Mirza Yawar Baig – Introducing Allah 02

Mirza Yawar Baig
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The speaker discusses various ways to introduce Allah to the people, including sending him guidance and small talk. They stress the importance of not missing important lessons from Islam and offering forgiveness and death's prayer. The speaker also touches on the struggles of people coming to Islam and encourages others to not yell at them. They stress the importance of praying for Allah's actions and gratitude towards him.

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			In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious,
		
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			the Most Merciful.
		
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			All praise is due to Allah, Lord of
		
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			the worlds.
		
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			And peace and blessings be upon the honourable
		
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			Prophets and Messengers, Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah,
		
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			peace and blessings be upon him and his
		
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			family and companions.
		
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			May the peace and blessings of Allah be
		
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			upon him and his family and his companions.
		
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			My brothers and sisters, I mentioned two ways
		
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			of introducing Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and
		
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			his glory and majesty to ourselves and to
		
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			remind ourselves and to introduce Allah to the
		
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			people.
		
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			In my last khatira, one was by reciting
		
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			Allah's introductions.
		
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			Places where Allah introduced himself, Surah Al-Ikhlas,
		
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			Ayatul Kursi, the last part of Surah Al
		
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			-Hashr and many other places in the Qur
		
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			'an Al-Karim.
		
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			Where Allah mentioned himself when he spoke about
		
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			his own glory and majesty.
		
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			There is nothing that is more magnificent than
		
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			the introduction of Allah by Allah.
		
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			The second way is to reflect on the
		
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			creation of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			Again, there is no shortage of that.
		
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			As I mentioned, do your research correctly and
		
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			make sure you talk factual stuff.
		
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			And inshallah, this is a beautiful way of
		
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			introducing Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			The third way is to remind ourselves and
		
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			to remind others of the importance of shukr,
		
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			the importance of being grateful to Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala.
		
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			And again, if you just look at ourselves,
		
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			just look at yourself in the mirror in
		
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			the morning when you wake up and say,
		
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			subhanallah, Allah made me like this.
		
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			So beautiful, so wonderful, so unique.
		
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			There is no other person in the world
		
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			who is like this.
		
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			I am alone and you are alone and
		
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			each one of us is alone and each
		
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			one of us is a miracle in himself
		
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			or herself of the khudrat of Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala.
		
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			So, remind yourself and remind others to be
		
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			thankful and continue to make thanks to Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala, continue to be grateful
		
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			to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			And part of being grateful is to make
		
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			istighfar because one of the things that we
		
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			thank Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, most of
		
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			us, is for covering us with his cover,
		
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			for covering our faults, for not exposing us,
		
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			for not exposing our sins, especially those that
		
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			we do quietly when we think nobody is
		
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			watching.
		
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			There is nothing more stupid than that for
		
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			a Muslim to believe that he or she
		
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			is somehow alone and hidden and nobody is
		
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			watching.
		
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			How can it be that nobody is watching
		
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			when Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, he is
		
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			the all-seer, the all-hearer and he
		
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			knows what's in the hearts.
		
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			So, how can there ever be a time
		
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			when nobody is seeing and nobody is watching
		
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			and nobody is hearing when we are truly
		
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			hidden?
		
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			There is no such thing.
		
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			But shaitan fools us and we believe shaitan
		
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			instead of believing Allah and put ourselves in
		
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			trouble.
		
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			So, therefore, we thank Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala for all that he gave us physically.
		
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			For example, the ability to do things, the
		
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			ability to construct things, the ability to have
		
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			a strength and power, you know, just think,
		
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			list.
		
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			That's why it's very important.
		
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			Sit down with a piece of paper and
		
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			a writing pad and a pen and list
		
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			down one after one after the other and
		
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			say all the things that Allah gave me
		
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			and which I am grateful to him for.
		
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			One by one.
		
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			Make sure you don't miss anything.
		
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			If you want to count the blessings of
		
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			Allah, you will not be able to count.
		
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			This is a challenge from Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala.
		
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			So, let us try at least.
		
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			We are not trying to say disprove the
		
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			challenge.
		
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			That cannot be done possibly.
		
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			But for us to make the effort and
		
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			say Allah, at least I tried.
		
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			So, please forgive me.
		
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			So, when we thank Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala, as I said, especially for the cover
		
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			that Allah put over us and over our
		
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			actions and over our speech and what we
		
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			did and didn't do.
		
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			And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala saved us
		
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			from the evil of our speech.
		
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			For example, one of the most important teachings
		
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			of Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, which Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala even mentioned in the
		
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			Quran, when he talked, when he mentioned the
		
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			story of Musa alaihi wa sallam.
		
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			And so, Taha, Allah said, Allah told Musa
		
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			alaihi wa sallam, He said, speak to Fir
		
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			'aun in a soft way, in a gentle
		
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			way.
		
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			Subhanallah, I remember the times that I did
		
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			not do this myself.
		
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			Sure, my intention, alhamdulillah, inshallah, was good.
		
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			I was frustrated for the right reasons.
		
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			And I was trying to do my best,
		
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			but did I speak gently?
		
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			I did not speak gently.
		
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			And it had its evil effects.
		
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			And I shudder to think that if anyone
		
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			was turned away from Islam because of the
		
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			way I presented it, because of the way
		
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			I addressed that issue, then I beg that
		
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			person to forgive me.
		
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			I beg that person to ask Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala to forgive me.
		
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			And I ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			to forgive me.
		
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			If anyone was turned away from Islam because
		
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			of the way I presented it.
		
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			This is one of the big problems that
		
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			we have today, especially people who, within quotes,
		
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			newly come to Islam, you know, the newly
		
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			born into Islam, people who are Muslims, alhamdulillah.
		
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			But suddenly, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, alhamdulillah,
		
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			with His khudrat, with His power, glory, majesty,
		
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			Allah opens their hearts and they start studying
		
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			and learning about Islam.
		
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			And suddenly, they turn into jinn, they turn
		
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			into rakshasas, because they start acting as if
		
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			the Quran is being revealed to them directly.
		
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			And that they have the right to say
		
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			haram, halal, and they pronounce takfir, and they
		
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			say so-and-so is a kafir, and
		
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			so-and-so this, and so that.
		
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			May Allah have mercy on us.
		
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			Please, like Ibn Taymiyyah, alhamdulillah, said, do not
		
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			make the cure worse than the disease.
		
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			Meaning, when you go and correct people, don't
		
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			make that into a worse problem, because people
		
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			might be turned off and might be turned
		
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			away from Allah, might be turned away from
		
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			Islam.
		
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			Not because they are really away, but because
		
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			of the way you presented it.
		
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			So don't fall into that trap.
		
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			And may Allah save me from that.
		
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			May Allah save all of us from that.
		
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			And like a man came to one of
		
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			the scholars, came to Amir Muawiyah, when he
		
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			was in his court, and Amir Muawiyah was
		
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			a very wise man.
		
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			And so he was also a very humble
		
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			man.
		
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			So he always used to ask any scholars
		
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			who came, he would say, please give me
		
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			advice.
		
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			And this scholar started off, and he literally
		
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			yelled at him, and he spoke to him
		
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			very disrespectfully.
		
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			But at the end of the day, he's
		
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			speaking to the Amirul Momineen, he's speaking to
		
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			the Khalifa of the time.
		
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			When he finished, Muawiyah said to him, thanked
		
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			him, and he said, Jazakallah khair for your
		
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			advice.
		
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			But I want to remind you that Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala mentioned this, and he
		
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			recited the ayat of the Quran, of Surah
		
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			Taha, when Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala told
		
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			Musa alayhi salam, Speak to Firaun in a
		
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			gentle tone of voice.
		
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			Don't yell at him.
		
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			Don't be harsh with him.
		
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			And Muawiyah said that you are not better
		
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			than Musa, and I am not worse than
		
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			Firaun.
		
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			He's not saying I am innocent.
		
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			He's saying, yes, well, you know, maybe some
		
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			things you said, they apply to me, but
		
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			try to be lenient about that.
		
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			Try to be soft about it.
		
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			I said, there's something which is very important.
		
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			I remind myself more than anybody else.
		
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			And as I said, I seek forgiveness from
		
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			anyone who listened to me and was hurt.
		
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			Allah knows I speak to God knows how
		
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			many thousand people, but may Allah have mercy
		
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			on me and not hold that against me.
		
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			And as I seek forgiveness from you, inshallah.
		
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			So it's very important that the glory and
		
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			majesty of Allah when we speak, that we
		
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			do this in these three ways.
		
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			Introduction of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala as
		
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			he mentioned himself in the Quran, his glory
		
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			and majesty as we see it around us
		
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			in his creation and within ourselves and through
		
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			shukr of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			That we thank Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			one by one by one.
		
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			And one of the things that I try
		
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			to do and I recommend to you is
		
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			in tahajjud.
		
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			So make tahajjud fardhan yourself.
		
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			Pray tahajjud every single day without missing it.
		
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			And in sujood, in sajdah, in tahajjud.
		
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			Thank Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for what
		
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			he has given you.
		
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			Start with the fact that he gave you
		
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			tahajjud.
		
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			Start with the fact that he called you.
		
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			Ibn Taymiyyah rahmatullahi again, he said that Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala made me miss tahajjud
		
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			for a month because of what I did.
		
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			And whatever it was and this is what
		
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			he meant.
		
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			And he said that Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala made me miss.
		
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			So when Allah is calling you to tahajjud,
		
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			this is the greatest sign of the mercy
		
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			of Allah on you.
		
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			This is the greatest sign of the favor
		
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			of Allah on you.
		
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			That Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is allowing
		
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			you into his darbar, into his court, into
		
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			his presence, into his glorious and magnificent presence.
		
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			At a time when he himself, Rasulullah sallallahu
		
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			alayhi wa sallam said, Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala descends to the first heaven in a
		
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			manner that suits his majesty and grace.
		
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			And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says, who
		
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			is there who needs anything from me, let
		
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			him ask and I will give him.
		
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			Who is there who needs my protection, let
		
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			him ask and I will protect him.
		
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			Who is there who needs my forgiveness, let
		
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			him ask and I will forgive him.
		
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			This is the meaning of the hadith.
		
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			This is the time when Allah is telling
		
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			us, come and I will give you.
		
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			Du'a can be done at any time
		
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			and we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			to accept our du'as.
		
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			But what about the time for du'a
		
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			that is specified by Allah?
		
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			And Allah himself says, come to me at
		
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			this time and I will give you.
		
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			Subhanallah, what is better than that?
		
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			And the fact that you and I woke
		
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			up, the fact that we woke up our
		
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			spouses, the fact that we woke up whoever
		
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			else we love and we recommend this and
		
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			the fact that we stand before Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala in tahajjud, that we worship
		
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			him, that we make sajda and ruku, that
		
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			we cry before him and that we make
		
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			du'a to him, all of these in
		
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			themselves are signs of the rahmah of Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			They're the sign of the glory and majesty
		
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			and the special consideration, the special favor that
		
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			Allah is doing on us.
		
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			And therefore, let us appreciate that and thank
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for that first.
		
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			And say, Allah, I thank you for allowing
		
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			me to pray tahajjud.
		
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			And then ask him for whatever you need
		
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			to ask him.
		
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			And in that context, I request you to
		
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			please make du'a for Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala to forgive me and to give
		
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			me and my wife Khatima bil khair, that
		
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			Allah gives us a life which is spent
		
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			in obedience to him, that Allah forgives our
		
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			sins and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala grants
		
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			us death in a way that pleases him
		
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			at a time when he's pleased with us,
		
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			in a way that will reflect his forgiveness
		
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			in a way that we are in sujood
		
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			and tahajjud insha'Allah.
		
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			And I make this du'a for all
		
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			of you.
		
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			Wa sallallahu ala nabiyyil kareem wa ala alihi
		
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			wa sahbihi ajma'in bi rahmatil kahfir wa
		
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			barakir wa rahmeena wa alhamdulillahi rabbil alamin.