Kamil Ahmad – Remaining Firm in Times of Fitnah

Kamil Ahmad
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The importance of remaining firm and steadfast on religion is emphasized, along with the need to act passionate and not let anyone throw shots at us. The speaker also discusses the importance of following one's desires and fears to avoid becoming a woman with a large pile of wood and a bonfire. The Prophet sallama alayhi wa Tada gives advice on following the values of life and the stories of the prophets and the messengers of the past to strengthen one's heart and strengthen the story's meaning.
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My dear brothers and sisters

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it is from the plan of a loss of Hannah who attalla

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that

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after he commanded us to believe in Him

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and follow his religion,

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that it was not enough for us to simply believe.

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And that's it.

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And this is why Allah subhanho wa Taala

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has made it part of his plan

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to test his believing servants

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and this is why I was with Hannah who Allah says

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in the Quran has he been a zoo and youth Roku and your kulu m in our home life afternoon.

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Do the people think that they will be left to simply say we have believed in kulu Amanda well hola afternoon and they will not be tested. And then Allah subhanho wa Taala says, what are called fraternal adidam in Kabbalah him fell a lemon law Hola, Dena sada qu and elemental Caribbean.

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And then Allah says, Verily, We tested those who came before you, the nations of the past,

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so that we can distinguish the truthful from those who are not truthful, meaning, the truthful in terms of their belief.

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Are they really truthful, in terms of what they have believed in?

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And so this is an ongoing struggle. There are lots of Hannah who with data, he wants us not only to believe, not only to do righteous actions, but to strive hard, and to remain firm, and steadfast. And so, remaining firm and steadfast upon the deen of Allah subhanho wa Taala is not an easy thing.

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And this is the test.

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This is the test of a wasp head who were to Halla

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in order to distinguish the strong from the weak and the truthful from the liars.

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And so Allah subhanho wa Taala in various places in the Quran, has commanded us to remain firm and steadfast. For example, Allah subhanho wa Taala says, commanding the believers

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when they face the enemy on the battlefield, yeah, you have Latina Aminu

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either lucky to attend first Butoh.

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Yeah, you have Latina amanu even Ibis, he says that when you hear Allah subhanho wa Taala, addressing the believers, oh, you who believe when you hear this, pay attention? Because Either

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you are about to be commanded with something or forbidden from something. So pay attention. Yeah, you have larina amanu. Either lucky to attend or you believe if you face an enemy if you meet an enemy, meaning on the battlefield.

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First.

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Stand firm, stand steadfast.

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Don't turn your backs don't start shaking. And this is why

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one of the major sins

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in fact, among the 10 major sins that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam mentioned are the

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are the sins that cause a person a person's destruction.

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One of those sins is to flee

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from the battlefield

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after the battle has begun,

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and so here Allah subhanahu wa tada

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commands us to remain firm and steadfast.

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This can also apply in our daily lives for the enemies are throwing all types of fitten at us.

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There are two types of fit in

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there.

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The fitting of a shoe hat, and of a Shahar a shoe hat or the fitting that deal with a person's belief,

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don'ts that he starts having, such as the existence of Allah subhanho wa Taala.

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This is a doubt that the enemies of Islam

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throw at us

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and all the other adults related to our belief. These are called Shu heart. And so we must remain firm and steadfast upon our Eman

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and not fall for these shoe hats. The second type of Phaeton or the shadow

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and the shadow what are the worldly desires,

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the desires that one has for the dunya

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such as women, wealth, etc. And so the enemies are throwing all types of shots at us. And so we must remain firm and steadfast and not fall for these Shahada.

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Also,

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Allah subhanho wa Taala has commanded us to remain firmly steadfast.

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Not temporarily, but rather until the day we die. This is why Allah subhanho wa Taala says, Yeah, you Hallelujah, Amen. Taka la healthkart Ducati he will utter Mouton. Illa intimacy moon.

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Again, oh, you who believe.

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Fear a lot, the fear that he is most deserving of and do not die except

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except as Muslims, except in a state of submission.

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And so, here Allah subhanho wa Taala has ordered us

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to remain firm and steadfast until the day we meet him subhanho wa Taala.

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And so it is upon us to remain firm and steadfast

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in times of Phaeton trials, and the times that we live in today

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are times of fitting great trials and tribulations, especially for the Muslims living in this part of the world, and especially for the youth and the young ones.

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But the question is, what should one remain firm and steadfast upon?

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Allah subhanho wa Taala. He says

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that he keeps

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the believers firm and steadfast

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upon even

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a loss of handhold subhanho wa Taala says you said be to Lahore leadin. Amano bill hourly de bt Phil hayati dunya was will ask you

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here awesome Hannah who without it says that he keeps firm and steadfast

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the believers those who believe upon

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the word that is steadfast What is this word? It is the caliber of a tawheed until a Tahitian Eman is what we should remain firm and steadfast upon. Allah subhanho wa Taala tells us that he keeps the believers firm and steadfast upon this man, and they still heat

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in this life and in the era

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for dunya or fill era.

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So this man that was a man who Allah will keep the believers firm upon

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is the man of the hearts

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that necessitates

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that necessitates actions.

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And so a person cannot simply believe with his heart

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and say that this is sufficient,

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rather, he must follow it up with action. And this is why it is the belief of sooner with jamara that a man is what a man is believed with the heart, seeing it with the tongue, and acting upon it with with the rest of your body parts.

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And so actions are a part and parcel of a man, a person who does not act. He does not do anything that Allah has commanded him to do, he does not pray, he does not fast, etc. He cannot be called a man he cannot be called a believer.

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And so, we are living in times of fitten.

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And these fit and the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam actually informed us about them. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam said in the headquarters narrated by NSA Malik

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he said that before the day of judgment

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and so this is

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One of the signs of the Day of Judgment. He said before the day of judgment,

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there will be fitted

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trials tests tribulations

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like parts of a dark night

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cochlea, Taryn muslimah, like parts of a dark night. In it, a man will wake up, as

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in the morning he will wake up as a man as a believer. And by the evening, he will be a cafe, he will be a disbeliever.

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And

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in it, a person will be a coffee in the morning he will wake up as a as a cafe, and by the evening he will be a moment.

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And then the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said,

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in these times,

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there will be people who will sell their Deen at the price of the dunya.

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And this is exactly what we see, in our times today.

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People who chase after the dunya at the price at the price of their Deen. And so the commentators of this hadith the scholars they have said regarding this Hadith,

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that this hadith refers to one of the signs of the day of judgment

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that there will be great fitten trials tribulations like parts of a dark night black due to its uncertainty,

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lack of clarity.

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And so there will be a lot of uncertainty in these times of fitting in it and then we'll be constantly changing, he will be constantly changing his sayings and his actions will become diverse. And so, for him the good has become bad, and the bad has become good.

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Man has become Cofer.

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And Cofer has become a man sooner has become beta and beta has become sooner. And so this is the meaning of this hadith.

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And then they they go on to say that perhaps it may be that a man has become closer and closer has become a man. And so these people will sell their Deen at the price of the dunya.

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And so what the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam told us over 1400 years ago, is exactly what we see, in our day and age. How many people do we know

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who used to be with us here in this semester,

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and now they're gone. You don't see them anymore. Some have left Islam, while others have not left Islam, but they become weak in their email.

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And so one who used to grow his beard now is clean shaven, this sister used to wear hijab, you don't see her with a hijab anymore, and so on and so forth. And so these are the fitting the trials, the tests that we live in today.

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And the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.

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If we look

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at

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his early life, or rather, the early years of his prophethood

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we find that it was a time of great tests and fitten.

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There were companions, who were tortured,

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who were beaten, who were even killed.

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And some of these companions used to come to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam

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and seek his assistance.

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And so Hubbard wrote

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the companion or the Allahu Han,

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who was one of the young companions, the youth from amongst companions.

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He one day came to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam as a prophet SAW, Selim, was leaning against the Kaaba, and he came and complained to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam about their situation,

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the situation of the Muslims at that time.

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So he said, Will you not ask the Lord to help us? Will you not invoke upon Allah subhanho wa Taala to grant us victory.

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And so the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, he sat up

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and he admonished this young companion, he said, among those before you, meaning among the nations of the past,

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there will be a believer amongst them

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who would be taken

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and a pit would be varied for him in the ground,

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and he would be thrown into this pit

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And then a saw would be brought

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and placed over his head

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and he would be chopped into two pieces.

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The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam he went on to say, yet all of that did not cause him to abandon and leave his religion.

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In fact, the only thing that caused that to happen was because he kept on to his Deen. He remained firm and steadfast. He did not give up.

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Then the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, By Allah, this Dean will be completed and will gain triumph and victory until a writer goes from so not to have the remote

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fearing nobody except Allah subhanho wa Taala and the wolf less, it may eat up his sheep.

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And then the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, however, you are a people impatient.

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And so the lesson that we are to learn from this incident

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is that in times of fitten in tests and trials, we are supposed to be patient

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and not give up. We are supposed to remain firm and steadfast and not give in to the temptations of the dounia

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or the doubts that the kuffaar may throw at us.

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And

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in another Hadith, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam informed us

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that there will come a time

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when

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one who remains patient over his Dean

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is like one who grabs hold of hot boiling coal.

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Even though it's very hot, he remains firm and steadfast,

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not letting it go. And this is the rope of Allah subhanho wa Taala.

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That one should never let go. He should always he should always put his trust and hope in Allah subhanho wa Taala that eventually, after this darkness, there will be light at the end of the tunnel.

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And so why is it that we find a lot of people changing?

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A lot of people their Eman is shaking.

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Why is it that we find the people changing?

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From email to cover? Or from high

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to low email?

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You are many reasons.

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There are many reasons that we can mention. But inshallah I'll just mention

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a few of those. A few of those reasons.

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One of the reasons why people change and become weak and do not remain firm and steadfast

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is

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self deceit.

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They think there's something

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and so they become self deceived.

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And there is a story narrated in Buhari

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where

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there was a Christian

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in the time of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam

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who had embraced Islam. He became Muslim.

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And he memorized. He memorized surah, Baqarah and surah area and Ron.

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And not only that, but he was one of those who used to record the revelation. Whatever was revealed to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, he would write it down. He was one of the scribes of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam.

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However, later on, he returned to Christianity.

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He Apos stated and returned to Christianity.

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And he left the Muslims and returned to his Christian companions.

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And one of the things that he used to say, after he left Islam, one of the things he used to say is that Mohammed knows nothing except what I write down.

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So he thought he was something

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he felt self deceit, this what you call self deceit.

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And so

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he passed away he died, and his Christian companions

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went out to bury him

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and

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when they buried him

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They buried him in the ground.

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They left and the next morning they came and found his body had surfaced, and was lying on the ground.

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So they said, this must have been the work of Mohammed and his companions, because

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he left their religion and he left them.

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So they buried him into the ground a second time.

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And then they left. And then the next morning they came, and they found the body had surfaced once again.

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And this happened for three consecutive days.

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Finally, they realized that this was not the work of any human being. And they had left his body as it was, without wearing it.

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And so, this Christian could have become a companion.

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Imagine that a person abandons

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not only Islam,

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but he abandons it, at the time of Revelation,

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he could have become a great companion.

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But he gave up he gave up all of that, for the sake of the dunya. And because of his self deceit, he thought he was something

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and so shaitan

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deceived him and abandon him.

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Among the reasons that we see the the people changing,

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and not remaining firm and steadfast

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is following the Hawa

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the whims and desires.

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And this is one of the main reasons why we why we find people change

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and they give in to the temptations of the dunya

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because of their Hawa,

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and their desires.

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In surah Tula roff Allah subhanahu wa tada tells us,

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of a man from Bani Israel, he,

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in the time of Musa alayhis salam

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who Allah subhanho wa Taala had given him

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religious knowledge had given him the act. Allah subhana wa tada says,

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What to do Allah him never Allah Dr. Tina, Tina francisella Herman have to bow who shall upon Academy nawawi

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relate to them the story of the one who had given him our act.

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And so he left them behind.

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He threw them behind his back

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for tobacco shavon

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associaton followed him up and deceived him. And then Allah subhanho wa Taala says, What Oh shit, no, no, no, sir, I know who be her. What are kin? Who

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are we what turba

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loss of Hannah who tada tells us that had we wished had we had we willed

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we could have caused him to rise

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with our if he could have become a person of status amongst the people.

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However,

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a holiday NLRB, whatever, however, however, he remained, clinging on to the ground.

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And he followed his However,

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what did he do he followed his Hawa, he followed his whims and his desires. Allah subhanho wa Taala then goes on to give us a parable of this person.

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Allah subhanho wa Taala tells us that the parable of this man, the example of this man

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is like that of a dog.

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If you chase it, it will paint it will let his tongue out and it will pan

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and if you leave it alone, it'll pant and narrow his tongue also.

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Meaning that it doesn't make any difference.

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Whether you try to guide such a person, he will not be guided because he followed his desires. And then Allah subhanho wa Taala closed his heart from accepting the guidance

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So the point here is that following one's desires

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is one of the main reasons

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for not remaining firm and steady and steadfast upon Amen.

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Also, among the reasons that we find people changing and not remaining firm and steadfast

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is something very common amongst people who become weak in their Eman.

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And that is under estimating the gravity of things

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looking down on sins, especially the minor sins.

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And so the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam said, beware of under estimating sins,

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for the gather upon a person until until they destroy him.

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Then he gave us an example. He said, it is like a group of people who go out in the desert, they're traveling

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and their cook comes and he wants to cook. So

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each one goes and brings a branch

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a piece of wood, and they gather until it becomes a large pile, and then they light it and it becomes a bonfire.

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So the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam gave us this example, to show us the gravity of sins,

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that we should not underestimate, especially the minor sins, because they will gather and gather and gather until they become a huge pile like a mountain.

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And,

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and so the scholars have said that as long as a person persists in committing minor sins, it becomes a major sin.

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And so it is very common for people to look down on the minor sins.

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A person he doesn't commit Zina.

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He does not commit Zina. But he looks at how wrong

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he looks at what is not permissible for him to look at.

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And he thinks it to be something small.

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Yes, it is a minor sin.

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It is not like Xena, but it is

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the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam referred to it as Xena.

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And so it is a type of Xena, not a sinner that requires punishment, but the Zener that will lead to the greater Zina and this is why Allah subhanho wa Taala in the Quran.

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He did not command the believing men to refrain from Xena. He did not say let us know do not commit Zina, rather Allah subhana wa Tada. He commanded the believing men to lower their gazes

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because if they lower their gazes, it will protect them from the greater sinner.

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And so one should never underestimate the gravity of sins, especially the minor sins. For if one does that, it will lead him to destruction. And it will lead him to become weak in his Eman and it will not enable him to remain firm and steadfast upon email.

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There are many many other reasons that we can mention. But the common reason that we can see here is

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that people who do not remain firm and steadfast.

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It is as a result of following in the footsteps of shaitan.

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And so Allah subhanho wa Taala has warned us in the horror and in many different places to be aware of falling into the footsteps of shaitan. For a person who follows in the footsteps of shaitan it will cause him to move further and further away from a loss of Hannah who would Allah and it will weaken his emotion until it will lead to his destruction.

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After all this

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The question is

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what can help us

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to remain firm and steadfast upon the deen of Allah subhanho wa Taala.

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The first means that could help us to remain firm and steadfast

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upon the deen of Allah subhanho wa Taala

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is remembering the greatness of a loss of Hannah who was

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remembering the greatness of the one

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We are sending.

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When a person does that, it helps him to refrain from falling into sin.

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Allah subhanho wa Taala he mentioned to us His greatness in different parts of the Quran, and also the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam

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has informed us of the greatness of Allah subhanho wa Taala.

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In ayatul kursi Allah subhanho wa Taala describes his courses.

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Allah subhanho wa Taala says, was the accuracy you somehow it went up

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his kursi extends over the heavens and earth.

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What is the mercy of Allah subhanho wa tada

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what is the last courtesy?

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Who can tell me

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not the throne.

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The throne is the harsh

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The kursi is

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no.

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The the footstool,

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the mercy of Allah subhanho wa Taala is his footstool.

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And here Allah subhanho wa Taala describes his footstool as

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extending over the heavens and earth.

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This entire universe the courtesy of Allah subhanho wa Taala extends over it. That's only the mercy of Allah subhanho wa Taala

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in the hadith of Abu Dhabi, Al Rifai de Ravi Allahu when

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he said that he asked the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam he said, Yasukawa what is the greatest of that which has been revealed to you? So the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam responded and said

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ayatul kursi

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and so ayatul kursi is the greatest verse in the Quran.

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It is the greatest verse in the Quran.

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Then he said, The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said to a Buddha, yeah, those are

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the seven heavens, the seven heavens

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compared to the courtesy of Allah subhanho wa Taala

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is nothing

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but like a ring

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thrown into a barren desert.

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And the superiority of the harsh the throne of Allah subhanho wa tada

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is

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like the superiority of the arch over the codici is like the superiority of the desert

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over that ring that is thrown into that huge and massive desert.

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And so this is the greatness of Allah creation.

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So how about Allah subhanho wa Taala himself.

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Imagine that a ring that you throw in the middle of a desert is like the courtesy of Allah subhanho wa Taala. And this massive desert

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is like the throne of Allah subhanho wa Taala of which the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam informed us that it is the greatest of all of creation.

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What is the greatest thing that Allah has created? It is his throne,

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the harsh the throne of Allah subhanho wa Taala is the greatest of all last creation.

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greater than the earth, the sun,

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this galaxy, this entire universe,

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you have the footstool, then you have the throne.

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The throne, the greatest of Allah is creation.

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And then the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, Will law who tokoloshe and a law is above the Throne.

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Allah subhanho wa Taala is above his throne, in a manner befitting himself.

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This is the greatness of a loss of Hannah who was a healer.

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So when one constantly reminds himself of this greatness

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at all times,

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whether he's worshiping a law or whether he's carrying out his daily affairs,

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this will help him to remain firm and steadfast in the face, of all types of Phaeton.

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The second means

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or ways that we can help ourselves to remain firm and steadfast

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is

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By remembering

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the value of the life of this dunya

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the value of the life

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of the dunya

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Allah subhanho wa Taala in different places in the Quran

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has given us the example of the dunya.

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Compared to that Pharaoh

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and as an example, Allah subhanho wa Taala says Kuru Mata or dunya khaleel will add hero to hydro limani. Taka,

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say to them, oh Mohammed,

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that this dunya is

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short.

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The enjoyment of this dunya is short, it is little. As for the accurate,

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then it is far better for who not for the one who simply says that he believes. But for the one

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who has attained taqwa. limani Taka

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The one who has attained taqwa, the one who fears Allah subhanho wa Taala. He is conscious of a loss of Hannah who What?

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And so a person should live in this world, as if he is a traveler, as a prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam informed us

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and a traveler he takes with him from this dunya what he needs. When one of you travels, he sets out on a journey. He takes with him of luggage what he needs, he does not take everything with him. Similarly, we are travelers in this dunya we should take what we need and leave what we don't need

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and leave what we don't need. Because this is a temporary life, it will one day come to an end. As for the Acura it is permanent and eternal, lasting forever.

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Among the means and ways that we can help ourselves to remain firm and steadfast upon this Deen

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is why we're remembering the stories of the prophets and the messengers of the past.

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And what they went through of Phaeton of tests and trials.

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And this is why Allah subhanho wa Taala said to his prophet

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to his prophet muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam,

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he said coolin wakulla naka suhaila coming yet wakulla wakulla nakasu alayka min Amba Eros holy man who's a b2b, Hebrew Arabic.

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here Allah subhanho wa Taala is telling his prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam

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that everything that we reveal to you. And we narrate to you of the news of the messengers of the past.

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It is for what purpose it is, so that we may make strong and firm your heart nearby.

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And so, this is the Prophet of Allah subhanho wa Taala,

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the greatest of mankind, Allah subhanho wa Taala is relating to him, the stories of the prophets and the messengers of the past

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in order to strengthen his heart,

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so that he remains firm and steadfast in the face of fitten.

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And this is why

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the prophets and the messengers

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they faced what no other human being after them ever faced,

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of Phaeton of tests and trials.

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They were forced out of their homes, they were stoned, pelted,

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mocked, and so on and so forth.

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And yet, they remained firm and steadfast in the face of these fitter.

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And so when we read these stories,

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it will help us to remain firm and steadfast.

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Because it will remind us that what we are going through is nothing compared to what the prophets and the messengers of the past went through.

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And take for example,

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Prophet nor Halle his Salaam

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who called his people

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for nearly 1000 years.

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And yet Allah subhanho wa Taala says that only a handful

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accepted his message.

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And when Allah subhanho wa Taala drowned his people

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and prophet knew when his followers were saved,

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Prophet asked Allah subhanahu wa tada What about my son

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And, and so Allah subhana wa tada said, that your son is not from your family

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because he was a disbeliever.

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And so his very own son did not believe in him. And he was sorrow and sad because of that.

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Look at the test and trial of Prophet Yunus, Allah, his Salah,

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and how he was eaten by the whale,

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and yet he remained firm and steadfast.

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And likewise, all of the prophets and the messengers, their stories have been narrated in the Quran, in great detail, for this very reason. So that it may help us to remember what the prophets and the messengers of the past went through, and that what they went through was far greater than the tests and the trials, that we go through ourselves

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among one of the most important ways and means that we can help ourselves to remain firm and steadfast upon this theme.

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is none other than a doula

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by calling upon the loss of Hannah who tada

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when we are faced with the fitting that we are faced with,

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and this is why,

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on selama,

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the wife of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi, wa sallam,

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she mentioned that the one that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam used to make the most

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was young cannibal. galoob the bit called be hygienic.

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The old Turner's alternator of the hearts,

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keep my heart, firm upon your dream.

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And so

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she asked the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam selama

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Why is it that this is the duhallow that you use to make the most?

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So the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said,

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Yeah, selama Indeed, there is no human being

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except that his heart

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is between two of the fingers of a runner.

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You can libo hack a fair shot.

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He turns these hearts as he wishes.

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And so each and every single one of us.

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Our guidance lies in the hands of a loss of Hannah with Allah.

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Allah guides whom He wills and he allows to go straight to misguidance, whom He wills.

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And so one should never become self deceived. And think that because

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he has grown his beard.

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He is praying five times a day, he is coming to the messenger.

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He should never think

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that that's it.

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Now, he's going to Jenna for sure.

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He should never guarantee himself that because Allah subhanahu wa Tada. He guides whom He wills and he leads astray whom He wills,

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sometimes even righteous people, they may slip and fall.

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And as we mentioned, the story of the Christian

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who died as a cafe after he had believed in the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, he had memorized Surah Al Baqarah Surah Al e Imran

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two of the greatest suitors of the Quran.

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He became a companion of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam what greater status can one achieve than that?

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And yet, he died in a state of Kufa

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without a man

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and so one should always

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be asking Allah subhanho wa Taala to keep their heart firm upon the deen of Allah subhanho wa Taala and upon righteousness

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and upon EMA

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We ask Allah subhanho wa Taala

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to keep us firm and steadfast upon Amen And upon this Dean

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and we asked him subhanho wa Taala to protect us from every type of fitna. Now volha Rahman Hama, Bhutan what is apparent of that

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What is hidden? And we ask Allah subhanho wa Taala to protect our young ones, and our youth, especially in this society, we ask Allah subhanho wa Taala to guide them all to history Taz Subhana Allah who will be handed a shadow Allah Allah.

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Still filled with water to booty, like

The age we live in today is an age of fitnah (trial and tribulation), especially for the Muslims living in the non-Muslim societies of the West. The Prophet (ṣallallāhu `alayhi wa-sallam) said, “There will come a time where a Muslim holding fast to his deen (religion) is like he who is holding onto a hot coal.”

Lecture delivered at Salaheddin Islamic Center in Toronto. Date: January 30, 2013.

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