Mohammad Ali Hazratji – Luqmans eternal Parental advice.

Mohammad Ali Hazratji
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The transcript is a list of letters and symbols associated with a particular letter or number. The speaker discusses the importance of learning and practicing, emphasizing the need for parents to show respect and value for their children. They stress the importance of learning and practicing, and the need for parents to show respect and value for their children.
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Sit down ya Kumar hottovy barakato

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Bismillah Alhamdulillah Hamden cathedral turban Mubarak and fie

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Allahu Allah Farrakhan piggy Muhammadan sadaqa Lamine alma

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mater, Nila Alameen wa ala Aalihi Have you been to hearing allows

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Allahumma Zina Halima wala to the Apollo been about a hadith and our

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Hubble anomala Don Kaufman, I can't tell you how

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long after my Samiha alumina Lydic Rick,

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we praise Allah subhanaw taala and we send the best of Salah and

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Salam on our beloved noble Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa

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sallam, his family and his companions were asked Allah

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subhanaw taala to increase us in useful knowledge,

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knowledge that makes us closer to him, give us the trophy to act on

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that knowledge,

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Amazon

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and to open our hearts to receive the true meanings of his Calam his

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words

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allostery subhanaw taala

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make what is said today, a means of success for us and our children

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in this dunya and hereafter.

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Shala we are going to continue Surah Lokman which we started last

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week. And we have now come to iron number 12 And we are going to

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insha Allah. Allah subhanaw taala enables us study from 12 to 19

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which is the advice of Lokmanya lay salaam to his son.

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We briefly mentioned that Laquan at a salon was not a messenger or

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a prophet. But he was a man who lost $1 certified as being Hakim

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having Heckman wisdom, and we'll talk about that briefly. And that

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he was of African descent probably in the area of Sudan, what was

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called Nubia. He was Nubian between Ethiopia and Egypt in that

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area. And he was a slave, but he was given wisdom. So Allah

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subhanaw taala has named a whole chapter whole surah in the Quran

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after him and has permanently recorded his conversation with his

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son like we have with our children in the Quran.

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So inshallah we'll start with iron number 12.

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Allah subhanaw taala says, well, Tina look man and Hekmatyar, Anish

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kulula were mine. Yes, good for in nama Yash curule enough See, woman

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kufra for in Aloha Ghanaian Hamid first this one. Allah subhanaw

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taala bestowed very special blessing on Lokmanya salaam called

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hikma

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says rough translation of this, and indeed We bestowed wisdom on

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local man

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and commanded him be grateful to Allah. For he who is grateful, is

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only grateful for his own benefit. As for the one who is ungrateful,

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then know that Allah is self sufficient, ever praised.

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So firstly, we have to know that wisdom, if if we are wise in some

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way, it is not something that we should be proud about because it's

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not something that we earned or learn this is bestowed by Allah

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subhanaw taala it's a blessing, like everything else like

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intelligence and inner beauty and outer everything is from Allah

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subhanaw taala.

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So therefore, Allah subhanaw taala commands, the one who he calls

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came

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to be grateful to be in Shuker to Allah smarter. This gratitude

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Shaka concept is going to come over and over again we are an Omar

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chakra, we should always be in chakra of Allah subhanaw taala.

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And as we said before last time that the word hikmah has been used

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almost 20 different times in different ways in Iran, to convey

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wisdom, knowledge, reasoning, forbearance help patients subber

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the Sunnah of the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam has been

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called hokhmah and so on, so forth. So in brief, hikma on is

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two

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No knowledge and the intellect to understand and apply that

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knowledge correctly by acting in a manner that leads to the greatest

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benefit for all concern.

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So it maximizes good goodness in every situation for everyone,

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while acting within the commands of Allah subhanaw taala there is

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no wisdom that violates the commands of Allah subhanaw taala.

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And a person who is wise takes into consideration all the

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consequences of an action, what the pros are, what the cons of

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what's going to happen. And simply speaking hikma is to know, what to

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say.

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When to say, where to say, how much to say, and how to say it.

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Okay, so what is it?

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What to say? When to say it, were in what situation to say it, how

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much to say

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and how to say it. That is wisdom.

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And

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the ultimate technique is to know the creator and the creation, and

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to give each one its right in the proper way, in the correct

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proportion, putting everything in its proper place and the peak of

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hokhmah is to know and fear Allah subhanaw taala and be grateful to

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him.

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Therefore, in brief, Alhamdulillah is the height of wisdom.

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And one of the wisest people mentioned in the Quran is our

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father Ibrahim Alayhi. Salam.

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And what does Allah subhanaw taala say about Ibrahim Alayhi? Salaam

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Shakira Lin an AMI

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each the Bahu wha hoo illustrata Mustafi Allah subhanaw taala says

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Ibrahim shocking and was utterly grateful for Allah's blessings. So

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Allah chose him and guided him to the right path.

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And Hikmah indeed is wisdom is indeed a great blessing because

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Allah subhanaw taala says you can Hickmott amania chef will mean you

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shall Hekmatyar forgot who to hire and cathedra wama yet Kuru Illa

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who don't feel bad, which means Allah guide gives Hekmati who he

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wants as he wants, and whoever has been given hokhmah has been indeed

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granted an abundance of good. He's been blessed with a great

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privilege. But none realize this except people who have

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understanding.

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So where do we seek wisdom and Heckman there is an abundance of

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hikma in our treasure

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trove of.

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of the Quran, and the Sunnah, and the words, of our sages are wise

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people such as look Monalisa.

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Look, monnalisa loves teaching us how to go about life in a

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meaningful way that is beloved to Allah subhanaw taala by giving

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these instructions to his son.

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So Allah subhanaw taala granted him the gift of wisdom and

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understanding based on the revealed scriptures that were

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available to him at that time.

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Because you will listen to the teaching of Salah and Tauheed. And

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you know, suffering, now en el mancha Hammermill maruf all of

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that. So, in light of His wisdom of worshipping Allah subhanaw

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taala in every aspect of his life, he gives this advice

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and it is manifested in his chakra to Allah subhanaw taala he

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recognizes who Allah subhanaw taala is he acknowledges the SIFAT

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the attributes of Allah and His favors and shows gratitude by

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using these favors in the right way. One of his favorites was

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wisdom. So he uses his wisdom to convey a message to his children

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and to all of mankind.

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So, imagine, as we said, this is a man who was a slave in the dunya

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and yet, he is showing his gratitude to Allah subhanaw taala

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even in that state,

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because he realizes what we say frequently, in nearly lie

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knowledge Roger, we belong to Allah so He knows, even though

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Allah has given control of my life and the dunya in some man's hand,

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either

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Long to Allah He is my master.

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And indeed to Him, we will return. So the first lesson for us is

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gratitude. Sugar. That's the first lesson that we all have to learn.

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We cannot be complainers don't complain about things, of

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anything. 95 degrees today it will be 100 degrees tomorrow.

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hamdulillah Allah is telling us it's only 100 degrees. Do you know

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what the temperature in Hellfires see Alhamdulillah Allah has given

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us the recipe to stay away from that cheat and humbling.

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And it will also end rain will come one day. So we are in a state

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of gratitude. Allah subhanaw taala says whoever shows gratitude

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does it for their own benefit because our gratitude does not

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help Allah subhanaw taala in any way, Allah is in no need of a bed

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of His servants.

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If we all worshipped Him and OBEY them and showed gratitude, it's

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not going to make Allah subhanaw taala any greater, and if all of

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mankind became careful, ungrateful, it does not diminish

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Allah subhanaw taala and anyway, so Allah subhanaw taala is saying,

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he is a runny, runny means one who is free of all needs, free of all

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things, all people, he is above any needs, he is independent and

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only Allah is Kalani

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and his al Hamid he is the one who is praised in and by himself. In

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other words, if nobody praises him, he is still a Hamid, that's

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part of his does not change. Okay? So Allah smart Allah saying that,

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if you praise me and you show gratitude to me, it's for your

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benefit, because you will get the reward of you.

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So, again, reminder that we all need to be always grateful for

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what we have, for the things we have the opportunities, we have

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the relationships, we have the conditions that come our way,

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material, spiritual, metaphysical. And also we need to be grateful

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for what Allah has protected us from we don't know what kinds of

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you know, just yesterday, two people were crossing the road and

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is tempted, and they were killed.

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How much protection how much Allah protects us that we don't know

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we've been protected from some of us have experienced hola hola. De

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where there was nothing. Allah's intervention came and you

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experienced it, you identified your union. So we should always be

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thankful. And how do we show gratitude to Allah? How do we show

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thankfulness by acknowledging his favorites in everything that we

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possess, everything that we achieve, every talent that we

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have, every success, we celebrate every meaningful relationship that

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we are in, whether it's with our parents, with our children, with

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our friends, with our spouses, or siblings. Everything is from

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Allah, we show gratitude by thanking him by being just in all

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of these relationships by using everything that Allah gives us in

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a way that he intended for us to use it and that which pleases him.

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And Allah subhanaw taala tells us that if we are grateful, what will

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happen he says,

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What is the interrupt Buccola in Shackleton, Azita Nakum.

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Indeed, Allah has announced, he has proclaimed that if you are

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grateful you showed thankfulness to Allah he will increase you in

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his blessings. And the opposite was the Inca photo in Adobe Lucia

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did and if you ungrateful you deny his favor. Just remember that

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Allah's punishment is indeed severe.

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Now, part of our gratitude to Allah subhanaw taala is to show

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gratitude to people, such as our hosts today, such as the people

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who are attending and so on so forth. Since the people are the

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means that Allah uses to deliver his blessings to us, like our

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parents, like our friends, like our teachers, okay. So the way

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this is structured, it is not exclusive. gratitude to Allah

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means thank Allah and whatever else, whoever else needs to be

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thanked.

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And also Allah salAllahu alayhi salam teaches us he says La Yeshe

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Quran Allah Minh la Yash Coronas that the one who does not thank

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people has not truly thanked Allah

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because I'm not creates all of these means.

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Now the advice of Lokmanya Allah salaam to his son, in his

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gratitude and part of the gratitude of Lokmanya Allah Salam

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is to convey to his son

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as his inheritance, this wisdom of what you should he needs to do.

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And so this advice is timeless and this

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Something that we all need to study over and over again, my

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session is a bit long, but it's still very brief compared to what

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this deserves. And just imagine this advice of a slave to his son

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is read by millions of people every single day in the world, and

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will continue to be read till the Day of Judgment.

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Look at the honor that Allah subhanaw taala, the real master

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bestowed on Islam.

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It's just seven brief verses. Now, this is the nature of the wisdom,

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there's the nature of the Quran, in a few words.

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There are oceans of you know, to learn of information, not just

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information of, of of true knowledge, and it has been

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immortalized in this wise advice of Laquan and SLR.

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There are 10 major components of this advice and from each of

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those, there are far too many branches that you can take. And it

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becomes much more elaborate if you go into that. And just remember

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that this advice was given,

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you know, few 1000 years ago, and it is still applicable, and can be

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followed today, and to the day of judgment for any parent, wanting

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to raise a child in the light of Islam. And if all the parents

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implemented love Monalisa lambs advice, then they would be leaving

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behind a beautiful legacy in their children.

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And this is the best gift that a parent can give their child

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and there is no need to worry about the fate of this child in

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the hereafter. Because through this advice, they've been shown

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the path to paradise.

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Now, this is general advice and Allah smart Allah could have just

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said that Lachman gave this advice. But he specifies without

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naming him that he gave this advice to his son.

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What does that teach us?

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The parental responsibility

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that there is a responsibility that children have rights and

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there is a responsibility of the parents to teach the children

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and this is to remind us of the duties as parents, so that we may

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not be negligent in this great responsibility. And how many of us

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are guilty of this negligence?

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Because we choose frequently, myself included probably the worst

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instinct to focus on providing material things toys, play,

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entertainment, this is what we spend my child should have this

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does he have the latest phone does he have this? Where does he What

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sport is playing where I'm taking him what he is, but we ignore a

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lot of this now last month Allah forgive us and guide us

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to the right way. I are number 13.

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Here is where the the words of look man starts or last one Tala

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says what is what is the color look man are living here who is

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the WHO yeah buena de la to Shrek Billa in a Shipka Lavon Manabi

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which means and remember when local man when if the Think of

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what that means look man said to his son while he was advising.

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Okay.

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Yeah, are you though to give wild?

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And he addressed him by saying, Yeah, Brunei, which is a term of

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endearment meaning Oh, my dear son, the first piece of advice,

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join not in worship other than Allah.

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Because Verily,

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in joining

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with joining others in worship with Allah is a great overlap.

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So Allah subhanaw taala here, by starting it in this way, is,

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again, drawing a verbal picture of us now imagine a father and a son,

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a man and a child of certain age, perhaps walking together, perhaps

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walking on the beach, perhaps walking somewhere or just sitting

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together privately. Now imagine this bonding parents son and child

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spending time with him.

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When that child, he says is when that child means has become old

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enough to understand

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Hello. Look monoliths Salam gives him an age appropriate advice,

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okay? Something that he would understand.

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So he's educating him in his counseling him is advising him

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by his own words and his own actions. Lokmanya Allah Salam is

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setting an example.

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So he addresses his son as we said, Yeah, Brunei. Yeah. Brene is

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a very special term and in, in Arabic of extreme endearment, he

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doesn't call him. Yeah, Hashem. Yeah, Muhammad, whatever his name

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was, he doesn't say, Yeah, I've been Yo my son. Yeah, booni is a

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special term of endearment, which literally means my dear tender

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little son, the one who is has to, has to be taken care of who needs

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my protective instincts.

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And this is to make him feel even closer to him to to stress, that

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familial bond between the father and the child and the closeness to

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him. And by this address, he gains the attention of that child or my

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father. You know, it's like he puts his arms around me and he's

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telling me this, showing his love and concern that what he is going

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to tell them is going to be for my benefit.

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And

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Allah subhanaw taala, and the Quran has recorded father and son

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conversations elsewhere. For example, conversation between

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Jacobian SLM and his sons specific conversation between Jacobian SRM

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and use of Alesana. And what does Jacobian SLM address useable SLR?

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He says, Carla, yeah, when a lot of sort of, oh, my beloved Son,

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same Yagoona don't tell the story to your brothers. But what you saw

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in your dream.

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Similarly, we have the story of Ibrahim alayhis salam, the words

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and a smile I listen, I'm a father and son conversation. What is the

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conversation? Carla? Yeah, Brene in the field Manami Omni Hoka fun

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thermadata Oh, my beloved Son, I saw in my dream that I'm

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sacrificing. Imagine first telling him Yagoona and telling him this?

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And then what does he say?

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Funds will matter. So tell me what you think.

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He's not imposing it. But just so I would just want you to say that

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these conversations that Allah has recorded, just imagine what is

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being recorded of our conversations that we have had

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with our children

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what tones we have used, what words we have used what we have

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stressed

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now last month Allah forgive us

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so again, this when also implies that Look, man, Alyssa lamb

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chooses the right time, the right moment, the right opportunity when

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he has his attention to deliver the advice and not at a time where

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it might be ignored or rejected as a child and we deal with that

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sometimes you have a child, you want to tell them something and he

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is busy with something else. He is not in the mood to listen. In

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fact, you might ignore your he might even say no. So what is

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Heckman to present that advice at that time? Postpone it for a

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better opportune moment.

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Because it will be recorded. Do you want the Kindles to record for

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your son that he says no, I'm not going to do this. I don't care. Do

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you want that recorded for your child?

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Therefore have rom on the children when you see they're not in that

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moment where they would be very receptive to something like this.

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Don't say that is fair in that.

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Then as we said he directs his son to that which is most important he

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says do not look to Shrek bill. Don't commit check with Allah

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meaning never associate anything or anyone with ALLAH subhanaw

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taala in his in his that, in his essence and his attributes is too

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far in his actions. Allah is alone.

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So here's the first lesson is the lesson of dark shade of Who is

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Allah? And who is to be worshipped alone, to hate first and foremost,

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and that's a lesson for us. That's the most important thing that we

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teach the most foundational belief because without this bedrock,

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there is no Dean, there is no o'clock there is nothing. There is

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no success. So the first thing that Lokmanya Islam wants his son

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to know is to know Allah above everything else.

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And shake for our youngsters and for reminding ourselves is

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It includes the belief that there are other beings that have part in

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divinity. Like some other faiths believe that there are partners

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with Allah smart Allah. And ship is the ultimate peak of injustice

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of volume.

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Because it by Shirke it negates the fifth amount of Islam, of

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Islam of Muslims.

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And Allah subhanaw taala calls it ship Lavon mon are them indeed

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it's the ultimate of a volume one means injustice of them, the worst

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of all acts of oppression, the greatest injustice, that Allah is

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the One who created you, who sustains the entire universe and

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everything within it.

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This person does wrong by denying or putting partners with Allah

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subhanaw taala not only that, he exposes himself or herself to the

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punishment of Allah smila His anger.

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And if you look,

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sugar, gratitude and Schilke have the same three alphabets just the

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order changes, we change the order from sugar, you can go into shake,

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they are actually opposite of each other. Okay, this is the beauty of

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this language. So

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these days, we have to be careful we consider shakers Oh, I don't

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worship idols. I don't do this. I don't have a gold golden calf that

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I'm worshiping. But there are other forms of shirk. Which is

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called the hidden ship, ship coffee, or surreal nothing severe

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about it, but it's hidden. What this shit what is that? And this

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is what Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi wa sallam said in

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a hadith he said, I'm not concerned from my own mother, they

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will be worshipping idols, they'll be doing major shifts. I'm

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concerned about the huffy shake, what is this? So, they asked him,

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you know, what is this, he said, he gave an example, he said, a

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person who is doing a Salah is worshiping Allah, then he becomes

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aware that there is someone else who comes in there and the quality

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of his Salah improves,

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is done starts reciting beautifully better who Chu and his

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sujood improves, his Roku improves and it looks like Whoa, what a

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pious person and the salah quality changed by the present he said

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this efficient, because in the act of EBA it changed because of the

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presence of someone other than Allah because Allah was always in

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front of him. So, he gave us an example.

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So,

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we have to remember that Allah subhanaw taala is tidy up he is

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pure and he accepts only that which is pure, any little shake in

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it, it becomes a sin instead of a good deed. So when this command

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comes lot to shake, biller don't commit shirk, it includes all

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forms of hidden ship the failure even to acknowledge in our hearts

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or by our words, that everything the doer the enabler is of

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everything is Allah subhanaw taala sometimes we start appreciating

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ourselves or achievement, look at the three pointer I threw from

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half court right simple thing i

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What is the statistical probability of a coin and if it

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went

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okay, I landed this job, I got this and I was you know, somewhere

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Come Come loud in my class and whatever it is. Similarly, having

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concerns about provision

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I lost my job, where am I going to eat? That's a form of hidden

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schicke because we have just denied that was the UK is Allah.

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You thought your job?

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Well, my husband lost his job. Now what's going to happen? I think

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it's gonna happen. Risk will come from some other means. Maybe

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you'll get another job, maybe you will not get a job you'll still

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eat. So we have to know that there are other forms of shirk. And

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Allah subhanaw taala calls this law von Neumann or the Amazon

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means injustice, and the prophets of Allah the salon said one in

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this dunya will lead to the Lumads which means dark multiple darkness

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is in the hereafter.

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Next to IRS is 14 and 15 We will take together or was sinolinking

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Santa be valley the hamlet Mulatu Amma one and Allah wa pneumophila

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salehoo Thea Amen. Anish could li Wen La La Masia. First, the 15th

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Daya. We're in

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Jahad Dhaka to Sri kabhi Malaysia Lockerby el phala to their former

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Warsaw Haibo Houma fifth dunya ma rufa, but Sabine lemon and Alba

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LA, to my lair, Mirage yo come. So Nabil can be Moroccan to Tama loon

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last one, Abdullah says and we have commanded people to honor

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their parents.

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Listen carefully, don't fall asleep on me now.

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We have commanded people to honor their parents, then he says, their

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mothers bore them to weakness and hardship upon hardship, and the

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winning takes two years. So be grateful to me, Allah and your

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parents.

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Allah has joined the burdens with him.

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And then he says, to me is your final return that's like a

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warning. That means you will be asked about how you treated your

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parents. And the second idea

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and we'll break it down a little bit. But if they strive your, your

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parents and pressure you to associate with me in other words,

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to commit shirk, what you have no knowledge of, then do not obey

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them.

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But still listen to this still keep that company in this world

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with courtesy and honor,

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and but follow the way of those who turn to Me in devotion, then

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to me, you will all return and then I will inform you of what you

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used to do.

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So Allah subhanaw taala himself here, he supplements the advice of

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Lokmanya Allah Salam, by highlighting the status of the

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parents, the father is giving this advice. What is a father in

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general terms, okay?

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So, because somebody might say, well, this is all the advice to

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the child, this is a child's rights. What about parental

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rights? What are our rights, Allah smart Allah Himself puts the

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parental rights here by mentioning in the same idea, the parental

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rights of honoring them, respecting them, and being

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grateful to your parents as Allah subhanaw taala says, and by

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joining them mix it in the most important aspect of Islam which is

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worshiping Allah alone. Then he highlights the extreme importance

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in Islam of kindness, honor, respect and gratitude to the

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parents in the same verse.

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Last time we mentioned this, briefly one of our great

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commentators say then Abdullah Agnew must order the Allah one

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from whom all Hanafi madhhab comes said that Allah has paired certain

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things in the Quran, as we said lifestyle, Salah and Zakka are

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paired they come together

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or to allow to Rasul obey Allah obey the messenger, and he said,

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worshiping Allah and being good to your parents have been paired

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because it comes in more than one place.

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And we can add, Allah Swanton has paired Iman with Mo Salah also.

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Now,

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there are fathers here who might say, I'm a parent, why is it that

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Allah subhanaw taala only mentions the mothers.

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He doesn't mention the father here.

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Allah subhanaw taala mentions the sacrifices and difficulties of the

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mother only because they go through difficulties and suffering

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in carrying the child delivering the child and nursing the child

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during the most vulnerable state of helplessness. for two more

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years,

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and this greater contribution, the mother is doing much more.

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Okay, the father has nothing to do with first nine months nothing to

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do with it after that you might even help a little bit in changing

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diapers, but that's it. Okay, so this greater contribution of the

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mother occurs at a time and a stage where our cognition

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and our memory have not fully developed.

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So we don't remember all of the sacrifices that the mother did.

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And therefore many of us don't recognize and acknowledge these

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favors. However, the father's favors and contributions are

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easier to recognize and remember, because they come when we have

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developed some memory and some recognition my father gave me this

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my father bought me a bicycle, my father took me fishing, you know,

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so on so forth, and whatever it is, therefore, it is easier to

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remember those. Allah subhanaw taala in this powerful way reminds

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us all

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the mothers favours lest we forget.

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And that's why if you remember, in the Hadith of the Prophet

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sallallahu alayhi wa sallam

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And when somebody asked him who has the greatest right on you? He

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said, Oh, mocha mocha three times.

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Three times the mother. Okay. So

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as they say, in today's lingo, mothers get top billing, for good

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reason. Right.

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And of course, there are a hadith to the effect that paradise lies

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below, under the feet of your mothers. In other words, if you

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use the way you serve them, you can achieve paradise through them.

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Just remember,

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especially in the moments when you're upset with your parents,

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they're not letting me do what I want, they won't get me what I

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want and so on so forth.

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That if it was not for our parents, their sacrifices, their

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forbearance, we would not have been born in this world.

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Because Allah Subhan Allah chose them to be the means of our coming

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into this dunya. Allah smart Allah chose our parents for us. It is

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through our parents, that we are fed, that we are protected, that

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we are loved, that we are nurtured, that we are educated

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that we are clothed, and most importantly, connected to Allah

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subhanaw taala, from the time of infancy till we become mature,

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and therefore Allah demands he commands, gratitude and respect

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for the parents from the children.

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Of course, we all know that last month, Allah is the Creator, the

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sole, original reason for existence. So our first allegiance

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is to him alone. Hence Allah has swamp Allah says, for school, Lee,

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thank me. Well, it validates. And your parents, your two parents in

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the same I thank me and thank your parents. So last month, Allah has

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mentioned and defended parental rights by himself.

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And then he reminds us that we will return to Him and Allah will

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ask us about our treatment of our parents. And how does the honoring

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of the parents start just at a basic level is how we address how

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we respond to our parents. And that includes body language. The

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parent says something

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that's what I say, What are you doing? I didn't say anything. Yes,

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you said a lot. You said Allah by your expression. Allah subhanaw

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taala says elsewhere in the Quran that even if your parents become

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unreasonable, reasonable in their old age, dementia, don't even say

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what

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if you can say that, off means just impatience, and everything

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beyond that is also forbidden. So Allah subhanaw taala tells us that

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we have to be careful with our tongues or body language,

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especially at a moment when we are upset.

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Soon on muscle OLALIA Salam said riddle rugby fee riddle valid

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Masato rugby visa invalid, which means the pleasure of the Lord is

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in the pleasure of the parents. And the displeasure of the Lord

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isn't the displeasure of the parents every time you displease

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your parents, you displeased Allah. Every time you please your

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parents, you please Allah.

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How easy is that? Please your parents, you please Allah.

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So

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just doing what comes naturally being good to your parents will

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increase Allah Swaddlers pleasure and blessing upon you.

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And

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the best way to show gratitude for your parents have refused to walk

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the path of Islam.

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Like my parents gave me left me with this. Because most of us

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here, all of us here are born into Islam. It's not like you're born

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elsewhere. And Allah guided us.

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Now, there are some 50 rulings that are derived from this is very

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interesting.

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I'm going to skip them right now. If we have time in the end.

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You remind me and we will go over it. The next is some parents. Some

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children might say what, and this is a very real today. What if my

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parents are not good? They're evil. They're into drugs, they're

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abusive. They drink all of that. Why should they be honored? So

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that's what Allah has mentioned in that second I was in Tjahaja,

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Allah and to Sharika be melesa can be healing for laughter time.

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Allah subhanaw taala says even if they go to the extent of taking

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you out of the out of my worship into shirk, said don't do that.

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But what you

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doo doo

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was Sahiba who Moffitt duniya Ma, Allah subhanaw taala says, do not

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accept what is wrong from them in matters that lead to disobedience

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from Allah subhanaw taala because the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam

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teaches you says, law that in Luffy Massiah didn't highlight

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that there is no obedience to the creation that involves

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disobedience of the 100 of Allah subhanaw taala. So there is no

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such thing. But beyond that was Sahiba Houma fifth dunya ma rofa

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in this dunya Allah subhanaw taala says Sahaj be give them

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companionship of goodness, be there for them, treat them even if

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they're like that, even if they're abusive, be kind to them. Sahiba

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Sama means not calling once a year, Mother's Day or Father's Day

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Sahaba means frequently visiting them being with them. So Haibo

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Huma, both of them fit dunya as long as they are alive, because in

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the market, if they are like that you will be separated.

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Okay, but Allah, Samantha, Allah says, in this dunya you be good to

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them.

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Now, if you remember, in the early stages, this is a makansutra, as

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we said, that some of the companions of Rasulullah Salallahu

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Alaihe, Salam faced strong opposition from their parents.

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They were tired, they were imprisoned, they were beaten, they

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were tortured, leave Islam.

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At that stage, Allah subhanaw taala told them, be good to you,

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even with that.

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And this is also illustrated in the kindness and virtue and

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respect in the story of Ibrahim alayhis salam and his father aza.

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Ibrahim alayhis. Salam is inviting him to the to the right thing and

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other is saying that

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get out of here I'm going to stone you know, he says salam to Eamon

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lives

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because he is being expelled. So even in that

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we show them respect but Allah subhanaw taala says,

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For the bear Sevilla Mon Valley but in terms of following don't

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follow that wrong way they're taking you obey those who work

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Seville of Allah's, from the bountiful so walk the path of

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those who have chosen to obey Allah. And what does this teach us

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the importance of good companionship good friends we

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choose we should choose those who are walking the path of Allah

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subhanaw taala otherwise we will easily be led astray

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number 16 Then he says you're gonna you're in interview with

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Carl Hubbardton Minh herdin photography songwriting officer

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Marathi of Milan yet tv Hello in Milan Luffy from Hobby Oh my dear

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son,

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Eva, even if there is a deed which is the weight weight of a mustard

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seed rather than a yawn, that little thing

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that is in a bowl in a rock in a bowl the Sahara large rock in a

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boulder anywhere in the universe on the earth.

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Yep, TB, Allah will bring it out.

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Bring it out means in the dunya he may choose to expose it what you

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did or what you say. But certainly in the Afra it will be brought out

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for questioning on his up

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what is it saying? It is saying that nothing is hidden from Allah

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subhanaw taala even if it is that small this is the example that's

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given. So look, Manali Salam is building on the heels of Allah

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subhanaw taala by teaching the attributes, the sufferings of

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Allah subhanaw taala to make him understand that there is the

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concept of accountability, you're accountable for what you say and

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you do.

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And that every action and word has consequences something is there is

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a result to that good, especially if the action is not good.

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So

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he's saying that even if it's a matter that seems insignificant to

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you, it's small. Now think about it.

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If there is a tiny little speck and it's in a rock, how can you

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and I bring it out of the and find it.

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Reflect on this example.

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Suppose there's a huge rock the size of just this room and there

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is this grain.

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Something as small as that. How can you bring it out? You split it

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into it may not be seen split, you have to pulverize and make it into

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a powder powder that is smaller than that grain, then only to see

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how difficult it is for us yet for

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Law is all known, because Allah knows whether we accept it or not,

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every action, every word, every relationship, every thought,

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the past, what was the present, what is the future, what will be

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in the future, that could have been, but will never be,

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all of that is not possible, nothing is hidden, this is what

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you and I have done, nothing is hidden from Allah subhanaw taala.

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So, we have to reflect on this, and he says, anywhere in the

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universe, if it was ALLAH knows it, telling his son in telling us

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what is the power and precision of Allah subhanaw taala that he will

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make it known in this dunya and in the Accra it will come out so,

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what should we do, what do we learn from this,

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that we should be mindful of Allah subhanaw taala at all times,

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what is called a state of sun, which means that you see Allah

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subhanaw taala in front of you, and since you can see him he sees

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you, it's in the terms of, of the sub woofer of this gear, it is

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called maraca because

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Allah subhanaw taala is a recipe but one of his name is Pete means

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ever watchful. So maraca is in the process of dusky of knifes is that

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it's critical that we always remain in an inner state of

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awareness of ourselves, not just about actions, what am I doing?

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What I'm saying, but what kind of thoughts are in my heart,

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monitoring my heart? What thoughts enter, what is entertained, what

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is rejected? And then what emanates of actions and words as

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the result of what is going on the conversations inside my heart.

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Allah is watching, I need to be watchful.

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So you're gonna have the cardinal Gilani, Talalay said the meaning

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of witches stand at the gate of your heart with the sort of

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Tawheed

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don't let anything enter your heart

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that Allah would not be pleased sort of Tawhid excises demolishes

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anything that from entering your heart.

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So there is nothing we can hide. There is no place to hide there is

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no place to go except Allah subhanaw taala all secrets will be

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divulged on the Day of Judgment. So since Allah is watching us, we

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have to be constantly it should give us the strength to be in

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Morocco of ourselves. We frequently watching what others

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are doing. We should be watching inwards. What am I doing what am I

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thinking all of those things? Okay, what is giving me pleasure?

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Is it okay with Allah? What is distasteful for me? Is it okay

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with Allah or vice versa?

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And yet Allah is a Latif which means subtle and delicate and

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refined and kind because Allah even though he is watching us do

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things he does not immediately take us to account he doesn't make

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it known that he knows it's almost like he's as if he didn't see it.

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Giving us giants to fix ourselves to repent to root out and but his

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hobby

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all informed he knows he doesn't immediately respond to our deeds

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he gives us time

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so this way, look more or less Salaam is teaching the mighty and

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power of Allah subhanaw taala his knowledge of the past present and

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future and that he has absolute power

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then he says to him Yeah, well no Yeah, our team is solid what more

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Bill Maher oufit one handle monka was Allama sabak In a dialect

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Amina as we'll move again yeah, when are you? Oh my dear son. Okay

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mister now established. Finally after all of this comes this.

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If you don't know Allah, how can you establish Salah

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if you don't know what your parents are teaching and being

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grateful, how can you listen to okay do salah. The moment the

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parent goes if it's on the force of her stick, Salah is gone. The

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moment a person moves out to to the doorman, the university the

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assaults five times Allah is gone. Okay because it was the power of

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the parent. So, first thing no Allah then he says, After that

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faith is is that Eman? In the educator of Allah has been

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embedded in the heart part of the child.

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He says

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do four things. He says establish Salah enjoying good luck.

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To forbid evil and be patient.

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So four things are in this pile. So let's go over those because

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these are fundamental actions without which you really cannot be

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a Muslim. Okay? And you cannot serve on this earth as the Khalifa

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of Allah has we were created, okay. So each of this reflects a

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character trait character our relationship with with Allah

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Swanton and with people and this is therefore proof of our fate

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within society and our responsibility in society and sort

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of a modus operandi how we should be

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operating in the social interactions with people.

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So the first of these as we say, you have Rene Hakim Asana, what is

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the meaning of establishing salah Swatara Manolis Ramana Allah

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subhanaw taala else everywhere else doesn't say do sir

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establishing salah what is the difference

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establishing salah is to have constancy and consistency in Salah

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so that our life revolves around the five Salawat rather than

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fitting in Salawa whenever I have a time whenever I don't have and

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not not the other way around. So establishing salon the masjid

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that's a duty establishing salah in our home is a duty doing a

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Salah in a Gemma has a duty having her sure concentration devotion

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dedication is part of establishing focus in quality Salah is part of

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establishing salah it's not just that we haphazardly fulfill that

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Salah done okay like it was a burden to be taken off now you

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know we're good

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we frequently say you know namaste Cindy but let's just finish with

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Salah then we can sit and relax as opposed to Rasulullah sallallahu

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this used to say a rational behavior below or below give us

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rest and relaxation how to behave means by causing calling a ban so

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we may find rest in Salah

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not outside of Santa.

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So

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every prophet made da for establishing salah in their

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progeny.

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There are Bijur Nemo payments salatu Mindo Reethi Brian Melissa

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Ramsay, while lawmakers those who established a lion from my

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progeny,

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Father Are children not just one generation generation after

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generation

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Rasul Allah some sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was ordered Allah

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subhanaw taala says to him, what a more Allah cabbies Salatu was

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thoroughly

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enjoying Salah Rasul Allah salAllahu Salam saying, Hey look,

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with your family, establish Salah on your family and be patient and

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offering them yourself.

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So as parents all parents should teach

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their children not just how to pray, but why we pray and it's

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important the word Salah has the same route as Silla Salah means

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not your Salah Silla means to connect.

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Okay? By Salah we connect with Allah. Okay, so just remember that

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Salah should be a connection we are in a marriage, in ascension to

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the Presence of Allah subhanaw taala and the salah is the most

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important proof of our faith of our Islam.

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The Prophet sallallahu sallam said to the effect that between us and

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coveris Allah

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because that is how you identify who is a Muslim.

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If Salah is established in a person's life, it gives them

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awareness of Allah subhanaw taala remembrance of Allah subhanaw

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taala five times a day gives them awareness of what is right and

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wrong. What awareness of what is justice, what is injustice. So

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standing in front of Allah subhanaw taala in Salah gives us

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strength to stand up in front of others, to enjoin good and forbid

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evil, which is what comes next. So Allah subhanaw taala Lokmanya

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Allah salaams next part of his is advisors what motivated maruf 100

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Mancha in joining good and forbidding evil if you call people

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towards goodness. First thing is we have to show them the right

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alternatives right things to do. Before we say don't do this, don't

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do this. Don't do this. Okay. Many times we teach our children only

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prohibition. Don't touch this. Don't do this. Don't do this. You

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can do this. You can do

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What can I do? So before you go to that everywhere in the Quran,

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honorable maruf showing the right things to do the good things to do

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is mentioned first, then comes prohibitions, stop them. So if you

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see some, it doesn't mean that if you see something wrong being

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done, you shouldn't stop it if you can, with your hand or with your

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tongue, or at least in your heart, as we are told. So Allah smart

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Allah tells us that this is a responsibility on every believer.

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It's the responsibility of the rulers, it's the responsibility of

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the the the, the embody the scholars, common people, men and

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women to act according to their ability.

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Now, when you do that, frequently, you are going to meet with

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difficulty and opposition, and sometimes abuse and people so who

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are you? Who Do You Think You Are you telling me what to do? So

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Allah subhanaw taala says was, Allah Asaba if you if you face

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those

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difficulties and challenges, then have patience.

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Be patient, don't fight with them, endure patiently on Whatever

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befalls you. Okay. And he says, Then he praises his inner dialogue

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coming as minimal and if you have that patience, when people are

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challenging, yet you're telling the right thing, then this is

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something that is a great resolve and something to aspire for. As

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mill move, to have patience and form resolve to continue. Don't

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give up no matter what befalls you. This is also an establishing

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salah

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in Salah, if there's difficulty you still got to do it. The Sahaba

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prayed on the battlefields. The enemy was there, they had to have

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half of them stand with weapons while half of them prayed one

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rocker then they will they will stand up the second one with joy.

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How in the Seattle health when we are sick, we are praying when

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you're bedridden, we are praying was southern southern insurance.

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Some similarly when we are enjoying good and forbidding evil,

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human irritate people, that's your test is from Allah subhanaw taala

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of your resolve and it's a proof of your fate.

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And as we said in joining good comes first and then comes the

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forbidding of evil

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and this Ozma no more Allah subhanaw taala says this was a

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character of the greatest of the Gambia and Russell he says what's

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their karma sobre kulula azmin Minar Rasul. So have patience like

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those who will asthma the five prophets, Nuala Salam Ibrahim

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Melissa Musa Salam usarla Salam salam ala Rasulillah salam ala

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lasma Farm resolve no matter what happens. So this is their

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character and they all established prayers and they all forbade evil

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they all enjoy and good. So these these these four qualities which

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are in this ayah salah, honorable maruf Nyan, Mancha and sober are

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all the character traits of the greatest of Gambia. Okay Subhan

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Allah may Allah subhanaw taala give us some of that flavor of

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that at least. So look, man, Allah Salam, advises son to pray

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perfectly and to do all of these duties.

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And

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remembering Allah and reflecting on his greatness always helps us

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in being patient, and patience is the key to eternal paradise. No

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one has been given anything better than Saba and Sabra translates as

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patience, perseverance and Dorrance beyond other people in a

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hadith that's well known most of it when I lay Rasulullah

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sallallahu Alaihe Salam says, Well, money yet a sub bar u sub

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barrel long Wilma, Katya hudon Alta and Heron what Oh, salmon

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Mina Sabra woman yet the sub bar whoever strides struggles to be

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patient, you sub better your sub their whole lot Allah will give

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them patience you have to strive

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well my booty I had an end there is nobody's been given something

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that is fair and better. Then and more comprehensive. Other than sub

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sub, this is what the status of summaries

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so we stress two things today, sugar, and sour.

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And you know, something sugar and silver are two sides, opposite

00:59:44 --> 00:59:45

sides of the same coin.

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And just imagine, if you are facing a situation where you're

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called for sub,

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how can I have sub, just flip the coin over towards Shakur? Think

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Of all of Allah's blessings.

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Then you will become Shaka and it will make you easier to have some

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same point

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that gratefulness that burst of gratitude will help your summer.

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Come to the last two is Allah subhanaw taala

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records from LA C'mon la Salam wa ala to SAP Earhardt de Cali naszej

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Well Adam Schiff in fill out the Mara ha in Allah Allah your head

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Bakula Matalan Falco,

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and he says don't turn your cheek in arrogance and contempt means

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don't turn away from people while Adam Schiff will or the Mara and

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don't stretch on the earth like you are something special.

01:00:48 --> 01:00:53

In Allah Allah your Hekmat coulomb of Talan Allah indeed Allah does

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not love lie your handbook every McDowell one who is arrogant for

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hole filled with pride.

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So

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look, man, Allah salaam now comes to character traits. And that in

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that the first advice he gives us avoid arrogance, and be humble and

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modest. He chooses this because this one character trait has a lot

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of bad consequences that come out of it.

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So he singles out Kebudayaan arrogance, because the dangers of

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feeling arrogant or acting in a way is highlighted in the hadith

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of Rasulullah sallallahu Sallam when he said, lie ye dofollow

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There is no entry for a person into Janna no entry, if he has a

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grain of cable arrogancy there is no entry. This is so serious. So

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some of the companions said to him, Yara Surah loving they heard

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this, but what about a person in Rajala your headline your Hakuna

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Thurber who has an out word Nanda who somebody who likes to wear

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good clothes and good shoes. So what about that means now their

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concern?

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So Rasulullah sallallahu Listen, respond by saying in Allah Hi

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Jamila, can you help build Gemma? Oh no, it's beautiful and he loves

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beauty. This not Kibber He says I'll keep ru bottle Hockey.

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Welcome to NAS. You want to know what arrogance is is to ridicule

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and reject the truth which is the top eight can any other truth and

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to despise people? That is what giver is not that you like good

01:02:47 --> 01:02:50

right and good clothes and you know all of that Allah has

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bestowed on you in moderation.

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Allah loves to see that his blessings on us.

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So this is a stern warning because Kibera prevents entry into

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paradise. So, it is no wonder that the wise Lachman al Islam

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emphasizes humility. And this should be reflected in all aspects

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of our life, even in our body language. So he says, Don't turn

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your cheek. He doesn't say on any set. Don't turn your cheek,

01:03:18 --> 01:03:22

frowning, turning away that I'm better looking down at people. You

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know that puffed up, chest. Don't allow an iota of arrogance to seep

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into your hearts. Why? Because we if we remember that all glory, all

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majesty all great all pride belongs to Allah subhanaw taala he

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is a little Bucha Kabir he is Al kabhi al Muhtar.

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So don't see glory and honor except that which Allah has

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bestowed on you, and for what he has bestowed on you, you should be

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humble.

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Because whatever Han have any gift that Allah has given you is a test

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from him. So don't act as if you are better than anyone else.

01:04:05 --> 01:04:10

humiliate the lado guides to paradise just as its opposite

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kibra leads to Jana.

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And again, humility that Dourado is humbleness is a product of

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gratitude because you've recognized you have when you show

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gratitude, you've recognized where credit is due so you don't take it

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on yourself that Oh, I did this. So that makes us humble. And we

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have examples of Kibera in shaitan.

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His lack of humility caused him to be not only expelled from paradise

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but condemned him and his followers to jahannam forever.

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And we have rasool Allah salAllahu Alaihe Salam, the best of

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creation. If anybody had the right to be proud and arrogant, it would

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be Rasul Allah Allah and what is he the most humble? standing for

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hours at night in front of Allah subhanaw taala out of grand

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to do, Shakur to Allah subhanaw taala his feet are swelling up,

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he's sitting with the slaves and eating with them.

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Mubarak, he's entering as a conqueror in Makkah, after all of

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that with an army of 100,000. And what is his posture? He's

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described as his head is down on the back of his camera like this.

01:05:23 --> 01:05:28

He's entering Makkah as the ruler imagine you know, Alexander the

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Great and Akbar and whoever else you want entering, you know, when

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they conquered here is a sort of Los Angeles entering Mecca, the

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conquest of the house of the Baitullah and his head is down,

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touching the back of his cabin in humility.

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Some Allah Allah He wanted us

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Well, Adam Schiff, fill out the Mara and don't walk with insolence

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through the land as a sign of arrogance. Mata Ha is to consider

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yourself more worthy that I am privileged I have a special

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privilege, no matter where I am on the road belongs to me in going

01:06:05 --> 01:06:08

gathering, the best seat is mine. And I should be in the Senate.

01:06:08 --> 01:06:12

This is Mara. Remember what was the end of Chiron r1 was the one

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who was known for his arrogance and his wealth. And last month and

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a split the earth and a sinkhole everything him and his wealth was

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absorbed in that sort of monolith Salam wanted to emphasize the

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importance of humility in all aspects. He said in your body

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language in the way you walk, because just remember that all

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people are equal in the sight of Allah subhanaw taala except the

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people who have faith and we have piety righteousness

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in Allah Allah you have Bakula Matalan for who indeed Allah does

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not love those who are arrogant and boastful. And when you when

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Allah doesn't love you that means you are cut off from his mercy and

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his life.

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And Maha as we said is to walk as we say, you know, stretching is

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the word we used. Just remember, you see the work of some of the

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the leaders of the world of the free world and you see some of the

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works some of the past presidents some of the other dictators,

01:07:16 --> 01:07:17

Matan.

01:07:19 --> 01:07:25

morphol, comes from also from Al means your imagination you think

01:07:25 --> 01:07:27

you are someone great

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for whole as fucker the extreme fucker means one with extreme

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pride.

01:07:35 --> 01:07:40

Then the last I work CID V machine be moderate in your walking in

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your pace.

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What kind of footprints are we going to leave behind? There is a

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Native American proverb which tells us we will be known by the

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tracks we live.

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We will all live and people will remember you. What will they

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remember you? That's the most important thing.

01:08:03 --> 01:08:07

So no monoliths Salaam is advising his son, walk gently on this earth

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with care and be careful.

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Patient humility, that should be our default demeanor.

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And a believer is known by his humility, his gentleness and mercy

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in his behavior to everything to animals to everyone else. And when

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it says,

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Be moderate and regulate your your steps, it also includes the Mufasa

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don't upset that you do not go to places that crossed the lines of

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Allah's boundaries. You don't accompany sinners and disobedient

01:08:42 --> 01:08:45

people because they will lead you that way. And there is a Hadith in

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which the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam said that the feet commit

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Zina adultery the feet How can fit commit Zina if they carry you to a

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place where Zina

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is facilitated?

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Whoa, whoa dot Min saltstick and lower your voice

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in Ankara, Swati la salt will hammer. The most detestable the

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ugliest of sounds is the sound of a donkey brain. This is what he

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says. So this is the final part of his advice. He says lower your

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voice. Don't be loud and harsh, he says.

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Because that makes you like a donkey.

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Shouting does not win hearts. It offends people. And it alienates

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people, even in a bar diner worship Rasulullah sallallahu

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sallam said, Don't raise your voice so so loud because you're

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not calling on one who is deaf.

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You're calling on one who knows? If you speak softly, he knows

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what's in your heart before it comes to your tongue and he knows

01:09:58 --> 01:10:00

you and before what is not coming your heart so

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Why are you raising your voice of moderation even enough?

01:10:05 --> 01:10:08

And this is includes when it says lower your voice that there is a

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prohibition for bad words for sinful talk for excessive talk.

01:10:14 --> 01:10:18

Don't be like a jackass that donkey in every gathering, I'm the

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only one who has to be heard. I have my word, my word by word.

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So, guard your tongue because silence never hurt anyone. Look

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man Allah salons. One of his wisdom is he says, There is a

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special event that happened is a sum to heckmondwike Kowloon for a

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sum, some silence, his wisdom, but very few follow this. And another

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version, he says Assumpta Folkman is an order is a command but very

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few following.

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Because silence is gold as it says Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi salam

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is known to have spent long periods of silence, even in

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company because and he's taught us that the consequence of the

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tongue, more people will enter Jannah because of their tongue

01:11:06 --> 01:11:11

than anything else. And that includes riba which is backbiting

01:11:11 --> 01:11:16

now Mima getting deals done making up stories wrong things.

01:11:18 --> 01:11:21

Even arguing if you're on the right, there's Hadith of the

01:11:21 --> 01:11:24

Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam about arguing it's called Mira

01:11:25 --> 01:11:29

that if you argue with people because you are right, instead of

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person who does not argue but even when he is right, I will guarantee

01:11:33 --> 01:11:36

him a place in paradise. Okay?

01:11:37 --> 01:11:42

So be careful with all your speeches, lower your voice,

01:11:43 --> 01:11:47

because you are patient, you watch your tone, you don't stomp around

01:11:47 --> 01:11:49

you don't lose it you don't argue.

01:11:50 --> 01:11:54

And as we know donkeys are culturally the signs of What

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stupidity which is the opposite of wisdom with we are seeking wisdom,

01:12:01 --> 01:12:05

not the opposite. And Allah subhanaw taala mentions the the

01:12:05 --> 01:12:10

hammer or the donkey elsewhere in Surah Juma is saying they are like

01:12:10 --> 01:12:13

a donkey carrying books scriptures.

01:12:15 --> 01:12:21

So the externals sign of lack of wisdom is to raise your voice it

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means you're like a donkey was carrying the knowledge but it has

01:12:24 --> 01:12:25

not penetrated his heart.

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So that's the end of that. And in a few minutes, let's summarize

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what Lokmanya Elisa Lam said.

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There is a critical sequence of advice, beginning with the most

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important lesson, belief in one God. He makes it clear that

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joining in worship with Allah subhanaw taala is the only

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unforgivable sin. Next he lays the foundation of faith, that Who is

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Allah, and what is accountability, and then reminds him of the

01:12:59 --> 01:13:06

essential parts of the behavior of Salah, what we must try and strive

01:13:06 --> 01:13:11

for and what we should shun such as pride and arrogance. And again,

01:13:11 --> 01:13:17

as we said before, he advises his son in daringly Yagoona. And given

01:13:17 --> 01:13:20

the magnitude and importance of the content that he wants, he

01:13:20 --> 01:13:25

chooses to address him with love, in an intimate conversation when

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they are alone, and that all of this advice may not have been

01:13:31 --> 01:13:34

given at one time, to smart like that he gave one lecture with all

01:13:34 --> 01:13:37

of this. This is what Allah swamp Allah has compiled for us, it may

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have been given over a period of time, depending on the maturity of

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the child. So at every stage, we do that, because this is an

01:13:44 --> 01:13:47

ongoing process. It's not a one and done thing. Okay, that's not

01:13:47 --> 01:13:52

AstraZeneca vaccine. So this teaches us as parents, the

01:13:52 --> 01:13:54

messages to be delivered

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is important, but how and when to deliver it is equally important,

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perhaps more critical.

01:14:03 --> 01:14:03

And then

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part of the nurturing of the child is this education. And part of

01:14:09 --> 01:14:12

that education is effective communication. How do we

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communicate and that communication is important for everything, with

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our spouses, with our friends, that communication is critical,

01:14:18 --> 01:14:23

and beautiful communication leads to beautiful relationships. So

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to give, we cannot give what we don't have to give something to

01:14:29 --> 01:14:30

our children. We need to know.

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If I don't have the knowledge I can give.

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You can give what you don't have. So the mothers and fathers need to

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learn.

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And they have to practice what they learn because children hear

01:14:46 --> 01:14:51

with their eyes, what they see their parents doing.

01:14:52 --> 01:14:56

And here we have a remarkable father figure of Lachman and

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escena

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and Lokmanya Salam did not become Lokmanya

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Islam in one day, just remember love manual Islam was a child

01:15:04 --> 01:15:05

himself.

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And somebody taught him and gradually he accumulated that and

01:15:11 --> 01:15:15

became By Allah's grace and give Laquan the Heckman Hekmati.

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So in these times in our current times in morals are twisted the

01:15:21 --> 01:15:26

Islamic foundations a question around is made to right and vice

01:15:26 --> 01:15:31

versa. So, people are searching for wisdom, and they may not be

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sages and Olia to guide our young children. Therefore, the Quran and

01:15:38 --> 01:15:42

the Sunnah and the power of these, his of having an honest

01:15:42 --> 01:15:47

conversation between parent and child becomes even more critically

01:15:47 --> 01:15:50

important. Where else are they going to learn? Are they going to

01:15:50 --> 01:15:55

learn from the internet. So my dear brothers and sisters spend

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quality time with your children. In the absence of any devices,

01:15:59 --> 01:16:02

computers, screens, one on one

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and look after their moral and spiritual needs and ensure that

01:16:07 --> 01:16:08

future in the dunya and they

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have Taqwa within yourself by example. And even if you die

01:16:15 --> 01:16:18

young, Allah will protect your children. The proof of that is in

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surah calf that Allah sends catarrhalis Salaam and one of the

01:16:22 --> 01:16:27

owner as Musa alayhis salam traveled all the way to a village

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to build a wall.

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They work and they are hungry and they're given no food. Why is the

01:16:33 --> 01:16:37

wall built? Because there is a treasure under that that belongs

01:16:37 --> 01:16:43

to two orphans whose parents were people who are righteous, they are

01:16:43 --> 01:16:48

gone, Allah protected them. Not only protect he's sent to people

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Musa lesson to protect their treasure.

01:16:52 --> 01:16:56

So if you are righteous, Allah will protect your treasure which

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is your children.

01:17:02 --> 01:17:05

Be close to your children. And always look for teaching moments

01:17:05 --> 01:17:07

to advise the right time.

01:17:08 --> 01:17:09

Do not yell.

01:17:11 --> 01:17:16

Do not ridicule. Do not abuse do not punish. Do not pick on the

01:17:16 --> 01:17:21

mistakes of the children. Show them the right things to do gently

01:17:21 --> 01:17:25

as much as possible. Sometimes you may have to represent with wisdom.

01:17:25 --> 01:17:29

Teach them what is good first, what is a good righteous action,

01:17:29 --> 01:17:33

show them good alternatives rather than saying Don't, don't, don't

01:17:33 --> 01:17:33

don't, okay.

01:17:35 --> 01:17:39

And like Ibrahim alayhis, salam, and all Ambia make lots of the

01:17:39 --> 01:17:42

offer your children and your project, because ultimately it's

01:17:42 --> 01:17:47

only last pantalla who brings about the change in

01:17:48 --> 01:17:52

and again, look Manella Salam has taught us how to set priorities,

01:17:52 --> 01:17:56

what is to be taught first, when and in what order, starting with

01:17:56 --> 01:17:59

top aid, knowing Allah, then Salah and everything else comes after

01:17:59 --> 01:17:59

that.

01:18:03 --> 01:18:06

Teaching them the consequences of actions that Allah has always

01:18:06 --> 01:18:10

watchful, teaching them establishing salah in our lives

01:18:10 --> 01:18:15

and the lives of our children. The importance of family bonding and

01:18:15 --> 01:18:18

respect for our parents, we show respect for our parents, our

01:18:18 --> 01:18:21

children see that and they will show respectful if we show the

01:18:21 --> 01:18:24

opposite, and impatience and all of that our children will be

01:18:24 --> 01:18:29

treated the same way. So there is a difference between just knowing

01:18:29 --> 01:18:32

and applying it which make brings in hokhmah.

01:18:34 --> 01:18:37

And gratitude to Allah subhanaw taala and to all people,

01:18:37 --> 01:18:40

especially our parents, we have a duty to enjoin good and forbid

01:18:40 --> 01:18:43

evil. In our club, we should have

01:18:44 --> 01:18:49

gratitude, patience, perseverance all the times and humility,

01:18:49 --> 01:18:51

moderation guarding our tongue.

01:18:53 --> 01:18:57

And finally, we should appreciate the importance of helping our

01:18:57 --> 01:19:02

children to develop critical minds in their upbringing so that they

01:19:02 --> 01:19:07

can cultivate and strengthen Eman and obedience in them through

01:19:07 --> 01:19:09

their own personal convictions.

01:19:10 --> 01:19:14

Okay, do not try to forcefully drill into them.

01:19:16 --> 01:19:19

This is what it is. This is what you have to do absolute obedience,

01:19:19 --> 01:19:23

I'm the authority. This is what our tradition says. Explain to

01:19:23 --> 01:19:28

them teach them in the right way. If that question let them question

01:19:28 --> 01:19:32

because it's true questioning they will gain conviction because you

01:19:32 --> 01:19:35

want to convince them so that when you are not there they will follow

01:19:36 --> 01:19:38

the angels question Allah subhanaw taala

01:19:39 --> 01:19:43

yalla you're going to send the Khalifa on Earth Neil do this this

01:19:43 --> 01:19:43

this

01:19:45 --> 01:19:49

was Arelis Allah man's question Allah. So this city has been

01:19:50 --> 01:19:54

demolished. How will you bring it? Ibrahim alayhis salam say, Yo

01:19:54 --> 01:19:54

Allah.

01:19:56 --> 01:20:00

How do you bring questioning? Let the

01:20:00 --> 01:20:03

Question explain if you have the answer Otherwise, find people who

01:20:03 --> 01:20:05

might be able to give them the answer.

01:20:07 --> 01:20:12

Also allah sallallahu Sallam stone will have he severely tell them

01:20:12 --> 01:20:17

this is my way or the oil Allah I call towards Allah Subhan Allah

01:20:17 --> 01:20:22

basura tin with wisdom and foresight and explain things okay.

01:20:22 --> 01:20:24

Not just this is how it is.

01:20:26 --> 01:20:28

And this is especially for the youth because remember in the

01:20:28 --> 01:20:31

beginning of the Surah, what did we say? Allah subhanaw taala and

01:20:31 --> 01:20:36

the secondary he says, But Meena nicely mine yesterday, well Hadith

01:20:36 --> 01:20:42

that mankind will purchase, or buy into all of that wrong messages

01:20:42 --> 01:20:46

and the entertainment industry because that's what the

01:20:46 --> 01:20:50

entertainment industry, the music industry, the movie industry, they

01:20:50 --> 01:20:55

everything is focused on taking the youth at that stage, right.

01:20:57 --> 01:21:02

So, they are trying to grab your children Lokmanya Salaam is trying

01:21:02 --> 01:21:03

to save your children.

01:21:04 --> 01:21:04

So

01:21:05 --> 01:21:06

remember,

01:21:08 --> 01:21:12

that the youth need to be addressed by us by parents by

01:21:12 --> 01:21:16

example. Otherwise, there are plenty of scavengers ready to take

01:21:16 --> 01:21:16

them apart.

01:21:18 --> 01:21:22

Allah subhanaw taala make us worthy parents make us boy the

01:21:22 --> 01:21:27

parents that Allah is pleased with who leave behind the legacy of

01:21:27 --> 01:21:31

good children may Allah swatter lawmakers good children who are

01:21:31 --> 01:21:36

respectful and honor honorable who honor their parents and show

01:21:36 --> 01:21:40

gratitude to them and follow in their paths. May Allah Subhana

01:21:40 --> 01:21:44

Allah forgive us for our shortcomings and what we should

01:21:44 --> 01:21:47

have done and we haven't done and give us the opportunity to do that

01:21:47 --> 01:21:54

which we have not done and make amends for our mistakes. Subhanak

01:21:54 --> 01:21:56

Allama the ham technician will lie

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to

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you

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