Treading the Path of Istiqamah

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The challenges of living a life of ease and the importance of belief in a law are highlighted in a series of segments covering the challenges of living a life of hip hop, including burnout, family pressure, and peer pressure. The importance of finding a path for personal growth and success is emphasized, along with the need to be mindful of one's actions and not to fear the future. The segment emphasizes the importance of following a path for personal growth and success, focusing on hard work, determination, and family pressure.

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In Al Hamdulillah

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testamento who when his

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funeral when our own do billahi min asurion fusina woman sejati malita

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at Hilah who Fela mobile Allah woman you believe who Fela DLS

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ilaha illallah wa

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Jalla

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wa she had

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nothing to do who Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa woman Teddy Gandhi said in a lie on the team yeah you have Latina man otaku la Hakata hace

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una Illa one two Muslim moon yeah you had NASA Taku Rocco malaria lady

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was coming

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in who Mary Jalan Cathy wrong when he said what tabula rasa una de

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inwa can alikoum Rokita Yeah, you know,

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Colin said either

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way of

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warming up our pseudo code is

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another

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dear brothers and sisters

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when Allah subhanahu wa taala created us

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to live in this world.

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He created us for a purpose for a reason.

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Not just like that without any purpose without any reason.

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And so Allah subhanho wa Taala created us

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to serve him

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to worship him

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to live our lives

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in the way that he wants

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to Regina will

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not have not created the jinn nor mankind

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except to worship me.

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However, the biggest challenge

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that we face

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is not that we don't know about this truth from Allah subhanahu wa tada

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it's not that we have trouble accepting it.

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It's not that we have trouble believing in it.

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So even is easy.

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Believe in the heart is easy.

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To say with your tongue is also easy.

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But the biggest challenge

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me and you face in this life

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is that after our

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we are being held back

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from living a life of a

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life of ease still

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remain steadfast upon that path of

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both inwardly and outwardly.

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And so one of the companions of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.

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He came to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.

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He said Yasuda wa

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polyfill Islamic Allah.

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The old messenger of Allah

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told me something about Islam.

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One word

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that I will have to ask anyone besides you.

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So the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam,

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he did not give him a long winded answer.

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He did not quote for him in value from the brand.

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But rather, he said, in two words,

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to be loved.

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Don't stalk him.

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Say,

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I have believed in a law

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and then remain steadfast upon that.

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Leave away from Mr. Koerner.

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I live a life of steadfastness.

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belief of obedience to Allah subhanahu wa taala

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so email alone is not why Allah subhana wa tada created us.

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Man alone

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is not gonna land you in jail.

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In la de la, buena wa who saw most of

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those who said we believe, and then they followed up that he man with righteousness with a life of his Tacoma.

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rally he malamala eeka la Tohoku

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wherever she will be a genuine Atletico to.

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The angels descend upon such people

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at the time of death,

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saying to them,

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Do not fear nor grief.

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Do not fear as we take away your soul. Do not fear about where you're going to.

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nor grieve over what you are leaving behind of your family your children

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do not fear nor grieve.

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be given the glad tidings of

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which you were promised.

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And then the other is in the Roku, Roku Nova to Mr.

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Moon

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karasawa,

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poly de de Botton miana loon,

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those who say we believe and then

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they follow up that belief within karma

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there shall be no fear for them, nor shall they grieve. They are the companions of gentlemen,

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to abide in zero forever.

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Does that be materno Yama loon, a reward

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for what they used to do.

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And so my dear brothers and sisters, a man is one thing, but to follow up that a man

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to follow up, that a man with action, with steadfastness upon the Straight Path of Allah,

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until the day you meet him, this is a completely different thing.

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And so, if you want

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any friend

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or a co worker, or any law,

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whenever anyone can be male or female, it was declared Hakeem aku matches by self Irrawaddy, welcome, Marissa.

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So, you can have a pharaoh to lie in

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Alhamdulillah Europeana mean, well, I prefer to limit

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Illa Allah volley mean, Borussia to Allah. Allahu la sharika

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Mohammed Abu Rasulullah

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sallallahu rahmatan Lil alameen especially wrong whenever you're on Russia, Iran, what had he and what was she wrong? What are the Euro, but another Risa or Adele Anna Manasa Hello Ma.

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MBA Potawatomi. Ah, he was

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he was Javi woman who whom Peter said I mean ila hometeam. A man that, but de la hora de la la solicitud de unicon Baraka yo la hora Sudoku in quantum meaning.

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But your brothers and sisters

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if you wanted to travel somewhere

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you want to get in your car

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and you wanted to travel somewhere.

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Let's say it's very far off.

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You're gonna look

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for the shortest path that leads

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you're going to look

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for the straightest path to your destination. You're going to

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Look for the most direct your destination.

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So once you start reading that path,

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you wouldn't go right or left.

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You were a stray off of that path.

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But rather you stick to it and only take a break when you need it.

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Likewise,

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the path to

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the path.

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Allah subhanahu wa tada needed to be a straight path.

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Not a path that's worse, going right or left, but rather a straight path. Why?

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Because this path leads to our destination.

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Because the one who treads this path

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he is focused on what is in front of him.

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He is focused on his desk.

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But someone else

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who doesn't want to take that street

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will go right and left.

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He'll swerve off

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deviate from the straight path.

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And then in front of him he doesn't have

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he doesn't have the destination of Jenna.

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He wants to take a break. He finds it difficult to boring.

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And yes.

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This is the nature of the st. Pat's of Allah subhanahu wa Tada. This is why so many people they complain that to live a life of religiosity.

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It's boring,

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difficult.

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Why? Because they're knifes has its desire.

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Their enough's wants it cabri there are enough or cdva left and right, satisfying its pleasure,

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which it does not find upon that string.

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That is leading to a loss of Hannah, who were to Hannah. And that is leading agenda.

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And so this is why many people, they start off on the straight path.

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But then after a while you find

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that they start to slow down.

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Some of them have burnouts.

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Some of them go backwards.

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Some of them go rain. Some of them go left.

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But just like in any race,

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you have the winners and you have the loser.

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What is the description of the winner?

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Those who start off diligently.

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And they continue diligently until

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they reach the finish line.

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Just like in any race.

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The winners are those who remain steadfast.

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Yes, it's difficult. Yes, there will be barriers. Yes, there will be hardship.

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I'm not gonna get distracted from my end goal.

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But the losers who are they?

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They are those

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who want to give in to the pressure. They are those

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who want to give in to their enough.

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And it's desire. It's desire for rest.

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Wanting to deviate, right and left.

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And so my dear brothers and sisters, there are many barriers that come in between us

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and continuing diligently

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upon a strict path of a loss of heritage.

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Among these barriers

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is that many of us we think that to live a life of obedience to Allah to live a life of his karma. It means

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that I'm going to miss out

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on the enjoyments of

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the comfort of the dunya.

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Among the barriers, is

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not being able to picture ourselves

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as being religious Muslims, yes. Many of us we can't imagine ourselves

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as being religious Muslim,

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this is from shavon

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whispers this into our minds into our hearts.

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Also, among the barriers is a lack of your team.

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Some of us are not convinced, is this really the path leading to Jenna?

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Is this really gonna land me

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in Jenna.

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Among the barriers is a lack of

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luck

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of determination.

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We started off on the path.

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But then we start to lose steam.

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And we start to lose determination to continue.

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We become distracted

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by shaitan by the dounia.

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And we lose that determination to continue.

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Among the barriers is peer pressure,

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family pressure,

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societal pressure, especially in this society in which we live in

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live a life of Mr. Karma means that you're going to have to stand up,

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it means that you're going to have to live as a stranger.

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And you're going to have to look, you're going to have to be seen stranger.

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These are some of the barriers that come in between us and choosing to tread that path.

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And so, there is one thing

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the most important thing that will help us

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to tread that string path of velocity.

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And that is

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by keeping ourselves focused

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by keeping ourselves focused on our destination.

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Keep it in front of your eyes, every single moment of your life.

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Keep in front of your eyes the reality

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any movement

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is life of yours can come to an end.

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It's either agenda or the hellfire.

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No third path

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at any moment

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it could come to an end. The Angel of Death

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does not come

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with an appointment.

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rather he comes with

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dear brothers and sisters.

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The leaf of an ester

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is what Allah subhanho wa Taala wants us to tread

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it is the life that Allah subhanahu wa tada created us for.

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Yes, we're not perfect human beings.

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And we will have shortcomings. We will commit mistakes along the path.

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But don't let yourself

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swerve off the path permanently.

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Come back to the springtime

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sooner rather than later.

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And remember

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that the life of his Tacoma

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is as Allah subhana wa tada wanted, not as me and

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unfortunately many Muslims out there today. They have a concept of religiosity.

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They think that to be religious

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is

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by applying certain aspects of Islam

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and not applying other

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taking it easy

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as Allah subhanho wa Taala commanded His Prophet

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What did

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what 100 command his own Prophet and Messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam

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remain steadfast.

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Oh,

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as you wish known as you have been commanded,

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pasta cream comma, woman, woman tada Marika wanna taco

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remains

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steadfast as you have been commanded by Allah,

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and also those who have repented with you, meaning the believers,

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and do not, do not go astray.

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Do not go too extreme.

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And so if this was the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam

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autolyzed, commanding him to remain steadfast as he has been commanded. And how about the rest of us?

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We ask Allah subhana wa tada to grant us a man that is the karma.

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The karma upon St. Pat's, as Allah has intended and not as we intend, a lot not feeling samina one Muslim and what it would mean you know what I mean, not

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even

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in Mecca, some even or even Mooji but

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along Islam I mean

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shakey

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Dean, Allah knows

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what was the law Xena was who and Phaeton voronina one about one

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from Brooklyn.

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Gina's in junior high Santa pasilla de hacer una mattina

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have been allowed to the coup. de Terre Haute Elena will lead to corruption in the Toronto hub in Nova

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Scotia by Sasha

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rune as

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well as the crow