Ibraheem Menk – Hajj – Great You’re Going! Have You Prepared

Ibraheem Menk
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The importance of five pillars of Islam, including trusting oneself, being prepared for the call of the devil, and not devoting one's time to worship only the creator is emphasized. The importance of consciousness of Allah and preparing for death is also emphasized. The process of returning to Islam involves fixing one's clothing, preparing for an upcoming event, and facing one's limitations. It is crucial to not seeking forgiveness, not wanting to be in sin, and not desire to be in the light of the sun.
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We are present. We are here.

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Humbled for you, oh Allah. We are here.

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These are the words that the Hujjaj

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utter

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as they go towards

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intending the Hajj of the house of Allah

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And the question we have to ask ourselves

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is

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while we are are uttering these words in

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order to go for the hajj,

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Are we uttering them when

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Allah calls us to salah 5 times a

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day?

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Are we uttering those words? When Allah

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calls us to give our zakah, are we

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uttering those words? When Allah

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calls us to fast in the month of

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Ramadan.

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And when he invites us

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to worship him alone and not to associate

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partners with him. For indeed,

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the

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pillars of Islam are 5.

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Islam is built upon 5.

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1st and foremost

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is the shahada, that there is no being

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worthy of worship except for

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Allah

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Have we allowed

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any form

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of ta'lim,

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magnifying

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of anything

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and anyone besides

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where only Allah

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is meant to be magnified.

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And that is a question that we need

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to ask ourselves. When Allah

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calls us to salah,

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5 times a day,

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Do we find ourselves

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responding to that call of Allah

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If we do find ourselves

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present,

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humbled,

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saying that when

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Allah calls us to these pillars of Islam,

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then

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our hajj becomes

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meaningful.

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And that is when the hajj

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will be of benefit.

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And that is when we have a hajj

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that a person has prepared for. For indeed

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Allah

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tells us,

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And seek that provision

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for indeed.

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The best provision is taqwa, the consciousness of

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Allah

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And we constantly talk about this consciousness.

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But how do you develop your consciousness

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of Allah

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It is by adhering to these 5 pillars

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of faith. And not only that, but keeping

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away from the prohibitions of Allah

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Unfortunately,

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some of us find ourselves

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saying when

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the

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call of the devil is made.

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When he makes his call towards zina. When

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he makes his call towards hamr

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and alcohol. And when he makes his call

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towards gambling. We find ourselves saying that Labbeik.

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And then, we believe

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that we can go for Hajj in that

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state and in that condition. And we will

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return in the manner that the day our

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mothers gave birth to us. Dear brother, dear

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sister in Islam,

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Prepare and have that provision for indeed the

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best provision for Hajj is taqwa. Not only

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taqwa.

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Yes. It is taqwa. But not only taqwa.

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When you go for your Hajj, you have

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to go with the

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ability

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to look after yourself,

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to have enough material

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wealth,

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to see through that hajj. You see some

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people at the time of Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi

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wa sallam would come from Yemen, and they

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would come without any provision. And they say,

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We are the ones who trust

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Allah We are the ones who trust

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So we came with nothing Allah will provide.

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And then they would get to Hajj, and

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they would beg the people, ask the people.

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So Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam told them

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that come with provision.

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Come with that provision. Why? Because that is

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tawakul.

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What is that? That is already a lesson

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for us to learn from Hajj. That tawakkul

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and trust in Allah

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has two parts to it. One is your

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heart relies on Allah

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knowing that He is the provider. But the

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second part of tawakkul

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is to take

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the sabal.

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To take by the means, and to go

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out, and to work, and to do something.

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So Hajj, before you even go, is teaching

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you a lesson. And that is the

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involves

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trusting Allah

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and preparing in terms of your material wealth

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and that which you require and need. So,

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If you were to trust Allah

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in the manner that he deserves to be

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trusted

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or in the manner that you are meant

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to be trusting him.

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He would have provided for you in the

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manner that he provides for the bird.

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It goes out empty buried, and it comes

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back full buried. Why did it go out?

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Because it is seeking its provision. Similarly, oh

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insan, go out and seek your provision. But

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But

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don't

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forget Hajj is a lesson

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for us.

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And there are so many lessons that way

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we can derive from Hajj. If we simply

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look at the cloth that a person is

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tying himself in during Hajj, the 2 pieces

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of cloth. What does that remind us of?

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It reminds us of the day that we

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will be buried beneath

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the earth.

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When the person prepares

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while

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preparing for that Ihram, what does he do?

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He washes himself.

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He perfumes himself.

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And then he places the 2 pieces of

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cloth. Similarly, when a person dies,

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what does he do? What do we do

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to him? We wash him. We perfume him.

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And we pay place the clothes on him

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in order for him to go to Allah.

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As you are going through your rights of

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Hajj,

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you should remember

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that I am dressed

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in the manner

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that I will be dressed when I go

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to Allah.

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So that is a constant reminder for you

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that you are here for Allah and one

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day you shall return to him.

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And even those two pieces of cloth for

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the

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dead person.

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When he's gone and he's dead, those two

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pieces of cloth will rot away, decimate, and

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become nothing. So he literally goes with nothing

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to Allah

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Hence, you find the.

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What will happen? They will be raised naked,

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uncircumcised,

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barefoot. Why?

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Because this is the way you came to

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this dunya.

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And you came to us

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single in the manner that we created you

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in the first place. Allah

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brings you back from your bones.

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And that is a reminder for you, oh

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insan, during your Hajj. You go through the

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rights and you That cloth

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is attached to your body. Reminding you constantly,

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don't forget that you will return to Allah

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one day.

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And then we have the day of Arafah,

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where everybody

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comes together.

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And each person worried about himself,

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worried about his condition,

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begging

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Allah.

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Oh Allah. Forgive me. Oh Allah. Grant me

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Jannah. Oh Allah, save me from the hellfire.

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Oh Allah,

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grant my family goodness. Oh Allah, help

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me in every single way. We're begging Allah

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And this reminds us of the day of

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Piyama when millions

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of people, billions of people from the beginning

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of time to the end of time shall

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be all gathered in one plane.

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Every single person worried about himself.

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Nafsi. Nafsi. Myself. Myself.

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Today, I'm not cared about the next man.

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Today, it doesn't bother me. What the next

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man is up to? Myself. Myself.

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To the extent that your child comes to

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you.

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On that day, a man will run away

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from his own blood brother, his own child,

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his own partner, his own brother, his own

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sister. He'll run away from him. Why? Because

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today it's me. I'm worried about myself. Don't

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talk to me. Don't ask me for anything

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I have nothing to do with you. I'm

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worried about myself.

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It should remind us of that day when

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we stand all gathered in the plain of

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Arafa, in the clothes that we will be

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literally

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buried in similarly.

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So it's a reminder for the human being,

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you will stand before Allah

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Hence,

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Hajj.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala tells us, man Hajjah.

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Or Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi wa Salam tells us,

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The one who

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performs the Hajj. And he is not

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committing any He doesn't

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engage in sexual *

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nor does he cause any commit any sin.

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He will return return in the manner that

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the day his mother gave birth to him.

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He will be sinless

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and free of all sin.

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Why?

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Because he prepared for that Hajj in the

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right manner. It reminded him of his return

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to Allah.

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He begged Allah

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for forgiveness,

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and he hoped and prayed

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that he would live a better life after

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he returned.

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And one of the signs of an accepted

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Hajj, my dear brother and sister in Islam,

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is that when you return,

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your life has

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changed. You are a different man. It is

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not simply a badge that you place on

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your arm and say * so and so

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has returned.

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So we will call him * from today.

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He's * so and so, but his sins

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are still there.

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His

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disobedience of Allah

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is still there. His lack of prayer is

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still there. He doesn't pray. He doesn't give

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his zakah on time. He doesn't fast in

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the month of Ramadan. He goes towards the

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disobedience of Allah.

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How can that be an accepted Hajj?

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How can you say your Hajj was accepted

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when you went for a

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life changing journey and it did nothing to

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you? So in order for that Hajj to

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change you, you must change before the Hajj.

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And you must prepare for that Hajj. And

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you must begin to

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become more conscious of

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Allah

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Now is the time. Before the Hajj, we

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prepare

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by

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ensuring our salah is in order. Ensuring that

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we don't come to the disobedience of Allah

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Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. When we make a mistake

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we seek the forgiveness of Allah Subhanahu Wa

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Ta'ala. And we remove the magnanimity

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of the dunya from our hearts. Today someone

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may say that, I don't worship other than

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Allah

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I'm always worshiping Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala alone.

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But what other shirk

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are you engaged in? Where you have placed

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an object or a person in the place

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of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. And you fear

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that person in the manner that you should

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actually be fearing Allah Remove.

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Remove that fear from your heart

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And understand

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that it is only Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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that should be feared in this manner.

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And then

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you have accomplished tawheed,

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oneness of

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Allah

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solely fearing Allah

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solely worshiping Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.

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Now you go for your Hajj.

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And now you have a chance

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at the acceptance

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of that hajj. May

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Allah accept the hajj of all of those

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who are going. And may Allah

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grant those who don't have or haven't had

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an opportunity to go

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to perform that Hajj. And may Allah

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bless us and

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