Kamal El-Mekki – Contentment

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Mora Masato wakulla Maharaj in VEDA wakulla beratan bara wakulla Latina brothers and sisters in
Islam. Today our haka is about a river or in English contentment. And we begin with a story that
happened to one of the Syrian scholars Rahim Allah, his name was Hassan harmonica. And he was born
about 1908. He says, it was Ramadan. And I had just finished teaching a class and I was walking home
to make a thought. And I poor person saw me and he was very happy to see me. And he swore to me by
Allah that I will have a thought in his home. And we started walking towards his house. And it was a
		

			small room with a kitchen at the on the rooftop of some building.
		

			But he said the man's heart was filled with happiness. And he was telling me, yes, yes, I have no
money. And I have just this little room. And the sun rises from this window, and I see the sunset
from that window. And this is the place I recite Koran. After fudger. And this is the place I recite
Quran before the sunsets and he says will law he it's as if I am living in an agenda.
		

			Then when we got to his house, he said, Oh, this was just on the way up, going up the stairs to the
roof. And he's telling me about his happiness. When we got to his house, he went in and spoke to his
wife. And it's a small place. He said I could hear what they were saying. He told her I brought the
chef to have iftaar with us. She said we don't have anything but food fava beans, and it's only half
an hour is not enough time to make to prepare anything. So it says when the man came out, the chef
told him, he said I told him, I will have a thought with you. But I have specific conditions. The
first thing is I only break my fast on dates and water. And then I pray Muslim and then I finish all
		

			the earth God and then half an hour later, I only eat for fava beans, and potatoes. He said I knew
that poor people always had potatoes in the home.
		

			He said so I left after we ate I left that that man's house. And I left so happy. And he says he
made me love the dunya What does he mean by that he means he made me love what little to have
whatever I have of the dunya to be so content and at peace with it. He said just this man and his
excitement and happiness made me love the dunya. He said days later we were invited to if taught at
a rich man's house. It was on a very luxurious farm. And he had a pool and a place for horses and a
mansion on that form.
		

			And all kinds of food were placed in front of us. He said when it was over and I was leaving, the
man pulled me aside. And he complained about his worries and his problems with his wife with expect
people expecting him to give of his wealth to them and all the complaints and headaches that come
with being wealthy. He said just from the door of his house to the door of the car, he blocking the
whole world in my eyes and constricted my chest. And when I got in the car, I looked up to the
heavens and I said Alhamdulillah an amateur robber, he said that hamdulillah for the blessing of
being content. He said happiness is not in many things that we pay for, but a good connection with
		

			Allah and being pleased with what Allah subhanaw taala has given us and that's why an abyssal alaric
Sallam said in a hadith towards the end of this hadith he said Fermin rhodia fellow horiba woman
Sahaba follow who follow suit
		

			From Sallam said, Whoever is pleased that Allah subhanaw taala will be pleased with them. And it
just said pleased here meaning pleased with the decree pleased with what they have pleased with
outcomes. Allah subhanaw taala will be pleased with him and whoever is angered and and displeased
Allah subhanaw taala will be displeased or angered with them.
		

			So what are some ways through which we can be pleased with what Allah subhanaw taala has given us of
good even if it's little and pleased with even with the bad that happens in our lives?
		

			The scholars say number one is to know Allah subhanaw taala. When you know Allah azza wa jal, you
know his descriptions, meaning you know his names and his attributes, you understand Allah subhanaw
taala as mercy you understand his wisdom, you understand His justice, you understand his love for
the believers, then within all that it has to be done, whatever happens to you has to have come for
a specific reason. And those who trust in the wisdom of Allah azza wa jal, and in the justice of
Allah subhanaw taala. And know that he's merciful, they'll see even the worst thing that happens to
them under the guise or under the or through the lens of that Mercy of Allah azza wa jal.
		

			The other thing is to understand there is a wisdom behind everything that happens. There's the
wisdom behind the good things that happened to us and the bad things that befall us.
		

			There is a there are two of the the Arab dot and they were traveling in Africa, and they were
getting on a very small plane for like a flight within. And he said, we're on the runway, and we're
about to take off. And then two military officers got on the plane. The man says he pointed to me
and to the person next to me, he said, Come with us, and he took us off the plane. So we thought
we're going to be searched for a second time or there was some kind of issue with documents. And
then two other people, top military people got on the plane. So we asked him what's going on. He
said, we needed the two seats for these two military military officials, and we just chose you at
		

			random. He said, we were completely irate. We were completely upset. And we were standing there in
the terminal screaming and yelling and arguing back and forth. And why did you pick us and leave
everyone else on the plane? He said, while we're having this argument and yelling at each other from
the window of the terminal, we saw the plane take off, and it barely took off. And we saw it right
before our eyes crashed and burned into flames.
		

			When they saw the wisdom of Allah at that point, how easy was it to accept the decree? It was very
easy to accept a decree. So the question then comes, how can we accept and be pleased with what
Allah subhanaw taala has decreed? Even though we don't see the wisdom, and that's the majority of
cases in our life. A lot of times when the wisdom is clear, it makes it easy to understand and easy
to be patient and easy to accept what happened. But what if you don't and that's the majority of the
time you don't see the wisdom. Will you still trust in the wisdom of Allah subhanaw taala Will you
still trust that maybe in the future you'll know and maybe you'll never know but you still trust
		

			that Allah subhanaw taala being merciful being just being wise and being loving and caring and
merciful towards his servants probably had something hidden for me something good in the long term.
		

			The other is to understand that whatever befalls you, whatever happens, whatever your situation in
life, this was decreed by Allah azza wa jal 50,000 years before he created the heavens and the
earth, it was planned and decreed A long time ago. And when you're constantly when you put this in
front of your eyes, and you always remember this, it closes the door for any other kind of
whisperings from the shape on from low which means if and if here, and you hear a lot of people who
tell you don't say low because the editors it opens the doors for the Shea thought, but it doesn't
mean you have to remove this word what if or had I not? It doesn't mean remove this from your
		

			vocabulary in the process lemon this Hadith of the scholars say it means using low if and had I not
when you are objecting to what has happened when you're objecting to al Qaeda to the decree. But if
you're just using it to express different outcomes or what have you are using the word
linguistically there is not a problem with that.
		

			So knowing that whatever happens it was decreed A long time ago before our last hotel even created
the earth. And the other thing is to focus on what you have and what you don't have and this is one
of the the
		

			problems people always focusing on what they don't have, and always looking at what the other people
have. In sudo Taha Allah subhanaw taala says, what are the Madonna ionica 11 Madonna be here as
virgin men whom Zaha rotten hyah to dunya enough Tina home fee. What is Cora bigger, higher on?
		

			The translation of this verse is that and Do not strain your eyes with desire towards what we have
given them to enjoy of the life of this world so that we may test them with it. But the provision of
your Lord is better and more lasting. But even that translation doesn't give it justice, what are to
deny, so do not look with desire
		

			Illa Illa. Mamata Anna be as virgin Minh home for what we have allowed them to enjoy of this world
as large and here. And as what we might call a snuff an elephant doesn't mean couples, men and women
it means from the different varieties and the different levels of what we have given people. Some
people have been given wealth and others have big health and so on and so forth. So the different
varieties of things we have given people, but Allah azza wa jal, and this is what's missing in the
English translation, Zahra talhah, to dunya. Zahara and Hyatt a dunya. Zahra, as we know, is a
flower. So Allah subhanaw taala called it from the flower of this worldly life. And the scholars say
		

			why flower? And the nature of any flower on this earth is that it blooms, it looks good, and it
looks pleasing. And then what happens to it the next day, or a few days later, it wills and look at
the power. Look at this description that Allah Subhana Allah gave. So yes, it's beautiful, it's
enticing. It's it's attractive. But how long does a flower bloom? And how long does it remain
looking attractive? It's temporary. And that's what Allah subhanaw taala called the doctorate and
higher to dunya
		

			the nastiness that we test them with it, that's why they were given to it, it was given to them so
that it's a test for them. What is Cora bigger Hiram, and the provision of your Lord is better and
more lasting and a risk. As we've explained before, a risk is not just wealth, but could my own tefa
be for Horace? Yeah, and whatever you benefit from is risk. So courage is risk and wisdom is risk
and basura spiritual insight is risk and wealth is risk and health is risk and so on, and so forth.
		

			From the examples of focusing on what you have, and what you don't have is the story of Ottawa
Isabel rubella.
		

			And it was famously known that he his leg was afflicted with gangrene, and it had to be amputated.
So they cut off his leg. And then on the same day, one of his children went up on the roof of the
house, and he fell down and he died. So people came to console him, because he lost his son and his
leg on the same day. But they found him focusing on what he had left and not focusing on what he
lost. So he said and Hamdulillah, I had four, and Allah subhanaw taala only took one he's talking
about his limbs, I had four limbs, Allah azzawajal only took one and left me three, he could have
taken two, he could have taken all four who could have taken all of me my soul, but a lot took only
		

			one and left me three. And I had six children, and there are people who have lost and actually the
same day he met someone who lost everything his entire family, all his wives, children, wealth,
livestock, homes, everything in one day. He said Allah subhanaw taala only took one and left me
five, focusing on what you have left, or focusing on what you have or focusing on the good that you
have. And this applies to any aspect in our life. Many people not pleased with their job, not
pleased with their income, not pleased with their life, not pleased with their wife, but even with
the wife and Nabi sallallahu Sallam instructed
		

			he said, either curry hamin haha open ramen haha. If he doesn't like an attribute or a trait in his
life, he finds and focuses on another one that he likes and focuses on that one of the scholars
mentioned how to be selasa lamb had many wives, and some of them you know, some were old, some had
children, some were divorced somewhere without
		

			all of them were barren, unable to have children. But he never once complained. He never once
focused on anything like that. And he never once made them feel that they were anything but the best
in His sight. So Lola How do you send them? So with that we ask Allah subhanaw taala to make us of
his servants who are pleased
		

			intent with what he has given and what he has decreed. A cola cola was stuck through lava muddy
welcome in January 1 of Pharaoh, Pharaoh was almost offering ask Allah subhanaw taala for his
forgiveness Indeed, those who ask for his forgiveness shall prosper
		

			hamdulillahi Rabbil alameen wa salatu salam ala rasulillah Ameen early wasabia Jemaine about in the
second hop Ba, like to thank you, and everyone,
		

			for something great that you have done. Two Fridays ago, we gave a hotbar, about the police officer,
Officer Matthews, and how he was complaining that people were being rude to him, and so on and so
forth. And then,
		

			last Friday, when he came, you, collectively were so polite, and so welcoming. And you made him feel
so special. May Allah subhanaw taala reward every single one of you. He was so pleased that he told
me, I would come here, even if you guys didn't pay me. You guys are so wonderful. You guys are so
kind. People are thanking me and thanking me for doing what I do and so on and so forth. He is not
here today. But when you see him next time also asked about the health of his mother who was a who
was Illinois admitted to the hospital, and obviously means a lot to him. But the point is to see
like how far a HELOC go, any good manners, they travel beyond anything else, they travel beyond
		

			anything else, any act or anything you could say or do to someone beyond good manners, nothing will
travel as far as good manners. And once again, if, as a collective community in America, Muslims
were just known for their superb manners, and then someone hears something negative about Islam in
the media, they'll immediately think that's not my experience with Muslims. And that's why we have
to first and foremost stand out with our good manners. May Allah subhanaw taala accept from all of
you. Then last Friday, we gave a hookah about selfishness and we used as an example wearing the mask
in the masjid whereas having it below your nose while everyone else is completely covered, and that
		

			one was not as successful, but inshallah we will improve over time. I was told that even during the
hook, but some people still had their mask down here. So we'll work on that inshallah.
		

			We ask Allah Subhana Allah to make us of those who recognize the truth as clear truth and follow the
best of it and to make use of those who recognize falsehood as clear falsehood and abstain from it.
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			We ask Allah Subhana Allah to grant ease and victory to Islam and to the Muslims. We ask Allah
subhanaw taala to grant healing to all the Muslims who are ill, and in the hospitals and this is
something that is a constant in our community. So every now and then, take a moment to make dua for
Allah subhanaw taala to cure the sick, young and old from our communities and there are a number of
people right now in the hospitals and they're requesting from their brothers and their sisters We
ask Allah subhanaw taala to grant them a quick and speedy recovery to grant them good healthy herbal
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