Mirza Yawar Baig – Ibad Ur Rahman – Part 2

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The importance of showing one's love for Islam in a professional and rewarding way is emphasized in the segment on Islam. Consistent efforts are essential to produce an effect, practices and the use of Salah as a means of connecting with Islam. Consistent actions and events are crucial for personal growth and success. The segment emphasizes the importance of fixing connections and being mindful of one's actions to avoid overwhelming stress.

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			Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, alhamdulillahi rabbil alameen, wa salatu
		
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			wa salamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen, Muhammadur
		
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			Rasulullahi sallallahu alayhi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi
		
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			wa sallam, tasliman kathiran kathira.
		
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			Fama badu, my brothers and sisters, this is
		
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			the second lecture on the topic of Ibadur
		
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			Rahman, Allah subhana wa ta'ala's special slaves,
		
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			those who Allah subhana wa ta'ala loves
		
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			and who love Allah subhana wa ta'ala
		
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			jalla jalaluhu.
		
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			Allah subhana wa ta'ala mentioned them and
		
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			He mentioned their beautiful qualities and usaf in
		
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			Suratul Furqan and we ask Allah subhana wa
		
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			ta'ala to make us among them, to
		
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			give us the way of practicing Islam in
		
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			a way, in such a way that we
		
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			become and are counted by Allah subhana wa
		
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			ta'ala among His special slaves, Ibadur Rahman.
		
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			The second quality that Allah subhana wa ta
		
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			'ala mentioned in Ibadur Rahman is, wal ladheena
		
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			yab'itoona li rabbihim sujjadan wa qiyaman, Allah
		
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			said they are those who spend the night
		
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			before their Rabb in sajda and qiyam.
		
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			This is the most reliable sign of those
		
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			who love Allah subhana wa ta'ala.
		
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			Think about this, we like to spend time
		
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			in the company of those we love.
		
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			The same applies with respect to our love
		
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			for Allah subhana wa ta'ala.
		
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			Those who love Allah look for opportunities to
		
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			spend time in His blessed presence.
		
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			What better time to do that than when
		
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			He has made nuzul, has come down in
		
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			a way that suits His majesty and grace
		
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			to the first heaven and the caller has
		
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			called who is there who needs anything from
		
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			his Rabb.
		
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			This is the reason why Rasulullah used to
		
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			call salah qurratul ayn, the coolness of the
		
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			eyes.
		
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			Salah is the time when we connect with
		
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			Allah subhana wa ta'ala, we talk to
		
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			Him, we tell Him our stories, we ask
		
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			for His help and He answers Jalla Jalaluhu,
		
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			there is no doubt about the fact that
		
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			He answers because He announced this and He
		
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			said ud'ooni astajib lakum, call upon Me
		
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			and I will answer.
		
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			He knows our circumstances, our difficulties, our challenges
		
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			and there is nobody who knows, who shows
		
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			appreciation more than He does Jalla Jalaluhu.
		
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			For such people, for such ibad of His
		
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			ibad, for such slaves of His who are
		
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			faithful to Him, He promised His support and
		
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			a great reward.
		
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			What more can we ask?
		
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			Allah subhana wa ta'ala mentioned and mentioned
		
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			with great love His messenger Muhammad sallallahu alayhi
		
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			wa sallam and refers to him in connection
		
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			with that which will give him strength and
		
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			power to do his work for which he
		
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			had been sent.
		
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			The work of presenting Islam to a hostile
		
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			world.
		
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			Today we are exactly in the same position.
		
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			Our job is to present Islam to a
		
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			hostile world.
		
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			We have no control over the hostility in
		
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			the world, we cannot reduce that but we
		
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			have control over presenting Islam to them in
		
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			a beautiful way through our words and through
		
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			our deeds, very importantly through our deeds, through
		
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			our akhlaq, through our ma'vilat, through our
		
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			manners, through our dealing with people, through our
		
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			mu'ashara, through our society, the society of
		
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			the Muslims must stand out and be very
		
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			special which it is and be seen which
		
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			it is but be seen as clearly something
		
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			of benefit to society which society absolutely critically
		
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			needs for its welfare.
		
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			This is the message of Islam which cannot
		
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			just be given by speeches.
		
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			It has to be given through consistent, dedicated
		
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			effort.
		
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			Allah s.w.t. said, Allah
		
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			said, which means, stand to pray all night,
		
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			O you wrapped in garments and sleeping, stand
		
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			to pray all night except for a little,
		
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			half of it or a little less than
		
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			that or a little more and recite the
		
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			Quran aloud in a slow, pleasant tone and
		
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			style.
		
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			Allah s.w.t. mentioned those who pray
		
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			tahajjud and he prays them and he said,
		
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			Allah said, Their sides forsake their beds, meaning
		
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			they get up from their sides, they get
		
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			up from their lying positions on their beds
		
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			to invoke their Rabb, to call upon their
		
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			Rabb, between fear and hope, with fear of
		
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			his displeasure, of his punishment and hope for
		
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			his forgiveness and his reward.
		
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			They spend, they give charity in the cause
		
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			of Allah, of what we have bestowed on
		
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			them.
		
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			No person knows, No person knows what is
		
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			kept hidden for them of joy as a
		
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			reward for what they used to do.
		
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			Now brothers and sisters, I remind myself and
		
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			you, Islam is all about practice.
		
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			It is all about action, not just about
		
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			talking.
		
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			This is the effect and meaning of Salah.
		
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			It is supposed to produce an effect in
		
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			our lives and the lives of others.
		
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			It is not simply a mechanical exercise to
		
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			finish with carelessness while we are thinking of
		
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			everyone and everything except the one before whom
		
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			we are standing.
		
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			It is our personal space and time with
		
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			our Creator and Sustainer.
		
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			Salah is our connection with Allah s.w
		
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			.t. We need to examine its quality and
		
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			improve it if we want a response.
		
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			Salah is the proof that we are Muslim.
		
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			It is the physical manifestation by which a
		
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			Muslim declares that he worships nobody except Allah
		
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			s.w.t. Once he or she has
		
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			that faith, they demonstrate it by worshipping Allah
		
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			s.w.t. in the way that Allah
		
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			s.w.t. prescribed and which was taught
		
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			to us by His Messenger Muhammad Rasulullah s
		
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			.a.w. Salah is the action which distinguishes
		
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			and differentiates and sets apart the believer from
		
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			the non-believer.
		
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			The believer worships Allah, the non-believer doesn't.
		
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			It is that simple.
		
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			Rasulullah s.a.w. said that Salah is
		
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			the first thing that we will be questioned
		
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			about on the Day of Judgment.
		
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			It is the differentiation between Iman and Kufr.
		
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			Leaving it deliberately is to commit Kufr and
		
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			renders us out of Islam.
		
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			It is the key to Jannah and it
		
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			is the mi'raj of the Momin.
		
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			Salah is the means of connecting with Allah
		
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			s.w.t. and the way to solve
		
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			all our problems.
		
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			The one who goes to the Masjid for
		
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			Salah, Allah s.w.t. forgives one sin,
		
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			writes one good deed and raises his status
		
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			by one level in Jannah for every step
		
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			that he takes.
		
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			May Allah s.w.t. give us the
		
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			Tawfiq to please Him and not to worry
		
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			about pleasing anyone and anything else when it
		
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			means disobeying Allah.
		
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			Allah s.w.t. used Salah as the
		
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			means of joining Muslims as brothers and sisters
		
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			with worshipping Him as the criterion, as the
		
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			adhesive, as the thing which makes us brothers.
		
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			He said, إِنَّ هَٰذِهِ أُمَّتُكُمْ أُمَّةً وَاحِدًا وَأَنَا
		
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			رَبُّكُمْ فَاعْبُدُونَ In Suratul Anbiya Allah said, Truly
		
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			this, your Ummah, your Islamic Brotherhood is one
		
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			Ummah and I am your Rabb and therefore
		
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			worship Me alone.
		
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			It is because Muslims today do not understand
		
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			the value of Salah, that they neglect it
		
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			and don't realize that their problems and fears
		
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			are a result of this neglect.
		
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			They are happy because of the neglect.
		
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			Many Muslims who pray do it as if
		
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			discharging a burden, dumping something and going away
		
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			instead of recognizing it as a huge gift,
		
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			a benefit and their source of power.
		
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			They do not look forward to it, they
		
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			perform it quickly, as quickly as they can,
		
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			eager to get out of the mercy and
		
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			grace of Allah.
		
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			Muslims today don't realize that Salah is the
		
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			answer to their problems in this life and
		
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			a means of their deliverance from the hellfire.
		
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			If they paid attention to Salah and worked
		
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			to improve its quality, then it would become
		
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			the means of eradicating all fear and anxiety
		
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			and worry from their lives and become the
		
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			means of invoking the help of Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala for themselves and for their
		
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			families.
		
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			That is what Salah is for.
		
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			That is why Salah is so important in
		
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			Islam, that if anyone denies it by word
		
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			or action, by deliberately not praying when they
		
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			could have prayed, then that person is in
		
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			effect denying his or her own Iman and
		
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			so they exit Islam.
		
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			The third quality that Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala mentioned of the Ibadur Rahman is when
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, Innaha
		
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			sa'at mustaqarrum wa muqana.
		
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			Allah said, And those who say, Our Rabb,
		
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			avert from us the torment of Jahannam.
		
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			Verily, its torment is ever an inseparable permanent
		
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			punishment.
		
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			Indeed, evil indeed is Jahannam as an abode
		
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			and as a place to dwell.
		
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			May Allah save us from Jahannam.
		
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			It is a sign of intelligence to remember
		
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			our Akhirah and to ask Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala's protection from the evil of it.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala called it a
		
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			sign of intelligence.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, Allah
		
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			said, Intelligent people are those who remember Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala standing, sitting and lying
		
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			down on their sides and reflect on the
		
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			creation of the heavens and the earth, saying,
		
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			Our Rabb, You have not created all of
		
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			this without purpose.
		
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			Glory be to You.
		
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			Give us salvation and save us from the
		
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			torment of the fire.
		
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			A life that is lived purely in the
		
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			present without a thought of the future.
		
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			Measured only by the pleasure of our sensations
		
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			is the life of animals.
		
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			It is the nature of intelligent beings to
		
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			think about the consequence of their actions.
		
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			It is logical to measure the action in
		
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			terms of gravity of consequences, in terms of
		
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			its effect, the magnitude, the severity and the
		
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			period.
		
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			How long will it last?
		
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			Actions that have strong positive consequences that last
		
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			for a long time are called investments.
		
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			And actions which have strong negative consequences that
		
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			last for a long time are called disasters.
		
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			What would any intelligent person call an action
		
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			that results in everlasting torment?
		
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			Good action or bad action?
		
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			Which pleasure justifies suffering everlasting pain?
		
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			So, also the Akhira.
		
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			It is not real for us because we
		
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			have restricted its mention to religious gatherings, where
		
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			we sit in a posture of respect, and
		
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			that also depends on the culture of the
		
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			place.
		
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			And we listen to the speaker with our
		
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			minds wandering all over the world.
		
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			And when it is all said and done,
		
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			we go home to our usual lives and
		
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			occupations.
		
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			How many of us come out of a
		
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			lecture and make real changes to our lives?
		
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			In our schedules, our priorities, our time use,
		
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			our spending, our ethics, values, our life goals.
		
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			The reality is that unless we do all
		
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			of these, no lecture can do us any
		
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			good at all.
		
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			It is action and only action which counts
		
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			and which yields results.
		
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			Everything else is hot air.
		
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			You know how you can tell what is
		
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			really important for us in our lives?
		
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			See what you are most stressed about.
		
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			Then ask yourself if those things are really
		
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			worth stressing about.
		
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			How will you answer that?
		
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			See what the effect of those things going
		
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			wrong is.
		
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			Do this test for all your stress points.
		
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			Ask yourself, what if the thing that I
		
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			worry about happens?
		
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			For example, what if I lose my job?
		
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			What if someone close to me dies?
		
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			What if the government in my country changes
		
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			and a government that is hostile to me
		
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			and my kind comes to power?
		
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			What if I fail my career exams?
		
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			What if I fall sick with something that
		
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			is incurable?
		
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			Do this.
		
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			Literally frighten yourself into next week.
		
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			Then ask yourself another question.
		
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			If all of these happen together, they will
		
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			never happen together, but just to keep yourself
		
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			frightened.
		
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			If all of this happens together, how long
		
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			will that effect last?
		
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			Very simply, the longest period that it can
		
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			last for is until your death.
		
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			Many things will end before that.
		
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			And then think about the Akhirah and ask
		
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			yourself one question.
		
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			What if Allah is displeased with me?
		
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			What if Allah is angry with me when
		
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			I meet him?
		
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			If that happens, how long will its consequences
		
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			last?
		
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			If I meet Allah in a state where
		
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			I have denied him, if I meet Allah
		
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			in a state where I have made shirk
		
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			with him, where I have joined partners with
		
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			him, if I meet Allah in a state
		
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			where I have deliberately committed haram, earned haram,
		
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			eaten haram, acted haram, when I meet Allah,
		
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			I'm deliberately in a situation, I've lived my
		
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			life where Allah is displeased, angry with me,
		
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			and if Allah punishes me, how long will
		
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			that last?
		
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			Ask yourself that question.
		
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			My brothers and sisters, listen to me.
		
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			A stress-free life is a fantasy.
		
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			Happiness in life is about deciding what you
		
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			want to be stressed about.
		
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			Believe me, it is that simple.
		
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			You can decide what you want to be
		
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			stressed about.
		
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			You can't get rid of stress, but you
		
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			can decide what you want to be stressed
		
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			about.
		
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			That is why I asked you first to
		
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			examine what stresses you.
		
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			There is no such thing as a stress
		
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			-free life for anyone with intelligence.
		
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			So, understand this very clearly.
		
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			No such thing as a stress-free life
		
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			for anyone with intelligence.
		
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			The reality is the Sahaba were stressed.
		
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			The great scholars, the imam of Islam, the
		
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			Salaf us-Saleh, they were all stressed.
		
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			The ultimate is that even the Anbiya a
		
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			.s. were stressed.
		
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			Rasul Allah himself was stressed.
		
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			The question to ask is, what were they
		
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			stressed about?
		
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			Not just stressed, what were they stressed about?
		
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			That is why Allah told us about beating
		
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			stress.
		
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			Allah told us that, Allah said very early,
		
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			in the remembrance of Allah, alone, only in
		
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			that, in the remembrance of Allah, is there
		
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			freedom from stress.
		
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			Peace of mind.
		
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			That is because the one who is focused
		
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			on Allah s.w.t. seeks to please
		
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			Him over and above everyone else, including and
		
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			most importantly, over and above himself and his
		
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			own desires.
		
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			In doing so, he frees himself from the
		
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			only thing which should produce stress for all
		
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			of us, which is, what will happen if
		
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			I meet Allah and He is displeased with
		
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			me?
		
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			This stress will go away because he is
		
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			working very hard to please Allah s.w
		
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			.t. and Allah s.w.t. is all
		
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			merciful.
		
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			Allah s.w.t., if somebody is genuinely
		
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			making an effort, Allah s.w.t. will
		
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			reward his effort.
		
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			Now, for those who are thinking, what about
		
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			people, society, career and conditions in this world?
		
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			How can I live my whole life in
		
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			a state of pain?
		
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			The answer is, Allah s.w.t. said,
		
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			فَاذْكُرُونِي أَذْكُرُكُمْ وَاشْكُرُولِي وَلَا تَكْفُرُونَ يَا أَيُّهَا
		
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			الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اصْتَعِينُوا بِالصَّبْرِ وَالصَّلَاةِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَ
		
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			الصَّبِرِينَ Allah said, therefore, remember Me, by worshipping
		
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			Me, by glorifying Me.
		
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			And I will remember you and be grateful
		
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			to Me for My countless favours on you
		
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			and never be ungrateful.
		
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			All you who believe, seek help, seek help,
		
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			in patience and in prayer.
		
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			Truly, Allah is with the patient people.
		
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			The way to real influence and power and
		
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			popularity is to straighten and strengthen our connection
		
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			with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			When that happens, everything else will automatically fall
		
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			in place.
		
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			Fix one connection and every other connection will
		
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			fix itself.
		
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			That's why Allama Iqbal alhamdulillah said, He
		
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			said, the one sajda which you think is
		
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			so expensive, so difficult, frees you from a
		
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			thousand sajdas to all kinds of creatures.
		
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			Fix that one connection with Allah and every
		
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			other connection will fix itself.
		
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			Ignore that one connection and you will go
		
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			mad, you will go crazy, you will go
		
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			insane, trying to fix a million connections and
		
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			nothing will work.
		
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			But if we do fix that connection, Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala gave us great hope.
		
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			Allah said, Allah
		
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			said, whoever fears Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,
		
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			whoever is trying to please Allah, whoever has
		
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			taqwa and keeps his duty and has taqwa,
		
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			keeps duty to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,
		
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			He jalla shanuhu will make a way for
		
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			him to get out of every difficulty.
		
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			And He will provide him from sources he
		
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			could never imagine.
		
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			And whosoever puts his trust in Allah, then
		
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			He jalla shanuhu will suffice for him.
		
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			Verily, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will accomplish
		
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			His purpose.
		
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			Indeed, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has set
		
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			a measure for all things.
		
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			We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to
		
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			be pleased with us and to help us
		
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			to please Him and to live our entire
		
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			lives to please Him.
		
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			We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to
		
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			meet us in a state when He is
		
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			pleased with us, to keep us in a
		
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			state where we try to please Him and
		
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			to take us in a place, take us
		
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			at a time when we are actively pleasing
		
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			Him in a state of sujood, in a
		
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			state of salah.