Majed Mahmoud – The Story of Prophet Yunus & the people of Ninevah
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The importance of Islam and its use in various countries, including Iraq and Iraq, is emphasized. The need to be cautious and not give up is emphasized, as people are losing their jobs and causing issues with community. Public health is also emphasized, including saving money and being a valued person. The success of Islam as a booster for people's health and the importance of sharing one's values is also emphasized. The segment touches on the benefits of going public, including saving money and being a valued person, as well as reducing eye health, improving skin health, and mental health risks with squash. The segment also touches on a former basketball player named Jesus and gives examples of people who believe in God and the Lord of the children of Israel. The interviewer asks questions about a woman with work experience and encourages the woman to stay focused and stay patient.
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Now, who's the star of today?
It's Prophet Yunus alayhi salam.
Prophet Yunus was someone with good akhlaaq, good
character Masha'Allah.
He had a high sense of integrity He
was someone who was very respectful and someone
was humble and very caring and loving to
the people and I want you to remember
this Every prophet Allah has sent was well
-mannered.
This is very important.
Why?
Because it's not just about speech It's not
just about knowledge.
It's about character No prophet ever had a
dark history and then he was very evil
and he lied to people and then he
became a prophet It wouldn't even make much
sense because people will say your record is
miserable.
How can we elect you?
How can we respect you and so on?
May Allah forgive us for our bad history
Say I mean and may Allah make what's
coming next next better and better.
Ya Rabbil Alameen So we move forward and
then now we want to talk about where
he lived Now what country is this?
Iraq.
May Allah bless our brothers and sisters in
Iraq.
Say Ameen So here he used to live
in the city of Nainawah Muhafazat Nainawah till
this day it exists and we know Nainawah
based on the authentic hadith of the Prophet
Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and the major city
in the district of Nainawah is what?
Al-Musul.
Al-Musul is the second largest city in
Iraq.
So now we know about Yunus.
We know where he lived Let's talk about
his people.
Who are his people?
His people is a number that is pretty
large.
There were over 100,000 people in the
city.
How many believed in Allah?
What do you guys guess?
How many?
Absolutely zero.
Zero.
No one believed in la ilaha illallah pretty
much based on what we know and In
addition they were idol worshippers, but Yunus alayhi
salam was special.
He worshipped Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala May Allah
make your words la ilaha illallah the day
you meet Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala As you
return back to him.
Yunus alayhi salam eventually he becomes what?
Go ahead Ahsant mashallah alayka.
Ahsant.
He eventually becomes a prophet.
So Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala.
He chooses.
Where does this go?
Allah eventually chooses Yunus alayhi salam and Allah
says wa inna yunusa lamina almursaleen Allah has
chosen Yunus alayhi salam You have been hired
hired by who by Allah to do what
to carry on the mission to call people
to the truth To explain the reality of
life.
This life was what?
Temporary and we are here to worship Allah
subhanahu wa'ta'ala This life is a test.
This life was not meant to be comfortable
and you also taught them What that akhira
is it temporary or infinite?
It's infinite and the akhira is a test.
Is there salah in Jannah?
Is any qiyam program is a siyam in
Jannah?
No in akhira It's all nothing but reward
me Allah make you all people of Jannah
So he went ahead and he told the
people let me ask you a question If
you have someone that walks to you, I'm
saying in general Does not know anything about
Islam zero and you have five minutes to
speak to them about something in Islam What
would you speak about?
So the brother said hellfire Okay Never give
him a double booth in your life It
might be depending on the brother actually some
people actually Depending on the person you might
actually go this way, right, but someone doesn't
know anything.
Huh?
What we talk about?
Go ahead What is it?
Raise your voice?
the brother with Worship none but Allah I
stand and the sister who answered before the
mercy of Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala last one
Try try What would you tell Salah sent
a shot a lot of article brother said
Salah Now what all the prophets pretty much
did is that they called the people and
they told him about Allah Subhanahu wa'ta'ala
and to worship Allah alone.
That's number one.
La ilaha illa Allah Anytime you speak about
Islam you need to make sure that that
person is Accepting or is willing to go
past la ilaha illa Allah by believing in
it So for example one time there was
a dawah booth happening and the person comes
and what's in their head is how is
it?
Obligatory on women to wear hijab why women
were hijab?
So the man is not a Muslim so
we can answer that question inshallah But that
person if you have a few minutes, can
we just start by saying Allah?
Who is he?
What has he done?
Who has he sent?
What's the point of life?
Can we go with that if?
He says yes, then I very much want
to start with that because if we establish
that we can easily cover hijab agreed Easily
not even hard.
It's easy as long as you establish that
Allah will never tell us to do something
except that it is what?
Good for you, and Allah will never tell
you to stay away from something except that
it is bad for you.
Excellent So he says yeah call me or
Buddha Allah worship Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala Worship
Allah nothing did Allah tell you to do
except.
It's good for you man I couldn't mean
elahin gyro No, one is worthy for this
forehead to be on the floor for except
Allah No one is worthy to give up
your life for other than Allah in the
Aqaba I lay kumada by Yoman Ali.
I'm so distressed that you guys may face
the punishment if you don't believe So here's
what you mentioned about the punishment it came
hellfire has to be brought up sometimes Allah's
mercy has to be brought up sometimes, but
make sure you lay what what's the word?
I'm looking for you lay what the foundation
right so when they said that or when
he when they heard that what was the
response?
Like right now as I'm speaking Some may
be looking at their watch 733 so when
is the next break inshallah is there pizza
today?
right is but if I was Amazing sometimes
even more and more and more and more
amazing you will pay more and more and
more attention Now no one spoke better than
prophets.
No one had examples better than prophets agreed
In addition to that they know exactly the
language of the people Allah doesn't usually send
a prophet from a different different country To
another country to preach that's not common usually
mean in call me him from their people
So why am I saying that as eloquent
as he was how many believed in him
now the number was zero now, it's what
How many another zero?
No one it was very very difficult people
rejected him people made fun of him Never
and I want all those who want the
best for others.
He has won the best for others So
Oh you who wants the best for others
you have to know that throughout the process
you'll be criticized and you may be mocked
and you May be backbitten throughout the process
Allah says in the Quran Never did a
prophet come never the prop Allah says never
did a prophet come Except people said what
sahir or majnun he's possessed majnun Madhub, right
something wrong with him or he just insane.
He doesn't know what he's talking about.
This guy's old-school We're in 2022 Habibi
stop referencing the Quran and hadith hadith is
gone.
Whatever the case is may Allah protect us
Yara, does he stop?
No, he continues Allah Mabarik then you know
salam Persisted and they were shocked by that
and he continued to reject and it went
on and on and on for how long
roughly About roughly nine years roughly according to
some narrations not authentic, but nine years nine
years.
I Did an event for two weeks.
No one showed up.
I said I'm never joining the MSA again.
I One time give a Friday khutba people
criticize.
I said I quit this I said an
ayah someone fixed me I said I'm not
leading Salah in my life again.
No, no, it's nine years No way impossible.
I know my kid did two three things.
I disowned him.
May Allah protect us that I don't do
that, right?
So the point being is about nine years
of calling people to Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala.
He's not giving up at all Everything he
spoke to the rich.
He spoke to the poor.
He spoke to the old.
He spoke to the young He spoke to
the man.
He spoke to the woman.
No one is listening.
But then what happens?
Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala sends what a Warning
final warning.
What is that?
I have to explain something guys ready inshallah
Okay, I have to know watch my questions,
okay So the final warning Allah revealed to
you in a salam That you pretty much
have done the mission there's still a little
bit more I'm gonna give them three days
Yeah, if they do not believe in the
next three days how many hours 72 72
hours They will all be destroyed and doomed
So now day one He goes talks to
his people all hands on deck Almighty, yeah,
call me my people.
This is it three days.
That's all what you have.
Please listen, please, please Whatever we're not listening
Why wait three days?
Why not?
Now there's three days now There's a cop
and there's plenty to show us now is
that you don't they're hasty to see the
punishment Day two comes and he's trying his
best.
Yeah Allah help me Allah and he's calling
them to Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala Do you
think they listen day two?
No, they don't day three comes one day
to go The clouds started to change Not
the normal scene.
It's like the event.
The punishment is about to happen a cop.
So fire them You know, sorry Sam tries
his best tries his best.
Please.
Listen, look at this.
But then no one is listening and right
before the 72 hours end but right before
the third day ended what happened?
Well, then no knee is the habit of
all the bar Allah said Prophet Yunus alaihi
salam stormed off from his city.
He was so angry so frustrated He's angry
for what and angry because of what he's
disappointed.
Like how did you guys not believe?
How can you treat Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala
mughadi, but he's angry.
He's furious.
How dare you I spoke to you quietly.
I Spoke to you fast.
I spoke to you with the examples.
I spoke to you through stories I told
you, you know, Noah, do you know add
do you know the mood you not remember?
Have you not heard your parents tell you
nothing word with you?
So he's so upset and angry and he
just walks away and he's so upset When
he's walking away, you know what Allah says
for one alley Yunus alaihi salam thought that
he will not be held accountable for what
he did.
It's just a few minutes Just a few
seconds that I left before the due date
you may say that okay brother one second
I'm sorry.
I because I know I'm not sure if
you mentioned that brother, but it's only common
sense that he has to walk away Because
if he stayed what happens He'll probably die
Good reflection, but that's not the case with
prophets They're not allowed to leave until there's
a clear command now.
It's time for you to leave.
Did you see that?
So they're not allowed to leave the assignment
no matter like oh I want to get
punched I leave until Allah tells you until
a lot no can now go and Allah
never missed So for example, tell me someone
that you know That had to wait for
that command for something to take place.
Take a shot at it No, haley's Salaam.
What was the sign?
May Allah know it now.
It's time to go.
What was the sign?
Huh?
Water water coming out of the oven Farah
10 Noor I'm in my economy at 10
Noor a foreign it's like I know go
no right away you and the believers go
to the Ark, you see that don't go
now until the water comes What else?
Loot alias Salaam, you know how bad it
was for loot.
They tried to break into his house Because
he had some guests good-looking men.
It's authentic from the Quran.
They tried to break in So then the
angels that were in the house, they were
in the shape of men They threw sand
at those corrupted people and moral so they
became blind.
So that's how bad it was No, Lutz
life was on the line, but the angels
told loot wait at till night Then in
the morning, so in the night you go
in the morning.
We punish them alisa subho The Qarib is
in the morning very close So in this
story what happened Allah did not tell you
notice on his salam to go but brother
just a few minutes The rules are the
rules may Allah grant us all the highest
level in Jannah and allow us to say
you notice I leave Salam in it when
he left.
Where did he go?
We had to do it.
So he left he's in a no one
will have a lot ish We'll have a
night Noah and I'll muscle today, right?
Where did he go?
Where he's gonna move He's walking and walking
and walking He wants to leave the entire
area because the punishment is coming in our
lab So when the other is coming, I
want to go as far as I can.
So he's literally trying to go what over
overseas So he goes and now he sees
a boat Allah says is Abaqa Abaqa and
he talked he left and he was angry
and he turned his back You know fulkin
mushroom.
He went to the ship.
But what does mushroom mean?
Fulkin mushroom, what is it?
Full that's excellent, you know a chef and
you charge your phone, right?
So it was filled with cargo filled with
containers and filled with people So that was
a massive massive perhaps boat with a lot
of people.
It can be a small boat with a
lot of people So when this was happening
and he went into that boat and obviously
made me thinking of what's happening to them
like man They're probably destroyed by now, right?
We're just a couple hours away.
They must be like torture right now probably
all dead now so while the clouds Are
very rough apparently on his people Similar clouds
or maybe same ones.
They come towards the ship, huh?
What what do you mean?
so the Severe winds severe weather starts to
come towards the ship Waves are getting stronger.
Whoa.
Whoa, we know when they go to in
this way then the thing about to fall
Oh my goodness, very windy people are yelling
kids are crying.
What's going on?
You know, Salih Salam is in panic mode
Subhanallah, what's happening?
Then they tried to throw the cargo away
Any luggage just throw it throw it just
throw it because it was so heavy The
ship was so heavy and if water comes
in what happens to the boat it sinks
They tried to empty as many luggages as
they can cargo whatever food as of us
now and still it's not working Still not
working.
So he said guys for us to survive.
We have to forsake some people We have
to let go of some human beings and
throw them into the water.
So what happened?
Fessaham fessaham.
What is the fessaham mean?
They drew lots they got at each one's
name through an arrow so there's an arrow
say him I mean ism or someone knows
that arrow belongs to the who and Of
the arrows that was there all people including
who?
You know Salih Salam so they could draw
a lot to see let's see let's see.
Oh and whose name comes Fessaham You know
Salih Salam.
What are the chances?
What's the probability?
What's the problem this happened?
It's almost zero, but his name came.
Okay one more time We'll do it three
times three times.
I don't have time for this one more
time one more time one more time.
Okay Who is it?
You know Salih Salam?
What are the what's the probability?
Okay, last one last one last one Oh
Yunus Salih Salam so he took off his
upper garment because with clothing becomes very heavy
and he stands on the verge of that
ship and eventually Yunus Salih Salam Jumps right
into the ocean in that dark night as
he was jumping in the largest Animal that
ever existed on earth till this day by
the way The largest animal that ever existed
on earth is in our time as well
Which is what the whale came and it
came and opened its mouth fell to come
a whole hood Well, who am I mean
this whale was trained by Allah when my
prophet jumps into the water I want you
to come and swallow him.
What's the chances of that happening?
You see the chances Okay The chances of
the weather being severe the chances of his
name coming up how many times?
Three times the chances that he jumps off
and it happens to have a blue whale
That jumps and opens his mouth like swish.
What is this?
Unbelievable.
What's the chances?
So the whale swallows?
Wahoo muleem and Allah says I'm not oppressing
him.
He's blame-worthy for what he did and
you may say Like he went through all
of this Because he left a few minutes
early nine years All the entire time just
before the punishment He just left and now
probably Allah knows what happened to his people
But there's zero chances that ever changed and
you still he's blame-worthy Yes, because if
Allah tells you to do something you have
to do your absolute best His absolute best
was to wait till the time comes for
you to go.
Subhanallah You see that may Allah help us
and make us patient and you know The
muakatha ala miqdari da'i so there's a
lesson that we learn here that the rebuking
or the massive punishment But the rebuking and
the anger towards the person sometimes is equivalent
to the status of the person you agree
Or is that not fair?
Yes, this man is my superstar mashallah tabarakallah
So if there's a kid That brings pizza
to the venue Are they treated like the
adult who brings pizza to the venue who
deserves more anger towards?
The kid mashallah That's actually the father Right.
It's the adult.
May Allah bless him.
The kid thinks it's me, right?
May Allah grant you Jannah.
Say ameen.
It's different.
You're like, bro.
Come on I better think you clearly have
all the signs and stuff, right?
Even Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam He says
may Allah protect us adults catch it's very
important he says a sheikh al-kabir the
old old old man that goes into a
haram relationship and Commits the haram has severe
punishment more than when a young man does
it.
You see that?
Allah la yurhamu.
Allah shows them no mercy the adults very
old a sheikh who Eventually gets into haram
relationship.
May Allah protect us ya rab so here
Better example Yunus alayhis salaam.
Allah's doing all this like why he's of
a great he's loved.
I don't know.
What kind of love is that?
Yes.
Yes Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam will end
with this He says istaqreel, then one more
point actually, istaqreel al-qur'ana min arba.
The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam says if
you want to learn the Qur'an These
there are four names.
They are the superstars of Qur'an And
when Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam gives you
that reference letter, what does that mean?
You're unbelievable, right?
four people How many Sahaba were there at
one point?
How many Sahaba?
What's the highest level of Sahaba number that
you've heard?
Sahaba.
Sahaba is someone who met the Prophet and
was a Muslim In that farewell hajj there
was over 100,000 Sahabi.
100,000 Sahabi.
Hajat al-wada'a.
Out of the hundred thousand the Prophet says
four.
You want to learn Qur'an from?
Top four.
Who's one of them?
Mu'adh ibn Jabal Mu'adh ibn Jabal.
So Mu'adh radhiallahu anhu that means he's
special.
He's so educated He's so learned An authentic
hadith, the Sahaba said Mu'adh used to
pray behind the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
Can he salli wara'a?
When he's done his salah, he goes to
his community Then he becomes the imam for
his community.
So apparently the iqamah, let's say at the
Prophet was 7 p.m Their iqamah was
like say 730.
You see what I'm saying?
As an example So he prays behind the
Prophet then he goes rushes to his masjid
and he leaves as an imam Mu'adh
ibn Jabal.
So one time he prayed allahu akbar while
he was praying Finished al-fatiha.
He went to which surah next?
What's the longest surah?
Al-Baqarah.
Alif laam meem, thalika al-kitabu la rayba
fee.
In the Congregation, there's a man who's tired.
Ta'baan.
Mujhad.
Murhaq.
He's like man, he kept going He kept
reading Baqarah, reading, reading.
It's the longest surah, about 50 pages So
the man in the behind is like man,
I can't do this.
No, no, he's like waiting.
Should I quit?
Should I stop?
I'm done and he actually leaves and he
leaves on the side Allahu akbar.
Alhamdulillah rabbil alameen.
Qullahu wallahu ahad.
I don't know about qullahu wallahu ahad, but
he finished his salah quickly.
All right Salaamu alaikum wa rahmatullah.
Salaamu alaikum wa rahmatullah.
And he left and Mu'adh ibn Jabal
is what?
Baqarah going on, right?
So eventually when he left everything's okay so
far People went to Mu'adh, the alim,
the scholar, the imam.
He says, ya Mu'adh, there was a
person, kan yusalli khalfana, prayed behind us and
He was exhausted.
So he left the salah, prayed by himself,
then walked away What did Mu'adh say
about that man who was lazy apparently?
What did Mu'adh say?
Innahu munafiq.
He's a hypocrite Mu'adh said that?
Yes.
There's an ayah in the Quran that Allah
says, wa itha qamu ila as-salati Qamu
qusala.
You guys, many of you know the ayah.
Allah says there are people when they go
to the salah They hate it.
They don't want to go to it.
They just do it for their people.
They're so lazy towards it It means nothing
to them.
Yura'oon an-nas.
They show off.
Zero, zero intention in their heart So according
to this ayah, since he's lazy, he just
walked away, whatever.
Ma'ti munafiq When the guy who left heard
this, he became what?
Angry.
And who did he go to?
The Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam.
He didn't go to Mu'adh.
He went to the Prophet.
He said, Ya Rasulullah Nahnu qawmun na'amilu
bi-aydeena.
We are people that work hard with our
hands.
We have animals.
We dig in the ground We have plants
that we do.
All that stuff.
Mu'adh comes, prays behind you Then he
comes to my masjid and he's like, Allahu
akbar.
He reads Al-Baqarah.
Ya Rasulullah.
Ishaa Baqarah, Ya Rasulullah So I could not
handle it, Ya Rasulullah.
I couldn't.
I have to go to sleep.
So I left the salah I prayed by
myself and then he walked away.
Guess what, Ya Rasulullah?
Mu'adh heard about me, then he said
he's a munafiq.
What did the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam do?
Bring me Mu'adh Bring me Mu'adh
now.
He didn't tell the guy, you're lucky your
imam is Mu'adh ibn Jabal.
You know how many communities in the world?
He could have went to Dallas.
I'm just kidding, right?
Right, but he's still here, right?
So Mu'adh ibn Jabal stayed in, subhanAllah.
He didn't say that.
He said, where's Mu'adh?
So Mu'adh comes, and what does the
Prophet say?
Afattanun anta ya Mu'adh You're trying to
cause Problems in the community, ya Mu'adh.
Second time.
Afattanun anta ya Mu'adh.
You're causing issues with the jali, with your
people Afattanun anta ya Mu'adh.
You're causing issues, ya Mu'adh.
What's the matter with you?
Three times He says next time, ya Mu
'adh, and any imam leads the people in
Salah Iqra'u, read surahs such as Sabbihisma
rabbika al-a'la.
He says when you lead the people, read
was shamsi wa duha, half page.
Half page, that's what you read Then he
says wara'ak al-musafir wa al-mareed
wa al-shaykh al-kabeer.
He says behind the imams There are people
are old, have problems.
They cannot sit for too long.
They cannot stand for too long.
Behind you are travelers They have things to
do and behind you maybe are people who
are sick and tired Please be conscious of
the people around you.
Very firm, huh?
We know the Prophet to be gentle alayhi
salatu was salam, but Mu'adh is at
a different level The Prophet did that because
he loves Mu'adh.
He one time grabbed Mu'adh's hand He
says two times to him, two times, Mu
'adh wallahi I love you Wallahi inni lauhibbuk
ya Mu'adh.
Mu'adh wallahi I love you.
Mu'adh said I'll take a bullet for
you Bi abi anta wa um ya rasoolallah,
I'll give up the world for you.
Then he says ya Mu'adh, unseek, I
want to give you advice To say at
the end of every salah Allahumma a'inni
ala dhikrik, oh Allah help me remember you
Wa shukrik and help me be grateful to
you, wa husni ibadatik and to help me
worship you correctly This is an example of
the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam.
The Prophet said don't you ever say, Muhammad
sallallahu alayhi wasallam, don't you ever say I
am better than Yunus ibn Mattah.
What happened to Yunus in the whale?
How long did he stay?
When he was there Allah subhanahu wa ta
'ala says the word, pay attention, wa huwa
makthum He was in so much distress Some
narration say he thought he died.
So he start moving his legs, start moving
his hands He's still alive in the stomach
of the whale.
Just an FYI The heart of a blue
whale is approximately the size of a human
being, the heart of the blue whale If
you get the whale, which is about Can
reach up to 30 meters.
It can cover an entire official basketball court
The entire court is covered with that whale.
Allah commanded the whale Do not crush his
bones.
Do not do in a way where you
digest him Do not do any of that.
Just protect him in your mouth.
So Yunus alayhi salam was so stressed out
Especially that sweat.
What was it like inside?
Do you think you can see his hand?
No, it's so scary in this dark.
Sometimes you're better off having light just to
know exactly what's happening So there's more and
more fear sometimes in the darkness So Allah
says in the darkness of what?
The darkness of the night The darkness of
what?
The stomach of the whale and there's a
third darkness.
What is it?
The ocean.
So he was there and he was nervous.
There's a lot that can be said What
did Yunus alayhi salam say?
The very very famous dua He says la
ilaha illa ant He called in the darkness
la ilaha illa ant.
There's no deity worthy of worship, but Allah
Subhanak you're free from any mistakes.
You're perfect You are perfect and obviously everything
is yelling out that Allah's perfect.
You're perfect how my name came up You
are perfect how a whale came and swallowed
me.
You're perfect how I'm still alive You're just
perfect subhanak, and I am NOT perfect.
Inni kuntu minal dhalimeen.
This dua This dua Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam.
He said the sahabah He said do you
want me to tell you a dua if
you ever say it in gham or karb?
remember the beginning of the session and For
those who were at the beginning we should
we share with you four emotions.
What was the first one of the past?
Huzun.
Excellent.
What was the future?
Ham.
We covered those in the first dua.
Now gham or karb.
In one hadith the Prophet said the word
karb Extreme distress live happening now as we
speak or you have another issue happening live
as we speak Then this is your dua.
He says never do you say this dua
except that Allah will save you Hatha wa
'ad haqq minallah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
Well, I said it before Allah has helped
you in ways.
You've never imagined.
It could have been worse.
It could have been directed to a different
situation It could have this it could have
that but believe in Allah la ilaha illa
ant subhanaka inni kuntu minal dhalimeen If you
do not mind, I'm gonna do something a
little bit different I want to dissect this
dua and go part by part and we
do that inshallah Makes sense, right?
It's such an important dua even Uthman ibn
Affan This is authentic hadith.
Uthman ibn Affan one time he was sitting
in the masjid And who walks in front
of him Sa'ad ibn Abi Waqas walking?
So they have eye contact So Sa'ad
ibn Abi Waqas looking at Uthman Then he
says salamu alaikum What is Uthman saying?
Nothing Wow Nothing salamu alaikum And Uthman ibn
Affan the one who married the Prophet's daughter
Uthman ibn Affan who was promised Jannah He's
not responding wa alaikumussalam So Sa'ad ibn
Abi Waqas was like, what is that?
He sees him like you're looking right at
him So he goes to who Sa'ad?
He goes to Umar ibn Al-Khattab and
he was the khalifa at that time He
says what happened in Islam?
Is there a new fatwa or something?
Is there something in Islam that changed that
I don't know about?
And this is Sa'ad ibn Abi Waqas
a grand sahabi So Umar ibn Al-Khattab
says no, what are you talking about?
He says I walked in front of Uthman
I looked him in the eye salamu alaikum.
He did not even reply did not even
move his lips So what happened the sahaba
addressed things on the spot in a way
they resolve matter.
Don't keep it in the heart It's a
whole other topic.
I don't want to go into tangent.
So he said bring Uthman, Uthman ibn Affan
came Yes, ya amirul mu'min or leader of
the believers.
Is it true that Sa'ad came said
salam to you and He didn't reply back.
He's like no Oof Sa'ad's like come
on, man, like you didn't say salam and
now you're lying So Uthman ibn Affan says
wallahi I didn't see Sa'ad But they're
just authentic authentic So Sa'ad says wallahi
I saw him and he looked me right
in the eye So Uthman said no, then
Uthman was like, oh my god.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
I am so sorry What do you mean?
Why were you he's like, okay.
Okay, let me explain guys.
Yes.
Yes now Now I'm recalling he did actually
walk in front of me.
So what's going on?
He said I was sitting and There's a
dua Anytime I try to remember and appreciate
it and say it.
I'm so into it that I don't see
anything in front of me Sa'ad says
I know which one you're talking about Allah.
I know which dua is that then Sa
'ad says It's one of the first duas
ever made that was so powerful That changed
things Sa'ad said I know the dua
is the following we were with the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam The Prophet was gonna
tell us a dua While he was about
to tell us Someone came interrupted the halaqa
the lecture the Prophet did not tell us
perhaps He forgot as the Prophet was walking
away Sa'ad said I remember I want
to know what's a dua.
So he's not making noise So the Prophet
looks back.
It's like you're right.
Yes.
Yes Sa'ad.
Yeah, Rasulallah.
Remember where you told us He will tell
us a dua He's like yes, the dua
the powerful dua is la ilaha illa and
subhanaka inni kuntu minal dhalimeen So let's give
it some moments three parts la ilaha illa
and or la ilaha illa Allah This is
the best statement of all time and this
is not my words It's the words of
the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam He says
afdalu dhikri the best thing that can ever
come from this mouth is la ilaha illa
Allah It's so powerful so powerful.
If you say it before you die, you're
guaranteed Jannah There's something so interesting about saying
it.
Just try to say it now Do you
guys notice anything?
What do you guys notice?
You don't you don't you don't use your
lips.
It's so easy.
You can even say when you're like You
don't have to move lips, you know, it's
not difficult It's so easy But may Allah
make it easy for us to say before
we meet him La ilaha illa Allah, nothing
can match it.
One time the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
He says Ya'tir rajul ala raoosil khalaq On
a day of judgment a man comes and
that man and every man and woman they
come they have books of deeds Right records.
So this angel here, what's his name?
What's the angels name here?
The one that writes the good stuff Huh?
Raqib and This angel here that writes the
bad stuff.
He's a good guy, by the way, okay,
but he just happens to write the bad
stuff All right Ateed so whatever you so
inshallah as you're sitting Raqib is busy writing,
right?
Keep writing Allah barik fikir, keep writing, keep
going, bismillah, subhanallah, alhamdulillah, la ilaha illa allah
barik fikir All right, give me a chance.
All right, don't go act crazy like that.
I'm just an example Anyhow, so then writing
right this guy comes yawm al qiyamah now
the books are presented the books are presented
You know, how many books he has of
evil the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam says
99 books.
I really hope it's a five-page book
No, kullu sejillin ala maddi al basar.
Every book is as far as the eye
can see I'm not gonna go that far
just an example.
Imagine there's a book between me and this
wall just one book 99 of those what
kind of life did this what did this
guy do in his life?
How many times did he backbite?
How many times did he curse?
How many alcoholic drinks he drank and what
has he done to his parents and how
many times did he cheat at work and
How many times did he plagiarize his projects
and how many times?
99 so Allah says alaka hudur alaka hasana
Allah says do you have anything in the
good deeds?
That can make up for this Do you
have any excuse for what's this?
Adhalamataka katabati, did the angels make up stuff?
So the man looks is like la yara
It's true I did that when I was
in high school I did So that Allah
says you have any good deeds.
There's not a single book.
The guy doesn't have a book So he
says la yara Allah.
I have nothing So if there's a scale
so the bad deeds are here wasn't gonna
be put here the man I don't have
anything like not even a book.
So Allah says you do have not a
book.
What do you have?
Bitaqa, kart, a card like imagine like a
sheet of paper Not not even not even
a book just a sheet of paper half
a page so the man says yeah Allah
What will the half page?
Due to 99 books as far as I
can see he says la yudhamu indi ahad
al yawm No one is oppressed today in
my presence Whatever good that you do you
see the effects whatever bad that you do
you see the effects and the card comes
What was the deed in that card?
la ilaha illallah ahsanti umar One time this
man said with his full heart from the
bottom of his heart la ilaha illallah La
ilaha illallah and Then they put the 99
Documentations of messed-up records BAM to that
scale heavy and they got the card La
ilaha illallah placed on the other hand of
the scale It did not outweigh Fa pasha
a sigil that when they put the card
BAM every 99 documents Ran away as shocked
as you were with my sound it will
be even more shocking that day what all
99 flew off That's how heavy well.
I guess cool my calamity.
Yeah, well.
I guess cool my calamity La ilaha illallah
nothing is as heavy as la ilaha illallah
may Allah fill our hearts with it You're
up by the enemy may Allah fill our
hearts with it la ilaha illallah, so you
see how powerful what else la ilaha illallah
Yunus alayhis salaam knows I'm in the darkness
of all of this.
I am in distress No one can help
me except Allah, so I'm gonna say la
ilaha illallah Then he says subhanak what a
subhan means very important with sabah yes, but
I mean Swim right you're not diving you're
swimming when you're swimming you're above the water
you're above everything that is under so you're
above So subhanak meaning Allah you're above anything
in terms of negative attributes.
You're free you're away from everything negative That's
why in the Quran pay attention Allah says
subhanah when people say bad things about him
or when they say good things In the
Quran when Allah says the word subhanah is
it Connected to something that is negative said
about Allah or something positive said about Allah
Negative negative what all would take of the
law?
And they said Allah has a son Allah
says what after that Subhanah no, I'm free
from that So then you know said subhanak
you're free from my any mistakes the people
should blame me not blame you you're free
You're perfect Then the last part in me
going to mean of volume in yeah, Allah.
I wronged myself.
Yeah, Allah I'm the one who did a
mistake and he apologizes to Allah does that
stop here, or there's more stops here He
did not say Allah.
I'm sorry, but you know I worked really
hard right?
I'm just saying nothing's a saying I'm sorry,
but I worked really hard snow There's no
need for that because the moment you start
giving excuses the moment your apology gets weaker
I see that yeah, I know I messed
up with this, but you know what I
did yesterday say.
I'm sorry This mean what you say it
la ilaha illallah subhanaka in you couldn't do
nothing.
I was wrong.
Yeah, Allah I was wrong and no one
loves apology the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
says Well, I had a hubble a little
older than Allah.
No one loves.
I'm sorry forgive me more than Allah Allah
loves it Yeah, really Allah loves it.
So what does it mean never give up
and stop never stop asking Allah to forgive
you?
It's just so scary if you postpone and
you postpone and you postpone and then you
may never be able to say I'm sorry
correct Isn't that right how many times people
pass away you move to fill a you
know and like I wish I spoke to
them I wish I can tell them I'm
sorry.
It's too late.
So right now in you couldn't do nothing.
I'm wrong.
Yeah, Allah I'm wrong.
Yeah, Allah.
I'm wrong.
Yeah, Allah Unfortunately, let me be very honest
with you many of the songs today media
today Tries to take off that regret aspect
in us agreed So on some regret you
should not have regrets over things that you've
done true but there's some things you have
to regret and Regret is the main pillar
of repentance.
You want a lot to accept your apology.
You got a regret So then you have
method and even you have songs that says,
you know, no regrets never look back Whatever
the case may be and they're top hits
Subhanallah, but in Islam, it's all about regrets.
You have to be careful about the whole
regret situation May Allah forgive us and subhanallah
when I was in high school.
Come on.
That was many many many years ago There
was a story of a brother And Unfortunately,
and fortunately, he was a Muslim So this
brother comes from a very good family, but
I forget the detail just think of it
as in the general story So this man
his parents very well behaved well known the
community and overall the brother was good But
when his parents traveled He was influenced by
a couple of guys So he said let's
come and go outside the city we gather
and honestly There'll be some girls there to
win a party when I do some have
fun and everything You'll always be in this
house all religious and stuff like that.
Just come along So this man subhanallah, he
goes and then he gets his car He
was one of the younger ones that had
his own keys and when they went there
one of the brothers or one of the
guys I'm not sure all of them were
Muslim, but anyhow, he said oh my god.
I forgot to get the the beer the
alcohol Subhanallah, anyhow, I forgot so the brother
subhanallah.
He had the car So he said, you
know, I got I'll go get it.
Yeah Allah why why we're a volunteer now
so he goes gets his car and goes
to the nearest beer store and They know
in that area how far is the store?
So this man took way too long to
come back way too long.
So this are getting weird.
Where did this guy go?
Where is this guy go?
Eventually one of them also had a car.
He said let's go Lost did he stop
they got into the car and he started
driving towards the closest beer store to see
more concern about the guy and when they
arrived they saw he got in a car
accident and fire was coming out of the
car and They came and it was right
when the accident happened and he was still
there.
What's going on?
So then apparently he was lost finding the
store allahu ta'ala.
He was right next to it And when
they saw him and he was dying right
in front of their eyes Dying right in
front of their eyes He was saying something
like I can't see him.
I can't see him.
I can't meet him.
I can't meet him They're like, what are
you talking about?
So the guy was dying like he can't
meet him.
I can't meet him Who are you talking
about?
He said Allah I Can't meet him Allah.
I can't meet him May Allah forgive him
for that thought of his Europe in terms
of his fear of Allah Hope you know
lost on time.
I can't mean they took him to the
hospital.
He died He passed away So you never
know who thought this will happen you think
his parents came back and imagine this will
happen to their son May Allah have Rahman
up on a mirab al-alameen.
So don't delay.
Do not push things forward.
May Allah forgive us Ya rab al-alameen
when he made this du'a it was
narrated not authentic hadith but in Tafsir that
the angels said ya Allah We hear a
very familiar voice salt on my roof This
is this voice is very familiar The angels
say that mean mccarran hurry, but it's a
very unfamiliar.
What?
location So the Allah says at a drone
about who do you know?
Who is it?
They said we don't know He says Allah
has a happy D.
You know, it's my servant.
You know, so the angel said you know
The one until this day good deeds are
raising to us Till this day we see
his du'a that he may throughout his
life.
Yeah Allah, would you forgive me Allah?
Then Allah says Bella Allah Akbar Bella.
So Allah is gonna save Yunus alayhi salam
and with the help of Allah Yunus is
saved but Allah says something so powerful one
of the main Pillars of the story is
this Why did Allah save Yunus?
Yes, Allah the Rahim But there's something that
Yunus did Allah says if it wasn't that
he did this The lab is a fee
but me you know, you owe me a
bath Allah says if he did not do
this action, which I will share with you
He would have remained in the stomach of
the whale till the day of resurrection.
What do you mean?
He's gonna live?
in a dry scent So what happened?
meaning he would die in the whale and
Will be resurrected Yomo camera from this whale
stomach and everybody was resurrected based on where
they passed away Then we go to Allah
subhanahu wa'ta'ala What in the world did
he do?
Yes, do I is Correct, but there's something
very specific Go ahead What is it?
Vicar of Allah any specific vicar?
the Musa beheen excellent Allah says fellow la
and now who can I mean I'll Musa
beheen The lab is a fee botany.
He Me about food Allah says if it
wasn't that he was Continuously every day throughout
his life used to do a vicar of
Allah subhan Allah subhan Allah subhan Allah That
was the one of the main highlights He
would have never been saved and there's two
main things about this point two main things
Number one is the power of vicar as
the Khalid has mentioned vicar.
How often you remember Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala
How often how would your vicar process?
I shared with a group of people before
how I was disappointed in myself I was
actually disappointed in myself back before kovat when
we used to go to the actual company,
right?
May Allah make it easy for all of
us and may Allah not make us return
for those who want to say I mean
It's up to you.
All right Okay, is that whenever I used
to put my food in that microwave?
It was a habit No, what would I
do?
Pick up that phone in that minute and
15 seconds that I were in my food
and it was very disappointing Like why do
I have to do it every time?
Why not that one minute say subhan Allah
subhan Allah subhan Allah.
That's it.
Like what will it do?
What will it do?
What will it do?
Rasool Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam says I
Adjazzu ahadikum is it hard for you guys
to seize amazing moment?
We're a very high reward for a very
easy action if you do it Allah will
give you 1000 hasana hasana if you do
it Allah erases 1000 bad deed city Rasool
Allah.
What in the world is that deed that
is easy to do that is very rewarding
He says whoever says subhan Allah Whoever says
subhan Allah 100 times yeah tomorrow Allah will
give them 1,000 good deeds and erase
1,000 bad deeds.
You see how much we've missed out or
I've missed out say subhan Allah very powerful
Subhan Allah subhan Allah, and it doesn't just
save you and good deeds and bad deeds
even Yom Kiyamah Remember when Rasool Allah sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam.
He said say sallallahu alayhi wa sallam on
a day of judgment Where's the Sun does
it exist or is it gone?
The Sun exists very much exists how much
one mile above the heads according to biology
We will burn yeah, I can move on
in life Allah will take care of you
Right, but Allah will make it in a
way that you start sweating not burning So
the Prophet says you gotta put in Sana
Look under the Nubia you will start sweating
based on how many sins that you've got
some will sweat up to their ankle There's
four levels some will sweat to their knee
Some will sweat all the way to the
belly button and some will sweat to up
to their nose They will drown from their
sweat me Allah protect us.
So what's the smart people?
What will they want to do?
I want to get some shade away from
the Sun.
There's no trees Where are we to bed?
They'll do later.
Allah changed the whole earth.
You know, it's a different earth No rocks,
no trees.
Nothing can seek shade from except one place
only the throne of Allah I'm sure Rahman
is the only thing you know, man.
I believe it.
Okay.
Y'all let's do that.
Let's go Hey, how do you mean it's
not there's a there's a it's a closed
not anybody just walks in under a lot
of shade Specific traits in the individual the
main trait to share with you for tonight
Is that one of the last traits the
Prophet mentions the hadith?
What are you doing?
I'm a man or a woman Zekar Allah
ha ha Lea Fafa, but I know a
man or a woman who mentioned Allah subhanallah
Alhamdulillah la ilaha a remembrance that moved you
so much that you start to what to
cry Just because of that one moment behind
closed doors or maybe people not noticing that
one moment You get a lot shape.
You see how powerful the kid is.
So don't say just because of this he
was saying This is unbelievable This is unbelievable.
I told the group that I reviewed the
notes with I said, this is the first
time I noticed it Allah said if it
wasn't that he did a lot of this
be a vicar He would have stayed in
the whale this shook me so much and
it may shake you as well inshallah in
a good way Allah did not say if
it wasn't that you were a prophet Allah
did not say it's because you lectured the
people Allah did not say because you spoke
to 100,000 people Allah did not say
it's because you helped to the needy Allah
did not say it's because you gave in
charity Allah said because of vicar what is
it?
We're trying to get to how is our
private lives?
Your private life is what determines your value
not the public work public work is excellence
accessories.
It's great Sometimes you have to do certain
public work.
There's no doubt in that.
It's far more effective But by default we
have to be what?
sincere by default Do things what?
Privately, but if there is more benefit in
going public go with it agreed.
What's something if you go public is more
beneficial What is it?
Dawa calm people to Allah.
Yes, sometimes being in public one Salah why
save in public?
I should pray at home Salah in jamaa
for example if I do this now Salam
alaikum brothers and sisters for the sake of
my Nia when the class feel a man
and a land or a witch He I
will not show you who I am Yeah,
please brothers and sisters trust me trust me.
I'm not gonna tell you who I am
It will never be on the flyer.
No, you're not work.
I have to go public, right?
There's a more effective right but by default
you're a bad a wooden or a back
home to the run What who fear Allah
says your default settings I do things privately
unless there's more of it benefit to go
public I donate Private unless there's more benefit
to go public Allah Akbar So this way
he was his private life me Allah make
our private life beautiful and remember Allah when
things are easy Allah will help you when
things are tough as the Rasul Allah He
said Allah Ali was Salam said can I
end with this one last Hadith about this
point one last Hadith ready?
This is an action item all of us.
If there's one thing to take from today
tonight's session is this Rasul Allah sallallahu alayhi
wa sallam said man is tata'a minkum
whoever is able and Yakuna, no khadee on
min.
I'm an insolent Whoever is able to go
do a good deed like you're aiming I
want to do this good deed for it
to be used for a rainy day You
know, we save money for a rainy day
Whoever aims to get a good deed and
capable and massive one to store it as
your 401k Retirement plan in case you need
one in the future then go for it.
Can we do that?
Inshallah, can you make that Nia?
I'm gonna we have to all increase that
balance that will never appear that balance that
will never show a number that ballot that
Shows circles.
It's still private.
No one knows except you and Allah.
Can we do that?
Inshallah Khabi, Khabi on a man and Salih
may Allah make it possible for all of
us Then okay Allah saved him.
Yes, the whale swam and swam a lot
of Akbar First a jabon a la the
way he swam all the way to the
seashore for number of know who be Lara
Allah says we have put him onto the
open land.
There's no trees Nothing, no people.
No humans.
No support.
Oh, who was the team?
Well, he was very drained.
Yeah drained Why how long was he in
the whale for some say three days?
Some say a year some say hours.
Well life it was for one minute.
Is it that not enough of you know
distress?
So he left Sakim some say maybe the
acid in the stomach whale Got his skin
one of the Mufasa in the scholars say
he left the stomach just like how when
the baby is just born You know all
slimy Right and though and the hair is
all wet and all that stuff.
May Allah bless all our children May Allah
bless every mother that delivered and have her
see her child grow right before his eyes
as a righteous child Say, I mean and
may Allah grant all of you righteous children.
You're up and I mean so you notice
I said comes out of the whale exhausted
drained Subhanallah, not just that you may say,
okay, where's the food?
This is something interesting What in the world
is this?
Well, what do you say that is?
Squash Okay, what in the world does a
squash have to do with with tonight's session
you're hungry brother, ah, I see the squash
pumpkin Halloween Actually when we reviewed the session
I Was telling the team like as we
say squash pumpkin because the difference of opinion
So one sister's you look nervous like I
know I just hope people think like basically
any it's a Sunnah now to have pumpkins
And subhanallah to happen the lecture happens to
be in October in the delay when they
lay a Roger Nothing is coincidence in a
cool machine.
I know because everything is calculated.
Okay, we're in the world of story brother
Help us out in the Quran Allah says
what I'm but now I lay he said
you're a time me a Quotien Allah says
right then and there The one who made
the whale swallow him and cast him away
is the same God that made the squash
tree Or a pumpkin tree because there's difference
of opinion grow right in front of him
nice fresh fruit Now we know that Allah
would never tell us the type of tree
and that there's benefit in it a hundred
percent Now when we know what a tree
Adam ate from I said, I'm right.
What tree was it?
Adam's what?
Apple is in the Quran is in the
Hadith.
We have no idea.
We just know they ate from the tree
because there's no That benefit in that But
Allah tells a squash or pumpkin.
This is my suggestion to those in medical
school I have a nice thesis for your
PhD ID Its idea is to use this
in the Quran and tell me what in
the world does pumpkin have to do With
people that were in the water for a
long time right and exhausted and their skin
and their eyes because that in the reason
that the fear says his eyes were in
pain his skin and His body was in
pain and the distress as we know, so
I did a little bit of research Can
I do like a rookie research is okay
So I went to miskin web MD many
of you know that website So I went
to web MD and I just put the
benefit of squash and the benefits of what?
Pumpkin just to see and it's a pound.
They were very similar.
So the same family.
So let me share with you three top
benefits Ready, it's just so interesting.
And when I tell you the benefits who
I want you think of Yunus but be
more specific Yunus alaihissalam the man who was
in the ocean for a long time in
the stomach of the whale who came Out
with short exhausted his skin his eyes all
struggling in distress top three number one Eating
the pumpkin or squash Reduces risk of depression
Subhanallah, it says several squash varieties are rich
in vitamin b6 People with vitamin b6 deficiency
may be at a higher risk of developing
mental health concerns such as depression Watch after
this comment pumpkin sales sell out in Dearborn,
right and who buys it Muslims?
How is that?
How is that how a Muslim you got
a fat wah?
No, we didn't know that.
All right, let's move on Then the second
thing improved eye health subhanallah number three enhanced
skin health Allahu akbar Allahu ta'ala alam
at exactly why Allah mentioned the type of
tree now Yunus alaihissalam is now eating Getting
stronger.
I'm doing Allah muscles are coming back some
flesh because the narration says his skin was
touching the bones Like you can see all
the jaw bone is so skinny Subhanallah drained
eating becoming stronger and stronger and stronger.
Then what happens next?
What will Yunus alaihissalam go through next?
Allah tells him I want you to go
and continue the mission continue the mission Bismillah
a loss.
I learned my lesson What's a lesson?
I will go till my last breath.
I will wait to your command I will
follow what you tell me to do and
I will never what lose my All right.
Where am I gonna go?
Where am I gonna go?
Well, I'm selling now.
He let me at the elephant.
Oh, yes, you doing He was sent back
to his people Hold on No, we were
told a beginning of the first session That
the punishment was coming few minutes away or
hours and they're all gonna get wiped out
No, what do you mean?
Allah change his mind?
Nope.
What happened?
What happened?
Allah says in the Quran I would have
been laminated on the regime in the living
In Kalima to Robica la you mean on
there are certain people who have been so
arrogant so stubborn advised Multiple times and they
chose to step away Okay, Allah says those
people were so arrogant for the longest time.
I will take them further away These people
now you mean there's nothing that will make
them believe nothing Allah says even if they
see what I would you add to him
Kuluaya even if they see every single sign
in the world They will never say la
ilaha illallah Hatta yara will add up an
alien unless they see the Allah's punishment when
they see Allah's punishment.
Oh, okay.
Okay.
Okay I will now believe but will that
benefit them?
No, you have an example.
You have an example was an example Pharaoh
excellent me Allah bless you Pharaoh Pharaoh what
happened to him Pharaoh was in the Egypt
area claiming to be God and the Robocco
Malala arrogant loser, you name it it's one
of the worst human beings ever walked on
earth and Then when Allah split the ocean
Musa passed through Benny Israel passed through and
who's the loser that wanna pass through Pharaoh
and his Junudu soldiers when Musa left and
Benny Israel reached the other end Allah allowed
the mountains of water not rocks to collapse
on Pharaoh.
Then what happened at that point?
Pharaoh says amen to I believe in the
Lord of the children of Israel in which
they believe in Well, I know mean I'm
Muslim mean Allah Takbir Allah Akbar Pharaoh Allah
says That's in the Quran What it means
now What kind of a site and through
your whole life?
disobeying Allah arrogant killing babies Oppressing men and
women young and old Get out of here,
it will never count so in the case
of Yunus Allah says fellow like a red
car.
Yes, and I'm an it's enough I have
a man where no one believed and benefited
because I was too late You know what?
He says Allah in la coma, you know,
it's the only human beings on earth That
managed to believe on time and Allah accepts
were the people of Yunus What are the
chances of that happening?
Yeah, yeah, you know salam.
All what you had to do was wait
just a little bit more and All hundred
thousand would believe not just that Allah says
Kashaf no, I'm new Madhava Lucy's if it
don't yet one at the end of it
lacking for a minute They all believed and
this is some of them I they say
this is the only nation in the history
of humanity that they all believe in a
prophet Usually a majority believes to disbelieve or
a family the rich by home You know
this all of them believe so Allah says
I want you to go back to your
people brothers and sisters He goes back and
he sees them worshiping Allah the one who
said you're a loser You're a magician.
So how much you remember that now?
We think I'll forgive me.
I think you wanna welcome back.
Hey, yeah, come on You the guy who
mocked me come.
We're so sorry about what happened and they
all believe and they all listen Brothers and
sisters we see this even in our lifetime.
There's many things that happen.
I'll give you a basketball example.
Can I do that?
It's okay.
You guys remember 2013?
When LeBron James me Allah Allah to accept
la ilaha illallah Right Miami Heat against the
San Antonio Spurs game six Five five points
away five points.
Okay, five point not too bad.
How many minutes are left in the game
28 seconds?
28 seconds left in the game and The
Miami he is losing San Antonio's five points
up and and the Ginobili had a free
throw What was the camera showing?
Miss LeBron close who were they showing I
Look like I have a gun.
So forgive me guys All right.
What was the camera showing?
Like a bazooka.
No, huh?
What was the camera showing?
Huh The camera was focusing on the fans
Okay, the fans We're walking away 28 seconds
left five points losing.
This is the championship game finals of the
basketball game And he stopped going out Ginobili
shoots that free throw five points difference.
Oh my god.
It's crazy Just a look at me Allah
guide him to Jenna Allen Allen is a
locker three points, right?
And then what happens they tie 95 95
in 28 seconds Where's the camera?
Where's the camera?
Where which fans and LeBron the outside ones
so they heard Yay-yay This is this
game was at Miami.
So it's a home game for the Miami
Heat.
So the most of our fans So they
want they want to go back but for
those who go to the sports arenas and
so on in many times What's the rule
you can never go back?
So you can't open the door I got
a ticket.
Hey loser open the door You're a man.
I mean your your ticket Your ticket will
mean I am VIP for us while the
front row on the back row even if
you're LeBron you're not coming back Halas see
they went back.
How regretful were they sometimes don't rush and
what do we say?
Sometimes do not celebrate too early.
How many people with a football right touchdown
the guy does this?
Because I'm sure I've aged and he just
drops the ball right before the line But
as Lions fans, we know that exactly what
feels I know Forgive us forgive us.
I know.
All right.
So the point being all these happens.
I said this example then one sister she
said Your examples are very male focused.
I Respect respect respect.
She said that in our review session and
maybe she's here.
May Allah forgive her.
So she gave me another example This example
according to her.
I did not verify.
I trust the sister.
May Allah protect us and I really trust
you Okay, this is being recorded as a
lot of people here.
I didn't verify should have verified.
That's love us Miss Mila, she said in
the 1940s in the presidential elections There were
two people running against each other Right two
people running against each other and one guy
was winning the votes and winning the votes
and winning the votes clearly destroying the his
Opponent destroying it and in newspapers came saying
the winner is so-and-so.
I forgot the name President won.
Okay.
He's the president nice days and he printed
the newspaper But by the time they counted
the last portion of the ballots the votes
the other person won Right.
It sounds familiar So she didn't make it
up right the other person has won so
the other person won he went, you know
They give the inauguration speech.
What was he holding?
the newspaper He's like I'm the winner not
basically whatever is said here.
So subhanAllah Sometimes those last moments that matter
may Allah forgive us all the other Brothers
and sisters Eunice is elevated Eunice bounced back
better and better than ever before not just
that Allah says Allah says Allah guided Eunice
so walk and look up to Eunice alayhis
salaam how he repented and I want to
share with you brothers and sisters the last
verse from Eunice alayhis salaam And then one
hadith and we're done.
Inshallah 930 is our deadline, sahih What's the
last ayah in surah Eunice?
I Got you See, I think I take
your comments seriously by the way I take
your comments to you as much as I
can Because one brother said I show a
thing was sister She said if you can
put the verses on the slides you guys
like that is a good so she got
all the Hassan at Allahu Akbar.
All right, and then another brother told me
he said if you can focus a lot
more on what the Quran exactly says So
we did that in this session.
You notice both Hamdulillah So may Allah reward
the advisers amongst you those who give proper
advice.
May Allah reward you This is the last
verse and this is the main moral of
the story Wallahu alam the last ayah ayah
109 chapter 10.
Allah said what tabi' ma yuha ilayk Follow
what is revealed to you Wasbir hatta yuhkum
Allah and be patient until Allah judges in
your situation wa huwa khayru l-hakimi Allah
says you're not allowed to lose hope You're
not allowed to justify losing your patience.
What's that?
You know what I'm going through This ayah
is for you and I don't lose your
patience and we explained patience in the last
session.
Remember?
Patience is to never give up hope on
Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala and does not give
up on Allah's mission You continue you never
complain about Allah and you never use your
body in haram.
So be patient Don't ever lose your patience.
What's the but hatta yuhkum Allah until Allah
judges your situation.
I've been looking for jobs all my life
I'm not finding one.
I got an offer haram company.
Okay, what's the but hatta yuhkum Allah wait
and Allah changes the situation I really want
to get married.
I've been rejected all my life.
Please.
I want to get married.
It's not working I'm gonna go fulfill my
desires elsewhere What's the but hatta yuhkum Allah
be patient until Allah judges in situation You
never know what happens and I may share
with you the ticket I got I've shared
with you a bad story I'll share with
you a good story inshallah when I went
to One of my first jobs at Chrysler
Auburn Hills I really tried to apply for
many jobs and I share with you the
half of the story But not the rest
last time in the story of Musa when
I went there I applied for over 200
jobs true story and my wife knows what
we had to go through 200 plus jobs
Never did I get an opportunity except one
or two general ones to do with haram
type of jobs It's got came to me.
No one you put your resume on monster
.com and things like that.
They reached out to you It looked interesting,
but there's no way it's against my Dean
I tried and I tried and I tried
until there's a position at Chrysler that required
three to five years experience.
How many?
Years of experience do I have nine months?
I made it clear in the resume hatta
yuhkum Allah.
I'm not gonna fake it I'm not gonna
put my reference Dr. Ahmed and Ahmed's my
colleague at work or school.
Yeah, because you know what happens No, we
cannot do that So then I go apply
for the job and I got an interview
Hamdi Lila very happy So when I go
to the interview right before it I was
sitting in the lobby.
It's a very nice lobby It's one of
the largest buildings in the in the country,
by the way, the one in Auburn Hills
So I sat in the lab and I
was working on a halaqa a lecture.
You almost got me in trouble guys Okay,
let's move on.
So the lecture I was working on was
a dean on Masih It's a Hadith about
advice or religion is all about giving advice
in general So I was working on it
because I have a lecture on Thursday So
then she called imagine Mahmood's only I come
like get ready and got my folder or
whatever So I go through the interview and
they start asking me questions.
What do you know about cars?
What have you worked on?
I only have nine months barely internship positions
So I tried to be funny.
Yes from that day.
I said the thing I know about cars
is a nice car wash Ha ha ha
Hamdi it moved Hamdi Lila didn't ask more
questions.
It's work for life Anyhow, so then okay,
whatever and then what have you done?
This isn't that what have you concentrated in
your fourth year fourth year?
I did automotive engineering.
Okay, fantastic Then she said can I ask
you a question before we leave?
Yeah What were you doing in the lobby?
I'm like subhanAllah.
I didn't say subhanAllah.
I'm just saying Ask me questions about engineering
my GPA What kind of car I'm driving?
What do you have to do with me
lobby?
She's like I saw you that you're very
focused like you're actually like really like into
what you're doing.
So what were you doing?
So I said that was just I was
working on a lecture She's like, oh, what's
the topic?
Allah I was so nervous Myself like I
start my job with the line So I
start the job with the line the first
as a 200 plus jobs This is the
only yeah, I don't know if I'll ever
get another one and this is it even
subhanAllah expecting a child I Said I was
working lecture about you know Giving advice How
about you come Thursday at 7 p.m.
Father and message, right?
So I said so I said, you know,
it's a lecture a word delivered at questions.
I said, you know at the Islamic Center
It was in Windsor Ontario not too far
from us She's like, oh so you teach
No, not anymore.
Now if I get this job, I'll engineer
for life.
She's like, okay Then we walked away I
know my heart I said Impossible.
This is what I did the recession time
right after the Annie in the early 2000s
So I left the same day.
I got a phone call.
What's a phone call?
Congratulations.
Mr. Mahmood.
Yes This was a contract house.
It was not direct position.
Anyhow, you got the job.
I just an FYI I wouldn't share this
subhanAllah.
I told them what's the salary?
They said it was about 62,000 it's
okay.
I'll share with you 62.
Okay So so I said is there a
way we can like, you know, push this
further Yeah, I'm just kidding.
I don't even have many class and if
they said 30 30 is good I'm nearly
left, but I learned I learned anything.
They tell you like a little bit more.
She's like, sorry This is this is non
-negotiable.
I said, okay.
Okay non-negotiable.
I'm sorry But apparently it's a messed up
stuff.
Anyway, let's move on as you can tell
I'm still hurt.
Anyhow, let's move on.
Okay so After a year two years the
whole story is this She came but it
was a different L.
I'll never forget it.
She came this way.
I came this way I can't see she's
coming.
So she came and I came there.
We met here.
Then she said Oh magic Yes, miss Kim
She said do you know why I hired
you?
What kind of question is weird, huh?
Do you know why I'm like, I hope
you're not like regretting it or something, right?
So then she said, you know why I
hired you I said why she said because
in the interview I Asked you what were
you doing in the lobby?
and You told me something which may be
taken against you And I felt that you
said exactly what you were doing about your
religion and faith and that was the reason
I actually hired you Loco Akbar and I
was not getting hired whatsoever.
They think I thought I was smart car
wash.
Remember that They probably know that down.
He's trying to run away from the answer.
I never cut high on a slick.
Masha'Allah I know it's I'm gifted whether
it's gifted.
What is he?
All right, nothing.
So they were noting the guy doesn't know
anything nine months They want three to five
years She said you answering that question is
actually what I made made us hire you
and look subhanallah The thing that we thought
will ruin us was the thing that actually
saved us, right?
So with this being said what's better had
to come Allah be patient until Allah judges
in situation Well, who will hack you mean
he's the best judge.
He will take care of you.
May Allah bless you May Allah grant you
Jenna.
May Allah lift every hardship and distress from
you May Allah bless us with the door
of Eunice Alisa Lam la ilaha illa ant
Subhanaka.
Inna kunna Mina thali mean I mean what
is that?
Mullah Khairan?
Wassalamu alaikum, Rahmatullah