Best Advice Given by a Father – Surah Luqman

Okay, so there is a loser of whatever introduction.

His name is another Hadith. This man, he saw the effectiveness of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam speech, the Prophet used to sit next to the Kaaba and read the Quran teaches people what it hikma, which is the Hadith of the Prophet SAW Selim authentic narrations teaches people the Quran, use a key Him purifies, etc. And he sees the powerful speech he has and the impact it has on people. So another minute, how does what does he do? He travels overseas literally like overseas to go gain some knowledge from the Romans and the Persians to get some stories unheard of right? You go search for certain YouTube videos, certain books want to get content and no one ever heard about four. So

he gets all of that. Then he goes to MK getestet sits right next to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. So then he says, You guys are listening to Mohammed, come listen to me. Mohamed talks about art and thermo, the people of the past. Let me tell you about the purges and the Romans. At that point, they were the elites right at that point they were the ones that people look up to me Allah grant us Jana and wisdom as to who to look up to say, I mean, so this man was wasting so much time and he's trying to make so much noise that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam received revelation, some Allah Matt said this surah was revealed because of this individual. The man there's

a lot more to say. What's the if Allah says in the Quran, I will be leaving the shaytani R rajim Bismillah R Rahman r Rahim Wamena nurse among the people making your study law will Hadith in your little answer be the Liberian there are some who employ in terms of speeches in terms of music now many are alumni and even your best and even my students. They all say it refers to music Alina so the youth any possible instruments to do what to distract the people from what from Allah and that's the strongest of tools. Then Allah says we have the the HA who's over and that person is marking the religion marking matters. Subhanallah when you hear Yanni I don't know it's not even my notes. I

just remembered it.

There's a There's a very famous rapper. He said a statement of Kufa Why am I sharing it with you to tell you how dangerous some songs may be? And he said oh, I don't really understand the lyrics but as you know no Habib, it doesn't you understand you don't understand it. It's something you have to be cautious over. Whatever you smell impacts you write whatever you hear impacts you. You ever heard about secondhand smoke, I never smoke, but you're next to someone who smokes. So that impacts you. So Subhanallah there's this rapper, very famous song he says, If God had an iPod of mine is very old, right? If God had an iPod, I would be on his playlist. Subhanallah Allah is Allah will listen

to music, you'll listen to my music, hello, stanza and Mark Green who's one against Allah Subhan Allah to Allah. So you have to be very careful. Then Allah says Allah, Allah hum Addabbo mui. In these people have a humiliating punishment. They tried to humiliate the deen. No, you will get humiliated. May Allah protect us the honorable Alameen. Now this Surah Surah to what sort of law command Excellent. Now, there's a lot of good stuff in the Surah I will focus on verses 12 to 19. That's it. It's a scenario between Lachman and his son, it's a passage that I really wanted to learn in depth so much May Allah grant you all Janna for giving me the opportunity to do so. Fantastic.

Allah says Welaka Tina Lachman and Hickman we granted Lachman the wisdom. Now there's a lot to talk about here. What occurred, Tina, who what's Tina?

We gave, so who gave it to the command?

Allah fantastic.

Oh, that's the wind.

Wow, okay. I don't think of this as like a baby like, you know, trying to take over my speech. Right. All right, fantastic. Well, I can attain that and did we blessed Allah I'm blessed. Look, man, I'll pick him up. Who's look man? Oh, you open up the books you find all types of things. Some say on the command is a prophet. Some say No, he's not. He's of the righteous I'm giving so in some ways, a prophet one. Some say he's a very righteous man. Number three, the majority of the scholars they say what? He was not very rich. Number four majority of the scholar they say he was actually blocked, right? Not what else? Many of the scholars they say he was at the time of the award and in

Salem, many of them say he was a slave or to master all these things. Look, man, look, man, look, man, not just that. Allah Subhana Allah says Allah Hickmott the wisdom. There's one narration now that's probably 7.1 time he was working for his master. And his master told him Yeah, look, man, give me the most beautiful thing and the most beautiful, most beautiful two items in that goat. What would you get?

was the best steak.

T bone or LA New York? ribeye ribeye. Some people say if you ribeye, you don't understand steaks. That actually no, sorry, filet mignon, apologize because no fat fry Matoba Right. Right.

But what did local man get? Did he get the shoulder when he?

Yes, he got him the heart and the tongue. Who eats that? So when he went to his master, hearing the heart and the tongue of the Master says the command Maha. He said, Oh Master, if the tongue and the heart were the purest of things, this is the best thing in the body. Subhanallah Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam he says, In the villages that the mudra there's a part and the body. If it's pure, everything is great, which is what? The heart so even the heart and the tongue and the tongue is good. Nothing beats that right woman as a Nicola, who is better than the one who speaks about Allah subhanaw taala is like, okay, okay, thank you. Thank you. Then you went to meet like a local man,

give me the two most miserable parts of the body. The two most miserable parts. What did you give him? The tongue and the heart. Right, the tongue and the hearts. He was so impressed like, Man, I haven't have a slave that category at that level, such high IQ, right? He appreciated him. Some say eventually he was freed. Why am I saying all of this for a reason? Now what's an hikma? usually translated as wisdom. One of the best definitions of an Hickmott I came across to share with you who will actually serve will no nothing. Remember, there's two parts, gaining beneficial knowledge. What do you think the second part?

What do you think, Jared? What do you think? accent Oh, let me let me throw those see. I mean, well, I'm gonna be and to act upon it. Because many of us have beneficial knowledge, and not many of us fulfill. It's correct, who had so much knowledge but never worked upon it.

So he finds he finds a circle by the way, I say find is like better than Chad GBT. Right, but does he apply what he knows? No. It believes spoke to Adam a bliss so Hawa a bliss entered Jana and he left as a loser. So having beneficial knowledge is not sufficient. The question is, how much do you act upon me Allah protect us out of Allah Alameen wa attain the Lokmanya heckuva now, after this, what will happen? Allah will tell you what he said. Right?

Why learn so beautifully? Some scholars said Allah gave you his bio. This was his bio. Well, look, I tend to look manner, hikma, then look, I will say yeah, when a my son do this, do that. Do this and do that. Why is it so important? For people to listen to you? It's very important to know who you are. People need to know who are you. I remember one time SubhanAllah. As I was preparing this, I remembered many years ago, I was in Florida for an event. So then,

as the event started, my session came up and there was no biography no introduction, like who am I? Where am I coming from from Michigan? What do I do as an engineer where that word I study Islamic studies in Malaysia, none of that was mentioned. No big deal. So I came to give my talk. Once I was done, a physician came to me. He said brother Jazak Allah, he was firm, but he taught me something. He said, Jazak Allah here for the session, it was very enlightening, but to be very honest with you, I don't know who you are. So this makes me struggle as to a listen to you or not Subhanallah that was quite deep. Right? Like you're saying this, you saying that? Okay, you weren't good. This,

whatever, that you've been what? Right? So very important to tell people who you are. So you have to be humble. So when you want to mention the biography of who you are, avoid things that involve your spirituality.

Just say what you studied who you are, who are your teachers, your teachers play a big role and people listening to you, right? So may Allah grant us wisdom, say, I mean, so that once Allah gave you this, now you gotta really pay attention to what's next because Allah says, We gave him wisdom. So if Allah says, He's wise, what will we all do? measure our wisdom to his right. We see how wise he is. And I want to measure my wisdom to his, so anything he says is wise. Anything he says can be improved know, anything he says, should have not been said know, everything he said was said perfectly at the right time to the right way to the right person. So let's measure our wisdom to his

And subhanAllah if this will Allah says it reminds me of a person who came to Wayne State University. And we were doing our MBA program. He was a multi multimillionaire, and that's how we started. So he says, You know, I have this I have that, like, Oh, wow. So now anything he says about business, I'm paying attention correct. And you know, it's so sad. Someone says, you know, this, my business advice, invest in this invest in that and you have no clue who he is. And once he's done it, like hamdulillah was able to make 1.2 million like, bro, repeat what you said. Repeat what you're saying, like go back life loss. Right? So this man I remember I wouldn't say he said this.

Then he said, one of my main regrets of making money and he took a turn that we threw us all off by the way. He start talking about family. This is a master's in business administration. You want to focus in building becoming a manager is running, running the show. He said I was so busy with making money that I was never there for my children.

And when my child he said his daughter graduated from school

She told him now you come you never was present in any part of my life. And now you come to this point of my graduation when there's a lot of things to say here she should have been grateful because he paid for her tuition. Right To be honest, but she's also a bit right but not the best way of saying it. Of he was very absent. So when we this being said, I want to I want to learn from him because everything we mentioned about him he was a slave to someone he was wise he did this to the master all that stuff. I want to see which of his life that Allah highlight. Does that make sense? And I'm sure he spoke a lot like the guy is dropping gems dropping bombs is that also in the rapping

world with me? I will forgive us right? But he everything he says like wow, everything's Wow, wow. So out of all the while Allah put seven verses, verse 12 to 19. Let's before we go to what he said, Let me tell you what Allah told him to do. Allah says, what occurred? Tina Lachman and hikma. Enniscorthy Allah forgive me for the slide, and escuela you are to be grateful Yeah, look, man. Be grateful ah, Kula. Everything in this is about gratitude. So the head of wisdom very you want to know if you're wise or not. So the wisdom was that like you are a body character, let's say this is patience. This is a humbleness this is I don't know modesty. The head rot. So I'm Ross will hikma

the head of wisdom is gratitude is to realize, without Allah I could have not spoken without Allah you would have never been able to understand. Without Allah you would never be able to apply once you come to the conclusion that you're nothing. You're wise. Subhan Allah. Allah says we are the Fukada or Allah. We're all poor. Do you know what car I have parked outside your poor? Okay, do you know what house I live in your poor? One mosquito can ruin your mood. Oh my god, where's this thing? Right? Look how weak you are. Wallah. As I was coming here, I said there's so many things that can go wrong, right? So many things I don't know why start imagining sometimes a fan does that so be

careful. I was imagining I was going down the stairs to grab my laptop bag the brown one. So then I don't imagine it twisted my ankle. I know it's crazy. You guys go through that. Okay, relax. We all go through some crazy scenarios. I was I twisted my ankle and broke it. They said Do I call my wife or they call her at first? I'm serious. And this was like 10 minutes before the session it was May Allah forgive us then I'm like then I'm like if I call the ambulance How long would it take well Allah it's true story right this day then I might miss the session no way no way. So I told myself this what I will do alcohol it I'll tell the brothers and sisters because three 3pm Already I will

tell them to livestream it I will do a zoom session on the stairs where I'm that's how I'm thinking online. I think I can do about cut it short a little bit. Then I'm thinking if I move it while I'm no you know, I'm sometimes I'm animated a little bit on the I can be animated because then I'll hurt myself. Then he said, Okay, once I'm done, I'll call the ambulance. Then when I call the ambulance, I'm like, do I give him the code to my house because I have a code like man Subhanallah what happened there

is how Allah gives us so many things and we take it for granted.

So many things can go wrong, but everything is perfect. So you made that you found the bag, you got to the car, there's gas, you went to the right exit you know what you knew when to turn? You walked here didn't twist your ankle. It's just incredible said hamdulillah so many things can go wrong. So inish Cordilla be grateful to Allah subhanho wa Taala then Allah says Woman Yes, score, the enamel. You're screwed enough said very nice. Allah says when you show gratitude is for your own sake. Then Allah says woman Kapha in Allah, Rani Yun Hamid, I don't need you that I am self sufficient honey and cool morally of anyone who rejects me. I don't need you. It doesn't hurt me. You dispraise me it

doesn't affect me doesn't lower my value unless I'm self sufficient. Then Allah says, Hamid, I'm already praised. I'm praised by my own self. I praise my own self. Allah says Al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen Allah says I am the all praise do to me, Allah will come up. Right then Allah says everything in the universe praises me. Couldn't you say everything praise Allah, your glasses praises Allah your T shirt praises Allah, the chair you're sitting on praises Allah, the pillow, praise Allah subhanaw taala everything, but the two ones that have the option or who

is the jinn and the ins. But you know what's so interesting? How Allah subhanaw taala mentioned how he is so gentle with the creation and forgiving. Why is Allah gentle and forgiving, and the other verse, everything glorifies is Allah. Then Allah says he's gentle and forgiving. Why?

Tell me the gentle part.

In Allah so kind so Allah Allah, Allah, so merciful, Allah says everything praises Allah, that Allah Enza. He's gentle, he's merciful and He's forgiving.

Why gentle, merciful less?

Because imagine with $3 for the ones that we know right

When you mentioned that 20 of them handle the hands go up and become creative and thinking because from Allah's mercy, like I don't hear it, bro you want to hear it?

Are you sure you want to hear your engine saying Subhanallah Subhanallah Subhanallah you really want your pillow said humbly like I want to sleep I want to sleep. So from Allah's mercy, He does not make you here, there has to be. That's why he's gentle, he's merciful, you've been born could not have a conversation. And why is he forgiving? Because of how little we do dhikr of Allah subhanaw taala so Allah says, one, yes, good enough is good enough, say, you know, subhanAllah as I was putting this together, there are actually some studies regarding gratitude. Can I share that with you a little bit. It makes you a happier person and minimizes depression give us evidence, according

to Professor Robert Emmons, he's a psych professor at UC Davis, and author of the book thinks how practicing gratitude can make you happier, let us make the reading, he says has been doing he's been doing experiments of gratitude for more than a decade. The brain of the person who has the attitude of gratitude tends to be more energetic, and therefore you find him optimistic and further away from depression. Subhanallah whoever is grateful as for your own sake, one more, it makes you live longer and live happier. Now a study by Dr. Todd Cashton, a scientist, public speaker Professor of Psychology at George Mason University. He says research has shown that women who are thankful to

their husbands sisters are better if you can

live longer and live happier lives. That's why they live longer than husbands. Right? So panel anytime you hear the study say this woman yes, good friend namaste Guru is for your own sake. One more time that let's go to the actual one more yellow one more last one.

It motivates the Bestower to continue bestowing that's not the wind.

Is that the wind? That okay? No. All right, at the motivates the Bestower to continue bestowing people so when you thank someone, that person that you think will continue to give you what you thank them for now that Allah says woman kufra for in Allah Allah Annie Yan Hamid, Allah doesn't need you. But if Allah tells you if you're grateful as for your own sake, that means if you're ungrateful what happens?

You will be in a miserable situation. Anybody here knows another verse in the Quran?

About being ungrateful? Anybody knows.

Yes

Fantastic. Well, if they add another bucola in Shackleton as he then Nakum Allah has mentioned that if you're grateful I'll give you more next.

Asante continue.

sent to me Allah bless you mica among the grateful say, I mean, that same verse, which all of us perhaps know or most of us, if you're grateful, Allah gives you more that same verse, Allah says, and if you're ungrateful, My punishment is severe. So it's like black and white, almost when it comes to gratitude. It's like, I'm not grateful. Everything we just find know. In an article that quotes Philip Watkins, a clinical psychologist at Eastern Washington University. I'll just mentioned this one study. He says there's an old saying that if you've forgotten the language of gratitude, you will never be on speaking terms with happiness. It turns out this isn't a fluffy idea. Several

studies have shown depression to be inversely correlated to gratitude. It seems that the more grateful a person is, the less depressed they are. Philip Watkins, a clinical psychologist, he says, found that clinically depressed individuals showed significantly lower gratitude, nearly five 50% less than non depressed controls. May Allah grant us gratitude.

Now obviously, I have to also be realistic for what he's saying. Not everyone who's going through depression was ungrateful at one point, you have to also be understanding what's about now let's go a little bit religious aspects about Islam.

The other man said something very powerful. The other man said if the devil knew a way better than gratitude, he would have made that his ultimate goal to stop you from doing like let me tell you it then you say this one more time. Allah says in the Quran about the devil reading through melotti and Nahman benei ideen the devil says I'll come from the front of you women from the back one a man him from the right one Shama him from the key will go 360 HIGO bird eye view on you okay every direction Why yes a Tony wanna do that? Why bliss What do you want us to do or stop doing what did you do axon shakin and you will not find them yeah Allah Most of them grateful that his ultimate goal for you to

be a complainer if I get you to be a complainer. If I get you to not recognize Allah's blessings I got you so bad. Nothing can pretty much save you. May Allah make us grateful See, I mean, because the moment someone has

ungrateful, everything goes downhill. Whether between you and Allah, between you and your family, between you and your job, you take off gratitude. It's a recipe to disaster. But that's why Allah highlighted this out of all characters about Look, man, the greatest sign of your wisdom is to realize everything I have is from Allah once you accomplish that everything else will come nice and smooth and sha Allah may Allah make us grateful. See, I mean, all right. We'll call you Commando dibny. He will who are your ever who? Yeah, boy nine before we go to the exact pieces of advice. Were in color. Look, man, look, man tells his son while he's advising him my beloved son before I

made sure I cut the ayah here. Few things now you know how wise he is correct. Now, you know, Allah says He is great, correct. So every child pay attention and every parent pay attention because you're going to see the greatest conversation between a parent and a child of all time. One of the greatest fair enough now with undocumented new yellow Brother, what does Allah share with us in the story about look, man's wisdom, the only thing from the entire life pay attention is so powerful. And when he when the shift said that

is answered my daughter

out of all the life that he lived, all the events he experienced. Allah highlighted the one of the greatest moments of His manifestation of His wisdom. And the fact that he realized I need to invest in my children and that's what Allah chose out of everything needed. It was Allah did not share his wisdom of how he divided his schedule went to sleep when to wake up a lot of nuts share with you his wisdom as to when read the Quran and how he contemplates a lot of not share the wisdom of how he perhaps deal with his neighbors. Allah did not share the wisdom of how he invests his money. Allah has shared with you one wisdom and how he deals with his children because that is the greatest of

investments in your life. And especially for fathers why? Because many times as a father, we get so busy with work and sometimes we justify it by saying well I'm providing this I'm providing that correct the ban we honor every father may Allah grant them Jana say I mean and also now some mothers are in the working field may Allah grant region and bless you however you have to realize there's a threshold there's a minimum or you have to say no for more money there's a minimum with a brother do you actually reach that point in life we say no for money at one point inshallah you will reach a point the evening Allah that there's a lot of sources of income and you will have to make a decision

that enough is enough Can you imagine that? So may Allah open the doors of height upon us and make us Why say I mean, you're like bro I will never say no, you have children you will get older and surely will get the job and you will see what happens. Just like with food with food Iftar last night how beautiful was the thought was good anybody can share their thought. Can you share your thoughts

when you continue fasting

get me one meal you ate one item. Some Goosen

veggie will allow him the judge masala that's when you he's rich right? When you some boosted vegetarian your Miskin but when you some boosts your appetizer is meat Allahumma barik me I'll open the hydroponics me. May Allah bless you and his family Mashallah. His family very supportive. They helped me out Michelle on the social media with the hilltop and Mila Grantham Jana, a main pillar of Mr. Hooda. May Allah bless him and his father passed away recently, may Allah have Rama upon the element left for the camera. So here when you have this thought of meal, you reach a point where you say enough Iftar right. How hard was it yesterday? Well, that mac and cheese was stolen more. And

then to end theories of how the same thing with the dunya. So he put that line, I need to invest in the child in my children. Now one of the things why is it hard for fathers to do that?

For many reasons. Number one, your children our children do not pay us you just pay your your parents. Thank you for that. No, see how about how much 20 bucks 20 bucks. Oh, thank you for that job that you taught me and hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen they don't pay us so our children do not pay us. So the incentives are not there. And they're annoying sometimes. So there's an incentive to help to increase the threshold. Right? So they don't pay us no financial gain. It brings us stress. I have white hair already in the rely you're in a rush right now for my children for many things, right. Okay, so stress number two is what are three? How difficult are children? Me number three.

They're not maybe as wise right? They give us a hard time. They're not listening. So I tell you, they're not implementing So number one, no financial incentive can be very stressful. They don't even implement much of what I'm telling them. What else when

I have children know.

How much are you worth my cell lighting Alexa like me? I love this. Fantastic, right? They're expensive. It says I remember the number from zero to 18 years old. It costs around $250,000 to raise a child. It's quite expensive for children. That's a million the whole hour. Why did you say that? Anyhow, that's similar, right? So all

these things so there's a lot of reasons why not to say no for money, okay or no for traveling or no for extra entertainment with friends, right and go ahead and go and play volleyball on Mondays and Thursdays and soccer Wednesdays and Tuesdays and then you go play total knave on Saturdays, right? There's a lot of incentives. May Allah forgive us the I mean,

and not just that when you invest in your child, many times the investment does not show up to later on. And many times it's actually after the parents die. When does the child really feels grateful to their parents? Like what's the peak?

Tell me. Someone said someone said some said the number or brain may Allah bless you, right? Allah says in the Quran, when that man reaches out to the anus and he reaches 40 years old. He remembers who mom and dad because now he has children. And he remembers how they struggled and they suffered and now he wants to show thanks to them and he should leave early. Allah make me grateful and the Allah reward my parents for their gratitude reward them for what they did to me when did this come? 40 years Oh Allah so there's so many reasons not to put them number one in your life. So Allah is teaching us look man was so wise. He was investing from the get go to the words that children so for

parents Niala make it easy for you. I know sometimes it's tough to say no for things. But know that anytime you say no, it's for a bigger Yes. Right? That's our teachers, teachers. Anytime you say no, it's for a bigger Yes. And for children, please give your parents your undivided attention because they have so much knowledge and information. You may not see it now. But when will he say it? So Allah at least by 40 results so be wise don't wait to 40 May Allah grant this agenda say I'm gonna be Darlene. So if I Lachlan living wherever now what will he advise him three parts. Number one, I asked about a lucky that the foundational core values of Islam number two, or Saudi Arabia that the

acts of worship number three also that Allah character and behavior these are the three that look man will focus on So as parents as children, that's the priority number one is What are key the core foundations and you will see that clearly. Number two acts of worship because you fix your faith you fix your understanding of the deen Laila Allah Allah then you worship Allah with understanding. Number three, now you go out and you launch yourself towards the people around you with good o'clock and character ready for the first advice?

With Carl Lucban Livni he will hover your elbow yeah Boonie my son number one in life that's what I want to invest in you. That's what I want to plant in your heart and every cell of your body young, all my son, love to Shrek Billa in the Chicagoland alley, nice, straight, simple, straightforward. Learn to shriek. Billa don't put anyone on Earth, close to Allah. Allah is above everybody, son, my beloved My Sweetheart the love of my life, you are part of my body. Don't put anyone near Allah subhanaw taala if the whole world wants to do to do something, and Allah told you to do something else, put ALLAH over them all my son Allah to Shrek Billa. Even when you worship Allah don't improve

your worship because an uncle or an auntie, a brother or a sister, or a stranger that walks by so you make a record instead of this, oh, he's walking by you make it just a little bit better, that you should have been there even with your intentions, I bet and why? In the shipcloud hormone Alvine. He gives him a reason. And that's very important. Anytime you're capable. When you speak with your child, you speak with your friend, your brother, your sister, and there is room to mention the reason go for it. Fair enough. So he says in the sheer color of Voldemort of him because it's great oppression as Dunum that you are showing worship and respect to the creation and you're

ignoring who the Creator, you're giving respect to the one made out of Aloka Muda, dust and mud and you're ignoring the One who created the dust and mud in the sheer color Voldemort of him it's the highest is the epitome of ingratitude, that you don't show Allah any things by associating someone else with him. And there's a lot that can be said about this. I believe I shared with you the story of the guy that did the job interview. I think it was maybe last semester or two semesters ago, the guy who went for a job interview, and his name is Mohammad. And then at the end of the interview, he felt so qualified. I nailed the job interview I did great. So at the end, the interviewer asked him,

Mohammed is like, you can call me more. Okay, my mom's good. I'm not saying it's haram every more in the house. It's okay. My name is Muhammad speak proudly. Right? When they make a mistake in my last name, so that your name is magic, Mohammed. I'm not sure it's okay. Right. So beautiful Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said call me mom's like, okay, Mom, you have any questions? So Mohammed says, amount said I'm looking forward for the job, whatever. He's like, I know there's something in your mind.

What? You're a Muslim and you want to pray Friday prayers. So you want on

Hour off on Fridays, right? It's like, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, I don't need the hour. Mo why not? There's a lot of Muslims in the department. We actually give them an hour off. They pray their Friday prayer. Joomla. Right. And then they come back, right? He's like, no, no, sir. I really appreciate very considerate, very thoughtful love you. But I am very focused on my dedicated employee I put in 110% In my job, don't worry about this. When I go home, I pray my Friday prayers. You get called back in Al Hamdulillah. When you go home, you Allah forgive us, is to be sure is the key. Yeah. Okay. So the more he leaves the interview, a week passed by two weeks passed by he

doesn't get a call back and you're advised to follow up with the ones who interviewed you. He sends an email maybe perhaps no response, but why not? So he called them he spoke to a lady. You know what happened with that position? I applied to it. Then she said, yeah, sorry, we actually found someone else we hired someone else. So this module is persistent. He wants to know exactly why did I not get the job? Is it please please tell me what was I missing? Oh, everything was fine, but we just found someone more suitable. Please tell me why music she's like okay, I'll transfer you so she transfer them to the hiring manager the one who did the interview is actually remember music I remember you

mo so he said, You know, I came to the interview I checked every box I had the requirements and the preferred requirements. I have everything. So what went wrong that you had to continue doing interviews? The manager did not want to respond part of it possibly is because the reason is not legal. I think Allah item so maybe a lawyer can help us out. All right, so he's insisted. So then parameters is a story mo says the story. The manager told them okay, I'll be very honest with you. A person who is not faithful to their religion, a person who is not faithful to their religion, how can I expect them to be faithful to their job?

knock them out. Right Round one done. Right? You are not to which is religious identity is the strongest identity. So here are your commands telling the sun now to shoot below don't put any identity or job with a cultural ethnicity above your religious identity. That's your gauge and the way to measure your success in the circle of almost nothing. Now worse, yes, I did not break my promise. It's all advice. Advice, advice, advice. But next if it's like an interruption Next, if it's like a disconnect, next area is like

when someone blocked someone in a basketball game, what is it called? Blocked but it's another word

it commissioned because I was enter ACN something like as if like completely shocked everything right? Forgive me. I tried to be cool. I messed that up. All right.

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sorry, I sent right interference.

What does basketball do this? Okay, no one is perfect. Anyhow.

Right interference, right? In the whole word I was trying to translate, you know, what was the word in Qatar was an English in Qatar.

interfere, Hamas will do that. So the next area is not local man said to his son, away to imagine just human beings. Allah is the best example human beings. Let's say I'm standing next to someone. And let's say that one of the respected young brothers is talking to another guy. We got to do this, we got to do that. And then I say no, I'll take care of the next one.

Okay, I got this one. So I put him back for a moment for his sake, to explain something so important. What is it that now Allah has the best of examples? Look, man, I will take care of this one.

What will sinal insert and bhiwadi then he says

hello 201 And Allah Wa, wa facade houfy I mean, many of Allah said or some sense from the wisdom of Lachman is that he did not mention his rights. He started with the rights of Allah first. And some said that he when you go through that pieces of advice, even mentioned him himself, and even if you want to attribute this to look, man, your command focused on who? The mother

right wise, will will sign they'll insana be what he did. And we have commanded people to honor their parents. Then Allah subhanaw taala help you because many times you say how can I be grateful? How can I feel gratitude? Doesn't that happen? Sometimes? Like brother I don't know. Some people ask me when I went to Ghana last time, they said Brother How can I feel emotion like I see people crying? I'm not crying doesn't concern you sometimes. Why am I in winter? Everything? I mean, the guy's like she's crying and he's like shivering and I'm like, I feel nothing brother. Why am I not feeling anything? So here Allah is giving you a perfect example of how to feel something especially

grateful, especially towards who your parents and the way Allah did he says Hemera two mu one and Allah one while facade ofI I mean, so Allah reminds you of one of the most difficult phases of your mother's life when she carried you that Allah says one and Allah and what does that mean?

hardship upon hardship, hardship upon hardship and SubhanAllah. I'm sure many of you can imagine the steps right Give me an example of the first hardships of the mother with a child give me a first stage. Fantastic pregnancy, right? It's very difficult sleepless nights nauseous, vomits can't sleep struggling mood swings. Today, she hates coffee tomorrow. She likes Red Bull some weird stuff, right? You know what happened? We're pregnant right now let make it easy. I mean, to all this up, so one difficulty give me another stage of difficulty.

Oh God, the actual birth rasool Allah is something Allahu Allah says an authentic narration, three, three events. Whoever dies right before labor, labor, she is a martyr Shahida and the woman that dies during labor, she's the martyr, and the one that dies right after she's a martyr, Allahu Akbar. Because it's difficulty it's insanely hard, won an Allah and then after that one will sleepless nights again, the breastfeeding that child takes the nutrition, the nutrition of the mother, correct. So what is Allah doing to you? Allah is reminding you of the good that you received. So that's the way to get your heart activated. You have to do an activity. That's what I was telling us

with Quran Yamata line. I like Aleikum. Allah says, recall God's blessings. You know, this whole gratitude journal. This is what Allah told us to do, all over with Karuna and that Allah recall Allah's blessings upon you, when you recall what happens your heart gets soft and hamdulillah Thank you Allah. When you remember four or five years ago, when you were in that disastrous situation, remember that when you hit that rock bottom in your life, and then Allah brought you back up to who you are today? What happens and hamdulillah I'm out of that situation, right? Alhamdulillah I think Allah subhanho wa taala. May Allah make it easy for us, I mean, so you have to recall. So Allah is

reminding you of something which you can never remember. Allah is reminding you of something which you can never remember. And subhanAllah we usually see our fathers working very hard. But your mom stays at home. What did she do? What did she do? What did she did? For you to be who you are. And check this out? One another one that I learned it's Pamela preparing this talk. May Allah grant you all Jen, Allah, may Allah bless you all the Arab. He says the mother's hardship towards the children does not end when you read she breastfed them, then diaper chain is not it's not there. It goes until they live the rest of their lives. Parents are always concerned about their child. How is he

doing now? Oh my god, he just got to this new job. I hope that manager is treating him well. Right. Oh my god. She just got married. I hope he respects her the way her dad respected her. I hope they're not I don't know what's going on. Maybe allow her kids to Lorraine. Right? Right. The children they made her go crazy. I feel bad. So that one does not stop at delivery. Your mom till this day and mother's alarmed me if I can speak on your behalf. It's okay. You're till this day concerned about your children, because fathers are the same way. When I make dua for my kids more than I make dua to go to Jana, that tells you a parents are a whole different level. So how me Allah

bless our children say I mean, how many 201 and Allah one what's your side Wolfie, I mean, so Allah says, and the winning takes two years, which is the highest time which is the longest period of time to breastfeed and everything that is two years, why two years, Allah wants to soften your heart even more, Allah does not want to make it any less than that to encourage you more initially, while he while he DECA Ilya almasi. Allah says, be grateful to me and to your parents, to me, you will return Subhanallah Wayzata like telling us, you will return back to Allah.

It can be good, it can be bad. So if you're treating your parents good 100 Turning back to Allah Yes, to reward me. I'm treating my parents wrong. She can't do anything about what my behavior looks like, my dad is doing nothing. My dad is useless without me. He's dependent on me. My mom and my dad and the whole house will collapse without me. You returning back to Allah and you will see who will take care of them. And well what will happen to you and we'll see that shortly next time. Then Allah speaks about parents again. This is the longest piece of advice in the whole paragraph or the passage. It's about parents who speaking Allah subhanaw taala then Allah says we're in Jaya, Haddock

and if your parents Jaha duck, what is

like pressure? What kind of pressure give me a level like one to 1010 cent. Jihad is 10

is level 10. So Allah says we're in Tjahaja they're pressuring you forcing you know you got to do this. You got to do that they do all everything job okay. Jahad any to do what like to study

to worship someone besides Allah? If your mom and dad invest their time, their money, technology, people, neighbors, family members, everyone school system, government, they do everything Jahad that so you can worship someone besides Allah?

That's pretty evil. Correct. Allah says do not listen to them. But respect.

Fella to the format was what happened?

Do not obey them that respect them be their friend. Stay with them. Don't ignore them. That's the parent that is pushing you to say Jesus is lowered or to say cada cada or to say there's no God or to say we came from monkey your parents like no, that's evolution that you're you came from monkeys, okay your attitude or whatever the case is right? Trying to push that shove it down your throats. Allah says, You know what, don't obey them, but respect them. And what did Allah say? Number one, what was number one, don't associate someone to Allah. So they're doing the gravest sin on Earth, you still respect them? What tibia sebelum and Anna LA and follow the path of those who are returned

back to me. Now, there's a lot to talk about here, but less than one, some are there, Matt said this verse and the one before was revealed regarding which the hobby

17 Who said sad, good job. Sadly, it was fantastic. Sammy Waqas is one of the first Muslims and when he accepted Islam, his mom was straight up Malika Kathira disbeliever hater of Islam. So she told sad and sad was famously known May Allah make us famously known the way sad was ready. He was famously known and Hakuna Baba angioma he was known to be very respectful and loving to his mom, like his mom was everything. So people are like, bro, I don't need to be like sad. I don't need to be like sad. I want to be like sad. So now the mother, she tells sad, sad, I will not eat I will not drink. I will not go under the shade until you renounce your faith. leave Islam stop. So sad says

no. She says Say you're a European nurse. The know that people will say about sad heart. You know me. I will die. If I don't eat and drink. I will die from the sun. And people say this is the son who killed his mom. This is the son who killed his mom. You know that's emotional damage by the right. That's like disaster. This is a mess. This is not This is torture. And that's the card that she used the mom card right in the wrong place on the wrong spot. So sad tells her yeah, oh me oh mom, if you had 100 souls near through one soul leaves at a time so I see you dying 100 times I will not let go of one thing in my religion.

May Allah keep him steadfast. But even that language may not be the best Subhanallah you see that? Even that language I can die 100 times that's not the best. So Allah says what tibia Sebby lemon, another Illa which means follow the way of those who turn to Me in devotion, who is the sahabi being referred to here be like walk on the path of

who is the one that helped sad become Muslim

of workers.

So Allah is telling him be like a buck.

Workers today God Allah and with the way he treated his parents, the way he treated his wife and children and workers. Eventually, he had the first fully Muslim household outside the province full everyone was Muslim, and he spoke to his parents and everything like that. So be like him in that respect was the end. From that you lay your managerial comfort when the deal can be more control. Time Alone, then to me you will all return check this out. And then I will inform you of what you used to do. It's kind of like now we're back no more what was interference and when I said now Allah subhanaw taala shares with you what McMahon said is what son? All right, yeah Bucha in my son in the

intercom with Carl headbutt him in curdle if there was a mustard seed. Okay, he says a small deed or whatever Mustard Seed photography Sakura. What is the Grameen

rock? If it wasn't a rock what's the next word

is sorting out these three three options what's the third second option?

The Socrative now for summer what I'll fill out the activity Hala in Allah no different Kabir he's teaching him okay, the foundation. What's the two attributes? I'm going to tell you that I have one more time you would tell me the two attributes of Allah already the highlights. Allah is telling us that your Command told his son he's teaching him Allah's names, but he's focusing on certain attributes here right? He says my son if there's an atom deed now what's INTERCO what's Taku what's the deed good deed or bad deeds? Or is it provision focus on the I'll mention two opinions Oh my dear son even if a deed were the weight of a mustard seed the hidden some elements say what's spoken

about here is the risk if your risk your provision is in a rock around the rock what is the rock resemble what does it resemble?

It's very rough. Very hard to get if your risk was so hard to get a job you're applying all over the place so hard to get if your risk was looking a rock? Oh for some Allah, what does it resemble so

far? So far away from you the risk right? Pro? There's no way I can get married, right? If you're so far away, right? There's no way I'll get this so far away. Then Allah says, oh, Phil, what does that tell

You What Does it resemble Earth? Oh fill out or inside the ground

so we said the rock resembles firmness and roughness hard hard to get somewhat resembles distance very far away. Oh fill out the resembles in Earth hidden I sent the life of the camera hidden because sometimes it can places you've never imagined right? He says yet DB Allah, Allah will bring it out. Allahu Akbar. Isn't that beautiful? Yeah, son he didn't say I got you son. No, Baba, you got me nothing. Yeah TB Allah. He didn't say son, I'll always be there for you. No, I will not always be there for you. Allah will always be there for you. Yeah, TV Hala in hola Hello P from Korea. Allah so gentle. Latif Latif, in what sense it's so gentle here is so subtle, Allah so like, ways you've

never imagined that it was hidden, hidden. There's no way and Allah gently springs out. Here we go. motif. How is a hobby? And how is your hobby aware? He knows the right time. He knows where it's at. He knows how to get a hobby and Allah subhanaw taala What is he teaching his son here? Allah knows a lot. And Allah is very capable. Allah knows and Allah is what capable and if we teach our children that our kids will not sell their soul to no one. Because Allah is capable Allah can do everything and anything. I don't need to sell my life to someone else. May Allah forgive us. When I know of a sister true story, a sister, a sister of t y doing this job. She used to work as a bartender. May

Allah have mercy on her because she passed away rahamallah Why is it so you're working as a bartender? She doesn't like it. She hates it. But she says you know, on helped cover my tuition Subhanallah that card that Allah is capable Allah is Knowledgeable and 100 Now she may Toba and inshallah inshallah inshallah maybe we'll talk about her story in one session. Beautiful some of you perhaps even heard their story before in the law Hello Tim from Sedona escapable Sun TV Hello, no matter what happens what's the other meaning of your TV? How long

was that oh, if you're if your provision is hidden this this far

okay, there's not a lot to talk about. But here are some elements said is the sin the Haram that you do?

The haram that you do? Oh my son. If you commit a little bit of sin, even a mustard seed do not belittle any haram don't say oh, it's not a big deal. Even if it's an atom late even if you did the sin in a way that no one is seeing you You went all the way far from your family you went to drive to Florida right? No one saw me if it's somehow I'd right Oh, fill out or you're hitting closed doors. I made sure I deleted my history. My parents will never know Right? They're old school now. There's a there's an old school which is the book that is written it's written by the angels right? Yeah, TV, how long What are you going? What are you? What are you running away from? You ran away

from your parents so your parents are above Allah? Allah was watching unipress play. Allah is watching you when you open that screen and open that window when you send that message when you spoke to that person who's supposed to speak to you think Allah doesn't see that? Now he's telling his son it's not about me have you be able Renee it's not Baba will get you it's Allah will get you. And when Allah gets you yet, DB Allah city very careful. Rasul allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam he says, and then comes yarmulke Yama May Allah forgive us, Yara Allah this hadith is tough. He says a man comes Yama, Yama. He has so much Hassan that can meet legibility. hematol bipod. So he got all

that mountain has an act good deeds. Then the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam says FEHA Jaanu Hala Hua and men thorough then Allah turns the entire massive gigantic mountain of good deeds. The fast thing that charity the tarawih that tahajjud the federal the Ayesha and Gemma, respect to parents whatever the case may be everything donation, all of that. Scattered dust Sahaba got panicked they got worried that the Rasul Allah said for Milena Gil whom Lana ya rasool Allah Who are these people he said Hong Kong there are people similar to you. They read Quran like you who is like you like you who Sahaba right. Let me just took you they will they pray like you. Well, I can either

Hello be Muharram Ilahi in Tohoku, but when they're alone, and no one is watching. They break every boundary of law placed

and he's saying that to Sahaba that don't have technology people

like how can you break the boundaries? How can you break the boundaries Mojave Desert goes to the desert do something right? In a possible small room in a very small little house. We have the opportunity may Allah make it easy for us to break every boundary every time we break that boundary thing of that mountain all the good that you're done, you wanna let it go because of that video because of that chat because of that friend, if I don't reply back, they will it will hate me. Yeah, what about Allah Allah Allah Allah Allah, Allah, may Allah make it easy for us.

These are the ones that didn't care about Allah subhanaw taala but not to make you be hopeless know that when we repent the mountain is still up inshallah and when we repent lol I'm sorry the mount is not still up the mountain will grow when you repent the mountain will grow but in the lie subhanaw taala and obviously for the two three people here that may think otherwise Oh, if I commit a sin that I make Toba Montenegro's now don't do that right May Allah forgive us see I mean as we are approaching the end brothers and sisters he says now the third and last one was the first one the aspect of foundational beliefs that restrict villa was number two.

It was now the act of also number two the acts of worship Yeah, wounded Alchemist Salah. So out of all the acts of worship, what did you focus on? What do you focus on salah? How was your Salah?

Yeah, when are you going to Salah but what if you if now if his son if the Lachman son gets asked Habibi, even Look, man, what's the most thing your dad and mom tells you to do? Razali

now, what would you say as a child about your parents? Probably the most thing your parents tell you.

Your homework.

Your homework, that's high school, school school, right? He made sure that the thing that is in his head the most was what suddenly suddenly suddenly, suddenly are gonna suck. Time to pray. Sally Sally makes sure that Salah is one of the most things repeated because naturally we are impacted but whatever is emphasized in the house. What else can you Salah and we were able to do that sometimes we succeed under standards to that right? Maybe I know some children Allahumma barik their Salah Allahumma barik young men and women, may Allah bless them write their standards to this. Now when you establish Salah that's the most important thing in your life Salah with Allah subhanho wa Taala

is Salah, and just remember something the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam says the key to Jana is what? Salah you have a lot of keys you're gentle, you're nice, you're sweet, you're kind you're generous you're modest you collect all these keys you know in your keys like a generator we have so many keys like 100 all these keys will not open the gates of gender look unless she's so nice. Well, doesn't matter. He is so sweet. Doesn't matter the one key is Salah, how is your Salah that's what matters. What's the key to Salah opnfv key inside the key Yes What's the Quito Salah because you are close close God

grantee Jana so Allah Allah Allah Allah Allah only to be is friend of fantastic right so the young girl mashallah said will do yes will do is the key to Salah so what does it tell me you can pray the beautiful surah in the Quran your will do is wrong. Salah has not accepted me Allah forgive us what I want to believe now if you want to handle Mancha and make sure you command that which is good and you forbid that which is evil. So when you become more practicing more religious, that means you indulge with people more what happens some people want to become more practicing, they become isolated so like I don't want to No no you actually become more involved. Rasul allah sallallahu

alayhi wa sallam says, The person who interacts with people, and is patient towards the harm because anytime you deal with people, there's harm, right? And your patient towards their harm how your own is better than the person who worships Allah that is away from people not to face the harm, that you try to be very understanding towards that without also I've heard the calendar since the third and last. Now the first one was what matters of our fate, the foundations number two was matters of what acts of worship, and here character and behavior when the other side has decayed in us, do not turn your nose up to people in terms of the way you talk. Don't be arrogant, right? There's a natural way

of an image of arrogance that we don't judge people's hearts. But there's an image Yes, we will not judge your heart. But the way you talk plays a big role to tell us who you are. Yes. The way you talk the way you look at someone.

Right? Didn't say anything. Like I can definitely not stand this man as an example for giving us an example. Right? So for example, if you're driving like this, right, especially Warren and Schaefer, Allah forgive us, right? The back is all the way there and you're like this will take pictures. I'll let everybody know pictures, right? You're driving like this in your eyes like what do you what do you do? Right? Well

you know what sodomy sign is actually a disease who gets a disease the camel that disease saw when the hits a camel the camel actually shifts the neck. So they actually walk like this out of the disease. So the one who does that has a disease Subhanallah is a disease do we think you're better than everybody or above everybody? With a tendency for the rd model who do not do not walk pridefully upon the earth terms of the model hierarchy think your own like what do you say to me? Yeah, I wish that the man had the right which is like oh Earth Hold on. There's no one that's strong as me or so in Hola. Hola. Yo Buccola Matalan for Allah subhanho wa Taala does not like the Makita

data what is MetalMan? What does it say in English?

The one who was arrogant and almost boastful So lay some Allahu Allah was and say somebody was Allah. He says a man would be walking with a nice nice clothing. A drags on earth like it's so long. Now back in the day long clothing means you're rich unlike today. Today if your clothing is touching the ground

means you need help in a way so I write in general. So back in the day long clothing touching the ground is so rich, I'm willing to ruin and spoil my clothing. Then he says as I'm walking and so that's man the prophesy. Sam says the clothing is beautiful and the hair is nice. Then he says, and he's walking with so much pride. And oh, who knows that you know that more than anyone after that fresh haircut, after that nice clothing that you're wearing after that nice workout and that shirt that you're wearing or whatever the case is, may Allah grant us all sincerity, say I mean, the problem is walking like this. The Prophet says fully at a gentle gentle Isla Yokoyama, then he will

be falling into the depths of hell, may Allah forgive us. So be very careful. You may go to hell for how you act or how you walk, let alone what you say. The last advice is this. What sets the machine when you walk. Don't make it so quickly. And don't make it so slowly. Don't make it so slow that you're sick. Remember the first session? Don't want them to close like you know, this is done, you know, walk regular and don't walk too fast. All right. Why don't men assaulting and lower your voice. Do not be loud. Do not be loud, even in the nicest ways. You can be in the Masjid Al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen or Rockman

if he has been praying, there are people doing vicar even in Quran blasting the Quran on that Greenfield well in front of your house, even Quran let alone bad speech. Well, dude, man assaulted Do not be loud. being loud is actually obnoxious. Right? So may Allah make it easy for us? What will the admin assaulted and he says in Kerala, SWAT la Sol hmil. The worst of noises is the noise off the donkey. Why the donkey? Subhanallah when I when I did this, Hi, I was preparing for I went on YouTube. I said let me hear the donkey. It was annoying. Right? Because like, because the donkey doesn't have like levels of the volume. Like when he's loud. He's loud. There's no like, no, he's

going so loud. And he's so disturbing, right? Subhanallah one of the Michelle said the donkey is strange. Because you don't Don't be loud in terms that you don't have to be loud. Sometimes you have to be loud. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam it was said about him. When he gave the hotbar the member would shake this authentic narration his face would turn red. And he was talking so loud as if it's the battle jihad. But now we obviously have microphones. We have things of that sort. But we maintain that seriousness. They say the donkey when you hit the donkey, the donkey doesn't yell. But when you let go, the donkey starts yelling like it doesn't even make sense. So what will it

mean, so to speak with respect, speak without being very loud, be courteous with people around you. Be conscious of those around you. That's why if you ever sat next to someone, you're talking in any event, and someone tells you can we talk afterwards? Right? I know it's tough, but sometimes we think there's an Amana just an event last weekend in another city. And one of the main organizers during the session. You were just talking in general how are you doing that? But the guy's speaking. So I told my brother if you don't mind, just kidding.

So he was shocked but he respected that because when he gets up I will not talk in your presentation. Fair enough. So with that being said, thank you for being very respectful thing don't leave Yeah.

All right. Boxer Phoenix raceway right? May Allah bless you protect your thing, the ICD and all the volunteers please run around applause for them really,

really lucky.