Kamil Ahmad – The Strangers Episode #19 Purification of the Soul

			Bismillah Alhamdulillah wa Salatu was Salam ala Rasulillah. While early he was such a big Marine,
and welcome back to another episode of the strangers. In this series of episodes, we've been looking
at that hadith of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, where he said that Islam began as
something strange. And I will again return as being something strange to give glad tidings to the
strangers. And there's no doubt that the times in which we're living in today are times of the
strangeness of Islam, the same strangeness that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam spoke of.
And so in the last few episodes, what we have been doing is giving pieces of advice to the strangers
		

			out there, the strangers, the Muslim strangers in the world today. And so in this episode, we're
going to give another very beautiful piece of advice. And that is for the Muslim stranger to focus
on something very, very important. And that is purification of his soul, cleansing his heart,
rectifying his heart and purifying his soul. So if we were to analyze the data, when it first
started in Mecca, with the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and his few companions with him, and
how he gradually moved on until the end of the makin stage, and then how they moved on to Medina, we
find that in the first few years of Islam, there were not that many legislations, there were not
		

			that many do's and don'ts, commandments, prohibitions, rather, the main theme that Allah subhanho wa
Taala was revealing, for the Companions was focusing on building them, building them from scratch,
so that they were strong in their foundation. And that foundation is the inner soul and the heart
that the reason for this was because these new Muslims were coming from Jahai Lea, they were coming
with a lot of baggage, a lot of ignorance, a lot of immorality, a lot of tribal issues. And so Allah
subhanho wa Taala wanted to rid them of all of that, how to do that by getting and get rid from
their hearts and attaching them to Allah subhanho wa taala. And so this is what we find in the very
		

			beginning stages of the Dawa. And so the only way to rid oneself of the diseases of the hearts is by
focusing on the very essence of a human being, and that is his soul. It is the soul of the human
being. That is his true essence, it is that that will come on the day of judgment and be brought to
account. And so it is the soul that commands the heart. And as a result, the heart commands the rest
of the body. And this is why the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam he said, that there is a piece
of flesh in the body, that if it was to be upright, if it was to be sound, then the rest of the body
would be rectified would be upright. However, if it was not upright, if it was corrupted, then the
		

			rest of the body would become corrupted. And then he said, Allah heal calm, indeed, it is the heart.
And so, if the inner soul is purified, it will be the driving force behind a person's actions. And
so unfortunately, many Muslims today, even the strangers among us, they have an incorrect perception
of what it means to truly be religious. And so they think that to show my religiosity to show how
religious I am, this is what is important. And so you find some brothers having the longest
appearance, you find some sisters covered head to toe, but they're the worst of people when it comes
to their hearts. And so that is why the most important thing for the stranger out there to focus on
		

			is his heart, rectifying him and his soul, purifying him.
		

			And so one of the companions abou Amara, Sophia and had been Abdullah Radi Allahu Allah. He came to
the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and he asked him Oh, Mr. of Allah told me something of the
deen of Islam, that if I was to ask you, I will not need to ask anyone else after you. So the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said once again stressing the importance of Islam
		

			As something holistic, not just something outward, but also something inward. The Prophet sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam said, Cool and to Billa to Mr. Krim say I have believed in Allah, I have believed
and then remain firm upon tight, and then remain firm upon that. And so, what is important is to
rectify both the inner and the outward actions of a believer the interactions are those that are
related to the heart. And so the real meaning of being a stranger is to first rectify your heart.
That's why Allah subhanho wa Taala says that it is this heart that will matter on the Day of
Judgment. Yo mela Yun Varoma loon will have alone 11 at Allah be called bin Salim on the day in
		

			which nothing will avail not the will benefit a person, not his wealth, not his children in Lamin
Attila be Khalid bin Salim except one who comes to Allah on that day, with a clean heart, a purified
heart. And so it will call him the famous scholar of Islam. He says that everyone agrees that
enough's the soul, it cuts the path between the heart and reaching ALLAH SubhanA, who were to Hydra,
and that the only way to reach Allah is by defeating that soul, by what by defeating that soul. And
so the soul, it is corrupt, it is inclined towards evil. And so we need to strive hard against it.
And this is the whole meaning of purification of the soul in America, and he also says that there
		

			are two cures for the heart, there are two cures for the heart, from being overtaken by the soul.
And so the soul because it is inclined towards evil, it overtakes the heart, it commands and
controls the heart, and then the heart commands the rest of the body. And so he says that there are
two cures for the heart from being overcome by the soul. He says, The first is by bringing that soul
that knifes to account by bringing it to account meaning asking it, why are you doing this? Why are
you doing that? Why today? Did you do this? Why today? Did you do that? Bringing it to account. He
says the second way is by opposing the knifes by opposing that soul by not submitting to its
		

			commands, when it tells you to do something, refrain say no, I'm not going to do it. And so he goes
on to say, moreover, the hearts destruction occurs how? By negligence of bringing the soul to
account. And so he says, the heart destruction occurs by neglecting bringing the soul to account and
agreeing with it in everything that it commands and desires. And that is because when a person is
faced with prevailing desires that his soul wants to achieve and fulfill, he's left with either one
of two choices, either he's going to follow and choose that which is pleasing to Allah, or he's
going to follow and choose that which is pleasing and desiring to his soul. And so this is something
		

			that ALLAH SubhanA who went to and spoke of when he said, But Anam and Dada, were after all higher
to dunya, but in Naja Hema he'll work as for he who transgresses all bounds and he prefers the life
of this dunya then for him his abode is the hellfire. Then what does Allah say? What am man Hoffa
Nakamura be he went ahead enough Sunil Hawa the in and Janetta here.
		

			As for he who fears standing before his Lord SubhanaHu wa Tada and he prevents his soul from
following its desires for in a janitor he'll
		

			he his abode is what? Nothing but Janna paradise and so even Ibis Radi Allahu Allahu Allah. He says,
explaining this verse he says, that it refers to an individual, a man who thinks about committing a
certain sin. He's about to commit a certain sin. And so he all of a sudden remembers himself and
imagines himself being called to account before Allah subhanho wa taala. And so as a result, he
abandons that sin. And so we could see how this individual was being called by his soul that's
inclined to evil that wants to fulfill its desires. But what does he do? He does not obey it.
		

			Rather, he remembers himself on the Day of Judgment, standing before Allah subhana who had died
being asked about the sin, why did you disobey me? And so as a result, he prevents himself from
following his desires. We'll take a short break, and after we come back, we'll mention the seven
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			Salam Alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh Welcome back. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam he
mentioned seven who would be shaded on the day in which there will be no shade, but the shade of
Allah. And we mentioned how even NACA you mentioned that these seven individuals they only attained
that reward on that day due to opposing their desires, their overwhelming desires of their soul. And
so let us see who the seven are. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said that there are seven
people whom Allah will grant him his shade, on the day in which there will be no shade except the
shade of his throne. They are number one, adjust ruler. Number two, a young man, a teenager who
		

			grows up in the worship of Allah. Number three, a person whose heart is attached to the massage and
number four and five, two men who love each other, they meet each other, and they depart from one
another, only for the sake of Allah. And number six, the one who gives him charity, he conceals it,
he hides it, so much so that his left hand does not know what his right hand has given. And number
seven, an individual who remembers Allah in secret. He goes behind closed doors where no one can see
him. He remembers Allah. And as a result, he sheds his tears, he weeps and cries, because of
remembering Allah subhanho wa taala. So if we were to look at each one of these individuals, we find
		

			that each one of them oppose the Hawa, the whims of their soul, their overwhelming whims, that we're
calling them to evil.
		

			Now the scholars they have mentioned that there are three kinds of souls and this is based on what
we find in the Quran. And so Allah subhanahu wa Tada has mentioned three different kinds of souls in
the Quran. The first is enough's, Amara be su the soul that is inclined towards evil. And so Allah
subhanho wa Taala says, in enough ser la Nowra to be su Elana Rahim Allah be that enough's. The soul
is inclined towards evil, except that which Allah has had mercy upon, meaning that most souls, the
majority of souls of mankind, are inclined towards evil. That's how they were created. And so this
is the first kind of soul
		

			The second kind of soul is a enough's and no one. And so this is the soul that blames itself. It is
constantly blaming itself. And so Allah subhanho wa Taala tells us about the soul, who Allah, Oh,
Cosimo be neffs Allah,
		

			Allah swears by the soul, the soul, the nafs, that blames itself and one of the great scholars and
has an industry he says, you will see the believer, always constantly blaming himself and saying
things like, did I want this? Why did I do this? Was this better than that? Etc. Basically, after he
commits a sin, and his soul fulfills its desire, he questions Why did you do this? Why did he do
that? He is always constantly blaming his soul. And so this is the soul of many believers. They know
that what they're doing is wrong, but they end up falling into that wrong because the desires are so
much they become overwhelming then afterwards they realize the mistake that they had made, we come
		

			to the next and final type of knifes and that is enough's. Al Muthanna in it is the soul that is at
peace, the soul that is at rest. And so Allah subhanho wa Taala refers to the soul where Allah
subhanahu wa Tada says, Yeah, to have enough soul Matana inner hero je Roc Viki Are all 10 Moruya
Third, the holy VA Daddy, why the Holy Jannetty and so Allah subhanahu wa Tada will call upon that
soul after death, and say, Oh reassured soul, also that is at rest that is at peace, return to your
Lord, well pleased and pleasing to Him SubhanaHu wa Tada and enter among my servings, and enter my
paradise. This is the soul of the righteous, this is the soul that is at rest, that is the righteous
		

			soul that has abandoned all evil that has abandoned following his desires, and so ignore him. He
also mentioned these three types of knifes souls. And so he says that enough is a single entity,
although its state may change from enough sell amount of a zoo to enough Salawa to enough Ultima in
which is the final aim of perfection. Basically, what he's saying is that the human soul is the same
it is one soul, but it could change between between these various types of souls. And so initially,
it is inclined towards evil, but then it could move on to the next type and that is the type that
always brings itself and then it could move to the final type of soul that is the soul that is at
		

			rest the soul of the righteous. And so he goes on to say it blocked him he goes on to say, it has
been said that the enough's Allah wanna be the one that blames itself is the one that cannot rest in
any one state. It often changes remembers and forgets, submits and evade, loves and hates rejoices
and become sad, accepts and rejects, obeys and disobeyed. Then he goes on to say, the enough's a
lawanna. The same soul is also the neffs of the believer. It has also been mentioned that the
enough's blames itself on the Day of Judgment, for every one blames himself for his actions, either
his bad deeds, if he was one who had many wrong actions or for his shortcomings, if he was one who
		

			did good deeds, he says all of this is accurate. And so there are various interpretations for
enough's Halawa after mentioning all of this, the question that many of you may be wondering, is,
how can I bring my soul to be that soul and knifes and what are my inner? How can I purify my soul?
So that I do always follow it and its desires, so that I don't remain enough amount of his soul so
that I don't remain having that soul that's inclined towards evil? How do I bring myself up? How do
I purify my soul? And so we go for the answer once again, to biblical em. May Allah have mercy upon
him. He says, purification of the soul is far more difficult than physical therapy. Whoever purifies
		

			his soul through the exercise, struggle and seclusion, which the messengers did not come with. Then
he is like a sick person, an ill person who treats himself based on his own opinion. Where does his
opinion stand for
		

			On the knowledge of a doctor, so this is a reality. We see many people out there, especially the non
Muslims searching, they are searching for inner happiness that is missing. And so they try
everything. They try every religion. And in the end of the day, they don't find what satisfies that
soul. And so if your claim says that this is because they are looking for the solution from the
wrong place, it is like a person who tries to treat himself with medicine. While he's ignorant of
medicine, he doesn't go to the doctor, where is his knowledge compared to the knowledge of the
doctor. And so we say that to purify your soul, you need to learn it from the messengers from our
		

			Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, from the Quran and from the Sunnah, and from the scholars of
this ummah, every day and he goes on to say, he says, the messengers are doctors of the heart, there
is no way to purify and rectify it, except through their way and that their hands and by purely
following them, and submitting to them, and Allah is the source of all health. It will claim he also
says in another place, he says, among the signs of a healthy heart is that a person departs from the
dunya until he lands in the era and settles down in the akhira until he remains there, as if he is
one of its inhabitants. He came to this dwelling meaning to the dunya as a stranger takes from it
		

			what he needs, and then returns to his homeland. As the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said to
Abdullah ibn Umar Radi Allahu Allahu Allah couldn't fit dunya Nica or even a Hayabusa we'll be in
this dunya as if you are a stranger or a traveler away for traveling from point A to point B and he
takes the rest in the middle, and consider yourself to be from the inhabitants of the graves. And
then look at him he recited lines of poetry. He said, Come, let's go to the Gardens of Eternity, for
they are your first dwellings and in them are the tenants. However, we are captives of the enemy. So
do you see us returning to our homeland and surviving? And so my dear brothers and sisters, this is
		

			the reality. If we want to purify our souls, we need to do it through the hands of our Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and this golden advice that he gave to ibn Umar Radi Allahu Anhu. Math
is the best advice that you could take, in the first step towards purifying your soul. Be in the
dunya as if you are a stranger, yes, we are strangers in this world. Why? Because we came to it as
strangers. And eventually we're going back. We shouldn't be thinking like this, that we're going
back to our real home. And so we need to oppose those desires. We need to oppose the overwhelming
desires of our enough's of our soul. So if we were to do that, if we were to always remind ourselves
		

			of the reality of this life and the reality of the akhira, this will be among the greatest means to
purifying our souls, as Allah said, As for those who fear standing before Allah, and what do they
do? They prevent themselves from following their desires, who are they? They are the inhabitants of
Jannah. So every single time you think of committing a sin, remember that put yourself before Allah
subhanho wa Taala and that will be the greatest means to purifying your soul. And then after you
commit a sin, bring your soul to account as Omar Radi Allahu Allah He used to say, Bring yourselves
to account in this life before you will be brought to account on that day and then it is too late.
		

			With that we come to the end of this episode. We ask Allah subhanahu wa Tada to grant us all genital
favoritos and to make us all steadfast upon this deen and to help us in purifying our souls. Until
our next episode Subhanak Allahumma will be Hemric head to Allah Illa Illa and Estelle Fuuka water
to buoy Lake wa Salam Alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh
		

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