclipse
happened because of the Prophet son. What is this called?
		

			superstition. So the Prophet said a lot of immediately, even though he was sad, he imagined he
would, you know, I don't want to use the word emotional wreck, but you can just imagine how sad he
was at that moment, right? But even then, does he let that comment pass by now he stops, he stops
here, puts a moment to the side and says these two things have no relation. Get back to crying now.
But he immediately he turns to the turns. That means he says, look, you guys said that these two
things are related. They're not. That's just coincidental. The Eclipse happened that day my son
passed away. But in reality, these two things are not connected. So that's the end of that Hadith.
		

			Let's finish off the chapter. I mean, let's just read the Hadith one more time, then we'll end in
sha Allah.
		

			The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said there are three destructive vices
		

			There are three destructive vices, obeying an impulse to be stingy following passion and admiring
oneself that was the first part then I related the rest of that how do you feel which was longer? We
pray that Allah subhanaw taala gives us all the trophies and ability to act on what has been said.
inshallah. Next week we'll start with the three vices, the first one being jealousy. The second one
being ostentatious, and the last one being Egypt conceit insha. Allah Allah is repeated Allah
subhanaw taala from us all. Well said Allahu taala serum Hamad wala Ali, he was happy