Mohammad Elshinawy – 3 Reasons Everyone Must Study The Proofs Of Prophethood

Mohammad Elshinawy
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The speaker discusses the importance of learning and cultivating conviction to keep one's fortresses intact. They explain that even if one is confident in their faith, they may fall into a situation where they become irrelevant and need to be addressed. The speaker also discusses the challenges of proving that Islam is true and the importance of laying the groundwork for future success.
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No, I'll give you three reasons why the

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proofs of prophethood discussion is a topic for

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absolutely everyone. The first of them is that

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every last believer,

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no matter how strong their belief may be,

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no matter how solid their convictions are, should

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forever be concerned with the quality of their

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faith and never assume that

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it will remain at safer heights.

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Even Ibrahim Alaihi Salam was seeking greater certainty

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and we read about this in the Quran.

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And so to assume that the fortitude

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of our faith

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is and will remain

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forever capable of encountering whatever may challenge it

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in the future

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is a false sense of security as our

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Islam teaches us. And so learning or in

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this case relearning

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is absolutely essential to keep our fortresses intact.

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The second reason is that when doubts do

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come, so many people

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get riddled with trying to find

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intellectual responses to these doubts or specific answers

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to these

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misconceptions.

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And as a result of that, they inevitably

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fall into

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having their faith weaken because it has now

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become dependent on having

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a retail

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specific answer to every last doubt

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that could ever be thought of by themselves,

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by the whispers of the shaitan that whispers

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within themselves,

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by the people around them.

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And so

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that's actually not the pathway to conviction.

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Answering doubt and cultivating conviction are actually 2

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separate subjects

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Because if you were to live long enough

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to answer an endless number of doubts, notice

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impossible,

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you just disprove the doubt. You didn't actually

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prove that Islam was correct and true. So

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it would actually never get you there and

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so it's a ruse.

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And so what do you do? You look

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for the reasons why Islam is true

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fundamentally

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and then any sort of challenge and

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I I

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get an answer to this doubt right now

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or next year or on the day of

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judgment, I won't lose sleep over it. So

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the best defense is a good offense. So

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that's the second reason. The third reason is

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that many times we are in a state

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of conviction rightfully so but we're not able

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to justify that conviction to others who have

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doubts And

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articulating

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to people a view that is not in

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the ether, that is not dominant popular culture

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requires investing our time and effort in it.

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You know, it's natural for people to believe

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in a supreme being and have conviction that

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there is a creator and many people who

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claim to even be atheists. It's just like

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a placeholder. Like I cannot prove God exists

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per se, but deep down inside, push, come

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to shove, it's there. But to accept that

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God

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specifically

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chose a particular individual

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and communicated

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with them to speak on his behalf Subhanahu

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Wa Ta'ala. This can be a challenge for

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some people and so it does require

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rational justifications

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and so I hope that in this course

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we can refine our craft and our narrative.

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I pray that it will be something that

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is intellectually satisfying,

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a thought provoking,

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thought challenging, compelling

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discussion that brings together some of the best

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appreciated proofs and most Quranically indicated proofs for

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Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam being not because of

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blind faith, not because wishful thinking,

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undeniably,

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demonstrably, you can demonstrate how he was for

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sure beyond the shadow of any reasonable doubt

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for any person that's being honest and who's

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not a captive of radical skepticism or cynicism

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that he must have been the messenger of

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Allah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam. We'll go through 7

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of those proofs inshaAllah in this course to

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strengthen our faith, to protect ourselves from any

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doubts that may be attempting to infiltrate

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our walls and to also enable us to

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better disseminate and share and invite others to

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that. So make sure you do sign up

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for the course, be it milah at the

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link, and may Allah accept from us and

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you and allow it to be a weekend

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whose fruits we celebrate together when we meet

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the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam on the day

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of judgment, Allahumma Ameen.

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