Mirza Yawar Baig – Never despair
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The speakers discuss the loss of personal lives due to catastrophic events and the importance of organizing a game plan and burying emotions in order to succeed. They stress the difficulty of protecting everyone and warn of the upcoming election, emphasizing the need for everyone to show faith and protect their own destiny. The group is instructed to focus on protecting their positions and show faith in the upcoming election.
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Assalamu Alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh.
Alhamdulillah, we listened to the presentation about what
is happening in Gaza and all the aid
and so on that's being given to them.
I want to share with you a couple
of thoughts.
The thought I want to share with you
is that, Number one, it is when we
are faced with situations like this, when we
are faced with catastrophic situations, then it is
easy to despair.
It is easy to fall into despair and
really question yourself and say, what is the
use of even giving some money, whatever I
can give, how far does it go because
we just heard that it doesn't go very
far and so on and so forth.
The chances of that happening, the tendency to
fall into despair, this is a very natural
thing and it can happen.
But I want to share with you some
statistical data.
They did a lot of research on concentration
camp victims, people who have been incarcerated into
concentration camps.
The research was to see who survived and
who perished.
Now they found three kinds of people.
They found one who seeing the conditions, seeing
the tortures and so on and so forth,
they felt so completely powerless and totally despaired,
they just died because they said there is
no hope, we cannot get out of this,
nothing can happen, they just died.
The second group of people who also perished
were people who believed in, within quotes, miracles,
that the Mahadi will come and this will
happen and the sun will rise from this
side and that side and Allah will change
this, they also perished.
The people who survived through all the trials
and tribulations and unbelievable pain and suffering in
concentration camps were people who did three things.
The first thing is they were completely and
totally realistic.
They looked at it in the face and
they said this is our situation.
They didn't pretend, they didn't think, oh no,
no, you see, it's not that bad, no,
no.
This is our situation.
We are in deep, you can fill out
that four-letter word or six-letter word,
whatever you like.
They didn't make excuses, we are in this
situation, number one.
Number two, they said, so therefore what can
we do, no matter how small it is.
Believe me that action is a life-giving
thing.
Don't say, well, you know, I just heard
that a box of diapers cost 200, I
cannot afford $200, so I have only $10
in my pocket, I feel ashamed, so let
me take my $10 and go home.
No, no.
You have $10, you give $10, don't worry
about $200.
They did what they could do, everyone.
And what they could do is not like,
you know what, I'm thinking about this game,
that game, what not, I think I can
spare.
No, no, no, no, what you can do
means the absolute, you know, thing that I
can do for the sake of Allah.
So first thing is look at it in
the face and say we are in deep
trouble, we know no excuses.
Number two, do whatever I can do.
And third one is organize a game plan
going forward, which is bury your own personal
hatchets, stop feeling offended with each other, forget
all your internal conflicts, work together.
And people who did that, believe me, they
succeeded.
So I say to you, put a smile
on your face.
Because Alhamdulillah, two things, number one, this Ummah
of Muhammad SAW has seen much worse, much
worse.
That's why I keep saying read history.
If you read history, what is happening in
Gaza, what is happening in Palestine, what's happening
and so on, so on, so forth.
Yes, it is terrible, it is horrible, it
is very bad.
It is the worst thing we have seen.
But we have seen is the key word.
This Ummah has seen ten times worse, a
hundred times worse.
And they came out of that strong.
Believe me, nobody can kill us.
Nobody can destroy us because Allah promised His
Habib SAW that this Ummah will not be
destroyed.
Nobody can destroy us.
So forget it.
Don't even think about that.
Nobody can destroy us.
But they can cause trouble.
And that trouble is related to us.
Because Allah said, Zahra al-fasadu fil barri
wa bahri bima ka sabat aydin nas.
So look at ourselves and say, what is
it that I am doing that I have
become a trouble magnet?
I draw trouble to myself.
You know, we have all these difficulties and
so on.
We look at this strategy, that strategy.
Let us see what so and so is
doing.
Let us see who can we elect, who
can we support, who can we do.
Do all of that, but believe me, there
is only one who can change destiny.
Only one.
So what is our connection with that one?
By all means, go to rallies, support this,
that, vote, what not.
But ask yourself, do you stand in Taj
every day?
And do you weep?
And do you cry?
And you say, Yarab, there was a time
when your Nabi used to ask you.
Today your Nabi is not with us.
Today we have to ask you.
Yarab, the one asking has changed.
But the one giving has not changed.
So give us.
Protect us.
Thank you for protecting those who are better
than us.
But Yarab, we are yours.
You are witness that we do not join
partners with you.
You are witness that we do not join
partners with you.
You are witness that we worship only you.
Yarab, I'm not talking about the quality of
my worship.
I'm saying I worship only you.
And I hold you as my witness.
Khaliq-us-Sahabati wal-ard.
You are my witness.
That I do not ask from anyone other
than you.
So give me because you can give me.
Give me not because of who I am.
Give me because of who you are.
Give me because you can give me.
I come to you with what I have.
And what I have is sins.
You give me what you have.
And what you have is bakhfira.
Forgive me.
Accept my dua.
Protect us.
Because we seek your protection.
Make this fard on yourself.
That you will not, no matter what's happening.
I don't care which exam is happening.
I don't care who's...
Stand in night.
And pray at least two rakats.
And go in sujood.
And cry and weep before Allah.
Wallahi Allah will change this situation.
Allah will change the destiny of Zummah.
And even if you don't see, it doesn't
matter.
When the scales are there before Allah.
It will be said that you are one
of those.
Whose dua was in the river of ocean
of duas.
That went to Allah for the protection of
the Ummah of Muhammad.
Ask Allah to be pleased with all of
us.
And to help us and to protect us.
And to use us.
In a way that suits him and pleases
him.
Jalla shanuhu.
Wa sallahu ala nabiyyil kareem.
Wa ala alihi wa sahbihi ajma'in.
Bi hurmati l-Habib.